http://www.gnarlify.net Living with Linux on the Desktop. Sun, 28 Dec 2008 09:31:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had to get some kind of virtualization going in order to run a Windows application the other day.  I'm most familiar with VMWare Server, so I decided to install that. Turns out, the guys at VMWare Inc. had released a new revision of VMWare Server (2.0!).  I only had previous ... http://www.gnarlify.net/2008/12/vmware-server-20-installation-on-kubuntu-810-hardy-heron/ This has only happened to me once, and only when connecting my Sansa Clip 1GB via USB.  On the other hand, I don't often connect the Sansa Clip so it could be a common problem for some.  I'm running the Asus P5K-VM motherboard (Intel G33/ICH9). Basically, after connecting and connecting the ... http://www.gnarlify.net/2008/12/odd-usb-problem-and-workaround-for-kernel-2624-21-on-kubuntu/ Mechwarrior 2 is one of my favorite games of all time, so tonight I sat down and spent the time to get it running again on my current operating system of choice (Kubuntu 8.04).  Here are (what I hope are) easy-to-follow instructions that should let you do what I did.  ... http://www.gnarlify.net/2008/10/running-the-original-mechwarrior-2-in-ubuntu-hardy-heron-with-dosbox/ Just FYI for Kubuntu 8.04 users who might be thinking about running Compiz Fusion on their 'work' machines.  I have tried it twice, and while Hardy Heron has made it very easy to enable '3d effects' on the desktop, there are still major bugs that will probably crash your X ... http://www.gnarlify.net/2008/09/compiz-fusion-is-unstable-and-crashes-my-x-server-pretty-consistently/ I like to leave my computer on 24/7.  Having an 'uptime' of months is a matter of personal satisfaction for me, and is really one of the reasons I like Linux - if something goes wrong you can usually fix it without restarting.  Today I encountered a problem that a ... http://www.gnarlify.net/2008/08/sound-stops-playing-on-kubuntu/ I've had some problems with Adobe Flash ever since I upgraded to Kubuntu Hardy Heron. Flash applets would come up in firefox as just a grey box sometimes. Sometimes I would come back to a previously-opened browser tab to find a Flash applet turned from a working video ... http://www.gnarlify.net/2008/07/adobe-flash-troubles/ Today I received my DAC707 SuperPro digital to analog audio converter from Audio Magus.  I recently helped a friend set up his similar machine to use one of these devices.  It sounded really nice so I decided I should have one for myself.  It also frees me from having more ... http://www.gnarlify.net/2008/07/how-to-make-spdif-work-in-kubuntu-hardy-heron/