The Crane Has Landed


Get GCalDaemon running at startup
May 21, 2009, 8:56 pm
Filed under: Ubuntu

To get the GCALDaemon up and running at startup in Ubuntu, check out http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4473753&postcount=5



CIFS unmount error
May 19, 2009, 8:43 pm
Filed under: Ubuntu

Still trying to find the solution to the damn CIFS error whenever you reboot or shutdown Ubuntu, which is all to do with shutting down the network before trying to unmount the shares. Have been told that the following works:

sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/umountnfs.sh /etc/rc0.d/K15umountnfs.sh
&& sudo ln -s /etc/init.d/umountnfs.sh /etc/rc6.d/K15umountnfs.sh

Will have to wait and see.



VGA modes in boot settings
May 17, 2009, 8:33 pm
Filed under: Ubuntu

You can append the following after vga= on a distro line in /boot/grub/menu.lst to change the font size of the CLI console:

640×480 800×600 1024×768 1280×1024 1600×1200
256 (8 bit) 769 771 773 775 796
32,768 (15 bit) 784 787 790 793 797
65,536 (16 bit) 785 788 791 794 798
16.8M (24 bit) 786 789 792 795 799


How to disable PC speaker in Ubuntu
May 2, 2009, 5:31 pm
Filed under: Ubuntu

In my upgrading of my laptop to the new Ubuntu Jaunty, I’ve found the PC speaker very, very loud. 

Not to worry.  To shut it up, type modprobe -r pcspkr. And, to make that permanent, add the line /sbin/modprobe -r pcspkr to /etc/rc.local.