Category Archives: eddie [Laptop]

Eddie is an IBM Thinkpad X22 which was kindly donated by a friend.

June Desktop

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Chris
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Ubuntu lirc Configuration

Posted on June 11, 2007 by Chris

I keep meaning to document this, the installation procedure for my MCEUSB2 remote control with lirc under Ubuntu, so here we go. $ sudo aptitude install lirc lirc-modules-source module-assistant debconf-utils $ wget http://static.cs278.org/conf/debconf/ubuntu-704_lirc-modules-source -O- | sudo debconf-set-selections $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure … Continue reading →

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Network Manager and University of Exeter VPN

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Chris

So, at home currently rather than at university, this poses a problem when trying to connect to some resources, such as internal machines and private resources. I know Network Manager in Ubuntu has VPN support but I had never tried … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Install Ubuntu 7.04 using debootstrap to an encrypted root partition

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Chris

I have updated the documentation and testing more thoroughly. Continue reading →

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Laptop Upgrade

Posted on January 30, 2007 by Chris

I decided to experiment with the cutting edge development version of Ubuntu, feisty fawn by installing it on my laptop. It didn’t go to well at all! The updater bottomed out in style so I tried to use sudo to … Continue reading →

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IBM ThinkPad X22 Ubuntu 6.10 Tweaking

Posted on January 13, 2007 by Chris

I have made some adjustments to the configuration of my Thinkpad, I now only see one error in Xorg.0.log, far better than the 20 or so each startup. In X I removed touchscreen and touchpad support as my thinkpad has … Continue reading →

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