The notification system in the newly released ubuntu 9.04 ( Jaunty) uses the notify-osd framework. This system provides a standard way of doing passive pop up notification on the desktop.The notifications are semi transparent click through bubbles. These pop ups will disappear after a short period of time. Some times these bubbles can be irritating.… Continue reading Disabling the new notification system in Ubuntu 9.04
Installing LTSP and enabling thin clients to boot from your ubuntu 9.04 machine is very easy. I did the following steps. a) Install ubuntu 9.04 ( aka Jaunty) desktop with a static IP. ( A static IP is needed as your ubuntu box is going to act as a server. My IP is… Continue reading Installing LTSP on Ubuntu 9.04
Today I was playing with ubuntu 9.04 . I tried to install wwwoffle the off-line proxy server. At the end of installation it failed with a ” Sub process /usr/bin/dpkg failed ” message. There was some thing wrong. Fixing the system required removal of the package. I tried the following in succession in vain. #… Continue reading Brute force removal of a deb package in Ubuntu
A USB boot disk is a cool idea. It allows you to carry your favorite operating system in your pocket. Since all modern PC provide USB boot from BIOS , you can use any computer and work on your on desktop. It is also possible to make data persistent. With ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope it… Continue reading How to make a USB install/boot disk with Ubuntu 9.04
As a part of laboratory experiments for an embedded system course being held at Model finishing School Trivandrum, 2 nos . of mini2440 arm development kits have been purchased by the them from e bay . One of the kits is presently with me . My task is to learn it and teach embedded Linux… Continue reading Exploring the Mini2440 Arm kit