Or, for that matter, any other Linux distribution that: a. uses kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18 b. Does not dynamically create the initrd as part of the installation Ubuntu, for that matter, is an example of not doing both. While it does create the initrd, it doesn’t create it dynamically per the output of ‘lspci‘,…
So this post is not technical by nature. Today I gave away 14 PCs and 5 VGA screens. All are in some-not-exactly-unworking-condition, which means that you can probably mix two computers into one, or you need only add some RAM, HDD or other several components to make any of these PCs work. All of them…
First and unrelated – this is my birthday. It reminds me that another year passed, and generally speaking, I do not take this too well… Due to massive SPAM attacks, my commenting system is turned off for a while now, and I need to see how I can re-enable it safely. Bash – here we…
This was a tricky action. Assume I have a list of variables, obtained by an external source: var1=a var2=b var3=c I cannot use loop and in it the phrase ${var$i} (where i is the integer counter). It just doesn’t work. I used this instead to assign the values to an array: var[$i]=$(eval echo "${var${i}}") That…
I have been extremely busy for the last few weeks and couldn’t find time to update my blog, so apologies are in place. I am sorry, and I will add later this week several tips and tricks about BASH scripting, which might save time and effort for those of you who use if for more…
Ali5451, with module (Alsa) snd_ali5451 works fine for a long while now. However, I’ve discovered just a short while ago that it will not recored / use for SkyPE sound sourced from the microphone. I have tried various settings with alsamixer but was unable to record sound yet. I can hear the noises made well…
