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Fixing Gnome keyring / Login Keyring: “Enter Password to Unlock” issue

September 1st, 2010

Hi everyone, this is just a quick how-to on handling the Ubuntu Maverick/Gnome Login Keyring issue which occurs when you change your user password.

The issue: You’ve decided to change your password for whatever reason and suddenly you’re presented with the following message whenever you launch an application you have instructed to “remember” your password.

Enter password to unlock your login keyring
The password you use to log in to your computer no longer matches that of your login keyring.

This is how you fix it:
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Setting TTY / Virtual Consoles resolution with Grub 2 in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

June 23rd, 2010

I’ve been using Ubuntu for a while now and something that bugged me a lot was the crappy screen resolution whenever I had to go and use my virtual terminals (TTY).

In previous versions of ubuntu which used grub 1, setting up the resolution for tty was done by simply using the vga=??? boot option. In grub 2 however, this is not so easy.

I remember when it first came out. I was somewhat exasperated by the fact that I had _just_ become comfortable f*cking with grub’s menu.lst and now I had to learn how to use grub 2 – which had some new convention for editing menu items let alone setting up the resolution.

Anyway, there’s really nothing to it. I had to do a lot of digging around and some experimentation, but in the end, as with all things linux it was “easy” when I finally found out how. » Read more: Setting TTY / Virtual Consoles resolution with Grub 2 in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

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Tags: grub2 Linux Ubuntu

Ubuntu Karmic: No Sound on Battle for Wesnoth?

November 17th, 2009

There are times when I feel like procrastinating and when I do, sometimes I like play the popular turn-based RTS game Battle for Wesnoth. I like to play BfW with sound though. I like hearing Delfador‘s thunder clap when he lowers the boom on an orc Chieftain twice his size and I like hearing the well put-together background music as I plot to defend against a legion of undead sent by the queen to try and end my attempt at reclaiming the thrown which is rightfully mine.

Anyway, to fix this issue, I installed the debian SDL library with X11 graphics and Pulse audio compiled Ubuntu Karmic has available in the repository.
Pulse audio is the default sound system used in Ubuntu Karmic.

Here’s the step by step

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Trying out some of The best 100 Linux Software from Ubuntu Repos

September 29th, 2009

Ever get the itch that there is a lot of free applications that you’re missing out on? Well I do – every now and then, I like to google “best linux software” and try a few of them out. Don’t ask me why, I just do it.

Anyway, todays post is basically to bring your attention to a site that I’ve found, posted last year, which lists 100 linux software applications that the author considers “the best”.

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Guake: FINALLY! A viable gnome native Drop Down Terminal

September 26th, 2009

I’ve been using YeahConsole for quite some time now and snobbing off Yakuake because I am using Gnome for my Desktop GUI. But missed the flashiness of Yakuake – it was flashy especially with the true transparency.

GUAKE!

Years ago prior to checking out YeahConsole, I found Guake. Guake at the time, was buggy as hell. at the time, the Developer was in hiatus and I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be great if someone could actually pick this project up.