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    Linux USB Errors with usb-creator-gtk “stdin: I/O error stdin: error 0 /init: line 1: can’t open /dev/sr0: No medium found”

    by  • November 26, 2011 • blog1, Command Line, Fedora, Linux, Ubuntu • 3 Comments

    After installing Ubuntu on a USB stick with the Ubuntu USB Startup Disk Creator (usb-creator-gtk) you might encounter an error such as the following: stdin: I/O error stdin: error 0 /init: line 1: can‘t open /dev/sr0: No medium found This is actually a bug with the software and isn’t anything you’ve done wrong. It...

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    How to Install the ‘gnome-shell-extensions-mediaplayer’ Extension

    by  • October 19, 2011 • blog1, Linux, Ubuntu • 0 Comments

    The mediaplayer widget found on github, created by eonpatapon – (https://github.com/eonpatapon/gnome-shell-extensions-mediaplayer). I’ve been searching for a while for a good, solid widget style thing that’ll sit in the top of the gnome-shell panel which can control the music that’s playing in banshee, rhythmbox or whatever else you want to use to play your tunes....

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    Ubuntu requires CD for software (installs and updates)

    by  • October 18, 2011 • blog1, Linux, Ubuntu • 4 Comments

    If when attempting to update software or install new software in Ubuntu you find yourself being asked to insert the installation/live CD or if you find the following errors while trying to update your sources the following should help fix this error. W: Failed to fetch cdrom://Ubuntu 11.10 _Oneiric Ocelot_ – Release amd64 (20111012)/dists/oneiric/main/binary-i386/Packages...

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    One Line IP Address Bash Command

    by  • September 30, 2011 • blog1, Command Line, Linux • 4 Comments

    ifconfig eth0 | sed -n ‘/^/ {N;/dr:/{;s/.*dr://;s/ .*//;p;}}’ So you want to display just your IP address and not all the other stuff that comes with using the ifconfig command. Then use the above command. It’s useful if you need your IP address in a script but you don’t want to set a static...

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    Steam in Wine, Repeated Windows

    by  • July 1, 2011 • blog1, Linux, Ubuntu • 1 Comment

    After installing Steam on my linux machine in wine I noticed a really annoy bug, the windows of steam are tiled across my screen as shown in the screenshot below. Fix: I managed to fix this by opening up the ‘Configure Wine’ program that comes with wine and under the Applications tab switching from...

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