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X11 Forwarding When Issuing: sudo su

2010-01-082010-01-08T13:36:25ZY-m-d">January 8, 20102010-01-08T13:36:25ZF j, Y

If you have Xming installed and are forwarding X11 with putty you may notice that all is well until you need to run a gui application as the root user (after issuing sudo su). If you just need to run the gui application and don’t require the entire root environment then issuing a sudo app [...]

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How to stop your laptop from giving that high pitch squealing noise

2009-02-062009-02-06T07:51:36ZY-m-d">February 6, 20092009-02-06T07:51:36ZF j, Y

Does your laptop squeal? Is it a nasty high pitch noise that occurs when you are running on battery power. The solution: Download Rightmark CPU Clock Utility: http://cpu.rightmark.org/ Install it Go to the advanced CPU settings and click on the Chipset Button Uncheck Enable popdown and popup Apply to save Be done with it.

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Python Won’t Take Command Line Arguments – Windows Vista

2008-12-212008-12-21T15:29:56ZY-m-d">December 21, 20082008-12-21T15:29:56ZF j, Y

If you use python via the command line in Windows vista, you’ll notice that it won’t accept command line arguments if you run a script. For example this won’t work: python myscript.py argument1 argument2 Your python script won’t get the arguments. The fix for Windows Vista is: Get an application called: File Type Doctor Find [...]

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IBM ThinkPad T43 Hissing Noise In Linux

2008-06-262008-06-27T01:56:54ZY-m-d">June 26, 20082008-06-27T01:56:54ZF j, Y

I have an old T43 laptop by IBM. Recently I put Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) on it and started getting a hissing noise when running on battery power. I found 2 possible solutions: add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/options options processor max_cstate=2 get the linux-server kernel sudo apt-get install linux-server I didn’t get a chance to try [...]

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