Controlling Login Access by Time….

Control when users can login, and log them off automatically, with a spoken warning notification.

Kubuntu 9.04 and Flash Audio…

How to get sound working with Kubuntu 9.04 64-bit and the Adobe Flash player.

Training in Alabama…

Spending the week in lovely Huntsville, Alabama. Never been to this state before – seems nice.
IT’S REALLY REALLY GREEN HERE.
Takes some getting used to…
Hopefully, I’ll have time to take in the space museum.

Dual-boot Laptop – Vista and Kubuntu 9.04…

I started last night.  First, I decided to use the 32-bit LiveCD installer.  I booted off the CD after shutting down Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, and soon was at the GUI (I chose the first option; to test before installing).  Once there, i opened up a konsole session, ran “sudo -i” to get root, [...]

Japanese Input on Kubuntu 9.04…

I set up Japanese input following Zorael’s tips on this link:  First Impression Jaunty/Kubuntu 9.04.  I added all packages for UIM, PRIME, SKK, skim, and scim that relate to each other, as well as some dictionaries and kinput2.  His directions were very helpful, and now my wife can input Japanese.
Short post…

VMware-Server 2.0 Won’t Start a VM…

The title says it all.  I had taken a snapshot earlier of the VM.  Later, my machine locked for some reason last night, and I had to reset it hard.  Even the magic keys didn’t save me.  Everything seemed to come up ok, but this morning when I tried to start the VM, it failed [...]

Wireless and Kubuntu 9.04…

I tried to connect my media computer to my wireless network and failed. I ended up running a wired connection to it and searching online for an answer. There is a lot of stuff out there regarding problems with the KNetwork Manager app being brain-dead with wireless. I did some checking and [...]