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Saturday, July 11, 2015

CD-ROM won't mount, I/O error dev sr0 sector

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Some CD's I have burnt myself do not mount in Sabayon Linux. dmesg shows the following errors: end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, secto...
Friday, June 5, 2015

Plymouth splash not correct in Sabayon

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After a Sabayon 13 update in May 2015, new artwork is locked in the initrd file system.  Dracut builds of the initramfs kernal image file sy...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

xdg-su not decorated with theme

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LXDE on OpenSuse 13.2 uses xdg-su ass the GUI frontend to run applications using sudo. If it can't load gnomesu or kdesu then it present...

Install Screengrab for screenshots on OpenSuse

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LXDE doesn't have a default screenshot grabber. Here's how to install Screengrab from source on OpenSuse 13.2: Download the source...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

Remember screen brightness running Linux on MacBook

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Running Sabayon Linux, with systemd, on a MacBook, the LCD backlight always resets to maximum brightness after reboot. This is an annoyance ...
Sunday, December 28, 2014

Monitor fans on HP Proliant ML150 G3 running Debian Lenny Linux

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(This blog is in reference to a Debian Lenny AMD64 system) hp-health is the package that is supposed to provide access to the fan status o...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Automate PDF printing from batch file command line

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Adobe Reader is not suitable for printing PDF files using a batch file because it remains open after the print is done and there is no simpl...