Tag Archives: Linux

Howto fix: black screen / adjust brightness after resume (Linux)

Posted on 12/09/2012 by freelander

. In some computers with Intel graphics (maybe others as well), I’ve often come across this problem: when resuming from sleep (standby) mode, I can’t adjust the screen brightness. There is a very well known fix for this: to pass … Continue reading →

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Howto fix: Linux (Mint, Ubuntu) install from USB failure, drops to busybox.

Posted on 11/09/2012 by freelander

More often than not, when trying to install several Linux distributions (or releases) via a USB stick created from the downloaded iso live or install image, I’ve experienced the frustration of being dropped to a busybox (which is the Linux … Continue reading →

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No icons in QT apps on Xfce

Posted on 28/05/2011 by freelander

. If you ever experience this problem: QT apps showing no icons in their menus when running in Xfce desktop, you can fix it issuing these commands on a console: gconftool-2 –type boolean –set /desktop/gnome/interface/buttons_have_icons true gconftool-2 –type boolean –set … Continue reading →

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How to login as root in Xfce

Posted on 21/05/2011 by freelander

. Log in as root in the Xfce environment is disabled by default. When I tried to google how to change this behaviour, I got lots of results, but useless, because though dozens of people had posted that same question … Continue reading →

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