I have testdisk, but too lazy to use it... yet

And I meant by accidental formatting when I haven't backed up data from the HDD yet

yes there is.

look for the firefox stable PPA.

I finally managed how to get all cores on my i7 laptop working w/o HyperThreading on



This post has been edited by FlameReaper: Apr 30 2011, 11:15 AM

try booting in recovery mode.

as in no loading screen.

I don't think you can do the latter with a laptop.

Not really sure, but try lspci.

... What kind of hardware is he using btw? If it's a PC and the monitor's port is located on the motherboard, pretty sure it's an integrated GPU.

If it's a laptop there'll be a need to know the make of that laptop and specs based on vendor's listings.

what model?

btw if it has Intel HD and a ATI card, most like it's a discrete GPU. the Intel one is an integrated GPU.

probably you're seeking tips on how to enable switching between using the Intel HD and ATI? I have no idea how switching works since I don't have an Intel HD even though my laptop is Intel (i7 brah )

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: May 15 2011, 06:27 PM

Which process you're referring to? XOrg? To me it's pretty normal, nothing too hurting, especially since you're watching a video.

XOrg really does use that amount of proc power, as how on average, not watching video, XOrg idles for me around 40~50%.

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: May 26 2011, 12:29 AM

Go to the AMD graphics card website and get the latest from there. As of 11.4, problems with kernel versions 2.6.38++ has been fixed.

Oh, the latest is now 11.5! Whoa, I wonder whether I'll want to upgrade or not...

Get it here: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linu...deon_linux.aspx

Whoa. Did you try checking the DKMS module trees?



Although in some cases DKMS might tell you to do this:



before proceeding with "dkms install".

Also please remember to do

after installation of the driver.

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: May 26 2011, 04:27 PM

Did you try installing with the ATI card on? I have no experience with laptops that can switch between integrated and discrete GPUs, but just in case if you hadn't tried that yet.

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: May 26 2011, 08:10 PM

I guess not. Well, I was looking at GNOME's System Monitor launched using gksudo, and that's what I'm seeing now...

... On top, though, I'm getting around 19% and I'm on KDE, have Firefox and Chrome open each with a dozen tabs or so in them, Audacious, SMPlayer with a 720p video on, XChat on the second desktop, a Twitter client running and pretty much that's that.

WAAAA SHINY!!! OOOHH THE PINKS!!! MY SUNGLASSES, THEY DO NOTHING!!!

I've seen that before, though. Seems like something I could do with extensive desktop modding, language pack additions, and some package searching and installing...

... Le gasp, they now added Fedora to their "moefication" list.

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: Jun 3 2011, 12:01 PM

I wouldn't want to waste a minimalist setup on it.

... Actually, I'm currently running Ubuntu with GNOME+Unity, KDE and Openbox on a first-gen i7 laptop.

i7 is nothing actually. Right now the newer kernels seem to consume more RAM as well, so you'd better be prepared with more RAM sticks

For this week I just started my shift at the notebook department of my shop...

... and there are lots of hardware which just screams me to want to try install a Linux distro and see how well it supports the hardware.

Of current interest are those with AMD's APUs and a certain Acer laptop which is just RM100 more expensive than what I have but is twice meatier... and has a freaking Blu-ray drive

Also I really want to try Ubuntu on the Nvidia Tegra devices.

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Added on July 29, 2011, 11:10 pmSigh, there has been problems with ATI cards and their driver... with the kernels.

Last time I had to manually patch the driver to suit the 2.6.38 kernels.

And then I had to do another patch to allow the driver to work in the 2.6.39 kernels.

Also with new hardware rolling out, it's just a matter of time before one blurts "God damn it! Everytime they make new hardware they break my <insert your favorite Linux distro's name here>'s support! Now this is why I hate buying new things!" etc.

Fortunately ATI's binary driver blobs' support for newer and newer kernels keep improving for each Catalyst release.

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: Jul 29 2011, 11:10 PM

For those who care, KDE 4.7 is out.

Now waiting for the *buntu packages...

Cocooh: When you say "scrot", are you referring to the screenshot-taking utility or the ScrotWM? The way you say things makes me confused between those two, considering the amount of time you've been spending on desktop moddings (Which I already gave up on making a good-looking one).

I see. So that explains why the Asus Transformer seems to be running a certain ninja game slower than one of my colleague's handphone.

Might as well I grab the ViewSonic Viewpad with Intel Atom and kick both Windows 7 and Android 1.6 off it, and get a custom *buntu installation starting from the base CLI, like how one would go around installing Arch Linux in common practice before adding a GUI to it.

And now with KDE 4.7 showing off to be promising on mobile devices, I'd waste no further time in deciding what GUI I want it to be on.


... Just... I need RM1.5k for that... actually, scratch some dollars off it since I have access to staff prices but still, better be safe...

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: Aug 1 2011, 12:22 AM

Configuring a whole PC yourself is fun but the time you need to spend isn't.

Ubuntu just helps making the process shorter and simpler, that's it. It doesn't mean I can't copy Arch's philosophy (start from bare-boned installations) and work my way into installing my DE from scratch. They gave an option for the common user, they also gave options for those who feel they can manage their way from zero to a pretty DE.

Arch? Working from zero to up. I wonder if I can make profit from configuring an Arch Linux, Gentoo or SourceMage desktop, because if there is any I really want that kind of a job.

1. Because. Also, it's fun making a topic that will make people bicker. You don't need to join, just start.

2. Which is a problem with almost anywhere.

3. Who says they can't have trolls? The mods admitted if Linus or Mark was around and they trolled, they too will get infractions as any other user would.

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: Aug 11 2011, 01:58 AM

The patience part kills me, though. And I don't need to burn out my own patience to do it, someone will burn out theirs for me and will threaten to destroy my laptop while I'm still compiling the base system - literally.



Nepomuk isn't a KDE-exclusive thing, KDE just happens to adopt it for KDE SC 4. Naturally, KDE is based in . I think I'm beginning to understand why there was the hate for KDE 4 when it first came out...

Since what it does is track the data used on every single application you have, I can see why most users can be so concerned about it because it eats up resources in doing so. Anyway, I don't think the KDE desktop is something you should want to use in low-resource environments such as older computers and/or low-spec'd computers, because I don't really think that's the focus of the KDE desktop, and it puzzles me why people are complaining about its heavyweightness when they can opt not to use it. Probably they like to ridicule some other people about it as well? Sure, we're in the Linux world, but still. If you really want low resource usage go for the small memory footprint window managers... or just dump Xorg. DEs will and will always be the most resource-heavy, no matter how light, component of what makes a GUI environment in the Linux world.

I really want to see how KDE performs with their optimized KWin with OpenGL ES 2.0 support, though.

Cocooh: Because they liked the old KDE 3, but I don't have a reason which can convince me why I should like it myself.

I'd rather someone work on GNOME 2.x and make it a GNOME Legacy fork.

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: Aug 14 2011, 07:20 AM

Finally got myself a 2nd hand N900!

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: Aug 18 2011, 02:12 PM

Android? I don't need such a thing.

Maemo will stay.

Got it for 680. I know I can get cheaper but frankly I don't want to waste time when there's a shop selling these right before me.

This post has been edited by FlameReaper: Aug 18 2011, 03:19 PM