Category Archives: Debian/Ubuntu
Debian Etch Samba printing from Windows XP
For a while I was not able to print from Windows XP via Samba with my Brother HL 2030 laser printer which is connected to one of my servers. I’m running debian Etch there and had upgraded some packages, including … Continue reading
AMD64 and 32 bits applications
I wanted Skype on my laptop, stupid me thought it was nice to have 64 bit linux. Many applications don’t seem to be 64 bit ready, one of them is Skype. Good thing there is a –force-architecture flag in dpkg, … Continue reading
Debian Etch Postfix + Sasl2
Some time ago I had some problems sending mail to one of our clients, something with their primary mailserver not accepting connections and a non-existent secondary mailserver. So I wanted to enable authenticated mail sending on my own mailserver. It … Continue reading
Dual screen with docking station using xrandr
A colleague of mine uses the same laptop as I’ve. But he didn’t like the fact that the build-in display is not used when it’s docked in the docking station. He wants to use his laptop LCD as secondary display … Continue reading
Creating your own debian package for non-source applications
For magproductions I needed a debian package of our “own version” of Eclipse (latest Eclipse with certain plugins pre-installed). At first I was told to look at checkinstall, but since I didn’t have a makefile, that was not the answer. … Continue reading
Dell Latitude D830 and Ubuntu Feisty (64 bit)
I recently got a Dell Latitude D830 to work on, since I’ll be travelling quite a lot and for that it’s useful to have your development environment with you on the road. The disadvantage is that you can have your … Continue reading