Filed under: d600
To get VMWare Server installed on Ubuntu Edgy, I did this.
Installation is not everything, I want to get the stuff up & running, quick and easy.
To start that bunch of software I did
$ LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3 vmware &
Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=278651&page=2
Filed under: d600
The touchpad on the Dell Latitude D600 did not work for me, the cursor moved way too slow. As if I like to touch the pad – not. So I played around with some settings in
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
Play with this:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "LeftEdge" "85"
Option "RightEdge" "1010"
Option "TopEdge" "85"
Option "BottomEdge" "730"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.10"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.60"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.2"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection
Filed under: d600
Mmm, no sound. Fixed it with this way:
Type this into a shell
$ alsamixer
You will now see what appears to be a graphical equalizer. It is more like ten different volume controls in the sample place.
To navigate around:
- Left and Right Arrow Keys – Move left and right (if you move long enough in one direction you will get back to where you started – you will not fall off the screen )
- Up and Down Arrow Keys – Increase and decrease volume respectively.
- Letter M Key – Mutes/unmutes. If a channel is unmuted, then there is a green box underneath the volume slider. If the channel is muted, the box is grey.
Saving Sound Settings
Do this step to ensure that your alsamixer settings are reloaded with each boot. First make sure you have your settings just the way you like them in alsamixer. Then do sudo alsactl store 0 or if this is your nth sound card (where n is the number of soundcards in your computer) replace 0 with n-1. Many thanks to xpix for trying this out.
source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting
