by Dave | Dec 8, 2009 | Improving Apps, Tinker Blog
I know. I’ve railed against KDE for a long time. And yet here we are. Leaving GNOME behind. Why To be frank, part of it I’m sure is that I’m kind of restless with technology. And KDE has a lot that has impressed me. Not just slick appearance- maybe...
by Dave | Nov 13, 2009 | Tinker Blog
For the longest time I’ve been getting this error dialog when I log in: Error activating XKB configuration. It can happen under various circumstances: – a bug in libxklavier library – a bug in X server (xkbcomp, xmodmap utilities) – X server...
by Dave | Oct 20, 2009 | Tinker Blog
It may seem odd on a ‘Use 100% of the Time’ blog but occasionally I have to use other OSes to check for browser compatibility. Maybe someday I can even throw that out, but in the mean time, this chore is necessary but usually only once every week or two....
by Dave | Sep 19, 2009 | Tinker Blog
Way back when I was starting out as a web designer we used technology from RealNetworks to do some things that were, at the time, pretty amazing. But they quickly got left behind. To the point that the other day when I was attending a webinar, I realized I...
by Dave | Sep 11, 2009 | Tinker Blog
As detailed at http://ocaoimh.ie/how-to-umount-when-the-device-is-busy/ if you have an external drive that you’ve right-clicked on your desktop and clicked ‘Unmount’ or ‘Eject’ but it says “An application is preventing the volume...
by Dave | Aug 27, 2009 | Tinker Blog
After upgrading to GNOME 2.26 and the very latest Tasque, I no longer show any “Task Management System” in the preferences. ** (Tasque:17844): WARNING **: The following assembly referenced from /usr/lib64/tasque/Tasque.exe could not be loaded: Assembly:...
