Henri Cook

Archive for January, 2009

After months of aggravation and ‘just putting up’ with this bug a (source) patch and a quick terminal-based fix have been released.
Bug comments/description here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-177/+bug/296167
The terminal-fix which I’m using until a patched package is released is instituted as a script, and can be bound to a gnome hotkey for super quick-fixing.
/home/henri/scripts/mouse_fix.sh:
#!/bin/bash
cat /home/henri/scripts/mouse_fix.sh
xte “mousemove 0 0″
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15 Jan, 2009

Dell having a massive server sale!

Posted by: Henri Cook In: Server Admin| Technical Support

There’s a great looking Dell sale on at the moment, ~£250 off all servers. I think I need one..



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Henri Cook is a postgraduate Computer Science student at Durham University, UK. His interests range from the technical and geeky through to watersports through to psychology. Please take the time to look around and comment, the author values your feedback.