After several weeks using Ubuntu on my Thinkpad R400, there are several features which doesn’t work out-of-the-box. One of them is Lenovo Thinkpad Active Protection System. Gladly, I found some nice article on the internet, then try to activate Active Protection System using those tutorial. It’s a good tutorial, now the Active Protection System is […]

After several weeks using Ubuntu on my Thinkpad R400, there are several features which doesn’t work out-of-the-box. One of them is Lenovo Thinkpad Active Protection System. Gladly, I found some nice article on the internet, then try to activate Active Protection System using those tutorial. It’s a good tutorial, now the Active Protection System is activated under Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.

[Thinkpad HDAPS in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty]

A weeks a go, I just bought a new notebook for myself, Lenovo Thinkpad R400 RZ7 which comes with pre-installed Windows Vista (free upgrade to Windows 7 ’til 31 Jan 2010), powered by Intel Core 2 Duo P7370 (2.0GHz, FSB 1066, Cache 3MB), Chipset Intel 45GM, 2GB DDR3 RAM, Intel Graphics 4500MHD, 14.1-inch WXGA TFT […]

A weeks a go, I just bought a new notebook for myself, Lenovo Thinkpad R400 RZ7 which comes with pre-installed Windows Vista (free upgrade to Windows 7 ’til 31 Jan 2010), powered by Intel Core 2 Duo P7370 (2.0GHz, FSB 1066, Cache 3MB), Chipset Intel 45GM, 2GB DDR3 RAM, Intel Graphics 4500MHD, 14.1-inch WXGA TFT with 1280 x 800 resolution, 250GB hard drive, DVDRW, integrated camera 2.0MP, VGA out (no HDMI), WiFi, Bluetooh, card reader, LAN and modem.

After upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala (9.10), I try to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix in my wife’s HP MiniNote 1016. However since my wife doesn’t like it (it’s quite heavy in this machine), I decided to uninstall UNR and go back to the default GNOME.
There are several packages have to be removed, you can do […]

After upgrading to Ubuntu Karmic Koala (9.10), I try to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix in my wife’s HP MiniNote 1016. However since my wife doesn’t like it (it’s quite heavy in this machine), I decided to uninstall UNR and go back to the default GNOME.

There are several packages have to be removed, you can do that by writing this command in your terminal.

$sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-netbook-remix ubuntu-netbook-remix-default-settings maximus

There you go, UNR is removed and now back to GNOME default.

By default, Ubuntu disable X window reset feature by keyboard shortcut in Jaunty (9.04) and Karmic (9.10). However we can still enable this feature, here is how:
1. Go to System > Preferences > Keyboard

2. Choose Layout Options

3. Choose  Key Sequence to Kill X Server, make sure it’s checked.

By default, Ubuntu disable X window reset feature by keyboard shortcut in Jaunty (9.04) and Karmic (9.10). However we can still enable this feature, here is how:

1. Go to System > Preferences > Keyboard

2. Choose Layout Options

3. Choose  Key Sequence to Kill X Server, make sure it’s checked.

In Jaunty and previous release of Ubuntu, I used to install my SMC 2862 G driver using ndiswrapper, it’s a little bit annoying since sometimes it makes Ubuntu won’t boot perfectly (I should unplug and plug it again). But it’s just an old story, since now Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic can detect it perfectly, no Wind*** […]

In Jaunty and previous release of Ubuntu, I used to install my SMC 2862 G driver using ndiswrapper, it’s a little bit annoying since sometimes it makes Ubuntu won’t boot perfectly (I should unplug and plug it again). But it’s just an old story, since now Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic can detect it perfectly, no Wind*** driver needed, no ndiswrapper installed, it’s just works out of the box.