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Device Hardware Linux Open Source Solutions Ubuntu

Fixing USB Keyboard & Mouse Boot Problems in Ubuntu

Sometimes on startup, Ubuntu does not recognize my USB Keyboard & Mouse. This problem is frustrating as Windows seems to recognize them. It took me a while to recognize the root of the problem was with the USB 3.0 ports on the Motherboard. By moving the usb connections to the USB 2.0 ports on the […]

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Linux Solutions

Kate: Not allowing to Edit Specific Files – Solution

Recently I encountered an interesting problem with Kate. When ever I opened certain files it opened them in read only mode. The files had the necessary permissions to let me write and I could open them in nano or vim and edit them successfully. There can be multiple reasons for this happening: File is in […]

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Media Open Source Solutions

Mplayer without Text

I upgraded my desktop to Kubuntu Karmic 9.10 yesterday and realized an unique problem. There was no text displayed in the OSD(On Screen Display). If you open the file in command prompt mode you will see the following message: subtitle font: load_sub_face failed. The reason for was basically that Mplayer could not find the required […]