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amateur android (java), python, php, and vala programmer.
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Mar 19 |
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Suyin сamera problem Since it was working at one point and stopped working, I still suspect a kernel update broke it. I updated my answer with instructions on narrowing it down. |
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Mar 7 |
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How do I disable visual effects in Ubuntu 12.04.1? CCSM should be avoided. See here for alternatives: askubuntu.com/q/205206/18665 |
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Dec 21 |
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Touchpad stops working after suspend on Lenovo T520 Yes, thank you! The "red dot" (trackpoint) sometimes doesn't work on my T430u at startup or resuming from standby; this worked great! |
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Dec 18 |
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Compiz features stopped working when an external monitor is attached In the past compiz --replace hasn't worked well for me because if I close the terminal window that I ran the command from, compiz closes. Try compiz --replace & instead. Whether or not that's the solution to your problem is another matter altogether... |
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Oct 31 |
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Rsnapshot: using different intervals for different directories I think this is definitely the way to go. just make sure you use a different snapshot_root in each config file. |
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Jun 2 |
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Is Disk Utility reliable? I talked to Seagate support, they had me do a low level format. I checked disk utility again, and it still showed the same thing, so I went ahead and sent it in for warranty service, in case the firmware is messed up. I'm guessing it's nothing major, but it's under warranty and I don't want to worry whether my drive's gonna fail down the road. |
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Jun 2 |
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Is Disk Utility reliable? I was able to confirm the results of disk utility by downloading smartmontools ( sudo aptitude install smartmontools) and running sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda |
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May 27 |
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Is Disk Utility reliable? Yes, I have a count of 1 for "Current Pending Sector Count", ID 197, and a count of 1 for "Uncorrectable Sector count", ID 198 |
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May 27 |
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Is Disk Utility reliable? @psusi yes, the counts are still 1. There's only one drive in the system, but I verified it by installing the smartmontools package and running sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda. I'll see if there are any firmware updates. If not, I need to convince Seagate the drive is bad, because according to Seatools it's fine, but "Seagate reserves the right to return a good drive back to its owner and to charge for all associated shipping costs." Thanks for your help! |
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May 27 |
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Is Disk Utility reliable? I ran badblocks, and it didn't find anything: ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo badblocks -vsb 512 /dev/sda Checking blocks 0 to 312581807 Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done Pass completed, 0 bad blocks found. But in disk utility, current pending sector count and uncorrectable sector count are still 1. I even ran it in destructive write mode ( badblocks -wsb 512 /dev/sda --I don't care about the data at this point), and it didn't find any bad blocks after 4 passes.
Any other suggestions? |
