Posts Tagged ‘Ubuntu’

Q: Why can’t I open a window on another Linux machine?

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

… even though the firewall is configured correctly…

A: Ubuntu/Gnome sets TCP off by default in gdm.conf. So if its a new installation, or you’ve upgraded without saving the changes you made previously, edit gdm.conf…

Printing to Windows XP printer from Ubuntu

Tuesday, May 24th, 2005

Enable “Print Services for Unix” on Windows XP machine and share printer. (I’m not actually sure that this is necessary, it might be a red herring…)

When you add the printer in Ubuntu,

  1. Choose “Network Printer” and “Windows Printer (SMB)”
  2. put your Workgroup in the Host field
  3. Put “guest@<host>/<printer>” in the Printer field (replacing <host> and <printer> with your host & printer names)

So, for example, if your Windows machine was called “Dozer” and your printer was called “LaserPrinter”, you would put “guest@Dozer/LaserPrinter”.

You should not need a name and password for the Windows machine for this to work.

Note: please note that case-sensitivity is important.. e.g. If you think your machine name is “DOMINO”, it should be “Domino” in the config above.

MythTV / PVR-350 / Ubuntu

Monday, April 18th, 2005

This blog entry used to contain an overview for constructing a MythTV box from Ubuntu and a Hauppauge PVR-350 card.

I’ve moved it from the blog into a permanent page here.