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Connect ZTE MF667 USB Modem on Ubuntu 14.04
I’ve recently purchased ZTE MF667 USB Modem from Mobinil Egypt and I had some hard time connecting it to my Ubuntu 14.04 laptop, the main problem was that the modem is read as MSM (Mass Storage Media) not as USB Modem, I tried installing usb-modeswitch library but I couldn’t get it to work, I think […]
Ubuntu 12.04 external monitor blacks out and computer freezes
Hello every one, I’ve recently had a very annoying problem in Ubuntu 12.04, when I connect an external monitor both displays original and external are black with the mouse pointer at the edge of the extended monitor and the computer is un-responsive to any thing no CTRL+ALT+DELETE or CTRL+ALT+F1, even when I disconnect the external […]
Record My Desktop Encoding Problem on Ubuntu 12.04
I recently installed recordmydesktop (screen recording tool) on Ubuntu 12.04 and I faced the following error when I finish recording and encoding starts “/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtheora.so.0: undefined symbol: oggpackB_writeinit” After 2 days or something debugging and trying various solutions I came out with the following 1. It seems that libtheora0 on ubuntu repositories has some problems 2. […]
Smooth Migration from Windows to Ubuntu – 1
I recently installed ubuntu 11.04 and I made dual boot with windows XP – actually I didn’t make it ubuntu handled this- and I decided to switch for my personal use and @ my work environment as much as I can, I’ll try to mention here some of the issues I faced and how to […]
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