Beyond Revolution

Fedora 15 and GNOME 3: Add Shutdown Option

2011-06-04T15:16:00.000-07:00

Fedora 15 was just released on May 24, 2011, and it comes with GNOME 3. It's looking really good despite the fact that I find the new design a bit slow over VNC. Also, the shutdown/power off button is nowhere to be found! Fret not my friend, as it's super simple to add a shell extension to include the shutdown button. First of all, the option to shutdown is still there, however, it's hidden. In

Fedora 15 and GNOME 3: Add Minimize Button

2011-05-28T20:15:00.000-07:00

Fedora 15 was just released on May 24, 2011, and it comes with GNOME 3. However, I found it extremely annoying that all windows only had the close button option. In order to minimize the window, you have to right click in order to see that option. So here's how you can add the minimize button back to all windows. 1) Go to Activities->Applications and click on Add/Remove Software. 2) Search for

Enable VNC Remote Desktop on Fedora 12

2010-04-24T00:53:00.000-07:00

This is a quick write up that hopefully will save someone the time I wasted trying to figure this out.Enabling Remote Desktop access on Fedora 12 (Gnome) is very easy as stated in the manual. Go to System->Preferences->Remote Desktop and enable it there by just checking a few check boxes.My goal was to connect from a Win box so you need to download a VNC Viewer client such as TightVNC.Easy,

KDM Fails to Login in FreeBSD

2009-04-11T13:12:00.000-07:00

After installing FreeBSD 7.1/amd64, X and KDE4, I finally decided to try using a display manager and I went with KDM (instead of simply XDM). It ran successfully but whenever I tried to login, the KDM would take my login and then throw me back at the login screen.Just to get started, here's what you need to do to install it:1) In /etc/ttys change the XDM line to# ttyv8 "/usr/local/kde4/bin/kdm -

KDE4, GTK20 and Portsdb Fail Due to Missing Ports

2009-03-27T21:04:00.000-07:00

I had a few more problems while installing some basic ports. And in the end the issue was due to cvsup not pulling all the necessary ports due to my refuse file.First, after installing portupgrade I ran# portsdb -UuBut it failed with:perl: not foundI found some tips online and most of them pointed to a possible use of the refuse file by cvsup. I still didn't want to pull ports that I possibly

FreeBSD/amd64 Failed installworld btxlsd

2009-03-27T20:34:00.000-07:00

In my last build of FreeBSD/amd64, installworld failed with the following error:btxld:No such file or directoryIt was a little cryptic, specially because it was a fresh install, but after a little internet search I found a possible cause/solution for the issue. The date/time was out of sync...and that was indeed the cause!You can check the date/time by simply running this:# dateTo sync it I ran:#

Metallica Back to the Bay Area + Free Downloads

2009-03-27T20:14:00.000-07:00

Very exciting news that Metallica will be returning to the Bay Area (December 2009) for another concert! The last one in Oakland rocked!And I've been enjoying the tour updates with all the interesting (historical) facts. You can also download the tracks of each concert (paid) and a bunch of other free downloads of older concerts.

FreeBSD and Intel Core 2 Quad

2009-03-27T19:59:00.000-07:00

This was a very silly mistake but since I always ran FreeBSD on Pentium machines then I always installed the i386 version; however, if you have an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU don't do that!!!Intel Core 2 Quad is a 64-bit architecture and in order to take advantage of the four CPUs then you must install FreeBSD/amd64! You also need to have SMP enabled in the Kernel (which is already a standard in all

Iron and Wine Free Download

2008-12-29T23:43:00.000-08:00

Just an exciting email that I received today and would like to share with anyone who likes Iron and Wine.There's a free download of eight tracks which are alternate takes of songs from the Shepherd's Dog album...and they sound great!You can get it from their site www.ironandwine.com or here's the direct link in case it goes away for some reason free songs.

Stuck in Windows XP Safe Mode Loop

2008-12-29T22:23:00.000-08:00

One day I was trying to delete one of those 'file in use' type of files so I jumped into Windows XP Safe Mode. However, instead of just hitting F8 during start up, I did the terrible mistake of running 'msconfig' then setting the /SAFEBOOT flag in the BOOT.INI tab.Well, due to some glitch, whenever I got to the Safe Mode login prompt the system would restart leaving me in this infinite loop as I

How to fix FreeBSD "Can't work out which disk we are booting from"

2008-11-05T11:45:00.000-08:00

I had just installed a fresh FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE, cvsup the latest sources and ports and followed my standard procedure to build and install a new world and kernel (without any big changes).Everything ran beautifully and after installworld I was ready to reboot and here's where the problem started. Upon reboot, the system wouldn't load!It was getting stuck with the following error:Can't work out

Dealing with FreeBSD MountRoot Prompt

2007-12-22T00:49:00.000-08:00

You will bump into a FreeBSD prompt if your system failed to correctly mount your root device. This normally happens when you modify your hardware and the disk configuration changes.It's actually very simple to solve this situation and to get your system up and running again. If you're not familiar with the mount command then this a great time to familiarize yourself. You can read the

Intro

2006-12-24T15:56:00.000-08:00

I've created this blog with the goal to share whatever is on my mind and to explorer the depths of this great revolution where everyone has a voice...and wants to be heard.My life has been full of events that marked and turned me into a better person. Not everything has come easily, and my eyes have captured many heart-crushing moments, but with (lots of) inner strength I've kept my stride.I've