Resolving smb server names in Linux

Windows handles NETBIOS server names just like any other DNS entry, so you can ping, http:// or ftp to any computer on your Windows network. While Linux binds those computers also via Samba, it does not export that information to the rest of the networking stack, i.e. this will fail: ping win7machine This post [1] … Continue reading Resolving smb server names in Linux →

Ubuntu 10.10 64 Bit on an HP ProBook 4720s

Update: Ubuntu 11.04 seems a good improvement over the previous one. Read my adventures here installing it on the same laptop. The HP ProBook 4720s is what you'd call a business workhorse: metal casing, fast WLAN, 6 hours+ battery duration, a Core 3 and a matte (anti glare) 1600x900 LCD screen for a fair price … Continue reading Ubuntu 10.10 64 Bit on an HP ProBook 4720s →

Enabling the powerbutton in Ubuntu Server 10.04 on an AMD box

While shutdown –h does the trick of shutting down a server just fine, occasionally I’d prefer the haptic version. While I’ve never had problems getting the powerbutton to work with Ubuntu desktop versions, it didn’t work out of the box on my AMD Athlon XP. Fortunately the solution seems to be quite simple: sudo apt-get … Continue reading Enabling the powerbutton in Ubuntu Server 10.04 on an AMD box →

Fixing screen brightness on a Samsung R60 and Ubuntu 10.04

Finally the day came when all the clean installs in the world will not make Vista any faster on my old Samsung R60 (1.5 Ghz Dualcore), so I figured it's time for a Linux distro. Apart from high power consumption (it's a known bug [1]) nearly everything worked as expected, left two things: I wasn't … Continue reading Fixing screen brightness on a Samsung R60 and Ubuntu 10.04 →