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Tag: USB
Writing bootable disk images (.iso, .img, etc.) to a USB stick from Windows
Because Windows doesn't have dd, and I want to write the latest Mint LTS release to a USB task, I had to face the unpleasant task of finding a Windows tool to perform what's a basic Unix operation. The good news is that I found one, and it's open source: Win32 Disk Imager. It even has a version ≥ 1, titled: “Holy cow, we made a 1.0 Release”.
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Making my USB webcam not the first sound card
When I booted my system with the webcam plugged in, it was sound device 0, instead of 1. This is annoying, so I added this to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf:
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Nokia N79
Two weeks ago, I acquired a shiny “new” second-hand Nokia N79, because my good old Nokia 1600 (which has served me well for over three years) died as a result of drowning in my leaky tent during a high-school hiking trip in the Czech republic. Read More »
APC CS-500 causes USB disruption
I'm having a EM interference problem with the APC CS-500 UPS on two different locations. Those two locations are near each other and there seems to be something wrong the power grid in that area. Both UPS's momentarily switch over to battery several times a day. Some of these times, the apcupsd daemon sends a message saying that the communication with the UPS has been restored (and therefore it had been lost at some point).
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