Tag Archives: troubleshooting

Android Hardware Dvorak

Posted on Monday 6 May 2013 by J. D. Bartlett

I wanted to be able to type in Dvorak with the hardware keyboard of my ASUS SL-101 eeePad Slider. This involved gaining root access to my device. I was surprised at how difficult it was to find clear instructions about … Continue reading →

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Reinstalling ASUS Eee PC Linux

Posted on Monday 7 January 2013 by J. D. Bartlett

This post is for the Googlers of the future. I’ve been fiddling with an ASUS Eee PC (701SDX) that originally came with Linux (Eee’s Xandros variant), but had had a different OS installed over the top of it. I wanted … Continue reading →

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Again: Broadcom Wireless BCM43224, Ubuntu

Posted on Monday 6 February 2012 by J. D. Bartlett

Update 2013-02-27: This solution on Ask Ubuntu is much better, because it includes properly packaged things that should update when you upgrade Ubuntu. Update 2012-10-24: The patch is no longer available on Broadcom’s website, but it can be found here. … Continue reading →

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Unity Launcher/Sidebar Missing on Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on Monday 7 November 2011 by J. D. Bartlett

As I mentioned previously, I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a new laptop. Then Unity stopped working. And so did Unity 2D. This is a problem, since those are the only two desktop sessions installed by default with the latest … Continue reading →

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Broadcom Wireless BCM43224 on Thinkpad, Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on Friday 14 October 2011 by J. D. Bartlett

I have a new ThinkPad. It’s nice and shiny. It comes with Windows 7, so I installed Ubuntu 11.10. The snazzy Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n [14e4:0576] wireless card did not work out of the box in Ubuntu. This is odd, … Continue reading →

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