Recent content by perfektionist

Try adding "drivemap -s (hd0) (hd1)" to your Windows XP entry in grub.cfg (minus the double quotes). I'm not sure what version of grub you are using, but if it is recent enough, this command should be supported. Windows XP has trouble booting from a non-first hard disk. For more details on...

Alternatively, add a space before %c in scanf format specifier, this will make %c ignore whitespace. eg. "scanf(" %c%f%d", &b1.name, &b1.price, &b1.pages);" Format specifiers such as %d, %s ignore leading whitespace, whereas %c doesn't. The %c matches your newline character entered in the...

@Roxtin The KX-TG664XB (X is the number of handsets) series does seem to have power backup touted as one of its main features. But I guess it isn't available in India yet. Here is a link to the single handset model - KX-TG6641B - DECT 6.0 Plus Not sure about the power backup duration though.

@saumik_ - Thanks for sharing this information. I did try plugging the receiver into other USB ports on the M/B, no luck though. I have emailed Logitech support. --- Updated Post - Automerged --- Finally got it working. Let me document what I did, in case others run in to the same issue. I...

Nope, I dont have Setpoint installed, as the logitech website says it isn't needed for MK320. When I try to update the drivers for the device via Device Manager, Windows identifies it as a "USB Composite device" & the driver installation fails for some reason. What do you see in Device manager...

I recently purchased a Logitech MK320 wireless kbd/mouse combo. It works out of the box on my desktop in Win XP & Ubuntu 10.04. I have Win 7 also on the same desktop. The mouse and keyboard just fail to work in win 7. The USB receiver is not getting installed properly in Win 7. In device...

This should work: watch -n 3 -d 'netstat -i | grep vif*'

If you haven't heard of conky take a look here - Conky - Home I use a .conkyrc derived from the one posted here - Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots - Page 1605 - Ubuntu Forums Had to make a few changes to adjust for my screen resolution (1920x1200). You will need to install/configure...

I would suggest reading up the following books for UNIX programming: 1) Advanced Programming in the UNIX environment (Stevens) 2) Advanced UNIX programming (Rochkind) 3) Single Unix Specification/man/info pages for reference C is the the programming language of choice for systems programming...

Check your uid on both distros - "cat /etc/passwd | grep hellknight" Try making uid's the same on both distros - "sudo usermod -u <uid> hellknight"