When i first installed Ubuntu, the graphics were hurting my eyes. It was all disformed and corny. To fix this, I opened up a terminal, and entered: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg This starts a script that configures your xserver. Just follow the steps, select the vesa driver, and when you come to selecting resolution, make sure… Continue Reading »
Ok time to get you connected to that WPA secured wlan Step one: Get the wpasupplicant package from the repo if it’s not already installed: sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant Step two: Create a file named wpa.conf or something (doesn’t matter what you call it really) Paste this into the file: ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant network={ ssid=”myssid” psk=”mysecret” key_mgmt=WPA-PSK… Continue Reading »
First step: Make sure you have Ndiswrapper installed. If you don’t, open a terminal and enter: sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 That should take care of getting ndiswrapper. Step two: Get the drivers. Go to http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com, then “Download Drivers“, find the Amilo la 1703, then go to Wlan. Get the Windows XP drivers Downloaded the… Continue Reading »