On the VAIO SZ71E/B with Ubuntu 8.04 or Ubuntu 8.10 the headphones/earphones doesn’t work. If you insert your headphones into the headphones jack Ubuntu ignores them and the sound continues to play exclusively through the speakers.
To solve this bug:
- edit the file /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
# sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
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Sometimes could be useful to get automatic access to your Ubuntu box.
Imagine you want a default user that can access the Inernet, You could create the user with the specifics authorizations then with the autologin nobody of the users of your Ubuntu box needs to authenticate.
On my desktop PC I had Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope and I was using Evolution as e-mail client. Some days ago I bought an Acer Aspire One and I installed Ubuntu 8.10 UMPC. The version of Evolution in Ubuntu 8.10 is not totally compatible with the version installed with Ubuntu 9.04 and when I imported my mails I received the following message:
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Evolution downgrade problem! new incoming emails are not visible!
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In Ubuntu Hardy Heron there is a bug on the cpufre-applet, if you can’t change the frequency of your CPU try this:
- Remove the currently installed cpufreq-applet from the main panel, right-click on the applet and then select "Remove from panel",
- Open a new terminal window
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