Category Archives: Linux
How to get your USB wheel mouse working in SuSE 9.3 on a Dell Inspiron 8000
My Logitech TrackMan Wheel mouse worked fine on my Dell Inspiron 8000 running SuSE 9.3 except for the wheel. Not having use of the wheel threw me into such a seething rage that I was ready to stab pen through … Continue reading
How to get started with a Treo 650 on SuSE 10.0 OSS
In your hand you hold a Treo 650. You look at the shiny new handheld, then you look at your Linux box. You look back at the Treo, then back to the Linux machine. “Maybe,” you think, “maybe I can … Continue reading
How to get a networked Brother HL-5170DN working on SuSE 9.3
CUPS comes with a driver that works with the HL-5170DN, but it does not seem to handle double-sided printing. Fortunately, Brother supplies Linux drivers on their website, though I found the documentation to be somewhat disorganized. This HOW-TO will describe … Continue reading
Gentoo: Enough is Enough
I’ve battled through a Gentoo upgrade for the last time. I’ve set my computer compiling for days, restarting after fixing the errors that crop up. I’ve run portlog-info.sh and painstakingly combed through all the little messages and warnings that would … Continue reading