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"The true criterion of the practical, therefore, is not whether the latter can keep intact the wrong or foolish; rather is it whether the scheme has vitality enough to leave the stagnant waters of the old, and build, as well as sustain, new life." -- Emma Goldman
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
LightDM fails to start
Had a quite annoying experience with my new linux laptop yesterday, after a routine update, it failed to start into X. In brief, LightDM has to wait until the nvidia kernel module is loaded. Originally, the /etc/init/lightdm.conf file had a `sleep 2` command in it, before it attempted to run `exec lightdm`. The upgrade changed the file, removing the sleep line, so that when I rebooted, X would fail, saying that it couldn't load the nvidia driver.
The fix for now, hack though it is, is to add the `sleep 2` line before the `exec lightdm` line. Boot is slower, but at least it works.
This was on Ubuntu 11.10. There is a bug here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/873495
The fix for now, hack though it is, is to add the `sleep 2` line before the `exec lightdm` line. Boot is slower, but at least it works.
This was on Ubuntu 11.10. There is a bug here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/lightdm/+bug/873495
Monday, October 24, 2011
Short update
Quick update here so I have it for reference. Saturday evening I resigned from the Denver Pops orchestra, after about 8 seasons. That is all.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Penta-pepper-pede
And hot on the granite heels of the rockapede, the penta-pepper-pede!
I presume it's readying "cancer venom" in order to help eradicate cancer!
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Friday, September 02, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Tiny Monsters
Tiny Monsters by Geoff Lehr is licensed under a Creative Commons
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Sweeney Pede
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