Jetpack Flight Log » ubuntu http://jetpackweb.com/blog Rock{et}ing the interweb Wed, 19 May 2010 22:21:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ubuntu 10.4 (Lucid Lynx) and Broadcom BCM4312 http://jetpackweb.com/blog/2010/04/30/ubuntu-10-4-lucid-lynx-and-broadcom-bcm4312/ http://jetpackweb.com/blog/2010/04/30/ubuntu-10-4-lucid-lynx-and-broadcom-bcm4312/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:09:47 +0000 Brian Racer http://jetpackweb.com/blog/?p=823 This is basically just a repost of the same issue I had when Karmic Koala launched

Ubuntu 10.4 (Lucid Lynx) launched today and I figured it was time to do an install from scratch onto my Dell D830 Latitude laptop. Everything went quite smoothly but when it started up I noticed two issues:

Problem 1: No wireless

I know the Broadcom card inside the laptop isn’t the greatest, but the last two Ubuntu releases it has worked out of the box. The following command enabled the card after a reboot:

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

Problem 2: Really slow DNS lookups (because of IPV6)

As documented on Launchpad, there still doesn’t seem to be an official fix. Strangely disabling IPV6 in /etc/sysctl.conf didn’t solve anything, however disabling it in Firefox at least fixes the issue in the browser. Just type about:config in the address bar, and set network.dns.disableIPv6 to false.

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sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Next navigate the system menu to System -> Preferences -> CompizConfig Settings Manager. The app should start so next scroll down to the Window Management section and click on Static Application Switcher. Next click the Behavior tab and the last option will be ‘Allow Mouse Selection‘. Enable that check-box and exit the application.

It’s not quite as nice as OS X – you can only select by clicking, just mousing over won’t make each item the active target, but it’s better than nothing!

]]> http://jetpackweb.com/blog/2010/02/25/mac-os-x-like-alt-tab-mouse-selection-in-ubuntu/feed/ 1 Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) and Broadcom BCM4312 http://jetpackweb.com/blog/2009/10/29/ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala-and-broadcom-bcm4312/ http://jetpackweb.com/blog/2009/10/29/ubuntu-9-10-karmic-koala-and-broadcom-bcm4312/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:35:49 +0000 Brian Racer http://jetpackweb.com/blog/?p=565 Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) launched today and I figured it was time to do an install from scratch onto my Dell D830 Latitude laptop. Everything went quite smoothly but when it started up I noticed two issues:

Problem 1: No wireless

I know the Broadcom card inside the laptop isn’t the greatest, but the last two Ubuntu releases it has worked out of the box. The following command enabled the card after a reboot:

sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

Problem 2: Really slow DNS lookups (because of IPV6)

As documented on Launchpad, there still doesn’t seem to be an official fix. Strangely disabling IPV6 in /etc/sysctl.conf didn’t solve anything, however disabling it in Firefox at least fixes the issue in the browser. Just type about:config in the address bar, and set network.dns.disableIPv6 to false.

Otherwise things seem to be working well, although I don’t understand why they stick with a color scheme that looks like mud.

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