Monday, November 23, 2009
xkill
I should be studying
So of course - even under the pressure of imminent exams (11 hours left) I find distractions - like turning my old laptop into a media center.....
http://www.soma.fm/
http://www.bpm.fm/
Labels: internet radio, streaming music
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Dell Studio 15 (1557)
Got my new Dell Studio 15 (Studio 1557) yesterday!!
I love it. Hello i7. I love your fast speedy cpu Intel!!!!
Wasted no time in reinstalling Windows 7 on a small partition. (Thanks Dell for only increasing the memory footprint by 200meg with your random crapware - but I still prefer a clean install)
Ubuntu install was a bit painful. I haven't had a clean install since 8.10 - things started going wrong for me at 9.04. Don't let this happen Canonical! So q.c please!
The problems are all sound related - using the default volume keys caused craziness - and after installing a few things, sounds stopped working. Maybe that ATI drivers caused it? Anyway - solution to no sound on the dell is:
In file
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:
Add another entry:
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6
I love it. Hello i7. I love your fast speedy cpu Intel!!!!
Wasted no time in reinstalling Windows 7 on a small partition. (Thanks Dell for only increasing the memory footprint by 200meg with your random crapware - but I still prefer a clean install)
Ubuntu install was a bit painful. I haven't had a clean install since 8.10 - things started going wrong for me at 9.04. Don't let this happen Canonical! So q.c please!
The problems are all sound related - using the default volume keys caused craziness - and after installing a few things, sounds stopped working. Maybe that ATI drivers caused it? Anyway - solution to no sound on the dell is:
In file
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base:
Add another entry:
options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6
