Note: This probably isn’t limited just to the Dell Studio 1558. For those who tried the HOWTO at https://help.ubuntu.com/ and ended up with headphones and microphones that don’t work, here’s how you do it: sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf Into that file, insert options snd-hda-intel model=dell-m6-dmic. (Some forum posts will tell you to use dell-eq, but that [...]
- You install Lucid Lynx and it looks awesome with the open source ATI drivers. Good. – Ubuntu then tells you that restricted drivers are available for your shiny ATI graphics card. You install these drivers. Great. – You reboot and the splash screen and your consoles look like dog shit. (No, not your terminal [...]
Having spent some time with CrunchBang linux, and being fairly impressed by it, I am now back on vanilla Ubuntu. Luckily, having my /home on a separate partition saved me a lot of trouble as far as reconfiguring applications goes. With this fresh install of Ubuntu, I’m also running the YetiOS version of Windows XP [...]