Monthly Archives: October 2006

FC5: A little progress

Posted on October 20, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Quick update today. Got printing to work. After some googling around, I found lots of advice that the gnome printer config utility was pretty flaky, I blew away my existing CUPS config (generated by the gnome utility) and ran the … Continue reading →

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I Just Wanna Watch TV (part 22)

Posted on October 19, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

This time its not Time Warner, I promise… Recently my Sony TV (32″ HD) cashed itself in. When you hit the power button, all you get is a blinking red light. What does the manual say about this condition? If … Continue reading →

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Project FC5 Update: 0 for 2

Posted on October 19, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Last night, I had two tasks for my FC5 project: Get a Parallels VM machine for Windows XP rolling.Seemed to kick off OK after having to remember how to use Parallels’ VM setup utility. A false start or two later, … Continue reading →

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More Fun with FC5

Posted on October 18, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

I’d love to ditch XP completely, but I still have a few things that I need windows for. My master plan is to run FC5 as the primary OS and use XP in a Parallels virtual machine. I’ve messed around … Continue reading →

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Harddrive Replacement

Posted on October 18, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Monday, I took a day off to concentrate on some chores that never seem to make it off my to do list. On of which was replacing the OS harddrive in my primary PC at home before its impending failure. … Continue reading →

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