Author Archives: bigbrovar

Better Clickpad Support for Ubuntu 11.04

Posted on May 24, 2011 by bigbrovar

Ever since I got my HP probook 4420s I have been on a search for the Touchpad (or Clickpad as it is called) Nirvana. On Kubuntu 10.10 Out of the box the clickpad was basically useless, right click and middle … Continue reading →...

Posted in KDE, kubuntu, Multitouch, Ubuntu | Tagged , , , , | 29 Comments

Turning Wireless on Causes Laptop to Freeze on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal? My Work Around

Posted on April 30, 2011 by bigbrovar

It all started.. …after I installed Kubuntu 11.04 beta, everything was going smooth, wireless worked out of the box, (unlike 10.10 where I had to install some freedom hating broadcom driver) I had the awesome kde 4.6.2, seating on top … ...

Posted in Broadcom Wireless, Connectivity, Gnome, Installation, KDE, kubuntu, Linux Admin, Ubuntu | Tagged , , , , | 21 Comments

Pastebin Plasma widget

Posted on March 5, 2011 by bigbrovar

Being a Linux sysadmin, The need often arises to share debug logs, configuration files or text snippets using services such as pastebin. Usually I use a tool called pastebinit which is a powerful commandline application that makes the process of &hel...

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Enable MultiTouch Support for Clickpad On Ubuntu 10.10

Posted on January 12, 2011 by bigbrovar

NB if you are on U|K|Xubuntu 11.04 there is a better workaround were both right / middle click and multitouch works and works way better than this. Although I don’t know if same would work on Ubuntu 10.10. One thing … Continue reading &r...

Posted in Clickpad, Gnome, KDE, kubuntu, Multitouch, Ubuntu | Tagged , , , , | 38 Comments