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Wine ATI unreadable text in starcraft 2 fix

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:19:13 +0000

All you have to do is add nopat to the grub menu. nano /etc/default/grub Change GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="" to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nopat" Then save the file, then run sudo update-grub. It works with crossover games too, that’s what I use, which is based on … Continue reading → Related posts:

ATI 10.8 is out

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 18:02:50 +0000

Text is still messed up in starcraft 2, maybe it’ll be fixed in 11.8. Download Related posts:Wine on mac mini I want StarCraft 2! Fuppes SVN-578 Related posts:

Verizon and Google’s Net Neutrality Proposal is a bunch of crap

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:48:28 +0000

As long as what your doing is “lawful”, then you should be fine. Only problem is, they don’t say how that is determined, are they going to hire monkeys to look at all the data and then decide randomly if … Continue reading → Related posts:

Got a new power supply

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:27:30 +0000

Took me about an hour to replace my old one, as I have a shitty RAIDMAX case, that doesn’t have enough room in it. I got an Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W Power Supply. According to my UPS my computer isn’t … Continue reading → Related posts:

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty works in crossover games 9.1

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:32:36 +0000

Bought Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty today at gamestop. Seems to work fine in crossover games, it crashes if I change the texture quality to medium, might be my computer though. At first when opening the game the text isn’t … Continue reading → Related posts:

Cancelled t-mobile webconnect

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:06:29 +0000

We got at&t, only ten dollars to add data to the phones, or 30 dollars for all phones, cheaper then t-mobile webconnect, faster too. Now I should probably sell the modem I have, but I’m lazy, so it’ll probably collect … Continue reading → Related posts:

ATI 10.7 is out

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:03:55 +0000

Not sure what’s new, text still isn’t readable in half life 2. From what I read savage 2 won’t work, heroes of newerth doesn’t work, and it has the same bug as savage 2. Maybe a new driver every two … Continue reading → Related posts:

Aluratek CDM530AM 3G Portable Wireless USB Cellular Router Supported Modems

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:31:13 +0000

They don’t provide the list on their website, but if you buy the device there’s a link to the supported modems, they should put that on their site. Copied the list below from the router. If you buy it directly … Continue reading → Related posts:

Aluratek CDM530AM 3G Portable Wireless USB Cellular Router

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:09:34 +0000

I got a Aluratek 3G Portable Wireless USB Cellular Router today, to use with t-mobile webconnect. I got a t-mobile USB modem for 70 bucks on eBay, instead of 200 bucks. It’s pretty easy to setup after I found the … Continue reading → Related posts:

Ubuntu enemy territory quake wars sound fix

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:47:33 +0000

If the sound is lagging, or there’s no sound then this will fix it. You can either remove pulseaudio, or better tell enemy territory quake wars to use oss. I used the installer from liflg.org to install the game, so … Continue reading → Related posts:

Fireworks

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:45:41 +0000

Picture taken with a Nikon Coolpix L110. Should of brought my tripod with me. Related posts:Got an Eye-Fi Connect X2 card today Spokane Discount doesn’t want your money Related posts:

Ubuntu upgrade to latest ATI video driver

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:41:02 +0000

First you should remove the old driver and reboot. You’ll need this script to install it. sudo apt-get remove fglrx fglrx-amdcccle sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.old sudo rm -fr /usr/lib/fglrx sudo rm -fr /etc/ati sudo reboot If you don’t have any … Continue reading → Related posts:

ATI drivers are going backwards

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:11:06 +0000

Think this might be related to this quake live problem, which is because of the ATI driver. I’m using version 10.5, which seems more stable then 10.6. 10.4 won’t work for me, all wine games crash. I have a Sapphire … Continue reading → Related posts:

Got a shredder

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 01:40:23 +0000

Bought a Init™ – Crosscut Paper Shredder from bestbuy.com. I only paid $21.85 , cause I had a 50 dollar gift card. Best buy could of shipped it better, good thing it worked. Basically they wrapped the box in something, … Continue reading → Related posts:

Got a new bike

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:23:44 +0000

I got a haro flightline intro for 300 bucks. It came with a lifetime warranty on the frame, and first tune up is free. Forgot the name of the store. They mention that model on their site, but don’t list … Continue reading → Related posts:

Computer has 4 GB of ram now

admin — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:47:53 +0000

Got 2 more gigs of ram today, that I ordered from newegg.com, same stuff that came with the bundle. No more lag in Savage 2. Related posts:Decent newegg bundle Haven’t done a disk defragment lately Where to buy the Nintendo … Continue reading → Related posts:

Ubuntu using too much memory?

admin — Fri, 28 May 2010 02:42:52 +0000

The solution for me was to download a new kernel, the only problem was getting the ATI driver to work. Make sure you download the linux-headers file too, you need the _all and _arch(i386 or amd64). I got the ati … Continue reading → Related posts:

Built a new computer

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 04:25:46 +0000

Built a new computer yesterday, bought a DIY PC Combo on newegg.com. Had to buy a hard drive and a cpu cooler too. Runs ubuntu just fine, I have no need for windows. Torchlight works fine in wine, better then … Continue reading → Related posts:

Who is that?

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:38:37 +0000

It’s supposed to be tux, can’t finish cutting him out, till my battery is done charging. Then I’ll need to find somebody to paint him, so it looks more like tux, rather then just the shape. It would look horrible … Continue reading → Related posts:

Can’t hear MSI Nettop 100 anymore

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 03:46:19 +0000

The only thing I can hear now is the hard drive, I replaced the fan with a Vantec Thermoflow TF6025 60x60x25mm Double Ball Bearing Temperature Controlled Case Fan. While I was in there I replaced the thermal paste on the … Continue reading → Related posts: