[Linux] Journal.

Install and run gtk-theme-switch2 to change the look and feel. I’m using the SphereCrystal look.

ssh stopped accepting the public key on my laptop and prompts me for password everytime. Initially I thought it was just a buggy upgrade but the problem persisted after further updates. Checked sshd_config and everything looked fine. In the end it was the permission in my home directory. For some reason which escapes me right [...]

After updating debian ethernet pcmcia card at eth0 is down after booting. I have to reinsert the card again to bring it up. The strange thing is I can see it been successfully brought up and obtaining an IP during boot, so a later process must have brough it down. After playing aimlessly in /etc/rcS.d [...]

Today my laptop hard disk started making very loud clicking noises.
The unanimous opinion is it’s just the matter of time before it
dies, apparently many people has gone through the same agony.
The only question left is: can I backup the disk drive before it
retires for good?

Last weekend mozilla started to freeze the first time I give it keyboard input. The freeze lasts for about three minutes then afterwards it works fine. It only occurs when I’m at home, in the office I had no problems. It turns out that my local loopback interface was down when I’m at home, [...]

I’ve been trying to find a good visual HTML editor in Linux for a
while. As much as I like to edit in emacs I don’t like to view my html
in all its gory. I’ve tried a few - bluefish, qemacs, emacs’ html-mode
- but nothing comes close to my needs. My criteria for a good html
editor [...]