Archive for November, 2006

Network awareness (part I)

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

I wanted kopete to cleanly log me on and off when I suspend/resume like iChat does. Here’s the temporary solution (in Kubuntu Edgy):

Create /etc/acpi/suspend.d/20-kopete.sh mode 0755 to read,

    #!/bin/sh
   HOME=/home/myuser dcop --user myuser kopete KopeteIface disconnectAll

Create /etc/network/if-up.d/kopete mode 0755 to read,

    #!/bin/sh
   HOME=/home/myuser dcop --user myuser kopete KopeteIface connectAll

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Fixing hibernate on Edgy Ubuntu

Monday, November 27th, 2006

After upgrading kubuntu on my Dell Inspiron 640m to Edgy, hibernate no longer worked. After living with it for several weeks and relentlessly checking for software updates, here’s the solution [1]:

Edit /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume to read, 

    RESUME=/dev/sda2

Edit /etc/fstab to read,

    /dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0

(removing a similar line that started with “UUID=”)

Rebuild your initramfs, 

    $ sudo update-initramfs -u

Fix your corrupted swap partition,

    $ mkswap /dev/sda2
    $ swapon -a

Enjoy your fully-functional linux laptop.

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