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Category Archives: Inspiron

Fix for problems with suspend and hibernate

Thursday, February 14, 2008

I’ve recently learned that many issues related to suspend and hibernate are directly related to the video drivers. Even when not using the restricted drivers, often laptops still don’t correct handle suspend, hibernate, and resumes for both. I’ve written about my problems with suspend and hibernate in the past, and I’ve recently received help from [...]

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Init: Error parsing configuration no such file or directory

Friday, December 21, 2007

I recently got a new Dell laptop, an Inspiron 1520. It came pre-loaded of course with Vista. I of course wanted Kubuntu on it, and that’s been an adventure.
Now… first things first. I setup the notebook using Vista and made sure that everything worked. Fortunately, everything worked… and worked perfectly.
Next, I moved into using GParted/CloneZilla [...]

Filed in 1520, Bugs, Dell, GParted, Hardy Heron, Inspiron, Kubuntu, Laptop, Launchpad, LiveCD, Vista, Windows, ntfs | Comments (0)