Openoffice and JRE

Got problem to get OpenOffice to locate Java, and it turned out,

openoffice.org-java-common

was missing.

VC++ Runtime Error

I have been using AutoGK for a while now to convert my mpeg videos into AVIs. Everything works fine till yesterday. When I tried to convert my vidoes, I got VC++ runtime error. I was scratching my head for a reason since I had just used the program a week again, and nothing had changed. It turned out it was caused by corrupted VC++ runtime library ... don't know how it happened ... Anyway, after I have reinstall the VC++ runtime redist from Microsoft, everything back to normal.

Ubuntu 8.10

I have just upgrade one of my machine to from 8.04 LTS to 8.10 as I heard the new version brings in speed improvement. Although the upgrade went mostly okay, the problem is it broke my display setting. I am using a NVidia graphics card, and it didn't work in the new version.

Surely, if I am determine, I can edit the xorg.conf to get things to work. However, I am disappointed by the lack of graphical configuration tool for xorg. Since I am using a KVM switch, the auto detect function doesn't work. In the past, I can use displayconfig-gtk to force the setting. Unfortunately, Ubuntu decide to phase it out.

If you ask me an area which I really want Ubuntu to be improved upon, this is it, this is the one! A simple, working graphics setting utility similar to those found on a Mac or even on Windows

ATi Mobile Radeon LY6

I finally got my 3D acceleration back. The combination below seems fix my lockup problem when Xorg restart, especially this line

Option "BusType" "PCI"

Section "device" #
Identifier "device1"
Boardname "ATI Radeon"
Busid "PCI:1:0:0"
Driver "radeon"
Option "DynamicClocks" "True"
Option "AccelMethod" "EXA"
Option "DMAForXv" "OFF"
Option "BusType" "PCI"
Option "SubPixelOrder" "NONE"
# Option "DRI" "OFF"
Screen 0
EndSection