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VMware workstation keybindings fix in Ubuntu Intrepid
angch — Fri, 22/05/2009 - 20:22
Up/down keys, etc are not mapped properly in a machine hosted by Intrepid, when it was okay running under Hardy.
One fix was to .vmware/preferences, add:
hint.xkeymap.notLocal = "FALSE"
xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = trueForgot where I got the above from. VMware server uses .vmware/config, if I remember correctly. Also VMware will pop up a warning when you start it.

Thinkpad fingerprint login in Ubuntu Intrepid.
angch — Wed, 08/04/2009 - 11:32
How to enable fingerprint logins (summarized from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinkFinger) for Ubuntu Intrepid.
The above page is for different Ubuntu distros, but as a quickie for Ubuntu Intrepid on Thinkpad (tested on T61 and X61):
Install:
sudo apt-get install thinkfinger-tools libpam-thinkfinger
sudo /usr/lib/pam-thinkfinger/pam-thinkfinger-enable
sudo 'echo "uinput" >> /etc/modules'
modprobe uinput # for nowAdd your user:
# Login to your account
tf-tool --acquire
memcache woes in Ubuntu Intrepid.
angch — Wed, 25/03/2009 - 19:03
Seems like Ubuntu Intrepid uses a beta version of memcache module for PHP. This has caused a number of grief in my Drupal 5 + cacherouter + memcache development site: e.g. http://drupal.org/node/245341#comment-1397634
