Kubuntu works in a mysterious way.
Original relevant portion of ~/.kde/share/config/kioslaverc
[Proxy Settings]
AuthMode=0
NoProxyFor=192.168.1.254,localhost
Proxy Config Script=
ProxyType=0
ReversedException=true
ftpProxy=//:8080
httpProxy=http://proxy.singnet.com.sg:8080
httpsProxy=//:8080
And KPackagekit will complain about whenever you want to refresh repo cache or download packages whenever you change ISP. My home and university use different ISP. Anyway, //:8080 is definitely wrong for proxy address.
Modify this part as below and your KPackagekit will [...]
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Posted in ATI, Audio, Desktop, KDE, Kubuntu, Network, Networking, Ubuntu, Wireless, fglrx on September 30, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Howdy,
My trusted Toshiba Tecra M5 motherboard gave up on me last week. I ended up spending all my savings on a new HP ProBook 4310s from my university. But configure this baby is a pain when it comes to Linux.
I loaded Linux Mint 7 Gloria (GNOME) then switch to Kubuntu Jaunty with 4.3.1 from backport. [...]
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Here is a script to find the maximum MTU (the value before the packet is fragmented). I was not particularly satisfied with dlsreports guide. The command given for us linux might not work most of the time (doesn’t prohibit fragmentation at time) as well as it is not an automatic operation but relies on trial [...]
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-= My first offering to XFCE goddess =-
pyNeighborhood enables you to access your local network, mounting and unmounting shared folders, almost (yes, almost) 100% GUI – point and click. It works with both Windows and Linux shares,though I will cover the more problematic Windows share here. There are few guides floating around regarding pyNeighborhood but [...]
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