Category: Troubleshooting

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How to disable dumprep.exe

When a program crashes in windows this program normally is what causes things to hang and it keeps opening multiple copies of itself if you attempt multiple close attemps.

How to disable dumprep.exe:

1. Right click on "My Computer," choose "Properties" from that menu.
2. Click on "Advanced tab,"
3. Click the "Error Reporting" button.
4. Check the "Disable error reporting" box. You may choose to uncheck the the box below it, "But notify me when an error occurs," if desired.

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Samsung Memoir T929

Uses a Micro SDHC card
Headphones require special jack
Addresses sync, goes against phone not SIM card

Software and Manual

Special Notes:

  • You need to install both the Samsung PC Studio and the USB Modem driver
  • The USB settings needs changed in phone settings to work with the software.
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Reset IPod Nano 3G

To reset your iPod:

1. Toggle the Hold switch on and off. (Slide it to Hold, then turn it off again.)
2. Press and hold the Menu and Center (Select) buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears, about 6 to 10 seconds. You may need to repeat this step.

Tip:

If you are having difficulty resetting your iPod, set it on a flat surface. Make sure the finger pressing the Select button is not touching any part of the click wheel. Also make sure that you are pressing the Menu button toward the outside of the click wheel, and not near the center.

If the above steps did not work, try connecting iPod to a power adapter and plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet, or connect iPod to your computer. Make sure the computer is turned on and isn't set to go to sleep.

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Recovering Grub (menu.lst) after Windows Re-install

Reference: link

  • Boot the Desktop/Live CD. (Use Ubuntu 8.04 or later)
  • Open a terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal)
  • Start grub as root with the following command
    • sudo grub
  • You will get a grub prompt which we will use to find the root partition and install grub to the MBR (hd0)
    grub>
  • Type the following and press enter:
    find /boot/grub/stage1
  • If you get "Error 15: File not found", try the following:
    find /grub/stage1
  • Using this information, set the root device (fill in X,Y with whatever the find command returned):
    grub> root (hdX,Y)
  • Install Grub:
    grub> setup (hd0)
  • (In case you want to install GRUB to another drive (like hdX) use the above command as 'setup (hdX)' and then continue)
  • Exit Grub:
    grub> quit
  • Reboot (to hard drive). Grub should be installed and both Ubuntu and Windows should have been automatically detected.
  • 6. If, after installing grub, Windows will not boot you may need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
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Uninstall GRUB fix MBR for Windows

Boot your computer using FreeDOS on CD-ROM, and run the following command from a command prompt.

fdisk /mbr

This restores your master boot record, and effectively eliminates GRUB.  You now have orphaned Linux partitions on your hard drive you will either need to use windows to delete and reformat as additional partitions or use a 3rd party utility to reclaim the space.

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Background Image Disappears in Ubuntu

Synopsis: gnome settings were corrupted
Fix with the following:

  • rm -R .gconf/desktop/gnome/background
  • Logout / Login

 
There was really only one file that was deleted from the fix:
.gconf/desktop/gnome/background/%gconf.xml

Details from original post:

When the picture_opacity value from the gnome background image is set to 200 the background image disappears and never comes back until the config files are removed.
Steps:
causes the problem: gconftool-2 -t str --set /desktop/gnome/background/picture_opacity "200"
solved the problem: rm -R .gconf/desktop/gnome/background (and restart gnome)