For those of us who use Windows N Editions, it can sometimes be a struggle to view certain types of Media content. This can also prevent some games from running correctly. I purchased Red Dead Redemption II yesterday at EPIC Games and installed it. I got a cryptic series of Error messages from the RockStar… Continue reading Windows 11 N Issues with a variety of Media related elements including games. Potential Fix
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A long walk down trouble shooting lane…
Several hours trouble shooting a series of problems related to a UEFI “bios” update for a Gigabyte AORUS 870E ICE PRO Motherboard. The Update is for the motherboard REV 1.1 (hardware). The file is to update the UEFI to do the following changes and improvements to the motherboard. Checksum : 78E1 Update AMD AGESA 1.2.0.3g… Continue reading A long walk down trouble shooting lane…
GRUB2 Background Image the simple way without installing anything.
The following is written to add a background image to GRUB2 in Linux Mint. This will work with Mint 22.1, it will also work with Ubuntu, and Debian. Your mileage may vary with other distros. Make a copy of your GRUB. sudo cp /etc/default/grub /etc/default/grub.bak Edit your GRUB as sudo. sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
Firestorm Viewer install for linux Mint
First update your environment: Open a terminal and type the following:sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade; sudo apt autoremove Then Download Firestorm from their web site. https://www.firestormviewer.org/choose-your-platform/ Pick the Penguin, and the 64 bit download. Extract the file by either tar -xvf Phoenix-Firestorm-Releasex64-6-6-8-68380.tar.xzor with the file viewer using Archive Manager. Now install. I install to … Continue reading Firestorm Viewer install for linux Mint
Sometimes it’s nice to disable EXT4’s journaling.
I find that when I run Linux natively on a USB drive, disabling the journaling of the EXT4 filesystem improves performance significantly. tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/sdf1
Userbench fails Sphere graphics test. Possible solution.
If you are experiencing an error running the userbench suite of tests, and the error indicates “ERROR: Sphere GPU benchmark failed, aborting further tests on this GPU” then this MAY solve your issue. I isolated this error on my system to the Nahimic service that is a part of the Realtek Audio driver package. To… Continue reading Userbench fails Sphere graphics test. Possible solution.
Install Windows and lose your GRUB menu?
Try this from an ADMIN command prompt bcdedit /set {bootmgr} path \EFI\ubuntu\grubx64.efi Note: This is from Windows, and this will work with any flavor of Ubuntu and with Mint, it may not work with other distributions.
Howto: LiveUSB – request by students of Long Beach City College.
Howto: LiveUSB 1) Download the latest live image. You can download it from the official Fedora mirrors. a) Fedora 15 Live Images – Live Images for Fedora 15 2) Download and install LiveUSB Creator. a) Windows – LiveUSB-Creator b) Linux – run su -c yum install liveusb-creator -y 3) Install the LiveUSB Creator program. 4)… Continue reading Howto: LiveUSB – request by students of Long Beach City College.
Howto: Backup your data files
I can never overemphasize the importance of this enough. Back up your important data files. Daily. This is a very simple procedure. It takes approximately five minutes. It will save your files. 1) Insert a thumb or flash drive into any USB port on your computer. 2) For Windows copy your “My Documents” folder contents… Continue reading Howto: Backup your data files
Howto: Install Fedora from a LiveUSB flash drive or CD.
When you have a liveUSB flash drive or liveUSB CD the installation of Fedora is fairly straight forward. 1. Install the LiveUSB flash drive or CD. 2. Reboot your computer. 3. Press F8 to acquire the boot menu of your computer. Some systems may require a different F key such as F2 or F5. 4.… Continue reading Howto: Install Fedora from a LiveUSB flash drive or CD.