http://www.patmanpato.com/patman argh! More internet pollution Fri, 23 May 2008 07:13:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.patmanpato.com/patman/2008/05/potato-pod-ipod-touch-o/ according to this article: http://www.2030.tk/wiki/Dual_monitor_on_Ubuntu_7.10 run xrandr -q to get info about the screens connected. If you have two screens at 1280x1024, you'll want a virtual resolution of 2560x1024 .. set the Virtual in Xorg.conf. I inserted the Virtual line into mine here: Section "Screen" Identifier    "Default Screen" Device        "Configured Video Device" Monitor        "Configured Monitor" Defaultdepth   ... http://www.patmanpato.com/patman/2008/05/dual-head-ubuntu-804-radeon-9250/ After installing the restricted graphics card driver, there still isn't a lot of options for fiddling with the desktop effects. You can change that by installing the packages: xserver-xgl , and compizconfig-settings-manager through the synaptics package manager (system>adminstration>synaptic package manager). Then all you need to do is go to system>preferences>advanced desktop effects settings ... http://www.patmanpato.com/patman/2008/03/enable-compiz-fusion-and-more-desktop-effects/ I finally managed to get my video card (Radeon x1950pro) driver working in Ubuntu gutsy! Me and drivers never seem to get along... but this was the worst case ever! I tried everything. Using both 32 and 64 bit versions of ubuntu, I tried ubuntu's automatic restricted driver installation (which ... http://www.patmanpato.com/patman/2008/03/ubuntu-envy-radeon-1950-pro/ Breath- holding competition Mur and Der joined in a breath- holding competition one day. A few days later, the police arrived at Der’s house and asked him a few questions about Mur’s death. The police: We are very sorry to come here and have to wake you up very early this morning. ... http://www.patmanpato.com/patman/2008/01/breath-holding-competition/ Well, for as long as we’re stuck here on earth (hopefully not forever!), we’ve got to be content with a puny 24 hours to use each day. I don’t know about you, but this just isn’t enough for me to accomplish everything I set out to do ... http://www.patmanpato.com/patman/2008/01/how-to-squeeze-more-hours-into-your-day/ Research Essay Topic: Discussion of the factors which pertain to poverty in Vietnam. Written by: Ho Mai Huong , Date: November, 2007 http://www.patmanpato.com/patman/2007/12/poverty-in-vietnam/