How to Encrypt Partition under Ubuntu 11.10

Here is a quick how-to for password protecting and encrypting your partition using cryptsetup under Ubuntu/Kubuntu Oneiric Ocelot. It should work for older versions too but haven’t tested it....

December 9, 2011 · Peter

VMware Player / Workstation Mouse Grab Input Focus Bug

To fix the recent bug with VMware Player 2.5.3 and Workstation 6.5.3 Build 185404 under Karmic Koala Ubuntu just paste this line in your console before launching vmplayer/vmware:...

September 22, 2009 · Peter

MDADM RAID Failed After Upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04

With no surprise the update from Interpid Ibex to** Jaunty Jackalope** was not as easy as I hoped. After booting the fresh 2....

April 24, 2009 · Peter

How-to Increase Adept’s Font Size under KDE4 (Kubuntu)

One issue that was bugging me for a while was the different font size (after adjusting it) on couple applications (including Adept) under my fresh installation of Kubuntu Interpid....

January 5, 2009 · Peter

VMware Player / Workstation Keyboard Mapping Problem

After switching from Debian Unstable to Kubuntu 8.10 I reinstalled my VMware Player 2.5.1 and started my Windows XP virtual machine....

January 5, 2009 · Peter