I couldn’t get my headphones jack working after installing Ubuntu 9.04 on my Sager. So, after some quick googling, I found that adding the following line at the end of the /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf file and rebooting fixed things right up:
options snd-hda-intel model=auto

For some reason, the faucet in my kid’s bathroom stopped working. There was a slight leak around the faucet’s knobs when turned on, but no water would flow out of the spout.
After much investigating, I decided the supply tubes must be clogged some how.
(By “much investigating,” I mean I took apart the knobs and [...]

I used the sort command today to sort my media-check scripts by media-id instead of by media-pool. Here’s the output before:
# /some/cmd/produces/output
Exchange HDA017 FULL TLD
Exchange HDA313 FULL TLD
Exchange HDA343 FULL TLD
Exchange HDA388 FULL TLD
FILE HDA034 FULL TLD
FILE HDA353 FULL TLD
FILE HDA422 FULL TLD
… etc.
You can see that the 2nd column is not in order!
If I [...]

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