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Limit Times a User Can Use The Computer

Posted 10-29-2007 at 10:27 PM by w322

If you have children or teenagers, you might want to limit the times of day that they can use the computer. Here is how I did it:

For this example, "sammy" is the username of the user to be limited.

To limit when the user can login, edit /etc/security/time.conf and add:

Code:

*; *; sammy; Al0630-2100

edit /etc/pam.d/common-account, add:

Code:

account requisite       pam_time.so

To force the user...

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Kubuntu 7.10: During Boot Splash, Monitor Says 'Not Optimum Mode'

Posted 10-29-2007 at 09:40 PM by w322

I installed Kubuntu 7.10 and during boot (after grub menu) the Samsung LCD monitor said 'Not optimum mode, recommended mode 1280 x 1024'. I have a Radeon video adapter and apparently usplash does not select a suitable resolution or refresh rate to match the monitor. After some searching I found this solution:

edit /etc/usplash.conf to show:

Code:

xres=1024
yres=768

then run:

Code:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure usplash

...

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Auto connect to wireless network without sudo privileges

Posted 09-09-2006 at 09:33 PM by w322

How I got my notebook to connect to my wireless network for users without sudo privileges. I'm using Kubuntu 6.06.

1. You should have <strong>/etc/network/interfaces</strong> configured for automatic network connection. It should contain something like this:

<code>
   auto eth2 <em>[or your wireless interface designation]</em>
   iface eth2 inet dhcp...

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Turn on numlock at login

Posted 02-23-2006 at 09:40 PM by w322

I like numlock to be on.
Here is how to have it turn-on when you log-in:

1. apt-get install numlockx
2. ln -s /usr/bin/numlockx ~/.kde/Autostart/numlockx

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Monitor system temperatures, voltages, fan rpm, memory, etc.

Posted 02-23-2006 at 09:31 PM by w322

1. install ksensors
2. run sudo sensors-detect

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