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Fix Audio on XFCE Chromebook
The Problem After moving from GalliumOS to Xubuntu, I noticed that playing YouTube videos on both Firefox and Chromium would result in decent playback for a few minutes, but suddenly the audio would turn into a solid beeping tone while the YouTube video displayed the white loading circle on top of the video as it…
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Adjust Trackpad Sensitivity XFCE
What are the values 1 1 1? This sets the sensitivity as close to the original ChromeOS as possible. Larger numbers will decrease sensitivity of various aspects. I never looked into which individual value represents. I’ve really enjoyed using GalliumOS on my Chomebook for genuinely the last 5 years. It’s been an essential modification that…
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Arch Failed To Commit Transaction (Invalid or corrupted package)
Long story short, this error popped up when I was running an update in Manjaro using the Add/Remove Software program. As a result, the in-progress update failed, and I wasn’t able to get past it. Even after restarting my computer, restarting Add/Remove Software, I still ran into the same error. After some research, I discovered…
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Failed to Build Nettle6
Hey guys, I was trying to build a copy of Local by Flywheel on Manjaro Linux, but ran into this error… ‘ Failed to build nettle6 ‘ nettle6 is a dependency of Local, but after the attempted build of the package, I got the error failed to build nettle6 : If you happen to come…
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Open In Unity Not Working
Open in Unity Not Working I’m trying to download some assets from the Unity Asset Store, but clicking ‘open in Unity’ is not working. Chrome prompts me with an “XDG-Open” dialogue. Even after selecting “ok”, nothing happens. So far, there are lots of complaints about the Unity Asset Store and how the only way to…
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Failed to Commit Transaction (Conflicting Files) Manjaro
How to fix Failed to Commit Transaction (Conflicting Files) Error in Manjaro Linux This error is usually thrown after an attempted package upgrade using either pacman, the GUI, or another package manager. Below is an example of the error: This can happen with pretty much any package, depending on what else you’ve got installed on…
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How to Fix Unable to Lock Database Error in Arch Linux
How to Fix Unable to Lock Database When I try to update my machine by running sudo pacman -Syyu I get an error saying it’s unable to lock the database. Below is an example: But as you may have noticed, by removing a special database lock file, I was able to solve the issue. You…
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How to Use Yubikey on Linux
How to Use Yubikey on Linux Initial Setup: Additional Tools: Yubico provides a proprietary 2FA authentication tool that enables use of the key with services such as Protonmail. It can be downloaded from their site. Another tip: If you’re having trouble getting your YubiKey to show up on Linux (I’m running Manjaro), you’ll want to…
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How To Pause and Resume FFMPEG
How to Pause and Resume FFMPEG This is the story of how I learned how to pause and resume ffmpeg. I’m a pretty big multitasker when it comes to computing. I usually end up with a few hundred tabs open when I’m browsing and I always have a terminal open. Last week I was doing…
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How to Add Swap in Manjaro
How to Add Swap in Manjaro Hey guys! If you’re hear, you probably already know what RAM is and you’re excited to learn how to add swap in Manjaro. If not, this is sort of a follow-up post to how to download more RAM. Anyway, let’s get started! Using a Swap File There’s a ton…
Matt Jones | Multimedia Specialist