Problems Jaunty and ATI drivers

March 17, 2009 by Ernesto · 3 Comments
Filed under: Linux

The next version of Ubuntu, Jaunty Jackalope (9.04) has a problem with drivers for most ATI cards. The problem seems to lie in the compatibility with the new version of XServer, version 1.6, with the driver current owner.

So far it has given priority wishlist so you do not think that since Ubuntu is going to give short-term solution. According to the developers of Ubuntu is ATI which is responsible for updating the driver and now propose using the free driver even though no hardware acceleration available.

More information on the page discussion of the bug .

Problems with the ext4 file system

March 16, 2009 by Ernesto · 5 Comments
Filed under: Linux

A bug discovered in the development version of the next Ubuntu has shown that some applications may have compatibility issues with ext4 filesystem.

The problem occurs in the writing system disk configuration files of applications. In ext3 journaling mode and the option "data = ordered" these files are written to disk every 5 seconds so that any changes made in the configuration files in the practice are written to disk without problems.

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Security Update for Adobe Flash Player

March 1, 2009 by Milord · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Linux , Mac , Software , Windows , OS

Adobe has released an update to versions 9 and 10 of its Flash Player that fixes a number of issues important enough so everyone should update the software, and is available for Linux, Solaris, OS X and Windows. This affects almost everyone, because Flash Player is installed on 98% percent of the world's computers. No you do not have the latest version, a computer can be infected just by viewing a web page.

To determine the version of Flash Player that we have installed, access the test page Adobe Flash:

http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

If you are running version 9, version 9.0.151.0 (9.0.152.0 for Linux) and previous errors. The version 9.0.159.0 is safe. If you are running version 10, version 10.0.12.36 (10.0.15.3 for Linux) and previous errors. The version 10.0.22.87 is safe. Source .

Critical security hole in Android

November 15, 2008 by Chuko · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Hardware , Software

A few days ago I have read in various media such as the Google operating system for mobile devices and has suffered what is described as "the worst bug of all time" From my point of view is a rather exaggerated statement, but the fault is quite glaring. It seems effortless and root access can win on any terminal with a specific firmware. More details at:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=680


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