Archive for November, 2011

SDL: Undefined reference to IMG_LOAD [Solved]

SDL: Undefined reference to IMG_LOAD [Solved]

By nick | Code

If you’re trying to get SDL_Image to work correctly and are getting the following error: undefined reference to `IMG_Load` Here’s how to fix it: Go to your compiler link options, in code and add -lSDL_image &nbsp

Festival: can't open /dev/dsp [Solved]

Festival: can’t open /dev/dsp [Solved]

By nick | Tech Support

After spending way too much time attempting to get the “Festival” speech synthesizer working on Linux without getting the dreaded “can’t open /dev/dsp” error message, I’ve finally found the solution. Just on a side note, the Arch Linux help page for Festival, suggests a fix that uses the “aplay” application, this is something which no longer

Arch Linux: Microsoft Fonts (msfonts)

By nick | Tech Support

One of the first things I do when setting up a new Linux box is get my fonts sorted out, for obvious copyright reasons, the Microsoft fonts package isn’t shipped with Linux distributions.  The main reason for having Microsoft fonts on a Linux machine will be so that web pages that are designed for them

iPhone iOS5 unable to enter DFU mode [Solved]

By nick | iPhone, Tech Support

Having recently installed iOS5 on my iPhone 4, I was in a position where I had to reboot my iPhone whilst out and about.  Sadly at the time of writing this there’s only a tethered jailbreak for iOS5 for the iPhone 4. What this means is that I have to have the iPhone connected to

Arch Linux: xfce4 black or flickering screen [Solved]

Arch Linux: xfce4 black or flickering screen [Solved]

By nick | Tech Support

Having setup a new installation of Arch Linux, I worked my way through getting X setup and then decided to go with xfce4 as my window manager. After launching xfce with the “startxfce4″ command, all I could see was a flickering mouse background with a broken panel in the top left corner. After much Googling

SSH: Login without password

SSH: Login without password

By nick | Tech Support

Here’s a quick snippet to show you how to you login to your boxes through ssh without using a password.  Of course there’s reasons why you would and wouldn’t want to do this although that’s something for another article. First log in on A as user a and generate a pair of authentication keys. Do