Tag: Ubuntu
Support: PRIME: is it supported? no
What happens if you see the error message “PRIME: is it supported? no” in the terminal when launching nvidia-settings application to configure your NVIDIA card on your Optimus system? Most probably there has been some issues when updating the driver or wrong configuration. The way to fix this is quite simple (tested on Ubuntu and…
Tutorial: Remove a PPA in Ubuntu (and restore original packages)
Let’s face it, we love to test new applications, improve our system and see new things… However in some occasion, after we’ve updated our system by adding a PPA in our Ubuntu (sudo add-apt-repository ppa:NAME_OF_THE_PPA) you discover that you are not interested in what you’ve just installed, it doesn’t work as expected or simply you…
Tutorial: How to use dcfldd instead of dd
Today I want to introduce to everyone an excellent command that works very much like dd but it’s just much better… dcfldd is an enhanced version of dd developed by the U.S. Department of Defense Computer Forensics Lab. Features include: Hashing on-the-fly, dcfldd can hash the input data as it is being transferred, helping to…