Having problem with getting the Volume Up/Down & Mute/Unmute buttons on your Packard Bell EasyNote MX36 and Linux?

This might work for as it did for me. I was frustrated that these simple three buttons didn’t work anymore in Linux, those I’ve been running anyway(ubuntu & openSUSE), they used to work up till version 8.04 of ubuntu, in openSUSE i don’t know if they ever worked.

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When installing MySQL on a server and want to access it from an other machine than itself, this is easy done and should work on most platforms.

1. After installation of MySQL open up MySQL prompt.
# mysql -u root

2. Change to mysql database as default database and update access for root account.
mysql> use mysql
mysql> update db set Host=’%’ where db=’mysql’;
mysql> exit

3. Restart MySQL and you should be able to access it from another host and configure it the way you want.
# /etc/rc.d/mysql restart

Setting a static ip on openSUSE in server mode isn’t hard, one just need to remember to fill in all necessary settings.


1. Start yast2 and go to Network Settings and fill in following information.
% sudo -i
# yast2
Go to: Network Devices -> Network Settings -> Hostname/DNS
Set: Hostname, Write Hostname to /etc/hosts, Domain Name, Name Server 1-4 and Domain Search

2. Set default gateway, needed for internet/network access.
Go to: Network Devices -> Network Settings -> Routing
Set: Default Gateway

Click Ok and your settings will be saved, reboot the server to initiate the settings.

Having trouble getting sound in Firefox when watching flash movies?

Below i have collected various tips that could potentially help you solve this problem.

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