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The famous author Arthur Koestler once said that “Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.” My main purpose for this blog is to depict the little tricks I've learned over time in Computers and my increasing adaptation towards Open Source Software.
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December 21 2007

Screenlets error in Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 64 bit installs.

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In the previous article we fixed gdesklets so that it would work on a 64 bit install. However most of the better eye candy widgets in my honest opinion are screenlets. Although installation of screenlets are pretty easy getting them to run on your machine might not be as easy. The usual error that many get is “Unable to connect or launch daemon. Some values may be displayed incorrectly.” Let try some methods of correcting this.

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December 20 2007

Gdesklets not working on 64 bit installs?

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Well I couldn’t post anything yesterday cause I was rather busy reinstalling Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon after running a package called startup manager on it to fix my usplash. I should have known better not to try to fix something that didn’t work with the LiveCD anyway. Nonetheless after the reinstall I wanted to use gDesklets but I couldn’t get it to run after installing it. For some reason it wouldn’t connect to the daemon. Anyway with the help of some posts on the forum I found out what you could do to get them to work again.

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