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I suspect it's a quirk with Asus boards. The two P2B-F I acquired from eBay does that all the time, and worse still, the clock will also reset itself. Even something as new as my aunt's P7H55-M is doing that sometimes. And worse still, it happens at random, with no rhyme or reason.
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I hope this comes out far better than it sounds, but it appears Mozilla wants a walled garden for it's browser extensions. I know RMS won't be happy.
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The answer is simple: Fork it. Although the fact that you can still install third party certificates and then install the signed extension does mitigate things.
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I really need to stop changing my computer setup so often and learn to stick with plans. I blame Linux for my recent episode, though not in a bad way.
In related news, I had to downgrade monitors again, back to the Gateway FPD1730. The Nvidia RIVA TNT2 card can't output 1600x900 or detect the HP S2031 properly. 1280x1024 will will have to do.
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Some more random babbling from me.
First up, MandrakeLinux 9.1.4 really doesn't know how to handle removable USB drives since being so old. I literally have to reboot Jasper every time I connect a new flash drive as well as canceling out DiskDrake at boot each time. Not sure if there ever was an update to this particular Linux OS. I could just go for a newer Linux OS, but I may as well use my very first Linux discs I ever acquired.
Also, Jasper really hates his USB 2.0 card even under Linux. Here's the problem... when using a flash drive, it will appear to work fine for transferring around 25% of files to disk, but it stops and Linux or Windows bring up device errors. The LED light on the drive also starts flashing extremely fast, like it's an error code. I can't ever figure out why this keeps happening. The original USB 2.0 PCI card exhibited the same problem. Old card had an NEC controller, while the newer card has a VIA controller. So, to get files on to Jasper, I must resort to rewritable DVDs. I have no crossover cable at hand.
Finally, Lenovo gives me a reason to investigate bloatware thoroughly if I need to buy a new laptop someday.... (I would probably just make a Windows recovery drive and install Linux though)
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