Tuesday 26 September 2017

Broken Ubuntu Mate Desktop

I had Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installed as a guest on a Windows 10 OS. The VM was shutdown uncleanly and after that its Mate Desktop wouldn't run properly. I re-installed the MATE Desktop using the following command.
apt-get install ubuntu-mate-desktop --reinstall 
After the re-install it worked fine with no problems. I'll remember to shutdown the VM properly next time.

Defender 300tdi Lucas 10AS Alarm Immobiliser (Spider) Problems

We have a 1997 Landrover Defender 300tdi that has given immobiliser problems intermittently. I had initially fixed the fuel solenoid as we w...