杂记 20120428 | Misc Notes 20120428

1. Google Chrome 强制开启GPU加速
google-chrome --ignore-gpu-blacklist

2. 删除不用的locale
安装localepurge

3. 带电源的外置硬盘不能识别

dmesg显示错误信息
device not accepting address NN, error -110
device descriptor read/64, error -110
unable to enumerate USB device on port N

参见
http://www.noah.org/wiki/USB_error_-110_in_dmesg_log
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/54273

切断硬盘电源，等几秒后重新连接得以解决

1. To force enable GPU acceleration of Google Chrome
google-chrome --ignore-gpu-blacklist

2. To remove redundant locale files
Install localepurge

3. An external hard drive with it own power cannot be recognized

Messages shown in dmesg
device not accepting address NN, error -110
device descriptor read/64, error -110
unable to enumerate USB device on port N

See
http://www.noah.org/wiki/USB_error_-110_in_dmesg_log
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/54273

Power off the hard drive and wait for a few seconds.
Then reconnect everything and it works well.

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