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iPod tips and tricks for Linux
Managing an iPod on Linux is a pain in the tail. Hopefully these commands might help you (where /media/ALBA is an example mount point):
# Fix situation where filesystem is readonly
sudo mount -oremount,rw /media/ALBA
# To delete everything an
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=615
August 08, 2010 @01:06
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How do you launch Firefox with a specific profile, on Linux?
Try something like:
user# MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 firefox -P FooProfile
Where xx would look something like:
[General]
StartWithLastProfile=0
[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=abcd12345.default
Default=1
[Profile1]
Name=FooProfile
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=614
February 24, 2010 @19:15
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Firebug: "update.locale file doesn't exist"
Try:
user# sudo touch /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/update.locale
http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=611
December 12, 2009 @05:59
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How do you disable the hardware speaker on Ubuntu so it doesn't beep all the time?
If you want to disable it right now you can do:
user# sudo modprobe -r pcspkr
If you want to disable it for good do this:
user# echo "blacklist pcspkr" | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
John M.
http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=603
December 15, 2008 @03:12
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How do you improve ugly looking fonts in OpenOffice on Xubuntu?
With Xubuntu the default openoffice package does not include GTK integration by default. I think they're trying to avoid bloat. Make sure you have this package installed: openoffice.org-gtk
user# dpkg -l openoffice.org-gtk
If not:
user# su
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=602
December 08, 2008 @22:50
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How do you prevent attachements from getting truncated when using Thunderbird with Microsoft Exchange?
Try going to Edit::Preferences::Config Editor
and set: "mail.server.default.fetch_by_chunks" to "false"
REFERENCE: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=822995&p=4397665
http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=599
October 01, 2008 @18:33
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How do you force Evolution to refresh it's mail when used with Exchange Server?
First I sincerely apologize for you having to integrate with Exchange. It's really a pretty good mail server, but not exactly friendly with anything other than Outlook.
REFERENCE: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution/+question/1
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=597
August 20, 2008 @20:53
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Mozilla Firefox-3.0.1 fsync issue - workaround
Firefox-3.0.1 ships with a feature that is designed to keep your bookmarks and things protected in the event of a crash or something, but it comes at the expense of filesystem IO. Firefox calls fsync pretty frequently under normal usage, which can h
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=595
July 26, 2008 @00:09
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how do you get the Realtek ALC201A (AC'97 compliant codec) to work on freebsd 4.8
so far i've read about adding this to the kernel:
# For non-pnp sound cards with no bridge drivers only:
device pcm0 at isa? irq 10 drq 1 flags 0x0
#
# For PnP/PCI sound cards
device pcm
applenana
http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=279
June 25, 2003 @16:16
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How do you disable tapping on the touchpad?
To disable the tapping feature on laptop touchpads youw ill need to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Locate the following section:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
You'll need to update the following to it.
Section "InputDevice"
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=581
September 24, 2007 @05:05
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How do you use a different driver with mplayer when video is garbled?
Try this:
user# mplayer -vo help
user# mplayer -vo gl somevideo.avi
user# mplayer -vo x11 somevideo.avi
user# mplayer -vo xv somevideo.avi
John M.
http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=580
September 24, 2007 @02:19
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Recommended ebuilds - desktop
Here are some typical ebuilds that I use on my desktops:
evince
tango-icon-theme
gimp
netscape-flash
openoffice-bin
evince
leafpad
lsof
irssi
cups-pdf
foomatic-db
mplayerplug-in
pidgin
eix
tree
slocate
bind-tools
gvim
closetag
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=526
April 15, 2006 @22:46
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How to install the cups-pdf distiller to print pdf files from things like firefox.
Rather than always printing to ps and using ps2pdf, try using a distiller. Try something like this:
1. root emerge -a cups-pdf cups gnome-cups-manager
2. root# /etc/init.d/cupsd start
3. root# gnome-cups-manager &
4. Double click on "New Printe
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=48
August 31, 2005 @02:00
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How do you get the id of a given window?
Some programs like recordmydesktop let you pass in the ID of a given window. Here's an easy way to get that information:
user# xwininfo
Then use your mouse to click on the window you are interested in, and the info will be given. For example
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=567
April 15, 2007 @06:00
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How do you best generate a pdf of python code?
Try:
user# a2ps -2 --medium=LETTER --line-numbers=1 -o ~/Desktop/code.ps /path/to/code/*.py
user# ps2pdf code.ps
John M.
http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=577
June 08, 2007 @13:44
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What can you do when Firefox says: "No running windows found" on startup?
I've found this to be a problem with the user's profile. Try this first:
user# firefox -safe-mode
See if you can sort it out from there. I've had it where starting the browser in safe mode once was enough to "fix the glitch."
You can also
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=576
June 07, 2007 @13:19
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How do you change your resolution from the command line?
Try using xrandr:
user# xrandr
You'll see a list of available settings. The far left column contains a number, use that to set the size below:
user# xrandr -s 0
http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=575
May 31, 2007 @05:47
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How do you install python bindings to gtksourceview in Gentoo?
try:
root# emerge -a gnome-python-desktop
John M.
http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=572
May 25, 2007 @03:48
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How do you fix the fonts in Xfce when they get big after an upgrade?
Try something like this:
user# echo "Xft.dpi: 96" >> ~/.config/xfce4/Xft.xrdb
John M.
http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=571
May 21, 2007 @18:30
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How do you auto-configure xorg's xorg.conf file?
try one of these:
root# xorgconfig
root# Xorg -configure
root# xorgcfg # This one will try to test the config it generates
root# xorgcfg -textmode
root# X -configure
You can test a new config by doing:
root# X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
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http://www.rockfloat.com/board/post/?id=538
September 14, 2004 @07:29
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