Add in ~/.emacs :
(setq default-frame-alist ‘((font . “-font-name-from-xfontsel”)))
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Permanent Font Change (~/.emacs)
10.09.07 / 10:28
Firefox ADD-ONs
28.08.07 / 10:40
Some good Firefox Add-ons:
Web Developer
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60
Firebug
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843
Tab Groups
http://paranoid-androids.com/tabgroups/
Wired-Marker
http://www.wired-marker.org/en/
FlashGot (Download Manager Integration. Works with GetRight!)
http://flashgot.net/
Video DownloadHelper (Integrates FlashGot download option if installed)
http://www.downloadhelper.net/
DownloadThemAll (Has ‘Resume’ feature)
http://www.downthemall.net/
Changing Gnome Splash screen
16.08.07 / 11:00
Install gnome-splashscreen-manager
sudo aptitude install gnome-splashscreen-manager
Reach it through
System > Preferences > Splash Screen
‘Install’ the new splash image and ‘activate’ it.
Artwiz – bitmap fonts package
03.08.07 / 14:58
Installing the package:
Important: Create the directory /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc if it doesn’t exist. If the package is installed without this directory existing, then the package may not work. In that case ‘purge’ the package with ‘aptitude’ command and then install again.
sudo aptitude install xfonts-artwiz
Enabling bitmapped fonts:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
Then retain the first two options and enable bitmap fonts [...]
Accessing a printer from a Linux system in a Windows network
21.05.07 / 16:13
System > Administration > Printing
‘Add a Printer’
Printer Type: Network Printer – Windows Printer (SMB)
Don’t enter any login info when the dialog boxes prompt. Wait for all of them to appear and Cancel them all.
Then select the host to which the printer is connected.
Then a dialog box pops up prompting for login info. Don’t do anything [...]
Broadcom wireless card
21.05.07 / 16:01
BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
If installed “bcm43xx-fwcutter”, blacklist it:
sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
add: blacklist bcm43xx
then,
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-common
sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9
then edit /etc/modules and add ndiswrapper in it
sudo rmmod bcm43xx <–this unloads the bcm43xx driver (now the wireless interface won’t be visible by iwconfig)
Download the windows driver:
ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/notebook/aspire_3020/driver/WLan%20Driver%20Broadcom%20802.11g%203.100.46.0.zip
extract and go into that dir from [...]
ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M
21.05.07 / 15:31
/etc/default/linux-restricted-modules-common
added: DISABLED_MODULES=”"
After upgrading to ubuntu7.04-
On disabling the ATI driver in Restricted Driver Manager, it removed the driver:
(Reading database … 161526 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fglrx-control …
Removing fglrx-kernel-2.6.17-10-generic …
Removing xorg-driver-fglrx-dev …
Removing xorg-driver-fglrx …
Stopping atieventsd: done.
On doing “sudo dpkg-reconfigure -pcritical xserver-xorg” :
xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration
file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20070416100138
On enabling the ATI driver in Restricted [...]
fstab messed up – solution (tune2fs)
21.05.07 / 14:37
On editing the hard-disk partitions, the UUIDs of the partitions may get changed, resulting in problems mounting the partitions (on booting up the system).
This can be fixed by getting the right UUID of the partition by the tune2fs command:
sudo tune2fs -l /dev/hda3
Ref.: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2429155