Wallch was working fine for me (not counting this - Wallch changing frequency resets automatically) on 13.10.
After 14.04 upgrade, I have the new indicator on top, but no option to either select the wallpapers/folders to select random wallpapers from, nor does it automatically change after the set interval like it used to.
Anyone else in the same soup, and with a solution?
After upgrading from saucy to trusty, the Guake pull-down window is displaying the wallpaper as the background.
What I want is that it should be 50% transparent and display whichever window I am working on currently below the guake terminal. (like it used to on Saucy)
I checked the settings and they are in line with the expected transparent behavior.
Before upgrading from saucy to trusty, I was happily using nvidia drivers for my GeForce GT 635M GPU. The heating and battery draining rates were under check. and the fps were high.
After the upgrade, I got (for the first time) list of Nvidia drivers in the Settings >> Softwares & Updates >> Additional Drivers section.
I selected the 331.38 proprietary drivers and ubuntu tells me that the device is using the recommended driver.
The fps are high, and the heat and batt drainage is better than when the GPU was always on (before installing the drivers and bumblebee), so I know that the GPU is working as expected.
But comparatively, I still feel that the heat generation and battery drainage is more than what I used to get in saucy.
Any ideas how I can check/improve the performance?
I have been using the wallpaper changing utility Wallch for quite some time and very happy with the experience.
But recently the utility has started giving some trouble.
No matter what I do, the frequency of changing the wallpapers always resets to the minimum value (10 secs) automatically.
I am setting up bazaar, and need to tell it my identity using whoami command.
Am confused as to whether I should provide my real name, or my online/pen name for the purpose?
I want a simple command mv ~/Downloads/*.torrent ~/Torrent-Backup/ to be run everytime the system starts up.
But though the commands works perfectly by itself, scheduling it as startup application does not work.
Please suggest.
I need to join some online meetings being held over Adobe Connect.
After signing in, the meeting loading page opens and the progress bar goes from 0 to 100% with the message as connecting...
However the meeting never connects and eventually, I get the error message:
"The Meeting Room could not connect to the Adobe Connect Server. Please re-launch the Meeting Room, or refresh your browser to restore the connection."
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On troubleshooting, I found that am missing the Adobe Connect add-in. But I am unable to get how I resolve this?
I have two workspaces, which I need to function as below:
Usually they function as usual two workspaces, but...
When I connect a HDMI cable to my system
I want to have workspace 1 display on laptop screen and be workable with keyboard and touchpad inputs as usual.
While in the background, I want to display Workspace 2 content on the TV connected through the HDMI cable.
How can I get this done???
Preferably without compiz involvement.
I am using 64 bit ubuntu 13.04 on a system running optimus technology - Nvidia 635M and an intel integrated card.
Recently came across this article for Intel Linux Graphics Installer:
http://networkedblogs.com/LHlmO
Now I am wondering if I need this installed? If yes, then would also like to know what graphics drivers are currently running the intel card on my system then?
UPDATE - Per Qasim's response tried installing, but even after adding the two keys provided on their website, Software Center gives me the below warning:
Lintian check results for /home/charlie/Downloads/intel-linux-graphics-installer_1.0.1_amd64.deb:
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = (unset),
LC_ALL = (unset),
LANG = "en_IN.ISO8859-1"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
E: intel-linux-graphics-installer: malformed-deb-archive found 4 members instead of 3
Let me know why am getting this message and what it means?
I am trying to install moonlight on my 13.04 64-bit ubuntu system. I am using chromium as my main browser and firefox as backup.
I read that to install the moonlight downloaded .crx file in chromium, first I have to extract the .crx contents.
Can someone help me with the how-to to extract .crx file?
Also, is there an easier way of installing moonlight? And would my install cater to both of my browsers?
I need to join Microsoft Lync Attendee online meetings, mostly as a participant (not host).
Is there a way I can configure Lync Attendee, or preferably another open source client to do the same?
NOTE: Although I do need Lync support and appreciate the help, the question here is about the Lync Attendee....their online audio/video conferencing client.
Is there a method or location to install Moonlight on Ubuntu Raring 13.04?
I found a Bazaar fork promising a solution to one of my issues here:
Bluetooth indicator disappears on turning off bluetooth
Problem is, I followed their instructions, and all it did was download the code to a local folder in my $user home.
Where do I go on from here? How do I install the code so that I can start getting the benefits promised by the solution?
My SoulSeek client Nicotine+ checks my open ports during initial configuration and promts that the one port number it needs is closed, cutting me off frmo about 50% of the users. Is there anyway I can open that particular port for the application to use?
RUnning ubuntu desktop 13.04. I have not manually installed any firewalls, but not sure if its included in the default installation.
I would like to have a OSD notification display briefly everytime the CAPS, Num, or Scroll Lock state toggles.
Is there a way to do this?
Okay, so right now, I have installed both nvidia drivers and bumblebee and am getting all the necessary functions working - battery conservation, higher fps etc....
But when I try
lsmod | grep nvidia*
or
lsmod | grep nouveau
or
lsmod | grep bumblebee
I am not getting any working modules of these types.
Is something missing, because my synaptics shows the drivers installed and am pretty much sure the system is working fine. Also would an kernel upgrade break my system? Or is there someway to do it without breaking it?
Hey guys, is this even possible?
This question has two parts-
1 - At work I have a MPLS network setup, where we configure the internet explorer to connect to a gateway server (I have the url and port) to enable us to use the MPLS connection to link to our work websites.
Is there a way to get that setup to work in ubuntu so that I can connect to the same MPLS network from my home?
2 - Alternatively, we also use the Juniper Networks VPN utility to connect to the VPN by going to a website and getting some client side software installed. (NetConnect)
I have searched on google and all I could find was the acceptance that getting that Juniper network software to be configured correctly and working is difficult.
But that was some time ago. Has someone tackled that problem? Or can someone help me get it cracked?
Alternate softwares/methods that get me connected to the work network are also welcomed.
In 13.04, How do I make applications (specifically, pidgin, nicotine+, lifeograph, evolution etc..and more) to the indicator area as icons? I need them to be running but need to clear the space in the Launcher.
In 12.10, I had briefly used AllTray. It crashed every time I used it and I did not understand the menu options it presented and what they did. Also the icons it minimized to were having white background, which stood out ugly in the grey ubuntu toolbar.
I had also heard of Devilspie but could not operate it as it seemed too complicated, with lot of options. Would help if there is some reading material available for the setup.
I would like to start these applications minimized to the indicator area at startup itself and keep running in the background.
Is there any software to specifically help me do that, or any documentation or help on how to do that using the two I have mentioned, would be appreciated.
When starting the Guake terminal in 13.04, there is a space of 1-2 cms left at the top. i.e THe guake terminal top border is 1-2 cms below the screen top edge.
How can I fix this as it was working perfectly in 12.10.
Per the selected answer, its now moved to the top okay, but does anyone have any ideas on the two minor lines at the sides? ( :) It keeps bothering me)
I tried installing NVIDIA drivers in 12.10 via x-swat repository, and primus, and nouveau, and a million things i found on the net and everything just broke the system, until I finally got bumblebee to run and it was okay for some days, but the next upgrade again broke the X and I had to do low-level stuff. Fortunately 13.04 was released and I did a clean install.
Now in 13.04, I need some way that is stable enough to get my GPU benefits without spending all-nighters every time I update my system.
In that line, I downloaded the NVIDIA Linux drivers from NVIDIA site (310.44 version) shown for my GeForce GT635M graphic card. (BTW is this the latest version? I saw 310.88 somewhere on internet), but now am stuck with the below questions:
How to install this .run file in Ubuntu 13.04 without breaking anything now, or in the future updates.
Is installation of proprietary drivers stable enough?
I am sort of mixed up about the various terms I have read about - primus, nouveau, bumblebee, optirun, etc. Can anyone help me with some accurate and decent reading material/websites where I can read and understand what is what?
Is there a GUI I can use for config and stuff post installation.
Why I am not getting the available drivers listed in the additional drivers section of the settings GUI? For me that proprietary drivers page is all greyed (disabled). There are no device driver options listed. Is there a way to get my Nvidia drivers to show up here?
As suggested by Tuxest, the below commands give the provided output:
Results of sudo lshw -c video :
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 09
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:46 memory:f7400000-f77fffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:f000(size=64)
Rsults of lspci -nnk | grep -iA3 vga :
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:1447]
Kernel driver in use: i915
00:14.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller [8086:1e31] (rev 04)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 635M] [10de:0de3] (rev ff)
03:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter [168c:0032] (rev 01)
Subsystem: AzureWave Device [1a3b:2c97]
Kernel driver in use: ath9k
Does is all look OK? Why is Nvidia not displayed in the first command output?
Update: I installed the 319 drivers along with bumblebee and the system is running just fine, but have a follow-up question here. I need to update the system kernel, and I am afraid to proceed.