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How do I disable overlay scrollbars?

I am running xfce4 on a fairly normal 12.04 upgraded-from-11.10 install.

I really do not like the scroll bars. They are hard to find and click. How do I get normal, sane scrollbars back?

I'm trying to creat a .deb that, as part of its installation process, pings an external server.

So I have an install_foobar script which does the install.

However, I can't get install_foobar to curl out to the server, or, for that matter, echo out to /tmp.

What is the environment that is created? I am wondering if its some sort of pbuilder-esque world that is removed after the install finishes...

I need to build debs for Ubuntus Lucid on. I know I can set up VMs/chroots, etc to make a distribution per build, but is there a mechanism from my Oneiric machine to do something like:

ubuntu-dpkg-buildpackage --distro=Lucid and have a Lucid deb be generated?

As a quick note, this is for internal packages, and thus can not be farmed out to Launchpad or whereever.

I compiled emacs from source on Ubuntu 11.10 and unfortunately, it only seems able to find the default X monospace font. How do I connect emacs with the system fonts?

I write a lot of code, and I prefer my editor window (emacs) to be 100% of all my screen space. (ideally, not even title bar, but not going for that yet...).

I usually stretch it out, but in 11.10 (Gnome), there's this really frustrating auto-maximize to a given monitor 'feature'.

I've tried forcing the size to be 2880x900 and setting the window to be non-maximizable in CCSM, but no go.

I had to kill a VMWare process and afterwards, my monitor's configuration is buggy.

I have 2 monitors in a side-by-side configuration. My right-hand monitor is the secondary monitor.

Upon its right-hand side there are about 50 pixels showing from the left side of the lefthand monitor (ie, as if it was wrapped around). Further, my mouse clicks are registering as about 50 pixels sideways from where they should be.

It's as if those 50 pixels between monitors got gobbled.

What have I done?

• I've reset the screen configuration in multiple ways, using xrandr, multiple monitors app, etc. This persists in different side-by-side configurations, and also persists with another user.

• It does not occur with XFCE.

• Resetting the Window manager with the Compiz reset WM app does not fix this.

I've concluded the burn-to-the-ground approach is likely the best, and would like to do a 100% reset of my graphics settings. It's an Intel integrated chipset.

• Removing ~/.config/monitors.xml did not work. Also, interestingly, the mouse can mouse-over the 50 errant pixels on the rhs of the right-hand monitor. I hypothesize that it's a compositing problem occurring at the layer where the background, selection, and clicks are caught. Also, inverting the right-hand monitor removes the issue, but renders the screen unusable.

Even more datapoints:

• This happens in KDE as well

• Sometimes logging into Gnome and running xrandr --output DVI1 --auto resets it, but the issue immediately reappears when I press alt-tab.

• With Compiz Application Switch turned on, the workspace is 'pushed back' a bit, and the slice on the RHS follows it as well. I'm wondering if it's a flaw in the compiz workspace compositing configuration.

I suspect the error was in the compositing configuration.

I installed 11.10.

I am trying to use notify-send, but it doesn't display.

I am reasonably sure I have the correct packages installed, but I am not expert in configuring the notification settings.

I know I have some sort of notification package working - I get notifications from Pidgin (sporadically).

What is the correct configuration for notify-send to operate correctly?

• I have libnotify-bin installed

• I have the notification-daemon installed

I am working in a multi-workspace multi-window configuration. I am constantly running scripts behind the scenes.

It would save me a lot of time and context switching if I could kick off a script on another server and have a message popup (growl notify or w/e) on my desktop letting me know that the command finished.

Is there a way to do that in Ubuntu 10?