Ohto Nordberg's questions

Ubuntu-based computer will output the page to a television.

The page in question is not in my control and will sometimes change. Therefore the browser should refresh the page periodically, say once in every 10 minutes.

Maintenance should be minimal, so that booting the computer would always bring up the web page in full screen, no login required.

Optimally no additional software or plugins for browser.

Currently the web page is shown on TV with live Ubuntu via usb stick, no page autorefresh (Firefox).

I will install Ubuntu from the usb stick and set it to auto login, but I do not know how to set Ubuntu to show the page in full screen after boot and refresh the page periodically.

How do I set up Ubuntu to start a browser in a full screen mode and refresh the page periodically?

The phone (LG G4) is connected via USB cable. The internal storage is available in file manager.

I am unable to add the storage to Virtualbox. I have tried Creating new disk and Choosing existing disk, but cannot find the phone storage.

Goal is to run SpinRite on the very slow internal storage. I have only this guide to go by, but I am unable to copy the procedure.

"Using Virtual Box on Linux, I plugged in the phone to the USB, had Virtual Box set it as a raw disk, spun up a VM with SpinRite and pointed it at the cell phone. SpinRite did it's thing, and about an hour later it was done, I unplugged the phone, rebooted it, and after that it was running faster and more stable than it had for over a year! If the phone can be seen as a mass storage drive over its USB port, SpinRite can fix it!" Source

There is no Samsung Gear software for Ubuntu. I tried pairing by taking the earbuds out of the charging case and enabling bluetooth search from Ubuntu. Ubuntu does not see the earbuds. Is it possible to connect the Samsung bluetooth earbuds to Ubuntu laptop?

Notification blocks for example tabs from browser and is very annoying overall. Mouse works fine and will most likely continue working over a month, and battery is really simple to swap. Therefore there is no good reason to keep that notification appearing constantly and a good reason to disable it.

I have tried this answer, no help.

I also tried disable all notifications, no help.

I tried command gconftool --set /apps/gnome-power-manager/notify/low_capacity --type boolean false, no help

I have booted after changing these settings.

I frequently create material containing screenshots from computer. For ~15 years using Windows and Word it was Alt+PrintScreen -> Ctrl+V and the image was in place.

In Ubuntu similar result can be achieved in dozens of different ways/programs but none has similar ease.

Is there a way to get screenshot of active window to say LibreOffice Writer using few keyboard commands only?

This is in Ubuntu 16.04 and 17.10.

Or automatize the updates? Or delete/disable the update notifier? It is not in the list of "installed extensions" and re-installing it does not help.

Where are its files located?

So far I have used rar to compress and encrypt files, then sent them via SFTP. Mostly for archiving purposes, like family photos and such. Photos are in monthly folders. Nothing super secret but not something I want a random admin to browse through.

Now I lag in doing a such backup, and I suppose automating this whole thing would ease things a lot.

So how can I compress, encrypt and synchronize files to a remote server with one command? The remote server is Debian 8.

I managed to get Office 2013 almost to work with Crossover, but not with Wine 2.0. Latest Wine is supposed to support Office 2013, but I find no tutorials how to actually achieve that. So if the statement about support is true, how do I accomplish installing MS Office 2013 to Ubuntu with Wine 2.0?

I can add individual games to desktop, but not the whole folder. Adding the folder to Launcher would work too. There are over 200 games in that folder.

I have used Windows for ~30 years and I remember its shortcuts well. I have used Ubuntu for about 5 years and never remember its shortcuts. I do not use text editors all the time, so most likely I will not remember the shortcuts of say Vi or Nano. I am a teacher and use lots of different consoles in different computers, so one configuration of say Emacs will not do it. I have this problem few times a month and have had it for about the 5 years I've used Ubuntu and not yet found a suitable program. Most usual use cases are commanding a server via ssh or solving a problem with a crashed GUI.

So is there a console text editor for Ubuntu with "Windows-like" shortcut keys:

• CTRL+A select all
• CTRL+C copy,
• CTRL+X cut,
• CTRL+V paste,
• CTRL+Z undo,
• END go to end of line,
• HOME go to beginning of line,
• CTRL+HOME go to beginning of file,
• CTRL+END go to END of file,
• CTRL+RIGHT skip word,
• Selecting text with SHIFT and moving cursor
• CTRL+S save file

Most of these also work here in this platform independent StackExchange question editor, so this is not a "Windows only thing" actually.

I recovered deleted videofiles from sd-card and now I cannot sort them by date.

I can see "encoded date" with mediainfo filename.

How can I use the "encoded date" to sort videos, even rename them according to that date or better yet, rewrite "modified date" to file properties?

Gui in http://localhost:8888/gui/ can only Pause synchronizing.

Everything works with Nokia BH-604. Jaybird X2 connects and after a few seconds disconnects. Both headsets work with Windows 8.1 in the same computer (dual boot). Using blueman-manager 2.0.4 I get the error in topic. How do I get Jaybird X2 to work with Ubuntu Gnome 16.04?

I created ~/.local/share/applications/bt.desktop file containing entry

[Desktop Entry]
Name=btsync
Exec==~/Progs/btsync
Icon=un-reboot.png
Type=Application
Terminal=true;

Command ~/Progs/btsync works and btsync runs. How do I add this to Activities menu to be just clicked?

Rsync command:

$ rsync -ah --progress --delete /path/* 192.168.1.1:/path/

Gives error

[email protected]'s password:  Could not chdir to home directory /var/services/homes/ohto: ... rsync: failed to set permissions on "/path": Operation not permitted (1)

I can copy, create, delete, modify files and folders inside NAS folder. Syncronizing with Grsync and Rsync fails.

Problem persists even after resetting and formatting the NAS.

Grsync is version 1.2.5, Rsync is 3.1.1, Ubuntu Gnome 16.04, Gnome 3.20.1 NAS is Synology 212j with DSM DSM 6.0-7321

How can I syncronize my files to NAS without errors?

In the end, I want to my files to be safe from cryptolockers. This is one step into that direction. I cannot achieve that goal without first getting my files to NAS.

When I take a screenshot with say Alt + Printscreen and Ctrl + V in LibreOffice Writer, out comes only text 'screenshot'. How do paste actual image to Writer? I know the screenshot is taken due the flash and sound.

I can see partitions but not even one harddisk.

How can I see my harddisks and clone them?

When I try:

~/.wine/drive_c$  cd Program\ Files\ (x86)

I get:

bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('

I teach Linux and quite frequently install new software, test it and remove it. I promote the use of Linux and recommend it to my relatives and friends. One common use case is I hear what people need, so I try different programs which suits best for ones needs. For example, I tested loads of kids games for my niece, found only few which suited for her age. It is infuriating to search each game or app from menu, when you could just RUN it from where you installed it, then Remove it if its not suitable and search for yet another app.

Other platforms have this (Android, IOS, Windows at least) and for a good reason. It just is so intuitive to launch an app right after you installed it.

This button will in no way hinder those who run there apps some other way, from terminal or menu.

If I was able to do this myself, how big task would it be? If I was to pay for somebody to do this, how much would it cost? I want to estimate how difficult this thing is, so I would be wiser as to pursuit it or forget it.

The laptop with USB modem is in another city with my elder relative. The laptop has dual boot with XP and Ubuntu. Modem works in XP. The modem did work in Ubuntu but not anymore. I cannot fix the problem remotely.

When I visit her I will fix it. After that, I need a way to backup the functionality of the modem and more importantly, an EASY way to restore it. So easy that 65 years old non-geek lady can do it with me helping over the phone.

Update: now the system works, but I still do not have a way to easily (backup and) restore the networking in a case of failure.