beanaroo's questions

I am having a strange problem where one button on my media center remote is not being recognised by irw. I have it setup to receive ir-keytable scans via devinput.

I have had the same environment working before, only thing that has changed is a format of the / partition.

ir-keytable -t successfully recognises the button as *KEY_ENTER 0x001c* and in lirc's devinput map the button is successfully listed as *KEY_ENTER 28*

Does any body know where I should be looking? Additional information can be provided.

Fresh install of lubuntu 12.10. Tried opening PDF files with Document Viewer (evince) by double clicking but once the application opens I am presented with a red bar saying "No such file or directory".

So I thought I would run evince file.pdf to see if any errors are displayed. But none... The document opens as expected.

Why the discrepancy? I really don't want to use terminal every time I want to open a PDF.

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Filenames like:

• 2012_expense_report_week#32.pdf
• $100-$200_Donators.pdf
• 2013_budget~draft3.pdf

I would like some advice on why this is happening to my USB devices...

I have tried a few USB 2.0 pendrives, FAT32, EXT4, NTFS. All no more than 16 GB big.

Read speeds are fine (25-27MB/s)

Write speeds however...

Start really fast i.e. 50 to 60 MB/s then drops significantly down to 10MB/s before gradually slowing down to 2MB/s and less.

Overall the copy process is extremely slow. 30min for 3 files totalling 4.5GB and even slower for 8,422 php/css/html files totalling 352MB.

Where do I begin? Google and forums yielded no help.

--Update--
I have run benchmarks since acquiring Windows 7 and various other flash pendrives and HDDs.

There is a significant difference. Windows shows transfer speeds averaging around 80MB/s where as Ubuntu never averages above 11MB/s. Same hardware, same USB ports.

This, along with poor battery life is quite disheartening.

I hope somebody can help me with this... Running Ubuntu 12.10 GNOME Remix

I am trying to get Grub2 to use a resolution of 1600x900...

I have checked vbeinfo and hwinfo --framebuffer which both provide:

Mode 0x037f: 1600x900 (+6400), 24 bits

This resolution has worked on previous Ubuntu and Fedora installs.

• Here is my /etc/default/grub: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1308444/
  Line 25 = GRUB_GFXMODE="1600x900"

• As well as my /boot/grub/grub.cfg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/1308446/
  Line 72 = set gfxmode=1600x900

• I have tried using grub-customizer:

Why is it not taking effect?? I have tried different resolutions... Backgrounds and font colours are changeable.

Thank you for your insight.

I'm trying to convert from Windows 7 to Ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome 3.6.

Using the notification area's eject icon, I notice the partition is unmounted but the drive is still powered and spinning...

I understand the latter can be taken care of by means of

udisks --detach /dev/sdb

I really don't want to have to run a command everytime I eject. Windows does the whole process when ejecting a medium via the systray.

Is there a way I could add in the command to the eject button? Is there an appropriate place I could file a feature request?

Little things like this are making it hard for me to swap back over to Linux.

Thanks for the support!

apt-get install and apt-cache policy do not complete package names.

I have double checked /etc/bash.bashrc, no irregularities.

Googled for answers but none suffice.

Any help/advice?

I use static IP adresses.

When changing the IP of a network interface (eth0 or wlan0) the settings are saved to the network connections but when running ifconfig or looking at Network Settings, either connections retain the old IP address.

I have tried restarting the networking service, the computers (yes, this occurs on more than one) and even reinstalling the OS.

PLEASE can somebody help me. I'm losing out on so much work this past week just trying to get Ubuntu 12.04 working like a normal OS.

Using the command sudo ip addr add 192.168.0.1/24 dev eth0 SOMETIMES works... the command switches the interface off, then when re-enabling it the IP reverts again. AAARGH!

My USB webcam is precariously mounted on the desk I'm using. The clamp damages my monitor; Better lighting etc. etc.

Works like a charm but all that is needed is to vertically flip the picture for use in Skype, G+ Hangouts etc.

I am at a loss as to how this is accomplished in Ubuntu 11.10.

Closest I have come is a thread mentioning omitted effects from cheese.

I can't find anything else on this.

I updated a fresh install of ubuntu 11.10 desktop 32 bit and I am running into frequent errors.

At first I thought they were application specific but now they are occurring randomly.

The line always reads:"The name [com/org.someapp] was not provided by any .service files"

There aren't many sources or information on these errors that I can find.

Can somebody please point me in the right direction?