How can I determine which compositor is currently being used when multiple desktops have been installed such as LXDE and XFCE. Compiz is also installed.
Is there a code that will show which installed compositing manager being used?
If I need to modify a piece of hardware, such as a Video Card (failing), will Ubuntu automatically find and install the drivers for the new card on reboot or will I have to reinstall the OS to accommodate the modification?
And yes, I get that Ubuntu is "plug-n-play" as far as peripherals go ie; USB, CDrom, printers and such. This involves the main hardware of the PC.
How to segregate 2 desktop editions (kde/gnome) installed on one partition using kdm/gdm to start, doesn't matter which. But not share the apps, bins or libs.
I don't want the mish-mush of Gnome and KDE colliding and I don't want to dual boot. or is there a way to adjust for the app-crowding that is expected.
The /home MUST be the only shared folder of the system.
Is this too far fetched?
I've heard Steam is recently available for GNU/Linux. A lot of people are talking about it. What is Steam? What's the fuss all about? Is Steam just for people who develop and play games? What should I know about Steam, as an user of Ubuntu?
Should I install Steam?
If I minimize Thunderbird or Firefox or whatever I currently am working on, then leave the system alone it should turn the monitor off after a set number of minutes.
XScreenSaver is not turning off the monitor (however it will dim) if anything is left minimized in the lxpanel.
What is the resolve?
I am trying to remove the Chromium browser through Synaptic, but it tries to remove Lubuntu desktop. How can I remove it keeping Lubuntu desktop?
Can I get "dconf-editor" to show as much information as "gconf-editor" did in 11.04?
I find using the gconf version much easier and has better application integration.
I have both installed. Are there additional packages to make this improvement?
Why do I need a specific "user agent" to access some websites.
I have received instances "You need Internet Explored 6.0 or better to access this web site"
Why should I install a "user agent" extension in Chrome. Is there a workaround? If I install the extension will it devoid my browser's security.
What the plans for Ubuntu Studio?
I see 11.10 is the lastest release and it is transitioning to XFCE with no plans to utilize Unity.
The recommended release is 10.04 according to the wiki.
I have firefox, thunderbird, thunderbird-locale-en, thunderbird-locale-en-us, xul-ext-calendar-timezones, xul-ext-gdata-provider and xul-ext-lightning pinned in Synaptic.
When I run apt-get upgrade. I get the following
The following packages will be upgraded:
boot-repair boot-sav darktable firefox libvlc5 libvlccore5 thunderbird thunderbird-locale-en
thunderbird-locale-en-us vlc vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse
xul-ext-calendar-timezones xul-ext-gdata-provider xul-ext-lightning
17 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 53.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 606 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Are these packages really going to be upgraded?
I need to batch convert a set of .doc or .docx files to .pdf in terminal, not using a GUI.
It would be helpful if I could batch-process multiple files.
I would also like to maintain as much meta-data as possible.
How do I disable loading of unnecessary kernel modules. Kernel 3.2.4
I have an image I use as a background while using the terminal.
I would like to know if there is a way for a selected few images can be rotated when using the terminal.
Not like a moving screen-saver, more like a rotating desktop background.
Ubuntu 12.04 or 12.10
Need a application and or recommendation for a monitoring system. It will be set up locally and used to record essential data, reports to channels such as: The Weather Channel - Weather Underground - AccuWeather etc.
What is recommended for (tethered shooting) using Nikon and Canon Cameras. Should be able to zoom, focus and shoot from input device, mouse/keyboard or preferred touch-pad on laptop. Connection via USB a must. Does not have to include editing software.
Running 11.04
Low disk space warning. Results of df:
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 31381148 10417896 19390492 35% /
none 1022392 728 1021664 1% /dev
none 1030768 8 1030760 1% /dev/shm
none 1030768 324 1030444 1% /var/run
none 1030768 0 1030768 0% /var/lock
/dev/sda4 245055476 35884908 196903460 16% /home
/dev/sda1 31383196 595552 29214780 2% /media/731f2d14-635c-4ef6-a0a9-88ce11464ad9
/dev/sda5 175222776 2722340 163728140 2% /media/extended
/dev/sdc1 976760032 53394052 923365980 6% /media/FreeAgent GoFlex Drive_
What application can be used to free up space or move files or increase the /root filesystem, safely.
result of df -h:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 30G 10G 19G 35% /
none 999M 728K 998M 1% /dev
none 1007M 8.0K 1007M 1% /dev/shm
none 1007M 324K 1007M 1% /var/run
none 1007M 0 1007M 0% /var/lock
/dev/sda4 234G 35G 188G 16% /home
/dev/sda1 30G 582M 28G 2% /media/731f2d14-635c-4ef6-a0a9-88ce11464ad9
/dev/sda5 168G 2.6G 157G 2% /media/extended
/dev/sdc1 932G 51G 881G 6% /media/FreeAgent GoFlex Drive_
result of df -i:
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
/dev/sda2 1966080 315531 1650549 17% /
none 215307 1049 214258 1% /dev
none 219494 3 219491 1% /dev/shm
none 219494 68 219426 1% /var/run
none 219494 4 219490 1% /var/lock
/dev/sda4 15335424 23088 15312336 1% /home
/dev/sda1 1966080 11 1966069 1% /media/731f2d14-635c-4ef6-a0a9-88ce11464ad9
/dev/sda5 10969088 11 10969077 1% /media/extended
/dev/sdc1 924971612 1576830 923394782 1% /media/FreeAgent GoFlex Drive_
This IS GROWING>>>>
Need to be able to edit this file: /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus
The file permissions:
cd:/sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2012-02-13 17:23 rps_cpus
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 2012-02-13 12:54 rps_flow_cnt
cd :/sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0$**
Tried this:
$ sudo rm /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus; sudo sh -c "echo 1 > /sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus"
rm: cannot remove `/sys/class/net/eth0/queues/rx-0/rps_cpus': Operation not permitted
I have no hard drive installed, Only USB thumb drive. Will this be a problem?
Installed 3.2.4 from Oneric mainline and boots and runs everything perfectly. However cannot remove 2.6.38-13 without it claiming a broken package.
Have used synaptic to fix broken but still cannot remove.
Recent gconf-editor settings
In terminal
gconftool-2 --type int --set /desktop/gnome/thumbnail_cache/maximum_age "-1"
Cannot make setting stick. I can change the setting if the integer is a positive number but it will not resort to MINUS number