v2r's questions

I already changed all emblem-icons (I found so far on my system) in:

/var/lib/dropbox/.dropbox-dist/images/emblems  
/usr/share/nautilus-dropbox/emblems/

to no avail. Rebooting the OS doesn't change the icons either. Can anyone please provide some insights or the correct directory?

Under Properties dialog window: Link target: the path of the original file is always shortened, due to a programed restriction of characters space, even after resizing the window, and therefore of not much use.

When the Link target path is copied and pasted to a terminal window, it looks like this:

../../lib/firefox/icons/mozicon128.png

which is a small improvement, since now the original file name is fully know and locate mozicon128.png will provide the correct path, which is:

/usr/lib/firefox/icons/mozicon128.png

Q1: What other options are there to find the path more quickly, without using the suggested two steps (maybe a right-click menu integration that copies the path to clipboard would be great)?!

Q2: ../../ refers to / (see screenshot below), but why, instead of being more accurate? Is there any build in option, to copy the full path from Properties dialog window (Ubuntu 11.10)?

Path of the symlinked firefox image in this example is:

/usr/share/pixmaps/firefox.png

I use gnome-terminal in combination with irssi and I am wondering if there's anything like .bash_history logfile for irssi, that can be used/implemented/set up, that enables one to retrieve previously typed commands, like /server xxx, /j #channel etc.. also in a later anew started session, by using gnome-terminals standard key-shortcuts like ↑ and ↓.

It is really troublesome to repeatedly type all the commands again and again while not being connected to any /server the next day, so any help here is much appreciated. --Thank you!!

Edit: When I am prompted to connect to any /server of my choice, I would like to use the key-shortcut prior mention, that then brings up my previous choices of connected servers/commands, like /server irc.blah01.com, /server irc.blah02.com, /server irc.blah03.com etc.. I simply can then skip through and confirm with Enter instead of typing the exact command and server address again and again. (I know about the auto-connect function, but I prefer the other option, if it is one).

Is there any option/possibility, to synchronize my mpd/ncmpcpp music database as it is organized natively through ncmpcpp (mainly playlists) with an iPod Classic.

Can someone please shed some light on this matter and a tutorial (if available) would be much appreciated!!

Related to this recent Question: Can a Windows virus transfer to Ubuntu? and JFA's comment, which is not only an interesting, but also a valid one:

Can you also get a Windows virus by running an infected .exe in Wine?

I was wondering the same. Also, how great is the possibility of potential damage, due to execution of malicious code within the executable, while running under Wine? (I guess that most Linux users who also use wine and alike don't use antivirus protection, but still come across this problem, unnoticed.)

How would I efficiently go about searching for .png | .svg | .xpm image-files in a complex and recursively structured hierarchy in one query, using terminal (and if possible | (pipe) tree in the same query, to get a nice output/overview, like in the example below:

├── arrows
│   ├── submenu01.png
│   └── submenu02.png
├── awesome
   ├── 01
   │   ├── ac.png
   │   ├── awesome.png
   │   ├── bat_low.png
   │   ├── bat_no.png
   │   │   ├── close_normal_all.png
   │   │   ├── floating_focus_inactive.png
   │   │   ├── floating_normal_active.png
   │   ├── vol_low.png
   │   ├── vol_mute.png
   │   ├── vol_no.png
   │   ├── vol_up.png
   │   └── widget_bg.png
   ├── antilight_by_sunjack94-d3ddff6.tar
   ├── As_It_Fades_by_synorgy.png

I'd like to do this in:

/usr/share/

Any help is highly appreciated, even if it doesn't fully fit my request!

I've got five wordlist.txt dictionary-files; downloaded at dict.cc, and I need to convert them into .ifo | dict.dz | idx.gz or .index | .dict(.dz)-format, in order to make them work in/with goldenDict.

• Can someone please provide some insides, on how to go about it RIGHT!
• Also i would like to keep the formatting of those dictionaries clean, [simple and structured as possible] once they are converted.

After installing Konquerer and restarting my laptop i got the following error while trying to open, edit or access files as root from within Terminal (which is existencial for me).

root@linuxBox:/home/v2r# gnome-open /home/

(gnome-open:2686): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: //bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally with the following error: No protocol specified Autolaunch error: X11 initialization failed.

GConf Error: No D-BUS daemon running

root@linuxBox:/home/v2r# No protocol specified Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:

Also it seems, that dbus is not installed properly anymore in /bin/ and /usr/bin/ See screenshot:

How would i go about fixing this problem and thank you in advance?!!!

Thank you for your answer SirCharlo! It does not resolve the problem at all. Please note, that it only happens while beeing root!

root@linuxBox:/home/v2r# gnome-open /home/

(gnome-open:5170): GConf-WARNING **: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-2RdCUjrZ9k: Connection refused GConf Error: No D-BUS daemon running

root@linuxBox:/home/v2r# No protocol specified Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:

Here is what i want to do:

1. I want to put/run Orca as an idle process in background after booting into Ubuntu. (No problem there so far.)

2. Now when I open up a text file or website in my [web]browser; I want to be able, to highlight text and use a keyboard-shortcut in order to invoke Orca process [see step 1], to read the selected text back to me.

My problem is, that Orca, once initialized as a running process permanently reads back everything, from mouse-over actions of buttons, to system related actions etc.. and orca-preferences doesn't come with options, to reduce and suppress this. Orca might not be the right application at all for this and a common speech-synthesis application might be even better.

• If someone knows how to make it work that way, please help.
• An alternative speech-synthesis "read back" option/function, like Apple offers in OS X would even be better, since there one can simply "selected text", that is invoked with Ctrl+# shortcut, or simply use say, or for text files say -f ~/input.txt -o ~/output.aiff-command to have text red back instantly!

I am wondering if there is a shortcut or where and how to active the F-keys on a QWERTZ build-in MBP keyboard.

Any suggestions ?!

in gnome shell when several applications are open in different workspaces i use applications switcher Command + Tab (or Alt + Tab in a PC) to active/switch to the app/workspace i want to use.

is it possible to terminate an application within the application switcher, like in the mac environment with Command + Q (or Alt + Q in a PC) instead of using the window control icons or add this function somehow?