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Annoying keyring password prompt after Lucid upgrade
After upgrading to Lucid I started getting an annoying message about needing to unlock my keyring prompt. Here is the solution which worked for me: How to get rid of “Enter password to unlock your login keyring” prompt in Ubuntu.
Ubuntuzilla thunderbird 3.1 problem fixed
Ubuntuzilla is a great way of having your cake and eating it. You can have the robustness of the Ubuntu repository system without foregoing the very best of Mozilla Firefox or Thunderbird (see Getting latest Firefox and Thunderbird on Ubuntu). But I did experience a big problem upgrading to Thunderbird 3.1. Clicking on the Thunderbird [...]
Xdebug restored on Lucid for Netbeans
When I upgraded from Netbeans 6.7 to 6.8 I lost the ability to debug line by line. Later, I upgraded to 6.9 in the hope that this would fix it. It didn’t but the Netbeans error message for xdebug gave me a better steer towards useful resources. My system is Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) so I [...]
Restored Audigy Sound on Lucid
All sound suddenly stopped about 6 weeks after I upgraded to Lucid. Everything seemed right but still no sound. On the volume control, I could even see the sound bar pulsing in sync with the music: Another computer in the house has identical hardware and also runs Lucid but I couldn’t find any differences. Even [...]
Ubuntu heading into bright future
Ubuntu is undergoing a makeover and I am a big fan of what they are doing: See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Brand. I can’t wait for Lucid and what comes next.
Getting latest Firefox and Thunderbird on Ubuntu
OK – you have Ubuntu and you want the latest versions of Firefox and Thunderbird. Unfortunately, they aren’t in the current repositories. You consider the option of manually installing from debs but that undermines one of the benefits of desktop linux – the way it automatically keeps your applications up-to-date for you. So what’s the [...]
Karmic MySQL Server Problem Fixed
The Karmic upgrade went really well but MySQL server seemed to die along the way. A temporary solution that worked for me was found here – http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1040786. sudo apt-get remove –purge mysql-server-5.1 sudo apt-get autoremove sudo rm -rf /etc/mysql sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.1 [update] This solution doesn’t persist after reboot (at present). Still useful if [...]
Sound for Warcraft III under WINE in Karmic
After the upgrade to Karmic, the sound wasn’t working for Warcraft III (running full screen under WINE – see Full-screen Warcraft under Wine). The solution – change sound settings for WINE (under audio tab) from ALSA to OSS.
Locking Ubuntu Gnome Panel
Children have a knack for messing up anything tidy. Unlike their rooms, and the car, however, your computer can be kept orderly – at least in part. On Ubuntu, it is possible to lock down the panels (the top and bottom bars with icons and menus). Firstly, get System Tools>Configuration Editor displaying. Do this from [...]
Making custom emblems for Ubuntu
Have you ever wanted to make your own emblems for Ubuntu? It is very easy. Just use the GIMP (or something similar) to make a png image (make it at least 40x40px) and then open nautilus (e.g. Places>Home Folder>Edit>Backgrounds and Emblems and add it. I store all my emblems in ~/Pictures/emblems. For a brilliant overview [...]