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Text-based location address bar Ubuntu

Alex — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:26:12 +0000

If, like me, you never use button mode you can set the location to text mode permenantly via the gconf editor. The easiest way to do this is to ALT+F2, type in gconf-editor and hit Run.In the configuration editor go to apps > nautilus > preferences then tick check always_use_locaion_entry. With that checked you’ll permenantly have the text based location bar.

via Text-based location address bar Ubuntu Lucid Lynx | Daniel Gibbs Journal.

Output Audio to Airport Express From Unbuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 (PulseAudio)

Alex — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:57:09 +0000

:~$ sudo apt-get install pulse-audio-module-raop paprefs
:~$ paprefs

check "Make discoverable network sound devices available locally"
check "Make discoverable Apple Airtunes sound devices available locally"

Reboot (or restart pulseaudio)
Go to Sound Preferences – Output (by clicking on the speaker in the taskbar)
Select Base Sation as output
Start your favorite radio station (Pandora?), mp3, etc..

Move The Minimize, Maximize And Close Buttons To The Right In Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)

Alex — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:23:56 +0000

How-to move the minimize, maximize and close buttons to the right of the window in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx).

Press ALT-F2, type: gconf-editor and click Run
Go to: apps > metacity > general and right-click on button_layout and choose “Edit Key….”
Type in menu:minimize,maximize,close and click OK
That’s it.

Playing Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Under Ubuntu Linux

Alex — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:45:08 +0000

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install wine1.2
wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
sh winetricks vcrun2005
sh winetricks d3dx9
wine regedit

under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine, create key Direct3D if it doesn’t already exist
inside Direct3D create the following values:
- string: DirectDrawRenderer value: opengl
- string: OffscreenRenderingMode value: fbo
- string: RenderTargetLockMode value: auto
- string: UseGLSL value: readtex
- string: VideoMemorySize value: (video card memory size in MB)

Sound Problems With Urban Terror, Pulseaudio and Ubuntu Karmic

Alex — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:01:54 +0000

I fixed it by installing libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio (which replaces libsdl1.2debian-alsa). So it might be worth a try if you get sound problems with any other programs.

Source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/372843

Ubuntu Doesn’t Save My Sound Settings …

Alex — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:57:49 +0000

For some reason, Ubuntu Karmic wasn’t saving my sound volume and settings that I set using the Sound Preferences. After attempting to run alsactl store I got:

$ alsactl store alsactl: save_state:1530: Cannot open /var/lib/alsa/asound.state for writing: Permission denied $ sudo alsactl store E: core-util.c: Home directory /home/mycurrentuser not ours.

So I deciced to change “/var/lib/alsa/asound.state” ownership temporarily to the current user and then was able to successfully save my sound settings (then switched back ownership to root). I also added “alsactl restore” to /etc/rc.local to automatically reload my sound settings when I reboot.