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I have tried all the ports, same issue.

I've tested the soundcard on a windows computer, no issue.

I've ripped out pulseaudio, issue persists.

I reinstalled pulseaudio, issue persists.

I...

I'm having the same problem. Things were working great out of the box initially... but after my system crashed due to a power outage, it's started hissing. It seems to be affected by the ethernet...

On 10.04 64-bit, I've been noticing this weird error where totem comes to a halt after ~3/4 of playback in a 30-45 minute video, then it starts to play back again after about 10 seconds but it's a...

After initializing your notification object (like you did), use:


n.set_timeout(10000)

time is in milliseconds.

You may also be interested in experimenting with the following:

Set...

I wasn't aware I could do a multiple wildcard patter like that. I don't think I'll ever stop using $(ls) with parameters for some situations, most of my files don't contain spaces :-P -- but when I...

I just started learning python and the white space thing bothered me for a bit but it's code snippets like this which show how it almost reads like english that make me really appreciate it. I know...

#!/bin/bash
if [[ $(grep "discharging" /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state | wc -l) > 0 ]]; then
echo "halting"
#halt
fi


Not python, but bash should be okay?
uncomment halt when you're ready...

As my programming teacher used to say, "it's only hard because it's easy".

There is no need to reinvent the wheel. The core of my script relies on 2 programs. youtube-dl and mplayer
...

You can have some series issues with your system if you don't know what you are doing. It's probably best to test on another computer if you're really curious.

I found this great applet called DockbarX, which more or less emulates the Windows 7 Superbar. I like it better than the "Window List" applet in all ways except one. The way it handles dual...

No need to reinvent the wheel


sudo apt-get install youtube-dl


#!/bin/sh
#
# Youtube mp3 extractor
#

I've exploited the icon functionality to show me (part of) an image preview (optionally) now:

http://interwebninja.com/compiz-screenshots/screenshot31.png

Also, the behavior of this...

I ended up writing about my experience and solution here:

http://www.doknowevil.net/2010/06/25/ubuntu-notifications-osd-notify-sucks-notifications-daemon-rocks-exploiting-the-goodness-with-compiz/

:-P

I was actually just coming to post that I ripped out notify-osd and installed the old system thanks to this post, which has given me the popups like I wanted.

what is tk?

it appears you cannot.

http://projecthamster.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/ubuntu-jaunty-and-the-new-notification-sweetness/

I tried

sudo apt-get remove notify-osd
but it didn't appear to change...

With the redesign of the notification system in ubuntu, as detailed in this post, how can I create a notification that is either clickable or has buttons that I can click?

The examples ubuntu...

thanks, it just helped me

I also just discovered this and found it upsetting. I haven't come across a solution yet.

I've recently switched from a GNOME/compiz setup. I use dual monitors and heavily use the expo or 'desktop grid' plugin. However, the behavior in KDE is a bit odd to me.

I compiz, I have 4...

I'm sorry but I do not believe you. At least 3 of your code blocks have formatting errors you have not fixed... amongst other problems I've run into.

While I appreciate the update, I think the...

Thank you so much, you've solved this for me with an ASRock G41M-GS motherboard and the Intel GMA x4500 onboard video.

However, in the terminal, I did

sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst...

We have a plotter at work so I was able to print one with the following source files:

http://www.gasteropodica.net/hannes/2009/04/23/ubuntu-poster-sources-online-again/

Supporting basket here. It's not One Note but it's very helpful and stable. I use gnome, so I didn't have the dialog for selection of KDE's default application handlers. So for links, I had to set...

Themes: Dust border on a custom theme I created with gnome-color-chooser
Wallpaper: not really a wallpaper, made by Android Jones, from podcollective
Icons: gnome-wise customized a bit to...

that is done with ubuntu system panel

http://code.google.com/p/ubuntu-system-panel/wiki/Installation


the gui for customizing it is quite horrendous, so if you'd like a head start, here is the...