Know it is bad form to bump an old thread but have to say thank you!
I modified my xorg.conf for an LG E2241 Flatron monitor on 10.10
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LG E2241"
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Know it is bad form to bump an old thread but have to say thank you!
I modified my xorg.conf for an LG E2241 Flatron monitor on 10.10
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LG E2241"
...
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Second this.
Rbeq is a great plugin.
Quick & Easy solution worked for me
UbuntuTweak worked for me too!
If you're interested, here's the story.
BACKGROUND:
I was organizing my Main Menu on Lucid and accidentally deleted something critical.
So, when I clicked my...
An annoying solution but logging onto a window$ system, installing the setpoint software & setting the mouse buttons from there worked ok for me.
It should be noted that tweaking the dpi & cursor...
Love the forums.
Thanks everyone
I tried outrec too but hated the interface.
Ubuntu has a built in sound recorder that lets you save streams to mp3, ogg etc.
Basics :...
Jose, I tried the modification you suggested
ffmpeg -f x11grab -s 1024x768 -r 25 -i :0.0+448,156 -sameq ./Desktop/mydesktop.mkvbut it failed & threw this error
Good Thread.
I am running into problems too.
Mine are specifically with the GDK environment being undefined
I believe scripts run from /etc/pm/sleep.d are executed before gnome is fully "awake"...
I had fun with this code but made a mistake when I posted it. :(
I don't use files with spaces so this code will not accept file names with spaces.
If you want to use a bash script that accepts...
Thank You !!
Dropped it in a bash script :
#!/bin/bash
dir="$HOME/Poker/Screens/Vids"
size=$( xdpyinfo | grep 'dimensions:' | awk '{print $2}' )
name=$( date +'%b.%d_%I:%M%#p' )...
started a new thread on changing the background image at system wakeup http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10663041
Are there limitations on what can be started from /etc/pm/sleep.d after system wakeup?
I wrote a perl script to randomly change my gnome desktop background...
Good idea! I think I can point you in the right direction.
To tie script to a hot-key / keyboard shortcut:
- System->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts
- click add
- give it the full path ->...
First, I wrote a bare bones bash script to change the gnome desktop background to a random image
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10479253
Then, I realized there are dozens of bash...
rothalem, I was cruising your code again & realized you gave me a shout out !
Thanx man that's cool of you. :grin:
Since my name is attached to that code, I feel I can offer a few more suggestions...
Like it sflitman !!
This line is silky smooth :
my $file=random_file(-dir=>$dir,-recursive=>1,-check=>qr/\.(?:jpg|jpeg|png)$/i);
I took it and ran with it :...
I had fun with this little hack & I am stoked u tweaked it for your box rothalem!
I will freely admit that my above example script does no error checking either.
My intent was to post only the meat...
Automatically Change Desktop Wallpaper / Background to Random Image ( Gnome )
I am running Ubuntu Lucid( 10.04 ) w Gnome & I quickly tire of my wallpaper.
I wanted to set another random HD image as the desktop background :
- immediately from a bash shell
-...
Great example thank you!
even easier way :
sudo apt-get install youtube-dl ffmpeg avidemux mplayer
youtube-dl -o example.flv "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdaAWFoWr2c"
ffmpeg -i...
Lack of robust iPod / iPhone support
Searched the forums for solution & am not seeing one
Wrote a simple script to find Trash folders on Lucid and delete them
#!/bin/bash
sudo find / -regex ".*Trash[-]?[0-9]+?" | while read -e line...
Thank you for confirming my hopes of lossless multi-tasking and for the great analogy.
Howdy!
First, let me just say these forums have saved me endless hours of ](*,)
so thank y'all in advance =D>
This is a general processing question but is specific to the slick little program...