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  1. [SOLVED] Re: Font/Emoji issue with Thunderbird following update

    Assuming the problem to be over-sized emojis in the Subject and From lines, this issue remains (as of this post on 5/8/2018) in Bionic 18.04 and Thunderbird 52.7.0, and can be worked around by...
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    [SOLVED] Re: How to enable Grilo UPnP plugin in Rhythmbox?

    @tellapu - I have not changed the default install of Rhythmbox 2.96 in Ubuntu 12.04 or uninstalled it, other than adding the plugin directory/files as noted above.
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    [SOLVED] Re: How to enable Grilo UPnP plugin in Rhythmbox?

    I am using RhythmBox 2.96 and the issue I noted above might have been with MiniDLNA, because when I tried PS3MediaServer I did not have the same trouble browsing.
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    [SOLVED] Re: How to enable Grilo UPnP plugin in Rhythmbox?

    I have the grilo plugin working in Ubuntu 12.04 (the plugin seems to have some issues/bugs, but I have not tried newer versions...) and here is what I did:

    sudo apt-get build-dep rhythmbox

    Get...
  5. [ubuntu] Re: Power button event and logout-restart-shutdown dialog

    It occurred to me that if I simply reverse this policy:

    acpid - don't handle the power button if gnome-settings-daemon is running
    gnome-settings-daemon - handle the power button

    to this:
    ...
  6. [ubuntu] Re: Power button event and logout-restart-shutdown dialog

    Continuing my efforts to "fix" this, this thread is worth noting as to how things got to where they are now: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652183

    The code that determines what to do...
  7. [ubuntu] Re: Power button event and logout-restart-shutdown dialog

    Final test results of gnome-settings-daemon (package ver 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.3) behavior in Ubuntu 12.04:

    Note: This is with packages acpid, acpi-support, toshset, powermanagement-interface, and...
  8. [ubuntu] Re: Power button event and logout-restart-shutdown dialog

    I think I found it:

    Using dconf-editor:

    Set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power.button-power = nothing

    What I find odd is that it was set to "suspend", but what actually happens is not...
  9. [ubuntu] Re: Power button event and logout-restart-shutdown dialog

    In addition to the things disabled as noted in Post #1 above, I also discovered this in gconf-editor:

    /apps/gnome-power-manager/buttons/power = suspend

    and I changed that to
    ...
  10. [ubuntu] Power button event and logout-restart-shutdown dialog

    In Ubuntu 12.04 I changed /etc/acpi/events/powerbtn, commenting out the "action" line as follows:

    #action=/etc/acpi/powerbtn.sh

    I also used dconf-editor to set...
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    [SOLVED] Minimize KAlarm on startup

    I use KAlarm, and I had it set to start using the Startup Applications list, but KAlarm does not minimize itself on startup (using the Close Window button, which does not do a Quit), so I use this...
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    [SOLVED] Minimize KAlarm on startup

    I use KAlarm, and I had it set to start using the Startup Applications list, but KAlarm does not minimize itself on startup (using the Close Window button, which does not do a Quit), so I use this...
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    [ubuntu] Re: apts too large for screen

    You may want to try this: Run CompizConfig Settings Manager, under General --> General Options (a button) --> Desktop Size tab, set Horizontal and Vertical Virtual Size(s) to 1. Note that this is...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Synaptic throws exception in 11.10

    Workaround: Run the Universal Access program, then under the Seeing tab, turn the Screen Reader to "ON", then turn it immediately "OFF", then quit. Synaptic should/might run okay now.
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    [SOLVED] Re: 11.10 usb printer how?

    I was able to get a Prolific PL2305 usb-to-parallel interface connected to an HP Laserjet 5L to be recognised by adding "usblp" (without the quotes) to the file /etc/modules and then using...
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    Re: LibreOffice - does anyone else have this bug

    I am also seeing very slow file load times, and occasional sluggish GUI response, with LibreOffice 3.4.3 and Ubuntu 11.10 in Unity.
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    [SOLVED] Cardapio in Ubuntu 11.10

    If Cardapio is giving you the "ImportError: No module named glade" error message in Ubuntu 11.10, install the python-glade2 package. This is a broken dependency in the Cardapio ppa package that...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Trying to install Opera web browser

    Install the lzma package. This "bug" is being tracked/fixed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/868188
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    [SOLVED] Re: Hp Deskjet 310 Ubuntu 10.10 lpt usb

    I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 and I also have the Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2305 Parallel Port, which is listed when doing lsusb, but there is no /dev/usb/lp0 or /dev/usblp0. This was...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Synaptic throws exception in 11.10

    I am also getting this error when running synaptic:

    terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::out_of_range'
    what(): vector::_M_range_check
    Aborted

    This thread is marked "SOLVED"...
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    [ubuntu] Re: winegcc: gcc-4.5 failed

    Install (using Synaptic or however you prefer) package gcc-4.5
  22. [ubuntu] Re: Sansa Clip on latest hardware not automounting

    After playing some music I discovered that there are 6 demo songs on the player that were put there by Sansa. The player shows that there is a folder called MTP somewhere, but using MSC and Nautilus...
  23. [ubuntu] Re: Sansa Clip on latest hardware not automounting

    Thanks for this post. Just bought a Sansa Clip+ 2GB and the USB mode in the player was set to Auto out of the box, and Ubuntu Maverick was not recognizing/mounting it. Set this to MTP in the player...
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    Transparent Canvas (& GUI)

    Is there a way/program that has a transparent canvas that can be placed over the top of the desktop that can be drawn on? I don't mean a checker-boarded canvas. I want to be able to see whatever...
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    [ubuntu] Re: 10.10 shutdown hanging

    As a temporary workaround I made a desktop launcher with the command "gksudo halt".
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