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Created
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on
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Dec,7th,2009
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Firefox 3.5
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settings:
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Remove
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ubufox
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using
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Synaptic
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Package
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Manager.
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Ubufox
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is
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an
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extension
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which
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makes
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it's
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possible
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to
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install
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extensions
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by
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apt.
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But
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it
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is
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said
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that
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it
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have
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some
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conflicts
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with
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other
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extensions
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like
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{panel} AdBlock Plus NoScript Tabs Mix Plus Web Developer Toolbar Text Formatting Toolbar Forecastbar Enhanced (a better Forecastfox) Greasemonkey et al. DownThemAll DownloadHelper |
Fix missing icons in search box drop down list and other menus
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{panel} h3. Fix missing icons in search box drop down list and other menus {code} Ubuntu menu: System -> Preferences -> Appearance check "Show icons in menus" Restart Firefox {code} |
Reference:
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#29
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of
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post.
Image rendering problems
The image rendering in Firefox 3.5 under Ubuntu 9.10 is very bad. You can avoid it by turn off the zoom function for images in Firefox:
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Go to View -> Zoom -> reset|https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/432876]. h3. Image rendering problems The image rendering in Firefox 3.5 under Ubuntu 9.10 is very bad. You can avoid it by turn off the zoom function for images in Firefox: {panel} Go to View>Zoom>reset and choose "zoom text only".{panel} h2. Synaptic Package Manager 100% CPU It happens some time when I press reload button. You can remove the file |
Synaptic Package Manager 100% CPU
It happens some time when I press reload button. You can remove the file /var/run/synaptic.socket,
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then
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it
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comes
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back
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Chinese
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and
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Japanese
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input
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(IBus)
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Ubuntu
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has
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switched
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to
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IBus
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as
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preferred
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input
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method
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framework.
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Unlike
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the
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previously
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used
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SCIM,
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IBus
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is
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under
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active
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development
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and
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fixes
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a
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number
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of
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SCIM's
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design
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limitations.
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{panel} Go to System >> Administration and select Language Support. Install the missing language pack. Keyboard input method system: select ibus Next screen Installed Languages: select Chinese (simplified), make sure you checked Translations, Input methods, and Extra fonts I also selected Japanese language. go to System -> Preferences -> iBus Preferences. By default, to trigger iBus: Control+space, switch to next input method: Alt+Shift_L Input methods: PinYin is for inputing Chinese Characters pinyin is for input pinyin symbols. {panel} h2. Auto SSH Generate |
Auto SSH
Generate key pair:
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key pair: {panel} client% ssh-keygen{panel} Then copy |
Then copy generated id_rsa.pub
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to
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server
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.
Add
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client's
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public
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key
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to
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server's
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authorized
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key
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file:
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{panel} server% cat id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keysSet default username on yourkeys |
Set default user name on your client:
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client:client% cat ~/.ssh/config Host *.rice.edu User YourNetID |
SSHFS
Here is a good link telling you how to use sshfs from clients.
Mount LVM2 volumes
Here is a good link telling you how to mount a lvm2 volume
Change Hostname
You CANNOT change the hostname by just using the command of
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{panel} h2. SSHFS [Here|https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHFS] is a good link telling you how to use sshfs from clients. h2. Mount LVM2 volumes [Here|http://www.brandonhutchinson.com/Mounting_a_Linux_LVM_volume.html] is a good link telling you how to mount a lvm2 volume h2. Change Hostname You {color:red}{*}CANNOT{*}{color} change the hostname by just using the command of {panel} % sudo hostname ANewName{panel} To change the |
To change the hostname,
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edit
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the
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/etc/hostname
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file,
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and
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Ubuntu
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will
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automatically
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change
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the
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corresponding
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line
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in
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the
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/etc/hosts
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file.
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If
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for
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some
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reason,
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the
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hosts
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file
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are
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not
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changed,
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you
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have
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to
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change
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it
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manually.
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{panel} $ sudo vi /etc/hostname $ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 newHostName localhost.localdomain localhost {panel} h2. Clone Ubuntu Installation I installed ubuntu on a USB HD of size 50GB. and I clone it to a USB HD of size 80GB. [Here|http://www.arsgeek.com/2008/01/22/how-to-clone-your-bootable-ubuntu-install-to-another-drive/] gives a good instruction. But there was a problem: The used space in the second disk is much bigger then that in the first disk.(the difference seems like the capacity of the disks).To solve this problem, you can just lunch the *GParted in Live CD*, and let it check your problem disk. It will fix the wrong mount of used space. h2. Mount rice storage (only for Rice University users) {panel} |
Clone Ubuntu Installation
I installed ubuntu on a USB HD of size 50GB. and I clone it to a USB HD of size 80GB.
Here gives a good instruction.
But there was a problem: The used space in the second disk is much bigger then that in the first disk.(the difference seems like the capacity of the disks).To solve this problem, you can just lunch the GParted in Live CD, and let it check your problem disk. It will fix the wrong mount of used space.
Mount rice storage (only for Rice University users)
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https://docs.rice.edu/confluence/display/ITTUT/Mount+the+storage+drive+on+Linux |
Could not mount the swap partition
After the installation, I don't know why I cannot mount the swap partition. Finally I figured out that the UUID pointing to swap is different from the correct one. You can see your partitons UUID by this comamnd:
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{panel} h2. Could not mount the swap partition After the installation, I don't know why I cannot mount the swap partition. Finally I figured out that the UUID pointing to swap is different from the correct one. You can see your partitons UUID by this comamnd: {panel} ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/{panel} Then copy and past your correct UUID of your swap partition to */et* |
Then copy and past your correct UUID of your swap partition to /etc/fstab.