Ubuntu 9.04, two screen, but still one taskbar, and tasktray….

Solution: Right click on a bar, add New Panel, add New Panel, etc,… as many time as needed to reach the other screen. Remove the usless extra one.

Right click add to Panel on the new taskbar: Window Selector.

Reorganize all you applet, sound etc…

Now you’ve got a wonderful one meter long desktop, with taskbar linked to the display desktop.

Dual monitor (HDMI and DVI, two LG22W) on Acer X1700 seems to be a problem with the open source drivers.

To get them working (extended desktop, not mirror) just follow the guide:

1. Run the following commands:
   Code:

   wget --no-check-certificate https://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-driver-installer-9-5-x86.x86_64.run
   chmod 755 ati-driver-installer-9-5-x86.x86_64.run
   sudo ./ati-driver-installer-9-5-x86.x86_64.run --buildandinstallpkg Ubuntu/9.04
   sudo aticonfig --initial -f

2. Reboot the system
3. Use System > Preferences > Display to detach the monitors from each other, and set the proper resolution
4. Log out, and back into the system

Source

Some help about setting up moovida with ati remote wonder and lirc.

Moovida is a great piece of software, but the documentation is pretty…  hidden.

Continue reading →

I just installed 9.04 release on my Acer Aspire 5500 and all was ok except the touchpad.

If you want it back, follow these instructions (in a terminal) :

sudo  pico /etc/modprobe.d/psmouse.conf

Add this line in the file and save (CTRL-O / CTRL-X):

options psmouse proto=exps

Reboot or try the new setting with :

sudo modprobe -r psmouse && sudo modprobe psmouse

For example, you would like to change your root@localhost with admin@mydomain.com.

In /etc/postfix/main.cf, add :

canonical_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/canonical

In /etc/postfix/canonical, add :

root admin@mydomain.com

Then do :

postmap /etc/postfix/canonical

/etc/init.d/postfix restart

Seems to be an issue with this mouse since the version 9.04: even though gnome bluetooth interface can scan the device, the paring is not done.
Solution: install backward compat packages:

sudo apt-get install bluez-compat

Then put your mouse in paring mode and:

sudo hidd -s

If you want to be in French UTF8 :

export LC_ALL=fr_FR.UTF-8

Since Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid, no need to compile, juste type:

sudo apt-get install convlit

Usage:

clit crippled-book.lit ./free_html_folder/

Enjoy

sudo apt-get install convtlit

Usage:

clit crippled-book.lit ./free_html_folder/

Enjoy
Upcoming: nautilus script to convert to pdf