Is there a way to imitate OS X behavior of opening applications in Linux?
For example: Assume that I already have Firefox open. In OS X it is very easy to open that window from console (it is the default, using open -a firefox).
How do I change the screen blanking behavior on Linux virtual terminals?
For example, if I switch to a VT from X, login, and leave the system alone for 5 minutes or so, the screen will blank like a screensaver. It comes back with any keypress, like a screensaver.
Mostly I just want to change the timeout, but I'm also interested in other settings.
If it helps, one of my systems is running Ubuntu 10.04 with the stock graphics drivers. fbset shows the console using the radeondrmfb framebuffer device.
i am using Fedora 14. Once system get hanged during opening a video file so I had to restart the system by pressing restart button. But after restarting there are few problems appearing like system monitor not opening and Thunder bird opening but not showing any folder including inbox.
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Looks like SElinux has stopped working
I use terminal a lot. Sometimes I would like to open up applications, like start reading a pdf. But when I do
Code:
$ evince foo.pdf
(actually I use zathura to read pdfs now , but anyway...)
[code]....
I have a lot of application scheduled to load at startup (GoldenDict, Tomboy Notes, Evolution Mail, Liferea, etc.) and I'd like some of them to appear on the workspaces different from the default. I have Ubuntu 10.10 with Gnome and Compiz effects. Is there a way to do this without a lot of mess?
View 5 Replies View RelatedHad Ubuntu running for about 4 days now and ive noticed its running quite slow.
Takes about 7-9 seconds to open Chromium and my home folder and about 15 to open minecraft :S
I got a:
AMD athlon II X2 p340
8gb of ddr3 1066mhz
I researched into this and found people saying IPv6 issue but it didnt resolve my issue.
I would like to open multiple applications with one keyboard shortcut but don't get it running. When I add (open "System" > "Preference" > "Keyboard Shortcuts"; clicked "Add" ) a new shortcut and enter many commands in the "Command" field e.g. "gnome-terminal & xeyes" only the first application is started. I also tried to set up a shell script that contains the application calls and then use "gnome-terminal -x "sh /path/to/the/script.sh" but then I get the error message "There was an error creating the child process for this terminal".
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs there a script or command to open apps in full screen (hiding the menu bar and launch pad?). Firefox's fullscreen mode does this, i'm tryiing to do the same thing with Netflix running on "Vmware Vmplayer Unity"
View 1 Replies View RelatedRunning various applications, including Open Office, I need to open files from my external hard drive, from within said application itself. But the file menus for all my applications list only the files of my primary hard drive, and I can't look at other drives. Surely there must be some way to do this.
View 2 Replies View RelatedIdeally I would like to set a keyboard shortcut to open a set of applications. The applications (mainly different gnome-terminals) should be opened in different, previously defined workspaces. I had a look around but could not find a simple solution (maybe it could be done in devilspie but I would like to avoid that).If I limit myself only to gnome-terminal and instead of using the keyboard shortcuts call the application in the shell the placement of the terminal can be done by using "--geometry" (see "man gnome-terminal" and "man X") e.g. "gnome-terminal --geometry 50x20+200+300". wmcrtl show me that my 6 workspaces are treated as one desktop (my interpretation - maybe wrong):
Code:
$ wmctrl -d
0 * DG: 7680x1024 VP: 0,0 WA: 0,1 1280x1023 Desk 1
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I did a clean installation of KDE 4.4 Alien bob`s packages and when I open the dolphin, for example, appears this error:
The icons and directories are all on blank...
My application is an integration of all the open source components with customized heavily including OS. I would need to know how to generate license keys for my application.
Does any one have any clue?
Script iptables_reset.sh
Code:
#!/bin/bash
IPTABLES="$(which iptables)"
$IPTABLES -P INPUT ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -P FORWARD ACCEPT
[code]....
This works if I edit the system-wide crontab in /etc/crontab like this:
Code:
0 12 * * * root /root/iptables/iptables_reset.sh
But it won't work, if i edit roots user-cronfile by using crontab(1):
Code:
crontab -l
# m h dom mon dow command
0 12 * * * /root/iptables/iptables_reset.sh
The log entry is the same for system-wide and user-cronfile:
Code:
/USR/SBIN/CRON[5135]: (root) CMD (/root/iptables/iptables_reset.sh)
I tried different things and found out,if i don't use the "$(which iptables)"substitution in the script, it also works with the user-cronfile.
I predominantly use Ubuntu at home, which means I am used to "highlight 'copies' and center click 'pastes'" (I believe this is true for all X-windows-sever machines, but I don't know). Unfortunately, that is not the behavior on the machines I use at work (I have a Mac and Win 7.). Is there an application which would let me imitate this mouse behavior for either of those OS's?
View 1 Replies View RelatedA rather obscure problem, clearly our understanding here is challenged! On ubuntu (10.04 & earlier) we boot our apps under a user account from /etc/rc.local which runs under root. First the boot script installs drivers and does rooty things, then we launch the executable under the "myaccount" account:
su myaccount -c startPrg.bash (Inside is the actual /mybin/myprg &; )and the program is left running (our goal of course) BUT in debian (lenny) the exit from su terminates its child, which also seems right.
Now confused..
1) How can we spin off a child from /etc/rc.local that executes under a user account, but is not terminated when the su exits?
2) Why does the script act differently on ubuntu vs. debian?
I am quite confused about the following description on fork. Could you please explain it ?The child process shall have its own copy of the parent's file descriptors. Each of the child's file descriptors shall refer to the same open file description with the corresponding file descriptor of the parent.For example, I am opening a socket and then fork. Now, does the child have a separate socket or is shares it with the parent. Does I have any impact on using it in child?
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI have installed quanta plus software as i fount on net that quanta plus is nearest to dreamweaver.But now i am facing a problem in it as it is not able to open any php files which are located on another PC. Although my PC is connected to that PC in the network but still i have to copy those files in my local system and then only it is opening. But i want it to open directly.Is there any solution?
View 4 Replies View RelatedMy system currently freeze entire UI more frequently when opening more than 1 tab in chromium. not relate to any specific web page but especially on [URL] ....
Code: Select all uname -a
Linux GlobeTravelers 4.3.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.3.5-1 (2016-02-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux
chromuim
Version 49.0.2623.75 built on Debian stretch/sid, running on Debian stretch/sid (64-bit)
I google and found lot of chromium freeze UI bug reports on Ubuntu, Fedora, Osx ...
I am used to using US International as my keyboard layout. However, the implementation appears to differ greatly between Windows and Linux (Gnome, in my case - may well be a GTK issue since GTK behaves the same on Windows).The layout uses dead keys, for example for keys such as ', ", ^, &c. allowing easy entry of characters with diacritics. On Windows pressing a dead key and then a key that has no pair associated results in the dead key's character (when paired with space) and the character from the second key. Example: Pressing ", a yields "ä", however, pressings yields "'s", as there is no pairing for ' and s.
Now, there is a language called English which makes frequent use of exactly those two characters and since it works on Windows to just type them as usual it's muscle memory for me now. Which brings me to my problem:On Linux (and GTK on Windows), there is a pairing for ' and s (among many others), resulting in Å› (which, in turn, leads to me frequently typing "itÅ›"). So typing "it's" requires me to type ', , s at the end.There are a few other combinations I'm used to that don't work. Among those is that for non-existant pairs simply nothing is the result. Typing "I'd" results in "I". Hitting one of those keys twice results in a non-spacing diacritic which breaks my habit of typing strings by first typing both quotation marks (which now result in a non-spacing acute accent or macron).
Long story short: None of the supplied US International layouts appears to function the same as in Windows - are there any that do work identically? Or any chance to configure it that way? While it may be nice to type an s with acute accent or non-spacing diacritics, those aren't exactly common needs for me.
I have hp pavilion dv6 1386et notebook with windows 7 home premium package. I tried to install suse. But there is something wrong.First I have tried to istall suse 10.3 but installation screen did not appear.Then I tried it with suse 11.2, it was hopeful than 10.3. Installation screen opened and after first rebooting screen have got frozen. So I reboot it manual.Installation only continued with failsave. It has finished, I heard sound of opening system but screen was black.
View 9 Replies View RelatedOne of the apps I would like to try out is usenext.Selectint the download for the right version (Linux - Suse, Red Hat, Fedora) I get the rpm file.Either opening this straight away or saving then opening it comes back with the following errors:
usenext-5.27-1.i386 requires mono(gdk-sharp) = 2.10.0.0
usenext-5.27-1.i386 requires unrar
usenext-5.27-1.i386 requires mono(glib-sharp) = 2.10.0.0
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I've searched all over Google and searched the forums and I have not been successful in finding out how to disable the System Bell (Beep) computer-wide. It's annoying hearing this extremely loud "BEEP" when I hit backspace one too many times, even when my sound is muted. People look at me like I'm crazy. Even if I try to backspace a non-existent character in my Google Chrome browser, I am struck with a crazy Error Beep. Long story short, how do I disable the System-wide "System Bell" ("BEEP") permanently? I'm on OpenSuse 11.3 using the KDE 4.4.4 Desktop.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAre there any tutorials for this? My sister wants a really easy application that pops a random quotation every time she presses on an icon (probably appearing in the panel). I'm fairly experienced in programming, but i've never done desktop apps for ubuntu.
View 4 Replies View RelatedIn trying to fix issues I have been having with my display, I seem to have inadvertently removed all applications from my menu, which is rather annoying. I'm not sure how. I've attached a couple of screenshots to display this.
When trying to access the 'Main Menu' option from the Gnome Control Center, I get the following error in the command line:
Code:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 36, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 32, in main
app = MainWindow(datadir, version, sys.argv)
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I recent installed ubuntu 10.04. Sometimes it is getting stuck during normal operations and when that happens I am not able to type anything. The terminal is opening but I cant type any command in it. Nothing happens when I click on the options in the panel i.e 'Applications', 'Places', 'System' . When I try to restart the computer the shutdown option isn't appearing.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am running Ubuntu 10.10 on a Lenovo Thinkpad T61p with 2GB RAM. When I was on Ubuntu 10.04, one day suddenly Azureus hung at the 'loading plugin' screen as it begins. I had to hard reboot my system and it(Azureus) never worked after that so I removed it. Then after a couple of months same thing happened with Adobe Acrobat reader. As soon as I opened any pdf and started to scroll, it hung. System didn't respond and had to hard reboot. I moved to foxit reader Then I upgraded to 10.10 and now mplayer hangs occasionally if I try to switch it to full screen. System stops responding totallyn Where to begin debugging from ? I can't figure out any pattern or any way to reproduce it. I haven't tried Acrobat reader and Azureus on 10.10
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI recently had to power off my Centos 5.5 box (ungraceful shutdown). When it came back up, three apps popped up: "Welcome to the Gnome Help Browser" (which is Yelp). In another desktop, Konqueror is waiting for a login. This happens every time I restart my system. I haven't been able to figure out how to stop this. Every time I've shut down my system since I had to bring it down hard, it's been gracefully and neither of those apps was running.
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