Would it be possible to make a launcher that checks if a tab with a specified address is open and if it is just opens the browser with the tab selected... if not opens a new tab with the specified address?Not sure if checking chromiums open tabs is possible... maybe this would need a extension of some sort!
View 1 RepliesI have recently dual booted an Old Toshiba laptop with Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) It was recommended to me by a friend after XP was becoming unstable. To the Problem : I have downloaded Chromium as the web browser as I am not a fan of Firefox, but every time I launch Chromium... It launches into a random work space and not the one I am working in.. So I cannot open multiple Chromium windows.. So to find where it has launched it, I have to click work space switcher and find it.. If I click Maximise, instead of maximizing it to the work space limits... it makes it go over 2 seperate work spaces..
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to add chromium to the launcher on the left side but right clicking it doesn't list the option.It's there with other apps, but not this one. How do you add it?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am trying to make an app launcher for Ubuntu which replaces the top bar (default) in gnome. It will be a menu system in the middle of the screen which you would click on parts to bring up lists of apps and locations. What would be the easiest way to do this, and in which code?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI recently downloaded Storybook, and using the default storybook.sh from the terminal, or from nautilus works fine launching the application. The command being ./storybook.sh. I have the file set to allow executing the file as a program.The various combinations I've tried in the launcher include:
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/home/tim/storybook/storybook.sh
sh /home/tim/storybook/storybook.sh
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I had a problem with viewing webcams on Skype, and after searching I found out that running Skype through the terminal with this command "export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && skype" makes the webcams work perfectly. What I wanted to do was to integrate this command into the main menu so that I won't have to type it into the terminal (and thus keep the terminal open all the session) every time I want to use Skype. So I edited the command of the Skype button in the Applications menu and put that line instead of "skype", but it gives me "Failed to execute child process "export" (No such file or directory)". I tried editing .bashrc and added the following line:
alias skp='export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1 && skype'
Now the command 'skp' works through the terminal, but it gives me the same error message when I put it into the command line of the applications menu.
I run a program by executing this command in a terminal screen.Code:coco@coco-desktop:~/Escritorio/MO_1.10/MagnumOpus$ java -jar MagnumOpus.jarSince it is a bit tedious, I tried to create a launcher. I copied the above code into the Command box. The launcher is created, but fails to run the program. Instead I get an error message.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI am trying to create a launcher in Fedora 13 which will run a simple script named proj4a. I run this script from the command line as follows: $ /home/enowak/proj4a >/home/enowak/proj4a_out where proj4a is an executable file in my home directory and the output goes into a file, proj4a_out, in my home directory. Everything works fine.
I created a launcher called Proj4a and in the command field I entered the following: '/home/enowak/proj4a >/home/enowak/proj4a_out' When I click on the launcher it comes back with the following: There was an error launching the application. Details: Failed to execute child process "/home/enowak/proj4a >/home/enowak/proj4a_out" (No such file or directory) I can't for the life of me figure out what is wrong here. Does anybody see what I'm missing?
I often use the option in Chromium to create 'application shortcuts'. These are instances of Chromium that make a website look more like an app by not including most of Chromium's toolbars. I use it for gmail and google docs and spreadsheets and calendar. In 11.04 I have set up Desktop launchers and copied them across to the Launcher (what an odd way to add something to the launcher, why no right-click 'add launcher' option?)
The problem is that the launcher thinks all these apps are chromium (which they are really, but I would like them to be seen as separate apps). If I minimize my gmail window, a little triangle appears next to the chromium icon, not the gmail icon. To get the window back, I have to click on the Chromium icon. Clicking on the gmail icon launches a new instance of it (also tied to the Chromium icon).
if i run chromium with --enable-gpu-rendering flag chromium's display looks like it's shattered into thousands of pieces and I can't understand a thing. This doesn't happens if I have a previous instance of chromium opened in the usual way, without any flag. In this case if I open another chromium window with the --enable-gpu-rendering flag it's display looks ok, but I can't figure out what's the problem and how could this be fixed if there's solution for it of course.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI made a shortcut with chromium browser to listen.grooveshark.com. This is great as it's almost like the grooveshark VIP desktop application like this. However AWN dock groups it with other chromium windows like this:Kuvakaappaus.jpg
Is it possible to force AWN to group this specific chromium window under the Grooveshark launcher that I have in the dock? Turning off grouping does not solve this either, as it just shows grooveshark as another chromium window.
For some reason the general launcher button (+ in circle) in the unity menu has disappeared. I do not know how to restore it. Which means I have great problems to start al apps that are not standard in the menu.
View 1 Replies View RelatedHow do you access preferences for changing size of the launcher bar or icon size, etc? I looked through system settings and could not find it.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am trying to type German Umlaut letters on an English keyboard using kde 4.4. For some reason I seem unable to figure out how to do that (I have just recently switched to kde, was using gnome before). I have looked through various threads and the kubuntu wiki [URL], but can't get the compose key to work. In gnome I used to type "AltGr" plus "[" followed by a vowel and thus get my Umlaut - before I fiddled with the system settings this worked in kde, but only in firefox & Open Office (I assume they are gtk apps).
Since it did not work in Kmail, I went to the system settings, set up a ComposeKey (AltGr, but also tried rightWin), but it doesn't change anything for the kde applications. It only means that the old key-combination now stopped working in firefox and OO. In the system setting of kde 4.4 I can't see the options to enable xkb-options, but I assume the advanced options of the keyboard layout are xkb-options of previous kde releases. I unticked the box 'reset old options', but nothing changed. I type a lot of German text, so using a character map is not an option.
Just a small issue:I have a note in Tomboy called "Today's tasks".When I access the synchronised note on Ubuntu One, in the tabbed view it is called:"Today's tasks"Perhaps someone working on this would like to investigate it.
View 2 Replies View RelatedUh why does Ubuntu 10.04.1 x86 run like dog **** on USB flash? Heres what happens, system runs for 10 seconds, freezes for 5, on and on and on, its horrible and basically a useless install, an endless loop of frustration and system halts.. Is there a special distro or version for USB installs?
Coz installing off the 10.04 cd directly to a 4gb U3 USB stick runs like a DOG POO! Yes its USB 2.0, and it should not be doing this, I almost went apeshit insane that after a 2 hour install process, thats the results I got. Celeron D 2.8ghz/512mb ram, no hard disk, U3 4gb USB 2.0. Im running puppy linux now and I have no hard disks, and since Ubuntu is clearly superior, would be nice to know what Im missing here or of this is a bug specific to my platform.
This morning I created a panel on the left side of my screen and I set it to auto hide. The problem is, now that it auto hides I can no longer get it to reappear again. Because I can't, my special effects do not work (cube). Is there a way to delete this panel if I can't get it to reappear again?
View 1 Replies View Relatedhere's my newbie question - I want to change the following string in text files
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E:MP3
with the following string using sed:
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I need a script that will replace '/' in a variable with ''I have tried the following:
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y=$(echo $1|sed 's///\/g')
The thing is that this approach does not always work. Here is an example:
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user@pc:~$ sh script.sh /usr/var/sakis.txt
z:usr
arsakis.txt
user@pc:~$ sh script.sh /usr/tar/sakis.txt
z:usr arsakis.txt
Is there a way to treat those characters?
I'm in the process of moving /tmp out of the root filesystem to it's own (larger) partition. From a LiveCD I've:
1. Created the new part (ext4 format and is /dev/sda4)
2. Mounted the installed OS root filesystem (/dev/sda1) as /slash
3. Mounted /dev/sda4 as /newtmp
4. Using gksudo nautilus I'm trying to copy the contents of /slash/tmp to /newtmp
I have 4 files that won't copy - returning the error "Can't copy special files". These are related to ORBit it seems:
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Questions are: a. Will GDM or ORBit fail if I start up without these? b. Or will they just be recreated on the fly if found to be missing? c. What's the best way to proceed?
I have recently switched to Ubuntu from Windows Vista. But I am having a few problems, any pointers will be grand.First sleep and hibernate do not work. My laptop sleeps or hibernates fine, but on awake I just get a blank screen and the hard drive doesn't spin at all. This also disables the network manager, which is a real pain.Also for some reason I can't enable special effects. I have the ATI Radeon 200M series integrated graphics chipset.eres some spec details:
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Computer
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I have played around a bit with the Open Shot Video Editor and just download Kdenlive. I am trying to teach myself how to create and edit videos by inserting music, transitions, etc. However, I want to add special effects such as fireworks, explosions, get text to light up, blur, etc, and add sparkle type effects. I know Open Shot won't do this and it does not look likve Kdenlive will either. Trying to find something that will jazz my videos and almost give them a semi professional quality to them. Is there any other Open Source video editor type program that can do special effects like what I am looking for?
View 2 Replies View RelatedThe CD-ROM on this computer, my ubuntu laptop, does not seem to be working properly. It works on and off. I burned a .iso image yesterday but today I can't get it to even read the CD in my drive. I just want to read the CD to see if it is the Ubuntu Live CD I burned a while ago or if it is the Vista Recovery CD.
TL;DR: CD-ROM isn't working properly. When I click on the drive this is the error.
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mount: special device /dev/scd0 does not exist
P.S. I am trying to get Windows Office to install using Wine because I am tired of windows. I know that open office is great. but I have to have excel 2007 and word 2007 for school.
I've just upgraded to the new version of Ubuntu (10.04) and I've got a problem with the mounting configuration.
My PC access to a NAS server which is running samba. Everything worked great before upgrading
In the /etc/fstab, I added the following line :
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//nas/share /mnt/share auto credentials=/root/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
and the system always replies :
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I'm running mythbuntu 0.21 on a hardy environment. I had a thread under mythbuntu but i think this was the wrong forum. So here it is again
<lameexcuse>
Currently i hesitate to upgrade to lucid because i fear problems coming up which i do not have the time to solve.
The machine works generally fine so why upgrade to lucid?
</lameexcuse>
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I wanted to make a video and edit it all together with special effects and all that good stuff, bells and whistles, I want something like Windows Movie Maker, or better, im not a pro at this, back when I was 16 I was pretty damn good but its been a while, I have downloaded a few different editing softwares that I have come across and im not happy with any of them, such as:
Avidemux
Pitivi
LiVES
now Pitivi comes standard with the newest install of ubuntu, but it sucks, sorry, its has nothing, or im missing something, and for LiVES I just cant seem to get it to do what I want, its very confusing, I just want something with a simple UI like WMM or something along those lines, it doenst have to be linux based, but if your going to give me something that doenst work fresh install,
Alright so i have two drivers installed for my network wireless card and the damn thing still dont work. What do i do ? does anyone have any suggestions.is there a special way to turn my network wireless card on? i mean i see it but its just not turning on and scanning
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am a php devloper and recently my company purchased an IBM X3400 M2 Server and i was told to set up the server.I installed the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server i386 version. Everything went up smoothly and i have some queries to be asked.
1.)Our scenario is like this,--> we have an a production LAMP Server and we need the to backup all the contents of www folder and all Mysql files.I plan to do this with a shell script and use the rsync for syncing and backup.
Again i have a mysql backup shell script that i want to activate on system shut down Like when i shut down my server,the backup script should run taking all the backups, just before the Shutdown.The script should run take the backups, one, on the server itself and other on a remote machine sync with rsync and system should then go for Final shut down.How can we achieve this.I know of cron jobs but i prefer the above way.Suggestion requested here.
2.)To Set up a Special Samba share. I need to set up a samba share that will allow only files to be copied and not be deleted.For eg i will create a folder "WEBSITE-BACKUPS"(will contain the list of all finished website works plus mysql dump)
The user on the network will have only permission to paste into this folder.Like a user just paste his work say 'abcwebsite',he will have only this privilege and no DELETE privilege or right.Can this be done?
3.)I have a LAN, in this the IBM Machine is acting as Production LAMP server with around 20 machines connecting and working with files on this server.All other machines are Windows.Can i get a log based on the ip like who has accessed with files at what times or last modification time from an IP address. I usually get complaints from my fellow developers that somebody has deleted or modified their work which is in this IBM Server.So is there any way to monitor this.I also know about subversion,the versioning system but most people here are uncomfortable with check in / check out commands.
I just erased WinXp and installed Ubuntu on old laptop. I intend to use it later ot connect to public Wi-Fi. Do i need to install a firewall GUI and make any special settings? I didn't encrypt home folder during installation. I probably should have done it. But i am already low on system resources (224MB ram, 1.2Ghz CPU). Would that use up any additional resources? Would it make computer run slower? Can i still encrypt the home folder after i installed the system?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI would like to permanently move the special folders "Desktop", "Pictures" and "Downloads" into the "Documents" folder. Currently they are stored in their default location in my home directory. Can I just drag them there and my system will still work like normal, or do I have to do this with gconf or something like that? I'm running Ubuntu with stock Gnome desktop.
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