I use Ubuntu 10.04 and I loved everything about it . But I really dont like the dull purple color scheme of Ubuntu . I wish it had colorful and sleek outlook .I dont liked default themes of ubuntu either.How can I change that
View 6 RepliesWell I use Ubuntu 10.04 and I loved everything about it . But I really dont like the dull purple color scheme of Ubuntu . I wish it had colorful and sleek outlook .I dont liked default themes of ubuntu either .
View 1 Replies View RelatedI used to use the negative filter (Compiz) with Eclipse in order to have a dark background, but I wasn't satisfied. Then I ended up changing the Appeareance for all gnome windows (and applying a color scheme to Eclipse editors), so my background is black and the text is white.
It works perfectly for most of applications, but some (i.e. the crappy Celtx) are unreadable, as they keep the white of the font but use a white background. For Celtx, I'm still searching for the css to modify. But, overall, it could be great if there was a way to define one -more standard, black on white- color theme to be applied only on some applications (the conflictive ones).
I just installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu on my small 64GB SSD alongside my main drive for storage. I got everything set up just how I like it (customized clearlooks with Ubuntu Mono Light icons) the same as I have it on my laptop. I disabled all system sound effects.This morning, I wake up to it having a different icon set, and the menus having an identical grey scheme. In addition, the Ubuntu system sound effects are playing, even though in the settings it says they are disabled.I'm not really sure what's wrong! It's the same in both compiz and metacity.Here's a screenshot. Note how the boring old-style theme is applied in the update window and the menu at the top, yet the customizing themes window has the correct appearance for the buttons (funny coincidence)EDIT: I think I've narrowed it down to gnome-settings-daemon. When I try to initialize it via the terminal I get this:
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3852): WARNING **: Failed to acquire org.gnome.SettingsDaemon
** (gnome-settings-daemon:3852): WARNING **: Could not acquire name
I use a custom theme on Gnome. I use "New Wave" controls. Next i customised colours to get the Ubuntu purple, rather than orange. This however does not apply everywhere. If i hover menus, highlight text it's OK. On buttons and other controls it remains orange however.
I tried with gnome colour chooser and it seems to override the text only. How can i get read of this (in my opinion ugly) orange and see my (in my opinion far better ) purple tint on my controls?
I'am trying to change the color scheme of kate, using ./install.sh or append the content to that archive explained here:
zenburn - eye-gentle Kate color scheme KDE-Look.org
but doesn't seem change nothing, and doesn't appear "zenbur" in "Default Scheme", or even directly in kateschemarc but it is empty!
I need to change the default color scheme in Ubuntu's terminal. Or at least turn the colors completely off because this lime green hilight / light blue text is killing my eyes.
View 1 Replies View RelatedAs this link advises [URL]my yum will not work now because of a change in the versioning scheme.How do I manually update my metadata so that I can start getting updates again, this is on CentOS 5.3.
View 3 Replies View RelatedMay i know how to change the ugly purple background on the ubuntu boot splash to other color, say black?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on machine but wanted to choose RAID and LVM during partition scheme. Unfortunately I couldn't find such option during partitioning. Is it true that for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS it is unable to use RAID and LVM ?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI would like a seamless way of having personal files encrypted (at this point I am only worried about the home directory) and synchronize these files between different computers and with an external hd.
So far my partial solution is:
1) Default Ubuntu eCryptfs solution;
2) Unison to synchronize between the upper layers of both computers via ssh (operating on the /home/$USER mounted by ecryptfs) and also between one computer and the external HD;
3) Don't know about the external hd.
Reasons:
- I don't want any pain about data loss or data leak if my hardware gets stolen;
- Data in /tmp, /var and swap are not that important for me right now;
- It is very important to synchronize fast, incrementally and properly: propagating deletions rather than reverting and detecting change-change/change-delete conflicts before miss-propagating changes, which as far as I know only Unison is good at;
- Even if I could set the same passphrase on both computers (I guess I can, but Ubuntu does not offer me to choose the ecryptfs passphrase) I want to see the true filenames that are being synchronized;
- If possible I would like to simplify the whole scheme so that each computer is doing its own job seamlessly, and operating on the upper decrypted layer looks simple and robust;
- I would like a more general and easy-to-use scheme for the external device, so other folks use it too;
- If possible I would like ext4 backups, so it remembers file permissions etc... however it would be nice to be able to open it from Windows.
Are (1) and (2) above really good solutions or am I missing something? What are the best solutions for (3)? So far I have seen cryptsetup/palimpset and truecrypt. The more native and floss the better, but being crossplatform is nice. What are the pros and cons, and what's their relation to FreeOTFE and other Windows tools?
Just wondering if Ubuntu will install alongside OSX on a GUID partiton scheme.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI setup a dual boot system, with approximately 200gig planned for ubuntu 10.10. Based on the article here:[URL]..And this quote:
Quote:
# sda1 Recovery Partition, unchanged
# sda2 Windows partition, shrunk preferably from inside Windows, hopefully about 30Gb
# sda3 Primary Partition, 10Gb, file-system = ext3, in the Partitioning Section of the installer change the "Mount Point" = /
[Code]...
I assumed at that point that the "sda3" "/" would be for booting purposes. I would have to guess that I was wrong, because it is filling up very quickly. As you may be able to tell by the screen shot, "sda5", "/home" was what was assumed to be the file structure to store all of the programs and such.
I have only been running this setup for a week, and would expect to not be seeing my "boot" partition growing so quickly. Do I need to resize it? here do the standard programs that I get from the ubuntu software center install at (partition wise)? I suppose I dont mind wiping that section dry and starting over, but I would give a resize a try if possible.
I deciphered that I would have to change the /etc/fstab and grub.conf.
So the question is:
1: Which files must I edit?
2: How do I edit grub.conf to use the sdX scheme?
I have a Intel DH67CL motherboard with UEFI support(and updated to latest BIOS). I have connected a 180GB Intel 330 SSD into my system so as to install Debian testing.
Presently, a 160GB sata hard drive is connected along with SSD and is used to boot default OS.
1. I am planning to do GPT partitioning. I am totally new to GPT partitioning. from what I understands, It needs some mandatory partitions like ESP. My doubt is, in a SSD solely booting Linux, will I need to create separate /(root) and /home and /data partitions? Also, I plan to use /var/log and some other frequently updated directories moved into existing harddrive.
So, what is the partitioning order - is this fine - ESP(512MB), /boot(100MB), /(30GB), /home(50GB) and /DATA(50GB) and remaining 16-17GB for over provisioning for the SSD?
2. is there a need to have 128MB MSR(microsoft reserved) in the case of Linux
3. With gdisk or parted for creating partitions? how to verify if partitions are aligned. In GPT, only primary partitions are supported?
4. Some answers in askubuntu/superuser says ext4 is not really good for SSD, instead take JFS? is this true? Is Btrfs mature enough to use with Desktop system
5. Which bootloader? gdisk creator Roderick is pushing for rEFInd or gummyboot instead of GRUB2.
6. In my PC, 4GB RAM is available with a core i3 processor. Shall I mount /tmp in RAM? Will I need to specify the size of RAM when mounting using /etc/fstab? A size of 1GB is fine?
7. using deadline I/O Scheduler instead of CFQ?
I have a linux box called worx. Worx has two LAN ports (built in to the mobo). LAN1 (eth0) connects to the network. LAN2 (eth1) connects to MIC, a microscope controller. MIC never accesses the network. I need to be able to use worx to talk to MIC but I don't have my setup correct. The problem I have started via a corrupted filesystem that resulted in a lot of broken packages, including the LAN adapter drivers. I reinstalled the LAN drivers and all the networking utilities. Both adapters can now be used to access the interent if configured with DHCP so there's no issue with the hardware. I need worx to be able to connect to the network on LAN1 and the MIC on LAN2. The MIC is an XP machine that is configured with a static IP (159.159.159.2 in this case). I feel like I should be able to do this myself but for some reason nothing I've tried has worked.
------LAN1 (DHCP) -> internet
-----/
[worx]
-----
------LAN2 (static IP) -> MIC -> microscope
I have several terminals opened at once to monitor the logs. It would be helpful to choose different basic color for text (and maybe for background) for each terminal so I can quickly locate the one I need. Anyone know how to do this or perhaps point me to right direction?
View 4 Replies View RelatedHow can I export my Ubuntu terminal's color scheme for use on other computers?I've set up a color scheme that I like and I'd like to put it in a git repo for easy loading from other machines. Any strategy that would make it work in other terminal apps too, such as Konsole?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am a total noob for Linux / Ubuntu. I have been using windows all my life and I decided to get rid of Bill finally. I want to install Ubuntu by Manually partitioning my HD. I have a 500GB HDD. optimal partition scheme. I repeat i am a total Noob. please let me know details for each partition like
1. Primary or Logical
2. type
3. mount point
4. size
I am having no other OS in the pc. just planning to have ubuntu. no dual boot needed.
I'm trying to set up a centralized log-on scheme in a research lab with about 10 computers. It's looking like we're going with LDAP - this decision may be out of my control (but if there's an alternative that would be REALLY better, do let me know). My question is we don't really have a domain name, so when all the tutorials say cn=example,cn=com, I can't mimic this exactly. I've been trying to get away with just one, like cn=researchlab. Will LDAP work with just one, or do I need to invent a second also? On the flipside, will it work with more? Our server can be reached by
lab.department.school.edu, could I do cn=lab,cn=department,cn=school,cn=edu?
I find system sounds distracting, so having recently installed F11 I've turned the sound theme to 'no sounds', which is fine. However, when I boot my system and get the GDM login screen, every time the password text input box gets focus, it emits a *really* loud low beep. I have no idea where to begin looking to customise the settings for GDM to disable all sounds.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have a few kde3 apps installed on my kde4 11.2 system. I was wondering if there is a way to get the colour scheme that I use in kde4 to work with the kde3 apps (in particular amarok 1.4.10).
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am doing a simulation on ns2 for diffserv. I am planning to use PQWFQ scheduling scheme for it. Where to find code for PQWFQ?
View 2 Replies View Relatedi was experiencing slow start ups since i installed ubuntu 11.04. it took about 20-30sec for the apple logo to come up (or rEFIt). today apple released EFI firmware updates which doesn't seem to install. reason is that the partition scheme is not compatible. EFI Firmware updates only install from GUID partition schemes.
DiskUtility tells me i have MBR. So it seems like Ubuntu changed the Partition Scheme.
Can any body confirm that? how can i make sure ubuntu installs into existing GUID? i will re-partition later today and give you an update if the EFI firmware update installs and boot time is faster.
I am going to set up a home server (command line only) with 2 x 1 GB HD and 4G memory. hat partitioning scheme would you recommend? Not more than 5 users Fedora Core only Will host a web page Will run DNS, DHCP, SAMBA, LAMP, NTP, Firewall, etc.. Just normal stuff.The server will host a large amount of video/audio/picture files
View 5 Replies View Relatedi changed my kde color scheme and it changed firefox's and opera's color scheme. sometimes it can be difficult to read links or articles on web pages. i don't want to change their default color schemes. how can i do that ?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've got a well loved, highly customised Gnome desktop scheme on Opensuse 10.3. I want to do a fresh install of the latest Opensuse but would like to keep the Gnome desktop and colour scheme from the old installation. I also want to have the exact desktop scheme on a new laptop that I intend to install with Opensuse. What file/folders do I need to back-up from the old installation?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI have a Ubuntu server with encrypted LVM2 (logical volumes - /, /var,/tmp,/home etc.). I need to migrate this to an OpenSUSE 11.2 server (cannot use a later version due to the availability of a binary-only module - that is just the way it is). When I fire up the installer, I cannot seem to find an option to mount the encrypted disk (/dev/sda) which has the LVM2 structure. I do not want to lose /home (logical LVM2 volume), so a clean blank slate install is not an option.
View 2 Replies View Relatedi am trying to build a server that will allow us to jump to a private ip scheme. GB1 65.20.x.x gb2 1.1.x.x if i ssh to the 65.24 ip and configure gb2 i lose access to the server completely. am i missing a route somewhere? BTW this is ubuntu server 10.04
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm installing Centos 5.5 on a HP ProLiant DL180 Server with ~8 TB of hard disk (4 disks that have been pre-RAIDED), from an installation DVD.
Normally when I get to the partitions screen, I would select "remove all partitions etc".
But this gives me an error message "Your boot partition is on a disk using the GPT partition scheme but this machine cannot boot using GPT. This can happen if there is not enough space on your drives for the installation."
Pressed OK, tried the other three partition options but they led to the same outcome.
Tried Advanced storage configuration: Showed that there was one hard drive (c0d0) with ~ 8 TB of space.
I figured I should create a root sector, set one up with 100 MB of space, ext3, set the mount point as /.
Created a software raid of the remaining space.
Trying to go "next" gave me a similar error about GPT partition scheme. Trying various other configurations all gave similar errors about the GPT scheme.
What do I need to do? Some earlier hard format of the disk or something?