Technical notes, and other ideas.
If you define an alias, it will then run in the "Run Application" window. You can put a bash script in your home folder, make it executable, and use the following command to run it from "Run Application".
xterm -e ./myscript.sh
You can try to research the following to avoid using xterm.
Refer: link
Drop to a terminal by hitting CTRL + ALT + F1, login to your account, and run this command:
rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity
Get back to your GUI desktop by hitting CTRL + ALT + F7
Logout and Logon
Your desktop settings are now reset
Use the following MySQL command to globally change all tasks not done:
UPDATE `tasks`
SET `deadline` = '2009-08-01'
WHERE `deadline` <= '2009-08-01'
AND `status` <> 'done'
There seems to be problems with Ubuntu 9.04. It is possible to install from CD-ROM instead by using:
Do the following in your terminal prior to using apt-get:
export http_proxy=http://username:pword@HALPROXY1.flagship.hal.com:80
Type “about:config” in the address bar of Firefox and press Enter.
`Filter` for ‘browser.backspace_action’ and change its value to 0 (zero).
Zip recursively
zip -r my.backup.001.zip htdocs
Unzip recursively by default
zip my.backup.001.zip