Technical notes, and other ideas.
AppDelete Tool - If an application is protected you have to display the information for it, and change its permissions to read / write in order to delete it.
NOTE: Running applications are protected, you need to stop them first, in addition to changing their permissions. Parallels Access is an example of a running program.
http://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/first
$ sudo nano /etc/sysctl.conf
Scroll to the bottom of the text file and add your swappiness value
# Decrease swap usage to a more reasonable level
vm.swappiness=10
$ sudo apt-get install gnome-session-flashback
Log out. In the login window, click on the Ubuntu logo next to your user name (see the screenshot below):
Then click on GNOME Flashback (Metacity). Note: don't select GNOME Flashback (Compiz), because that also has 3D effects, and you want to get rid of those.
Disable advertisements in the Dash and normalize the appearance. Ubuntu shows advertisements in the Dash, whenever you type a query in the Dash.
Click on the grey Ubuntu logo (Dash home). Query: privacy
Click on Privacy - tab Search
Put the slider at OFF.
Click on the grey Ubuntu logo (Dash home). Query: appearance
Click on Appearance - click on the tab Behavior
Check:
Add show desktop icon to the launcher
Finally I was able to solve my clipboard cut/copy problem in Ubuntu VM.
Here are the steps I followed to solve my clipboard issues.
// Find out the process id used by clipboard. You will two dependent ID created at the time of boot up.
#> ps -ef | grep -i clip
// Kill the process that is running the clipboard
#> kill –9 $ProcessId // Process ID from the process listed from above command
// Execute the clipboard manually.
#> /usr/bin/VBoxClient —clipboard
//Check the id using pstree
// Check the process id again to see if it is running properly.
#> ps -ef | grep -i clip
// Use pstree to check the linking of the processing.
#> pstree -sp $Provide your process id retrieved from above command.
You can modify the group directly on our WINT servers by adding user to group:
$ vi /etc/group
You will need to logoff and logon again, here's an example adding user xxx to tomcat group
$ sudo usermod -a -G tomcat xxx
$ sudo usermod -a -G groupName userName
For me the fix was to disable my anti virus software. In my case it was Avast Mail Shield that was causing the issue. Turned it off and now I can my Gmail account again, at last!
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/help/faq?faqid=2555
You can use the following steps to re-import your email on the Macbook
Open the Terminal application (found in the Utilities folder)
Enter the following text at the prompt and then press return:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder
All hidden files on your system will now be visible
Browse to the following folder in Finder:
[username]/Library/Mail/[name of your email account]/
Where [username] and [name of your email account] are specific to your setup
There should be a file in this location called: .mboxCache.plist
[right-click] or [ctrl-click] on the file name and select Get Info
In the info window that appears, add the text .backup to the end of Name & Extension:
Answer Use .backup to the Are You Sure? window that appears
To rehide hidden files, open the Terminal application again
Enter the following text at the prompt and then press return:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder
Click the "Advanced" button on the sign-in window
Select "Manual Configuration" radio button and paste "10.194.45.199" for the Internal Server Name
Select Ok
Then sign-in with your AD credentials
Reboot laptop and then change it to automatic
Refer: http://askubuntu.com/questions/186895/how-to-enable-two-finger-scrolling-on-lenovo-thinkpad-t400-w540
It can be enabled also using commands, and they can go in your .bashrc after testing
xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=32 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Two-Finger Pressure" 4
xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=32 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Two-Finger Width" 8
xinput --set-prop --type=int --format=8 "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "Synaptics Two-Finger Scrolling" 1 0
Refer: http://askubuntu.com/questions/142159/desktop-shortcut-to-create-a-new-desktop-shortcut-doesnt-do-anything
Use the following to create an icon to launch program, put it with your progam and you can then drag it onto the taskbar, but remember it's a link to the launcher
To create Desktop shortcuts in Ubuntu,gnome-panel package is required first.
Open Terminal. To open terminal click the Dash home from Unity launcher. And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.
Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
$ sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel
Then type below code in terminal and hit enter, but put yourself in the the folder of the application, this allows the icon image to always appear properly
The magic is making sure your BASH script has proper permissions and is executable.
Make a Bash Script Executable, use chmod to do the trick as follows:
$ chmod u+x script-name.sh
Use this:
$ gnome-desktop-item-edit . --create-new
Instead of this
$ gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new
Updated: https://superuser.com/questions/552959/quickly-create-an-entry-in-the-side-bar-launcher
$ gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/.local/share/applications
Make sure you delete old items from here for cleanup:
/home/mruckman/.local/share/applications
The create launcher window will pop-up,Type application name in the name field and type application name or path or browse in the command field. And click OK button.
Now check your desktop for the shortcut.
desktop shortcut
If you want your shortcut to appear in the Unity launcher panel (the pop-out one on the left), you can drag it there from the desktop.
Refer: http://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life $ ubuntu-support-status