Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
hello,
my girlfriend has a laptop with ubuntu. i have xinerama setup on it using the external monitor port.
depending on the situation the laptop needs two different configurations:
1. when the laptop is at home it needs a xorg.conf setup for xinerama.
2. when the laptop is anywhere else it needs a xorg.conf for only one monitor without xinerama.
i've been trying to think of an elegant way to switch between the two configurations. i was wondering if gdm could do it somehow? obviously it would need to restart but could i add a button or such in gdm to change the file?
if not, could a little selector script written in bash or such?
any ideas, suggestions?
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
how to: switch desktops in 3d view! cool!
first, make sure you have all the repositories and 3d support enabled!
1. open a terminal window, type:
code:
sudo apt-get install 3ddesktoppress enter
2. 3ddesktop should be installed.
3. you can type 3ddesk and press enter in terminal to run this. (use arrow keys to change desktops, enter to select that desktop)
you'll see something like this:
you can switch between desktops by:
1. using the up and down arrow keys
2. using the right and left arrow keys
3. using the mouse scrolling wheel.
how to make a desktop launcher for 3d desktop:
1.right click on an empty area in the taskbar, and click "add to panel"
2. double click "custom application launcher"
3. name: 3d desktop changer
comment: my cool 3d desktop changer (or whatever you like)
command: 3ddesk
make sure you have "run in terminal" unchecked.
if you want, you can select an icon by clicking on "no icon" button.
4. click ok
to run 3ddesktop switcher, just click on the icon you just made on the panel.
how to assign the windows key to 3ddesktop:
1.
code:
gconf-editor2. navigate to apps/metacity/keybinding_commands
3. choose an empty command (i chose command_1), double click, set value to 3ddesk
4. now navigate to apps/metacity/global_keybindings in gconf-editor
5. find run_command_1 (or whichever command you chose in step3 above), double click it, set value to super_l
6. close gconf-editor
7. check by pressing your windows key. it should start 3ddesktop.
tips:
1. if the screens come up grey when you first run it, you probably do not have 3ddesktop daemon (3ddeskd) running. so you have to pass a command from terminal manually:
code:
3ddesk --acquire=1002. 3ddesktop has many display modes. try these:
code:
3ddesk --mode=linear --nozoomcode:
3ddesk --view=slidecode:
3ddesk --view=linearzipother command-line options are:
--version display version information
--view=xxx uses the options from the view in 3ddesktop.conf
--mode=xxx sets the arrangement mode
(one of carousel, cylinder, linear, viewmaster,
priceisright, flip, or random)
--acquire[=#] grab images for all the desktops by cycling thru
(sleep for x millisecs at each screen for refresh)
--acquirecurrent grab image for current desktop
--nozoom disable the zoom out
--changespeed set the rotation speed
--zoomspeed set the zoom speed
--gotoright goto the desktop to the right
--gotoleft goto the desktop to the left
--gotoup goto the desktop to the up
--gotodown goto the desktop to the down
--goto=# goto specified column (deprecated)
--gotocolumn=# goto specified column
--gotorow=# goto specified row
--dontexit don't exit after a goto
--stop stop 3ddesktop (kill 3ddeskd daemon)
--reload force a reload of 3ddesktop.conf
--noautofun don't automatically turn on fun mode
--revmousewheel reverse the mousewheel
--swapmousebuttons swap the mousebuttons
--altmousebuttons use alternate mousebuttons scheme
--justswitch just switch desktops and acquire without graphics
this is great for people who have not got xgl working yet! enjoy!
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
after installing kvpnc on ubuntu 6.10, i try to load it and get the following error:
could not launch menu item
failed to execute child process "su-to-root" (no such file or directory)
i have been using ubuntu for 2 weeks now, so sorry if this ranks as one of the dumber questions that arise.
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Category: Ubuntu-Absolute Beginner
newbie needs help
hi this is my first post
im brand new to linux and therefore ubuntu.
im trying to install ubuntu 6.10 on my pc but the installer doesnt pick up my hdd.
i want to overwrite the current windows xp installation which is resident on said disk. the disk is a seagate 250gb.
the windows installation still works fine. its just ubuntu that wouldnt pick up the hdd.
i have tried two different iso's but get the same problem. ive tried the ubuntu-6.10-desktop-i386 and the ubuntu-6.10-alternate-i386
please help i really want to get ubuntu up and running...
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Category: Ubuntu-Desktop Environments
seperate /home partition
i've already installed ubuntu. if i want a seperate /home partition, how do i do this? do i need to reinstall? i know how to partition, just need to beable to tell ubuntu that /home=hda2
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Category: Ubuntu-Absolute Beginner
swat does not run.
hi,
just installed samba and swat via, apt-get install. on my old p3 with lamp and dns options enabled (didnt know what each did, so i just said yes ill have them).
i also put ssh on, and am ssh ing into the pc.
it seems however that swat does not run by itself?, and i have no idea how to fix it in ubuntu server 6.10.
all googling results in commands that are unknown in ubuntu?.
i've noticed netstat -lt does not show swat as running.
so how do i enable it?, give it to me in full, even including apt-get install samba, cause im ohh so lost
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Category: Ubuntu-Absolute Beginner
getting my wireless to work
when i go to the network manager, i see ra0 there, however, when i enter my essid (i'm on a open network) and activate it, i still don't have a internet connection. what should i do? please help this newbie out.
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