Monthly Archives: January 2008

Gnu Screen .screenrc tricks

31-Jan-2008 Posted by Sonia Hamilton under
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Here’s a variety of tricks I’ve picked up for Gnu screen and .screenrc from the Screen Users Email List

  • to have a screen change to a different directory when launched, use the chdir command (not cd):

    • chdir $HOME/rails
    screen -t "rails"

  • to change back to a particular screen, after creating a whole lot in .screenrc, and preset the ‘other’ screen:

    • select 3 (for example)
    select 5

Convert English language Ubuntu to Spanish

30-Jan-2008 Posted by Sonia Hamilton under ,
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To convert an Ubuntu installed with English to Spanish, install the following packages:

  • language-pack-es
  • language-pack-es-base
  • language-pack-gnome-es
  • language-pack-gnome-es-base
  • language-support-es
  • manpages-es
  • manpages-es-extra

Here it is as one long line, for copying and pasting:

sudo aptitude install language-pack-es language-pack-es-base language-pack-gnome-es language-pack-gnome-es-base language-support-es manpages-es manpages-es-extra

See also:  Acentos y carácteres especiales

HowTo setup NoMachineNX on Ubuntu

29-Jan-2008 Posted by Sonia Hamilton under ,
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The instructions given by NoMachine for setting up on Linux are a bit thin; here’s my own version: (more…)

iAudio mp3 player mount errors Ubuntu Gutsy

29-Jan-2008 Posted by Sonia Hamilton under ,
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  • gconf-editor
  • /system/storage/default_options/vfat/mount_options
  • remove the “usefree” option from the list

See Launchpad Bug 151025.

Troubleshooting Ubuntu NetworkManager

25-Jan-2008 Posted by Sonia Hamilton under ,
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NetworkManager: “When I’m good, I’m really really good. But when I’m bad…”. Some tricks I’ve found for troubleshooting NetworkManager:

  • no network interfaces (except for lo) should be listed in /etc/network/interfaces. Any that are won’t be managed by NetworkManager
  • remove old wireless configuration information by running gconf-editor &, and removing them from /system/networking/wireless/networks. Or, from the shell run this command to unset all at once: gconftool-2 –recursive-unset /system/networking/wireless/networks.

Some useful links:

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