Ubuntu Re-enable media automount

Open gconf-editor as normal user

Check if the key /apps/nautilus/preferences/media_automount exists and is set to true
If it not exists: create it, set it to true, close gconf-editor.

Now a logout is recommended… that’s it !

Reinstall grub from live distro

Boot from Live CD / USB

open a terminal

sudo su

mount your linux partition (in my case /dev/sda5)

mount /dev/sda5 /mnt

mount specials

mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev

mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc

mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys

chroot to your mounted linux partition

chroot /mnt

update ad install grub

update-grub

exit from chrooted partition

exit

unmount all

umount /mnt/sys

umount /mnt/proc

umount /mnt/dev

umount /mnt

reboot

Linux and Hauppauge WinTV

Tested with Hauppauge WinTV Mini Stick HD

As root copy the firmware in /lib/firmware

root@myhost # cp sms1xxx-hcw-55xxx-dvbt-02.fw /lib/firmware

Create a dvb channel file using w_scan utility (for Italy in this example):

user@myhost# w_scan -X -P -t 2 -E 0 -c IT > dvb-channels.conf

(if you don’t have w_scan utilty, you can download it from edafe.org  site)

Finally, open the generated dvb-channel.conf with VLC

Sun JDK on Fedora 10+

http://fedorasolved.org/browser-solutions/java-i386

Post editor doesn’t work correctly in WordPress 2.8.x

Symptoms: no formatting buttons, entered post text is invisible (white font on white background), ….

Open your wp-config.php and add (near the top lines) the follow line:

define(‘CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS’, false );

Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and Eclipse Galileo

How to launch Eclipse Galileo and fix all troubles:

set this before launch eclipse executable:

GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=true

Found here

K3B extract audio with Lame

Thank you very much to this link

• Start k3b and insert audio CD (allow cddb lookup)
• click “Start Ripping”
• select MP3 (lame) as filetype
• Click the config cog beside this
• highlight the Mp3 (lame) and click edit
• check your command line:

lame -h -V2 –tt %t –tn %n –ta %a –tl %m –ty %y –tc %c – %f

• check both “swap byte order” and “write wave header” then OK, OK
• Save settings!!
• Start ripping

Skype – Logitech – Jaunty Jackalope – V4L

How to launch skype on Ubuntu/Kubuntu Jaunty Jackalope using video for linux (v4l) rel. 1 instead of video for linux rel. 2 (v4l2):

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libv4l/v4l1compat.so skype &

KDE Folder View mode not found

… you have to install kdebase-plasma

sudo apt-get install kdebase-plasma

Setting Linux Timezone

Replace your/zone with something like Europe/Rome or Asia/Singapore:

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/your/zone /etc/localtime

Example: if you want to set Europe/Rome as your local timezone:

ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Rome /etc/localtime

Reference: click here