http://www.itcare.net (in the Vail and Roaring Fork Valley since 1998) Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:36:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en uuidgen |sudo xargs tune2fs /dev/sda3 -U; sudo vol_id /dev/sda3 http://www.itcare.net/2009/09/17/uuid-change-from-command-line/ This is a 5 years old laptop. 1.4Ghz Celeron with 226MB RAM. Pretty ancient and slow. It works perfectly well with Xubuntu 9.04, there is a wireless Broadcom BCM4306  802.11b/g rev 3 wifi card in it. I had to manually enable the restricted driver under, Applications, System, Hardware Drivers and then ... http://www.itcare.net/2009/09/01/compaq-presario-2200-and-xubuntu-904/ To install an amazing amount and quality of fonts execute the following command: Code: sudo apt-get install ttf-georgewilliams ttf-sjfonts sun-java6-fonts ttf-larabie-deco ttf-larabie-straight ttf-larabie-uncommon gnome-specimen I am reviewing hundreds of fonts to pick the right one for my new IT Care Inc. logo I am designing. I will post the best of them fonts ... http://www.itcare.net/2008/09/19/font-bonanza-on-ubuntu-hardy/ http://www.revolutiontheme.com/support/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5847&p=31221&hilit=+menu+link#p31221 Re: How do I create a page that doesn't appear in the navigation You can create a page in the normal way then exclude it from the navbar. Find this in header.php: Code: {code type=xhtml}<div id="navbarleft"> <ul id="nav"> <li><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ?>">Home</a></li> <?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=2&sort_column=menu_order'); ?> </ul> </div>{/code} and change it to: Code: {code type=xhtml}<div id="navbarleft"> <ul id="nav"> <li><a href="<?php echo get_settings('home'); ... http://www.itcare.net/2008/09/18/wordpress-revolution-theme-how-do-i-create-a-page-that-doesnt-appear-in-the-navigation/ To enable the commenting ability on a static Page post in the REVOLUTION wordpress theme (for example for a Testimony Page) Insert the following code segment: {code type=xhtml}<div class="comments"> <h4>Comments</h4> <?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?> </div>{/code} into the theme's page.php file to make it look like below: {code type=xhtml} <?php get_header(); ?> <div id="content"> <div id="contentleft"> <?php if (have_posts()) ... http://www.itcare.net/2008/09/16/wordpress-revolution-theme-tweaks-2/ This is pretty specific to the Wordpress theme I purchased from http://www.revolutionthemes.com/. The desired outcome is displayed in the following 2 images (click on images to get the full size displayed: and On the default REVOLUTION theme to align text better with the bottom 3 image you need to change 3 ... http://www.itcare.net/2008/09/16/wordpress-revolution-theme-tweaks/ Edit the /usr/share/applications/screensavers/gltext.desktop file as root. 1. Alt+F2 2. "gksu gedit /usr/share/applications/screensavers/gltext.desktop" Change the line that currently says Exec=gltext -root to the following line instead: Exec=gltext -root -front -no-spin -text "Mind is your conditioning\n always seeking expression\n IN THOUGHT\N through NOW!" 3. Save, Exit 4. Set your Screensaver to GLText under System, Preferences, Screensavers http://www.itcare.net/2008/08/31/gltext-screensaver-change-displayed-text/ INTERNAL: ssh -p10000 -X -L 5900:localhost:5900 user@internalIPaddress EXTERNAL: ssh -p10000 -X -L 5900:localhost:5900 user@externalIPaddress vncviewer localhost http://www.itcare.net/2008/05/29/vnc-through-ssh/ The error message in the Firefox 2 error console says: "installlocation has no properties" Solution: Close firefox, delete extensions.rdf file in your firefox path, restart firefox http://www.itcare.net/2008/05/24/firefox-2-on-hardy-cannot-install-extensionsaddons/ sudo apt-get install --reinstall pulseaudio libflashsupport http://www.itcare.net/2008/05/23/fix-flash-audio-not-playing-in-ubuntu-hardy-under-pulseaudio/