I just updated to Ubuntu 16.04 and tried to make a Skype call. It said that “Skype can’t connect”. The error message looks like this: To fix this you need to remove Skype completely from your system including your settings. 1) Remove the skype and it’s settings sudo apt-get remove –purge skype skype:i386 2) Remove … Read more
There are two ways of move the Unity menu from the side to the bottom. You can either move the launcher to the bottom using a single command line statement or dconf. The best way is just to cut and paste this command into a terminal gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Bottom This setting will … Read more
You can use the convert tool: convert 1.jpg 1.png 2.txt a.pdf the_new.pdf This is more a note for me but I hope it helps someone.
There isn’t a graphical tool to redetect keyboards in Ubuntu and you have use the command line:
Some of my windows (for example libre office) have been getting stuck on the top left of the screen because Ubuntu Unity was appearing to eat the menu controls. I could not minimise, maximise or close the windows simply because the menu button weren’t visible. The solution is to hold down the ‘alt’ key and … Read more
If you need to know what dns servers you are using on Ubuntu then this command will help:
You might want rotate an image from the command line using the command line in Ubuntu. This is really usefull if you are stripting pdf manipulations. Then Happy rotating.
I have just started using Teamviewer on Ubuntu 13.10 to help a few people setup some software on their computers. When I try and launch it pops up a dialogue saying: The TeamViewer daemon is not running! Please start the daemon (needs root permissions) before running TeamViewer teamviewer –daemon start …. Trying “sudo teamviewer –daemon … Read more
I just upgraded Ubuntu and selected the wrong location to install Grub onto. Basically, I installed Grub on /dev/sda1 and not /dev/sda and so I need to repair and installing grub. I got out an Ubuntu installer cd which is essential a live cd and booted in it up. Then mounted the sda1 partition: Grub … Read more
If you are install Grub – you will might be given the choice of: The answer is to install it on /dev/sda Note – If you install grub on a partition (such as sda1) it will only work if you are are chain-loading your bootloader.