My inspiration of the 'Wallpaper of the Day' comes from the Nation Geographic Photo of the Day. National Geographic recommends an amazing photo each day on this web site. I wrote a bash script to automatically set the photo as my desktop background everyday when I start my Ubuntu laptop. Create the following script then add … Continue reading Ubuntu Wallpaper of the Day
Tag: Ubuntu
Blogilo Proxy Settings
To make Blogilo work behind a proxy, I edited this file ~/.kde/share/config/kioslaverc in my Ubuntu laptop (there is no proxy settings in the Blogilo UI).[$Version]update_info=kioslave.upd:kde2.2/r1,kioslave.upd:kde2.2/r2,kioslave.upd:kde2.2/r3[Proxy Settings][$i] ProxyType=1 httpProxy=http://proxy-server:8080httpsProxy=http://proxy-server:8080ftpProxy=http://proxy-server:8080
Disable the blinking wifi LED in Ubuntu
The wifi LED keeps blinking in my Ubunut 12.10 laptop (Intel chips) when it is connected. To disable it, I have changed the led_mode to 0. Here is how I did it:1) Change to root user.jchen@JC:~$ sudo -i[sudo] password for jchen: 2) Find out the wifi module.root@JC:~# lsmod | grep iwiwlwifi … Continue reading Disable the blinking wifi LED in Ubuntu
Screen brightness reset in Ubuntu
My Ubuntu laptop's screen brightness resets everytime after reboot. I have found a way to make the brightness adjustment 'stay permantly': 1) Adjust the brightness to the level that I like, then run 'cat /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness '. The command will return the brightness level in a integer value. Mine is 12. 2) Add the line 'echo 12 … Continue reading Screen brightness reset in Ubuntu
Fortinet SSL VPN Client in Ubuntu
It is intereting that the Fortinet SSL VPN client works fine in my Windows machine, but does not work in my Ubuntu laptop. I have found the reason is that a few routes are missed in the routing table. To make it work, I wrote a script to manually add those routes after VPN is … Continue reading Fortinet SSL VPN Client in Ubuntu
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