If it can be done in windows (WindowBlinds) in surely can be done in Linux. Of course you can, only after a 10 min Google search did I come across exactly what I was looking for, here.
Override what ever theme your running for another on an application basis.
- Create a file called, 'cleartheme'
- chmod +x cleartheme
1: #!/bin/bash
2: # lauch a gtk application with a different theme
3: # set GTKRCFILE variable to your favourite theme
4: GTKRCFILE=Clearlooks
5: GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/"$GTKRCFILE"/gtk-2.0/gtkrc "$@"
In this case I was overriding NotXP GTK theme because of some sort of colour bug with OpenOffice. Personally I wouldn't be seen dead with Luna running on my desktop, Windows I can live with, Luna hell no! But for my sister who needs that familiar feeling, making Ubuntu look like XP becomes a sort of necessary evil. Even though I wouldn't have it running on my desktop I have to say I'm fairly impressed at the result, completely automated thanks to a nifty bash script as well.
If you have that friend or family member who needs a helping hand to move away from the dark side, you can get the stuff here, or the direct package here. If you do, you'll need the script above as well to fix OpenOffice. Just extract and run InstallXpGnome.sh how easy is that...
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For longest time now I've been wanting to know how to disable this but never actually got round to finding out... Installing Ubuntu on my sisters laptop has forced my hand... Quite frankly I don't like them, if it's using power it's not saving power.
SWITCHED OFF is the best power saving you can get!
Anyway, found it here.
- Press Alt+F2 (Run Box)
- Type gconf-editor and Press enter
- Browse to gnome-power-manager > general
- uncheck can_hibernate & uncheck can_suspend
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Something that's been bugging me for a wee while...
Applications -> System Tools -> Configuration Editor
/ -> apps -> gedit-2 -> preferences -> editor -> save -> create_backup_copy (Unchecked)
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Assumptions
This guide was made primarily to help DreamHost customers setup Trac. However, the setup is generic enough, that with only little modification, this guide can be applied to any shared-hosting setup running the Apache webserver. To work, you will need access to shell, and have basic understanding of text editing in shell. Dreamhost provides python2.3, and easy subversion setup - so these are assumed to already be in place.
Also, because I do not like the login hack described on the DreamHost Trac Wiki, I have assumed that you will install one of the login plugins. However, if you have access to the Apache setup file and do not wish to use a login manager, you can use the account setup method outlined in the Trac wiki.
Python
I found installing a local copy of python to be unnecessary, as the extra modules can be installed in the trac's lib path. To assure access to these libs, the PYTHONPATH environment variable must reference the aforementioned path.
Environmental Variables
Installation
Setup
I recommend making a special directory for the install files and packages; this makes it easier to manage, and you can delete the entire directory of install files at the end. I used ~/packages and ~/install_files personally, and will be using them throughout these instructions - so if you want to use another directory, just replace all references.
cdmkdir install_filesmkdir packagesmkdir trac_sites
Install Trac (0.9.6)
cd ~/install_fileswget http://ftp.edgewall.com/pub/trac/trac-0.9.6.tar.gztar zxf trac-0.9.6.tar.gzcd trac-0.9.6python setup.py install --prefix=$HOME/packages
cd ~/install_fileswget http://www.clearsilver.net/downloads/clearsilver-0.10.3.tar.gztar zxf clearsilver-0.10.3.tar.gzcd clearsilver-0.10.3-
sed -i "s@/usr/local/bin/python@/usr/bin/env python@g"
scripts/document.py
PYTHON_SITE=`/home/{username}/packages/bin/python -c
"import sys; print [path for path in sys.path if
path.find('site-packages') != -1][0]"`
./configure --with-python=/home/{username}/packages/bin/python
--prefix=$HOME/packages
--disable-ruby --disable-java --disable-apache --disable-csharp --disable-perl
makemake install
Install SQLite (3.3.6)
cd ~/install_fileswget http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-3.3.6.tar.gztar zxf sqlite-3.3.6.tar.gzcd sqlite-3.3.6./configure --prefix=$HOME/packagesmakemake installln -s $HOME/packages/bin/sqlite3 $HOME/packages/bin/sqlite
cd ~/install_fileswget http://initd.org/pub/software/pysqlite/releases/2.3/2.3.2/pysqlite-2.3.2.tar.gztar zxf pysqlite-2.3.2.tar.gzcd pysqlite-2.3.2- In setup.py, change
include_dirs = [] to include_dirs = ['$HOME/packages/include']
and
library_dirs = [] to library_dirs = ['$HOME/packages/lib']
python setup.py buildpython setup.py install --prefix=$HOME/packages
Install SWIG (1.3.29)
cd ~/install_fileswget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.3.2.tar.gztar zxf subversion-1.3.2.tar.gzcd subversion-1.3.2./configure PYTHON=/usr/bin/python --prefix=$HOME/packages
--with-swig=$HOME/packages/bin/swig --without-berkeley-db
--with-ssl --with-zlibmakemake installmake swig-pymake install-swig-pycd ~/packages/lib/python2.3/site-packagesecho $HOME/packages/lib/svn-python > subversion.pthln -s ~/packages/lib/svn-python/libsvnln -s ~/packages/lib/svn-python/svn- Test it with
python -c "from svn import client" (No errors should result.)
Setup Trac Environment
trac-admin $HOME/trac_sites/{your trac project id} initenv
("{your trac project id}" can be anything you like. Putting all your Trac environments in your trac_sites directory allows for simpler backup!)
You will be asked for
- Project Name: {Whatever you want}
- Database connection string: {Accept the default (just hit return)}
- Path to repository: /home/{yourusername}/svn/{your svn project id}
- Templates directory: {Accept the default (just hit return)}
trac-admin $HOME/trac_sites/{your trac project id} will put you into interactive mode. You can issue a simple help at the prompt to see what you can do. There are lots of administrative actions in interactive mode that can make your life a little easier than it would be if you always had to go through the WebAdmin interface.
You should add at least one user with admin powers. To do this, in interactive mode:
permission add admins TRAC_ADMINpermission add {username} adminsexit (to quit interactive mode)
During interactive mode, permissions list should show the new users on the list.
Make Trac Web Accessible
cd ~/{my.domain.name}Make index.cgi (make sure to set the permissions so the webserver can read it - 775):
#!/bin/bash
export HOME="/home/{username}"
export TRAC_ENV="$HOME/trac_sites/{your trac project id}"
export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/packages/lib/python2.3/site-packages"
export PATH="$HOME/packages/bin:$PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/packages/lib"
exec $HOME/packages/share/trac/cgi-bin/trac.cgiand index.fcgi (make sure to set the permissions so the webserver can read it - 775):
#!/bin/bash
export HOME="/home/{username}"
export TRAC_ENV="$HOME/trac_sites/{your trac project id}"
export PYTHONPATH="$HOME/packages/lib/python2.3/site-packages"
export PATH="$HOME/packages/bin:$PATH"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/packages/lib"
exec $HOME/packages/share/trac/cgi-bin/trac.fcgiThen set the default by editing .htaccess:
DirectoryIndex index.cgi
You can change this to index.fcgi once you have everything setup. (Fcgi is faster, but you won't notice changes until a day later.)
Prettiness
Pretty URLs
Setup static mapping
This allows the common static files (images, CSS, javascript, etc) to be accessed directly, rather than mapping through the cgi script. (This makes Trac faster, while providing compatibility with the prettiness.)
cd ~/{domain name}mkdir chromeln -s $HOME/packages/share/trac/htdocs ./chrome/common
Setup Rewrite Rule
Edit .htaccess located in the {domain name} directory
DirectoryIndex index.cgi
Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.cgi/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
This will prefix any failed request with index.cgi (to run it through Trac).
Hack the Trac base_url
This sets any links Trac generates to start from the base, rather than the file that processed the generation. (/whatever, instead of index.cgi/whatever)
cd $HOME/packages/lib/python2.3/site-packages/trac/web- Backup the original cgi_frontend.py in case you want to revert.
cp cgi_frontend.py cgi_frontend.py.backup
- Edit cgi_frontend.py, change
self.cgi_location = self.__environ.get('SCRIPT_NAME')
to
self.cgi_location = os.path.dirname(self.__environ.get('SCRIPT_NAME'))
Plugins
We'll be using this to install the other plugins; so it is necessary to install this to follow my steps.
cd ~/install_fileswget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.pypython ez_setup.py --prefix=$HOME/packages
cd ~/install_fileswget http://trac.edgewall.org/attachment/wiki/WebAdmin/TracWebAdmin-0.1.1dev_r2765-py2.3.egg.zip?format=raweasy_install --prefix=$HOME/packages TracWebAdmin*- Now tell trac to load the plugin by editing
$HOME/trac_sites/{your trac project id}/conf/trac.ini and adding to the components section:
[components]
webadmin.* = enabled
NOT COMPATIBLE WITH DbAuth
This will make the htpasswd login method much more pleasing. New users can register on their own using the site, and they can change their passwords if necessary. This also allows login via form, rather than the HTTP authentication.
cd ~/install_filessvn co http://trac-hacks.org/svn/accountmanagerplugin/0.9mv 0.9 accountmanagerplugincd accountmanagerpluginpython setup.py bdist_eggcd disteasy_install --prefix=$HOME/packages *.egg- You must add an initial user, to create the initial trac.htpasswd file:
htpasswd -c ~/trac_sites/trac.htpasswd {username}
You'll then enter the password twice.
- Now tell trac to load the plugin by editing
$HOME/trac_sites/{your trac project id}/conf/trac.ini and adding to the components section:
[components]
trac.web.auth.LoginModule = disabled
acct_mgr.* = enabled
[account-manager]
password_format = htpasswd
password_file = /home/{your username}/trac_sites/trac.htpasswd
NOT COMPATIBLE WITH AccountManager
Makes more sense than the normal login method. However it does not support new user registration like AccountManager, rather, you are required to enter all users in manually using sqlite. Because of this, I use AccountManager instead.
cd ~/install_filessvn co http://www.trac-hacks.org/browser/dbauthplugincd ./dbauthplugin/0.9python setup.py bdist_eggcd disteasy_install --prefix=$HOME/packages *.eggcd ../installcp dbauth.db ~/trac_siteschmod 775 ~/trac_sites/dbauth.db- Now you need to add some users; you'll have to do this manually. You'll probably want to add the same username(s) as you setup earlier.
sqlite ~/trac_sites/dbauth.dbINSERT INTO trac_users VALUES ('all', 'username', 'passwd', 'email@email.com');
INSERT INTO trac_permissions VALUES ('all', 'username', 'admins');
.quit
- Now tell trac to load the plugin by editing
$HOME/trac_sites/{your trac project id}/conf/trac.ini and adding to the components section:
[components]
trac.web.auth.* = disabled
dbauth.* = enabled
#trac.userdir.* = enabled # only if you want to use this
[central]
database = /home/{your username}/trac_sites/dbauth.db
envroot = /home/{your username}/trac_sites/{your trac project id}
Cleanup
Now that you have everything setup the way you want, you can go ahead and delete all those setup files, and switch to fast_cgi
Delete setup files
Since you won't be using those setup files after you're done, if you don't want all those setup files to take up hard drive space, you can delete them.
Switch to fcgi
If you are using 'Pretty URLs'
Change .htaccess to direct to index.fcgi, rather than index.cgi:
DirectoryIndex index.fcgi
Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.fcgi/$1 [L]
</IfModule>
Otherwise
Just change the .htaccess DirectoryIndex to index.fcgi
DirectoryIndex index.fcgi
References
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The convert carriage returns between UNIX- and DOS-kind of CR, use the tools
dos2unix and
unix2dos from the
sysutils package.
Usage is really simple:
$ dos2unix filename
or
$ unix2dos filename
where filename is the name of the file to convert.
To convert a hierarchy of files starting from current directory:
$ find . -type f -exec dos2unix {} ;
Got this from
http://glasnost.beeznest.org/articles/203.
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I've came across a very graceful css / javascript to implement Vertical & Horizontal Drop-Down Menus by Nick Rigby. (Had it for ages, just don't want to loose it!!!)
Drop-Down Menus, Horizontal Style: Pt 3Compatibility
This menu has been fully Tested using the following browsers:
* Please note, as per previous versions of the menu, the small amount of JavaScript is required for the menu to function in Internet Explorer
Vertical Drop-Down Menu ExampleHorizontal Drop-Down Menu Example
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Refresh Ubuntu's font cache
sudo fc-cache -f -v
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Example :
sudo apt-get install gnome-splashscreen-manager
Source
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Example :
sudo ln -s /home/<insert your username here>/.themes /root/.themes
sudo ln -s /home/<insert your username here>/.icons /root/.icons
sudo ln -s /home/<insert your username here>/.fonts /root/.fonts
Source
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