Can I use easy_install on Ubuntu 10.10? If yes, then how? Answer easy_install is the part of python-setuptools. First install python-setuptools sudo apt-get install python-setuptools Then you can use easy_install to install from pypi You need to use sudo with easy_install i.e. sudo easy_install module_name eg: sudo easy_install py2app Or there is another module python-pip … Read more
I’m using Maverick with Compiz enabled. I’ve searched AskUbuntu and Google. AskUbuntu doesn’t have anything on this topic and everything Google turns up is a couple years old. I’m doing browser tests and my tests are constantly spawning new Firefox windows. The problem is, when the window is spawned it takes focus. This is incredibly … Read more
I have two monitors attached to my video card. Primary monitor has a resolution equal to 1280×1024 and the second has 1920×1200. My gdm login screen always appears on the second monitor even if it is switched off. My question is how to force gdm to show the login screen always on the primary monitor … Read more
I’ve connected a HDTV with HDMI on my Radeon 4670, using the open source ati driver. However there is “overscan” which cuts off a bit of each edge of the screen, about the size of the gnome-panel. How can I fix this so it displays the full resolution? Answer The issue was with the TV, … Read more
I’ve got a USB mouse attached to my Ubuntu notebook. This mouse is (unfortunately) really sensitive, and so it sometimes gets hard to hit small icons with the mouse pointer. This is really a hardware issue, it’s not a bug and it’s not Ubuntu’s/gnome’s fault. Still, I would very much like to this issue through … Read more
Using ubuntu 10.10 the editor in mc (midnight commander) is nano. How can i switch to the internal mc editor (mcedit)? Answer Press the following keys in order, one at a time: F9 Activates the top menu. o Selects the Option menu. c Opens the configuration dialog. i Toggles the use internal edit option. s … Read more
I have a cd image that is not a .iso but a .cue. I cannot mount it. I use ubuntu 10.10 64 bits, and I’ve tried a lot of programs. furiosmout just says it is not a image file, and it just didn’t work. I found a program (acetone) that can convert .cue in .iso, … Read more
