Running a clean machine, purchased from System76 in mid May 2014, with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS installed. Being an ex Windows user I am used to spending a lot of time keeping my machine tight. I clean and update like crazy, and I brought that habit to my new Linux machine as I want things to … Read more
I’m new to linux but I know about the startx command which is not working. I just installed Ubuntu Server (the newest version) on a old computer. I have it working but I am unable to launch the gui. I cannot connect to the internet because I don’t have a network adapter. How would I … Read more
This question already has answers here: How do I change fonts and adjust their size? (13 answers) Closed 6 years ago. I remember setting something that affected the font size in GUI elements such as menu bars as well as text areas in editors (such as the default font setting in gvim). I tried to … Read more
I had to add an: export PATH=”/path/to/my/bin:$PATH” to my bash.rc, for progA‘s binary library location. Now, whenever I start a GNOME Terminal instance, I can type progA and hit return and the right binary is executed. However, if I run progA through a GUI launched app, my system fumbles and doesn’t know where progA‘s bin … Read more
UPDATE I would like to know which is the recommend way of running GUI applications as root, mainly because what I’m trying isn’t running smoothly. I get some annoying warnings that makes me think whether I’m doing something wrong or not. I’m using gksudo and sudo -i, which I understand, are doing the same thing. … Read more
I’m having a problem with Kali Linux when it should start the gui, my cursor is constantly flickering. When I switch to tty2 I’m able to login but then I get in the command line. When I do X I end up with a black screen. What should I do? Video: https://youtu.be/laaL2XExsm0 I reported the … Read more
When using Dia to create an UML diagram, how to mark an object as the child of another object ? Example: One “big package” One “object” I would like to mark the object as the son of the package. Answer To add one (or more) child Place the object(s) inside the package, like this Select … Read more
So hello guys Im trying to creat a calculator. So far I have the GUI finished. But i Need some help with the backgroundfunctions. Example: i type on the buttons 5+6. Now when i press “=” it should set the input of the TextBox into a variable and then calculate it out. Has somebody an … Read more
I have a daemon that needs access to (read/write) some files that a gui app also has access to (read/write). The daemon runs as root but the gui does not. Each time the daemon accesses the files, the owner becomes root:root. What is the preferred way to handle this? This is in Ubuntu 16.04, doesn’t … Read more
I am using Microsoft Excel 2007. Can I permanently remove or hide the “Filter” button? – I don’t want to use that button. Answer I don’t believe this can be done via the UI in Excel 2007. But Excel 2010 and later you can do this by right clicking the ribbon and clicking “Customize Ribbon” … Read more
