Kubuntu File Associations and Evoultion
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- Written by David McKenzie David McKenzie
- Created: 01 February 2009 01 February 2009
- Last Updated: 24 November 2012 24 November 2012
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Kubuntu File Associations and Evoultion
I have never really understood how to make permanent file association in Kubuntu Intrepis Ibex or anything else. My problem was that to open a pdf in evolution I had to save the attachment and then open it externally.
What I did not understand was that evolution honours the Kubuntu file associations, that is, if Kubuntu uses okular to open pdf, then so will evolution.
To create a permanant file association browse to a file of the type you want to open with an application. Righ click on the file, and then select other (even if the application you want is listed). This will bring up a dialog box that has a tick box for remember tis association. Select the application, ticjk the box.
Now that application will be offered as a possiblity by evolution to open the attachment.
Evolution Issues And How Vitualbox Helps
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- Written by David McKenzie David McKenzie
- Created: 23 January 2009 23 January 2009
- Last Updated: 24 November 2012 24 November 2012
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Evolution Issues And How Vitualbox Helps
The latest version of evolution 2.24.3 seems to have fixed all the previous issues and now the OWA interface works. However the virtualbox solution is still neat.
We run a network that consist of a linux firewall running as a proxy server. Our exchange server runs behind the firewall. One mailbox account has several email addresses associated with it. Evloution on Hary Heron used to work well. On intrepid Ibex we have never been able to get the OWA implementation to work, and as a result lost access to our contacts and mail. The soultion was to install Virtualbox and run outlook as an application in an XP virtual machine.
The only catch is to ensure that you install Virtualbox, not Virtualbox-Ose, as Virtualbox-Ose does not support USB devices.
We are still trying to get Blackberry software to work in a virtual machine
Enabling Compiz Fusion Desktop on Intrepid Ibex
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- Written by David McKenzie David McKenzie
- Created: 23 January 2009 23 January 2009
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Enabling Compiz Fusion Desktop on Intrepid Ibex
If you have a graphics card that supports 3-D effects then you should install Compiz Desktop. There are lots of guides that explain how to install this for Intrepid Ibex, that consist of lots of apt-get line. But what if after that your 3-D desktop does not work. Here are two things that I found tend to be show stoppers.
Firstly the effects are not enabled by default
the K refered to here is the K usually in the bottom left hand corner.
K->Applications->System->Dektop Settings
ensure that custom effects is enabled
logout
restart X Server (Menu Item)
Login
Second, make sure that the Compizconfig-settings-manager is installed
apt-get Compizconfig-settings-manager
Thirdlly make sure you have enough faces for the cube
From the command line:
ccsm
General Settings -> Desk Top Size tab and select 4 for the Horizontal Desktop Sixe (default is two, so you end up rotating a plane)
Downgrading from Flash 10 to Flash 9
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- Written by David McKenzie David McKenzie
- Created: 17 January 2009 17 January 2009
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Downgrading from Flash 10 to Flash 9
First of all, why would you want to down grade from the new 664 bit linux based flash 10 with .deb packaging to 32 bit flash 9.
The answer is that several games do not work with the linux based Flash 10. zomg at gaiaonline is an example.
The procedure to downgrade assuming flash 10 is installed
1. set default to the local plugins directory cd ~/.mozilla/plugins
2. remove the flash 10 plugin
rm -f libflashplayer.so
3. uninstall the flash 10 plugin system wide
sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfree
4. download the 32 bit flash plugin
wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/installers/current/9/install_flash_player_9.tar.gz
5. unpack the tar archive
tar -zxvf install_flash_player_9.tar.gz
6. set default to the unpacked directory
cd install_flash_player_9.tar.gz
7. make sure that the nspluginwrapper is installed
sudo apt-get install nspluginwrapper
8. make sure the target directory exists
mkdir /usr/lib/browser-plugins
9. copy the flash 9 plugin to the directory
cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so
10. use nspluginwrapper to install flash 9
nspluginwrapper -i /usr/lib/browser-plugins/libflashplayer.so
11. restart the browser
you should now be running flash 9