Tweaks And That Sort Of Jive
Published on 30 January, 2014 by amjNOTE: Almost everything prior to 2020 on this page has long been obsolete.
20220503
Some sites in Firefox cause audio distortions in any other applications that are producing audio output.
Solution:
about:config
media.webspeech.synth.enabled = false
20200909
Disbale "Suggest and generate strong passwords" in Firefox:about:config
signon.generation.available = false
20200714
Disable sudo asterisk echoing by deleting /etc/sudoers.d/0pwfeedback
20190420
Create link for mate-terminal so "launch in terminal" option works from the desktopcd /usr/bin/
sudo ln -s /usr/bin/mate-terminal /usr/bin/xterm
20140130
Setting mate-conf values from the command line:
mateconftool-2 --type string --set /apps/marco/general/action_middle_click_titlebar toggle_shade
20140130
Changing MDM theme in Linux Mint 17.x and previous:
- Run mdmsetup as root.
- Click "add"
- Navigate to the theme archive you wish to use.
- Be sure to click the radio button next to your new theme.
- Close mdmsetup.
- reboot
20140114
Allowing mate-screensaver to use more xscreensavers
- Go to /usr/share/applications/screensavers
- su to root
find . -name '*.desktop' | xargs sed -i 's/OnlyShowIn=GNOME;/OnlyShowIn=GNOME;MATE;/'
20130814
Adding and enabling Xscreensaver instead of Mintscreensaver.Reference: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-195557.html
Shading Windows In Mate
This is only valid for Ubuntu-based, and Debian Edition, versions of Linux Mint running Mate.
Linux Mint 19.x
- Open Menu > System Tools > dconf Editor
- Change /org/mate/marco/general/action-double-click-titlebar from 'toggle_shade' to 'lower'.
- Change /org/mate/marco/general/action-middle-click-titlebar from 'lower' to 'toggle_shade'.
- Open Menu > System Tools > Configuration Editor
- Change /apps/marco/general/action_double_click_titlebar from 'toggle_shade' to 'lower'.
- Change /apps/marco/general/action_middle_click_titlebar from 'lower' to 'toggle_shade'.
Replace the original lines in /etc/bash.bashrc with the following to globally set prompt color for root to red with a yellow hostname, and to set user prompts to green with a yellow hostname. if [[ ${EUID} == 0 ]] ; then
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;31m\]\u\[\033[0m\]@\[\033[01;32m\]\h\[\033[0m\]:\w\$ '
else
PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;33m\]\u\[\033[0m\]@\[\033[01;32m\]\h\[\033[0m\]:\w\$ ' Copying Thunderbird Message Filters Between Machines. IMAP message filters are stored in ~/.thunderbird/[STRING].default/ImapMail/mail.[DOMAINNAME].tld/msgFilterRules.dat This file can be moved between machines, or edited to add new filters from other machines. Reference: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Files_and_folders_in_the_profile_-_Thunderbird Scribes Default Directory
You can change the path by tweaking the file /usr/share/pyshared/SCRIBES/Globals.py (you need root access) There is a line that says:
folder_ = join(home_folder, "Desktop")
It can be changed to anything you have to which you have "write" access.
Reference: https://answers.launchpad.net/scribes/+question/151868 Copy to... | Move to...
Desktop Right-click / Openbox Menu
- Press: [alt]+F2]
- Click: Run
- Click: Advanced
- Check / Uncheck: Show menus provided by window managers when desktop is clicked.
Reference: http://ubuntu-lxde.wikidot.com/clipboard
20101224
Gnome-Terminal ResizingEdit the file /usr/share/vte/termcap/xterm:
# This is a cut-down version of the termcap file from my box with some entries
# removed (add them back in to override the terminal's behavior):
# kI (Insert, Delete is handled programmatically)
# kP/kN (Page Up, Page Down)
# ku/kd/kl/kr (Up, Down, Left, Right)
# k1/kd2/k3/k4/k5/k6/k7/k8/k9/k; (F1-F10)
# K1/K2/K3/K4/K5 (KP Up, Down, Left, Right, Begin)
xterm-xfree86|xterm-new|xterm terminal emulator (XFree86):\:co#100:it#8:li#30:\r
:am:km:mi:ms:xn:\
:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
:LE=\E[%dD:\
:RI=\E[%dC:UP=\E[%dA:ae=^O:al=\E[L:as=^N:bl=^G:bt=\E[Z:\
:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:\
:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:dl=\E[M:do=^J:ec=\E[%dX:\
:ei=\E[4l:ho=\E[H:im=\E[4h:is=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>:\
:kD=\177:\
:kb=^H:ke=\E[?1l\E>:\
:ks=\E[?1h\E=:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:\
:me=\E[m\017:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:se=\E[27m:\
:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:te=\E[?1047l\E[?1048l:\
:ti=\E[?1048h\E[?1047h:ue=\E[24m:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:\
:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:vs=\E[?25h:
# xterm-redhat is identical to xterm-xfree86 with the addition of a small
# VT220-ism regarding the backspace and delete keys; this is mandated by
# the keyboard configuration section of the Debian Policy Manual.
xterm-redhat|Red Hat xterm (backspace and delete changed):\
:kD=\E[3~:kb=\177:tc=xterm-xfree86:
# This is the only entry which you should have to customize, since "xterm"
# is widely used for a variety of incompatible terminal emulations including
# color_xterm and rxvt.
xterm|X11 terminal emulator:\
:tc=xterm-redhat: