Keep Resolution upon reboot when using NVIDIA binary driver

Recent versions of gnome – at least the one shipped with Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04 – use resolution settings specific for each user. The resolution is set in /home/username/.config/monitors.xml which is loaded upon login. The tool provided along with NVIDIA driver changes your resolution in /etc/X11/xorg.conf but not in monitors.xml as gnome’s “Monitors” tool does. [...]

Get sound playing and recording to work in Skype

I installed Skype in Ubuntu jaunty 9.04 from medibuntu repository, which have a packaged version available. With default settings no sound could be played nor recorded. Work around: in skype’s options -> Sound Devices set the following: Sound In: hw0Sound out: pulseRinging: pulse

Correct $HOME/.dmrc permissions

Something modified the permissions of my $HOME/.dmrc file. Consequently an annoying error shows up at login: User’s $HOME/.dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the default language and session from being saved. File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. User $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writeable by other [...]

Alternative way to handle hard drives & partitions in Ubuntu

Just got Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 installed. I like the following behaviour to be applied to my hard drive partitions and mass storage devices – pen drives, USB disks: Automount all partitions of internal hard disk – without using fstab: In /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi <merge key=”storage.automount_enabled_hint” type=”bool”>false</merge> false -> true No hard drive icons displayed on desktop: In [...]