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When Adobe Flash Settings Isn’t Clickable On Ubuntu 11.10

Adobe Flash Settings always worked fine back when I was still using Ubuntu Natty Narwhal in that whenever a Flash application needs permission to access my laptop’s camera and microphone, I can click on the Allow/Deny options. On Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot Flash settings is unclickable and it will eventually hang and crash whenever it asks to access the camera and microphone. I don’t know if this happens on all the sites, but on one site I’m working on, this happens all the time. The browser does not matter, at least for the ones I use. It will crash on both Firefox and Chrome.

Ubuntu 12.04 Is Shaping Up Real Great

Have you seen this already – http://is.gd/kjzr76 ?

The document is available on Google Docs entitled – Gnome 3 System Settings changes. Click on the link above to view it.

In a nutshell what you will see there are changes that have been proposed and are currently being worked on for the next Ubuntu LTS release which is version 12.04 Precise Pangolin. This new LTS comes out end of April 2012. Already 2 Alphas have been released and the upcoming 2 Beta releases are next, if I’m not mistaken.

A Bluetooth Quick Fix Hack For Ubuntu 11.10

This is a fix on how to access the files on your phone via bluetooth on Ubuntu 11.10. I found it recently when I realized that bluetooth on my laptop was not working like it did on Ubuntu 11.04. Sure, the bluetooth dongle and my phones are detected without problems. Even searching for other active bluetooth devices within range is done correctly. However, connecting to my phone on bluetooth is not working properly after it has been paired with my laptop. While I do not use bluetooth to transfer files that often – it is awfully slow – there are times when I do need it, like those instances when I forget the phone USB cable. It is during times like these when bluetooth comes in real handy.

I Lost My Touchpad – Ubuntu 11.10

My upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot had been a smooth one albeit a bit late. Originally I was going to stay with Natty Narwhal and wait for the next LTS version – 12.04 Precise Pangolin – come April this year. What with 12.04 coming up fast in a mere 3 months and all the very nice features on Unity 5.x included in it, why bother to upgrade to 11.10?

Enable Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader On Ubuntu

In my first and last attempt months ago, I used the keucr module which is a pretty common SD card reader driver to make my laptop’s built-in reader to work. It failed miserably. I half-heartedly searched a few more times on Google but didn’t find a solution. That time I really had no use of the card reader. Eventually I forgot about this, and as I rarely (or never) use the reader, I never bothered to fix it until now. I still rarely use the card reader but I want everything to work on my Ubuntu Natty.

PayPal Now An Option On Ubuntu Software Center

It is great that Ubuntu has finally included PayPal as a payment option on Ubuntu Software Center. This certainly gives Ubuntu users more reasons to buy non-free apps from USC because they now have an easier way to pay for it – me included. In fact, I feel more at ease paying through PayPal than with a credit card.

I wonder why it took them so many years to integrate PayPal into USC? It is not like PayPal is new to the market. So what’s next, Google Checkout, 2Checkout or Moneybookers (Skrill)?

Wireless Mouse For Your Ubuntu

This is going to sound like a paid review but it is not. In case you are in the market for a wireless mouse and you can’t decide which one to get, or you’re wondering if it will work for your Ubuntu-powered computer, well, this I can suggest – Logitech Wireless Mouse M325.

Originally I wanted this particular Logitech mouse, but sadly it is not available where I’m at.

Change The Default Plymouth Ubuntu Theme Background Color

Well, I am now very pleased with the way my Plymouth Ubuntu theme looks. It is now more consistent throughout the entire boot process.

In line with what I mentioned in my previous article about looking for a minimalist Plymouth theme with a dark/black color scheme, apparently I did not have to look any further. The default Plymouth theme for Ubuntu is already perfect. It is is simple, yet elegant enough, and does not break whenever a disk check happens on every nth boot.

Make Plymouth Start Earlier In The Boot Process

Starting Ubuntu 11.04 I have observed that Plymouth starts late in the boot process. Often you can only catch a glimpse of it before GDM/LightDM pops up. The same is true for Ubuntu 11.10. After a quick search on the Internet, I found out that Ubuntu 11.x versions appear to have gone away from the framebuffer technique that was used in earlier versions. Accessing the video memory directly through the framebuffer is an old technique.  The newer way, supposedly, is to have Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) handle  the graphics card and setup the display resolution early in the boot process to allow  Plymouth to display correctly. One other reason for moving into KMS is to minimize screen flicker that is often observed when using the framebuffer technique.

Change Guake Width Permanently

Guake has this annoying thing when used on Unity. It does not adjust its width to compensate for the Unity Launcher when it (Launcher) is set to Never hide. The result is part of it is outside the screen, particularly the right side where the scrollbar is located, and the Add A New Tab button is also hidden as a result. I have mentioned this in a previous post – Use Quake-like Terminals.