Monthly Archives: August 2009

Fix Slow Intel Graphics Problem in Ubuntu Jaunty

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

Guys with intel graphics cards might experience very slow graphics with their Ubuntu Jaunty installation and this was really annoying, I like to perfect my desktop! Although I don’t use Compiz or play a lot of games! This is an … Continue reading →

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Disable the annoying PC speaker in Ubuntu

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

Temporarily (doesn’t require a restart): sudo modprobe -r pcspkr Permanent (requires restart): sudo your_favorite_text_editor /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf   #text editor can be anything from “vi” to “gedit”, whatever you want! Add this line to the end of the file: “blacklist pcspkr”Reboot!

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How to search the contents of a list of jar/tar files

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

If you have a directory, for example /home/mhewedy/libs/jars/, this directory contains many jar/tar files, and you want to search the contents of these jar/tar files . use this command : cd /home/mhewedy/libs/jars/for jar in *.jar; do echo “— $jar —” … Continue reading →

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How to revert to the old notification system in Ubuntu Jaunty

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

I really don’t like the new notification system in Ubuntu Jaunty, I googled around for a while and found this simple solution if you’d like to revert to the old one as in Intrepid and before. Only one step is … Continue reading →

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Install Network Manager 0.7 in Ubuntu Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty, Karmic …etc

Posted on August 19, 2009 by Ahmed Tawfik

A very nice site called Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archives) where many teams contribute their own deb packages to be used by anyone, it’s not an official repository and many of the PPAs are for testing purposes only, but anyway … Continue reading →

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