keyboard icon / gnome
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Posted by perkins on 29 May 2011 in IT | Short Link
Taken from here: in gconf-editor, check /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/indicator/showFlags install set of flags using sudo apt-get install famfamfam-flag-png make a softlink: ln -s /usr/share/flags/countries/16×11 ~/.icons/flags In addition I had to add ‘Indicator Applet’ to the panel in order to avoid error on start.
ubuntu 11.04 / laptop sony vaio vpcy11S1E: wireless
Posted by perkins on 28 May 2011 in IT | Short Link
Wireless doesn’t work from the start. Here is the solution, which is that: gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/acer-wmi options acer-wmi wireless=1 sudo modprobe acer-wmi The control buttons for brightness of the display [Fn - F5, F6] do not work. The solution remains the same (i’ve lost the source, from where I did steal this): two files shall [...]