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After upgrading from 15.10 to 17.04 (via 16.04), the NetworkManager refused to control the wired ethernet device, listing it in its menu as device not managed. Turns out after some googling that the package’s configuration was changed in 16.10 to … Read More »
By default running X applications with sudo doesn’t work in Ubuntu, the result will look something like this: $ sudo gparted (gpartedbin:15568): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: To allow the sudo child process to connect back to the caller’s X … Read More »
This is how to set up vpnc using NetworkManager to replace the messy Cisco VPN client to connect to the University of Basel: Gateway: vpn.mobile.unibas.ch User name: your full email address Group name: UniBasel-Intern Group password: B82FD7FF53F21B38104EE3BD0A4474BB6A907524EE8D2D6848512BDD966911506C572EC571C246C960094BC42BE80ED9695A7BB121E96166 Advanced Options: leave … Read More »
Another one in the long series of same same, but different installation instructions for CellProfiler: CP2 on 11.10 CP2 on 15.04 The following has been tested on a fresh Linux Mint 17.3. The goal of these instructions is to use … Read More »
Again, some things have changed since 11.10. The following has been tested on a fresh Ubuntu “server” installation, 15.04. The goal of these instructions is to use packages provided by the Linux distribution wherever possible, and to install the rest … Read More »
By default, Bluetooth is enabled at startup. You can switch this off by extending file /etc/init.d/rc.local with a line echo disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/bluetooth
To have a fixed setup of workspaces in Ubuntu unity, install the compiz config settings manager and start it: $ sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager $ ccsm & In the General Options there is a tab Desktop Size that allows to … Read More »
slightly different than for 10.10: python-stuff: sudo aptitude install cython python-numpy python-scipy \ python-setuptools python-matplotlib python-wxgtk2.8 python-decorator \ python-mysqldb python-nose python-dev python-h5py java: sudo aptitude install openjdk-6-jdk openjdk-6-jre export JAVA_HOME=’/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk’ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=’/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/server’ Cell Profiler: git clone https://github.com/CellProfiler/CellProfiler.git cd CellProfiler/ run … Read More »
python-stuff: sudo aptitude install cython python-numpy python-scipy \ python-setuptools python-numeric python-matplotlib python-wxgtk2.8 \ python-decorator python-mysqldb python-nose python-dev python-h5py java: sudo aptitude install openjdk-6-jdk openjdk-6-jre export JAVA_HOME=’/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk’ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=’/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/lib/amd64/server’ Cell Profiler: git clone https://github.com/CellProfiler/CellProfiler.git cd CellProfiler/ run it: python ./CellProfiler.py
the following steps are required to adjust a fresh ubuntu to my personal language-preferences, including the default character encoding for gnome-terminal set to UTF-8 install the required packages to generate the appropriate locales: sudo aptitude install language-pack-de-base language-pack-de set the … Read More »