Ubuntu Fixes - too big font in KDE (Kubuntu)

Bug Description:
I upgraded from 9.04 to 9.10 karmic koala. Then I installed xubuntu-desktop and kubuntu-desktop. After the login to KDE are fonts too big e.g. menu entries are on the hlaf of screen.

Solution:

sudo gedit /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc
line ServerArgsLocal add parameter -dpi 96

Ubuntu 9.04 jaunty, kernel 2.6.30 and Broadcomm wireless drivers

Oh long story ... I upgraded ubuntu jaunty to kernel 2.6.30 because I had troubles with freezing my Intel GMA 945 internal graphics. Fine and everything went OK. But...

My wireless network was gone.

Here is solution:
* On http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php download driver (32, 64b according to your pc)
* carefully read http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt
* do step included in this readme

Wait, wait, wait - about 20 seconds, and my wicd recognized many wireless networks including mine :)

For autoloading of this module you need:
*

sudo mkdir /lib/modules/2.6.30-xxx/broadcomm-wlan/

*

sudo mv wl.ko /lib/modules/2.6.30-xxx/broadcomm-wlan/

* refresh modules

sudo /sbin/depmod -ae

*

sudo gedit /etc/modules

* add new line with "wl"

How automount NTFS drives in Ubuntu

It's so easy. Just list your drives with:

fdisk -l

Make folder in media(ubuntu) or mnt(other distro):

mkdir /media/winxp

And add to /etc/fstab lines like this, just change drive id(sda1):

/dev/sda1 /media/winxp ntfs nls=utf8,umask=0222 0 0

I saw an alien

I want Nintendo Wii

and enjoy game fun like this:

How use broadcomm wifi in Ubuntu

add resources in system->software sources->tab ubuntu software

sudo apt-get install build-essential
wget http://bu3sch.de/b43/fwcutter/b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
tar xjf b43-fwcutter-011.tar.bz2
cd b43-fwcutter-011
make
cd ..export FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIR=”/lib/firmware”
wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/sources/broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
tar xjf broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0.tar.bz2
cd broadcom-wl-4.80.53.0/kmod
sudo ../../b43-fwcutter-011/b43-fwcutter -w “/lib/firmware/wl_apsta.o

uninstall network-manager

sudo apt-get remove network-manager

install wicd package

reboot

in wicd is show wifi, choose encryption wpa1/2 a fill out key = password

How fix too big font in ubuntu login screen

I read many solutions, how fix too big font in ubuntu login screen on many forums. This one easy works for me:

1. Open System->Preferences->Appearance
2. Select the "Fonts" tab
3. Click the "Details" button (lower right)
4. Adjust the Resolution down to 96dpi
5. Make sure you have Subpixel (LCD) Smoothing enabled
6. Save the preferences

The change for X restart after Ctrl+Alt+BckSP was not successful, but real computer restart did it.