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From bug #195982 : VMware Workstation's keyboard mapping is imperfect, sometimes resulting in certain keys stopping functionality when running under VMware Workstation, requiring the user to setup their configuration settings manually in VMware Workstation. For a detailed explanation see the following article: http:// www.vmware. com/support/ ws55/doc/ ws_devices_ keymap_ linux_longer. html WORKAROUND: After this happens to recover your keyboard execute 'setxkbmap' in a terminal

From a bug posting : I've been fighting this with Hardy and the references here made me dig a bit more and found this: $ gconftool-2 -Tg /apps/gnome- power-manager/ backlight/ idle_dim_ time 30 int This basically tells GPM that "idle" means 30 seconds. So, I did this: $ gconftool-2 -s /apps/gnome- power-manager/ backlight/ idle_dim_ time 120 -t int If my calculations are correct, that should increase the delay before the screen dims down to 2 minutes. As for what "activity" means, I have found that moving the mouse and typing equally triggers GPM to bring up full brightness. I think a long term solution to this issue is to put a slider into Power Management Preferences screen to allow this to be customized without tinkering with gconf. I always saw people's iBooks dimming down to save power and I'm glad it is now supported here -- just needs to be fleshed out a bit more. Couldn't agree more with the RFE in the last para.

I'm adding this to my list of bugs I hope they fix soon. Easiest way to get Bluetooth Audio I've found so far: 1. Follow these instructions up to step 9. 2. Follow these instructions after that. Here's the text (sort of) for each: #1: First we need to add the Blueman Project’s PPA to your Ubuntu Jaunty installation. Open a terminal and type in: $ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blueman.list You will be presented with a blank text editor. Type or copy & paste the following lines in: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/blueman/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main Save your changes and exit the editor. Now update your package lists with: $ sudo apt-get update At the end you will see a NO_PUBKEY error because your setup does not yet have the GPG key for the Blueman repository to authenticate the packages with. To fix this, import the key with: $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 6B15AB91951DC1E2...

Just tried sending some pics to my laptop from the phone and couldn't get the connection to work. Will investigate and post the results as soon as possible. *EDIT: I can now send/receive pictures/video from my phone but I can't browse files on the phone. To get it working, I installed gnome-user-share, then open System -> Preferences -> Personal File Sharing and set the option to receive files over bluetooth. This information was found here . The browsing thing seems to have something to do with lack of support of OBEX, either by jaunty or the phone. Enabling obexftp should solve it, but I've installed the following without any improvement: obextool obexfs obexpushd obexftp gnome-vfs-obexftp Will keep searching...

Since switching to Ubuntu, I've been using the Terminal Services Client program (Applications->Internet->Terminal Services Client) to connect to my work VM which is hosted on a VMware ESX 3.5 u3 server. I used that VM prior to upgrading to Ubuntu (yes, it is an upgrade) and essentially used my laptop, as far as work was concerned, as a thin client. One thing that always annoyed me was that the "full screen" option was just that - complete and total full screen! Ubuntu was washed completely from view and I was stuck in the land of dual-monitored ultra-Windows. If I hadn't installed an app on my remote VM called MaxTo , I would have had serious problems effectively using both monitors (hitting maximize would expand the windows to fill the entire desktop area of both monitors). However, at least with MaxTo installed, I could get my work done. Even so, I still found hitting CTRL-ALT-ENTER each time I wanted to go back to my real desktop a bit annoying. I mean, ...

This is kind of funny. I decided to let my machine upgrade from Intrepid Ibex (8.10) to Jaunty Jackalope (9.04) while I was in meetings all morning on Thursday. Great idea, I thought - let my machine toil away while I was away. And I was right (for the most part). I came back to a fresh, shiny new OS with better support for my machine than previously. At work, it was an awesome new user experience with all kinds of improvements over Intrepid and since I've only been using Intrepid for a couple of weeks, THOUSANDS of improvements over my previous installation of Windows XP. However, I had driven to work yesterday and hadn't had the normal 2 hours of bus riding to test out all the multimedia stuff. Today I did and ran into a serious problem. No support for playing back mkv, avi, mp4 or other video formats in Totem or VLC! When I went to launch the video, the program would crash with something similar to this error (reposted from another user with the same issue since I...

Getting the Hardware Working (was valid for 8.10, may need updated for 9.04): BluetoothAudio - Community Ubuntu Documentation Installing Workstation on Ubuntu Multi touch for any,all synaptics touchpad | ubuntu snippets *OFFICIAL* Broadcom Linux driver BCM4312 | You’re Special, Just Like Everybody Else. Ubuntu on dell d430 BluetoothHeadset - PulseAudio Fixes & System-Wide Equalizer Support... Setup this before attempting to connect your bluetooth headset. BluetoothHeadset - Community Ubuntu Documentation Combine these instructions with the info for getting the Pulse Audio Server working. Once you do this, everything except VLC works perfectly with Bluetooth Headphones. Very cool. BluetoothHeadset - Troubleshooting Play and Rip DVDs with Ubuntu Linux KVM on Ubuntu: Install with mouse, keyboard directly attached, reboot, hookup KVM HOWTO: setup all 12 buttons on your Logitech MX1000 - Ubuntu Forums Installing Windows Application Under Wine - Make Tech Easier Touchpad - 2nd...