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how to change selection color

Fred — Sun, 20 May 2012 00:37:31 +0000

Install dconf-editor

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools

open dconf and go to Path: org => gnome => desktop => interface
Find the line “gtk-color-scheme” and add this string:

bg_color:#f0f1f2;selected_bg_color:#ababab

change ababab to the hex color of your liking

tmpfs ubuntu/lubuntu/xubuntu

Fred — Mon, 07 May 2012 05:00:02 +0000

to move your logs to a ram drive edit fstab by doing : sudo nano /etc/fstab and adding the following to the end of the file: tmpfs /var/log/apt tmpfs defaults 0 0 tmpfs /var/log tmpfs defaults 0 0 tmpfs /tmp … Continue reading →

docky icons terminal thunar

Fred — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:48:09 +0000

to enable the icons of terminal and thunar in docky you should copy the .desktop files :
“Thunar.desktop” “xfce4-terminal.desktop”
from : /usr/share/applications/
to : ~/.local/share/applications

how to disable docky icon

Fred — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 14:24:25 +0000

Open terminal and paste:

To turn the icon off:
gconftool-2 --type Boolean --set /apps/docky-2/Docky/Items/DockyItem/ShowDockyItem False

To turn it back on:
gconftool-2 --type Boolean --set /apps/docky-2/Docky/Items/DockyItem/ShowDockyItem True

startup programs ubuntu/mint 11.10/12.04

Fred — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 07:22:57 +0000

open a terminal screen and paste:
sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop

now search startup aplications in your menu

linux raid degration

Fred — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:10:54 +0000

to prevent software raid degration in ubuntu change the following
in :
/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/mdadm-functions

change :
degraded_arrays() { mdadm --misc --scan --detail --test >/dev/null 2>&1 return $((! $?)) }

to :
degraded_arrays() { udevadm settle mdadm --misc --scan --detail --test >/dev/null 2>&1 return $((! $?)) }

and run :
sudo update-initramfs -u

ubuntu disk scheduler

Fred — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:57:22 +0000

to check what scheduler your disk is running assuming that your disk is sda do : cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler to change your scheduler login as root and echo the scheduler you want: sudo -i echo deadline > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler other options are … Continue reading →

overclocking 6950/6970 past ccc limits

Fred — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:55:09 +0000

to overclock your 6950/6970 past the defined ccc limits racerx made a very usefull tool.

it edits the registry keys from catalyst control center to give you higher overclock limits

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6950 2gb modded reference bios

Fred — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:42:09 +0000

the 6950 and 6970 are essentially the same cards.
so i made a bios with the 6970 shaders unlockt the normal 6950 mem timings and 1.15 volt on the gpu core (the 6950 gets 1.1 and the 6970 1.75) so i gave it 1.15 for some more overclocking headroom

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how to enable trim windows 7

Fred — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:47:13 +0000

to check if trim is enabled paste the following in to a command prompt window with administrator rights : fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify it should return 0 if it returns 1 you can enable trim by pasting: fsutil behavior set … Continue reading →