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I don't know the formal side, but it seems that Gnome has two clipboards. One is for edit-copy/paste actions and another for mouse-select to copy and middle-mouse-click to paste.
Found today solution for this thing (which is not actually problem, of course. formally): The solution is Parcellite (to install type sudo aptitude install parcellite in term).
Of course (it's opensource, dude!) program does not have any adequate docs (just a man page there, f..k...). So one more action is required: when you run it (to run Accessories->Parcellite) from tray (it has standard windows 3.11 clipboard icon for those who remember) open Preferences, change options "Use primary selection" (turn it on) and "Synchronize clipboards" (turn on). That's all, now you have only one clipboard (But lots of items in clipboard history, so when you copy-paste your password... you understand me ;-) ).
By the way, parcellite 0.9.2 has bug (ha-ha, thought opensource could be without bugs?!): you cannot change option "Items in history" to 1. It just does not save option value "1". Silently. In the best tradition of opensource geek apps. Open options again - you see default 25 there.
You can also even disable "Save history" option. But it saves multiple items anyway. Opensource, dude...

Labels: bug, clipboard, gnome, howto, opensource, problems, shit, solution, ubuntu

Today I upgraded my office workstation from Ubuntu 9.04 to 10.04. While upgrading it frozen twice, but after soft rebooting (via ssh from another computer) and using startx to get X up, then re-starting upgrade manager again, everything is ok. (I would be surprised if upgrade was without problems, 'cas it's opensource ;-). sorry. )
My theme worked ok (only the wallpaper has gone), but moving window close and min/max buttons to the left is amazingly uncomfortable. To resolve this run 'gconf-editor' from command-line, it opens gnome configuration editor, just like windows registry editor (very much like!). Then just change this key's value:

/apps/metacity/general/button_layout

to:

menu:minimize,maximize,close

Changes applies immediately after saving value.

Labels: 10.04, opensource, shit, ubuntu, upgrade, window manager

Since I started to use core2duo I always thought that my cpu temperature is around 60-70 C (which is very high for idle of all is ok with cooling system). Yesterday I converted audio (flac to aac in virtualbox's ubuntu using soundconverter and a plenty of other packages that were needed to be installed in process after decrypting lots of error messages. Don't even like to write about details. No adequate manuals or instructions, shit. Seems that lawers of RIAA tries hard to make linux community to exclude sound encoders from distribs and even partially from main repos. And seems they have luck yet.) I saw "temperature" indicator drop down to 54C.
This is a classical example of UI "mode" in terms of Raskin: I have 4 indicators on IDU panel: cpu thermal margin, ICH temp, motherboard temp, MCH temp. BUT: only last 3 are actually temp in C above 0. The first one is temp BELOW CPUs' critical temp.

Labels: cpu, interface, linux, shit, temperature, usability