KDE Desktop Shell Scripting Console

I keep forgetting how to run Desktop Shell Scripting Console. So here it is, something just to remind myself: Alt + F2 Type desktop console and hit the enter key Wanna learn more what this tool’s for? Head to KDE System Administration/PlasmaDesktopScripting.

August 16, 2012 · 1 min · 42 words · kenno

FreeBSD: How to check version of installed packages

# pkg_version -v Running pkg_version -v could take a while. If we only want a quick look: # pkg_info -xI If we want to see if some packages are out of date: # pkg_version -v -X -s And to check all out of date packages: # pkg_version -vL "="

August 1, 2012 · 1 min · 49 words · kenno

Installing FreeBSD 9 source

Well, I need FreebSD 9 source to compile fusefs-kmod, which is required by gvfs, which’s in turn required by xfce. A lot of people recommend to use sysinstall to add the so called userland sources. sysinstall -> Configure -> Distribution -> src However, it didn’t work!! Thanks to wblock@[1] who pointed out that “sysinstall is mostly dead” and suggested a few ways to get the sources to your system. One of them is:...

July 29, 2012 · 1 min · 104 words · kenno

Change cursor theme in Xfce on Freebsd

Install the preferred cursor theme. I personally like dmz-cursor-theme. # pkg_add -r cursor-dmz-theme Then, Applications Menu -> Settings -> Mouse. Click on Theme tab, select the preferred theme and click Close. Log out of the current Xfce session, then log back in.

July 26, 2012 · 1 min · 42 words · kenno

KDE4 System-wide Force Font DPI Setting

Recently, while setting up a Kubuntu Linux terminal server using freenx, I’ve got an issue with the font display being too small. A quick check in Font settings (Applications -> Settings -> System Settings -> Fonts) showed that the “Force fonts DPI” was set to Disabled. To correct this per user, it’s as easy as to select the 96 DPI from the drop down menu, logout and log back in. However, if we want to apply this setting to all users, there’s a bit of more work....

July 22, 2012 · 1 min · 120 words · kenno