Fix: Xfce 4.10 panel no longer expands

After upgrading to Xfce 4.10 from 4.8, I noticed that the clock/notification area no longer pushed to the right edge of the panel. This is due to a change in the Window Buttons panel plugin which no longer expands to fill the available space[1]. To emulate the old behavior, add a transparent separator between the window buttons and the clock/notification area, setting its expand property. Voilla! [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfce

August 24, 2012 · 1 min · 68 words · kenno

FreeNX: Disable Persistent Session

It’s a bit unintuitive to set non-persistent session on FreeNX server. After a few attempts, here is the working settings: Edit /usr/NX/etc/node.cfg: ENABLE_PERSISTENT_SESSION=""<br /> DISABLE_PERSISTENT_SESSION="all"

August 22, 2012 · 1 min · 25 words · kenno

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

Vim backspace delete problem

In insert mode, backpace doesn’t delete characters as intended. To fix this issue, add this configuration to the .vimrc as the following: set backspace=indent,eol,start Reference: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Backspace_and_delete_problems

August 7, 2012 · 1 min · 26 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 If we only want a quick look: # pkg_info -xI If we want to see if some packages are out of date: # pkg_version -v -X -s And to check all out of date packages: # pkg_version -vL "="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