How to run programs on startup when login into GNOME - Ubuntu Tips n Tricks

How to run programs on startup when login into GNOME

• System -> Preferences -> Sessions
• Sessions

Startup Programs Tab -> Add/Edit/Delete

How to turn on Num Lock on GNOME startup - Ubuntu Tips n Tricks

How to turn on Num Lock on GNOME startup

sudo aptitude install numlockx
sudo cp /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default_backup
gksudo gedit /etc/X11/gdm/Init/Default

• Find this line

...
exit 0

• Add the following lines above it

if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
 /usr/bin/numlockx on
fi

• Save the edited file

How to restart GNOME without rebooting computer - Ubuntu Tips n Tricks

How to restart GNOME without rebooting computer

• Save and close all opened applications

Press 'Ctrl + Alt + Backspace'

or

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm restart

or

If these tips did not help read #System requests (What to do if your system is unresponsive)

How to enable smooth fonts - Ubuntu Tips n Tricks

How to enable smooth fonts

gedit ~/.fonts.conf

• Paste in this text:

<?xml version=”1.0” ?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM “fonts.dtd”>
<fontconfig>
<match target=”font”>
<edit name=”autohint” mode=”assign”>
<bool>true</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>

• You’ll have to log out and back in to see the difference.

How to enable lame for FFMPEG - Ubuntu Tips n Tricks

KINO FLVs silent? You need to recompile FFMPEG with LAME enabled. FFMPEG can be installed via apt-get as a package, but is not able encode MP3, which is the audio stream in FLV video (like Google & YouTube).

sudo apt-get build-dep ffmpeg
sudo apt-get install liblame-dev libfaad2-dev libfaac-dev libxvidcore4-dev liba52-0.7.4 \
liba52-0.7.4-dev libx264-dev checkinstall build-essential gcc

• Download and extract FFMPEG source to current working directory

sudo apt-get source ffmpeg

• Compile FFMPEG from source

cd ffmpeg-*
sudo ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-vorbis --enable-libogg \
--enable-a52 --enable-dts --enable-dc1394 --enable-libgsm --disable-debug \
--enable-mp3lame --enable-faad --enable-faac --enable-xvid --enable-pthreads \
--enable-x264

maybe try instead = 
sudo ./configure --enable-gpl --enable-pp --enable-libvorbis --enable-libogg \
--enable-liba52 --enable-libdts --enable-dc1394 --enable-libgsm --disable-debug \ 
--enable-libmp3lame --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaac --enable-xvid --enable-pthreads \
--enable-x264


sudo make
sudo checkinstall [accept defaults, set version to 3:0.cvs20060823-3.1ubuntu2]

If an application you are using employs FFMPEG to encode FLV, it should now work properly. You can also call FFMPEG directly from the command line. The extension/suffix of the outfile tells FFMPEG which audio or video format to encode to.

ffmpeg [-i infile] [outfile]