Miscellaneous Ubuntu links

• To upgrade to the next version: update current version; install update-manager and run update-manager -d
• lifehacker.com/…ubuntu-desktop
• www.workswithu.com/…ifications
• Fixing the CTRL-ALT-Bksp prob: linuxowns.wordpress.com/…ances
• Useful links on setting up a server for Drupal: www.drupalcoder.com/…pal-sites

• to get back old scrollbars: gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
• or sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar liboverlay-scrollbar-0.2-0 liboverlay-scrollbar3-0.2-0
• Gedit external plugins fail to load: askubuntu.com/…-failed-to-load
• Constant “System program problem detected” popup error messages, linked to apport:
  edit /etc/default/apport and set enabled=0
• When apt-get gets stuck, then there are two commands to free it:
  apt-get -f install
  dpkg --configure -a

Installing hplip

apt-get install hplig hplip-gui simple-scan
hp-setup #might have to manually tell it the ip-address of the printer

• Prints only half of the last page

lpstat -p #find name of printer
lpadmin -p <printer> -o usb-unidir-default=true

• if constantly “waiting for printer”, try going through the “modify” wizard in cups
• gutenprint: correct with offset-> 5mm down 1.7mm, print to edges and crop to fit.