Enabling USB headset in ubuntu 12.04

ppa:ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-audio-dev/ppa

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y

Now the usb headset is on the input and output tabs. 

Ubuntu packages tips

Create a list of installed packages

dpkg --get-selections > installed-software


Restore a list of installed packages


dpkg --set-selections < installed-software
dselect


See the installed files belonging to a packages

dpkg -L <packagename>


See packages details (versions, comments, etc)

dpkg -s <packagename>


Fix configuration failures

dpkg --configure -a

Windows 8 Drivers Development (Useful Links)

I was doing some experiments using the WDK. There are good documents to help understanding the Driver development on Windows 8 platforms.

Here are some links:

Generic links

Windows 8 WDK - Resources
Windows 8 WDK - Documentation

UMDF Drivers

Using Sensors API
UMDF Debugging
UMDFSkelleton Driver

Geolocator Driver Sample
Geolocator Sensor Sample- File list

Menu Items have no icons in Ubuntu 12.04/gnome3

Posted on 13. May 2012

from: https://blog.coffeebeans.at/?p=274

Some time ago I noticed that several programs have no icons in menus though they always had. I really didn’t like the lack of icons in eclipse so I was looking for a solution for this. I found two working solutions.

1. Install dconf-tools and run dconf-editor to set two keys to true:
   • org.gnome.desktop.interface.menus-have-icons
   • org.gnome.desktop.interface.buttons-have-icons
2. Install the gnome-tweak-tool and run it. You find the two points mentioned above under theme

Remove global menu bar in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt

To recover the bar:

sudo apt-get install appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-gtk appmenu-qt

Install gnome3 on Ubuntu 12.04

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

Here is the right way to get gnome-tweak-tool (advanced settings) to work therefore shell themes and extensions to work WITHOUT breaking your gnome shell

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/testing
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-common
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ricotz/testing
(type N and press enter at the end of the process)

http://extensions.gnome.org/

Ubuntu 12.04 - back to gnome!

from: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html

sudo su
add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/gnome3
apt-get update
apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions gnome-tweak-tool

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell