Tag: ubuntu
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Starting an X11 Program Remotely
Have you ever wanted to start a graphical program (X11) remotely on computer? I found myself wanting to be able to cause a program to open on the physical screen and session on a computer while I was connected to it remotely via SSH. After some searching online, I found the answer on serverfault.com. The…
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Ubuntu Dual Monitors
Setting up dual monitors in Ubuntu (Karmic) has been easy for quite awhile especially if you are using an Nvidia chipset. Using the nvidia-settings application allowed me to configure everything I needed. The problem was when I tried to save the configuration so it would persist when I rebooted. The utility said that it could…
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MySQL readline vs. editline
In the the latest version of Ubuntu (Karmic) I’ve discovered that my vi bindings have stopped working in the mysql 5.1 client. The delete key only echos a “~” (tilde) into the mysql shell and ctrl+left arrow and ctrl+right arrow produce control sequences instead of jumping by words. The problem is that in the latest…