Saturday, January 18, 2014
How to Fix Windowless / Buttonless Windows in XFCE
If XFCE is not displaying window borders or buttons, give the following command a try:
sudo xfwm4 --replace
If this doesn't help, try this:
sudo rm -rf ~/.cache/sessions
Then restart xfce (or the system, if you prefer).
Tested on ubuntu 12.04.3
Fixing Slow Thunar in Ubuntu-based distros
If you are using XFCE on an ubuntu-based distro (e.g. Xubuntu, Linux Mint), the thunar file browser might take a very long time to load when first run. After the first run, it will probably perform normally.
To fix I found a solution online that was very simple:
Edit /usr/share/gvfs/mounts/network.mount and change the line AutoMount from true to false.
The flipside is that network drives (e.g. samba) will not auto mount. These can be accessed with the network:/// location in the left pane.
YMMV!
To fix I found a solution online that was very simple:
Edit /usr/share/gvfs/mounts/network.mount and change the line AutoMount from true to false.
The flipside is that network drives (e.g. samba) will not auto mount. These can be accessed with the network:/// location in the left pane.
YMMV!
How to Mount and Recover an encrypted home folder in Ubuntu Linux
So you've broken your linux install and can't get at your /home folder because it's encrypted? All hope is not lost.
1. Boot an ubuntu 11.04 or higher LiveCD.
2. Open a terminal and figure out where the /home folder resides (this will most likely be /dev/sda1).
3. Mount the drive - sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
4. Run sudo ecryptfs-recover-private.
You will be prompted for your passphrase.
If all goes as planned, will provide you with a mount point (e.g. /tmp/ecryptfs.YttGfdzx)
If you wish to browse the /home directory, run your file manager as superuser from the terminal prompt - for example:
gksu thunar /tmp/ecryptfs.YttGfdzx
gksu nautilus /tmp/ecryptfs.YttGfdzx
1. Boot an ubuntu 11.04 or higher LiveCD.
2. Open a terminal and figure out where the /home folder resides (this will most likely be /dev/sda1).
3. Mount the drive - sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
4. Run sudo ecryptfs-recover-private.
You will be prompted for your passphrase.
If all goes as planned, will provide you with a mount point (e.g. /tmp/ecryptfs.YttGfdzx)
If you wish to browse the /home directory, run your file manager as superuser from the terminal prompt - for example:
gksu thunar /tmp/ecryptfs.YttGfdzx
gksu nautilus /tmp/ecryptfs.YttGfdzx
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