https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/ 2026-05-06T01:03:28+00:00 https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/ https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2022-10-11T13:46:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/a-stop-job-is-running-for-user-manager-for-uid-1000-at-shutdown A stop job is running for User Manager for UID 1000 at shut down Scenario I have this problem on Debian 11 (Bullseye) + Mate. At shutdown, sometimes this problem prevents my computer to shut down immediately and I have to wait for 90s or more. What I've tried text/html 2022-10-31T14:16:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/advanced-mate-menu-favourites-cant-be-rearranged Advanced Mate Menu: favourites cannot be reordered In previous versions you could move icons simply dragging them around in the favourites menu. On the contrary, in recent versions the icons are unmovable. First workaround The first workaround is to rearrange them from text/html 2014-09-12T12:40:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/cd-dvd-hash-without-iso How to md5sum a cd/dvd without the ISO Scenario You want to backup something or you have to burn a directory on a cd/dvd and you want to create a md5 checksum to save on the same medium. Problem You try to use md5sum utility but it allow only 1 file at a time so you can't use on a CD/DVD unless you create an ISO for this only purpose! text/html 2020-06-04T17:59:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/check-when-dns-change-ip Check when a domain change ip (useful during domain transfer) This article has been moved here: Check DNS propagation (useful during domain transfer) text/html 2014-09-03T15:56:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/eth2-and-dead-lan-after-disk-cloning eth2 and dead lan after a disk cloning Scenario You clone a disc and installing it on another computer: * The network doesn't work * A new eth2 appear in the list of network connections This happens because on the second computer the nic has a different mac, so, the old nic is retained and a new one is added. text/html 2014-09-03T15:58:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/euro-and-pound-symbols-on-linux Euro and pound symbols on Linux Are you are using a US Keyboard and you wonder how can you write down the euro or pound symbol? Easy peasy... once you know how. The compose key First of all we need to know what key is the compose key in our distro. Generally is the right text/html 2014-11-03T14:18:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/libreoffice-not-skinned-in-xfce Libreoffice not skinned in XFCE Scenario Libreoffice has different bars or colors compared to the chosen XFCE theme. Solution Install libreoffice-gtk because it's not among it's dependencies but it is really required for this reason. So a simple text/html 2023-10-09T13:30:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/lower-load-unload-hdd-cycles Reduce hard drive load/unload cycles In case with smartctl you notice that the load/unload cycles counter increases very rapidly, there is a way to decrease that with hdparm. E.g. for sda: sudo hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda This setting is retained after at reboot. text/html 2016-02-15T15:35:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/mint-13-maya-lts-dvd-with-latest-updates Linux Mint 13 Maya (LTS) Mate with latest updates I've always preferred stable distros with a long term support than shiny, disposable ones you need to reinstall every 6 months. For this reason (and many others against Debian/Ubuntu/Mint LMDE, etc.) I use Mint Maya on my workstation. text/html 2015-08-04T11:05:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/mint-13-virtualbox-crashes-xorg-clicking-settings Virtualbox on Mint 13 crashes xorg clicking settings Trying to enter the settings of any VM causes an incredible, horrible crash that rivals Windows LOL. It doesn't matter which version of Virtualbox you use. The problem is not Mint nor Virtualbox, but the NVidia driver that remains unused even after the installation using the tool text/html 2020-08-17T18:00:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/mint-19-is-slow-mate-xfce Linux Mint 19 is slow, both Mate and XFCE I've tested the latest Mint 19 (Tara) and the results are not good at all. More than Tara I would have called it Mint Vista. :-D In the last 12 mont Mint 18 has lost the first position on Distrowatch, now owned by Manjaro, but I suppose that, with Mint 19, this is going to get even worse since Mint 19 brings basically nothing interesting accompanied by a huge penalty in performance. text/html 2014-09-03T16:07:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/mint-mate-edit-menu-not-working Mint Mate Edit menu doesn't work Scenario You try to edit the Mate menu but nothing happens, trying both from the control center and with right click on the menu button. Solution The problem lies in the ~/.config/menu that for some reasons change ownership to root. You only have to reverse the permission to the normal user text/html 2014-09-09T08:22:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/mint-start-in-safe-mode Mint: start in safe mode (recovery) Linux Mint start in recovery mode (also said safe mode) by holding SHIFT down during the boot. If for some reason that wouldn't work try pressing repeatedly ESC. text/html 2014-10-02T13:36:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/open-url-files-by-a-click Open .url files by a click If you have lots of links/bookmarks in the form of Windows files .URL and you want to reuse them on Linux, it only takes a bunch of seconds. Create an empty file, e.g. openurl.sh and put these 2 lines into it #!/bin/bash sed 's/^BASEURL=/URL=/' "$1" | grep -m 1 '^URL=' | sed 's/^URL=//' | sed 's/\r//' | xargs xdg-open text/html 2025-01-29T16:00:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/remove-foreign-fonts-from-debian-ubuntu Remove foreign fonts from Debian, Ubuntu and derivatives To get rid of tons of asian, arabic, oriental fonts takes ages by hand. This script I've made for my Debian 10, removes: * All non english fonts * All the Libreoffice help files except those indicated in the variable KEEP text/html 2020-12-19T17:01:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/remove-foreign-fonts-get-rid-asian-oriental-fonts Remove foreign fonts: get rid of oriental/asian fonts from Mint/Ubuntu I personally don't need hundreds of indian regional fonts, japanese and many other oriental fonts for languages I've never heard of. How to clean the system removing all the useless fonts? text/html 2020-06-04T18:15:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/start Linux Tips and tricks about Linux operating system. Now include the section Bash ---------- Table of contents linux index text/html 2014-10-31T16:02:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.riksoft.it/wikiriks/linux/ubuntu-software-center-unreadable Ubuntu software center unreadable Scenario You change the theme (typically black) and the text in the Ubuntu software centre (in my case under Xubuntu) turns to be no more visible or readable only when selected. The problem comes from text having the same background of the inside of that window.