Month: May 2016
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Ubuntu – Start shell script from desktop shortcut
cd /usr/share/applications sudo nano myapp.desktop [Desktop Entry] Name=MyScript Comment=Description Exec=sh -c ‘/home/USER/scripts/myscript’ && disown Icon=/home/USER/scripts/icon.png Terminal=false Type=Application StartupNotify=true Replace USER by your username For Icon, type the whole path to your image. Drag and drop your newly created shortcut to Ubuntu left menu bar.
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Vagrant issues with mounting shares. Ubuntu 16.04
If you have the following when you do vagrant up : Failed to mount folders in Linux guest. This is usually because the “vboxsf” file system is not available. Please verify that the guest additions are properly installed in the guest and can work properly. The command attempted was: mount -t vboxsf -o uid=`id -u…
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Ubuntu 16.04 – Installing epson WF-2650
Since LSB cannot be installed easily on ubuntu 16.04, drivers found on epson website is not really usable anymore. I found my answer here –> https://askubuntu.com/questions/763157/ubuntu-16-04-installing-epson-driver-fails-on-lsb-3-2/763268#763268?newreg=2a690758362a43a6ac908da5423110dc sudo apt-get install printer-driver-escpr And then simply add the printer using DNS-SD connection.