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Helpful Tips and Tricks list

#1 Post by rasat »

Tips are not often asked but useful at a certain time, or when we reinstall our system, there are small configs or addon we are repeating. After a while, we may forget, or do a time-consuming search for the solution. Please, post useful hints or your most common solutions here.
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LIST OF SOLUTION

Gnome-keyring - unlocked
Enable secure password store with gnome-keyring to avoid keyring prompt
sudo apt-get install libpam-gnome-keyring
logout and login
More info:
viewtopic.php?f=108&t=46352

antiX core hangs on boot
If you use network-manager or connman, you will need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces...
viewtopic.php?f=40&t=53818

Learn how to create a theme on GTK 3
viewtopic.php?f=93&t=56973

MX Gnome DIY setup ("respin")
viewtopic.php?f=100&t=56971

How to encrypt a single partition?
viewtopic.php?f=108&t=56800

Begin: Running /scripts/local-block ... done Loop
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=56351

Set a default user in lightdm?
In /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf go down the file until you get to:
# greeter-hide-users=false
Un-comment it, make sure the value is false.

Remove annoying debian image at boot start
Delete or rename:
/usr/share/desktop-base/futureprototype-theme/grub/

Disable scroll bars auto hide feature
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=53865&start=10#p539377

Menu fonts small in libreoffice
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-gtk3

USB wifi adapter
viewtopic.php?f=107&t=53910

Grub Customizer - How to revert when update-grub failed
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=53515

Dolphin no progress bar, thumbnails, information
viewtopic.php?f=108&t=48118

Dolphin --> single click??
viewtopic.php?f=108&t=44735&start=10#p442735

Gnome document doesn't work
sudo apt-get install tracker-miner-fs

No sound device and volume icon (Gnome)
1) sudo apt-get remove --purge pulseaudio
2) sudo rm -rf /etc/pulse
3) sudo apt-get install pulseaudio libcanberra-pulse pulseaudio-module-bluetooth
4) pulseaudio --start

AM/PM on my clock
1) Right-click on the clock in the tray and go to: "Properties".
2) Add %p to the end of the Line 1 gobble-t-gook(no space).

Install MX Linux on an Intel Mac
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=53865&p=538466#p538489

antiX19-core white-space character
In panel time apps, between hour and minutes doesn't show ":" but white-space character.
http://amurt.ro/download/antix/white-ch ... eenh-m.png
1) sudo apt-get install fonts-dejavu

Speed up draggy mouse/touchpad
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=53865&p=538466#p538569

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