After upgrading Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 17.10, I couldn’t launch Chrome by searching with the Super key (which is called Gnome Shell Search now). Not Chromium mind you, but google-chrome-stable. Even after re-installing, it wouldn’t appear in the search results despite having it’s icon on the dock like every other app. After poking around I noticed this OnlyShowIn=Unity line looked suspicious…
Tag: Ubuntu
Simple Duplicity S3 Script
Duplicity is a command line tool that performs encrypted incremental backups. It supports a variety of file locations, including Amazon S3, and comes pre-installed on several Linux distributions. Ubuntu’s backup application, Deja Dup, is a frontend for Duplicity that adds some convenient right-click functionality to the file explorer. This works well on the home directory to quickly restore previous versions…
Ubuntu 14.04 Unknown Display
I recently had trouble with my Nvidia GTX760 recognizing one of two identical monitors, both of which worked fine with a Macbook Air and DisplayLink USB adapter. The Ubuntu default Nouveau driver wouldn’t find the monitor at all, while the Nvidia 331 driver would only allow 640×480 or 800×600 resolution. Eventually I found the display log was reporting an issue…
Matt Williamson 