Disbale Zoom in Iceweasel/Firefox

To access Iceweasel/Firefox's configuration settings, type about:config into the Awesome Bar (URL).

In about:config change:

zoom.maxPercent : 100

zoom.minPercent : 100

toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues : 1

The Original Values are:

zoom.maxPercent : 300

zoom.minPercent : 30

toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues : .3,.5,.67,.8,.9,1,1.1,1.2,1.33,1.5,1.7,2,2.4,3

In case you want to turn zoom back on.

Fix Glipper Startup Bug

Glipper is clipboardmanager for GNOME. I use it extensively when writing. The only problem is that there is a bug that crashes Glipper when loading the GNOME desktop.

Glipper starts before a service it needs, resulting in this error message:
The panel encountered a problem while loading OAFIID:Glipper....

By adding a delay to Glipper at startup we can allow all need components to load before Glipper.

in a terminal type:

sudo gedit /usr/lib/glipper/glipper

add these two lines at the top of the file to delay glipper from loading:

import time
time.sleep(8)

- if your computer is older you might have to increase the (8) to a larger number.

Your file should look very similar to this:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Glipper - Clipboardmanager for GNOME
# Copyright (C) 2007 Glipper Team
# bla bla bla
# License along with this library; if not, write to the
# Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
# Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
#

import time

time.sleep(8) 

import gobject
gobject.threads_init()
import gtk, gnomeapplet, gnome
import getopt, sys
from os.path import *

Install Skype in 64-Bit Debian Squeeze

In a terminal type:

install ia32-libs ia32-libs-gtk libqt4-core libqt4-gui

wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64

- This will install the 32-bit compatibility dependencies, download the Skype client

then:

sudo dpkg -i skype-install.deb

- this will install Skype

There is a know issue with Pulse Audio libraries crashing Skype in Debian Squeeze, use this work around:

In a terminal type:

sudo chmod a-r /usr/lib32/libpulse{-simple.so.0.0.2,.so.0.8.0,common-0.9.15.so}

Generate an xorg.conf file

In order to generate xorg.conf you need to switch to a virtual console using the key combination CTRL + ALT + F1

Now execute the following commands:
sudo service gdm stop
- This command will stop the X.

sudo Xorg -configure
- this will generate the xorg.conf file in your home folder (the the proper location)

sudo mv ~/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
- move and rename the newly created xorg file to the correct location

sudo reboot
- to reboot the machine, and allow the changes to take effect.

Install Adobe Flash 32-bit in Debian 64-bit

Flash is a bit of a pain to get setup in Debian Squeeze 64-bit. Follow these commands and you'll be youtubing and huluing in no time.

In a terminal type:
sudo apt-get -y purge flashplugin-nonfree > /dev/null;

sudo apt-get -y install fakeroot binutils nspluginwrapper ia32-libs;

sudo wget http://people.debian.org/~bartm/flashplugin-nonfree/ia32-libs-workaround-499043-squeeze.sh; sh ia32-libs-workaround-499043-squeeze.sh;

sudo rm ia32-libs-workaround-499043-squeeze.sh;

sudo dpkg -i ia32-libs-workaround-499043_0.0.1+squeeze1_amd64.deb;

sudo rm "./ia32-libs-workaround-499043_0.0.1+squeeze1_amd64.deb";

sudo wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.deb;

sudo mkdir "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin" 2> /dev/null;

sudo rm -rf "/usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree" 2> /dev/null;

sudo rm "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so" 2> /dev/null;

sudo rm "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/flashplayer.xpt" 2> /dev/null;

sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture "./install_flash_player_10_linux.deb" > /dev/null;

sudo rm "./install_flash_player_10_linux.deb";

sudo chown root:root "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so";

sudo chmod 644 "/usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so"
sudo nspluginwrapper --native --install /usr/lib/adobe-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so 2> /dev/null