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  • If skype 4.2 doesn’t work with FreeBSD

    and if there are lot of messages similar to kernel: linux: pid 64067 (skype): linux_sys_futex: op FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI not implemented remove port /usr/ports/audio/linux-c6-pulseaudio-libs and make sure /usr/ports/audio/linux-c6-alsa-plugins-oss is installed (last one might require tweaking /compat/linux/etc/alsa/pcm/pcm-oss.conf) FreeBSD 10.2 and latest ports Some manual installation is needed (follow instruction from here) – short: # pkg install linux-c6-pulseaudio-libs# cd…

  • Manually trusting certificate in Chromium

    To manually trust single certificate do certutil -A -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -t P -n description -i cert_fileTo add new trusted CA do certutil -A -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -t CT -n description -i cert_file

  • How to type unicode character in GNOME (using its code)

    Do CTRL + SHIFT + u then type its code and press enter when done.

  • Changing file associations from command line

    It can be done from command line using xdg-mime – might be useful if weird programs are started xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directoryThese associations are kept in /usr/local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache, ~/.local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache, maybe also some other mime* file in those directories

  • Discovering include paths for clang++

    It can be done using command clang++ -v -xc++ –

  • Enabling/disabling menu icons in GNOME

    It can be enabled with gconftool-2 –type bool –set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons trueand disabled (quite surprisingly) with: gconftool-2 –type bool –set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons false