One screen/Dual screen

I bought a second monitor

In order to create an icon that tells linux to use one or two monitors I did the following:

In the System Settings I adjusted the configuration that I wanted for one monitor. Then in the console I wrote:

$ autorandr --save solo-pantalla-lg

then I created an icon with the command:

$ autorandr --load solo-pantalla-lg

Repeat in order to activate both monitors:

$ autorandr --save doble-pantalla

$ autorandr --load doble-pantalla

USB WIFI Antenna RTL8812AU 802.11n WLAN Adapter

In order to make my "USB WIFI Antenna RTL8812AU 802.11n WLAN Adapter" work under Linux Mint 17.3, and Kubuntu 19.10 I had to install its drivers.

Just do the following:

Check if it is recognized:

(base) daalvarez@heimdall:~ > lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 0458:0186 KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 045e:00db Microsoft Corp. Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 V1.0
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8812 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8812AU 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WLAN Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Then download the source code of the driver and compile it:

git clone https://github.com/gnab/rtl8812au.git

Follow the steps in the README.md including the DKMS commands, so that it automatically adapts when there is a linux kernel update.



Finally, reboot the computer.

Meld in Linux Mint 18.2 shows text in Chinese

I solved it writing in .bashrc:

# estas dos lineas son para que el meld funcione bien
export GIO_EXTRA_MODULES=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gio/modules/
gsettings set org.gnome.meld detect-encodings "['iso8859-15','utf8']"

Installing Linux Mint 18.2

Firefox 52+ does not work with ALSA, therefore you must install PulseAudio:

sudo apt install pulseaudio pavucontrol

and then activate my bose speakers using the PulseAudio Volume Control from the main menu.


Install the following libraries (sudo apt-get install):
qml-module-org-kde-kholidays  (this is for the holidays in the calendar)
gnome-themes-standard          (prevents warning with wxmaxima)
plasma-widget-cwp
plasma-widget-weatherforecast (widget weather forecast... cities)


Otros programas a installar
lha
rpm
rsibreak (workrave does not work)
texstudio (descargar desde página oficial)
google earth (descargar desde página oficial)
acrobat reader (.deb)

Después de instalar MATLAB, instale
matlab-support


Login Manager (greeter)
sddm is the default login manager in Linux Mint 18.2
It is really ugly, and I really like mdm, the default in LM 17.3
Therefore, install mdm and select it as the login manager
Remove sddm, sddm-theme*, kde-config-sddm


In order to remove the
[FAILED] Failed to start braille device support
error, remove brltty

Inkscape 0.46 in Linux Mint 17

I like to use psfrag + Inkscape to create my LaTeX plots,

However, I use inkscape 0.46, because this does not have a bug with the rendering of the text.

I use wine + inkscape 0.46

However when running I get this error:

(inkscape.exe:8): Pango-WARNING **: All font fallbacks failed!!!!

I solved it by installing the fonts with:

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

Moviendome a ASSEMBLA

Lo hice con el comando:

svn relocate https://free1.projectlocker.com/diegoandresalvarez/LaTeX/svn/libro_solidos https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/libro-solidos/libro_solidos


login: diegoandresalvarez
pass: N...

Backup of SVN repository

In order to backup my projectlocker repository I did the following:

svnrdump dump https://free1.projectlocker.com/diegoandresalvarez/LaTeX/svn > backup_libro_solidos.dump

This creates a dump file of the content of an entire repository. This dump file can then be loaded into a new repository (using ‘svnadmin load’) as required.