iwel's e-notes about his World
Archive for May, 2009
Change Remote Desktop password from terminal
May 30th
Having installed Remote Desktop on my Ubuntu Intrepid box makes me easy to control my desktop from anywhere to work, but today when i tried to connect to my desktop,i forgot the password for it
frustated
then i try to find some answers to change remote desktop password from terminal by googling, so i found this solution for 8.04 :
- gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled false
- gconf-editor
- paste encode password from: http://www.javazoom.net/services/base64/base64.jsp
- or use:
- gconftool-2 -s -t string /desktop/gnome/remote_access/vnc_password <encode_pwd>
- or use:
- System-> preferences-> Remote Desktop
- set pwd as desired…
- manual text edit of %gconf.xml does not seem to work!
- gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/remote_access/enabled true
- verify .gconf/desktop/gnome/remote_access/%gconf.xml
Ubuntu 9.04 jaunty display problem for ATI Radeon X300
May 12th
Wanting to have the newest version of Ubuntu, i install Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty), but after installing it, my Gigabyte ATI Radeon X300 powered can get the best driver for it. Googling and crawling in the ubuntu forums seems to bring me no solution, trying to install the ATI driver from ATI website (ati-driver-installer-9-3-x86.x86_64.run) but still have no luck on it. So after 2 days giving my best effort, i gave up and install 8.10 (intrepid) on my box.
I also find out that ATI has stop supporting drivers for old VGA cards, so i think i will be more carefull on decision when buying hardwares.
After several things installed, every thing seems ok now. I have my compiz 3D desktop effect running and other effects run smoothly (at least for 3 days until today 
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I think im going back to my old habit in software, not being too updated on softwares if theres not enough information on stability or full support on my hardwares 
