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Install Unity on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick

Ryan — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:47:54 +0000

In contrast to GNOME 3′s Gnome Shell, Unity is Ubuntu’s take on the next generation of the desktop. In a previous article I went into detail on to install Gnome Shell in Ubuntu 10.10, now its time to do the same for Unity.

There are a couple options to try unity on 10.10. The somewhat outdated Unity package in the repositories, and the latest daily build of the 2D Unity which lacks hardware acceleration. Unfortunately if you want the latest 3D accelerated version you will have to upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty.

Install the Older Unity from the Repository

The version of Unity included the the default Ubuntu 10.10 repository is 0.2.46. This is a fairly outdated version but it is easy to install and it will give you a good idea of what to expect when the new version is released for Ubuntu 11.04 Natty.

$ sudo apt-get install unity

Install the Daily Build of 2D Unity

You can also install the low-resource Unity 2D back ported from 11.04. This is the daily build so are getting the bleeding edge developmental version with all the latest features. The only real difference between this version and the normal 3D accelerated version is the lack of 3D eye candy.

To install you need to add the Personal Package Archive (PPA) and install Unity 2D.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unity-2d-team/unity-2d-daily $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install unity-qt-default-settings

You can then change your default login session to use Unity instead of Gnome. Go to System > Administration > Login Screen and select Unity. Logout and log back in and enjoy the Unity Desktop.

Install Google Earth in Ubuntu

Ryan — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:20:11 +0000

Installing Google Earth is relatively straight forward. Download the Ubuntu/Debian package from Google, then click on the package to install it. Unfortunately when you attempt to run the program you may be hit with the following error.

/usr/bin/google-earth: 43: ./googleearth-bin: not found

This occurs because Google Earth has a dependency on /lib/ld-lsb.so.3, and unless this library is installed it won’t run. To correct this problem you will need to install the lsb-core package.

$ sudo apt-get install lsb-core

Install GNOME Shell in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick

Ryan — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:46:32 +0000

GNOME Shell is a component of GNOME 3.0 which is the next generation of the GNOME Desktop Environment scheduled for release in April 2011. With the release fast approaching you may be eager to give it a try on your current Ubuntu 10.10 installation.

There are currently two ways to install GNOME Shell. The easiest method is to install the gnome-shell package in the Ubuntu repository. Unfortunately the latest version supported in Ubuntu 10.10 is 2.32 which will give you a good taste of what to expect, but is outdated compared with the latest development releases (2.91.x series will become the official 3.0 stable release). The second method is to build from source. This will give you the latest version but is slightly more complex. If you are comfortable with the command line it shouldn’t be too much of a hassle.

Method 1: Install Old (2.32) Version from the Repository

GNOME Shell is in the Ubuntu repositories by default, simply install it with apt-get. Unfortunately this will give you the outdated 2.32 version.
$ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

Alternatively you can install the gnome-shell package from the Ubuntu Software Center.

Method 2: Build Latest (3.X) Version from Source

The following steps will give you the latest bleeding edge version of GNOME 3. This will NOT break your current GNOME 2 installation, but simply install GNOME 3 and its dependencies along side your current packages. You will be free to switch between GNOME 2 and 3 at will.

1) Install Dependencies

Run this command to install the GNOME Shell dependencies.
$ sudo apt-get install curl libtiff4-dev libgstreamer0.10-dev libcroco3-dev xulrunner-dev mesa-utils mesa-common-dev libreadline5-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libwnck-dev librsvg2-dev libgnome-desktop-dev libgnome-menu-dev libffi-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgconf2-dev libdbus-glib-1-dev gtk-doc-tools gnome-common git-core flex bison automake build-essential icon-naming-utils autopoint libvorbis-dev libpam-dev libgcrypt-dev libtasn1-dev libtasn1-3-bin libgnome-keyring-dev libupower-glib-dev libxklavier16 libxklavier-dev xserver-xephyr python-dev libpulse-dev libjasper-dev jhbuild libgtop2-dev libsqlite3-dev libproxy-dev libdb-dev libproxy-dev libcups2-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev

2) Download the Source

Get the script to setup your jhbuild environment.
$ wget http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/plain/tools/build/gnome-shell-build-setup.sh

Make the script executable.
$ chmod +x gnome-shell-build-setup.sh

Execute the script. This will install jhbuild.
$ ./gnome-shell-build-setup.sh

3) Build GNOME 3

This command will download the latest source code and build GNOME 3. GNOME Shell includes 40+ packages that need to be downloaded and built. This can take a significant amount of time to complete so be patient.
$ jhbuild build

4) Keep GNOME 3 Up to Date

You are running the bleeding edge version of GNOME 3 and because of this the code in the git repositories will be constantly changing. To test the latest changes after your initial insallation simply run the following command. This automatically update your local copy of the source code and rebuild if there are any changes to GNOME 3 package or its dependencies.

$ jhbuild build

Starting GNOME Shell

Alt+F2 and enter:
$ ~/gnome-shell/install/bin/gnome-shell –-replace

Stopping GNOME Shell

To exit and return to your default Gnome 2 hit Alt+F2 and enter:
debugexit

Troubleshooting

If you are using an NVIDIA graphics card and are having problems with speed.
Fix Slow Animations in GNOME Shell for NVIDIA Graphics Cards

This guide will walk you through the steps necessary to download the source code and build the GNOME 3 package. It is helpful if you run into any problems.
Build GNOME Shell

Remove the envelope icon from the Gnome indicator applet

Ryan — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:09:31 +0000

In Ubuntu it can be difficult to customize the indicator applet which by default contains the sound, battery, Bluetooth, and empathy icons.

If you don’t use empathy and want to remove the icon there is no simple option to change. Since this is a default indicator icon you must completely remove the indicator-messages package to make it disappear.

$ sudo apt-get purge indicator-messages

Once you have removed the package you can log out and back into your account to see the changes take effect. Alternatively you can remove the indicator-applet and then add it back to the Gnome panel.

Add new fonts to your Ubuntu system

Ryan — Tue, 18 May 2010 06:40:03 +0000

Whether you work with the GIMP to create graphical content, OpenOffice to write documents, or anything in between, chances are that you will need to supplement the basic installed fonts on your Ubuntu system. There are a couple ways to go about this. If you don’t alrady have a font to install you can use Synatcic or apt to search for and install one.

Open System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager and do a search for ttf. This is the TrueType file extension but it can also be used for other types such as FreeType. This should net you a ton of useful fonts results to install.

Alternatively you can use apt.
sudo apt-cache search ttf sudo apt-get install <font package name>

A wide variety of fonts can also be found across the internet from various sources. If you downloaded a specific font, or have a collection of fonts you would like to install, follow these steps.

If you want the font available to only your user.

Make a “.fonts” directory within your home directory.
mkdir ~/.fonts
Copy your font(s) to this directory.
cp font.ttf ~/.fonts

If you want to make the font accessible to all users.

The system fonts are stored in /usr/share/fonts, make a sub-directory within this for your personal fonts.
sudo chmod mkdir /usr/share/fonts/myfonts
Copy all your fonts to this directory.
sudo cp <font-name.ttf> /usr/share/fonts/myfonts
Change the permissions on the files so the system can use them.
sudo chmod -R 755 /usr/share/fonts/myfonts/*
Now update the system cache.
sudo fc-update -fv

Your fonts should now be available to all your programs. If a program was open while you were installing a font you may have to restart it in order to access the new fonts.

How to fix unresponsive Flash player on Ubuntu

Ryan — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:40:28 +0000

For a long while going back to Ubuntu 9.04, 9.10, and even the latest 10.4 lucid, there has been a nagging issue with the Adobe Flash player being unresponsive to mouse clicks. This bug stops you from interacting with Flash buttons or controls for example those in video players or games which is obviously very frustrating. Being such a high profile issue which affects many users it’s amazing that it has taken this long come up with a fix.

Here is the official bug on launchpad which concerns the flashplugin-nonfree package and mentions a couple workarounds.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/410407

So here is the bug and workarounds.

For example on youtube, whilst it recognises my mouse moving over various buttons, actual mouse clicks are not recognised. I can navigate using ‘tab’ but this is very painful. I can also right click. The problem doesn’t occur with other flash players, e.g. swfdec-mozilla.

WORKAROUND 1: Disable compiz
WORKAROUND 2: Remove flashplugin-nonfree / flashplugin-installer and install from adobe
WORKAROUND 3: Open a terminal and enter:

gksudo gedit /usr/lib/nspluginwrapper/i386/linux/npviewer

Then add: export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 before the last line of text

Note: Chrome & Chromium are now working fine without workaround

These workaround’s have been verified to work for some users. We don’t need verification of whether or not they work for you.

To my knowledge it is still unclear what the underlying cause of this issue really is. But these workarounds are your best shot at resolving the issue until an official fix is released. The last workaround is the easiest and has the least impact on your system so I would give that a try first, it worked for myself.

Install Boxee on 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

Ryan — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:33:12 +0000

Installing Boxee turns your computer into an incredible HTPC. These instructions will help you get it up and running on Ubuntu.

Update:
Boxee has recently made the latest version (9.20) of their software available for Ubuntu 64 and 32-bit. If you are installing this new version simply download the deb package off their website directly and install it.

The instructions below pertain to older Boxee versions < 9.20

Start by downloading the repository off the website. Since the 32-bit repository is the only one available simply adding it to your sources.list will not work.

$ wget http://apt.boxee.tv/dists/jaunty/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz

Find the latest version of Boxee in the repository.

$ zcat Packages.gz | grep Filename

Filename: ./dists/intrepid/main/binary-i386/boxee-0.9.6.4578.intrepid.deb
Filename: ./dists/intrepid/main/binary-i386/boxee-0.9.7.4826.intrepid.deb
Filename: ./dists/intrepid/test/binary-i386/boxee-0.9.11.5777.deb
Filename: ./dists/intrepid/test/binary-i386/boxee-0.9.12.6570.deb
Filename: ./dists/intrepid/test/binary-i386/boxee-0.9.13.6684.deb
Filename: ./dists/intrepid/test/binary-i386/boxee-0.9.14.6795.deb
Filename: ./dists/intrepid/test/binary-i386/boxee-0.9.14.6992.deb

Download the latest version.

$ wget http://apt.boxee.tv/dists/intrepid/test/binary-i386/boxee-0.9.14.6992.deb

Install the package, since your system is 64-bit and you are installing a 32-bit package you will see that your system is missing some required libraries.

$ sudo dpkg -i --force-all boxee-0.9.14.6992.deb

dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
 package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
Selecting previously deselected package boxee.
(Reading database ... 144498 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking boxee (from boxee-0.9.14.6992.deb) ...
dpkg: boxee: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
 boxee depends on liblzo1; however:
  Package liblzo1 is not installed.
 boxee depends on libfaad-dev; however:
  Package libfaad-dev is not installed.
 boxee depends on libxmlrpc-c3; however:
  Package libxmlrpc-c3 is not installed.
 boxee depends on libdirectfb-1.0-0; however:
  Package libdirectfb-1.0-0 is not installed.
 boxee depends on libkrb53; however:
  Package libkrb53 is not installed.
 boxee depends on xsel; however:
  Package xsel is not installed.
Setting up boxee (0.9.14.6992)

To fix these dependency problems download the getlibs package and install it.

$ wget http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/getlibs-all.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i getlibs-all.deb

Now resolve those missing libraries.

$ getlibs /opt/boxee/Boxee

libfaac.so.0: libfaac0
libhal-storage.so.1: libhal-storage1
libjasper.so.1: libjasper1
libenca.so.0: libenca0
No match for liblzo.so.1
libmysqlclient.so.15: libmysqlclient15off
libfribidi.so.0: libfribidi0
libGLEW.so.1.5: libglew1.5
The following i386 packages will be installed:
libenca0
libfaac0
libfribidi0
libglew1.5
libhal-storage1
libjasper1
libmysqlclient15off
Continue [Y/n]? y
Downloading ...
Installing libraries ...

Install the lib32nss-mdns library.

$ sudo apt-get install lib32nss-mdns

You also need to manually install the liblzo library which is no longer available in the 9.10 release.

$ wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/lzo/liblzo1_1.08-3_i386.deb
$ getlibs -i liblzo1_1.08-3_i386.deb

You should now be able to launch Boxee normally, enjoy!

Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on the Dell Zino HD

Ryan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:46:24 +0000

The Dell Inspiron Zino HD is the perfect machine if you are looking to build an Ubuntu Linux based HTPC. At the time of this post the Zino can be purchased with either Windows 7 or Ubuntu linux 9.04. I decided to go with Windows 7 and install Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit karmic on my own in a dual boot configuration. This article will cover all the steps necessary to get Ubuntu up and running.

The easiest way to setup a dual boot configuration is to reinstall Windows 7 first with the included OS DVD and then Ubuntu second. When installing Windows 7 make sure to leave space for your Ubuntu installation. Repartition the drive so that Windows 7 only uses a small chuck and leave the rest of the space unallocated. The good thing about reinstalling Windows is that it gets rid of all the extra 3rd party junk that comes preinstalled.

You can install Ubuntu through the HDMI but on some TVs the HDMI port may display incorrectly until the ATI drivers are correctly installed. If this occurs to you switch over the the VGA port until you have completed the installation.

The only other pitfall of this installation is that the default Ubuntu installation doesn’t recognize the wireless card (in my build it was the Broadcom wireless b/g card). All this means is that you need to have the wired ethernet connection until you update the system and download the appropriate wireless driver.

Once you have completed the initial installation and made sure you have a working network connection you should update your system.

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Next you need to find and install your hardware drivers. Go here:
System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers

It should find the Broadcom STA wireless driver for your wireless, and the FGLRX ATI/AMD driver for your video card. Download and activate both of them. You should now be able to connect with wireless and use the HDMI port if you experienced display issues with it during the installation.

If your display resolution if incorrect. Go here:
System -> Administration -> Display

Configure your sound to work over HDMI. Go here:
System -> Administration -> Sound

In the Output tab select HDMI. You can go to the Sound Effects tab and select a sound to test that it works.

You should now a fully functional system up and running with Ubuntu, but you may want to install some packages that will make your make your life easier. Here are my suggestions:

ubuntu-restricted-formats
ssh
nfs-common
sshfs
vim

mythtv
boxee
xbmc

Enjoy your new Zino HTPC!

Install Linux development man pages in Ubuntu

Ryan — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:53:15 +0000

By default Ubuntu doesn’t install the manual pages used for Linux software development which is an invaluable reference for any system developer. These man pages describe the Linux programming interface including Linux system calls as well as system library calls.

To install these man pages simply install the manpages-dev package.

$ sudo apt-get install manpages-dev

You can also install the POSIX specific interfaces by installing the manpages-posix-dev package.

$ sudo apt-get install manpages-posix-dev

Setup the PS3 Bluetooth Controller on Ubuntu

Ryan — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:25:49 +0000

The PS3 Sixaxis and DualShock3 bluetooth controllers are a great for gaming on your PS3 but will work just as well under Linux. With this guide you will be able to configure them to work on your Ubuntu Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) PC in USB as well as wireless bluetooth mode.

There are a variety of solutions out there but they are either overly complex, or because of the ever changing state of Linux bluetooth support, they are somewhat outdated. The advantage of this solution is that it is simple, and requires only slight modification to the default versions of the bluez-utils packages (bluez-4.12). This minimizes possible conflicts and eliminates unneeded configuration.

This guide specifically covers Ubuntu Linux 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) but I’m sure similar steps can be taken for other distributions.

Fix blue tinted video in Ubuntu

Ryan — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:20:05 +0000

A strange issue has been identified in Ubuntu where video takes on a blue colored tint. Other descriptions of the problem include inverted colors, blue skin tones, or distorted video hues. The problems have been reproduced with Totem (Gstreamer), Totem (Xine), Mplayer, as well as VLC and other players.

The common theme with this bug seems to be the use of the Nvidia closed source drivers.

Update 3/11/2011: The problem has been isolated to the interaction between the proprietary NVIDIA driver and the X video extension. The fix should now restore correct video color to all players.

Here is an example showing the blue tint problem.

There are 3 fixes you can try. I have listed them from best to worst.

Fix 1: Install the recomended NVIDIA drivers

Change to the recommended drivers.

System -> Administration -> Additional Drivers

You should have 2 proprietary drivers available. Choose the recommended driver which should be your second option. Restart your system and you should be good to go!

Fix 2: Create a custom setting in gstreamer-properties

Make a change to gstreamer-properties.

Open gstreamer-properties from within a terminal.

$ gstreamer-properties

Now click on the Video tab. From the Plugin dropdown box select Custom. Finally add the following line to the Pipeline box.

videobalance hue=-1 ! autovideosink

The window should look like this.

Fix 3: Turn off Xv optimizations

This is basically your last resort. This will fix your issues for all video players but will result in higher CPU utilization.

Make a change to gstreamer-properties.

Open gstreamer-properties from within a terminal.

$ gstreamer-properties

Now click on the Video tab. From the Plugin dropdown box select X Window System (No Xv).

Enable HDMI output on Dell XPS M1530/M1330 with Ubuntu

Ryan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:45:15 +0000

Hardware support in Linux, specifically Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) for the Dell XPS M1530 and M1330 is very impressive. However in certain cases the process is not as straight forward as it could be, and it takes a bit of tinkering in order to get it to work. In this article I will go through how to enable audio and video through the HDMI output.

The first step is making sure that the HDMI cable is connected between the computer and external monitor, HDTV, etc.

Video Support

To enable the video you need to go to your NVIDIA X Server Settings manager. This of course assumes you are using the NVIDIA driver on your system.

System -> Administration -> NVIDIA X Server Settings

Select the X Server Display Configuration. Click the Detect Displays button and you external monitor should be displayed. Click on the external screen so that it becomes selected and click the Configure button and select the TwinView option.

Once this monitor is enabled a Position dropdown box should appear. It is best in most cases to select Clones.The screen output will be duplicated on both devices.

Select the Apply button for these changes to take effect.

If your external monitor has a lower resolution than your laptop screen it may help to disable the laptop screen so that maximized video won’t go beyond the borders of your external monitor. To do this click the laptop screen so that it becomes selected, click the Configure button, and select Disabled.

Audio Support

Open the Volume Control manager, usually ou can click on the volume applet on the top GNOME panel.

Make sure your device is set to HDA Intel (Alsa Mixer).

Select the Switches tab and put a check mark next to IEC958. Selecting this enables audio output over the HDMI connection.

If you want to disable audio output through your laptop speakers you can disable them. Go back to the Playback tab and mute the Front channel.

Bugs

1) Enabling the laptop screen as well an external monitor through HDMI can cause X to freeze with certain Compiz-Fusion effects such as desktop switching. Disabling Compiz-Fusion or disabling the laptop screen while operating in this mode fixes this issue.

2) Disabling the laptop monitor will not correctly resize the GNOME desktop to match the resolution of the external monitor over HDMI. However video playback will still be correctly maximized.

3) Audio output over HDMI connection may not work for a specific program even if everything has been configured correctly. Restarting this program usually fixes this issue.

Enable syntax highlighting in vim with Ubuntu

Ryan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:34:16 +0000

Many distributions have syntax highlighting in vim enabled with their default installation. In Ubuntu as well as other Debian based distributions, this is not the case. By default Ubuntu installs the vim-tiny package which does not support syntax highlighting or many other advanced features.

You can see by following the chain of symlinks that in the default installation vim calls vim.tiny.

$ which vim

/usr/bin/vim

/usr/bin/vim -> /etc/alternatives/vim -> /usr/bin/vim.tiny

If you want additional features including syntax highlighting you need to install the vim package.

$ sudo apt-get install vim

Now vim uses vim.basic which is what we want. This version supports all the advanced features.
/usr/bin/vim -> /etc/alternatives/vim -> /usr/bin/vim.basic

The last step is to actually enable syntax highlighting.

To enable it for a single session go into command mode and enter this command:

:syn on

Make these changes permanent for every vim session by opening or creating the .vimrc configuration file in your home directory.
/home/username/.vimrc

Insert the following lines.

if has ("syntax")
        syntax on
endif

How to SSH into Ubuntu LiveCD

Ryan — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:08:44 +0000

The ability to remotely SSH into a machine running an Ubuntu LiveCD can come in handy in many situations. The LiveCD supports a large variety of hardware and can be used to troubleshoot system problems on a machine where you have limited or no access. A user with limited skills can easily setup remote access and allow a trusted friend to troubleshoot the system from another location.

The first thing to start the process is to open a terminal. Follow these menus:

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

In the terminal install the ssh server on your LiveCD system.

$ sudo apt-get install openssh-server

The server is started automatically after installing.

To login remotely, you’ll need to set the password for the default ubuntu user.

$ sudo passwd ubuntu
Enter new UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: password updated successfully

You should now be able to login to the system running the LiveCD. But first you need to find the IP address of the machine so you can connect to it.

The ifconfig command will list your network interfaces and along with it your IP address.

$ ifconfig

eth0      ...
          inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          ...

The inet addr entry is your IP address which you need to log into the LiveCD system. As you an see above the IP address begins with “192.168” which indicates that the IP address is only valid on the local network. It was an address assigned to the machine by the router. This is fine if you plan on logging in from another machine on this local network.

If you need to access the machine from outside your local network you have a couple of options. The first is to remove any router between you and the Internet. This should give you a valid IP address which is accessible from outside your local network. You may also be able to access your router’s administration panel and tell it to pass SSH traffic to the IP address of the LiveCD system. You will then use the router’s IP address instead for the next step.

If your IP address already begins with something other than “192.168” then you are safe as well. You should be able to access the LiveCD system from any location, local or not.

Using the IP address from the previous step you can now log into the LiveCD system as the ubuntu user. Use the password you created earler.

$ ssh ubuntu@

Allow sudo access without passwords in Ubuntu

Ryan — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:51:28 +0000

To give a specific user access to sudo without having to enter a password you have to edit the /etc/sudoers configuration file. For security reasons you should only edit the file using the visudo command.

$ sudo visudo

In Ubuntu the following lines are placed at the bottom of /etc/sudoers by default. This gives your default user access to sudo as well as any other user in the admin group.

# Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

If you want to allow sudo access without passwords for all users in the admin group you can simply add the NOPASSWD option to this line and be done.

%admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

If you want to give a specific user sudo access without passwords, you will have to add an additional line for each user. These lines will conflict with the default admin line above so they must be placed at the end of the sudoers file. The reason for this is that sudo will handle contradicting configuration lines by giving priority to the line closest to the bottom of the file.

Add the following line to the end of the file, replace ‘ryan’ with your username.

ryan    ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Add a line for each user that you wish to have access.

For more ways to use and configure sudo have a look here.

Fix Skype audio on Ubuntu with Dell XPS M1530/M1330

Ryan — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:29:32 +0000

To get Skype audio working with Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10) and Dell XPS M1530/M1330 requires a few changes to the standard install.

Make sure you have added the medibuntu repository and installed Skype.

You need to enable the embedded microphone. Go to Volume Control by clicking on the volume icon. In Preferences select Digital Input Source. This will enable the Digital Mic 1 option which you should select.

Now launch Skype and go into Options -> Sound Devices. Select “HDA Intel (hw:Intel,0)” for Sound In, Sound Out, and Ringing.

Go ahead and make a test call to verify that everything is working correctly.

Add Ubuntu medibuntu repository

Ryan — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:52:18 +0000

The Medibuntu repository (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) contains packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons. Some of these packages include Skype Acrobat Reader, Google Earth, and multimedia codecs.

Add Medibuntu to your sources.list. Make sure you specify the correct version of your distribution. This example uses Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10).

# wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Then add its GPG key to your keyring.

# apt-get update && apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && apt-get update

Now you should be able to install packages in this repository.