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CTRL-ALT-Bkspace isn’t working? How to restart X on Ubuntu Karmic and Lucid

Some of you may find that CTRL-ALT-Bkspace key-combo does not work anymore with Ubuntu latest releases, this issue has been addressed by Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Release Notes which explains that the key-combo cause users to trigger it by accident.

How to restart X server?
To obtain the same effect, Ubuntu has decided to change the key-combo to RightAlt-PrintScr-K. But this time, the key must be pressed in the respective order.

How to enables the original Ctrl-ALT-Bkspace key-combo?
Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Release Notes contains information on how to enables the original keycombo back in the operating system.

1 – Ubuntu (GNOME Desktop)

  • Select “System”->”Preferences”->”Keyboard”
  • Select the “Layouts” tab and click on the “Layout Options” button.
  • Select “Key sequence to kill the X server” and enable “Control + Alt + Backspace”.

1 – Kubuntu (KDE Desktop)

  • # Click on the Application launcher and select “System Settings”
  • #Click on “Regional & Language”.
  • # Select “Keyboard Layout”.
  • # Click on “Enable keyboard layouts” (in the Layout tab).
  • # Select the “Advanced” tab. Then select “Key sequence to kill the X server” and enable “Control + Alt + Backspace”.

Hope that will help you!

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Malaysian Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Release Party

Great news! Ubuntu-my Loco team is organizing the Lucid Lynx release party in Petaling Jaya! Details as follows:

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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Release Party details:

  • Date: 22nd May 2010
  • Time: 8pm – 10pm
  • Venue: Fly Bar, B.G 20 8 Avenue, Jln Sg Jernih 8/1, Seksyen 8, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
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Questions and Contributions
Any party who would like to contribute towards this community meeting may contact:

Khairul Aizat KAmarudzzaman
Position in Ubuntu-my : Ubuntu-my Team Leader
E-mail : fenris@ubuntu.com or mohdfenris@gmail.com

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Updates from me – mypapit

Fewh,

Been quite some time since I updated this blog. Here’s what happened to me since the last update:

  • Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) has been released
  • I’ve presented paper on Mobile Travel Guide and Location Aware App in Informatics 2009.
  • My WordPress Blog site has been hit by spammers/injectors, spent roughly one week to clean the mess up. WordPress sucks, updating it doesn’t help either
  • My server overloads for the 17th times last month, probably a sign that i’ve to upgrade my server
  • And yes, I’m still alive, though i’ve less and less time to blog interesting things now. Wonder why? Burnout?

So what about you?

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How to convert *.docx files (Microsoft Office 2007) online for free

Sometimes you might have no choice except to open Microsoft Office 2007 (*.docx) files that you’ve just received in your email. The problem is, you do not have any other application that support Office 2007 format.

Here’s an easy way to (kinda) solve that problem, you can convert Microsoft Office 2007 files online, using Google Docs.

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The steps are easy, you need to login into your Google Docs account, then upload the Office 2007 files. After that, you can choose the “Download file as” option to convert the file to your favorite document format (typically OpenDocument or older *.doc Microsoft Office word document).

Bear in mind that the conversion is not 100% perfect and there will be parts of document that won’t look exactly as the original ones.