Stream of Ry

This is mostly a personal list of fixes I encountered (whether by via compiling or daily usage) and I’ll try to post the link to where I got the fix from, as much as I can.

Problem: Touch pad suddenly stops working
Solution: (Ubuntu Forums)

In terminal:
sudo modprobe -r psmouse
sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps


Caveat: the scroll area (right edge on mine) stops working after the fix.. which is a minor annoyance.

Problem: popd / pushd: command not found (while compiling)

Solution: Apparently, these are bash-specific commands but the default shell in Ubuntu is dash. Just replace the symbolic link of /bin/sh from dash to bash.

In the terminal:
sudo mv /bin/sh /bin/sh.bak
sudo ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh

To reverse, in terminal: sudo mv /bin/sh.bak /bin/sh

Problem: Notifier is bad for concentration (more of an annoyance than a problem, actually)

Solution: Make notifier binary non-executable.

In terminal: sudo chmod -x /usr/lib/notify-osd/notify-osd

To reverse, in terminal: sudo chmod +x /usr/lib/notify-osd/notify-osd

If you’ve noticed, a lot of these fixes are done through the terminal.Although learning to navigate in modern distributions are not a necessity, it is a very convenient skill to have in Linux.