Category Archives: Misc

AT&T Cordless Phone - Manual Handset Registration

If the automatic new handset registration does not work by putting the handset in the base cradle, a manual registration process is available.

This is for the Accessory Handset model CL80113 for use with the following Base units: CL81113, CL81213, CL81313, CL82113, CL82213, CL82263, CL82313, CL82363, CL82413, CL82463, CL83113, CL83213, CL83263, CL83313, CL83363, CL83413, CL83463.

Press and hold the Handset Locater button in the base cradle until the In Use light is steady red. Release the button. The base display will say Registering...
Press the # key on an unregistered handset to start the registration process. That is it.

Tweaking Ubuntu Unity To Show All Of An Apps Windows

In OS X, clicking on a dock icon shows all open windows for the app. In Ubuntu, clicking on a launcher icon only shows the most recently used open window. This is annoying if you want to copy files between two folders or view all Xpad note windows.

Ubuntu 18.04

In Terminal
sudo apt install dconf-tools
dconf-editor
org / gnome / shell / extensions / dash-to-dock
Change click-action custom value to minimize
Another change to match 16.04 functionality when scrolling over app icon:
Change scroll-action custom value to cycle-windows

For Ubuntu 16.04 read on.
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X Windows - Window Swallowing

X Windows "window swallowing" is the process of program 1 capturing the main window of program 2 to display it inside of program 1's main window. For example, Firefox using an external program to display a PDF in a tab. Firefox's built-in javascript PDF viewer leaves a lot to be desired. Slow rendering or no rendering at all, memory hog, with the download button not working when it doesn't render.

The following description is derived from my experience getting MozPlugger to work in Firefox to display PDF files using Evince.
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