Getting Bluetooth to work on Ubuntu

Guide 1
Guide 2

Here's a good post for solving the "obex:// ..." not found error message when trying to connect to the phone, on Gutsy Gibon.

Mounting windows partition for read-write

On my windows installation I always partition my hard drive to:
C - 10G size - Windows installation and Microsoft Office.
D,E.... - My Data files (Music, Photos, Documents) and the rest of the programs files.

One of the most important things in running Ubuntu is having read/write access to those partitions.

The fresh installation of Ubuntu 7.04 had 2 major problems which I managed to solve:

1. Read only access
This was solved using a driver called ntfs-3g. A quick search in ubuntu Wiki has a good HOWTO guide on installing it.
2. Hebrew folders dissappeared
I couldn't see my hebrew named folders. This was solved by adding this option to the /etc/fstab file:
locale=he_IL.utf8
You have to add it in the line the describes your partition. I placed it here:

# /dev/sda2
UUID=D23C06113C05F171 /media/sda2 ntfs-3g defaults,locale=he_IL.utf8,nls=utf-8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1


I used the following links to solve my problems:
1. Hebrew HOWTO
2. Disappearing folders question in ntfs-3g FAQ

Playing DVD iso files (images)

Well, it took me about two hours to play a DVD iso file.

Steps to do so
1. Install libraries the support Decrypting DVDs (It's not bundles with Ubuntu due to some legal issues concerning Digital Rights Management).
2. Mount your iso image:
2.1. Create a mounting point anywhere in your filesystem, by creating a new directory.
I did so by
>sudo mkdir /mnt/isoimage
2.2 Mount your image:
>sudo mount -t iso9660 iso-file-name.iso /mnt/isoimage -o loop
3. Install VideoLAN as your DVD player, using Application->Add/Remove...
4. In the Open Disc option, replace the /dev/scd0 to /mnt/isoimage and you're set!

Changing hebrew fonts for firefox

Firefox installed with UBUNTU 7.04 has some really ugly Hebrew fonts.

Here's the web page explaining how to change it to something normal.

http://mozilla.org.il/wiki/index.php/Fonts

Solved my missing hebrew writing

2 days ago something weird happened: I couldn't write in Hebrew.
I tried alt-shift, but nothing happened.

Lucky me I found a link it the linux forum of www.hwzone.co.il, which solved my problem:

Article for solving hebrew missing

Tv Out Fixed

My TV-Out didn't work on my NVidia 5600 card.
Searched the forums and found a way to activate the control panel of NVidia:

> nvidia-settings

From there it was easy: Enable the TV and set it to Clones.