Ubuntu 6.06 Issues

I ran into the issues listed below when I used Ubuntu 6.06 ("Dapper Drake"). As far as I know these issues no longer occur with version 8.04 ("Hardy Heron") so I've moved them to this archive page.

Fixing Mail Printing in Evolution 2.6

Evolution prints in a larger font than I prefer (this appears to be a known bug). As a result, it has a tendency to break lines incorrectly when printing. I've discovered a partial fix.

I noticed that Evolution defaulted to a paper size of A4. I live in the United States and so wanted the default to be Letter. I changed the text of file /etc/papersize from a4 to letter in order to correct this.

Disabling File Indexing (updatedb)

Graphics Issues

When I first tried Ubuntu I noticed graphics problems with some controls (such as buttons) that displayed "dots". Here's the work-around.

Emptying the Trash Using the Keyboard

Note: This can still be done in later versions, but the method is different. The version 6.06 method is listed below.

I created a script named emptytrash.sh containing the following text:

#!/bin/sh
rm -rf ~/.Trash/*

I made the script executable (sudo chmod 755 emptytrash.sh).

I then created a keyboard shortcut to run the script, as described in the Keyboard Shortcuts section.

This works for the vast majority of files I delete. However, files deleted from a directory outside of my home directory sometimes have permission issues that require using the regular Empy Trash command.

Creating PDF Files

It was easy to create PDF files once I found one missing piece of information. Here's how.

Last Updated: June 15, 2008