How to change X's resolution

To display current resolution of X, just use of the command

Quote : xrandr

To set the resolution of the X window, the command is

Quote : xrandr -s 1024x760

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How to make your Linux box speak

Ubuntu and many other distros have an inbuilt speech synthesiser called espeak.

Quote : espeak "Hello world I can speak"

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How to turn off the Caps Lock key through the command line

You can turn off the Caps Lock key through the command line interface using the xmodmap command.

Quote : xmodmap -e "remove lock = Caps Lock"

To reactivate the key,

Quote : xmodmap -e "add lock = Caps Lock"

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How to fix Pidgin Problem

Quote : sudo dpkg --force-all --remove pidgin pidgin-data
Quote : sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -f install
Quote : sudo apt-get install pidgin

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