Translations by Walter Cheuk

Credits and License

More and more <trademark class="registered">Bluetooth</trademark> devices are making their way into the market these days. Kubuntu has recognized this and offers support for many <trademark class="registered">Bluetooth</trademark> devices. For <trademark class="registered">Bluetooth</trademark> configuration, access the <guilabel>Bluetooth</guilabel> system settings by going to <menuchoice><guimenu>KMenu</guimenu><guimenuitem>System Settings</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. These settings provide you the options for configuring <guilabel>Bluetooth Services</guilabel> as well as <guilabel>Paired Bluetooth Devices</guilabel>.

Further information concerning <trademark>Bluetooth</trademark> can be located on the Ubuntu community documentation site at <ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothSetup"/>.

Information concerning webcams can be located on the Ubuntu community documentation site at <ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam"/>.

Graphical Partition Editor

Mount/Unmount Windows partitions

NTFS or FAT32

For <acronym>NTFS</acronym> drives refer to step 4. For <acronym>FAT32</acronym> drives refer to step 5. <acronym>NTFS</acronym> allows only <emphasis>read-only</emphasis> access whereas <acronym>FAT32</acronym> allows both <emphasis>read</emphasis> and <emphasis>write</emphasis> access.

Read <xref linkend="listpartitiontables"/>

First, make a directory where the partition can be mounted. To do so, type the following at the command prompt followed by pressing the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key (if asked for a password, enter your user password and press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key): <screen> sudo mkdir /media/windows </screen>

Next, type the following command to mount an NTFS Windows Partition and allow read-only access followed by pressing the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key (if asked for a password, enter your user password and press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key): <screen> sudo mount /dev/hdaX /media/windows/ -t ntfs -o ro,umask=0222 </screen>

If your Windows partition uses the FAT32 filesystem, it is safe to allow read-write access to the partition. To do so, type the following command at the prompt followed by the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key (if asked for a password, enter your user password and press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key): <screen> sudo mount /dev/hdaX /media/windows/ -t vfat -o umask=0000 </screen>

Replace <emphasis role="bold">/dev/hdaX</emphasis> with the correct device name for your partition.

To unmount the partition, type the following command at the prompt followed by the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key (if asked for a password, enter your user password and press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key): <screen> sudo umount /media/windows/ </screen>

Mount Windows partitions on boot-up

Next, backup your configuration file for mounting drives and open the file in a text editor with administrative privileges. To do so, type the following at the prompt followed by pressing the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key (if asked for a password, enter your user password and press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key): <screen> sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab_backup </screen>

Edit your <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> by pressing <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap><keycap>F2</keycap></keycombo> and then typing <userinput>kdesu kate /etc/fstab</userinput> in the <guilabel>Run Command</guilabel> dialog followed by pressing the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button.

If your Windows partition uses the NTFS filesystem, append the following line at the end of file: <placeholder-1/>

If your Windows partition uses the FAT32 filesystem, it is safe to allow read-write access to the partition. Append the following line at the end of the file: <placeholder-1/> instead of the one above.

Save and close out of the edited file.

Read <xref linkend="remountfstabwithoutreboot"/>.

Remount /etc/fstab without rebooting

Run a system command automatically at Startup

Sometimes it can be useful to add a custom command to the startup process so that your computer executes it on every boot. Refer to the following procedure in order to set this up.

Replace <filename>/home/user/command</filename> with the full path to your command.

Change default Operating System at boot

default X_sequence

Making the Boot Menu Visible

By default, the boot menu is hidden and you will need to hit <keycap>Esc</keycap> to see the boot menu. By following the following steps, it will be visible by default.

Change the timeout for boot menu

Keyboard &amp; Mouse

Modems

Network Cards

Printers

Scanners

Video Cards