On Sun, 2 Oct 2011 10:19:32 -0600 Charles Curley <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Oct 2011 09:47:08 -0600 > Tod Hansmann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's called an overlay scroll bar, and it IS annoying, but can be > > disabled one of two ways. You can remove the "overlay-scrollbar" > > package, or you can run this in a terminal: "echo "export > > LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0" | sudo tee > > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/80overlayscrollbars > /dev/null". Then just > > re-log. > > > > Reference from when I did this to my install: > > http://www.tuxgarage.com/2011/04/disable-overlay-scrollbars-in-ubuntu.html > > Thank you. I took the latter approach, and it works. Much better. > Arrgggghhh! The Curse of the Undead Overlay Scrollbars, coming soon to a theater near you! Logging in over SSH leaves the things in place. Further, I found I had to run aptitude purge liboverlay-scrollbar-0.1-0 on the remote host to get rid of the things. I *think* that drove a stake through its heart. In any case I am now typing this on Claws Mail run remotely with normal scroll bars. -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
