Two questions if I may ask:
1 - How would it be possible to lower the minimum screen brightness?
2 - Would it be possible to have a full-screen function like the F11 function there is on Ubuntu Desktop? This would allow to display more lines to read on the web browser by hiding the web page address at the top of the screen. This would be particularly handsome in landscape mode.
There are a number of threads about the loss of WiFi password after reboot of the Nexus 5 and of the BQ M10 but not much about the same problem on the MEIZU Pro 5 apart from https://forums.ubports.com/topic/708/meizu-pro5-fastboot-mode-locked
I have a MEIZU Pro 5 with 4GB of RAM and Ubuntu Touch 16.04 UBports OTA-7. This is not the Ubuntu Touch edition. This phone came with Flyme OS and I installed Ubuntu on it. I need to re-enter the WiFi password after reboot.
The way this problem occurs is strange because the password is not completely lost. If I open the Settings, go to Wi-Fi and then to the list of Previous networks, my access point is still there and it does have the password. The problem is that when I select this access point in this list, the only option I have is to Forget this network. I can't enable the connection from the list of previous networks.
In order to connect to this access point, I have to select it from the current list of networks from which the password is lost. Once I enter again the password, the list of Previous networks creates a new entry with the same network name albeit with the suffix " 1" added to it. If I reboot again and do the same thing, a new entry appears once again, this time with the suffix " 2". And so on with the suffixes 3, 4, 5, etc...
Has anyone found out how to fix the problem since the thread mentioned above?
@kugiigi You are right. Thanks.
Alright, I did find a file /home/phablet/.cache/libertine/puritine/PuritineSymlinkFarm.json and I deleted it. I don't know why I couldn't see it with find.
Yes I know I have to replace CONTAINER-IDENTIFIER with the identifier of my container, i.e. xenial.
~root refers to /root.
I have found the following text files which I deleted:
/.local/share/unity-scopes/unconfined/libertine-scope.ubuntu_libertine-scope/.surfacing_cache
/.local/share/unity-scopes/unconfined/clickscope/.surfacing_cache
But still no change, even after reboot. It seems that the container is very much contained and unbreakable! But don't worry, I am going to reinstall UT anyway.
Thank you to all for your help.
All Ubuntu Touch apps store user data in ~/.local/share/app-name/. It is impossible to open a file stored for instance in ~/Documents/.
One way around this would be to create a symbolic link:
$ ln -s ~/Document/data-file ~/.local/share/app-name/link-to-data-file
Unfortunately, opening such a link with an app yield an empty file. However, if the data file were in the same directory as the link, then opening the link would yield the full non empty file. That is, if the link is created as:
$ ln -s ~/.local/share/app-name/data-file ~/.local/share/app-name/link-to-data-file
then everything works fine.
It seems that Ubuntu Touch apps are blind to the directory tree. Does anybody know a way around this problem? How could one choose where to store data files and not be restricted to ~/.local/share/app-name/ ?
Two questions if I may ask:
1 - How would it be possible to lower the minimum screen brightness?
2 - Would it be possible to have a full-screen function like the F11 function there is on Ubuntu Desktop? This would allow to display more lines to read on the web browser by hiding the web page address at the top of the screen. This would be particularly handsome in landscape mode.
White text on black background is only for the system, not for apps like the web browser.
Thanks Fla. I have edited the file config-default.xml and changed the line
<integer name="config_screenBrightnessSettingMinimum">10</integer>
to
<integer name="config_screenBrightnessSettingMinimum">1</integer>
and rebooted the device.
But the minimum brightness remains the same. Have I missed something? Do I need to run some kind of init command to enable the change?
Thanks arubisander. I think we have nailed it. On a nexus 7, the "Help" app works. It does not crash but it opens an error message:
Document Not Found
The URI 'help:ubuntu-help/index' does not point to a valid page.
However, the app shows a working menu with "Find... | Print... | Previous Page | Next Page | All Help". Clicking on "All Help" opens a page with the following items:
I think this Help app was installed automatically as a dependency to AisleRiot Solitaire which may be a GNOME app. This "Help" probably doesn't have all the documentation that could come with it. Hence the error message.
I still don't know why it crashes on a nexus 5 though.
UT Tweak Tool themes have no effect on the brightness of apps.
Libertine only lists AisleRiot Solitaire and Firefox Web Browser, the two apps I have installed through Libertine. It does not list any "Help" app. I really wonder where this broken app comes from...
I lower the display brightness to its minimum when in the dark but I find this minimum a bit too high. In the dark, the brightness is a bit blinding. How would it be possible to alter this minimum?
Thanks arubislander. But is it a help specific to Libertine or a general help for UT and why does it crash?
The two apps normally work without going through xterminal. Well almost. AisleRiot always works. Firefox crashes on a 2GB nexus 5 but it works fine on a 4GB meizu Pro 5. I guess such a big program like Firefox needs enough RAM to work properly.
Actually, I installed two apps with Libertine immediately after the fresh UT installation. These are AisleRiot Solitaire and Firefox Web Browser. I am not sure if the Help app appeared before or after the Libertine apps installation.
Here is a screenshot of all apps and a screenshot of the Help app just after launch and just before it crashes.
