I've been irritated by so many obvious shortcomings of Ubuntu this
version (16.04). So many of the most obvious fixes are easily
attributed to configuration files. I don't know if those who purchase
the operating system directly from Canonical versus a download are
having to deal with the same problems or are getting a superior/better
operating system. Some of my main qualms that I am unable to deal
with are the theming. Even using alternative themes most of them won't
even look right as supposed.
The HIBERNATION itself seems to work fine on other closely related
distros (Elementary OS I tested). but Ubuntu has problems with it.
AFAIK the GRUB_CMDLINE breaks this if anything, and alternatives such
as TuxOnIce don't work either. My guess is that its Plymouth and there
doesn't seem to be any clear pointers to a solution. After desktop
session saving was deprecated (or removed because of transition from
Gnome?), this seems like a serious and necessary *implementation* of
desktop application saving.
I've seen a lot of these blogs that suggest installing extra programs
and such after the installation. Here's mine:
Top real things to do after
installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
Fix splash at boot up
while root create file /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash and add the
line: FRAMEBUFFER=y
then run sudo update-initramfs -u [-k all]
“-k all” refers to checking all graphics cards
Alternative recourse if the previous splash fix doesn’t cover
everything
Comment out GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT and GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET lines
(both deprecated)
uncomment GRUB_TIMEOUT (preferably set to 0) and add
‘GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden’
add boot option ‘fastboot’ to /etc/default/grub (to hide file
system clean message at boot)
add ‘GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep’ to same file
run sudo update-grub
Disable upstart entry in grub menu
as root edit /etc/grub.d/10_linux and find line SUPPORTED_INITS and
remove the option ‘upstart:/sbin/upstart’
run sudo update-grub
Remove Guest account from login
create new file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and add following lines:
[SeatDefaults]
greeter-session=unity-greeter
user-session=ubuntu
allow-guest=false
Fix event sounds
for startup open startup applications and add “canberra-gtk-play -i
desktop-login &”
as root in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf add the line:
“session-cleanup-script=/usr/share/gnome/shutdown/libcanberra-logout-sound.sh”
Enable hibernate
First make sure your swap partition is large enough
the kernel that comes with Ubuntu is behind and has a bug that causes
hibernate to crash when in practical situations
go to http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.8-wily
download and install kernel headers and image
remove any older kernel packages
run sudo blkid and determine swap UUID
ensure UUID is the same in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
add the same line to /etc/default/grub at the end of
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT or to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX
run sudo update-grub and sudo update-initramfs -u
while root create
/var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla
and add following lines:
[Re-enable hibernate by default in upower]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate
ResultActive=yes
[Re-enable hibernate by default in logind]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate;org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate-multiple-sessions
ResultActive=yes
As root edit /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/inet and change XF86Hibernate
key to <I213> and comment out XF86Suspend line
run sudo dpkg-reconfigure xkb-data
*optional: edit /etc/systemd/logind.conf
find line “#HandleLidSwitch=suspend” and uncomment
change suspend to hibernate
Fix scaling to remove distortions
use dconf or gsettings
change /com/canonical/unity/interface/text-scale-factor to 0.95
change /org/gnome/desktop/interface/text-scaling-factor to 0.95
change /org/gnome/desktop/interface/document-font-name to Sans 12
change /org/gnome/desktop/interface/font-name to Ubuntu 12
*optional: install Unity Tweak
sudo apt install unity-tweak-tool
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