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2011-04-22T19:32:13.170
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<p>In Firefox, when I clicked a pdf file in website, I would be asked to download the pdf file or open the pdf file in evince running outside Firefox.</p> <p>Since I install Adobe Reader, whenever I clicked a pdf link, the pdf will be opened in it running inside Firefox.</p> <p>I feel it is now running more slowly than before. Is it possible to change which application to open pdf from within Firefox?</p> <p>Thanks and regards!</p>
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2011-04-23T10:30:13.617
How to change the application to open pdf file in Firefox
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I personally don't use firefox, I use chrome, but if you wan't to change something poke around in preferences for both firefox and for adobe and see if you can find anything. Also you might consider closing firefox after downloading the file and just viewing it in adobe read...
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2011-04-22T19:35:00.577
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<p>Sometimes I see sites offering Ubuntu packages via something like</p> <blockquote> <p>Add this line to your software sources: deb http:// something something</p> </blockquote> <p>How can I add these to my package manager so I can install the software and keep it up to date? I'd like both GUI and command line options.</p>
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2017-08-09T12:05:24.417
How do I add a software source?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can easily add them in the <code>Software Center</code>-&gt;Edit-&gt;Software Sources-&gt;Other Sources-&gt;Add&quot;</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p>Start the <code>Software Center</code>.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>In the panel go to <code>Edit</code> and select <code>Software Sources</code>.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/c03d6.png\" alt=\"edit-software-sources\" /></p>\n</li>\n<li><p>In the tab <code>Other Sources</code> click on the <code>Add</code> button at the bottom.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/K7OG4.png\" alt=\"other-sources\" /></p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Add the deb URL in the <code>APT Line</code> input field and hit <code>Add Source</code>.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/dMI4i.png\" alt=\"software-properties-gtk\" /></p>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Once you close the <code>Software Sources</code> window your cache is going to be updated automatically.</p>\n<p>You can now browse the newly added source in the <code>New Source</code> sub-list using the upper left list in <code>Get Software</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-22T19:40:24.237", "id": "36487", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-22T20:11:46.537", "lastEditDate": "2020-06-12T14:37:07.210", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "-1", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "3418", "parentId": "36484", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "16" }
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is another version.</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Add the deb URL to bottom of file and save it. After that you have to update the apt cache with</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get update\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now you can install so...
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2011-04-22T19:40:03.473
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<p>I have used 10.10 as long as i have used ubuntu and I have not upgraded yet. I have tons of files and applications on this computer and I really don't want to have to reinstall them and copy them. Will all of my applications and settings be saved by and upgrade and will all of my files be saved and carry over to the new version? Also is it really worth it to upgrade or should I really just wipe clean with a fresh installation. Even if you think I should wipe clean I would like too know whether or not I my files would be saved and my applications and settings would be saved. Thank you.</p>
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2011-04-22T21:00:42.887
2011-04-22T21:00:42.887
What is saved when you upgrade and should you upgrade or wipe clean the disk?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>All your data, settings and all applications still present in the 11.04 repository (so probably all of them, seeing as you started out with 10.10) will carry over with an upgrade.</p>\n\n<p>Answers to the question of upgrading or installing from scratch: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/32837/4618\">Is it better to upgrade through the Update Manager or re-install from scratch?</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T22:31:07.207", "id": "40599", "postId": "36503", "score": "1", "text": "Thank you that was the main question. The other one was just an opinion and didn't really matter.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14748" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-22T20:45:59.903", "id": "36503", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-22T20:45:59.903", "lastEditDate": "2017-04-13T12:24:49.530", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "-1", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "4618", "parentId": "36485", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
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2011-04-22T19:42:03.227
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<p>Since upgrading to Natty graphic performance has been absolutely terrible despite having decent system specs. I'm willing to buy a new card if it will make the interface fast again. Can someone suggest a card that will perform well and be totally compatible out of the box with Natty?</p>
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2011-04-22T20:05:02.467
What's the best, most compatible sub-$100 graphics card for Natty?
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2011-04-22T19:53:40.897
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<p>I was trying out Connman yesterday. My wireless Internet connected fine, however, I was not able to find any option for VPNs. Is there not option to connect to VPNs through Connman GUI? The website says, it supports VPN.</p>
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2011-06-07T17:07:47.143
2011-06-07T17:07:47.143
How to add vpn connections while using connman
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>OK. Found the answer. All protocols are supported but none has a GUI. I was able to to connect successfully to cisco vpn using vpnc-connect while running connman.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-22T21:17:44.100", "id": "36511", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-22T21:17:44.100", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "9302", "parentId": "36494", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is an open bug titled <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/connman/+bug/586893\" rel=\"nofollow\">VPN is not supported</a> on Connman on Launchpad, so I guess the short answer is yes, but limited to openconnect. At least when the bug was fild in may yesteryear. However,...
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<p>To what format and how can I convert HTML file in order to translate it with Lokalize application?</p>
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How to convert and translate HTML file with KDE Lokalize?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use OmegaT for translating those kind of files.\n<a href=\"http://www.omegat.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.omegat.org/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate...
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2011-04-22T20:51:04.943
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<p>I'm new to Ubuntu and i'm amazed that open source alternatives to my Windows apps like GIMP, Amarok, Libreoffice, Cheese etc are so much smaller than their Windows compatriots (MS Office, Photoshop, Youcam etc). Ubuntu has to be the best evolution ever! And the best after all these is that it's completely free </p>
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2011-04-22T21:14:39.863
What accounts for the smaller size of open source apps?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You mean smaller on disk? Probably thanks to the extensive use of dynamically linked libraries, that are shared between multiple applications. Of course Windows also supports that, but DLLs aren't easily versioned, and the risk of \"DLL hell\" doesn't encourage sharing.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-22T21:01:17.503", "id": "36506", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-22T21:01:17.503", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "11976", "parentId": "36504", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
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<p>When I ran an update, I get the following error.</p> <pre><code>GPG error: http://cran.wustl.edu maverick/ Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 51716619E084DAB9 </code></pre> <p>Therefore, I ran the following code and get the following error message:</p> <pre><code>$ gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 51716619E084DAB9 gpg: requesting key E084DAB9 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net gpg: key E084DAB9: "Michael Rutter &lt;marutter@gmail.com&gt;" not changed gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: unchanged: 1 </code></pre> <p>How do I set a public key that works or what can I do to fix this problem?</p>
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2017-01-23T16:29:55.550
How do I import a public key?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>1)</strong> You can try this: </p>\n\n<pre><code>gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv E084DAB9 \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and then: </p>\n\n<pre><code> gpg --export --armor E084DAB9 | sudo apt-key add - &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get update \n</code></pre>\n\n<p><strong>2)</strong> If \"1\" doesn't work (<a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1694202\" rel=\"noreferrer\">you're not alone</a>) then you can use this: </p>\n\n<p>\"Some people have reported difficulties using [the first approach]. The issue was usually related to a firewall blocking port 11371. An alternative approach is to search for the key at <a href=\"http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/</a> and copy the key to a plain text file, say key.txt. Then, feed the key to apt-key with</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-key add key.txt \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>\" </p>\n\n<p>As explained <a href=\"http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">here</a>.</p>\n\n<p>To make it easy for this specific case: </p>\n\n<p>Searching for <strong>Michael Rutter</strong> lead us to: </p>\n\n<pre>Public Key Server -- Get ``0x51716619e084dab9 ''\n\n-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\nVersion: SKS 1.0.10\n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\nGdgdjn4noGDzGA==\n=BF1w\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----</pre> \n\n<p>I) Copy this to a txt file: </p>\n\n<pre><code>gedit ~/Michael.txt \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>II) Run this </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-key add ~/Michael.txt &amp;&amp; rm ~/Michel.txt \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Also <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/users/10616/evilphoenix\">EvilPhoenix</a> has \"got a script that you can install which can allow you to execute the functions described here in a much easier one-line command, its part of a Launchpad project [he] started, the PPA for it is located <a href=\"http://launchpad.net/~addgpg-apt-developers/+archive/ppa\" rel=\"noreferrer\">here</a>.<br>\n Its written in Bash, but that is more than enough of a requirement for it to qualify.<br>\n Its compatible with all versions of Ubuntu Lucid and later.\"</p>\n", "commentCount": "7", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T21:32:35.403", "id": "40576", "postId": "36510", "score": "0", "text": "Same error message with the first command. The second command read a lot of package lists it seems.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12786" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T22:09:35.190", "id": "40592", "postId": "36510", "score": "0", "text": "That's because the second command included `sudo apt-get update` in there. The first two parts of that second command are the important ones: `gpg --export --armor E084DAB9 | sudo apt-key add - `. This command is what will actually have the pubkey work with apt.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T22:52:40.457", "id": "40602", "postId": "36510", "score": "0", "text": "I've got a script that you can install which can allow you to execute the functions described here in a much easier one-line command, its part of a Launchpad project I started, the PPA for it is located here: https://launchpad.net/~addgpg-apt-developers/+archive/ppa . Its written in Bash, but that is more than enough of a requirement for it to qualify. It should be run as superuser, probably, but its compatible with all versions of Ubuntu Lucid and later (i'm still testing on older releases).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T00:12:49.670", "id": "40618", "postId": "36510", "score": "1", "text": "Sure, I've been credited for my script, you're allowed to spread that. As long as you give me the credit which is deserved (which you did) ;)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" }, { "creationDate": "2017-02-08T17:57:21.857", "id": "1372928", "postId": "36510", "score": "0", "text": "Hi guys, I tried suggested solution 1 but I still get the same error. Also when I tried part 2, I copied the content in http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x51716619E084DAB9 in a nano text file on my main directory and ran the command sudo apt-key add ~/Michael.txt . I have the error: gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "652319" }, { "creationDate": "2023-05-30T08:02:16.703", "id": "2576398", "postId": "36510", "score": "0", "text": "Yes but now there's a new process where you can't even use `apt-key add` and you have to use `gpg` instead, but current [documentation](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-handle-apt-key-and-add-apt-repository-deprecation-using-gpg-to-add-external-repositories-on-ubuntu-22-04) doesn't mention how to dis-assemble the `gpg` command to work from a plain text key, or even an unarmoured key, in the local file system.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "874886" }, { "creationDate": "2024-03-09T13:26:56.940", "id": "2644074", "postId": "36510", "score": "0", "text": "Neither works for me. I almost tried everything I found on the Internet lol", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1774015" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-22T21:13:52.653", "id": "36510", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-25T10:56:20.810", "lastEditDate": "2017-04-13T12:24:26.617", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "-1", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "12943", "parentId": "36507", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "44" }
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<p>I was reading today the latest <a href="http://design.canonical.com/2011/04/unity-benchmark-usability-april-2011/">Canonical design blog post</a> where I was kind of surprised that one should be able to right click on the desktop to change the wallpaper. I am running the most updated version of natty and have the latest unity package installed (3.8.10) but right clicking on the desktop brings nothing on my machine. On the other hand, when I right click on any launcher icon I do get a quick list, so I know it's not a problem with my mouse or something. Is this a known bug?</p> <p>I tried to kill Nautilus as Nathan suggested using Alt+F2 and then <code>killall nautilus</code>. Just to be sure, I then opened a terminal window and typed the same command again. Got the response <code>nautilus: no process found</code> (I figured that my first try to kill nautilus worked then. Just to be on the safe side, I clicked the "Home" icon on my launcher to start Nautilus, and then killed it again (same command). Still nothing happened.</p> <p>Following some of the comments below, I should specify that I do have ubuntu-desktop installed (and updated version 1.220) and nautilus is indeed installed (Version: 1:2.32.2.1-0ubuntu13). (Used to have nautilus from the elementary PPA, but removed it following the comments below - still no luck).</p>
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2011-04-22T22:21:13.757
2018-10-22T10:05:53.273
Right-clicking on the Unity desktop does nothing - ideas?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T21:33:03.240", "id": "40577", "postId": "36512", "score": "0", "text": "Do you have nautilus managing your desktop? Or have you disabled that option?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T21:46:04.080", "id"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is highly unlikely the N.E. is a real problem.</p>\n\n<p>Ensure that:</p>\n\n<p>/apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/5wyp5.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\">\n(run gconf-editor)\nIs set to true. If it is, also ensure that nautilus is set to launch on login.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/17249/how-do-i-use-the-gconf-editor\">How do I use the gconf editor?</a></li>\n</ul>\n", "commentCount": "7", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T23:18:48.620", "id": "40611", "postId": "36524", "score": "0", "text": "@Roland, you solved it for me! Thanks!! I also realized why was this turned off on my machine. I am using Ubuntu Tweak which gives you an option to have a desktop \"without icons\". I guess this option turns off the \"show desktop\" setting of nautilus. Thanks again! Heading back to reinstall nautilus from the elementary PPA... :-)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4442" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T04:23:40.137", "id": "40652", "postId": "36524", "score": "0", "text": "@SB: I figured you had used Ubuntu-Tweak, but I didn't want to mention it if you did not have it.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T11:38:01.083", "id": "40821", "postId": "36524", "score": "0", "text": "posted a [bug report](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/+bug/769841) on the Ubuntu Tweak launchpad page.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4442" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T12:10:11.073", "id": "40826", "postId": "36524", "score": "0", "text": "@SB: this is not a bug in ubunu-tweak, but in Nautilus.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T20:05:04.440", "id": "40899", "postId": "36524", "score": "0", "text": "@Roland, actually, I thought this wasn't actually a bug, but a desired behavior. The bug report which I posted against Ubuntu Tweak is not of some malfunctioning code, but just a suggestion that when a user unchecks the relevant chackbox he is notified that his desktop will no longer be clickable. See [bug report](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-tweak/+bug/769841) for details of what I suggested. Why do you see it as a bug with Nautilus? Maybe Nautilus should differentiate between not showing icons, and making the desktop unclickable?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4442" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T20:11:45.957", "id": "40902", "postId": "36524", "score": "0", "text": "@SB: Your last question hits the nail on the head.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" }, { "creationDate": "2012-02-14T23:44:44.727", "id": "120592", "postId": "36524", "score": "0", "text": "@Roland: Show Desktop does not appear in /apps/nautilus/preferences/ on my 11.10 install, but selecting \"Show Desktop Icons\" in Ubuntu Tweak reapplied the feature allowing Right clicking the desktop to change wallpaper.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "43594" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-22T22:41:41.400", "id": "36524", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T02:51:07.867", "lastEditDate": "2017-04-13T12:23:36.527", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "-1", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "1992", "parentId": "36512", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "8" }
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The desktop is actually provided by Nautilus, just like it was in previous versions of Ubuntu. If you press <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F2</kbd> and type <code>killall nautilus</code> without the quotes and then press Enter, this will stop (and automatically restart) Nautilus. </p...
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2011-04-22T21:44:52.813
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<p>Is there any way to (via the GUI) modify the theme that is used for the GDM login system? I ask because when I installed <code>xubuntu-desktop</code> alongside <code>gnome-desktop</code> the <code>xubuntu-gdm-theme</code> package took over the login window theme. Is there any easy method to have multiple GDM themes installed at once, but be able to choose which theme takes dominance in the login manager without removing all other theme packages?</p>
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2011-11-04T02:53:05.880
Choosing GDM login window theme via GUI without Ubuntu Tweak
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>First approach</strong> </p>\n\n<p>If you don't like Ubuntu Tweak, may be you like the GDM2 Setup tool: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gdm2setup/gdm2setup\nsudo apt-get update\nsudo apt-get install python-gdm2setup \n</code></pre>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p><strong>Second approach</strong> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://forumubuntusoftware.info/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=2&amp;sid=20e44b5a1e7a9f384d7a74e852ada7b4\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">TheeMahn</a> has made a Nautilus script that help you to easily make your GDM theme: </p>\n\n<pre><code>cd ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/\nwget http://ubuntusoftware.info/scripts/MakeGDM\nsudo chmod +x MakeGDM \n</code></pre>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/JY0st.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"> </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/pMRxj.jpg\" alt=\"enter image description here\"> </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/cKOaF.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T22:32:37.173", "id": "40600", "postId": "36518", "score": "0", "text": "Does this allow me to modify only the login theme without modifying the other theme(s)?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T23:07:43.650", "id": "40609", "postId": "36518", "score": "0", "text": "Was getting a lot of python errors in a test installation, i think i'll hold out until its got something >= 1.0.0. Any other suggestions are accepted :)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T14:53:58.237", "id": "40704", "postId": "36518", "score": "0", "text": "Added a second approach =-)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12943" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T15:22:11.977", "id": "40707", "postId": "36518", "score": "0", "text": "@desgua, you wouldn't happen to be using Kubuntu would ya?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T16:58:39.257", "id": "40722", "postId": "36518", "score": "0", "text": "@EvilPhoenix, no I'm not, are you?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12943" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T23:07:32.213", "id": "40779", "postId": "36518", "score": "0", "text": "No, but that screenshot made me think Kubuntu for a minute :/", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T00:49:14.220", "id": "40783", "postId": "36518", "score": "0", "text": "The screenshot is from the author of the script ;-)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12943" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-23T23:32:05.617", "id": "66606", "postId": "36518", "score": "0", "text": "MY EYES. THEY BLEED. Ugly theme in screenshots :/", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5674" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-22T22:09:17.530", "id": "36518", "lastActivityDate": "2011-08-23T22:48:11.790", "lastEditDate": "2011-08-23T22:48:11.790", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "14356", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "12943", "parentId": "36515", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>First approach</strong> </p>\n\n<p>If you don't like Ubuntu Tweak, may be you like the GDM2 Setup tool: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gdm2setup/gdm2setup\nsudo apt-get update\nsudo apt-get install python-gdm2setup \n</code></pre>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p><str...
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2011-04-22T22:00:32.370
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<p>I have a server machine that I never log into the X display on, only via ssh. Recently I logged in and it told me I had </p> <pre><code>12 packages can be updated. 6 updates are security updates. </code></pre> <p>I actually already knew that because I run munin on it and all my other servers. So anyway, I did "sudo aptitude" and installed all the updates, then rebooted. A few days later, munin told me I needed to upgrade another package, so I logged on, but the login message said:</p> <pre><code>12 packages can be updated. 6 updates are security updates. </code></pre> <p>I went into aptitude and installed the one update. Ubuntu is still telling me I have 12 packages to update. Munin tells I don't have any. I tried <code>aptitude -d -y dist-upgrade</code> and <code>apt-get -d -y dist-upgrade</code> and both of them tell me there is nothing to install. So why is the login information still telling me I have 12 packages to update?</p>
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2011-04-22T23:16:43.163
2023-07-10T11:58:25.257
Ubuntu tells me I have packages to upgrade when I don't
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T22:03:21.437", "id": "40591", "postId": "36517", "score": "0", "text": "Did you do `sudo aptitude update` again? Just to make sure it updated ;) Also, running `sudo aptitude safe-upgrade` might help, you can use aptitude just like apt-get, with the command-line ar...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sysvinit/+bug/659738\">bug in initscripts</a>, fixed in Natty, which copies the current state of <code>motd</code> to <code>/etc/motd.tail</code>. <code>motd</code> is dynamically generated whenever you boot but <code>motd.tail</code> is static (allowing a sysadmin to place some fixed information there for all users).</p>\n\n<p>Deleting <code>motd.tail</code> will fix the issue temporarily but a better solution is to create an empty <code>motd.tail</code>. If the file doesn't exist then it may be created again (incorrectly) when <code>initscripts</code> is upgraded.</p>\n\n<p>Create an empty <code>motd.tail</code> with</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo touch /etc/motd.tail\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2013-05-16T00:43:08.020", "id": "372200", "postId": "44163", "score": "2", "text": "I'm seeing this same problem in 12.04.2 LTS, and there is no `/etc/motd.tail` file; just `/etc/motd`, which contains the offending text. The timestamp (\"System information as of...\") is accurate, but the updateable package count is not.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "54675" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-20T21:06:13.963", "id": "44163", "lastActivityDate": "2011-05-20T21:06:13.963", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "241", "parentId": "36517", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "10" }
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The problem appears to be the logic in <code>/usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available</code> which is deciding that there are is no reason to run <code>/usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable</code> based on timestamps on <code>/var/lib/update-notif...
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2011-04-22T22:18:14.913
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<p>I recently switched to Ubuntu from Windows 7. I was previously learning C++ with Microsoft's IDE, Visual Studio. </p> <ul> <li>How would I go about programming C++ on Ubuntu, preferably with an IDE?</li> </ul>
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2011-06-04T09:24:02.790
2016-08-19T14:52:01.380
How could I begin C++ programming on Ubuntu?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T23:39:41.820", "id": "40617", "postId": "36520", "score": "0", "text": "possible duplicate of [Can I use a C/C++ compiler??](http://askubuntu.com/questions/30996/can-i-use-a-c-c-compiler)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5" }, { "creationDate": ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The two most popular IDEs (If you go by reviews on the software centre) are Code::Blocks and Geany. They aren't as feature packed as Visual Studio though.</p>\n\n<p>To install them you can either search on the software centre for them or stick</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get i...
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2011-04-22T22:38:15.520
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<p>How can I create a <strong>fortunes</strong> file and add it to the <code>fortune</code>* command on the shell?</p> <p>*Fortune - "console command to print a random, hopefully interesting, adage."</p>
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2018-04-05T05:19:55.257
Creating a Fortunes file
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is explained in the manpages for <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/en/man6/fortune.6.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><code>fortune(6)</code></a> and (especially) <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/en/man1/strfile.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><code>strfile(1)</code></a>.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, you create a text file that contains your \"fortune cookies\" separated by a line that contains a single <code>%</code> sign and nothing else. Each fortune cookie can be 1 or more lines (including empty lines). A random example from one of the default fortune cookie files:</p>\n\n<pre><code>A day for firm decisions!!!!! Or is it?\n%\nA few hours grace before the madness begins again.\n%\nA gift of a flower will soon be made to you.\n%\nA long-forgotten loved one will appear soon.\n\nBuy the negatives at any price.\n%\nA tall, dark stranger will have more fun than you.\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then you use the <code>strfile</code> utility to create a binary search index (see its manpage for extra options). When you put both the text file and the binary index file in <code>/usr/share/games/fortunes/</code>, your new fortune cookies should be available.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2015-11-24T13:25:07.223", "id": "1029802", "postId": "36538", "score": "0", "text": "strfile -c % f1.txt f1.dat ; then run fortune f1.dat ; received error: \"No fortunes found\"", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "289345" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T00:46:00.323", "id": "36538", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T16:37:12.807", "lastEditDate": "2011-04-24T16:37:12.807", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "935", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "935", "parentId": "36523", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "7" }
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2011-04-23T00:14:08.107
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<p>I have an internal IDE drive that I'm trying to mount. Clicking "Mount Volume" in the disc utility gives me this:</p> <blockquote> <p>Error mounting volume An error occurred while performing an operation on "Beowulf" (Partition 1 of ATA MAXTOR 6Y200P0): The operation failed</p> </blockquote> <p>It then gives these details:</p> <blockquote> <p>Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: helper failed with: mount: according to mtab, /dev/sdb1 is already mounted on / mount failed</p> </blockquote> <p>Here is the contents of my mtab:</p> <pre><code>/dev/sdb1 / ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0 0 0 proc /proc proc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0 none /sys sysfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0 fusectl /sys/fs/fuse/connections fusectl rw 0 0 none /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw 0 0 none /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw 0 0 none /dev devtmpfs rw,mode=0755 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 none /var/run tmpfs rw,nosuid,mode=0755 0 0 none /var/lock tmpfs rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0 binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev 0 0 gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/brenton/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon rw,nosuid,nodev,user=brenton 0 0 </code></pre> <p>Here is the contents of fstab:</p> <pre><code># /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier # for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name # devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5). # # &lt;file system&gt; &lt;mount point&gt; &lt;type&gt; &lt;options&gt; &lt;dump&gt; &lt;pass&gt; proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0 /dev/sda1 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1 # swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation UUID=87486d4a-aad3-4314-8d33-2ed4299985fa none swap sw 0 0 </code></pre>
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2011-04-24T09:40:38.550
IDE Drive won't mount
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It would help to know what the mtab looked like before the fault, I prefer the output from the mount cmd. That mtab just isn't right, your defined root is sda1 and it isn't\neven listed, the disk your trying to mount already claims to be mounted as /.</p>\n\n<p>You may have s...
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2011-04-23T00:25:08.750
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<p>I am running Ubuntu 11.04 desktop with encrypted home directories. I do development work on my computer and I want to have my webroot directory to be within my home directory so it is encrypted with the rest of my home directory. As I am the only use of the machine, I want to configure Apache to point to this directly.</p> <p>Current I have changed the <code>/var/www</code> folder into a symbolic link to the workspace in my hone dir: <code>/home/valorin/workspace</code></p> <p>However, this throws <strong>403 Forbidden</strong> errors in apache.</p> <p>I have added my user into the <code>www-data</code> group, and set the ownership &amp; permissions on the workspace folder:</p> <pre><code>drwxrwxr-x 2 valorin www-data 4096 2011-04-23 10:02 workspace </code></pre> <p>But the only way I can get it to work is to change my home dir group to be www-data and set permissions too. I don't really want to do this as it means Apache has access to my home dir and could possibly be used by someone on my network to get into my personal data.</p> <p>Does anyone know how I can solve this problem?</p>
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2011-04-23T00:37:37.690
Allowing apache access to a subdirectory in a home directory without access to the home directory
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can leave your $HOME dir ownership alone. You don't need to set it to www-data. What you <em>do</em> have to do is ensure that Apache has execute permissions on $HOME and everything above it. So, you could do something like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>chmod 751 \"$HOME\"\nsudo chmod 751 /home\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>However, the fact that $HOME is encrypted might pose major problems for Apache unless you can somehow configure Apache to use the proper decryption key.</p>\n\n<p>EDIT:</p>\n\n<p>Setting execute permissions on a directory means only that you can access something inside the directory if you already know its name and if what you're trying to access also has correct permissions. So setting a global x-bit on $HOME isn't too much of a security risk, as long as all your other files have reasonable permissions. You might want to look into your umask to be sure.</p>\n", "commentCount": "7", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T00:42:49.267", "id": "40620", "postId": "36535", "score": "0", "text": "Awesome, that worked, thanks :)\nIn regards to the encryption, when I am logged in the folder is accessible to the system - so this is not an issue (luckily!). Does that mean that any user can execute/run scripts within my home dir if they know the path? or do they need Read access for that too?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "176" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T00:48:13.380", "id": "40621", "postId": "36535", "score": "2", "text": "They also need read permission.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "13398" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T00:50:00.150", "id": "40623", "postId": "36535", "score": "0", "text": "I was hoping that was the answer, thanks heaps once again :)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "176" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T00:50:59.993", "id": "40624", "postId": "36535", "score": "0", "text": "@Valorin: If you intend for Apache to only be able to serve pages while you're logged in, then I'm assuming it's just being used as a development box. In that case, you might also consider configuring Apache to only serve pages to 127.0.0.1. That will provide a bit on additional security.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "13398" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T01:08:29.743", "id": "40628", "postId": "36535", "score": "0", "text": "Yep, it's a development machine and I've already configured localhost access only :)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "176" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-09T14:45:04.393", "id": "45463", "postId": "36535", "score": "0", "text": "Is there also way to just give those rights to Apache instead of to everyone? (Or, in what is Apache different from other users that it can execute without read access?)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "16480" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-10T00:24:02.137", "id": "45586", "postId": "36535", "score": "0", "text": "@Lode: Which rights do you mean? Apache isn't a special case, and setting the x-bit on your $HOME is no security risk if the permissions on the files inside $HOME are reasonable. I suggest you read up on Linux/UNIX permissions. There are ways to get more granularity in permissions, but they aren't enabled by default in Ubuntu. I believe that SELinux is one such solution.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "13398" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T00:37:37.690", "id": "36535", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T00:37:37.690", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "13398", "parentId": "36533", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "7" }
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36536
1
36546
2011-04-23T00:38:28.490
1
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<p>I have an Alienware M17x R3 laptop with 460M nvidia card. I just got it brand new from Alienware today. Running nvidia driver doesn't work in 10.10 (GDM doesn't load at all), so I switch back to nouveau driver and upgrade to 11.04.</p> <p>Once the upgrade finishes, when the computer boots up (after GRUB), the screen will continuously flickers like color-changing neon light.</p> <p>Is my computer not Ubuntu-compatible?</p>
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2011-04-23T04:43:32.503
Runs ok in 10.10, screen flickers continuously like neon light in 11.04
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've been running 11.04 successfully on an nvidia-based Thinkpad for over 5 months, thru multiple configurations and driver options, so you should be able to get things working with relative ease -- barring any weirdness with the Alienware HW I'm not familiar with.</p>\n\n<p>But first I'd suggest you get yourself to what I call a KGC (Known Good Configuration), as your question leaves out all the background stuff I/we need to know to TS effectively.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Do a clean install of Natty 11.04. Accept all the defaults, except one. Wipe your current installation and reformat the drive. I'd suggest EXT4 as a filesystem. Reboot when complete.</p></li>\n<li><p>Login to your clean install and <em>first and foremost</em> open terminal (or use the graphical update manager if you prefer) and type: \"sudo apt-get update\" (no quotes; let it do it's thing), then \"sudo apt-get upgrade\". When complete, reboot.</p></li>\n<li><p>You should now be in one of two states: an accelerated driver has been installed (the unity panel is displayed on the left side of the screen); or, you're runnning in 2D mode (desktop looks like Maverick 10.10 with gnome panel on top of screen). If the former, you're golden; if the latter...</p></li>\n<li><p><em>Do not</em> simply click the driver update icon if it displays. This sometimes installs an older driver which may not be compatible with your newer system. Type and enter \"additional drivers\". When the dialog displays, choose either the Nvidia (version current) [Recommended] option, or the Experimental 3D support option (nouveau). I've had excellent success with the nouveau driver on my 460-based system. Reboot when complete.</p></li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>If anything doesn't work as above, write back and detail what you did, and where things fell apart.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T01:32:16.827", "id": "40633", "postId": "36546", "score": "0", "text": "Sorry, typo on step 4: Type and enter >> Type <ctrl>+<F2> and enter...", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "11882" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T01:55:54.600", "id": "40636", "postId": "36546", "score": "0", "text": "My previous attempt of installing 11.04 with no special option, 1 drive running ext4 => still has the same neon problem right after installation finishes and first restart.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "7574" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T03:16:07.757", "id": "40645", "postId": "36546", "score": "0", "text": "OK, good. Got some background now. We need to get the neon-flash stuff out of the way :-) Reboot, hold down the `<shift>` key after bios message clears. Choose the command shell option. Login (hardwire laptop if you have no connectivity), and install aptitude (easier syntax to work with): `sudo apt-get install aptitude`. Now do `$ aptitude search nvidia`. Tell us what has an \"i\" beside it.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "11882" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T19:38:58.243", "id": "40756", "postId": "36546", "score": "0", "text": "Holding Shift after choosing the Recovery Console still have the same problem. The computer is unusable at this state. Back to 10.10 I go.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "7574" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T01:29:59.573", "id": "36546", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T01:29:59.573", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "11882", "parentId": "36536", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
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36537
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92138
2011-04-23T00:39:44.347
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<p>It is near the upper left corner. I don't need the icon there. How to hide it?</p>
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5674
2012-01-02T09:08:11.270
2012-01-02T09:08:11.270
How to hide Google Desktop icon on Gnome?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T18:57:16.173", "id": "40748", "postId": "36537", "score": "0", "text": "What version of Ubuntu are you using?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4442" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T20:26:18.407", "id": "40759", "postId": "36537", "s...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no way to hide it without removing the notification area tray from the panel, or simply not using Google Desktop. If you upgrade to 11.04 or 11.10, it is possible to blacklist the icon from the panel.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2012-01-02T08:56:56.103", "id": "92138", "lastActivityDate": "2012-01-02T08:56:56.103", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "5674", "parentId": "36537", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no way to hide it without removing the notification area tray from the panel, or simply not using Google Desktop. If you upgrade to 11.04 or 11.10, it is possible to blacklist the icon from the panel.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communit...
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36544
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2011-04-23T01:26:55.170
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<p>I have this video clip that I want ubuntu to play when I login, is there a way of doing this?</p>
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2011-05-25T03:04:29.387
Is there anyway I can play a video on login
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Add the command <code>totem --fullscreen /path/to/video</code> to your startup applications (or replace totem with your video player of choice).</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-25T00:09:11.413", "id": "49460"...
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36545
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44828
2011-04-23T01:27:08.580
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<p>I know you are to install iTunes in WINE but when ever I open it an error message appears that says </p> <pre><code>Apple Application Support was not found. Apple Application Support is required to run iTunes. Please uninstall iTunes, then install iTunes again. Error 2(Windows error 2) </code></pre> <p>I have tried uninstalling the iTunes, re downloading it and repairing it. Nothing seems to work. Please help me here. Thank you.</p>
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39869
2012-07-02T03:14:13.067
2021-06-22T08:23:12.700
Why isn't iTunes working for me?
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T01:30:31.273", "id": "40631", "postId": "36545", "score": "0", "text": "I am aware of gtkiPod and stuff like that, but I want to use iTunes for the setup of my iPod.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14748" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T01:53:...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've also tried this, it didn't work for me. <br>\niTunes was rated as Silver on the Winehq website, with few known reports of it working properly. <a href=\"http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=1347\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=1347</a> <br>\nI use banshee, it's simple, lightweight, and all around in my opinion, it's better than iTunes. It also allows you to Sync media to your iPod or iPhone, but with limited functionality. <br>\nHope this helps. :) </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-24T03:20:15.057", "id": "44828", "lastActivityDate": "2011-05-24T03:20:15.057", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "18395", "parentId": "36545", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Some versions work with some versions of wine. If you'd chosen a product from a more open company then you would have significantly fewer issues. I suggest you check the wine appdb for your version of wine running the version of iTunes you have. You may need the wine ppa addi...
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36548
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47911
2011-04-23T02:27:18.003
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<p>I have a problem recently my cam (built in) is really really dark when using Skype or cheese I can barely see anything, Only when I spot a light on the cam I can see it but really dark </p> <p>I have a Sony Vaio F127FD , I am running Ubuntu 10.10 (Desktop edition) fully updated </p> <p>Note: the webcam was fine I guess the problem has something to do with the latest updates </p>
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2012-09-20T09:27:00.920
2023-09-04T17:11:19.513
How can I adjust the brightness of my webcam?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If not already installed, install the Video for Linux 2 Universal Control Panel (v4l2ucp), that will allow you to adjust your video settings</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-06-09T21:01:07.257", "id": "47911", "lastActivityDate": "2011-06-09T21:01:07.257", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "2830", "parentId": "36548", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "24" }
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36549
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2011-04-23T02:49:35.507
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<p>I am running 11.04. I have a Nvidia Geforce GT 240 with a dual monitor setup and am running the proprietary drivers. Each time I login, I get a weird problem. The left monitor has a corrupted background. It appears that the region where the app menu would reside is at a different zoom level than the rest of the screen. If I do anything to cause occlusion on that part of the screen the background redraws and everything looks OK. Has anyone else experienced this problem?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9v6Ql.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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866
2011-08-29T09:52:55.317
2011-08-29T09:52:55.317
Unity dual monitor wallpaper corruption
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've seen this on occasion, I think it's due to some driver problems. What I do is open a window, and then drag it over the corrupted area, it should act like an eraser and show you the normal background. </p>\n\n<p>It's reported on Launchpad: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad...
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36551
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2011-04-23T04:03:58.907
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<p>On windows, I can use Fireshot with FireFox to take screenshots, ufortuately, its works only on Windows... how can I do the same on Ubuntu? </p> <p>The main features I will need are: </p> <ul> <li>Take full scrolling web page screenshot</li> <li>Work with Flash/Silverlight content - some screen capture will display these as black boxes or something </li> <li>If possible, have an API so I can develop scripts to make use of it</li> </ul>
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235
2011-04-23T17:02:23.747
2019-10-29T10:20:02.300
Is there an equivalent to FireShot for Firefox?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/abduction/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Abduction</a>.</p>\n\n<p>It allows you to take whole pages/selections, though I'm not sure about scripting (this should be possible though.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T04:33:46.120", "id": "36559", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T04:33:46.120", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "1992", "parentId": "36551", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
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2011-04-23T04:07:18.270
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<p>I'm trying to complete a batch of 3 videos to leave it there till morning processing but it seems there are special characters in it... I try it "raw" in the terminal and it works but in bash script it stops working</p> <p>Example: </p> <pre><code>args1="-r 29.97 -t 00:13:30 -vsync 0 -vpre libx264-medium -i" args12="-r 29.97 -ss 00:40:30 -vsync 0 -vpre libx264-medium -i" args2="[in] scale=580:380 [T1],[T1] pad=720:530:0:50 (other arguments with lots of [ and ]" </code></pre> <p>In the output it says </p> <p>Unable to find a suitable output format for 'scale=580:380' not sure why... like I said, the command runs fine in the command-line, just not in the script</p> <pre><code>/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg "$args1" "${file}" -vf "$args2" "$args3" "${args[0]}_${startingfrom}_0001_02.mp4" </code></pre>
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8069
2011-04-23T04:27:48.197
2012-04-11T16:20:13.683
How to escape this in the bash script?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Maybe you should try to define your <code>args</code> thus:</p>\n\n<pre><code>args2='[in] scale= .....'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(note the single quote as opposed to the double quote).\nSay how you get on.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDa...
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2011-04-23T04:19:28.767
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/144621/how-do-i-stop-the-screensaver-from-turning-on-when-i-watching-online-videos">How do I stop the screensaver from turning on when I watching online videos?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is it possble to disable Monitor dimming/Screensaver only on video playback? For me, videos will be mainly Desktop via VLC or Web via FireFox/Chrome (HTML5/Flash/Silverlight/Quicktime)</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:59.520
2011-04-23T05:37:08.127
Can I disable monitor dimming/screen saver when playing videos? VLC/Web(HTML5/Flash/Silverlight/QuickTime)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-09-01T19:26:23.293
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36564
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2011-04-23T04:58:55.253
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<p>On their website, they say to simply enter <em>bleachbit --(argument here)</em> but all that does is open the program. Am I doing something wrong?</p>
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2021-01-21T06:33:30.007
How do I run BleachBit from the terminal?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The webpage about the command line interface haven't been updated since 09/07/2009 . The command line interface now has it's own binary, <code>bleachbit_cli</code></p>\n\n<pre><code>info: starting BleachBit version 0.8.0\ndebug: appicon_path = '/usr/share/pixmaps/bleachbit.png'\nUsage: bleachbit_cli [options] cleaner.option1 cleaner.option2\n\nOptions:\n -h, --help show this help message and exit\n -l, --list-cleaners list cleaners\n -d, --delete delete files and make other permanent changes\n --sysinfo show system information\n -p, --preview preview files to be deleted and other changes\n -v, --version output version information and exit\n -o, --overwrite overwrite files to hide contents\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T10:52:17.513", "id": "36595", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T10:52:17.513", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "13570", "parentId": "36564", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "5" }
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36572
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2011-04-23T06:18:26.203
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<p>I'm running the latest Natty beta and I've realized that cookies are not saving under Firefox. </p> <p>Passwords and history save normally, but cookies do not. I have check the settings in Firefox and it is set to save history. </p> <p>This becomes a problem because I am using two-step authentication for Google so every time I close a window I need to check my phone for a new code. </p> <p>Also strange is that every time if I ever mistype my password entering Google (on the first bad type) they give me a captcha box to fill in. </p> <p>These irregularities do not happen under Win XP sp3.</p>
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235
2011-04-23T16:58:24.220
2011-08-16T05:25:13.437
Firefox cookies not being saved
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Make sure you have not included the cookies in the option \"Clear history when Firefox closes\". Also make sure you set the cookies to be kept \"until they expire\". </p>\n\n<p>Another alternative, which is what I do, is to use the <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/220876/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Biscuit</a> extension. It allows to mark certain cookies to be kept, even if Firefox is set to delete cookies when closing.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-29T09:02:16.577", "id": "37912", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-29T09:02:16.577", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "2950", "parentId": "36572", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "3" }
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1
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2011-04-23T06:57:28.017
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<p>I installed a fresh Ubuntu 10.10 onto a new hard drive and want to mount the old home directory to a subdirectory of my new (also encrypted) home directory.</p> <p>I tried this with <code>sudo mount -t ecryptfs /mnt/oldhome/me/ /home/me/oldhome</code>, with <code>/mnt/oldhome</code> being the /home partition of the old system.</p> <p>Afterwards ~/oldhome contains a desktop link file (Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop) linking to <code>ecryptfs-mount-private</code> and a <code>README.txt</code> saying I should run <code>ecryptfs-mount-private</code>. I do so, but as I don't know what is supposed to happen, I can't tell if it happens and if it brings me closer to accessing my old home.</p> <p>Any hints?</p> <p><strong>update</strong></p> <p>I was able to mount my old encrypted home with the help of <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/31675/decrypt-home-from-separate-partition-after-re-install/34169#34169">this script</a>. Though, looking into it with <code>ls</code>, I get alot of errors like this:</p> <pre><code>ls: cannot access /mnt/oldme/some_file: No such file or directory </code></pre> <p>Other information <code>ls -l</code> should show, is replaced by question marks.</p> <p><strong>update 2</strong></p> <p>I mounted the old system to /mnt/oldroot and mount /dev, /sys, /proc and the old home partition into. Then I chrooted into /mnt/oldroot, <code>su - me</code> and <code>ecryptfs-mount-private</code>. Asked for the passphrase I put it in and got:</p> <pre><code>Error: Unwrapping passphrase and inserting into the user session keyring failed [-5] Info: Check the system log for more information from libecryptfs ERROR: Your passphrase is incorrect </code></pre> <p><code>ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase</code> gives me the exact same passphrase I used, though.</p>
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2017-04-13T12:24:43.770
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Trying to mount old encrypted home
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I strongly recommend that you use the <a href=\"http://manpg.es/ecryptfs-recover-private\">ecryptfs-recover-private</a> utility in these cases.</p>\n\n<p>A full explanation of how to use it is available <a href=\"http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2011/04/introducing-ecryptfs-recover-private.html\">here</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2016-08-14T18:02:08.420", "id": "1228437", "postId": "102257", "score": "9", "text": "Just an hint to myself because it's the n-th time I have to run this command and every time I have to reverse engineer how it works: the correct syntax to skip the whole-tree file search and crack-open an old home dir, is: `sudo ecryptfs-recover-private --rw .ecryptfs/<YOUR_USER>/.Private`. No need to exhume the 32 bytes long passphrase, just a few attempts to guess the password of that old pc.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "63606" }, { "creationDate": "2018-05-12T23:00:54.273", "id": "1684961", "postId": "102257", "score": "0", "text": "Having some similar yet different issues on a new post (https://askubuntu.com/questions/1035424/ubuntu-18-04-mount-encrypted-disk) , do you think you could share your expertise on this? Thanks!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "254402" }, { "creationDate": "2019-04-03T11:05:00.660", "id": "1873285", "postId": "102257", "score": "3", "text": "Sometimes this gives `Error: Unwrapping passphrase and inserting into the user session keyring failed [-5]` even though the passphrase is correct. As per https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/285541/mount-no-such-file-or-directory-with-encrypted-recovery/395391#comment878481_395391, it's helpful to run `sudo ecryptfs-manager`, then press 4 (exit), then run `ecryptfs-recover-private` again.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "422008" }, { "creationDate": "2021-06-30T13:54:47.013", "id": "2306151", "postId": "102257", "score": "0", "text": "I did exactly this, and I first thought it did work, as I got \"INFO: Success! Private data mounted at [/tmp/ecryptfs.xxx].\" However `ecryptfs-recover-private` seems to mount my *current* home dir also under /tmp/ecryptfs.xxx, but not the one I from my backup I passed to the script. Any idea?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "592751" }, { "creationDate": "2021-06-30T13:58:45.643", "id": "2306153", "postId": "102257", "score": "0", "text": "Ah, found it: there is a symlink from `backup-dir/home/user/.Private` to my current home ...", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "592751" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2012-02-07T15:58:51.443", "id": "102257", "lastActivityDate": "2012-02-07T15:58:51.443", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "4733", "parentId": "36573", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "38" }
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<p>Just after an update from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04 and a restart, Ubuntu freeze at startup on a dialog saying: "It seems that you do not have the hardware required to run Unity. Please choose Ubuntu Classic", etc.</p> <p>I can not click the "Close" button. I can not switch either to another tty.</p> <p>Any idea how to figure out what happen?</p>
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2011-05-06T11:28:05.360
Freeze at startup: "It seems that you do not have the hardware required to run Ubuntu"
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<p><em>This question is now obsolete since Chromium and its derivatives like Google Chrome use the more modern PPAPI Flash Player plug-in. It's built in to Chrome, but Chromium users need to rely on <a href="/a/424844/175814">other solutions</a>.</em></p> <p>I being a developer want to use Flash version 10.1 or older on some of my Ubuntu machines. The problem is each time I run Google Chrome on this Lucid 64 bit machine (which is the only machine with me) I get a warning:</p> <blockquote> <p>This flash plugin was blocked because it is out of date</p> </blockquote> <p>As per instructions on these links:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/run-chromium-with-flags" rel="nofollow">http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/run-chromium-with-flags</a></li> <li><a href="http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/" rel="nofollow">http://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/</a></li> </ul> <p>then I tried at a command line:</p> <pre><code>google-chrome --allow-outdated-plugins </code></pre> <p>But I still got the same warning. Is there a way I can use with an old version of flash plugin?</p> <p><strong>UPDATE 1</strong><br> As per below suggestion I edited the hex value of one of the file <code> /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so /usr/lib/iceape/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so /usr/lib/libvisual-0.4/morph/morph_flash.so /usr/lib/openoffice/basis3.2/program/libflashlx.so /usr/lib/xulrunner/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/midbrowser/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so /usr/share/ubufox/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so /var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so </code></p> <p>which was<br> <code>/usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so</code><br> From 10.1 to 10.2 but there was no effect.How do I find out which file is google-chrome using from above?</p> <p><strong>UPDATE 2</strong> Following from lsof output I found </p> <pre><code>var/lib/flashplugin-installer/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so </code></pre> <p>is the flash plugin which google chrome is using and there I could not find the string Flash 10.1 as mentioned in reply below.</p>
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This flash plugin was blocked because it is out of date
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<p>I'm slowly getting used to Ubuntu; for I've been a Windows user as long as I've used any computer. I'm hoping someone can suggest a good graphics software.</p> <p>I'm simply looking for one that works close to Microsoft Paint. (Paint brush functionality, simple paint operations, etc)<br /> Does Ubuntu offer anything like it?</p>
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2023-04-01T14:11:26.347
Is there a program like Microsoft Paint?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The closest MS Paint clone is <a href=\"http://pinta-project.com/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Pinta</a>. I regard it as vastly superior to MS Paint, but it retains its simplicity.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/7wMoN.jpg\" alt=\"enter image description here\" /></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/pinta/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/xH2Wb.png\" alt=\"Install via the software center\" /></a></p>\n<p><strong>Edit</strong></p>\n<p>On latest Ubuntu, you have to update permissions to avoid crash.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/K6Hlq.png\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/K6Hlq.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\" /></a></p>\n<ol>\n<li>Launch permission window from Software.</li>\n<li>Enable the last permission\n&quot;Read/Write files on removable storage devices.&quot;</li>\n</ol>\n", "commentCount": "26", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T09:59:46.247", "id": "40682", "postId": "36581", "score": "34", "text": "+1 for Pinta, for newbies to linux its a better alternative than Gimp", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2725" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T18:25:51.737", "id": "40743", "postId": "36581", "score": "0", "text": "+1 And it's modeled after Paint.NET! (And I've heard of it, too!)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6514" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-15T09:28:30.063", "id": "53982", "postId": "36581", "score": "11", "text": "+1, did what I wanted. Good screenshot btw - immediately tells you if this program is what you're looking for.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "928" }, { "creationDate": "2012-12-08T22:09:26.790", "id": "280106", "postId": "36581", "score": "1", "text": "Does the ONE thing I can't do on GIMP... Make a stupid rectangle for censoring names (when I wanna post an auto-correct, etc)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "78647" }, { "creationDate": "2013-08-21T02:45:55.157", "id": "427038", "postId": "36581", "score": "2", "text": "@pgrytdal, you *can* draw rectangles on GIMP. I don't think it's as intuitive as it should, but this is how I do it: http://pbs01.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/145/", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "48105" }, { "creationDate": "2013-09-24T12:41:43.690", "id": "447751", "postId": "36581", "score": "0", "text": "Thank god that you did not mention GIMP. I was looking exactly for an intuitive tool like Pinta. :-)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "195703" }, { "creationDate": "2015-05-27T23:52:41.010", "id": "894473", "postId": "36581", "score": "0", "text": "For me Pinta is much better than kolourpaint, xpaint and Gimp. It is easier, more intuitive and quite advanced.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "413395" }, { "creationDate": "2016-02-09T21:40:02.993", "id": "1086184", "postId": "36581", "score": "3", "text": "+1 for Pinta. I'm a longtime MS Paint user. Struggled with both Gimp and ImageMagick on Ubuntu. I just installed Pinta. Took 5 minutes to install on Ubuntu 14.04 (sudo apt-get install pinta) and 5 minutes to figure out how to use. So far I've used it to copy, paste, erase, select colors, fill regions with color, and to draw rectangles, lines, ellipses and text.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "318450" }, { "creationDate": "2016-10-11T07:16:23.797", "id": "1276440", "postId": "36581", "score": "2", "text": "It nearly dies on high resolution images.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "519927" }, { "creationDate": "2017-05-08T09:11:35.600", "id": "1437212", "postId": "36581", "score": "0", "text": "text color is white and is not seen in white background, how to change text color?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "640422" }, { "creationDate": "2017-05-13T13:11:19.870", "id": "1441246", "postId": "36581", "score": "1", "text": "Be careful, in pinta version before 1.5 (my ubuntu installed 1.3 by default) copy&paste is seriously bugged: for zoomed-in image the pasted rectangle appears off screen (in the corner of the image, not the screen). You have to add the pinta ppa manually to get newest stable version. That's the most important paint feature for me, so I nearly gave up pinta! (but the alternatives are not better :))", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "665234" }, { "creationDate": "2017-12-26T14:14:52.430", "id": "1594985", "postId": "36581", "score": "1", "text": "Pinta is too slow compared to good old Microsoft Paint.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "608131" }, { "creationDate": "2018-03-31T17:07:12.130", "id": "1657594", "postId": "36581", "score": "0", "text": "I've always used KorourPaint. It has all the functionality of MS Paint, with some functionality that I'd always missed having in MS Paint, like being able to insert text at any zoom level. But it's simple and basic like MS Paint, and has the look and feel of MS Paint.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "429603" }, { "creationDate": "2018-05-31T18:46:02.667", "id": "1698527", "postId": "36581", "score": "2", "text": "WARN! Doesn't work with Ubuntu 16.04, after start select area app is freezing and crash.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "767566" }, { "creationDate": "2018-12-21T10:12:59.917", "id": "1819197", "postId": "36581", "score": "8", "text": "Not works with Ubuntu 18.04 - crashes when start image editing", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "721051" }, { "creationDate": "2019-05-29T00:12:07.580", "id": "1904515", "postId": "36581", "score": "5", "text": "Pinta is awful. Try drawing a filled rectangle in two clicks. Let me know how it goes.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "777707" }, { "creationDate": "2019-05-29T00:12:54.737", "id": "1904516", "postId": "36581", "score": "1", "text": "Also, the performance problems that were a little bit concerning in HD cause serious problems in 4K.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "777707" }, { "creationDate": "2019-06-14T17:02:33.957", "id": "1913666", "postId": "36581", "score": "1", "text": "In my little experience with pinta, It has no way to print/print preview file", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "882157" }, { "creationDate": "2019-07-25T09:54:41.930", "id": "1933686", "postId": "36581", "score": "1", "text": "Pinta is nowhere near a replacement for Paint. In addition to the other complaints here, here's another example: you can't even select a part of the image and resize it. You literally cannot resize a selection. There's been a push request since 2015. It's downright inaccurate to claim that Pinta is an MS Clone, much less that it's superior.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "617900" }, { "creationDate": "2019-10-23T19:29:24.020", "id": "1977080", "postId": "36581", "score": "0", "text": "I don't see **edge smoothing** and **easy handling of transparency** which are two of my key requirements. Nice with the layers and the overall simplicity.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19620" }, { "creationDate": "2019-10-29T17:45:12.967", "id": "1979636", "postId": "36581", "score": "3", "text": "Pinta seems to constantly crash for me before I have even been able to make one edit to the image I open (I'm using Ubuntu Mate 18.04 LTS).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "325849" }, { "creationDate": "2020-03-03T09:12:51.883", "id": "2040804", "postId": "36581", "score": "1", "text": "beware, Pinta depends on *mono* which is kinda big dependency for such a simple task. I chose [mtPaint](https://askubuntu.com/a/224630/16985) as it is more lightweight", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "16985" }, { "creationDate": "2020-08-30T05:31:17.690", "id": "2153199", "postId": "36581", "score": "1", "text": "not like MS Paint and too complicated.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "947439" }, { "creationDate": "2022-04-28T09:52:03.930", "id": "2440571", "postId": "36581", "score": "0", "text": "This is ridiculous, it doesn't even show the image and selection size...", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1563232" }, { "creationDate": "2023-05-06T12:55:28.647", "id": "2570057", "postId": "36581", "score": "0", "text": "I found Pinta buggy and too complicated. Gimp is far superior if I want a complicated editor.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "974699" }, { "creationDate": "2024-01-09T12:14:00.567", "id": "2627144", "postId": "36581", "score": "0", "text": "it mostly crashes in Ubuntu 22.04", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "772449" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T09:07:43.543", "id": "36581", "lastActivityDate": "2021-07-01T13:23:35.513", "lastEditDate": "2021-07-01T13:23:35.513", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "1036770", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14356", "parentId": "36577", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "367" }
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<p>Yesterday I installed doctormo's PPA package of the Wacom drivers to get a new Wacom Bamboo Pen &amp; Touch working on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS laptop, as instructed <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11815/how-to-install-wacom-bamboo-pen">here</a> and dozens of other web pages. Things were working fine, but today things broke. Some symptoms:</p> <ul> <li>right-/middle-clicks don't work</li> <li><code>xsetwacom list devices</code> shows nothing/is empty</li> <li>clicking causes the mouse pointer to stop moving - it moves again if I move the stylus out of the field and back in</li> </ul> <p>Some extra info:</p> <pre><code>$ uname -a Linux fl 2.6.32-31-generic #61-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 8 18:25:51 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ lsusb Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 004: ID 056a:00d1 Wacom Co., Ltd Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub $ lsmod | fgrep wacom wacom 32165 0 </code></pre> <p>Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Happy to provide further info.</p>
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2017-04-13T12:23:46.240
2011-08-08T03:16:15.147
Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch not working after installing doctormo's PPA
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Turned out that it was due to a missing /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-wacom.conf, which was removed in a packaging screw-up in an update from just a few days ago. After adding in the one from <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1515562\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1515562</a> everything worked again. Thanks go to <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=BANLkTina6iQ9uaMztA%2BSMUdowJit6e3c1w%40mail.gmail.com&amp;forum_name=linuxwacom-discuss\" rel=\"nofollow\">Favux</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-25T02:54:02.627", "id": "36887", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-25T02:54:02.627", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14829", "parentId": "36578", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "0" }
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<p>I am wondering if it will be better (stability, convenience and speed) to run apps like Photoshop with Wine or a virtual machine like VirtualBox?</p>
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Wine or virtual machine (VirtualBox) to run apps (eg. Photoshop)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Compatible Wine applications can be found <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/1208/is-there-a-directory-of-wine-compatible-software\">here</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Wine based applications are often said to have an equivalent speed as running on Native Windows. I have seen reports that claim Wine based applications run faster.</p>\n\n<p>The database presents a colour coding describing the stability and issues found when running the Windows application under Wine.</p>\n\n<p>Platinum rated applications will work without any issues for a particular version of Wine. The keypart of that statement is the version of Wine. It comes in two flavours:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Wine 1.2 from the repository is the recommended stable version of Wine.</p></li>\n<li><p>Wine 1.3 (also from the repository) is the current development version of Wine. It will be updated every two weeks with fixes - and regressions.</p></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Thus, if the winehq.org database says that it is Gold/Platinum rated under a version 1.3.x then the application will run close to the native Windows speed, but with the understanding that the stability could be affected with the next development update.</p>\n\n<p>If you want rock-solid stability then stay with either a dual-boot Ubuntu/Windows installation, or you can use a good virtual solution such as VirtualBox or VMWare. This will give you the same stability but with the speed sacrifice of running a virtual solution - this can be anything between 5 to 30% (or more) depending upon the type of Windows application and the type of virtual hosting solution.</p>\n\n<p>Graphics intensive based applications tend to suffer more under a virtual solution due to the reliance on virtual graphics driver - this driver tends to give basic graphics performance for 2D based applications. Hence, games rarely run well under a virtual solution. Recent VirtualBox versions claim to have good 3D capabilities with newer Graphics cards.</p>\n\n<p>Since Photoshop is graphically intensive, you perhaps should consider running this virtually only if you have a very good graphics card - you should also consider installing any proprietary driver such as NVIDIA or ATI Catalyst.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T10:38:05.217", "id": "36593", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T10:38:05.217", "lastEditDate": "2017-04-13T12:25:03.983", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "-1", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14356", "parentId": "36585", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "12" }
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<p>i have ubuntu 10.10 and i remove nspr4 package from synaptic (wrong!). After that gnome-panel is disabled and i lost internet connection. i install libnspr-dev and libnsrp. But there are no gnome-panel. Do i need install gnome-panel?</p>
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2011-04-23T16:58:11.253
2011-04-23T23:23:16.650
Removing a package broke gnome-panel, how do I get it back?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You didn't say exactly which package you removed, but the only similar package installed on my machine is <code>libnspr4-0d</code>. It is a dependency of a bunch of stuff, so if you removed it, you'll have to reinstall a lot of things. <code>gnome-panel</code> is one such thi...
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2011-04-23T12:13:20.973
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1529/how-can-i-highlight-pdfs">How can I highlight PDFs?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>In windows, I can use Foxit but on Ubuntu x64, what can I use? Foxit seem to only provide a i386 version</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2012-02-17T21:25:44.407
What to use to annotate PDF (Highlight/Underline)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I now use <a href=\"http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Foxit</a> under <a href=\"http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CEUQFjAA&amp;url=http://www.winehq.org/&amp;rct=j&amp;q=Wine&amp;ei=wfbFTczzAsbMrQeGsaHGBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNG_GieVLJmWMq2dtLWRMyBttJA2Xw&amp;cad=rja\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Wine</a></p>\n\n<p>Another related question <strong><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/36696/foxit-reader-on-wine-runs-but-does-not-install\">here</a></strong></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-08T01:51:11.133", "id": "41131", "lastActivityDate": "2011-05-08T01:51:11.133", "lastEditDate": "2017-04-13T12:25:03.983", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "-1", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14782", "parentId": "36601", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use Xournal. Works on my 64bit system.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2013-03-20T10:30:35.653", "id": "338830", "postId": "37348", "score": "0", "text": "Xournal works excellent on my...
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<p>I found out that <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Arrow</kbd> can move windows to another workspace.</p> <p>Is there a way of doing that with the mouse?</p>
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2019-11-25T02:23:37.777
2020-06-26T04:00:13.213
How to move windows between workspaces using the mouse?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can always right-click the title bar of a window and select one of the following options.</p>\n<h3>Move to Workspace Right</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/cxiU5.png\" alt=\"workspace-moving-screenshot\" /><br />\n<sub>This will move the window to the workspace on the right.</sub></p>\n<h3>Move to Workspace Left</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/8U00g.png\" alt=\"workspace-moving-screenshot\" /><br />\n<sub>This will move it to the workspace on the left. In my case, it is down due to Unity's workspace setup.</sub></p>\n<h2>In Unity (from 11.04 to 17.04)</h2>\n<h3>Select &quot;Move to Another Workspace&quot;...</h3>\n<p>...and select the workspace you want the window to switch to</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/XMcoI.png\" alt=\"workspace-moving-screenshot\" /><br />\n<sub>This will move it to the selected workspace.</sub></p>\n<h3>Invoking the <em>Expose mode</em></h3>\n<ol>\n<li><p>Clicking on the <em>Workspace Switcher</em> icon in the launcher</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/vW6HE.png\" alt=\"screenshot\" /></p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Hitting <kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>S</kbd></p>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Now you only have to drag the window to the desired workspace.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2019-11-21T11:11:49.507", "id": "1991620", "postId": "36611", "score": "0", "text": "How to do that for Atom text editor? Cant even click on the title bar.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "894799" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T14:02:24.883", "id": "36611", "lastActivityDate": "2020-06-20T18:26:17.467", "lastEditDate": "2020-06-20T18:26:17.467", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "349837", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "2732", "parentId": "36607", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "19" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can always right-click the title bar of a window and select one of the following options.</p>\n<h3>Move to Workspace Right</h3>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/cxiU5.png\" alt=\"workspace-moving-screenshot\" /><br />\n<sub>This will move the window to the workspa...
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36646
2011-04-23T13:52:51.243
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<p>I have an Ubuntu PC with ufw firewall (GUI version). I have added the preset Samba service, in and out, and even tried adding the ports manually (135-139, 445, UDP and TCP, in and out), but it still blocks samba.</p> <p>I am trying to access a share on another PC on my LAN. If I disable ufw, it works fine. It must be still blocking something and I can't figure it out. Any ideas?</p> <p>I'm on Ubuntu 11.04 beta 2.</p>
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2013-09-06T18:53:29.873
2023-08-26T10:36:31.383
UFW firewall still blocking SMB despite adding rules
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try this:</p>\n\n<p>As root, open <code>/etc/default/ufw</code></p>\n\n<p>Look for the line like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>IPT_MODULES=\"nf_conntrack_ftp nf_nat_ftp nf_conntrack_irc nf_nat_irc\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Add <code>nf_conntrack_netbios_ns</code> to the line so that it looks like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>IPT_MODULES=\"nf_conntrack_ftp nf_nat_ftp nf_conntrack_irc nf_nat_irc nf_conntrack_netbios_ns\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now reload the firewall:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo ufw reload\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2018-04-15T23:02:54.140", "id": "1666009", "postId": "36646", "score": "3", "text": "`echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper` is also necessary with newer kernels", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "460201" }, { "creationDate": "2020-11-22T00:15:28.653", "id": "2198401", "postId": "36646", "score": "1", "text": "FWIW that will probably fail as the user doesn't have access to that file. Instead, `echo 1 | sudo tee /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_helper` should work.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "29073" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T18:14:16.603", "id": "36646", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T18:14:16.603", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "13905", "parentId": "36608", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "7" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try this:</p>\n\n<p>As root, open <code>/etc/default/ufw</code></p>\n\n<p>Look for the line like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>IPT_MODULES=\"nf_conntrack_ftp nf_nat_ftp nf_conntrack_irc nf_nat_irc\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Add <code>nf_conntrack_netbios_ns</code> to the line so that i...
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36609
1
36613
2011-04-23T13:59:52.470
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<p>I'm used to the close button in the upper right corner as in MS Windows. How to put it there?</p>
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25798
2011-11-24T17:32:59.657
2015-10-01T17:31:10.460
How to put the windows close button on the right?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just paste the following in your terminal,</p>\n\n<pre><code>gconftool-2 --set \"/apps/metacity/general/button_layout\" --type string \":minimize,maximize,close\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now you can see that your buttons are placed in the right side.</p>\n\n<p>To revert:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gconftool-2 --set \"/apps/metacity/general/button_layout\" --type string \"minimize,maximize,close:\"\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T14:26:22.637", "id": "40699", "postId": "36613", "score": "0", "text": "I corrected the quotes but you need to approve it", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2677" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T14:28:05.880", "id": "40701", "postId": "36613", "score": "0", "text": "Is it working with Unity when app window is maximized and window buttons integrate to top panel? (I'm not using 11.04 as waiting for its final release, but curious to know if it works.)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12242" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-26T02:31:51.987", "id": "66917", "postId": "36613", "score": "0", "text": "COOL! Can you tell how to revert the changes? :D", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "22231" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T14:07:20.420", "id": "36613", "lastActivityDate": "2011-08-26T12:40:39.680", "lastEditDate": "2011-08-26T12:40:39.680", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "5691", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "5691", "parentId": "36609", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "12" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just paste the following in your terminal,</p>\n\n<pre><code>gconftool-2 --set \"/apps/metacity/general/button_layout\" --type string \":minimize,maximize,close\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now you can see that your buttons are placed in the right side.</p>\n\n<p>To revert:</p>\n\n...
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2011-04-23T14:06:34.487
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/unity-keyboard-mouse-shortcuts">Unity keyboard/mouse shortcuts</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>On MS Windows we can use <kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>Arrow</kbd> to move a window to the right and the left of the screen, maximize, minimize and even move it to another screen. Is there a way to configure this feature on Unity?</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.983
2011-04-23T14:23:37.400
How to move windows around and between screens?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>On Unity, you can press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Numpad 1</kbd> to move the window to the bottom left of the screen.</p>\n\n<p>You can also use Numpad 4 to move it left, Numpad 7 to move it top left, Numpad 8 to move it top, Numpad 2 to move it bottom, Numpad 9 to move it top right, Numpad 6 to move it right and Numpad 3 to move it bottom right.</p>\n\n<p>I hope this helped you,</p>\n\n<p>Daniel</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T14:11:51.527", "id": "36614", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T14:11:51.527", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "8893", "parentId": "36612", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "6" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>On Unity, you can press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Numpad 1</kbd> to move the window to the bottom left of the screen.</p>\n\n<p>You can also use Numpad 4 to move it left, Numpad 7 to move it top left, Numpad 8 to move it top, Numpad 2 to move it bottom, Numpad 9...
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2011-04-23T16:00:19.037
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<p>On MS Windows we can use <kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>Arrow</kbd> to move a window to the right and the left of the screen, maximize, minimize and even move it to another screen. Is there a way to configure this feature on Gnome?</p>
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10473
2012-07-16T13:06:08.043
2019-07-08T17:33:24.940
How to move windows around and between monitors, using keyboard short cuts?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-07-16T12:58:39.077", "id": "201111", "postId": "36616", "score": "1", "text": "I have kde and super + arrows moves to next monitor edge and to another screen.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10473" }, { "creationDate": "2018-02-01T22:23:19.370", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>NUMPAD 4</kbd> (left edge)\n<kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>NUMPAD 6</kbd> (right edge)</p>\n\n<p>Make sure you are using the NUMPAD cursor keys, not the dedicated ones, if you have those. Otherwise, it'll switch workspaces.</p>\n\n<p>Note that these shortcuts only work on non-maximized windows. Un-maximizing any selected window can be done using</p>\n\n<p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>NUMPAD 5</kbd> (center)</p>\n\n<p>List of Unity keyboard shortcuts here in case you haven't seen them.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/unity-keyboard-mouse-shortcuts\">What are Unity&#39;s keyboard and mouse shortcuts?</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-26T00:35:58.487", "id": "41058", "postId": "36929", "score": "7", "text": "It doesn't work on Gnome", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2677" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-11T13:35:08.903", "id": "45923", "postId": "36929", "score": "0", "text": "@Jader Dias In *what way* does *what* \"not work\" on Gnome?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1859" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-11T21:25:23.057", "id": "46026", "postId": "36929", "score": "3", "text": "@ændrük In my understanding Unity keyboard shortcuts don't work on Gnome", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2677" }, { "creationDate": "2012-11-28T08:38:26.930", "id": "275004", "postId": "36929", "score": "0", "text": "@JaderDias: But they do (at least these particular keys, in 12.10), and this is great! See http://askubuntu.com/a/222902/30266 for more detail.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "30266" }, { "creationDate": "2016-04-26T19:27:11.557", "id": "1139804", "postId": "36929", "score": "4", "text": "These are great, I only recently discovered them. The one thing they don't do (which the OP asked for) is moving windows from one monitor to another.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "224533" }, { "creationDate": "2017-03-19T21:02:17.677", "id": "1400593", "postId": "36929", "score": "0", "text": "Whether maximized or not, it just seems to \"snap\" the window to half of the current monitor instead of moving to a different monitor. (Using 16.04)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "420342" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-25T10:24:27.020", "id": "36929", "lastActivityDate": "2014-08-14T10:06:19.033", "lastEditDate": "2017-04-13T12:23:55.970", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "-1", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14952", "parentId": "36616", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "18" }
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2011-04-23T14:56:36.970
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<p>I have a laptop Hp dv2000. I recently install ubuntu 10.10. I also install the compiz fusion and update Desktop effects could not be enabled.</p> <p>When I change the preference appearance visual effect it shows "Desktop effects could not be enabled" this message. How can i resolve this problem?</p>
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235
2011-04-23T16:28:41.883
2011-10-14T08:30:28.223
Cannot enable desktop effects on an hp dv2000
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Likely you cannot enable Desktop Effects because your graphics card's drivers aren't installed.</p>\n\n<p>Do the following:\n<strong>Access the Hardware Drivers tool.</strong> This tool (in 10.04) is found in the top panel for GNOME at <strong>System > Administration > Hardw...
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36621
1
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2011-04-23T15:39:23.937
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<p>I am running Mono executables from the Launch panel in Gnome, but I can't set the right icon. How to do that?</p>
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40581
2015-07-13T06:14:29.693
2015-07-13T06:14:29.693
Extract icon from Mono executable
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I use the same tools Colin mentioned. First install the <code>icoutils</code> package. Then to extract the ico from dlls or exe, just run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>wrestool -x --output=. -t14 name.exe\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>That usually extracts the main icon. Then to convert the ico file to png run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>for i in *.ico; do convert \"$i\" \"$i.png\"; done\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The first command works for me about 99% of the time. If it doesn't give you the right icon file you can check this more in depth <a href=\"http://jamesmcdonald.id.au/it-tips/gnu-linux/how-to-extract-icons-from-windows-executeables-in-linux\" rel=\"nofollow\">tutorial</a>. Also, you can use the <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/dapper/man1/wrestool.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">wrestool man file</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2013-05-29T15:30:15.710", "id": "379350", "postId": "50295", "score": "0", "text": "Unfortunately, it seems to only work with 32bit (or 16bit) .exe files. wrestool cannot find resources in 64bit .exe files.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8822" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-06-24T04:58:51.300", "id": "50295", "lastActivityDate": "2011-06-24T04:58:51.300", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "17577", "parentId": "36621", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "4" }
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2011-04-23T15:49:39.347
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<p>That behavior is so wrong. The arrow keys should move the cursor, not the panel focus. How to fix it?</p>
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2677
2011-04-23T20:24:55.320
2011-04-25T10:08:42.457
Why pressing the left arrow key in MonoDevelop's code editor panel changes the panel focus instead of moving the cursor?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T16:40:30.333", "id": "40717", "postId": "36622", "score": "0", "text": "Turned me off MonoDevelop so fast.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3857" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T18:16:28.340", "id": "40740", "postId": "36622", "scor...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Disable IBUS.</p>\n\n<p>This is mostly the cause for such breaks - it's a known bug in the IBUS daemon.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-25T05:49:50.223", "id": "36900", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-25T05:49:50.223", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14939", "parentId": "36622", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Disable IBUS.</p>\n\n<p>This is mostly the cause for such breaks - it's a known bug in the IBUS daemon.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-25T05:49:50.223", ...
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36759
2011-04-23T16:01:35.930
1
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<p>Are there commands to preform actions such as alt-tab?</p>
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2011-04-24T11:23:18.943
Commands to do things like alt-tab
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T16:07:29.487", "id": "40711", "postId": "36624", "score": "0", "text": "I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you mean by \"commands to perform actions.\" Do you mean other shortcuts to manage open windows?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5" }, ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Given you last comment Alexander, I think you want to use \"xte\" which is available if you install the xautomation software package from software centre or synaptic manager</p>\n\n<p>'xte' is a command line tool which you could shell out from your code.</p>\n\n<p>Example syntax to invoke an \"ALT-TAB\" would be</p>\n\n<pre><code>xte \"keydown Alt_L\" \"key Tab\" \"keyup Alt_L\"\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T14:55:51.170", "id": "40847", "postId": "36759", "score": "0", "text": "Thanks. I started using xsendkeys, but this looks more useful since it can also hold keys down. Thanks!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9940" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T11:23:18.943", "id": "36759", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T11:23:18.943", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14356", "parentId": "36624", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "5" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Given you last comment Alexander, I think you want to use \"xte\" which is available if you install the xautomation software package from software centre or synaptic manager</p>\n\n<p>'xte' is a command line tool which you could shell out from your code.</p>\n\n<p>Example syn...
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36626
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36632
2011-04-23T16:18:19.027
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<p>I want some new memory for my computer and I can't find out what type of memory my computer uses and needs. When I was using Windows I used Belarc to find out what hardware was on the computer. Now that I am using ubuntu I am not sure what to use. I also used Glary utilities. Can anyone help me?</p>
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527764
2017-03-16T12:04:35.217
2017-03-16T12:04:35.217
What is a good system/hardware utility to show what type of memory I have?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>sudo lshw -C memory</code> reveals following information on my machine: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo lshw -C memory \n[sudo] password for stefan: \n *-firmware \n description: BIOS\n vendor: American Megatrends Inc.\n physical id: 0\n version: 0208 (01/31/2005)\n size: 64KiB\n capacity: 448KiB\n capabilities: isa pci pcmcia pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification netboot\n *-cache:0\n description: L1 cache\n physical id: 5\n slot: L1-Cache\n size: 32KiB\n capacity: 32KiB\n capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies data\n *-cache:1\n description: L2 cache\n physical id: 6\n slot: L2-Cache\n size: 2MiB\n capacity: 2MiB\n capabilities: pipeline-burst internal varies unified\n *-memory\n description: System Memory\n physical id: 1b\n slot: System board or motherboard\n size: 1GiB\n capacity: 3GiB\n *-bank:0\n description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous\n product: PartNum0\n vendor: Manufacturer0\n physical id: 0\n serial: SerNum0\n slot: DIMM0\n size: 512MiB\n width: 64 bits\n *-bank:1\n description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous\n product: PartNum1\n vendor: Manufacturer1\n physical id: 1\n serial: SerNum1\n slot: DIMM1\n size: 512MiB\n width: 64 bits\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Is that sufficient? </p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T16:58:38.850", "id": "40721", "postId": "36632", "score": "0", "text": "Yes that was wonderful thank you. My dad has been getting on me to find this out.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14748" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T17:05:05.117", "id": "40725", "postId": "36632", "score": "1", "text": "lshw is an acronym for 'list hardware'. Together with the switch -html you can produce an static html-file, and put it to your favourites in the browser. Of course, in case of defect or new hardware, you need to update the file manually.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10068" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T16:50:57.000", "id": "36632", "lastActivityDate": "2012-07-27T08:29:32.183", "lastEditDate": "2012-07-27T08:29:32.183", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "61218", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "10068", "parentId": "36626", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "3" }
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2017-03-17T17:24:41.447
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36635
2011-04-23T16:43:20.520
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<p>I enjoy recording screencasts in my spare time, and was hoping to get going recording some Ubuntu stuff.</p> <p>I have a machine running Ubuntu Server. </p> <p>Is there any easy way to record the screen?</p>
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527764
2017-08-15T20:28:04.663
2017-08-15T20:28:53.897
How to record the terminal on a server?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Take a look at <a href=\"http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">recordMyDesktop</a>, also, here's a <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_screencasting_software\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">comparison of screencasting software</a>.</p>\n\n<p>If you don't have any GUI you might want to use this script (it's part of the <code>util-linux-ng</code> package):</p>\n\n<pre><code>user@srv % script logfile\nScript started, file is logfile\nuser@srv % echo test\ntest\nuser@srv % exit\nScript done, file is logfile\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You'll find a recording of this session in logfile.</p>\n\n<p>To track a SSH session in the same fashion you can use tee:</p>\n\n<pre><code>user@srv % ssh host | tee -a sshlog\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>However, both ways just dump commands and outputs, without any time assignments. So it's not applicable to record videos.</p>\n\n<p>I recommend to use something like VirtualBox or VMware and record the windows with virtual machines inside...</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T16:59:19.280", "id": "36635", "lastActivityDate": "2017-08-15T20:28:53.897", "lastEditDate": "2017-08-15T20:28:53.897", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "527764", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14856", "parentId": "36630", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "3" }
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36631
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2011-04-23T16:49:09.537
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<p>Is there a ubuntu program like CPU-Z which will show me the actual frequency of my processor?</p> <p>I do a fair amount of scientific computing which leads to me running my programs for up to 10 hrs. To alleviate this problem a little I overclock my CPU. However I can't see what the actual clock of my processor from within ubuntu which means I either have to restart and look at the bios or load into windows. If there was an applet or command line command to find out this information it would be very helpful.</p> <p>Thanks for your help</p>
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2011-05-25T07:20:18.523
2012-10-13T02:11:56.993
What is the current frequency of my processor (CPU-Z equivalent)?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The file <code>/proc/cpuinfo</code> contains information about the cpu(s) on your system. To just get the clock rate, you could run <code>cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep \"cpu MHz\"</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T15:41:00.490", "id": "40854", "postId": "36637", "score": "0", "text": "this still gives the value based on my cpu's default clock and not the actual speed. As in, my processor is stock 2.8 GHz, I am running it at 3.2 GHz. running that command returns a value of \"2800.000\"", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14021" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T16:27:49.180", "id": "40859", "postId": "36637", "score": "1", "text": "Well then your cpu is running at 2.8 ghz. Maybe the cpufreq daemon is overriding your bios overclock.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5845" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T16:33:22.123", "id": "40861", "postId": "36637", "score": "0", "text": "What do you get from the file `/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies` ? If the overclocked speed is not listed, you should try disabling speedstep when you overclock.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "13570" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T21:35:43.623", "id": "40913", "postId": "36637", "score": "1", "text": "that shows the same set of frequencies, rubbish. I'm using an AMD chip, so it looks like have got more hunting to do. Thanks!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14021" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T17:08:58.827", "id": "36637", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T17:08:58.827", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "13570", "parentId": "36631", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "12" }
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2011-04-23T16:55:14.520
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<p>How can I use digikam instead of shotwell in the dash? I cannot choose my preferred photo app in the "Preferred Applications" dialog.</p>
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14768
2011-12-07T16:56:53.073
2011-12-07T16:56:53.073
How can I use digikam instead of shotwell in the dash?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You cant currently, see: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/708479/comments/3\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/708479/comments/3</a>\nand: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/730623/comments/4\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/730623/comments/4</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T17:58:43.150", "id": "36642", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T17:58:43.150", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14015", "parentId": "36634", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You cant currently, see: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/708479/comments/3\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/708479/comments/3</a>\nand: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/730623/comments/4\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs....
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36639
1
36683
2011-04-23T17:33:51.473
1
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<p>What is the process gvfsd-dav. <br />The best I could find on my system monitor was that it is somehow associated to nautilus. I closed all the nautilus instances and still there are 2 instances of gvfsd-dav that are completely occupying 2 out of 4 CPUs.</p>
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2011-04-23T22:42:16.030
gvfsd-dav process
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>gvfsd is the daemon process for the GNOME Virtual File System (<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVFS\" rel=\"nofollow\">gvfs</a>). gvfsd-dav handels remote filesystemes (<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV\" rel=\"nofollow\">WebDAV</a>). Are you using something like UbuntuOne?\nIf you mount such devices via nautilus you'll probably create these processes..</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T00:38:09.027", "id": "40782", "postId": "36683", "score": "1", "text": "damn webDAV. It isn't UbuntuOne it's the damn interface to my website. Thanks.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14506" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T22:42:16.030", "id": "36683", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T22:42:16.030", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14856", "parentId": "36639", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "0" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>gvfsd is the daemon process for the GNOME Virtual File System (<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVFS\" rel=\"nofollow\">gvfs</a>). gvfsd-dav handels remote filesystemes (<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV\" rel=\"nofollow\">WebDAV</a>). Are you using somethin...
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36640
1
37620
2011-04-23T17:38:31.703
1
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<p>I am trying to install ultamatix and it says I need python-gtkhtml2 and it isn't in the software center and it wasn't found in a search in terminal (<i>sudo apt-get install python-gtkhtml2</i>). How can I find this package without downloading it from the internet with a virus?</p>
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null
2011-04-28T17:43:07.353
Where can I get python-gtkhtml2?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I am the creator of ultamatix aka TheeMahn. I highly suggest installation of <a href=\"http://www.themelinux.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=13\" rel=\"nofollow\">themelinux's repository</a> as it is much more maintained &amp; has been <a href=\"http://forumubuntusoftware.info/viewtopic.php?f=23&amp;t=5692\" rel=\"nofollow\">repomastered</a>. It has all libraries necessary to run it &amp; the most current version. Well, minus natty which I am working on currently. That is how I found this thread ;)</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-28T20:58:47.280", "id": "41706", "postId": "37620", "score": "0", "text": "Thanks TheeMahn. I love your OS, but my computer is a bit slow and isn't really good for your amazing OS.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14748" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-29T00:59:44.657", "id": "41807", "postId": "37620", "score": "0", "text": "I am using Natty so I'll wait until you've fixed it up.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14748" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-28T17:43:07.353", "id": "37620", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-28T17:43:07.353", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "15248", "parentId": "36640", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "0" }
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The answer for this depends upon which version of ubuntu you are using (answer copied from <a href=\"http://www.absolutelytech.com/tag/python-gtkhtml2/\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>):</p>\n\n<p>For lucid, download the appropriate Karmic .deb package from originally from <a href...
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2011-04-23T18:06:25.647
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<p>Shotwell has an option "Watch library directory for new files". I have all photos in one folder with subdirectories. So I would like Shotwell to scan for new files only this specific folder. Instead of this every time it starts it scans all the folders on my system and imports bunch of pictures which I definitely don't wanna see in Shotwell database. Is it possible to somehow point Shotwell what exactly I want it to scan?</p>
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2019-09-08T13:22:57.940
How make Shotwell scan only specific folder?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your library location is the folder which Shotwell scans. For instance in my case «Fotos» is the only folder Shotwell scans.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y6t7L.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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1
37086
2011-04-23T19:08:39.267
0
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<p>As the question says: how can I turn on/off compositing (like clicking the appropriate option in System→ Preferences→ Appearance→ Visual Effects) using the command-line?</p> <p>I run Ubuntu desktop 10.10, if that helps.</p>
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2011-05-31T20:56:09.687
How do I turn on and off compositing from the command line?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>have you tried running </p>\n\n<pre><code>metacity --replace &amp;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>then again for enabling run </p>\n\n<pre><code>compiz --replace &amp;\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-03-12T13:15:54.853", "id": "132517", "postId": "37086", "score": "0", "text": "This seems to do what I want. I'll mark the question as answered, but I'll wait for more answers (if any).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1629" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-26T10:25:59.410", "id": "37086", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-26T10:25:59.410", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "15023", "parentId": "36654", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can try this command from command line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gconftool-2 -s '/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager' --type bool false\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T21:44:53.807", "id": "...
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36661
1
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2011-04-23T19:30:47.273
2
1002
<p>I have been using Ubuntu 10 since last many months and for the first time since last few days, the Downloading speed has reduced to 15 kbps instead of standard 150 kbps.</p> <p>But My Surfing speed and installation/update speed are pretty much fine.</p> <p>Its only when i use torrent download I am facing such problem.</p> <p>Tata Photon Plus Avg. D/L Speed as per plan 3.1 mbds actual 1.9 mbps At present speed 15 kbps!!!! but normal surfing speed.</p> <p>Hence please let me know how can i again equal the downloading speed to that of surfing speed.......</p>
14861
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2011-05-05T16:18:30.597
Slow download speed but high surfing speed
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-23T21:24:42.583", "id": "40763", "postId": "36661", "score": "0", "text": "Several providers reduce the bandwidth for torrent connections. Maybe this happened in your case.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "236" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T17:1...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As someone who works within the ISP industry I can confirm this is likely due to the fact you are downloading torrents.</p>\n\n<p>For example, by using Deep Packet Inspection we can discover and then implement traffic shaping on particular types of transit.</p>\n\n<p>This wil...
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2011-04-23T19:31:57.897
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37654/how-can-i-remove-shadows-of-the-windows-in-unity">How can I remove shadows of the windows in Unity?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is it possible to remove shadows behind windows and menus in Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity?</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.887
2012-01-25T17:31:46.573
Is it possible to remove shadows behind windows and menus?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2011-05-03T01:34:00.550
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2011-04-23T19:59:34.140
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<p>Currently, I can right click any drive that is attached to the system and click format. No password is asked at all while the data is wiped. I can also format any drive from the disk utility. This brings back scary memories of Windows -- how can I make it ask for a password?</p>
14015
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2012-04-15T05:06:49.427
How to make the disk utility ask for password before making modifications?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can add password by using launcher properties. All you have to do, </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Right click to gnome-menu and edit menus, </li>\n<li>Find the administration tab and then disk utility item, </li>\n<li>Open the properties of disk utility, </li>\n<li>Change the \"comman...
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2011-04-23T21:06:57.310
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<p>In the <a href="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/en/man1/tar.1.html">documentation</a>, I read that <code>tar</code> has the following options when extracting files from a tarball:</p> <pre><code>-k, --keep-old-files don't replace existing files when extracting --overwrite overwrite existing files when extracting </code></pre> <p>which one is used by default?</p>
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2011-04-23T21:20:21.637
Extracting from a tar file - Default behavior: overwrite or keep?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can try it by yourself:</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo 1 &gt; 1\necho 2 &gt; 2\ntar cf foo.tar 1 2\necho 3 &gt; 1\necho 4 &gt; 2\ntar xf foo.tar\ncat ?\n1\n2\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>First two files (<code>1</code> and <code>2</code>) were created. Than an archive <code>foo.tar</code> was created. The next step changed the file contents and after that <code>foo.tar</code> was extracted. If you look into the files you'll see the old contents.</p>\n\n<p>So <code>--overwrite</code> is default.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2013-10-08T07:35:36.620", "id": "455113", "postId": "36669", "score": "4", "text": "the default is: --overwrite-dir\n overwrite metadata of existing directories when extracting\n (default)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "47195" }, { "creationDate": "2015-03-04T19:37:03.167", "id": "824870", "postId": "36669", "score": "2", "text": "And an explanation of the behavior: http://www.gnu.org/software/tar/manual/html_node/Dealing-with-Old-Files.html", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "93215" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T21:20:21.637", "id": "36669", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T21:20:21.637", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "236", "parentId": "36668", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "18" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can try it by yourself:</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo 1 &gt; 1\necho 2 &gt; 2\ntar cf foo.tar 1 2\necho 3 &gt; 1\necho 4 &gt; 2\ntar xf foo.tar\ncat ?\n1\n2\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>First two files (<code>1</code> and <code>2</code>) were created. Than an archive <code>foo.tar</code...
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2011-04-23T21:23:34.160
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<p>I would like to pre-install Ubuntu on a computer for someone. I may want to customize it for them, but in the end they need to be able to choose a username, password, etc. when they first boot it up. (Also called an OEM install).</p> <p>How do I do this?</p>
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2014-04-26T13:02:20.070
2022-03-21T02:30:30.657
How do I pre-install Ubuntu for someone (OEM install)?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I originally thought this feature was only available in the alternate installer but I have been corrected. I was able to boot up a USB key for the desktop CD, holding down the left shift key until I was asked to choose a language, and then I hit <kbd>F4</kbd> and was presented with this menu:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/CtLUS.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Colin Watson also notes that you can enable <code>oem-config/enable=true</code> as a <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/19486/how-do-i-add-a-kernel-boot-parameter\">boot parameter</a> to expose the feature. After using it it prompted me with OEM-looking prompts:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/NySD8.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>If you are using the <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads\" rel=\"noreferrer\">alternate installer</a> you can just hit <kbd>F4</kbd> and choose OEM Install right from the first screen:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/eT0vx.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2020-05-02T15:53:48.813", "id": "2077918", "postId": "36673", "score": "0", "text": "Is there a link with the packages called OEM-config-something? How to use it after installing them. I was wondering what was the use of OEM-config-remaster. I try to customize an ISO and the packages, it's why I wonder that.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "302109" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T21:42:31.120", "id": "36673", "lastActivityDate": "2012-07-27T08:51:55.970", "lastEditDate": "2017-04-13T12:24:55.353", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "-1", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "235", "parentId": "36671", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "41" }
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2011-04-23T21:44:57.197
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<p>Pardon my ignorance, but I'm relatively new to Linux and unable to find a sufficient answer to this question elsewhere. I'm looking to install the Linux Mint environment on top of Ubuntu, preferably with the option of switching between the normal Ubuntu Gnome environment and Mint (like you would switch between Gnome and KDE).</p> <p>Two questions:</p> <ol> <li>Is this even possible?</li> <li>If so, what's the easiest way to go about this?</li> </ol> <p>Thanks in advance!</p> <hr> <p><strong>Update:</strong></p> <p>Turns out when I asked this question I didn't know how to ask it correctly. What I wanted was not all of Linux Mint but rather just the Cinnamon desktop environment.</p> <p>The Cinnamon desktop environment used in Linux Mint can be installed with Ubuntu using the following command:</p> <pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install cinnamon nemo </code></pre> <p>Hopefully this helps anyone who comes to this question looking for how to install the Mint desktop environment on top of Ubuntu.</p>
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2014-02-03T00:27:32.740
2014-02-03T00:27:32.740
How to install Cinnamon desktop environment on top of Ubuntu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Because Linux Mint isn't related to Ubuntu the way Kubuntu and the like are, (Direct offshoots etc...) you unfortunately cannot install the Linux Mint environment on top of the Ubuntu DE like you can with say, Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Lubuntu etc...You can do a second partition and install Linux Mint on that and subsequently choose between them at system boot with the GRUB menu but that's the extent of what you can do in regards to running Linux Mint on Ubuntu...</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-07-12T16:29:51.970", "id": "52813", "lastActivityDate": "2011-07-12T16:29:51.970", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "890", "parentId": "36675", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's not possible to switch like Gnome and KDE. You need to make a fresh install for Linux Mint and in the end of the installation, grub (boot loader) will do the things in spite of you.</p>\n\n<p>You can select the Operating Systems after the BIOS section on Grub window.</p>...
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2011-04-23T21:59:01.493
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/26114/is-it-possible-to-change-the-order-of-icons-in-the-indicator-applet">Is it possible to change the order of icons in the indicator applet?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Using 11.04 beta. I see that you can no longer right-click and unlock|move tray icons.</p> <p>Is there a way to actually re-order these?</p>
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2017-04-13T12:24:13.887
2011-05-17T15:07:23.450
How to reorder tray icons?
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2011-05-17T15:07:43.437
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2011-04-23T22:35:05.407
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11573/what-does-fix-committed-mean">What does &ldquo;Fix Committed&rdquo; mean?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>The bug says <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/+source/linux/+bug/732445" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"Fix Committed"</a>, but where is the fix? I have the same problem with my microphone it still doesn't work on my Asus eeepc 1215 laptop.</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2012-06-13T14:40:41.023
A bug has a "Fix Committed" status. Why am I still experiencing it?
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2012-04-02T21:56:08.820
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2011-04-23T22:45:42.703
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/34572/how-can-i-reduce-or-increase-the-number-of-workspaces-in-unity">How can I reduce or increase the number of workspaces in Unity?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I currently use 6 desktops and I would like to continue to do so. I've tried Unity, but by default it has only 4 and navigation between them is clunky at best. Gnome 3 has a linear navigation scheme between desktops, but in Unity one must either go left/right or up/down and there doesn't appear to be any way of knowing which desktop one is on and which direction one needs to go. In my view, the multiple desktop scheme in Unity is very poorly designed and unecessarily limits users to the default settings. Is it possible to change the default settings?</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-04-23T22:45:42.703
Is it possible to have more than 4 desktops in Unity?
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2011-04-24T04:25:22.567
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2011-04-23T23:52:52.347
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<p>I found out that since my brand new Alienware M17xR3 laptop is running Intel Sandy Bridge, I have two options to get it to work:</p> <ol> <li>Run 11.04 which has experimental Sandy Bridge support in the kernel</li> <li>Disable nVidia Optimus if I want to use nvidia driver</li> </ol> <p>Option 2 is not possible because there is no option in the BIOS even though I have already updated to the latest version from Dell's support site.</p> <p>Thus, it comes to my question: my attempt to install 11.04 works until I have to reboot. After which all I see is a brief image of the Ubuntu logo with 5 dots. Then, the screen keeps flickering like crazy with different colors. How do I boot up my Ubuntu with a barebone, no frill so I can keep running <code>apt-get upgrade</code> every couple of days?</p>
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2011-04-24T09:28:36.127
Boot into recovery console
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you need to edit your grub2 menu to boot into a console rather than auto-start the GUI.</p>\n\n<p>I haven't fooled with 11.04 yet, but I think you need to edit /etc/default/grub as root to give you a terminal upon booting. </p>\n\n<p>Try the instructions here: <a href=\"http:...
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36696
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2011-04-24T01:37:56.563
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<p>I am new to Ubuntu (from Windows). I tried installing Foxit Reader via Wine, the setup runs, but its more like just a splash screen then Foxit is open. When I try to open another PDF by double clicking, it says "File not found". Under <code>Applications &gt; Wine &gt; Programs</code> theres not Foxit. Have foxit installed incorrectly?</p>
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2013-10-20T21:18:16.207
Foxit Reader on Wine runs but does not install?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It appears that FoxIt have designed the windows version to act like its \"portable\" version if it detects the \"setup.exe\" running under <a href=\"http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=20763&amp;iTestingId=54887\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Wine</a>. </p>\n\n<p>This means that it doesnt need to be 'installed'. You can create a Launcher if you </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Right-click on your desktop. </li>\n<li>In the Command Line entry Browse to where the setup.exe was downloaded. </li>\n<li>Then amend the entry to look like the following:\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/LhoMT.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Similarly (if using Lucid or Maverick), </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>right-click the menu in the top panel and choose the option \"edit menu\". </li>\n<li>Locate where you want to locate the new menu option and create the new menu option using the same Command Line entry as in the screen-shot.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>If you want to use the Windows Foxit Reader automatically when you double click a .pdf file then the instructions are very similar:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Right click the PDF and choose the option \"Open with other application\"</li>\n<li>Use the Command Line syntax as above but append \\\"z:%f\\\" i.e. it should look like:\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/cHbBh.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Remember to leave the check box \"Remember this application..\" ticked</p>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-26T14:10:17.833", "id": "41140", "postId": "36860", "score": "0", "text": "No, I think u misunderstood me, I was asking my cant I associate say *.pdf to Foxit, I seem to always get File not found, I think I saw somewhere its because Foxit expect Windows style filenames \"`\\\\`\" but Ubuntu gives Linux style \"`/`\"?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14782" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-26T15:47:11.173", "id": "41148", "postId": "36860", "score": "0", "text": "ok - I've amended my original answer.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14356" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-28T13:23:27.183", "id": "41549", "postId": "36860", "score": "0", "text": "@fossfreedom, cool! but what does that snippet actually do?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14782" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-28T13:27:23.207", "id": "41552", "postId": "36860", "score": "2", "text": "The Z:%f fools Foxit Reader so that it thinks that it is loading the file being passed as a parameter from the z:\\ drive. In wine, Z:\\ is mapped to your file-system.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14356" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-29T12:06:48.430", "id": "50312", "postId": "36860", "score": "0", "text": "@fossfreedom, I now used Ubuntu Minimal + LXDE. I tried the same thing but nothing happens theres no errors either ... any ideas how I can troubleshoot?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14782" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-29T13:23:19.760", "id": "50320", "postId": "36860", "score": "0", "text": "@jiewmeng - not really, I dont use LXDE. However, saying that, make sure you have samba installed correctly since wine does need that to browse your file system. I do note that the latest version of Foxit (v5) doesnt seem to work very well. You can still download the older version (4.3) from the website.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14356" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T21:59:09.603", "id": "36860", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-26T15:46:25.260", "lastEditDate": "2011-04-26T15:46:25.260", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "14356", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14356", "parentId": "36696", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "3" }
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2011-04-24T02:52:36.157
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<p>When I type in custom trackers into the tracker list, and try to save the list I get a message saying:</p> <p><em>List contains invalid URLs</em></p> <p>Am I doing something wrong?</p>
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2019-02-02T16:07:39.673
Why does my Transmission client tell me my tracker list contains invalid URLs?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This was the first link hat I found on google... after trying about a dozen from a list i found online I realized why I was getting this message. Windows uses a carriage return and newline to denote an end of line, where unix only uses a newline. I opened the file in my IDE (geany) and converted the line endings and it worked for the entire list.</p>\n\n<p>Hope this helps.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-03T02:49:32.950", "id": "43348", "postId": "39505", "score": "0", "text": "Hi pfifo! I will give this a try soon as I can! Thank you!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14615" }, { "creationDate": "2018-11-26T12:19:31.677", "id": "1805369", "postId": "39505", "score": "0", "text": "I just read that list in python and inserted '\\n\\n' on every list element, Solved my problem for transmission in ubuntu 18.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "790033" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-03T02:18:12.417", "id": "39505", "lastActivityDate": "2011-05-03T02:18:12.417", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "16170", "parentId": "36700", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
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2011-04-24T03:19:46.157
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<p>After recent update I am not able to change the volume using the keyboard button. It used to work fine earlier but not anymore. All other buttons (Play/Pause, Brightness, Wireless-Enable/Disable etc) work fine. Moreover there is speaker in the notification area. It used to be there before. </p> <p>In <strong>System->Preferences</strong>, there is no option to control sound preferences.</p> <p>Thanks </p>
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2011-04-25T11:12:06.777
2011-04-25T11:12:06.777
Unable to control volume using keyboard button on Dell Inspiron N5010
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You don't mention what version of Ubuntu you are running but if it is a version up to 10.10 go to <code>System -&gt; Preferences -&gt; Sound</code> and a dialog box like below should pop up.</p>\n\n<p>If however it is a Natty beta version then select the applications tab in Unity and search for Sound.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/me2TZ.png\" alt=\"Sound Preferences\"></p>\n\n<p>Ensure you have the Internal Audio selected and try a test on your speakers.</p>\n\n<p>You should also check your start up programs and ensure Pulse Audio is selected by going to <code>System -&gt; Preferences -&gt; Start Up Applications</code> - or the applications tab in Unity and search for start up applications and ensure Pulse Audio is selected as below;</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/s3QSA.png\" alt=\"Start Up Programs\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-25T22:32:41.523", "id": "41042", "postId": "36928", "score": "0", "text": "@Harbhag - happy to help, I assume from your edited question Pulse Audio was not selected to start?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4982" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-26T02:44:25.497", "id": "41064", "postId": "36928", "score": "0", "text": "I was disabling the unnecessary services to start during boot up and I un-selected the Pulse Audio by mistake.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8207" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-25T10:16:49.937", "id": "36928", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-25T10:16:49.937", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "4982", "parentId": "36702", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
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2011-04-24T03:23:49.053
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<p>I am attempting to install Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS on my computer. This computer is based around an <a href="http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/Striker_Extreme/" rel="nofollow">Asus 'Striker Extreme'</a> motherboard. I can install Ubuntu, but the machine cannot connect to the network. The installer and <code>modprobe</code> both claim to recognize the network interfaces of the motherboard, but there is no network connectivity. </p> <p>When the machine's interfaces are configured to use DHCP, they claim to be sending out DHCPDISCOVER messages, but looking at the log on my DHCP server, I see no DHCPDISCOVER messages received and no DHCPOFFER messages sent out. When the machine's interfaces are configured to use static IP addresses, they can't communicate with the rest of the network.</p> <p>I tested the cable separately: it works. I tested with different DHCP servers: no change. I tested with a different switch: no change.</p> <p>When I use Google to seek an answer to this problem, I end up with answers <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=352716" rel="nofollow">like this one on the Ubuntu forums</a> or <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-387312.html" rel="nofollow">like this one elsewhere on the same forum</a>, which are dated advice and which don't work for me: I can go through the steps of telling modprobe to do something different, but this does not solve the problem and the symptoms that I am experiencing do not change. </p> <p>How can I get this machine connected to my network ?</p>
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2011-05-24T15:02:12.723
Network Interfaces Do Not Function When Ubuntu Is Installed On An Asus 'Striker Extreme' Motherboard
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Answers to this question are no longer verifiable: the motherboard died entirely a few weeks after the question was posted. So it's now impossible to accept an answer.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-24T15:02:12.723", "id": "44929", "lastActivityDate": "2011-05-24T15:02:12.723", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "7004", "parentId": "36703", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "0" }
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36704
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2011-04-24T03:25:55.747
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes">What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Generally, I think Linux should be stable? But recently, my Ubuntu was hanging or lagging. Mouse moves but not responding to clicks. On Windows, I would use Ctrl+Alt+Del and stop any unresponsive apss. I wonder if theres a replacement in Ubuntu for Ctrl+Alt+Del? OR what will u do when Ubuntu hangs?</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:28.253
2014-04-25T22:10:21.467
What do you do when Ubuntu hangs/lags? Ctrl+Alt+Del?
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0
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T12:17:26.220", "id": "40829", "postId": "36704", "score": "0", "text": "Jiewmeng, please be sure to check that you are not posting duplicate questions. It seems like many of your questions are duplicates.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" } ]
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2011-06-05T19:25:23.153
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36706
1
37019
2011-04-24T03:43:15.300
7
1010
<p>When the Ambiance GTK theme is selected in Applications ▸ Appearance ▸ Customize ▸ Controls, the window buttons in the panel match the window buttons of the Ambiance Metacity theme's window decorations:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6f8CQ.png" alt="Ambiance GTK theme"></p> <p>When I choose any other GTK theme (e.g. Dust) in Applications ▸ Appearance ▸ Customize ▸ Controls, the window buttons in the panel change to something I do not recognize:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9XE5D.png" alt="Equinox GTK theme"></p> <p>These strange, off-center window buttons are inconsistent with the current window decorations (Ambiance):</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3ViSO.png" alt="Equinox GTK theme"></p> <p>How can I either</p> <ul> <li>switch back to the Ambiance-compatible window buttons in the panel while still using non-Ambiance controls, or</li> <li>alter the images that Unity uses to make the strange, off-center window buttons?</li> </ul>
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2011-04-25T21:36:01.767
How can I make the window buttons in the panel match the window buttons in the window decorations?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The buttons for light themes are hard coded into Unity. Support for metacity themes has not landed yet in Unity. There is a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/740232\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug report</a> filed on LP too. Hope fully, proper support will be added in Oneiric.</p>\n\n<p>You could modify images found in /usr/share/unity to achieve some level of customizability, I suppose.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": "2011-04-25T21:36:01.767", "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-25T21:27:11.310", "id": "37019", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-25T21:36:01.767", "lastEditDate": "2011-04-25T21:36:01.767", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "214", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "214", "parentId": "36706", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "3" }
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36709
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36720
2011-04-24T04:02:42.680
0
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<p>I was told that my PC doesnt support Unity on install of Ubuntu 11. Its </p> <ul> <li>Intel C2D T9300 2.5 GHz</li> <li>4GB DDR2</li> <li>320GB HDD</li> <li>NVIDIA GeForce 8600MGT</li> </ul> <p>Does it support Unity, if so, how can I enable Unity. Its currently using the Ubuntu 10 theme thingy :) thanks</p>
14782
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2012-04-26T21:03:24.287
My computer doesnt support Unity?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You probably only have to allow the restricted Nvidia driver, check the hardware-card icon in the top right corner.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T07:30:53.607", "id": "36720", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T07:30:53.607", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "12124", "parentId": "36709", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Check hardware requirements <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DemystifyingUnityGraphicsHardwareRequirements\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DemystifyingUnityGraphicsHardwareRequirements</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDat...
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36710
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36729
2011-04-24T05:22:05.323
18
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<p>Why doesn't Ubuntu require restarts on more updates? I know that for kernel updates and things like video drivers, it can't load the changes without a restart. But I'm curious about more basic updates of pretty fundamental packages that often don't require restarts. Things like Telepathy, glibc, gtk, etc. Why don't packages like this require a restart to be updated? Is the new version actually running right after an update?</p> <p>Another example would be Gwibber. I recently received and update to gwibber via the Update Manager while gwibber was running. The update completed successfully. Would gwibber be running the new version without manually restarting it? And is that the same for other packages? (I know some like mysql and apache automatically restart on an update). For packages that don't automatically restart, can't that be somewhat of a security issue for security fix?</p> <p>This comes up because I have been running OS X for about a week and almost every update requires a restart even if it isn't kernel/video driver related (as far as I can tell - they don't give you a lot of information). A friend of mine said that Apple forces restarts on most updates "just in case" it would be weird if you didn't restart. Windows is the worst because almost any install/uninstall or update requires a restart (often forcing shutdowns to take a <em>very</em> long time). This may be a bit broad for this venue, but why do the different operating systems handle this so differently? Or, more specific to Ubuntu: why doesn't Ubuntu follow a more strict restart policy?</p>
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2011-04-24T20:26:45.593
Why is a restart only required on some updates?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Whenever you open or execute a file in Windows, Windows locks the file in place (this is a simplification, but usually true.) You may have encountered those annoying errors where you can't delete a file because another process has an exclusive lock on it. This is why whenever Windows has to update itself you need a reboot for it to take effect. Windows will queue up file replacement and deletion activities for when it next boots up (when nothing has a lock on anything.)</p>\n\n<p>On the other hand, Linux has a mechanism wherein it's not the file that is locked but the underlying data on the disk that is. This may seem a trivial differentiation but it means that the file's record in the filesystem's table of contents can be deleted without disturbing any program that already has the file open. So you can delete a file while it is still executing or otherwise in use and it will continue to exist on disk as long as some process has an open handle for it even though its entry in the file table is gone. This allows Linux to replace a program completely while it's still running and then simply restart the program or just wait for the process to exit naturally. Once the old instance is killed, the old files will no longer exist at all and the new files will have taken up residence in their entries in the file table.</p>\n\n<p>So, as long as a particular file is not special in some way (like, for example, the kernel image file or files belonging similarly low-level systems) the updater can usually update-in-place like this. I'm sure there are special cases and situations where this would not be a good idea, but for most cases it's fine.</p>\n\n<p>As for why OS X does it, that \"just in case\" theory sounds plausible.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T09:12:00.683", "id": "40810", "postId": "36729", "score": "0", "text": "The reason that most user programs don't gets automatic restarted is that they are thought to be of a very short lifespan and of virtually no priveledges to change the system. If you are worried you can just log-out and then back in, this will close all the programs you have open.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "455" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T13:30:09.087", "id": "40843", "postId": "36729", "score": "2", "text": "In particular, dpkg installs files by writing them to foo.dpkg-new and then renaming them over the top of any previous file which was there, which allows smooth in-place upgrades of libraries and executables.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3228" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T09:11:29.010", "id": "40970", "postId": "36729", "score": "1", "text": "To demonstrate Amazed's point, create a test.py file: `#!/usr/bin/env python print raw_input()` Run this with `python test.py` or `chmod +x test.py && ./test.py` and, when it prompts you for input, `rm test.py`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14834" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T08:50:59.857", "id": "36729", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T20:26:45.593", "lastEditDate": "2011-04-24T20:26:45.593", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "1992", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "13905", "parentId": "36710", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "23" }
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36711
1
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2011-04-24T05:32:32.770
1
1403
<p>I need to know if launching Ubuntu's "SMB Browser" program (pictured below) and pointing it at a Windows print server is possible.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/npmET.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>I <a href="http://pastebin.com/Xr42tXk1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">tried using <code>ps aux</code></a> to get an idea of what program is being used behind the scenes, but I couldn't find it, although I think its probably the GNOME CUPS print configuration app, since you can get to it from System -> Administration -> Printing. </p> <p>I'm preparing a laptop image where users will need to be able to select a shortcut that takes them to the Windows print server and lets them select a printer in a (relatively) user-friendly way like Windows does.</p> <p>I'd like to know if that is possible with SMB Browser. Failing that, I'd like to know if there are any alternatives.</p>
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455
2011-04-24T09:23:58.790
2011-07-14T10:18:03.883
How do I launch the "SMB Browser" and point it to a Windows Print share?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T20:23:05.140", "id": "44385", "postId": "36711", "score": "0", "text": "Never mind, I'm going to add the printers via CUPS.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14146" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm sorry to say that I don't think that is possible.. Imho the best solution is to install all the printers on the image and then show your users how to change the default printer.</p>\n\n<p>go to Preferences>Administration>Printing and right-click on the wanted printer and ...
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36714
1
36739
2011-04-24T06:42:27.487
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<p>I have written a bash script from which i execute it from the root. I want to execute a particular command in a user account rather than root account.So how to execute that command in a user account and not in root account.For example i want to execute this command </p> <pre><code>echo 'user_pref("toolkit.networkmanager.disable", true);' &gt;&gt; ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/prefs.js` </code></pre> <p>in a user account say <code>karthick</code> how to execute it?</p>
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7035
2011-06-07T17:05:30.187
2011-06-07T17:05:30.187
How can I change the user during a bash script execution?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>sudo -u karthick 'echo \\'user_pref(\"toolkit.networkmanager.disable\", true);\\' &gt;&gt; ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/prefs.js`'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Most likely your problem can be solved more elegantly by some other means. Perhaps if you described that we could help solve the larger problem.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T09:22:14.027", "id": "36739", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T09:22:14.027", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14834", "parentId": "36714", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
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2011-04-24T06:46:21.117
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<p>Can anyone say me how to set a VNC password in Ubuntu? Such that if anyone access my machine through VNC it should prompt for a password.</p>
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2011-06-07T17:05:51.903
2019-07-24T13:47:34.470
How to set a VNC password?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can set a password when you open Remote Desktop.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Bj3OQ.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Or with<code>vncpasswd</code> you can also set the password for the vnc-server.</p>\n\n<p>So if someone want to connect to you, he has to enter the password.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T13:13:40.437", "id": "40837", "postId": "36724", "score": "0", "text": "`vncpasswd` doesn't work for me.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5691" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-25T07:29:02.127", "id": "40952", "postId": "36724", "score": "2", "text": "Which vnc server do you use?\nStart Options:\n\n\nvnc4server: Command to start: `vncserver`.\nThen run `vncpasswd`.\n\ntightvncserver: Command to start: `tightvncserver`.\nThen run `vncpasswd`.\n\nGnome build in vino-server: Command to start: `vino-preferences`\nAnd Activate: \"Allow other users to view your desktop\" and set a password.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14830" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T08:16:31.743", "id": "36724", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T09:17:06.730", "lastEditDate": "2011-04-24T09:17:06.730", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "14830", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14830", "parentId": "36715", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
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36716
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36727
2011-04-24T07:10:27.447
2
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<p>How to transfer a file from one system to another system easily?In my company employees will always ask us to transfer files from one system A to system B and so on. What we do is first we access system A through samba and copy the required files and then we access the system B through samba and paste the files there.Is there any easy and quick way of transferring of files from one system to another system?Any GUI will be preferable, thanks in advance :)</p>
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2017-08-23T15:04:38.640
How to transfer a file from one system to another system in a single command?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use ssh to transfer files.\nSo you can transfer a file like this: </p>\n\n<pre><code>scp /home/user/examplefile otheruser@192.168.1.101:/home/otheruser/\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This will transfer <code>examplefile</code> to <code>/home/otheruser</code></p>\n\n<p>If you dont like to use commands, you can just use nautilus, which supports the ssh-protocol. The remote location appears just like a normal directory and you can copy files there.</p>\n\n<p>To access the remote location, open Nautilus and look under <strong>File > Connect to Server...</strong> then choose the location you want.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-25T15:03:12.757", "id": "40993", "postId": "36727", "score": "0", "text": "Any GUI tool to handle this task??.Such that i will browse the files in System A and then drag it to system B..", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5691" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-25T16:15:53.697", "id": "40999", "postId": "36727", "score": "0", "text": "yes, as i said with the build in ssh-protocol of nautilus. It's then like a normal directory, where you can drag and drop files.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14830" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T08:41:01.737", "id": "36727", "lastActivityDate": "2017-08-23T15:04:38.640", "lastEditDate": "2017-08-23T15:04:38.640", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "527764", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14830", "parentId": "36716", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "5" }
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36718
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2011-04-24T07:22:22.897
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<p>Is there a way to make Ubuntu show me the current main volume level in the form of a percent? Like Windows 7 does when you change the sound level.<br> I'm just sorta a number freak, and I like to know what percentage my volume is at. Thanks :)</p>
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2011-07-02T08:20:22.357
How to - View sound percentage?
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3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you hover your mouse over the volume icon in the panel, the percent should show in a tooltip. I don't think the built-in Gnome applet has a feature like the one you describe.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T08:...
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36719
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2011-04-24T07:23:16.300
3
1061
<p>Whenever I launch banshee, it loads the window and I can see it for 1-2 seconds before crashing without displaying any errors. I've tried uninstalling and installing via the banshee PPA with no luck. It was working before I rebooted my computer. It's not a corrupted DB or anything as I've renamed my old db and it still does the same thing.</p> <p>Any ideas?</p>
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2012-02-06T13:10:03.663
Banshee crashes at startup
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T07:32:12.543", "id": "40800", "postId": "36719", "score": "0", "text": "I just tried using rhythmbox which doesn't work either. seems to be a problem with my sound in ubuntu (i've tried several sound devices all with the same results)", "userDisplayName": null, ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Does Banshee crash right after playing a song, or right after starting up? Try to disable all the plugins, then restart the application. Especially disable the iPod-support plugin. This plugin was the culprit for me when running Banshee on 10.10.</p>\n", "commentCount": "...
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2012-02-25T01:01:59.703
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36722
1
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2011-04-24T07:55:38.130
1
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<p>So, I bought a <strong>NAS</strong>, which I configured successfully in <code>/etc/fstab</code>, on mu Kubuntu 10.10 Thinkpad x40. It works just fine when I am at home. A few days I went out with my laptop and the problem is, that when not at home, both <strong>suspend</strong> and <strong>hibernate</strong> functions seem forever to work. </p> <p>I commented out the entry on <code>fstab</code> and the laptop started to work as expected. I played with <code>autofs</code>, but it seems just dies at one moment and I cannot access anything. It works for some time, and then just goes off.</p> <p><strong>Is there any consistent way, to make my laptop access the drive when at home and work OK when away?</strong></p> <p>Probably a script that runs at startup, checks if the mount is there and mounts it if available... or a script that umount the drive at <strong>suspend|hibernate</strong> and loads it back at startup.</p> <p>Any useful ideas?</p>
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2012-03-30T23:08:29.497
2012-03-31T08:19:26.207
To mount NAS on a Laptop?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Would you try this:<br>\n<em>(Instead of using fstab to mount, we will use a script that will run at startup).</em> </p>\n\n<p><strong>1)</strong> Test to see if this work: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mount -t cifs -o username=*,password=*,uid=1000,gid=1000,noperm,_netdev,iocha...
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36723
1
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2011-04-24T08:10:48.113
1
605
<p>So I managed to get fglrx working by downloading the drivers from ATI because the ones from additional drivers boot to a black screen and the open source dont let me change resolution. My one issue is that half of my monitor is fine and the other half is blurry almost as if there's a blurry vertical stripe on the right side. I tried disabling Compiz and have the same issue in both gnome and kde, I was wondering if theres an xorg.conf change that could be made to fix this as I have already set the resolution and refresh rates to the correct values.</p>
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7035
2011-06-07T02:45:33.993
2011-07-12T21:45:00.717
Blurry vertical sections using fglrx with Radeon hd 6970
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This problem went away with the latest version of Ubuntu.\nThe version that was used previously was 10.10 and I can probably safely say the problem occurs in older versions as the version of ATI's driver that supports the HD 69xx series were incompatible with 10.10 and below although installing the driver from the ATI website works (albeit with the vertical lines) because the driver from Additional Drivers causes you to drop to a shell or panic because fglrx crashes upon startup.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-24T19:40:06.747", "id": "56057", "postId": "50408", "score": "0", "text": "Could you tag your question with the version of Ubuntu you had the problem with and edit your answer to clarify which version you upgraded to/installed to fix the problem? This will make the question and answer clearer in the future. Also, you may accept your own answer by clicking on the tick.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "667" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-06-24T18:20:33.103", "id": "50408", "lastActivityDate": "2011-06-25T06:19:23.213", "lastEditDate": "2011-06-25T06:19:23.213", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "11076", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "11076", "parentId": "36723", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This problem went away with the latest version of Ubuntu.\nThe version that was used previously was 10.10 and I can probably safely say the problem occurs in older versions as the version of ATI's driver that supports the HD 69xx series were incompatible with 10.10 and below ...
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36726
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2011-04-24T08:40:45.403
5
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/67758/how-can-i-deactivate-bluetooth-on-system-startup">How can I deactivate Bluetooth on system startup?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I want that my bluetooth by defautl be turned off. How can I do that? Ubuntu 10.10</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-04-24T10:17:28.577
Do not start bluetooth automaticaly. How to do that?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To deactivate blueooth at startup you can add <code>rfkill block bluetooth</code> in the file <em>/etc/rc.local</em>.\nAnd you can activate bluetooth via the bluetooth applet, if you want.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2014-05-26T22:35:39.083", "id": "626162", "postId": "36728", "score": "1", "text": "This still worked well on Ubuntu 14.04.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "34298" }, { "creationDate": "2015-11-10T12:35:25.153", "id": "1018540", "postId": "36728", "score": "0", "text": "You need some more on Ubuntu 15.10: http://askubuntu.com/a/696226/34298", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "34298" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T08:46:08.567", "id": "36728", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T08:46:08.567", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14830", "parentId": "36726", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "5" }
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2013-02-01T08:18:18.893
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37229
2011-04-24T09:14:05.693
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<p>I just noticed that no new "Weekly" newsletter has been released since <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue219" rel="nofollow">January</a>, and I can't seem to find any information on <em>why</em> the newsletter has been put on hold for this long.</p> <p>Does anyone know more?</p>
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2011-04-27T03:11:58.350
What happened to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Thank you for asking this question and I want to apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you or other readers.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~akgraner\" rel=\"nofollow\">I’m the Ubuntu News Team Leader and Chief Editor of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter</a>.</p>\n\n<p>However, as of the end of last October I had to take a less active roll in the producing UWN <a href=\"http://akgraner.com/?p=763\" rel=\"nofollow\">due to a house fire</a> and all the fall out that comes with that. Other team members--Elizabeth Krumbach (pleia2) and Nathan Handler (nhandler)--have worked hard to field questions and produce UWN in my absence, but it’s a lot of work as pleia2 even <a href=\"http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=3883\" rel=\"nofollow\">wrote about on her blog</a>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://akgraner.com/?p=627\" rel=\"nofollow\">Prior to October though</a>, <a href=\"http://akgraner.com/?p=649\" rel=\"nofollow\">the team has needed</a> more <a href=\"http://akgraner.com/?p=805\" rel=\"nofollow\">volunteers to accomplish covering</a> the scope of the Ubuntu Community. Many people want to help without realizing the time, energy, and effort that goes into making the publication work.</p>\n\n<p>In the last year, we have moved the team into a public IRC channel on <em>irc.freenode.net --#ubuntu-news</em>-- so that we, the Ubuntu News Team, would be working in the open and allow for more “drive-by” contributors with the understanding that not every suggestion will make it into UWN, but stressing that each suggestion <em>is</em> appreciated and wanted.</p>\n\n<p>We asked readers to <a href=\"http://akgraner.com/?p=820\" rel=\"nofollow\">answer a short survey</a> so the format could be updated based on reader preference. We’ve looked at new ways to offer the news letter in addition to the wiki page and plain text email. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/EditingPolicies\" rel=\"nofollow\">If the process stays the same</a> then it takes upwards of 16+ hours to put the newsletter together and publish it. It is not an automated process nor should it be. It takes someone and or many people to make sure we link to the original stories, that the summaries capture the spirit and meaning of an article in 3 to 4 sentences.</p>\n\n<p>We check spelling, grammar, format, links and more, but we won’t change the authors original writing.</p>\n\n<p><strong>In short, there hasn’t been a newsletter because there hasn’t been people willing to help.</strong> Asking the same 3 or 4 people to give up weekends for years is not acceptable either and that’s what was happening and because of that we are looking at ways to keep burn out from happening going forward.</p>\n\n<p><em><strong>The good news in all of this is a re-launch is being planned and will take place after UDS-O. However, more contributors are needed for every detail of the newsletter and without that UWN will not be a predictable and consistent publication.</em></strong> </p>\n\n<p>Anyone wishing to help with UWN please can <a href=\"http://mailto%3aakgraner@ubuntu.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">contact me</a> or <a href=\"https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news-team\" rel=\"nofollow\">the news team</a> and we can get UWN polished, perfected and reflecting the pulse of the community one week at a time again!</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-27T04:21:15.867", "id": "41279", "postId": "37229", "score": "1", "text": "Sorry to hear about your house fire, been there done that, not fun..", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3889" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-27T02:57:03.053", "id": "37229", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-27T03:11:58.350", "lastEditDate": "2011-04-27T03:11:58.350", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "703", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "703", "parentId": "36734", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "11" }
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36735
1
41090
2011-04-24T09:14:41.493
1
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<p>how do i check from within a php script, if a user is logged in? My current way is, to get the output of </p> <pre><code>w | grep &lt;username&gt; </code></pre> <p>and check, if there is output. It works, if a user is logged in via gdm, kdm or ssh or login on a tty. But what it doesn't get is, if an other user opened a terminal and run <code>su &lt;username&gt;</code>, this shell process is not reported, how do i get this?</p>
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2011-05-07T21:49:56.250
How to check if a user is logged in?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well, if userA uses <code>su</code> to become userB, then userB is still not logged in.</p>\n\n<p>However, how about this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ps -u &lt;username&gt;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then you can check <code>$? -eq 0</code> to see if any processes were found belonging to that user. However, if there are any long-running processes owned by that user, then it will still show them. If that's no good, you could check for their shell.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-07T21:49:56.250", "id": "41090", "lastActivityDate": "2011-05-07T21:49:56.250", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "9411", "parentId": "36735", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "2" }
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36736
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2011-04-24T09:17:02.663
2
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<p>I am running on a Windows 7 64 bit host. I'm use with VMware Player.</p> <p>Ubuntu 10.10.</p> <p>And, i get to Visual Effect, and when i press "normal" i get this error:</p> <blockquote> <p>Desktop effects could not be enabled</p> </blockquote> <p>and if i press: <strong>compiz</strong>:</p> <blockquote> <p>compiz (core) - Fatal: Software rendering detected. compiz (core) - Error: Failed to manage screen: 0 compiz (core) - Fatal: No manageable screens found on display :0.0</p> </blockquote> <p>What i can to do?</p>
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2011-04-24T15:12:28.343
2011-04-24T15:12:28.343
"Desktop effects could not be enabled" in VMware
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you installed/activated your driver for the graphics card?</p>\n\n<p>If not go to <strong>System -> Additional Drivers</strong> and activate the driver for your graphic card.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T09...
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36751
1
36768
2011-04-24T10:31:49.063
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<p>In maverick, and I belive many old ubuntus, one could zoom in and out by holding super and scrolling with the mouse, but that doesn't work in Natty. How do you activate that again?</p>
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2011-04-24T15:09:26.287
2015-10-28T12:23:12.023
How to activate super+scroll to zoom?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all you need to install <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"noreferrer\">CompizConfig Settings Manager</a> from the Software Centre. Once you've done that then launch it, and find the <em>Enhanced Zoom Desktop</em> plugin.</p>\n\n<p>Here you need to enable the Zoom In and Zoom Out mouse shortcuts. To get the same behaviour as in 10.10 then set Zoom In to Button4 and Zoom Out to Button5.</p>\n\n<p>Be aware that <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/762699\" rel=\"noreferrer\">the Unity panel and launcher are not zoomable</a> (this is probably why this functionality was disabled by default). Also <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/762247\" rel=\"noreferrer\">the panel shadow may get in the way</a>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/KoMhs.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of changing settings\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2014-09-15T22:35:29.560", "id": "714069", "postId": "36768", "score": "0", "text": "For the \"panel shadow may get in the way.\" use shift instead of super button :D", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "68364" }, { "creationDate": "2015-12-23T00:06:37.893", "id": "1049344", "postId": "36768", "score": "0", "text": "I wouldn't have guessed in a million years that Button 4 and 5 are the scroll wheel. And I'm a developer!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "271659" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T13:37:15.057", "id": "36768", "lastActivityDate": "2015-10-28T12:23:12.023", "lastEditDate": "2015-10-28T12:23:12.023", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "273241", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "866", "parentId": "36751", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "29" }
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36754
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2011-04-24T10:53:45.560
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<p>I have a bunch of images which are not 6x4 images. How can I crop all the images to 6x4 and keep to the best quality possible at the same time?</p>
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2020-08-09T05:29:42.870
2020-08-09T05:29:42.870
How can I batch-crop images to 6x4?
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.imagemagick.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">imagemagick</a> has a tool called <a href=\"http://www.imagemagick.org/www/mogrify.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">mogrify</a>. That's your friend! ;)<br>\nEspecially take a look at the <a href=\"http://www.imagemagick.org/www/command-line-options.html#crop\" rel=\"nofollow\">crop</a> function.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T11:00:06.980", "id": "36755", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T11:00:06.980", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14856", "parentId": "36754", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
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36760
1
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2011-04-24T12:12:33.927
3
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<p>While I love the Ubuntu One Music Store, it doesn't really have a lot of artists I like in it. So is there any alternative Store (other than Jamendo and Magnatune, I'm looking for something more "mainstream") that works on Ubuntu for non-US users (eg: Amazon MP3 is not an option, since it's US only)?</p> <p>I would love to be able to actually <strong>buy</strong> my music rather than illegally downloading it from the internet, but so far I failed to find a real alternative. Buying CDs in online stores and having them shipped to me isn't an alternative for me either. And options that require wine/crossover are out of question too.</p> <p>So, how can I get my favorite music legally on Ubuntu?</p>
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2017-02-25T20:32:53.140
Alternative to Ubuntu One Music Store (non-US)
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Amazon UK may not integrate directly with Ubuntu's music programs, but you can certainly still buy from their web page :</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.amazon.co.uk/MP3-Music-Download/b/ref=sa_menu_dm1?ie=UTF8&amp;node=77197031\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.amazon.co.uk/MP3-M...
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36765
1
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2011-04-24T12:36:12.623
2
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<p>Does anyone have any idea on how to make Air Adobe work on a 64-bit Ubuntu? If I try to install the .bin version from the Adobe site, the application using Adobe Air works fine but there's no sound!</p> <p>Thank you.</p>
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2011-04-24T15:08:25.913
2016-02-24T19:59:21.843
How to make Adobe Air audio work?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here it talks about installing Adobe Air (a 32-bit application) on Ubuntu 64-bit,\n<a href=\"http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/521/cpsid_52132.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/521/cpsid_52132.html</a></p>\n\n<p>If sound does not work, then most probably a dependency (p...
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36767
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2011-04-24T13:26:40.317
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<p>We have created a local Ubuntu repository using apt-mirror and i must say it has been awesome. But now one issue that we are facing is that we need to monitor which version of Ubuntu is being accessed more for packages, which packages are being downloaded more and all sort of things. It would be great if someone could show us the way or just tell us how could we set up a monitoring for apt-mirror.</p>
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2011-06-07T17:04:46.473
2011-08-18T03:27:36.773
Apt-mirror monitoring how to?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You would just need to ensure that you have the right amount of logging setup for Apache2 and then just grep the logs for the information that you want. You would have to know the directory path for the given Ubuntu version. Here's some details for how to customize Apache log...
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36770
1
36856
2011-04-24T14:05:59.850
1
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<p>I used to store passwords in thunderbird. But any one can see my password by clicking show passwords in thunderbird preference. Is it possible to remove Show Passwords option from thunderbird preference? Or is there any other way to protect my thunderbird account? I dont want to enter my password everytime, that is why i am searching some other way..</p>
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2011-04-24T21:25:53.093
How to remove show passwords option in Thunderbird preference?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You'll want to add a Master Password. This will require the Master password at startup to download e-mail and to show your passwords.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T21:25:53.093", "id": "36856", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T21:25:53.093", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "11051", "parentId": "36770", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "4" }
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2011-04-24T14:07:49.193
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<p>I would like to manage more than 200 ubuntu PC's. So i have a plan to setup a domain server.Can some one explain me on setting up a ubuntu domain server?</p>
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2011-04-24T15:09:14.850
2011-05-25T01:53:09.083
How to setup a domain server?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use Samba Server as a domain controller. If you need network manager, I suggest you to try EBox (server and network manager) You can install it from repos by using this command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install ebox\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Or you can download and install the new version Zentyal (project name is changed) from their site:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.zentyal.org/downloads/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zentyal Downloads</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T15:14:31.173", "id": "36781", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T15:20:58.800", "lastEditDate": "2011-04-24T15:20:58.800", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "14872", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "14872", "parentId": "36772", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
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2011-04-24T14:32:12.480
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<p>I just have Unity running today, I like the way it hides stuff to increase screen space. Also, I like the new Workspace switcher and Applications "app". But I now find it hard to switch apps. Alt tab seems slower than click if I have more than afew tabs running</p> <p>Can I somehow lock the "dock", maybe at the bottom, and make it smaller, something like Windows 7 taskbar?</p> <p><em>I hope this is not a duplicate, I tried searching, but may have searched for the wrong terms, since I am new to Ubuntu</em></p>
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2012-12-25T00:34:35.293
2017-02-27T15:23:22.463
How to have a way to quickly change programs in Unity?
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0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You [currently can't move the Launcher][1] but you can fix it in place and make it smaller.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/18345/how-do-i-resize-the-unity-launcher\">How to resize the Unity launcher?</a></li>\n</ul>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-25T13:23:11.847", "id": "40977", "postId": "36779", "score": "0", "text": "whats the super key?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14782" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-25T13:38:52.343", "id": "40981", "postId": "36779", "score": "0", "text": "[What are the meta, super, and hyper keys?](http://askubuntu.com/q/19558/667)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "667" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T14:59:14.527", "id": "36779", "lastActivityDate": "2012-12-25T00:35:12.470", "lastEditDate": "2017-04-13T12:24:42.493", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "-1", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "667", "parentId": "36774", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "6" }
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36785
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2011-04-24T16:14:56.380
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<p>Let's say we do:</p> <pre><code>tail -f /var/log/apache2/error.log </code></pre> <p>Then we see what we want to see, and then, we want to quit, so that we can navigate to other directories and so on... So, the question is:</p> <p>How can we quit tail ? </p> <p>I've tried to type: 'q', and 'exit', and 'quit', and 'kill', no luck.</p>
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2011-04-24T23:41:31.197
2022-05-02T09:13:41.957
Tail - how to quit tail and restore terminal window?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The answer to your query is to hit <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>C</kbd> together</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T16:20:14.940", "id": "40858", "postId": "36786", "score": "0", "text": ":) I was used to Control-B Thanks. :)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1446" }, { "creationDate": "2015-08-25T10:38:57.717", "id": "960916", "postId": "36786", "score": "1", "text": "In general pressing Ctrl-C sends the 'interrupt' signal, aka SIGINT, to whatever is running. It tells the application that that the user wants to interrupt whatever it is currently doing. Many applications will exit when the get that signal, as tail does, others may stop doing something but continue running.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "17270" }, { "creationDate": "2017-07-20T13:08:30.220", "id": "1486989", "postId": "36786", "score": "2", "text": "I'm looking for an alternative. If you run a multi-command line like `start daemon; tail -F logfile; stop daemon` (in bash or fish), pressing Ctrl+C aborts mission early (without running `stop daemon` as intended).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "311585" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T16:18:12.807", "id": "36786", "lastActivityDate": "2022-05-02T09:13:41.957", "lastEditDate": "2022-05-02T09:13:41.957", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "7878", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "7878", "parentId": "36785", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "43" }
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2011-04-24T16:30:15.973
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<p>I have been looking in ubuntu.com for the countdown timer to put in my website with no luck. Where is it since it is days left from release.</p>
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2011-04-24T16:35:49.047
Where is the Countdown Timer Image for ubuntu 11.04
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/community/countdown\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ubuntu.com/community/countdown</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T16:44:58.697", "id": "40864", "postId": "36792", "score": "0", "text": "Thannk you but could you guide me step by step via the ubuntu wbepage on how you got there. I find the ubuntu page not very friendly when it comes to finding some things.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "7035" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T17:05:38.473", "id": "40868", "postId": "36792", "score": "0", "text": "To be honest, I remember reading about them on http://omgubuntu.co.uk, so I went from there.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "13570" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T16:35:49.047", "id": "36792", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T16:35:49.047", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "13570", "parentId": "36790", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "3" }
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36791
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2011-04-24T16:30:33.953
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<p>After doing <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/04/how-to-add-folder-quicklists-to-the-home-launcher-in-ubuntu-unity/" rel="nofollow">this</a>, my home launcher disappeared and I cannot get it back on the panel. I changed file back on the original, but still cannot get it back. Is there something else I need to check? </p>
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2011-04-25T13:20:13.480
2011-10-27T15:44:47.557
Home launcher disappeared, how do I get it back?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>try pressing alt+f2 and then type the following. </p>\n\n<pre><code>unity --reset-icons\n</code></pre>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/17610/how-do-i-reset-my-unity-configuration\">How do I reset my Unity configuration?</a></li>\n</ul>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T16:35:55.563", "id": "36793", "lastActivityDate": "2011-05-01T18:18:25.117", "lastEditDate": "2017-04-13T12:23:28.223", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "-1", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "5254", "parentId": "36791", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "4" }
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2011-04-24T16:42:13.613
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<p>I installed code blocks, selected a GNU/gcc compiler, and created a new empty project and file. When I try to execute a basic Hello World program, no console window pops up and no errors are generated. </p>
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2012-02-14T18:39:53.937
How do I get C++ to work with Code:Blocks?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had a similar issue when g++ was not installed. Codeblocks actually uses g++, not gcc.\nTry installing the \"g++\" package.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-0...
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2011-04-24T16:51:15.690
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<p>I am having this weird problem where my system will either restart all of a sudden or just freeze. Sometimes it just gets me logged out of Ubuntu and I have to login again.</p> <p>Not sure if its related, but sometimes programs crash too. Chrome (can be becuause of dev version), Skype etc.</p> <p>Are there any logs which I can check what happened or if something crashed/failed.</p> <p>Any tests that I should try running? Memtest or some HDD related perhaps?</p> <p>P.S. I am running 10.10</p> <p><strong>Edit:</strong> The issue has become more serious now. I just faced the issue 10+ times in the last 15 minutes. Twice it got hang and other times I got logged out for no reason. When the system got hang this time, I saw that Caps lock &amp; Scroll lock were blinking.</p> <p>Could it be because of some programs?</p>
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2011-11-14T22:44:26.410
2011-11-14T22:44:26.410
Weird logout, system freeze and restart problem
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2012-02-01T11:28:55.730
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2011-04-24T07:24:37.867
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<p>I'd like to know how to re-mount the FakeRAID disk to the new system safely so that I won't losing my data.</p> <p>I'm going to install ubunto10.10 to root</p> <p>My old computer setting:</p> <pre><code>1 320G Disk for / 2 500G Disks for /home, using FakeRAID raid1 </code></pre> <p>And my new computer setting:</p> <pre><code>1 new 500G Disk for / 2 500G Disks for /home, using FakeRAID raid1 (the same ones from the old computer) </code></pre> <p>When should I mount /home? before or after installing ubuntu?</p> <p>Should I install RAID driver or the ubuntu 10.10 will support FakeRAID automatically?</p> <p>This is my first time to recover a RAID system, so please please help me, thanks!!</p>
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2011-04-25T00:41:21.870
2011-10-23T01:55:25.387
How to mount FakeRAID to /home of a new system?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T16:57:13.177", "id": "40865", "postId": "36801", "score": "0", "text": "Sorry for this question bouncing around so much. You should be able to find an answer here.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "50" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The safest approach is to completely avoid it (physically disconnect it if you can) during your install. Then you reduce the chance that you'll lose data along the way.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": ...
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2011-04-24T16:55:53.730
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<p>I have an eMachine 1200el with Ubuntu 10.10 installed. When I start my computer, I get a black screen with a blinking dash for about 30 seconds before I can log in. After another 30 seconds it runs well. </p> <p>How can I have my computer start without this delay? I'm a novice.</p>
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2011-04-24T18:19:06.900
2011-04-24T18:39:58.550
Booting takes a long time
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is normal. </p>\n\n<p>30 seconds is an ordinary time taken for startup - not just for Ubuntu but also for other Linux based operating \nsystems, Mac OS X and Windows.</p>\n\n<p>There are some things you can do to improve boot speed. See: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q...
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36807
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2011-04-24T17:10:40.037
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/103835/securely-automount-encrypted-drive-at-user-login">Securely automount encrypted drive at user login</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I finally managed to figure out <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/36573/trying-to-mount-old-encrypted-home">how to mount an ecryptfs encrypted directory</a> (my old home directory)</p> <p>I would like to have it mounted automatically when I login, the same way my home directory gets mounted.</p>
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2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2013-02-01T20:21:44.750
Automatically mount encrypted directory, other than home, on login
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Add the device to /etc/fstab</p>\n\n<p>It should resemble something like:</p>\n\n<p>/dev/mapper/crypto_test /mnt/crypto_test ext4 defaults 0 2</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T19:36:49.333", "id": "40893", ...
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2011-04-24T17:14:46.170
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 2. Is there a way, or a place, to give feedback on this system? Not file bugs, just give feedback.</p>
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2012-03-06T22:55:31.693
2012-03-06T22:55:31.693
Where Can I Give Feedback on Ubuntu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes there is. Go to <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=394\">ubuntuforums</a>. Specifically, that link will take you to the 'Natty Narwhal Testing and Discussion' sub-forum. People are always very happy to hear what you think about betas etc. in that sub-forum.</p>\n\n<p>For ideas on how it could be improved, go to <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/\">Ubuntu Brainstorm</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T19:08:41.913", "id": "40885", "postId": "36812", "score": "1", "text": "Thanks, I'm not looking to \"gripe,\" I'm just a \"noob\" that wants to contribute! :)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8357" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T19:41:36.333", "id": "40896", "postId": "36812", "score": "0", "text": "No not at all mate. I hope the answer didn't come across the wrong way. It's very useful to have people share their thoughts in both of these places. Sorry once again if I worded this harshly. Not my intention at all. :)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12473" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-25T14:56:26.403", "id": "40989", "postId": "36812", "score": "0", "text": "Oh not at all, just letting you know I want to be \"constructive!\"", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8357" }, { "creationDate": "2023-09-11T16:03:27.940", "id": "2601279", "postId": "36812", "score": "0", "text": "Ubuntu Brainstorm says, \"You'll get new abilities as beget to know you\" but they'll never \"get to know me\" because posting anything is not an ability I have yet earned! I might try the other place. :-)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "984095" } ], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T17:44:53.457", "id": "36812", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T18:10:56.080", "lastEditDate": "2011-04-24T18:10:56.080", "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": "667", "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "12473", "parentId": "36809", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "8" }
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36813
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2011-04-24T17:50:17.720
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/desktop-forgets-theme">Desktop forgets theme?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Okay so my Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit desktop (moments after logging in) will revert back to the "classic" gray gnome theme. This is an easy but annoying fix, since I can (constantly :P) just open Appearance and it will change back, automatically. But even after that Nautilis and desktop-right click are still old and gray looking. Is there a fix to this problem; This is getting very annoying. (Note: Also, my icons are affected as well :( )</p>
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2017-04-13T12:23:46.240
2011-04-24T19:41:50.467
Why is my theme switching to the classic and back again?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sounds to me like a broken config file somewhere in your home directory. The easiest way would be to create a new user account and see if that fixes the problem. If it does, and you want your old account back, you can then try and figure out which file caused it.</p>\n", ...
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2011-04-26T22:03:36.747
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2011-04-24T17:51:17.883
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<p>I would like to deactivate Compiz for a single window. Is this possible?</p>
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2011-05-28T00:33:10.910
deactivate Compiz for a single window
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No, Compiz is a Window Manager so it's all or nothing. If it's non graphical you could switch to Ctrl+Alt+F2</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-24T18:00:14.590", "id": "36819", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-24T18:00:14.590", "lastEditDate": null, "lastEditorDisplayName": null, "lastEditorUserId": null, "ownerDisplayName": null, "ownerUserId": "2973", "parentId": "36815", "postTypeId": "2", "score": "1" }
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