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2011-04-22T19:32:13.170
2
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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 t...
1471
null
null
2011-04-23T10:30:13.617
How to change the application to open pdf file in Firefox
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3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Edit > Preferences > Applications</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-23T10:30:13.617", "id": "36590", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-23T10:30:13.617", "lastEditDate": null, ...
[ { "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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36484
1
36487
2011-04-22T19:35:00.577
18
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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 op...
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2017-08-09T12:05:24.417
How do I add a software source?
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3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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<...
[ { "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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36485
1
36503
2011-04-22T19:40:03.473
1
171
<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 t...
14748
4618
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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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.c...
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36489
1
36493
2011-04-22T19:42:03.227
1
416
<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>
14685
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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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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want a truly \"<strong>Out of the box</strong>\" experience you should buy any Intel Graphics Adapter (this also applies if you don't like proprietary drivers).<br>\nIf you prefer a bit more performance and accept an \"<strong>Out of the box</strong> <em>in the second attempt<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want a truly \"<strong>Out of the box</strong>\" experience you should buy any Intel Graphics Adapter (this also applies if you don't like proprietary drivers).<br>\nIf you prefer a bit more performance and accept an \"<strong>Out of the box</strong> <em>in the second ...
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36494
1
36511
2011-04-22T19:53:40.897
1
2997
<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>
9302
7035
2011-06-07T17:07:47.143
2011-06-07T17:07:47.143
How to add vpn connections while using connman
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2
0
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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", "cre...
[ { "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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36501
1
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2011-04-22T20:19:47.150
1
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<p>To what format and how can I convert HTML file in order to translate it with Lokalize application?</p>
6281
19490
2011-06-26T13:11:30.643
2014-07-22T13:36:10.013
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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36504
1
36506
2011-04-22T20:51:04.943
2
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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...
12846
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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", "co...
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36507
1
36510
2011-04-22T21:02:54.413
36
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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 mess...
12786
23878
2017-01-23T16:29:55.550
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)</st...
[ { "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><stron...
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36512
1
36524
2011-04-22T21:27:35.807
7
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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 la...
4442
4442
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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "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 ...
[ { "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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36515
1
36518
2011-04-22T21:44:52.813
3
1644
<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 theme...
10616
null
null
2011-11-04T02:53:05.880
Choosing GDM login window theme via GUI without Ubuntu Tweak
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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>Seco...
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36517
1
44163
2011-04-22T22:00:32.370
18
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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 "s...
14807
14807
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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "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.ta...
[ { "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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36520
1
null
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>
14418
3550
2011-06-04T09:24:02.790
2016-08-19T14:52:01.380
How could I begin C++ programming on Ubuntu?
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7
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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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36523
1
36538
2011-04-22T22:38:15.520
8
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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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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...
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36530
1
null
2011-04-23T00:14:08.107
1
2773
<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 t...
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2011-04-24T09:40:38.550
IDE Drive won't mount
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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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36533
1
36535
2011-04-23T00:25:08.750
5
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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 direct...
176
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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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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "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 ...
[ { "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\"\nsud...
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36536
1
36546
2011-04-23T00:38:28.490
1
548
<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 scree...
7574
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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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2
0
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 firs...
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36537
1
92138
2011-04-23T00:39:44.347
0
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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
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{ "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": n...
[ { "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
1
null
2011-04-23T01:26:55.170
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536
<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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0
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
1
44828
2011-04-23T01:27:08.580
2
7082
<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 tri...
14748
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
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{ "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/objectMan...
[ { "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
1
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 ...
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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": "2011-06-0...
[ { "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", "creatio...
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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 scre...
14819
866
2011-08-29T09:52:55.317
2011-08-29T09:52:55.317
Unity dual monitor wallpaper corruption
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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
1
36559
2011-04-23T04:03:58.907
3
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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 displa...
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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": [], "c...
[ { "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", "comment...
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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" args1...
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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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[ { "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 Mo...
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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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2012-09-01T19:26:23.293
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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'\nUsag...
[ { "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.pn...
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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...
14823
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/...
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36573
1
102257
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...
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2017-04-13T12:24:43.770
2018-05-15T08:20:48.493
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-pri...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I finally managed to mount my encrypted home by first adding the passphrase via</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo ecryptfs-add-passphrase --fnek\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Which gets me the following information:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Inserted auth tok with sig [aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa] into the user se...
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36574
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2011-04-23T07:14:13.863
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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 t...
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null
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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The error means that your 3d graphics are not enabled for Unity to work, OK the error message and go into Classic Desktop and install your 3rd party graphics for nvidia or ati (if that's what you have), then on next boot Unity should work fine...</p>\n", "commentCount": "...
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2012-02-06T00:06:01.327
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36575
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2011-04-23T07:23:25.270
12
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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 ...
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2014-11-22T16:30:16.180
2014-11-22T16:30:16.180
This flash plugin was blocked because it is out of date
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Google Chrome will always block older versions of Flash. I think you might be better off either using another browser or an updated version of flash, because Chrome is not going to play nicely with old flash no matter what you do.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comment...
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36577
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36581
2011-04-23T08:18:32.123
365
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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...
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2023-03-28T07:56:27.333
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 hr...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu has GIMP in the default repositories. GIMP is far more powerful than Paint, but you needn't use all of its functions.</p>\n<p>To install GIMP in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu open the terminal and type:</p>\n<pre class=\"lang-none prettyprint-override\"><c...
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36578
1
36887
2011-04-23T08:28:14.870
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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...
14829
-1
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://ubuntufor...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It looks like your wacom tablet isn't being discovered by the underlying usb driver. There is no way that your wacom will work if the usb device isn't plugged in and detected by the kernel.</p>\n\n<p>Check any usb hub, check everything over. Your wacom will have to appear in ...
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36585
1
36593
2011-04-23T10:04:26.667
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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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25863
2012-02-05T22:27:59.000
2012-02-05T22:27:59.000
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 c...
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36597
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2011-04-23T11:25:33.303
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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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235
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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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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36601
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41131
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>
14782
-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=AFQj...
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2012-12-12T10:52:27.937
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36607
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36611
2011-04-23T13:50:58.127
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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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36608
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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 ...
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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 ...
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36609
1
36613
2011-04-23T13:59:52.470
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4614
<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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{ "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><co...
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36612
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36614
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, ...
2677
-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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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...
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2011-04-23T16:00:19.037
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2011-04-23T14:24:20.580
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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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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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{ "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>N...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>By using Ctrl + Shift + Alt + Arrow combination, you can move any windows to the other screens.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T15:23:24.817", "id": "40851", "postId": "36678", "score": "0"...
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36619
1
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2011-04-23T14:56:36.970
0
255
<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>
14849
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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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-24T18:03:04.593", "id": "125242", "postId": "36619", "score": "0", "text": "Please accept [the answer provided by @ThomasWard](http://askubuntu.com/a/36620/18887) if it satisfies as the answer you were looking for. If this question no longer applies then you can either...
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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
50295
2011-04-23T15:39:23.937
6
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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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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 ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try the <code>wrestool</code> utility in the <code>icoutils</code> package - I believe it can extract icon resources from Mono executables.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation...
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36622
1
36900
2011-04-23T15:49:39.347
1
371
<p>That behavior is so wrong. The arrow keys should move the cursor, not the panel focus. How to fix it?</p>
2677
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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5
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "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", "...
[ { "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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36624
1
36759
2011-04-23T16:01:35.930
1
3179
<p>Are there commands to preform actions such as alt-tab?</p>
9940
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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
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{ "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 i...
[ { "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
1
36632
2011-04-23T16:18:19.027
4
837
<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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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: 0...
[ { "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 ve...
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2017-03-17T17:24:41.447
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36630
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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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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</...
[ { "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 so...
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36631
1
36637
2011-04-23T16:49:09.537
7
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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 fro...
14021
8515
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",...
[ { "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": "2011-04-2...
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36634
1
36642
2011-04-23T16:55:14.520
5
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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>
14768
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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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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.launchpa...
[ { "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
1363
<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>
14506
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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 U...
[ { "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
1437
<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>
14748
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null
2011-04-28T17:43:07.353
Where can I get python-gtkhtml2?
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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://forumu...
[ { "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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36643
1
null
2011-04-23T18:06:25.647
2
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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 do...
11508
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null
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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36654
1
37086
2011-04-23T19:08:39.267
0
6467
<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": "...
[ { "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
null
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 prob...
14861
null
null
2011-05-05T16:18:30.597
Slow download speed but high surfing speed
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1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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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36662
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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 Uni...
14396
-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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36663
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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
null
null
2012-04-15T05:06:49.427
How to make the disk utility ask for password before making modifications?
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4
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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36668
1
36669
2011-04-23T21:06:57.310
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27994
<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 e...
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null
2011-04-23T21:20:21.637
Extracting from a tar file - Default behavior: overwrite or keep?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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 cr...
[ { "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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36671
1
36673
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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155737
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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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 t...
[ { "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 presente...
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36675
1
52813
2011-04-23T21:44:57.197
4
2412
<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 Gnom...
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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 Li...
[ { "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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36679
1
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2011-04-23T21:59:01.493
5
5502
<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 long...
3234
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.887
2011-05-17T15:07:23.450
How to reorder tray icons?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2011-05-17T15:07:43.437
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36682
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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 noref...
13838
-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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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 continu...
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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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2011-04-24T04:25:22.567
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2011-04-23T23:52:52.347
0
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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 bec...
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2011-04-24T09:28:36.127
Boot into recovery console
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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
1
5719
<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 ins...
14782
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2013-10-20T21:18:16.207
Foxit Reader on Wine runs but does not install?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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>. </...
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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>
14615
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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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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) a...
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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...
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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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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...
[ { "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 U...
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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...
7004
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null
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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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 ...
14782
-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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2011-06-05T19:25:23.153
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2011-04-24T03:43:15.300
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<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 G...
1859
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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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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.</...
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2011-04-24T04:02:42.680
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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>
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2012-04-26T21:03:24.287
My computer doesnt support Unity?
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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": ...
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36710
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2011-04-24T05:22:05.323
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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 ...
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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...
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2011-04-24T05:32:32.770
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<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...
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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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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
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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 ...
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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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{ "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...
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36724
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 y...
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36716
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36727
2011-04-24T07:10:27.447
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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 the...
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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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{ "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...
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36718
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2011-04-24T07:22:22.897
2
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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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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
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<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 st...
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2012-02-06T13:10:03.663
Banshee crashes at startup
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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
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2011-04-24T07:55:38.130
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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> functio...
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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
50408
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 ri...
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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
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-12T21:45:00.717", "id": "59202", "postId": "36723", "score": "0", "text": "I am having the same problem. My screen has like 200px blurred vertical line, then 200px good quality lines (not blurred) and then again line with blurred colors, etc. This pissed me off really ...
{ "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...
[ { "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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36728
2011-04-24T08:40:45.403
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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...
5955
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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...
[ { "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": "201...
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2013-02-01T08:18:18.893
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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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0
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>...
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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 ope...
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2011-05-07T21:49:56.250
How to check if a user is logged in?
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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>$? -eq 0</code> to see if any processes were found belonging to that user....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well, if userA uses <code>su</code> to become userB, then userB is still not logged in.</p>\n\n<p>However, how about this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ps -u &lt;username&gt;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then you can check <code>$? -eq 0</code> to see if any processes were found belonging to th...
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36736
1
null
2011-04-24T09:17:02.663
2
2270
<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...
14892
235
2011-04-24T15:12:28.343
2011-04-24T15:12:28.343
"Desktop effects could not be enabled" in VMware
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2
0
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
18
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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>
14689
235
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 y...
[ { "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<...
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36754
1
36755
2011-04-24T10:53:45.560
0
664
<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>
1646
527764
2020-08-09T05:29:42.870
2020-08-09T05:29:42.870
How can I batch-crop images to 6x4?
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1
0
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-...
[ { "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/...
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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...
300124
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2017-02-25T20:32:53.140
Alternative to Ubuntu One Music Store (non-US)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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
null
2011-04-24T12:36:12.623
2
994
<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>
13997
235
2011-04-24T15:08:25.913
2016-02-24T19:59:21.843
How to make Adobe Air audio work?
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2
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
1
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2011-04-24T13:26:40.317
5
651
<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 cou...
14902
7035
2011-06-07T17:04:46.473
2011-08-18T03:27:36.773
Apt-mirror monitoring how to?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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
1124
<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 ...
5691
null
null
2011-04-24T21:25:53.093
How to remove show passwords option in Thunderbird preference?
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0
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": "2011-04-24T21:2...
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36772
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36781
2011-04-24T14:07:49.193
0
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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>
5691
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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 t...
[ { "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 i...
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36774
1
36779
2011-04-24T14:32:12.480
4
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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 bot...
14782
235
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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{ "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":...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You currently cannot move the Unity <s>Dock</s> Launcher (<a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/33605/8570\">see here</a>) but you can alter the hide behaviour and icons size with the <strong>Unity Plugin</strong> using:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-s...
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36785
1
36786
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', an...
1446
235
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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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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-...
[ { "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": ":...
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36790
1
36792
2011-04-24T16:30:15.973
2
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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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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",...
[ { "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",...
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36791
1
36793
2011-04-24T16:30:33.953
3
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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...
13838
6005
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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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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"...
[ { "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", "commentC...
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36797
1
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2011-04-24T16:42:13.613
3
4840
<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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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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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36799
1
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2011-04-24T16:51:15.690
2
449
<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 log...
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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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0
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-02-01T11:28:55.730
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36801
1
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2011-04-24T07:24:37.867
0
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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:<...
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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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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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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Austin Huang
36802
1
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2011-04-24T16:55:53.730
1
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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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1067
2011-04-24T18:19:06.900
2011-04-24T18:39:58.550
Booting takes a long time
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T17:02:03.150", "id": "40866", "postId": "36802", "score": "0", "text": "In English, please? Can someone translate this?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T18:20:07.710", "id": "40876", "postId": "36...
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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
1
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2011-04-24T17:10:40.037
2
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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/try...
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-1
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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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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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2013-02-02T10:10:12.037
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36809
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36812
2011-04-24T17:14:46.170
9
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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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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>\...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=394\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Natty Narwhal Testing and Discussion Forum</a> is probably a good place for you to look. Although it's not regularly read by the Ubuntu developers it's a good place to discuss your views on 11.0...
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36813
1
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2011-04-24T17:50:17.720
1
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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 bu...
14914
-1
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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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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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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1
36819
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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CC BY-SA 3.0
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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"...
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