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2011-05-04T20:24:54.870
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<p>When I key in ctl-alt-f[1..12], I am taken to VT1[ ..12] (Virtual Terminal 1..12). This works wherever I am. From a Virtual Terminal that is not running a graphical environment, shift-alt-f[1..12] takes me to Virtual Terminal [13..24]. However, if I use the same key-combination from any Virtual Termial that is run...
16450
null
null
2011-06-11T20:57:49.003
What happens to shift-alt-f[1..12] in Gnome desktop?
[ "xorg" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes, the X server wants the ctrl added to switch VTs. Hold down ctrl if you are on a VT running X.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-04T23:21:58.327", "i...
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40121
1
41185
2011-05-04T20:24:58.583
3
8525
<p>I've just installed a clean version of 11.04 and I am trying to get the NVIDIA driver to work.</p> <p>Just after installing I've seen Unity and used it. Then I activated the NVIDIA driver (from the additional drivers dialog) or I just restarted (I don't remember well anymore) and I got a message telling me that Uni...
16480
null
null
2013-04-30T05:26:10.353
NVIDIA config missing "driver line" in default device section, not booting to gui
[ "11.04", "drivers", "xorg", "nvidia" ]
2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-10-18T12:39:49.437", "id": "78258", "postId": "40121", "score": "0", "text": "I have the same problem after I upgraded to 11.04. Both motherboard and grphic card are NVIDIA so I cannot do anything. It has been 5 month since the original question was posted but there is no...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found out that the problem is my laptop having a NVIDIA Optimus card, <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1657660&amp;highlight=nvidia+optimus\" rel=\"nofollow\">making it impossible</a> to use it and be able to get Unity..</p>\n\n<p>Though I also found <a href=\"htt...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found out that the problem is my laptop having a NVIDIA Optimus card, <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1657660&amp;highlight=nvidia+optimus\" rel=\"nofollow\">making it impossible</a> to use it and be able to get Unity..</p>\n\n<p>Though I also found <a hr...
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40123
1
null
2011-05-04T20:31:18.523
2
214
<p>Is there any chance for a free version of Ubuntu One Mobile that might be ad-supported?</p>
16483
null
null
2011-05-04T21:19:55.040
Free Ubuntu One Mobile?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>We have no plans at all to change the business model to ad-supported services.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-04T21:19:55.040", "id": "40137", "las...
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40126
1
40129
2011-05-04T20:39:12.583
60
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<p>I am trying to copy/paste a 4 column table from LibreOffice Calc to LibreOffice Writer but when I paste it, it makes a table extraction from Calc. I also created a table in LibreOffice Writer using the Table tool in Writer an tried to paste the data from the Calc Table into the Writer Table. It created yet the same ...
7035
7035
2013-01-08T16:09:50.903
2021-08-18T01:36:12.563
How to copy/paste a table from LibreOffice Calc to LibreOffice Writer
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Can I suggest, in Writer, choose Edit - Paste Special. Then select \"Formatted Text\". This will paste the text in a table which you can then format/add borders etc.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-28T02:33:09.917", "id": "7...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Can I suggest, in Writer, choose Edit - Paste Special. Then select \"Formatted Text\". This will paste the text in a table which you can then format/add borders etc.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-28T02:33:09.917"...
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40128
1
40134
2011-05-04T20:42:29.807
3
1351
<p>This is NOT a request for killing applications.</p> <p>I can well kill all process, no matter what. That's not the issue. </p> <p>The issue is:</p> <p>When we "close" Skype or Banshee, or Korganizer or many many others, it is common that, after we do that, **we have an icon on the panel (near the clock). </p> <p...
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235
2013-01-06T20:22:11.240
2013-01-06T20:22:23.377
How do I find running programs that are not visible?
[ "skype" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do you have your \"Notification Area Applet\" in your panel? that's the place where all the applications goes when minimized to tray or closed while running (as in the case of banshee, rhythmbox and many more).</p>\n\n<p>I would also suggest you to have the \"Indicator Applet\" <a hr...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do you have your \"Notification Area Applet\" in your panel? that's the place where all the applications goes when minimized to tray or closed while running (as in the case of banshee, rhythmbox and many more).</p>\n\n<p>I would also suggest you to have the \"Indicator Applet...
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40130
1
40136
2011-05-04T20:50:38.867
1
558
<p>Is there any way to always automatically use the parameter <code>--no-existing-session</code> for Totem? I want to use that parameter whenever I double click on anything that will open Totem.</p> <p>Thanks!</p>
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2011-05-04T21:19:53.260
2012-01-15T02:11:51.973
Totem: Use --no-existing-session as default
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li><p>Copy the global totem.desktop file to your local <code>applications</code> folder: </p>\n\n<pre><code>cp /usr/share/applications/totem.desktop ~/.local/share/applications\n</code></pre></li>\n<li><p>Change the line <code>Exec=totem %U</code> to <code>Exec=totem --no-existin...
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40131
1
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2011-05-04T20:52:31.180
4
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<p>I've been trying for a couple of days now to get Ubuntu 10.10 installed on a RAID 5 setup. I have 3 1TB drives so I also need Ubuntu to boot off of one of those drives. From what I've been able to find on the forums I need to set one of the drives to have a RAID 1 partition that I can use for /boot but I have no ide...
16486
25863
2012-11-21T22:22:14.853
2013-10-29T10:58:37.070
How to install and boot on a RAID 5 Configuration?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You do not need to create a /boot partition anymore. You do need to use the alternate/text mode installer. At the partitioning step, create a partition on each disk and set its usage to raid, then create the raid array and assign it to be used for the root ( / ).</p>\n", ...
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40133
1
40142
2011-05-04T20:54:45.603
2
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<p>I have upgraded an old desktop that I use as HTPC from 10.10 to 11.04. It has an old 256MB Nvidia card. After the upgrade ubuntu will boot but all that shows is the wallpaper, no unity, windows, nothing. The problem is I had the box configured to auto login and so now I cannot log out to switch to Classic mode (whic...
16484
667
2011-05-04T20:59:57.570
2011-05-05T14:23:30.593
Unity not showing after 11.04 upgrade. Cannot log out to switch to classic?
[ "unity" ]
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try typing CTRL ALT F1 and logging in.</p>\n\n<p>Then type</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo killall Xorg\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>this should kill the Xserver and leave you at the login screen.</p>\n\n<p>When selecting your user account, click the Session drop-down at the bottom of the screen and ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try typing CTRL ALT F1 and logging in.</p>\n\n<p>Then type</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo killall Xorg\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>this should kill the Xserver and leave you at the login screen.</p>\n\n<p>When selecting your user account, click the Session drop-down at the bottom of the scr...
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40135
1
40331
2011-05-04T21:10:09.573
2
2949
<p>I do not consider this a duplicate of <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/36575/this-flash-plugin-was-blocked-because-it-is-out-of-date">this</a>. I am not trying to run a specific version of flash, rather I'm trying to run any version, preferably the latest, without Chromium auto-disabling it.</p> <p>I get a ...
11481
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:55.357
2012-02-05T13:43:19.677
Chromium blocks flash plug-in because it's outdated even after update
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Found it:\nHad to reboot Chrome (all windows) after disabling the faulty plug in. It works now, no more warnings.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-05T12:56:14.427", "id": "4...
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40145
1
74817
2011-05-04T21:49:21.380
5
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<p>Is there a class or library somewhere that makes it easy to use the new <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators" rel="nofollow">AppIndicator</a> framework from within a Qt application?</p> <p>It seems strange that I should have to include GTK headers / libraries etc. just to cre...
5
25863
2012-06-18T18:07:45.323
2012-06-18T18:07:45.323
Using AppIndicators with the Qt framework
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>appmenu-qt is about exposing the menubar of Qt/KDE applications so that it appears in Unity panel. It is not about appindicators.</p>\n\n<p>There is no explicit API to use appindicators from a Qt applications now. There should be one for Ubuntu 12.04. Until this is available, the two...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Seems like there is finally a great answer to this:</p>\n\n<p>On Launchpad, there is a package that provides a Qt class for setting a QMenuBar as an AppMenu:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/appmenu-qt\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...
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40149
1
40166
2011-05-04T22:53:09.033
1
10086
<p>I'm finding myself in a rather unique situation. I've read through just about every resource I can find about this and while things have helped me understand some background, I haven't yet been able to find a solution. So I'm asking here.</p> <p>I originally had just a Windows 7 64-bit OS installation on my desktop...
16496
16496
2011-05-04T23:22:58.760
2012-06-07T10:10:58.873
Dual Boot issues with Windows 7 and Ubuntu
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Ubuntu installer probably autodetected a recovery partition and set up GRUB (the bootloader) to boot to that instead of the proper Windows partition.</p>\n\n<p>First just try doing <code>sudo os-prober; sudo update-grub</code> and see if that doesn't put the right entries in GRUB...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Ubuntu installer probably autodetected a recovery partition and set up GRUB (the bootloader) to boot to that instead of the proper Windows partition.</p>\n\n<p>First just try doing <code>sudo os-prober; sudo update-grub</code> and see if that doesn't put the right entries...
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40150
1
40233
2011-05-04T22:55:55.270
19
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<p><strong>I want total absolute control over the brightness of my laptop's screen.</strong> I want Natty to fear my wrath should it dare to presume my desire. Natty's light adjusting minions should quake in terror before my sword, <code>apt-get purge</code>!</p> <p>But alas, this sword cuts an arm where I'd prefer lo...
8515
8515
2011-05-05T04:47:55.547
2011-11-04T05:17:47.600
Stop an insolent narwhal from "correcting" monitor brightness?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-29T21:56:53.450", "id": "67548", "postId": "40150", "score": "0", "text": "I have having the same problem. I have a toshiba Satellite L755D-S5204. It's otherwise a great machine and runs ubuntu very well. But the battery tab options doesn't show up.", "userDisplayN...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/40150/stop-an-insolent-narwhal-from-correcting-monitor-brightness/40223#40223\">@ppetraki's answer</a>, while not fully sufficient, is a boon. If it is Gnome Power Manager that controls such things, then it is Gnome Power Manager that is defe...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You write much, and well, but say little :-p</p>\n\n<p>What is your problem you wish to solve, exactly? As far as I know, the gnome power\nmanager is the place that controls the brightness depending on things like are you\nconnected to AC or not. There are also knobs in there...
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40156
1
40246
2011-05-04T23:19:28.793
6
1150
<p>I just installed 64-bit Google Earth from <code>.deb</code> file downloaded from the official site. Now when I open Google Earth it looks all weird. Here's a screenshot: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fKZtV.png" alt="Google Earth">.</p> <p>How to get it right?</p>
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2011-05-05T06:26:09.923
Weird looking Google Earth
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install ttf-mscorefonts-installer, then logout and in again - see e.g. <a href=\"http://ubuntuguide.net/install-google-earth-and-fix-ugly-fonts-in-ubuntu-11-04-natty\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuguide.net/install-google-earth-and-fix-ugly-fonts-in-ubuntu-11-04-natty</a> (found by ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install ttf-mscorefonts-installer, then logout and in again - see e.g. <a href=\"http://ubuntuguide.net/install-google-earth-and-fix-ugly-fonts-in-ubuntu-11-04-natty\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuguide.net/install-google-earth-and-fix-ugly-fonts-in-ubuntu-11-04-natty</a> (f...
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40158
1
42011
2011-05-04T23:23:16.343
2
8714
<p>I'm pretty new to Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.10 and it works perfectly. I recently upgraded to 11.04 and now the internet is very slow; when browsing it would take quite a while to simply load a page. I tried switching browsers and it would still happen. I've changed back to UNR so the Internet is u...
16504
235
2011-09-05T01:19:40.170
2017-12-15T17:14:04.440
Why am I experiencing super slow Internet browsing & downloads?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think I finally found the solution to my problem, only just done it and so far my browser is back to normal, if it changes or deteriorates i will let you know though. </p>\n\n<p>I identified my driver to be an RT3090 and then found this post: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showt...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>MAybe it is usefull for you to see this previous post:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/39631/wifi-too-slow-with-an-atheros-ar928x\">WiFi too slow with an Atheros AR928X </a> </p>\n\n<p>(I don't know if it is your case (it's usefull if you can post here you...
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40161
1
40163
2011-05-04T23:37:29.977
2
3380
<p>I am using a dev tool which supplies a script that sets environment variables. If I source the script the environment is modified for the duration of the bash secession. In order to revert the changes made by that script I need to restart the terminal. Is there a way to do it without restarting or opening new bash s...
14750
null
null
2011-05-04T23:41:35.710
Bash: change environment temporarily
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do it in a subshell:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ (. /path/to/envsetup.sh; runtool)\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If there's just a handful of environment changes, you can do them on the command line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ FOO=a BAR=b runtool # FOO and BAR will be set only for runtool\n</code></pre>\n\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do it in a subshell:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ (. /path/to/envsetup.sh; runtool)\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If there's just a handful of environment changes, you can do them on the command line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ FOO=a BAR=b runtool # FOO and BAR will be set only for runtool\n</code></...
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40165
1
40170
2011-05-04T23:45:12.337
1
2179
<p>I try to open a file in gedit with the file-selection option of zenity. It's very easy to do it for file that i can access in normal mode, but I wanna open too some configuration files (as for exemple the conf files for vpnc) which are in a '700' folder (only the user root can read, write and execute the folder) I d...
16247
null
null
2011-05-05T00:09:56.533
How to open a file in gedit with zenity --file-selection as root
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>With the command you're running, the <code>$(...)</code> syntax is evaluated by your shell before calling <code>gksudo</code>. What you want is for it to be evaluated by a shell running as root. Perhaps try something like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksudo -u root \"sh -c 'gedit \\$(ze...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>With the command you're running, the <code>$(...)</code> syntax is evaluated by your shell before calling <code>gksudo</code>. What you want is for it to be evaluated by a shell running as root. Perhaps try something like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksudo -u root \"sh -c 'gedi...
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40169
1
40177
2011-05-05T00:09:48.047
11
7944
<p>After I create a bash script and double click it in Nautilus I am prompted with this - Do you want to run "sleepytime", or display its contents? With Run in terminal, Dislpay, Cancel and Run as options.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZOxcu.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Is it possible ...
15909
235
2011-05-05T00:35:43.180
2015-01-10T20:15:51.597
Bypass "Do you want to..." dialog after clicking script
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In Nautilus, choose <strong>Edit ▸ Preferences ▸ Behavior ▸ Executable Text Files ▸ Run executable text files when they are opened</strong>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T00:59:06.033", "id": "44075", "postId": "401...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In Nautilus, choose <strong>Edit ▸ Preferences ▸ Behavior ▸ Executable Text Files ▸ Run executable text files when they are opened</strong>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T00:59:06.033", "id": "44075", ...
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40171
1
40907
2011-05-05T00:11:38.373
1
2049
<p>I do not have an internal speaker in my computer. Usually, I rely on the window manager to play a beep through my soundcard when there's a terminal bell, but since I upgraded, that is not working. </p> <p>I've read that this might be because of compiz, and I tried adding the following to my <code>/etc/pulse/defau...
16510
5768
2012-12-30T21:42:15.453
2012-12-30T21:47:39.283
Terminal bell without a PC speaker
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've got it figured out. For some reason, maybe it's Unity startup, the X11 bell is disabled by default.</p>\n\n<p>Using the PulseAudio config in my question above, and the following commands issued in a terminal, it works:</p>\n\n<pre><code>xset b on &amp;&amp; xset b 100\n</code><...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've got it figured out. For some reason, maybe it's Unity startup, the X11 bell is disabled by default.</p>\n\n<p>Using the PulseAudio config in my question above, and the following commands issued in a terminal, it works:</p>\n\n<pre><code>xset b on &amp;&amp; xset b 100\n...
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40173
1
null
2011-05-05T00:24:41.153
35
21305
<p>Does anyone know if there is a <strong><em>application window</em></strong> expose (a la Mac OSX) for the Unity Desktop. I've used the Compiz Expose Plugin, but that performs an "expose" on workspaces. I'm looking for something which will show me all of the active windows and allow me to select one.</p> <p>I know t...
16512
25863
2012-06-18T18:07:40.060
2015-04-11T22:49:09.430
Expose (OSX Style) Functionality in Unity
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-07-19T19:39:12.817", "id": "205746", "postId": "40173", "score": "0", "text": "It might be worth noting that this does currently not work in Ubuntu 12.04 due to [a bug in Compiz.](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/933776) I think a fix is in the works,...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Scale plugin. All settings are here -</p>\n\n<p>CCSM > Window Management > Scale</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>if you don't have it already</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creation...
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41551
2011-05-05T00:25:07.967
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<p>The video card is a Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller with 256MB. The user can not play anything that uses OpenGL since it runs REALLY slow. But on Windows it runs perfect.</p> <p>Using Ubuntu 11.04 without any effects in Ubuntu Classic (No Effects)</p>
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7035
2011-05-05T15:48:06.573
2011-05-09T17:00:31.817
How to active OpenGL in a HP DV6700 with Intel Graphics card
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T03:33:25.923", "id": "44113", "postId": "40174", "score": "0", "text": "have you tried the x-swat ppa?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4203" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T15:49:29.227", "id": "44258", "postId": "40174", "score": ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are a lot of issues with this chipset/GPU. Most of the issues revolve around the driver not upto date. Here is the WIKI with all of the fixes to try. There Are A Crap load of them. </p>\n\n<p>UBUNTU WIKI FOR INTEL DRIVERS AND FREEZES\n<a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lu...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>have you tried to disable \"Sync To VBlank\" option in ccsm?</p>\n\n<p>for more information you can see my previous post <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/39857/is-my-graphics-card-supported-by-gnome-3/39977#39977\">here</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comme...
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40181
2011-05-05T00:30:56.873
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<p>I was reading <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=95527" rel="noreferrer">&quot;HOW TO surf anonymous&quot;</a>, following which I typed</p> <pre><code>$ sudo apt-get install tor privoxy </code></pre> <p>But it seems like the package is not available</p> <pre><code>Reading package lists... Done Buildin...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2015-10-01T08:10:39.420
Ways to hide an IP?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2014-10-05T03:16:17.600", "id": "727437", "postId": "40175", "score": "0", "text": "Question could be more clear... Do you simply want to browse anonymously (for that `tor` is enough) or do you need to hide your IP in other kinds of connections (FTP for example, in which case,...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have to modify your repository list. Here is the link for the Ubuntu TOR repository and the steps to modify your list.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#ubuntu\">https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#ubuntu</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have to modify your repository list. Here is the link for the Ubuntu TOR repository and the steps to modify your list.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#ubuntu\">https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en#ubuntu</a></p>\n", "commen...
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40176
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2011-05-05T00:48:36.393
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<p>I get this error when mounting a drive </p> <pre><code>[ 4337.380506] EXT4-fs (sda): bad geometry: block count 156282966 exceeds size of device (156282701 blocks) </code></pre> <p>So if I try to fix it with sfdisk do I need space for the entire drive (640gb) or just as much as the data that is on the disk contains...
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2012-07-02T00:20:40.167
2012-07-02T00:20:40.167
How much space do I need to create a backup with fsdisk
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Hmm. I've never tried to recover from such a situation. However, if you've got valuable data on that disk, I strongly recommend making a complete image of the disk before doing anything else. That means you'll need a device with at least as much free space as your disk has. T...
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40178
1
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2011-05-05T00:51:24.553
3
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<p>Mozilla released an update to Thunderbird last week (version 3.1.10). This update addressed security issues. So my understanding is that 10.04 Ubuntu should receive the update. But my Thunderbird installation from the Main repository has not updated. Why not?</p> <p>Do I have the configuration wrong? To get updates...
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2011-05-06T12:43:57.947
Is Thunderbird still being updated? Mine hasn't updated and a new update issued last week
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You will definitely get updates faster if you have the products own repository.</p>\n\n<p>Thunderbird is here - <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/thunderbird-stable\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/thunderbird-stable</a></p>\n...
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40179
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2011-05-05T00:54:55.410
1
1103
<p>First of all this is the proceed that I followed to install it:</p> <ol> <li><p>I deleted system partition (that uses 100Mb and store the boot files) from my HD and I write the boot on my <code>C:</code> where Windows is installed.</p></li> <li><p>Then I inserted the CD with Ubuntu and I loaded it, then I selected ...
16514
6005
2012-02-25T22:38:22.297
2012-02-25T22:38:22.297
Problem with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-07T08:40:22.887", "id": "52324", "postId": "40179", "score": "1", "text": "Don't think that a 100MB partition exist to fill space, it contains the boot files for windows.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6969" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The System Reserved partition is necessary for windows to boot. The BSOD occured because you deleted the partition ;P</p>\n\n<p>When you ran the windows repair disc, the GRUB bootloader was overwritten. Assuming the System Reserved partition has been restored you should be ab...
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40185
1
1054394
2011-05-05T01:10:06.437
20
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<p>I need a particular row in <code>/etc/fstab</code> to be mounted always after two other rows:</p> <pre><code># Always mount these first UUID=fdf38dd4-9e9d-479d-b830-2a6989958503 / ext4 noatime,discard,errors=remount-ro 0 1 UUID=2b548eb8-fa67-46ce-a998-91d587dba62f /home/.hdd ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 2 # Always mou...
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2018-07-17T04:01:44.400
How can I specify the order in which filesystems are automatically mounted?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Systemd has now included a dependency option that enforces mount ordering. In your case add the fstab arguments:</p>\n\n<pre><code>x-systemd.requires-mounts-for=/,x-systemd.requires-mounts-for=/home/.hdd\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The noauto option will not work if you need to mount over o...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>According to <code>man fstab</code>, the <code>showthrough</code> option might be what you're looking for. Try setting it on /home/ak and seeing if it works.</p>\n\n<p>It's possible that <code>mount</code> forks when mounting filesystems during boot; if so, the order in which...
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40186
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2011-05-05T01:10:27.717
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<p>While in beta i could just drag the panel (in unity) and the maximized windows would be restored to normal size. Now i can only drag it using the alt key . Is this a design choice to make us use the buttons on the left or did i just disable something by mistake? Is there any way to get the previous behavior back?</...
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2011-05-05T12:05:51.907
Can't drag maximized windows from the panel like i could in the beta
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It seems to be working in my laptop. Try this once:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Open up CompizConfig Settings Manager (install the package <code>ccsm</code> if you don't already have it).</p></li>\n<li><p>Scroll down to the \"Window Management\" section and open the \"Grid\" plugin by clicki...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It seems to be working in my laptop. Try this once:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Open up CompizConfig Settings Manager (install the package <code>ccsm</code> if you don't already have it).</p></li>\n<li><p>Scroll down to the \"Window Management\" section and open the \"Grid\" plugin b...
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40191
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40210
2011-05-05T01:36:45.183
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<p>I am running ubuntu 10.10 64 bit on my mac mini. After installing nfs-common, and attempting to mount using</p> <p><code>mount -t nfs4 -o proto=tcp,port=2049 192.168.1.139:/volume1/magneto/ ./test</code></p> <p>I keep getting this error: </p> <p><code>mount.nfs4: mounting 192.168.1.139:/volume1/magneto/ failed, r...
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2011-05-05T01:38:11.453
2011-09-27T02:31:20.447
NFS Share - trying to mount my Synology 1511+ NAS
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unlike NFSv3, NFSv4 hides the prefix of the exported path (the NFS root). The prefix is configured in the exports on the NAS.</p>\n\n<p>Try:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mount -t nfs4 -o proto=tcp,port=2049 192.168.1.139:/magneto/ ./test\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Or:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mount -t nfs4 ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unlike NFSv3, NFSv4 hides the prefix of the exported path (the NFS root). The prefix is configured in the exports on the NAS.</p>\n\n<p>Try:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mount -t nfs4 -o proto=tcp,port=2049 192.168.1.139:/magneto/ ./test\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Or:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mount ...
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40192
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2011-05-05T01:37:39.783
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<p>Will the update manager and the Software Center be merged into one in a future release? I think that would be an ideal thing to do, and I believe PackageKit does that.</p>
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2011-05-05T04:28:45.717
Update manager integration
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-01-07T17:16:37.217", "id": "107076", "postId": "40192", "score": "0", "text": "Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Question like this that are open ended should be posted in the [Ubuntu Forums](http://ubuntuforums.org), please see the [FAQ](http://askubuntu.com/faq) for what is ontopi...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The two tools serve fairly different purposes, so it isn't clear that having a single UI covering both use cases would be a win.</p>\n\n<p>Updating your system should be a very simple and straight forward operation, or you risk users not doing it and leaving their system at r...
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2012-01-07T18:12:04.263
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2011-05-05T01:38:47.817
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<p>My system froze while I was installing ubuntu-restricted-extras in natty. So I restarted. After that firefox crashed and it is not properly showing websites. Same goes for the chromium browser. Any help would be appreciated.</p>
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2011-05-05T23:13:07.023
2011-05-05T23:13:07.023
Browser Crashed in Natty
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open a terminal and run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install -f\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-08T01:13:46.587", "id": "45048", "postId": "40200", "score": "0", "text": ...
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2012-01-25T23:42:24.447
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2011-05-03T21:36:03.617
3
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<p>When ever I log into my machine (Lenovo Laptop) Ubuntu (Natty running Unity) ask for the keyring password several times (4-5) why does it do that and how can I make it stop?</p>
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2011-05-05T03:42:04.047
Ubuntu asks for password several time when logging in
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-03T21:44:34.403", "id": "44094", "postId": "40207", "score": "0", "text": "Does it keep asking even if you get the password right?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "7036" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-04T01:32:21.137", "id": "44096", "postId...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Probably whatever agent is supposed to be handling storing that is not running in your session and it can't remember from one minute to the next, so each time a program needs authentication it prompts you again. Just a guess.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [...
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2011-05-05T02:11:15.713
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<p>Is there a way to get Nautilus or any other file manager that runs on Ubuntu 11.04 to use Kerberos for authentication? </p> <p>I'm using Likewise Open to join machines to the domain, and I can't type in passwords for every user on every computer that needs to mount a network share. I've been able to get Kerberos <a...
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2011-09-20T17:05:40.653
2012-04-02T11:03:45.093
Forcing Nautilus to use Kerberos (Active Directory) authentication
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-21T15:13:04.940", "id": "71650", "postId": "40209", "score": "0", "text": "I'm interested in this as well either with LikeWise-Open or Centrify.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "16747" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm not too familiar with Microsoft's Active Directory or Kerberos, but hopefully this will help you out.</p>\n\n<p>Nautilus uses gvfs as it's backend for mounting everything. Anything mounted with gvfs shows up in the navigation pane on the left. I'm not sure if it supports ...
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40211
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2011-05-05T02:15:59.860
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4486
<p>I can no longer mount an extra internal hard drive on my Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit system. I could up until a few days ago.</p> <p>I think this has something to do with the problem ---- I had added a line at the end of fstab for the drive (/dev/sda) to automount, but I don't think it worked so I then removed the line fro...
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47291
2012-07-02T00:17:50.200
2012-07-02T00:17:50.200
Cannot mount disk at all. Detailed explanation, Need help
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T03:16:28.643", "id": "44107", "postId": "40211", "score": "0", "text": "There are some potential leads on this one [here](http://superuser.com/questions/278864/cant-mount-hard-drive-ubuntu) for those answering this question.", "userDisplayName": null, "userI...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Hmmm. Interesting problem you have, if you're telling us everything then Ubuntu somehow\ndestroyed your filesystem during the course of mounting this disk. I find that hard to believe. It may be that the kernel has failed to discover the disk correctly and determined that th...
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40213
1
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2011-05-05T02:27:22.467
10
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<p>I just upgraded my Ubuntu 10.10 to the latest 11.04, but I'm not seeing the <strong>Visual Effects</strong> tab in the <strong>Appearance</strong> window. I want to enable/disable extra visual effects like in 10.10. Please help! <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/67AII.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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2011-05-05T17:05:04.837
2017-02-28T15:29:57.283
What happened to the Visual Effects tab, in the Appearance window?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T03:09:36.690", "id": "44105", "postId": "40213", "score": "0", "text": "Would you please post what is your graphic card?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12943" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T03:13:34.367", "id": "44106", "postId": "40...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<ul>\n<li><p>Install <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">compizconfig-settings-manager</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://host...
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40216
2011-05-05T02:57:37.873
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<p>When I try to drag the Amarok icon from the dash into the launcher, the icon just disappears. How do I get it to stay?</p>
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2011-05-05T03:03:31.770
How can I add Amarok to the launcher?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>launch Amarok from the dash and then right click the icon that appears on the launcher and select \"Keep in Launcher\"</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-05T03:03:31.770", "id...
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40219
1
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2011-05-05T03:15:42.367
2
3404
<pre>root@tarvid-laptop:~# ddcprobe vbe: VESA 3.0 detected. oem: Intel(r)Cantiga Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS vendor: Intel Corporation product: Intel(r)Cantiga Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0 memory: 65472kb mode: 1280x1024x256 mode: 1280x1024x64k mode: 1280x1024x16m mode: 1024x768x256 mode: 1024x768x64...
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2011-11-11T11:27:21.050
Monitor Preferences > Monitor: Unknown
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T03:25:51.730", "id": "44110", "postId": "40219", "score": "0", "text": "yeah..it happens a lot my 15\" monitor is detected (acer) and my 26\" isn't (samsung) though, if i change the video cable..VGA,HDMIDVI etc... sometimes it gets recognized", "userDisplayName"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had the same problem when i updated to 11.04 beta.\nI have a 22'' Samsung monitor which was detected correctly up unti 10.10.</p>\n\n<p>My problem was solved by creating an xorg.conf file manually:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo Xorg -configure</code></p>\n\n<p>When i rebooted, the m...
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40226
1
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2011-05-05T03:56:23.650
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<p>Is there a way to move the Applications or Files &amp; Folders buttons on the Unity Launcher? I can move every other button but those. I'd like to move them to the top of the bar instead of their default at the bottom of it.</p> <p>Thanks</p>
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2011-05-05T04:57:07.553
Can the Applications or Files and Folders buttons be moved on the Unity Launcher?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes but they need to be within their group and files&amp;folders and applications are 1 group. So you can put files&amp;folders above or below applications. There are a few other launchers that are added to this group like the askubuntu (askububtu.place), google books (books....
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40234
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2011-05-05T05:21:11.003
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<p>I'm trying to customize an old python script I like a lot, specifically gmail-notifier. It uses the default mail icon in the messaging menu instead of the gmail icon a lot of similar programs use. I was wondering how to go about using my own icon. I've been looking through the code and nothing stands out to me as...
16534
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2012-04-08T19:07:10.950
How do I use my own icon in a python script integrated with the messaging menu?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've built a small gmail notifier app myself. There should be a piece of code in the python script which goes:</p>\n\n<pre><code>server = indicate.indicate_server_ref_default()\nserver.set_desktop_file(\"/usr/share/applications/gmail_notifier.desktop\")\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>T...
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40236
1
40264
2011-05-05T05:29:56.057
1
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<p>Hey I am using mysql in ubuntu along with 15 more ppl who also has root privilege. <br> I am afraid they might accidentally tamper with the database, so I want to take a daily and hourly incremental backup of the database, and its privileges.</p> <p>Can anyone help me with a solution?</p> <p>Note: I can cron mysql...
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2011-05-05T08:42:49.690
2011-05-05T08:42:49.690
How to take daily backup of database?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The repository contains an application for taking backups: <code>automysqlbackup</code>. Backups are made from the whole database, including privileges, and placed in <code>/var/lib/automysqlbackup/</code>. This can be changed in <code>/etc/default/automysqlbackup</code>.</p>\n\n<p>A...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The repository contains an application for taking backups: <code>automysqlbackup</code>. Backups are made from the whole database, including privileges, and placed in <code>/var/lib/automysqlbackup/</code>. This can be changed in <code>/etc/default/automysqlbackup</code>.</p>...
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40237
1
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2011-05-05T05:31:08.333
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<p>Before the first login screen came up after a clean install of Ubuntu 11.04 (64 bit) into a new virtual machine in VirtualBox running under Windows 7 (64 bit), a dialog box popped up saying that the hardware was not sufficient to run Unity (paraphrased). All logins have taken me to the Classic DE and I can't find a ...
16535
7035
2011-05-05T21:46:09.717
2011-05-05T21:46:09.717
No Unity when running Ubuntu 11.04 (64 bit) under VirtualBox+Windows 7 (64 bit)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have only tried VirtualBox OSE running on an Ubuntu host, but I hope it's the same with a Windows host:</p>\n\n<p>Install virtualbox-ose-guest-dkms and ..-x11 and ..-utils in the guest, like fred wrote in \n<a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/22743/how-do-i-install-gu...
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40239
1
40252
2011-05-05T05:37:30.467
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<p>Since I'm stuck with windows at work. I'd like to use a Ubuntu Server machine which i access through SSH from a windows machine to manipulate files on the windows machine. I've been moving files up to the Ubuntu machine through FTP, working on them and then downloading them. Please tell me there is a more efficient...
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2647
2011-05-10T18:42:13.767
2011-05-10T18:42:13.767
Use Linux commands on windows directories through ssh
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To mount your ftp server on the Ubuntu machine instead of copying back and forth, you could use <a href=\"http://curlftpfs.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><code>curlftpfs</code></a>. It allows you to mount a ftp server directly on to the file system of the machine.</p>\n\n<p>An e...
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40240
1
40245
2011-05-05T05:40:45.767
4
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<p>How can I participate remotely in the upcoming UDS? Someone wrote an excellent article for remote participation for UDS-N but I couldn't find any information for the coming summit.</p> <p>Any information and links will be helpful. Also last time It was advised to use Gobby Notes but I totally failed to connect to a...
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2011-10-31T10:31:23.280
2011-10-31T10:31:23.280
How can I remotely participate in the UDS?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should be able to find all the information you need to remotely participate here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://uds.ubuntu.com/participate/remote/\">http://uds.ubuntu.com/participate/remote/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "conten...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should be able to find all the information you need to remotely participate here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://uds.ubuntu.com/participate/remote/\">http://uds.ubuntu.com/participate/remote/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": n...
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40241
1
40247
2011-05-05T05:49:12.590
10
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<p>Is there any interactive or more user-friendly version (or substitution) of GDB for debugging?</p> <p>Some people suggested CGDB, but after a few tests I found it buggy and unstable.</p>
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2011-05-05T06:29:34.053
2023-11-17T12:49:45.320
Is there any interactive or more user-friendly version of GDB for debugging?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are multiple graphical frontends for gdb. <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">GNU DDD</a> and <a href=\"http://www.kdbg.org/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">KGDB</a> to mention a couple.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/software/ddd/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">...
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40243
1
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2011-05-05T05:53:36.847
3
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<p>In Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick, I could go to the Places menu and click "COnnect to Server" to run a WebDAV server for my NextApp WebSharing Android application. But in Unity, I'm not sure how I achieve the same thing. I tried "Shared Folders" but it says I'm missing plugins. (I uninstalled Evolution and everything relate...
15617
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2011-05-05T06:32:01.517
How to link with a WebDAV application in Unity?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Start Nautilus, in the menue go to: File-> Connect to server</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T07:08:25.707", "id": "44144", "postId": "40248", "score": "0", "text": "Well rub my elbows and call me bearcat! ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Start Nautilus, in the menue go to: File-> Connect to server</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T07:08:25.707", "id": "44144", "postId": "40248", "score": "0", "text": "Well rub my elbo...
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40257
1
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2011-05-05T07:31:00.130
3
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<p>I have added my Twitter account in Gwibber and the timeline is showing correctly. </p> <p>I would like to know, how can I follow someone through Gwibber. For example in Hotot, I can click on the icon and then click on "Follow". </p> <p>May be there is a way to do that in Gwibber also but I can't find it. </p>
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2011-05-05T07:46:34.673
How to follow someone at Gwibber for Twitter
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no such function.</p>\n\n<p>You have to click on 'view this message', which opens a web page of the message where you can then switch to the user-profile.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T07:51:16.347", "id": "44153...
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40258
1
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2011-05-05T07:35:22.593
4
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<p>Is there a way that I can use this functionality with any desktop client especially something like empathy ? <a href="http://www.google.com/chat/voice/" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/chat/voice/</a></p> <p>I am referring the phone call function not just video chat which I know how to enable and use both in p...
1543
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2011-07-22T04:34:09.373
Is there a way to use gmail call phone functionality with empathy/pidgin
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There was once an Adobe AIR-based <a href=\"http://rstoeber.com/apps/Google_Voice_Utility.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">desktop client</a> for Google Voice available, but it is discontinued. There are <a href=\"http://openjunk.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/add-google-voice-to-empathy/\"...
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2011-05-05T07:44:03.647
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<p>Since switching to Unity in 11.04 I miss the bottom only for one thing: I want to know which windows are on the current virtual screen. I switch between windows with alt+tab and sometimes I don't remember if the program I need is running on the current screen.</p> <p>In the launcher there are white dots that shows ...
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2014-05-15T07:17:06.837
2014-05-15T07:17:06.837
How can I visually find out which programs are running on the current virtual screen in Unity?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>By default there's a combination Shift+Alt+Up that will show you all windows from current desktop (unlike Win+w that will show you windows from all desktops).</p>\n\n<p>You can see that (or change that) in CompizConfig manager (Expo plugin).</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments...
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40261
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2011-05-05T07:45:50.670
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<p>Well this is a follow-up question regarding <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/36399/ubuntu-11-04-randomly-logs-out-in-middle-of-use">Ubuntu 11.04 randomly logs out in middle of use</a>. After some people suggested I re-install I used the beta1 iso to reinstall and upgraded instantly about 3-4 times(the whole ...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2012-06-13T14:39:36.033
Unity freezes after compiz configuration change
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have had the exact same problem on my system. Unity is really buggy right now and does not work well with other compiz plugins, especially when you mess around with the settings.</p>\n\n<p>Try enabling plugins that do not conflict with others that unity is using(It gives y...
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2012-06-13T14:39:50.773
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2011-05-05T08:04:21.300
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<p>Well, I messed up everything and was forced to remove and re-install the system. Everything is fixed now, but for the sake of knowledge, I want to know what this error means exactly. It shows up after booting Ubuntu (instead of the Plymouth boot screen). How it can be fixed?</p> <p><code>parser error: error opening...
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2011-05-12T05:29:01.943
2011-05-12T05:29:01.943
What does this parser error mean and how can it be fixed?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The graphical boot only occurs if you pass the <code>splash</code> boot option for the kernel. Did you remember to include that option when configuring the new boot loader?</p>\n\n<p>The default Ubuntu configuration also uses the <code>quiet</code> boot option to suppress informatio...
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2011-05-05T08:21:21.260
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<p>We have installed 11.04 32-bit on an old machine that has no internet connection and with a graphics card that is not suitable for running Compiz or Unity. Still, we would like to run Unity-2D on this machine.</p> <p>We are aware of answers to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-...
3940
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.887
2011-06-25T14:48:56.607
How do we install Unity-2D and dependencies offline?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well I am using 11.04 and keryx after you pointed me to the link. Thanks by the way. Did a bit googling and found <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~keryx-admins/+archive/keryx-ppa\" rel=\"nofollow\">keryx ppa</a> which is for lucid. Basically installed debian package presented <a href...
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40273
1
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2011-05-05T08:28:53.360
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<p>I have 320 GB hard disk on my laptop and I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 on 1 partition and another partition is reserved for storage. I want to protect that storage partition with a password. How can I do that?</p>
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2011-06-07T03:37:13.127
2011-06-07T03:37:13.127
How to protect hard disk?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.truecrypt.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">TrueCrypt</a> </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/309823\" rel=\"nofollow\">Package in Natty</a></p>\n\n<p>From the website: Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows 7/Vista/XP, Ma...
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2011-05-05T08:45:00.180
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<p>If I unmount a drive in Ubuntu how could I mount it again without physically reconnecting the drive?</p> <p>I'm using Ubuntu 11.04</p>
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2011-08-23T14:22:14.103
2012-03-06T04:55:24.483
Mounting a safely removed external disk
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try going:\nPlaces Menu -> Computer</p>\n\n<p>Then you should see the disk. Double-clicking on it should mount it for you.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-03-06T09:08:14.453", "id": "130154", "postId": "...
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2011-05-05T08:49:13.170
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<p>I occasionally have to work on some legacy Python code that is run by the Python 2.5 interpreter in production. I'd like to set my development environment up just like production, so I need to install the <code>python2.5</code> family of packages.</p> <p>Of course, I can install from source, but I'd really prefer t...
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2014-01-12T20:14:44.993
2014-01-12T20:14:44.993
Is it possible to install Python 2.5 in 11.04?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~fkrull/+archive/deadsnakes\">Launchpad</a> has a topic about this. </p>\n\n<p>Here is a tutorial on <a href=\"http://kovshenin.com/archives/installing-python-2-5-on-ubuntu-linux-10-10/\">installing python 2.5 on Ubuntu 10.10</a>. 11.04 should be ident...
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2011-05-05T08:57:01.727
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<p>This question is related to the following <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/35024/how-to-add-my-favorite-places-as-a-quicklist-in-my-homes-icon-in-unity">question</a>, just adapted to use this solution for other languages.</p> <p>I'm working with german as main language and it works for me with Videos and Do...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.887
2011-07-30T06:34:01.093
How to add my favorite places as a quicklist in my home's icon in Unity with other languages?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>works exactly as in linked question, just change lines like\nExec=nautilus ~/Documents to Exec=nautilus ~/Dokumente\nand so on\nwill work</p>\n\n<p>logout-login to apply changes</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentL...
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2011-05-05T09:08:56.930
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<p>I have a Laptop Pentium dual core 2.16 GHz with 2 GB Ram while opening home folder or any other folder in that matter window becomes unresponsive. </p> <p>I tried to reduce nice values of some processes in system monitor still problem exists. Due to this I can't open any file in any folder. </p>
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2012-05-22T07:37:22.067
2012-09-06T18:50:48.863
Why does Nautilus hang while opening home folder?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I believe that's a problem with nautilus, take a look on the /var/log/messages to see if you can find any good info.</p>\n\n<p>other alternative is trying Nautilus Elementary, a nice replacement for nautilus, maybe it don't fall in the same problem, but I can't promise you th...
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2012-09-07T14:24:22.093
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2011-05-05T09:11:48.210
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<p>I'd like to use a Canon LIDE 110 scanner under Ubuntu 10.</p> <p>Here are the results of lsusb and sane-find-scanner:</p> <pre><code>$ lsusb Bus 008 Device 002: ID 1532:001a Razer USA, Ltd Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 003: ID 0471:0602 Philips ATI Remote Wonder II ...
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null
2012-02-27T13:20:22.967
Canon LIDE 110 - lsusb sane-find-scanner
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2011-05-05T09:22:26.303
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<p>For 11.04, I did a fresh install of my system. Part of that install was to install <a href="http://rvm.beginrescueend.com">rvm</a>, which sticks a <code>rvm.sh</code> in <code>/etc/profile.d/</code>. This doesn't work as <code>/etc/profile</code> (which loads each +r in <code>/etc/profile.d/*.sh</code>) is not being...
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2020-12-18T17:49:35.643
2022-04-21T21:40:13.110
Why is /etc/profile not being loaded during non-login bash shell sessions?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Per default, gnome-terminal does not start bash as a login shell (I assume you mean bash started inside a gnome-terminal). That means bash will not read <code>/etc/profile</code> or <code>~/.profile</code>. As you have correctly observed, bash will read those files if started as a lo...
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2011-05-05T09:59:22.320
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<p>When I try to run xournal I get the following error:</p> <blockquote> <p>xournal: error while loading shared libraries: libpoppler.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory</p> </blockquote> <p>I should note that I <code>ln -s</code> the prviuos errors since the *.so.i had i smaller t...
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2012-06-18T18:07:34.863
2012-06-18T18:07:34.863
libpoppel.so.7 is missing when running xournal
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The version of the shared object is 13 in natty: <code>/usr/lib/libpoppler.so.13</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-05T10:57:24.770", "id": "40302", "lastActivityDat...
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2011-05-05T10:14:54.380
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<p>Ever since I upgraded to 11.04, I have been unable to <strong>shutdown</strong> my computer.</p> <p>I tried using :</p> <p><code>shutdown now</code>, <code>poweroff</code>, and <code>halt</code>. But they don't work! The only one that does is <code>reboot</code>.</p> <p>Here is the output of running <code>lspci</...
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2011-05-05T17:05:26.070
2011-05-05T17:05:26.070
Unable to shutdown, only reboot
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you could try:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo init 0\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>hth, marc</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T15:06:55.393", "id": "44249", "postId": "40343", "score": "0", "text": "t...
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2011-05-05T10:59:43.220
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<p>I just bought a Zotac ZBOX Blu-ray 3D ID36 which includes a Ralink rt2860 wifi network adapter and I can´t get it to work under Ubuntu 11.04. I've already downloaded, compiled and install the drivers from the manufacturer's webpage and I've spent more than 7 hours searching for a solution. I've also tried installing...
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2011-06-01T08:49:04.397
Ralink rt2860 wifi not working under Ubuntu 11.04
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-20T14:53:27.420", "id": "71464", "postId": "40303", "score": "0", "text": "I'm having the same trouble, only my adapter is RT2870. And I'm not sure exactly when this happened, I upgraded laptops and did a fresh Ubuntu install, and I just tried to use my RT2870 and it...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If found a couple of interesting pages on the web. Hopefully these are not the same as you found because both seem to end in a succesfully working wifi with a Ralink RT2860.</p>\n\n<p>First a very recent <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1744994\" rel=\"nofol...
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40305
1
41888
2011-05-05T11:14:36.347
3
1196
<p>I have a USB Audio system, on every system start, its volume is zero. I cannot set it with the regular sound widget in the notification area but have to use <code>alsamixer</code> in the terminal.</p> <p>Any ideas why it is reduced to zero on every startup?</p>
12824
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null
2011-05-10T21:23:58.790
USB Audio on 0 volume on startup
[ "usb", "sound" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I purged the <code>.pulse</code> folder in my home directory, the sound is now online on startup.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-10T21:23:58.790", "id": "41888", "lastAc...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I purged the <code>.pulse</code> folder in my home directory, the sound is now online on startup.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-10T21:23:58.790", "id"...
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40306
1
40334
2011-05-05T11:16:12.243
1
179
<p>When I start my Natty computer and open a terminal, it takes like 20 seconds before the prompt show up. I did not change my .bashrc lately, it appears that this started after the upgrade to 11.04</p>
12824
7035
2011-06-07T03:36:52.613
2011-06-07T03:36:52.613
Prompt takes very long before showing up in new terminal window
[ "11.04", "command-line" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>try moveing your .bashrc to some backup file ie: MyOriginal.bashrc and see if the problem still happens with no .bashrc at all. </p>\n\n<p>If the problem still occurs with no .bashrc that would point to some system issue, another test would be to create a new user, and see if the ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>try moveing your .bashrc to some backup file ie: MyOriginal.bashrc and see if the problem still happens with no .bashrc at all. </p>\n\n<p>If the problem still occurs with no .bashrc that would point to some system issue, another test would be to create a new user, and see...
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40307
1
42194
2011-05-05T11:17:19.917
9
2015
<p>When starting my system, Plymouth doesn't show graphics but uses the fallback text mode. However, it runs normally (that is, with graphics) on shutdown. Why is that? </p>
9302
6005
2011-06-05T21:51:09.623
2011-06-05T21:51:09.623
Why does Plymouth boot in fallback text mode?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T11:56:34.230", "id": "44188", "postId": "40307", "score": "0", "text": "I am also having the same problem, but my shutdown shows randomly text / graphics. VGA: Intel 4500MHD.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12827" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well, it seems to be a bug. I have just reported it in launchpad. It seems to have been accepted as one. <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plymouth/+bug/781479\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bug id 781479</a> . If any of you are affected please click on the 'it affects me' to r...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open a terminal (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>T</kbd>) and run the next command.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo update-initramfs -c -k all\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You may be asked for you user password, this command recreates the initial ramdisk for all kernels.</p>\n", "...
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40312
1
null
2011-05-05T11:29:52.530
3
2838
<p>after changing compiz configs - the panels disappeared</p> <p>I just see my files on the desktop, Problem I cant open settings to reset the compiz settings or what ever happend. How do I solve this?</p>
16568
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2015-06-08T07:43:34.857
after changing compiz configs - the panels disappeared
[ "11.04", "compiz" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can reset your Unity configuration with <code>unity --reset</code> (via <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/17610/how-do-i-reset-my-unity-configuration\">How do I reset my Unity configuration?</a>)</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "...
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40318
1
40356
2011-05-05T12:03:46.753
7
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<p>I've found what I believe to be a kernel bug, and reported appropriately on Launchpad. But is the kernel bugs reported on Launchpad receive attention from the developers? It is important since, in this case, it was reported not to be distro-specific.</p> <p>The bug in question is <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net...
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814
2011-05-06T05:35:30.537
2011-05-06T05:35:30.537
Kernel bugs on Launchpad
[ "kernel", "bug-reporting" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T15:05:15.503", "id": "44248", "postId": "40318", "score": "1", "text": "on the assumption that your user name here is the same as in Launchpad, I found bug #740893. Is that the one you are referring to?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1657" }, { ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>So, in the example you've supplied, the bug is filed against the kernel package for the Ubuntu operating system. You can tell this by looking at the package listed under the 'Affects' block. In this case, it is linux(ubuntu) so it is distro specific.</p>\n\n<p>Depending on how it is ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>So, in the example you've supplied, the bug is filed against the kernel package for the Ubuntu operating system. You can tell this by looking at the package listed under the 'Affects' block. In this case, it is linux(ubuntu) so it is distro specific.</p>\n\n<p>Depending on ho...
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40320
1
40324
2011-05-05T12:08:22.607
2
20468
<p>I'm trying to install a .deb package in Natty using gdebi package installer:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q3nxq.png" alt="gdebi package installer"></p> <p>But when I click "Install", the following error message comes up:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Lnhnf.png" alt="Error message"></p> ...
8547
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2012-09-16T19:28:30.580
2017-11-15T03:18:17.890
"Unable to copy the user's Xauthorization file"
[ "xorg" ]
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T12:23:56.767", "id": "44194", "postId": "40320", "score": "0", "text": "Can you open a terminal, enter `ls -l .Xauthority` and add the output to your question?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "236" }, { "creationDate": "2018-07-21T10:42:27.310",...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Please check the permission, user name and user group of .Xauthority </p>\n\n<p><code>ls -la ~/.Xauthority</code> </p>\n\n<p>It needs to be owned by you and the permissions should be -rw-------<br>\nTo alter name and group:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo chown youruser:youruser ~/.Xauthority</...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is what I found by simple Googling, </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>First make sure that users .Xauthority\n file is present in their home\n directory and make sure it has the\n correct permissions. running <code>ls -l\n /home/username/.Xauthority</code> should\n result ...
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40321
1
40328
2011-05-05T12:20:42.900
4
3589
<p><a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/" rel="nofollow">LaunchPad.net</a> is a fantastic repository of packages, and one that I use often to install packages that are not included in the main repository. Thus far, I've always simply browsed to a package page (e.g. <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/amd64/pyt...
12350
235
2011-05-05T13:19:56.357
2011-05-05T13:19:56.357
How can I use LaunchPad.net packages in 11.04?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T13:27:12.640", "id": "44216", "postId": "40321", "score": "0", "text": "Jorge: Why remove Natty from the title? Lots of people Google for natty, and if the word is not in the title (and hence the URL), this question is less likely to rank highly.", "userDisplayN...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can not add Launchpad itself as a source but you can add specfic <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them\">PPA's sources for packages</a>.</p>\n\n<p>For instance the Launchpad Project <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~fkrull/+archive/dead...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can not add Launchpad itself as a source but you can add specfic <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them\">PPA's sources for packages</a>.</p>\n\n<p>For instance the Launchpad Project <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~fkrull/+arch...
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40325
1
null
2011-05-05T12:29:44.610
0
832
<p>I've been trying to install Beagle on my 11.04 installation of Ubuntu.</p> <p>The Beagle site says that Beagle is shipped with Ubuntu. But from the software center in Ubuntu, a search for Beagle returns zero results.</p> <p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>
16573
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2011-05-05T13:21:00.210
2011-05-05T13:21:00.210
How to install Beagle?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The last beagle version was in 10.4 and is no longer in <a href=\"http://beagle-project.org/Main_Page\" rel=\"nofollow\">active development</a>. You could try the <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/beagle\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lucid Lynx (10.04) package</a>. I have seen ...
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40329
1
41396
2011-05-05T12:45:24.820
2
668
<p>When I maximize gVim, at the bottom of the window i see about 20 pixels of gray line. To the right there is just 4 pixels of the same gray from top to bottom. I had the same gray before 11.04, but at least twice smaller and didn't bother to fix it or ask about it.</p> <p>A small note is that even that i use gVim my...
16575
235
2011-05-05T13:22:22.937
2011-05-09T05:44:50.580
gVim maximized with a gray line like status line
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><em><strong>VIM computes the width and height of its display area using columns and lines, not pixels</em></strong>. Resize your GVIM window using your mouse, and you will notice the change.</p>\n\n<p>Let's say the titlebar's height is 40px; when maximized, the width and height of GV...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><em><strong>VIM computes the width and height of its display area using columns and lines, not pixels</em></strong>. Resize your GVIM window using your mouse, and you will notice the change.</p>\n\n<p>Let's say the titlebar's height is 40px; when maximized, the width and heig...
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40332
1
252192
2011-05-05T12:57:25.070
102
24676
<p>Something about the color scheme changed in 11.04, and now it's very difficult for me to tell which tab is the selected one.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JHc5s.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>On my screen, the colors look more similar the further down I slouch in my chair (i.e. angle ...
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44179
2014-10-25T15:33:48.733
2016-05-06T00:51:41.960
How to make selected tab in terminal more prominent
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-12-14T09:44:39.623", "id": "282606", "postId": "40332", "score": "1", "text": "I confirm, In 12.10 the accepted solution doesn't work. Bug opened here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/762349", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "29209" }, ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For 12.10&ndash;15.04 you can create a CSS theme for GTK 3.0 as explained in this <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-themes/+bug/762349/comments/10\">comment</a> by Kees (kees-vanveen) on the <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-themes/+b...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can hack the theme and change colors that way. I did that years ago when a theme I otherwise liked didn't have enough contrast.</p>\n\n<p>Themes installed system-wide live in <code>/usr/share/themes</code>, while your own themes live in <code>~/.themes</code>. If the them...
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40335
1
null
2011-05-05T13:06:01.253
1
1429
<p>I upgraded to 11.04 today. I had some problems when the system froze with 2 minutes to go; I was forced to do a hard reboot, but the system appeared to work OK. (described here: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/40295/distribution-upgrade-froze-my-system">https://askubuntu.com/questions/40295/distribution-upg...
2840
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.887
2011-05-05T20:32:40.940
Unable to install programmes after upgrade
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T13:43:05.033", "id": "44222", "postId": "40335", "score": "0", "text": "It is not my usually used advice but I would seriously consider reinstalling your OS. This 'I had some problems when the system froze with 2 minutes to go; is not good and you might run into ano...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Regarding this specifically: E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)</p>\n\n<p>I found a possible solution mentioned in this message <a href=\"http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/debian-26/sub-process-usr-bin-dpkg-returned-an-error-code-1-a-171107/\" rel=\...
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40337
1
null
2011-05-05T13:08:42.843
2
328
<p>I accidentally skipped the step "Preparing fstab for the switch" and moved on to the next step of "Moving /home into /old_home" under the documentation for setting up a separate home partition here: <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving" rel="nofollow">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/...
5077
5077
2011-05-05T14:03:34.527
2011-05-05T14:18:15.363
How to undo move /home into /old_home?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If not rebooted yet, it is ok to do it now.</p>\n\n<p>And no, editing <code>fstab</code> is safe during and after that command.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T14:25:52.137", "id": "44236", "postId...
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40340
1
40405
2011-05-05T13:10:57.287
2
3514
<p>I am able to install Ubuntu 11.04, but I have to pass the <code>noahci</code> (or <code>ahci=off</code>) parameter to the kernel as part of the installation process. Once the installation process is complete the system will not boot.</p> <p>By removing the following items from the kernel line in the GRUB configura...
16578
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-05-06T13:29:17.960
Does not boot after installation on Dell Precision T3500
[ "10.10", "11.04", "nvidia" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Passing the following parameters to the kernel on the 'linux' line solved the problem:</p>\n\n<pre><code>pci=noacpi,nocrs acpi=off pcie_aspm=off\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>For good measure I also removed these items from the 'linux' line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>quiet\nsplash\nvt.handoff=7\n</co...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You either don't have GRUB or GRUB's display isn't working with your monitor (like mine didn't)</p>\n\n<p>I'm entirely sure but after your splash screen, try pressing enter when your screen is blank and it might boot the OS that would of been first in GRUB's list.</p>\n\n<p>e...
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40344
1
40353
2011-05-05T13:19:31.913
3
4514
<p>I have just installed GPARTED on Ubuntu.</p> <p>I should only have 1 partition however it lists it as:</p> <p>Partition: File System Mount Point Size</p> <p>/dev/sda1 ext4 / 919.79 Gib <br /> /dev/sda2 extended 11.72 Gib <br /> /dev/sda5...
7709
7035
2011-06-07T17:05:41.047
2011-06-07T17:05:41.047
Ext4-extended-linuxswap
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are three types of partitions.\n1. Primary\n2. Extended\n3. Logical</p>\n\n<p>There can only be 4 primary partitions on a hard drive. When one wants to create more than 4 partitions, an extended partition is created and then more logical partitions are created inside the extend...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>sda1 is usually where your files and linux operating system files are kept. (dev/sda1)</p>\n\n<p>I'm not entirely sure what the Extended is for, I think this mounts as a separate drive... which on Ubuntu will say 11.72GB File system.</p>\n\n<p>Your sda5 (dev/sda5) is your lin...
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40355
1
40363
2011-05-05T13:49:37.223
2
525
<p>When my windows are not maximised the title bar disappears and the only way to get hold of the application pane is to Alt + Click and Drag.</p> <p>I am running Natty with Unity and I have not restarted the machine since experiencing the problem. This is because I have a long running process executing on my machine....
14719
14719
2011-05-05T14:00:53.920
2011-05-05T20:56:55.857
The chrome around my windows appears to have disappeared. Any ideas why?
[ "unity", "window-manager" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It seems to be a compiz problem. Without using ccsm you can enter hit <code>Alt + F2</code> and enter the command <code>compiz --replace</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm having this problem as well (In Unity and in Classic). A temporary workaround is to start compizconfig-settings-manager (CCSM), then un-select and re-select window decorations. This will restore your titles, etc. It seem to be a problem with the newer compiz (OpenGL perha...
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40358
1
40393
2011-05-05T14:05:44.370
3
1959
<p>I need to look for a laptop that will work flawlessly with Ubuntu, I know that Intel video cards nearly always have open source driver(rare exceptions exist) and that NVidia's proprietory driver works good, however I have trouble with ATI, it has a zillion models, some having open source driver, some only proprietor...
16542
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null
2011-05-05T15:29:00.550
Which is the best place to check the compatibility of video cards?
[ "drivers", "xorg", "nvidia", "video", "ati" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think the best place to check the compatibility of a component with ubuntu is...</p>\n\n<p>The Ubuntu Website ;) in fact there's a part of this site where you can find the detail of compatibility per component : <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog\" rel=\"nofollow...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>For ATI, the definitive place to look is the X.Org development page at\n<a href=\"http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.x.org/wiki/radeon</a></p>\n\n<p>To figure out whether your AMD/ATI card is supported, you need to figure out the <code>card series</cod...
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40369
1
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2011-05-05T14:33:37.730
0
5385
<p>When I plug my USB headset in, it does not appear as hardware device within the sound preferences. However, it is present in lsusb:</p> <p>Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:0a14 Logitech, Inc. </p> <p>It works fine in Windows and so that would suggest that it isn't a problem with the headset itself. </p> <p>The native ...
16597
235
2011-05-05T14:42:25.787
2015-08-22T22:08:35.680
Logitech USB Headset not working
[ "10.10", "sound", "headset" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T14:48:55.653", "id": "44240", "postId": "40369", "score": "0", "text": "Did you try a reboot with the headset plugged in?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15811" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T16:44:51.593", "id": "44277", "postId": "4...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Where I have had audio problems and connection issues I have found the using Pulse Audio Volume Controller usually helps if you are nervous of using alsamixer which is still good</p>\n\n<p>Here you can set what inputs and levels in a little clearer method</p>\n\n<p>First inst...
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40372
1
40454
2011-05-05T14:37:16.340
49
71283
<p>My current situation is:</p> <ul> <li>One hard disk</li> <li>Dual boot Ubuntu 11.04 and Windows 7. Partitions: <ul> <li>100MB Windows System thingy</li> <li>144GB Main Windows</li> <li>160GB Ubuntu</li> <li>4GB Swap</li> <li>12GB System Restore stuff</li> </ul></li> </ul> <p>Now I want to install an 80GB SSD and m...
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2021-12-25T16:57:21.060
How to move Ubuntu to an SSD
[ "filesystem", "partitioning", "hard-drive", "ssd" ]
5
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2013-12-08T14:06:39.947", "id": "495895", "postId": "40372", "score": "0", "text": "[Offtopic, sorry, should've put in a comment] It is also better to simultaneously enable TRIM support for your SSD, as mentioned at http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/enable-trim-on-ssd-solid-state...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1>1) Copying files</h1>\n\n<p>You want to copy the FILES, not the whole partition ( including its free space ), so you don't need to resize the partition first. Boot from the livecd and mount both the HD and SSD ( after formatting a partition on the SSD of course ), then copy all of ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Considering your HDD is /dev/sda and SSD is /dev/sdb and partitions are properly sized, you may use simple cp:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cp /dev/sdaX /dev/sdbY\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Where X and Y are corresponding partition numbers.</p>\n\n<p>However this method will copy 80GB of data...
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40377
1
40499
2011-05-05T14:47:39.920
4
389
<p>The View Photos and Listen to Music shortcuts in the Unity Dash are useless to me because I have my photo and music directories organized and I just browse to the what I want to see / hear and open the files from there. I really would like have Eclipse and Pidgin easily accessible, but not necessarily in the Launch...
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2012-02-28T14:27:43.947
I don’t want to View Photos or Listen to Music from the Dash, how can I change them to something I will use?
[ "11.04", "unity", "unity-dash" ]
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T20:24:16.637", "id": "44387", "postId": "40377", "score": "0", "text": "That question is similar, and I found it when looking for information that would answer my question and thought it looked promising by the title, but it didn’t help. The difference is that I wa...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is currently no way to do this in 11.04. </p>\n\n<p>Right now the categories on the first row are hardcoded and the 2nd row is hard coded to the browser, photo app, mail, and music player that the user has set.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedD...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is currently no way to do this in 11.04. </p>\n\n<p>Right now the categories on the first row are hardcoded and the 2nd row is hard coded to the browser, photo app, mail, and music player that the user has set.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "c...
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40387
2011-05-05T14:51:39.573
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<p>I want to set icon for Launcher. it has file named icon.xpm, but its being ignored by the icon set wizard. I tried to change it to .ico file, but it is still getting ignore. any ideas?</p>
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2011-05-05T15:20:16.597
2017-03-16T02:49:03.297
How to set an icon for Eclipse?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If eclipse is installed from software center (version 3.5.2) copies of the eclipse icon are put into following places:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/eclipse.png</code></li>\n<li><code>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/eclipse.png</code></li>\n<li><code>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If eclipse is installed from software center (version 3.5.2) copies of the eclipse icon are put into following places:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/eclipse.png</code></li>\n<li><code>/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/eclipse.png</code></li>\n<l...
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40382
1
43232
2011-05-05T15:03:13.010
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<p>i'm using <code>gnome-shell 3.0.0.1</code>, is there a way i can add a folder shortcut or custom launcher (the same way in regular gnome panels) to the gnome-shell favorites dock bar?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/T3TYj.png" alt="Gnome-shell favorites dock bar"></p>
11999
11999
2011-05-05T20:25:07.777
2012-06-27T15:28:15.730
How to add a folder to the favorites bar in Gnome Shell?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To add a Downloads folder to the favorites bar in Gnome Shell:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/downloads.desktop\nnano downloads.desktop\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I set the first 4 lines to:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Name=Downloads\nCommen...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To add a Downloads folder to the favorites bar in Gnome Shell:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/downloads.desktop\nnano downloads.desktop\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I set the first 4 lines to:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Name=Downloads...
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40385
1
40687
2011-05-05T15:10:23.863
3
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<p>I am running LAMP on my Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop linux and using it as a development machine.</p> <p>I need to send emails from my php pages, but it seems that the sendmail php command needs sendmail installed on the laptop.</p> <p>I understand I can install sendmail by <code>sudo aptitude install sendmail</code>, but...
1646
25863
2012-11-21T22:20:15.063
2012-11-21T22:20:15.063
How to install and configure sendmail for php
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>hope this will help help <a href=\"http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/doc8.12/op.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/doc8.12/op.html</a></p>\n\n<p>I haven't tried sendmail, i use postfix.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>hope this will help help <a href=\"http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/doc8.12/op.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/doc8.12/op.html</a></p>\n\n<p>I haven't tried sendmail, i use postfix.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { ...
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40388
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48825
2011-05-05T15:24:35.587
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<p>I'm in a bit of a pickle right now due to a few blunders I made on my Ubuntu install. Currently, I have no window managers (so I'm running from a terminal) and no networking, wired or wireless. Here's the backstory:</p> <p>I upgraded to 11.04 the other day and decided I didn't like Unity one bit. After a bit of Goo...
8847
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2011-06-15T04:22:26.487
No Window Manager and no Networking
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may be able to get connectivity by running <code>sudo dhclient eth0</code> with your network cable plugged in. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-06-15T04:22:26.487", "id": ...
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40392
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40394
2011-05-05T15:26:21.783
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<p>As soon as I connect my iPod Touch to the computer Unity puts it up on the Launcher. It shows two icons - one to browse the documents and the other a general device icon. It is just cluttered and I would like to remove it. I tried dragging it away and right clicking. But doesn't work. Any help?</p>
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2011-05-05T15:37:22.773
Remove iPod from Launcher
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To remove mounted drives from the Ubuntu Unity launcher:</p>\n\n<p>Install dconf-tools by clicking on the link :\n<a href=\"http://apt.marcoceppi.com/p/dconf-tools\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">dconf-editor</a></p>\n\n<p>Press ALT + F2 and enter: \"dconf-editor\", then navigate to de...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To remove mounted drives from the Ubuntu Unity launcher:</p>\n\n<p>Install dconf-tools by clicking on the link :\n<a href=\"http://apt.marcoceppi.com/p/dconf-tools\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">dconf-editor</a></p>\n\n<p>Press ALT + F2 and enter: \"dconf-editor\", then naviga...
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40395
1
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2011-05-05T15:31:24.757
2
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<p>I just updated from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04. However, now the Super + m function does not change my desktop and open windows to a negative view as it previously did. </p> <p>I changed the keyboard shortcut for the Compiz neg to Ctrl + Alt + m, but it still doesn't do anything. Does anyone have any idea how to make th...
16620
7035
2011-06-07T15:30:14.867
2011-07-21T12:24:33.277
How to set a keyboard shortcut for Compiz negative screen function?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<ol>\n<li>Make sure you enabled extra <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu\" rel=\"nofollow\">repositories</a></li>\n<li>Install <a href=\"http://wiki.compiz.org/CCSM\" rel=\"nofollow\">CCSM</a> <code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager<...
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40397
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2011-05-05T15:47:30.913
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<p>How to prevent the monitor from blinking when you press backspace when there's no text left to delete in the terminal? </p>
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2018-09-18T22:03:11.667
How to prevent monitor from blinking when I press backspace in the terminal?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>How to prevent the monitor from\n blinking when you press backspace when\n there's no text left to delete in the\n terminal?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>It is called as <strong>visual Bell</strong>.\nYou can disable this feature. </p>\n\n<p><strong>Xterm Termi...
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40398
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2011-05-05T15:48:06.823
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<ol> <li>hi, im newbie in ubuntu 11.04. i installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my machine (dell inspiron 1564). my wireless adapter is dell wireless 1397 mini (broadcam). i found a driver package for linux in my device support site and downloaded it. it named (hybrid-portsrc_x86_32-v5_100_82_38.tar.gz). now i want to set it up in...
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-1
2013-08-23T22:00:56.907
2013-08-23T22:00:56.907
Installing wireless modem, commands, connecting to internet, get packages
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T16:38:51.010", "id": "44272", "postId": "40398", "score": "0", "text": "can you atleast get to wired internet ?? Ubuntu has a valid support for broadcom. And building will require you to install more packages. to install deb files do `sudo dpkg deb_file`", "user...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>About 1 : I am also on Dell Inspiron and using 11.04 with the same wireless adapter. I didn't need to install anything to get the wireless connection going. The only important part is to setup the connection from the Networking icon on the panel at the top (11.04). When you c...
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2012-12-22T08:02:39.013
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2011-05-05T15:56:57.283
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<p>I just upgraded to Natty and am getting used to the new interface. I depend on blue proximity for locking my desktop when I leave my office. After upgrade I no longer see the icon in the panel area. I tested and It is working but I have no idea how to configure it now. How do I get the icon back and configure it...
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2011-05-05T18:21:43.343
2016-01-01T19:49:19.820
How do I show blueproximity's icon in the panel?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2011-05-05T16:02:28.137
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<p>I mounted an external disk, looked at its contents in the file browser, and then did "safely remove drive". Surprise: a small window pops up stating that it's writing to the disk and warning me not to unplug the drive until it's done. What the heck is there to be written? I did not create any files, or change a...
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2015-03-09T18:01:15.923
2015-03-09T18:01:15.923
Why write to an external disk I only looked at?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Every time you look at files or directories - <strong>access-times</strong> are written to the filesystem.</p>\n\n<p>It a pretty big deal if you are doing forensics. In those cases you surly want to <strong>mount as read-only</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>Also if access to the fs was previousl...
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40411
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40413
2011-05-05T16:40:19.513
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<p>As far as I understand bash is the default shell in Ubuntu, so why does <code>/bin/sh</code> point to <code>/bin/dash</code>?</p>
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2011-05-07T19:03:24.117
Why does /bin/sh point to /bin/dash and not /bin/bash?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The default login shell is still <code>/bin/bash</code>. What was changed was the default system shell <code>/bin/sh</code>.</p>\n\n<p>The change of the default system shell started from Ubuntu 6.10, and the main reason to switch was efficiency.</p>\n\n<p>Here you can find complete i...
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2017-11-15T07:30:18.923
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2011-05-05T16:42:52.517
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<p>i think i really need your assistance in this.I've installed ubuntu 10.10 and this <a href="http://blog.sudobits.com/2011/03/02/how-to-install-mac-theme-on-ubuntu-10-10/" rel="nofollow">mac theme</a> and so far it works fine. This morning i upgraded to <code>11.04</code> and it also went well. i just realise some of...
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2011-05-05T18:22:17.587
2012-03-25T22:32:24.037
System bar not showing when using the macbuntu theme
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Macbuntu</strong>, according to its own site, is not compatible with <strong>Unity</strong>. After you downloaded it, you extracted it into a directory. If you've deleted that directory, re-download and re-extract.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open a terminal, run <code>cd\n/path/to/the...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It sounds to me like a compiz problem, though I may be wrong. Try pressing Alt+F2 to open the quick launcher. From here you can start programs, like the compiz settings manager. To do this, try typing \"ccsm\" into the launcher.\nThere, you can turn off the cube again. Hope t...
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40484
2011-05-05T17:00:56.540
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<pre><code>find | grep libc.so.6 </code></pre> <p>reveals that it's in <code>/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6</code>, but a script I was running expected it to be directly under <code>/lib</code>, so why isn't there at least a symlink?</p> <p>Would I risk breaking anything if I put a symlink there?</p>
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2012-09-02T02:35:52.750
Why is /lib/libc.so.6 missing?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>libc.so</code> was moved as part of the <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultiarchSpec\">multiarch</a> work in Ubuntu 11.04. The reason that there can't be a symlink there is that the purpose of multiarch is to make it possible to install both the <code>i386</code> and <code>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Dynamic libraries are loaded by the kernel, the paths are not hardcoded in a program. A program just says \"I need libc.so.6\". The system then searches in library paths as defined in <code>/etc/ld.so.conf</code>, including <code>/usr/lib</code> and <code>/lib</code> by defau...
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40420
1
null
2011-05-05T17:13:40.933
3
2658
<p>How to show IBus indicator in Ubuntu 11.04? It disappears.</p>
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235
2011-05-16T14:59:14.313
2011-12-28T03:08:55.590
How do I show IBus indicator?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had the same problem, and this might help you. On my pc the ibus icon (little keyboard) is at the bottom right corner of my screen ant not in the tray anymore. It's very hard to see because it's transparent. If I click on it, I can choose the input method.</p>\n", "comm...
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40421
1
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2011-05-05T17:19:27.867
3
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/39769/chromium-show-in-folder-opens-in-text-editor">Chromium &ldquo;Show in Folder&rdquo; opens in text editor</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>(Using ubuntu 11.04)</p> <p>I tried to open a torrent file in chrome, and it...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-07-25T23:29:26.923
Default file manager changed, can't change back
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Delete the file: <code>~/.local/share/mime/mime.cache</code>, and it should reset your file manager.</p>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T17:55:09.633", "id": "44311", "postId": "40437", "score"...
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2011-07-26T13:22:22.803
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40423
1
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2011-05-05T17:21:57.010
37
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<p>I want an animated desktop wallpaper on Ubuntu. For example, the animated Enlightenment background.</p> <p>How does one achieve this?</p>
16634
25863
2012-11-21T21:27:16.103
2018-08-08T07:44:27.060
How can I set an animated background?
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6
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T17:47:44.777", "id": "44304", "postId": "40423", "score": "2", "text": "What kind of animation? Animated gif? Video? Slide show?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12943" }, { "creationDate": "2011-05-06T03:40:48.410", "id": "44477", "post...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have seen 2 backgrounds that are animated and there is a package called xplanet for one of them inside USC. <a href=\"http://mein-neues-blog.de/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">This website</a> is where it comes from.</p>\n\n<p>It is a picture of the earth and moon turning an...
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40426
1
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2011-05-05T17:34:30.663
4
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<p>IMPORTANT: Ubuntu Classic (without effects) works. I am trying to get Unity to work.</p> <p>I have the following problem with Ubuntu 11.04 (had it with 10.10 too, but disabling KMS or using the <code>fglrx</code> driver fixed it - can't remember exactly which), but now since the Radeon driver is better than it used ...
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618353
2021-11-24T16:10:22.377
2021-11-24T16:10:22.377
Ubuntu 11.04 Unity / Classic load fails - remains at background without toolbars / windows
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0
CC BY-SA 4.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>Second Attempt</strong><br>\nGo to a command line <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F1</kbd>.<br>\nCreate this folder: </p>\n\n<pre><code>mkdir ~/.config/autostart\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Create this file: </p>\n\n<pre><code>nano ~/.config/autostart/gnome.deskto...
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40427
1
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2011-05-05T17:34:30.820
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<p>After upgrading to Natty I found that the <kbd>Win</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> shortcut is mapped to the trash. I changed it to run a terminal in the keyboard shortcuts, but it did not change the mapping and I do not see where this shortcut is coming from. How do I remove this shortcut?</p>
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2020-04-27T07:50:41.590
2020-06-06T13:24:30.157
How do I change the trash keyboard shortcut?
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a lame default IMO.</p>\n\n<p>For those of us who can't give up their <kbd>Super</kbd>+<kbd>Foo</kbd> keyboard shortcuts, here's how you can disable the unity dash key binding to the <kbd>Super</kbd>/<kbd>Win</kbd> key, and continue to use your <kbd>Super</kbd>+<kbd>Foo</kbd>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Unfortunately it looks like this currently is hard-coded in Unity (in src/TrashLauncherIcon.cpp).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-05T17:38:26.893", "id"...
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40433
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40551
2011-05-05T17:44:30.327
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<p>I'm going to be embedding Ubuntu on an embedded device. I'm using a combination of aufs and a read only root to ensure that my root fs doesn't get corrupt. However, I want to be able to store logs, so I'm making a special rw partition for <code>/var/log</code>. The device is going to undergo hundreds of power failur...
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2012-06-15T13:20:14.503
2012-06-15T13:20:14.503
Automatically recreate partition if corrupt
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Run <code>fsck</code> with a set of options that specify no user interaction. Test its <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man8/fsck.8.html#contenttoc2\" rel=\"nofollow\">return value</a> to see whether it could repair the filesystem: the return value will be 0 if the...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just use a filesystem that does not get corrupted from power failures, like ext3 or 4.</p>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-05T18:42:04.153", "id": "44344", "postId": "40449", "score": "1", ...
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40434
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2011-05-05T17:47:02.857
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<p>Both banshee and Totem are crashing as soon as I launch them. Before this I was watching a DVD using totem, the DVD had a lot of scratches, and hence totem crashed. After that whenever I try to launch totem or banshee neither one of them start up. I'm using Natty Narwhal.</p>
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2012-07-09T13:42:48.440
2012-07-09T13:42:48.440
Banshee and Totem are crashing... How to fix it?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you store your music files on a different partition than Ubuntu is installed on, make sure it is properly mounted.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-09T11:...
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<p>I was running 10.10 64-bit quite happily in VirtualBox 4.0.4 64-bit on Windows-7 Professional 64-bit SP1. This morning I upgraded VBox to the latest 4.0.6; 10.10 still worked just fine. The I did an online upgrade to 11.04 and now the Ubuntu VM will not come up. It just sticks at the Ubuntu screen with a row of dots...
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2011-10-14T14:12:38.113
After upgrade 10.10 -> 11.04 in Vbox, VM will not boot
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First you should try to start Ubuntu in recovery mode or with a previous kernel by selecting from the Grub menu (appears when holding down <kbd>Shift</kbd> while booting). We can also run a maintenance shell where we could remove unwanted applications or update <a href=\"http...
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2011-05-05T18:28:17.720
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<p>I have delightfully seen the list of quick-lists for major applications (firefox, chrome, libre office, banshee, etc.) thriving in these days for Ubuntu Natty. It is a great idea that is really useful and help many to simplify their workflow.</p> <p>My question is: will these quick-lists be included (and of course ...
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How do I get quick lists in unity shipped in 11.10?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>One way to help with this is to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug\">file a wishlist bug</a> on the component that you want a static quicklist for and include the .desktop file. Then tag the bug with <code>quicklist</code> so we can keep trac...
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