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41111 | 1 | 43472 | 2011-05-08T00:05:35.913 | 8 | 1619 | <p>I use gedit-latex-plugin to edit my LaTeX documents. However, each time I open a .tex or .sty file, an annoying dialog labeled "Choose Master Document" pops up, and unless I select the same file again, gedit doesn't enter "LaTeX mode".</p>
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41116 | 1 | 41117 | 2011-05-08T01:15:57.850 | 0 | 872 | <p>I installed Ubuntu 10.04 about a week ago and have been able to dual boot between it and Windows 7 without any difficulty. A few days ago I went to boot windows and it wasn't in GRUB's menu. Per <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9000/how-do-i-reduce-the-number-of-wait-seconds-grub-waits-before-launching-ubu... | 15777 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:46.240 | 2011-05-08T07:24:16.657 | GRUB2 lost my Windows 7 install | [
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41118 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T01:22:48.653 | 120 | 412300 | <p>I tried to use my Virtual Box and this is the error I received - (I just updated to the new Ubuntu also) and I am VERY new at this Linux OS.</p>
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41119 | 1 | 41152 | 2011-05-08T01:24:10.187 | 0 | 2429 | <p>I'm using the GNOME3 PPA. The gnome-font-manager is missing in the new gnome-control-panel. Is this going to be added some day?</p>
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41133 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T00:37:41.830 | 0 | 2155 | <p>I really need to do some system updates because sometimes my S.O Kubuntu 10.10 fails to start, crash down or keeps freezing after I log in. </p>
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41135 | 1 | 41140 | 2011-05-08T02:24:46.647 | 2 | 471 | <p>I have Windows 7 and Natty installed on my computer. There is no problem on Windows 7's side, but whenever I log into Natty, it slows down while using Firefox 4.</p>
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41136 | 1 | 41139 | 2011-05-08T02:25:40.350 | 2 | 2763 | <p>When I try to install software like Wine 1.3, I alwasys get something like ... </p>
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41145 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T03:45:54.387 | 2 | 1260 | <p>Every once in a while, a process becomes unresponsive for whatever reason. After noticing my laptop fan crying out loud I quickly find and kill the culprit in htop.</p>
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41146 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T04:18:04.053 | 3 | 3352 | <p>I am a left-handed thinkpad user and have grown used to using the trackpoint in its default right-handed configuration. When I use my bluetooth mouse, however, I would like the buttons to have a left-handed layout. In 11.04 (Natty) I can configure this manually using <strong>xinput</strong>, but I would like to ha... | 17098 | -1 | 2020-06-12T14:37:07.210 | 2011-05-09T02:21:16.363 | Configuring multiple mouse settings | [
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41154 | 1 | 41189 | 2011-05-08T04:38:21.163 | 0 | 401 | <p>I remember i had to run a python file a while ago but i can't remember where i have to find and which one i have to run when i get there (i think there were many python files in each directory)</p>
<p>(to make it more specific : for example, how can i run the lyrics screenlet from the terminal?)</p>
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41157 | 1 | 41159 | 2011-05-08T05:07:37.393 | 0 | 1099 | <p><br>
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41162 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T05:38:56.953 | 4 | 13275 | <p>I downloaded a java bin file manually from <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u25-download-346242.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Then I tried to install it using the following commands. But I am not able to install it. Can anybody help me to install manually?</p>
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41170 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T06:52:03.920 | 0 | 1071 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/36025/how-can-i-return-to-10-10-from-11-04">How can I return to 10.10 from 11.04?</a> </p>
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41173 | 1 | 41209 | 2011-05-08T07:09:43.857 | 7 | 20524 | <p>I have Kubuntu 11.04 installed on my laptop, and I want to try, and probably switch to, Gnome-based Ubuntu. What is the best way to do so, by using the package manager, and not overriding the installation? I tried it before, but every time I had unwanted leftovers - The welcome or shutdown screen didn't change, da... | 7101 | null | null | 2012-02-29T17:18:19.537 | Switching between Kubuntu and Ubuntu without re-installation | [
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41177 | 1 | 41191 | 2011-05-08T07:30:26.817 | 13 | 2242 | <p>How do I remove/ignore words from gedit's spell checker dictionary?</p>
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41178 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T07:31:34.527 | 3 | 1011 | <p>I have three drives in my machine, one SSD with 32GB and two 1TB drives, attached to an <em>Intel 82801JI (ICH10) SATA AHCI Controller</em>. The problem is, that I can access only one of the 1TB drives when the other one is not plugged in. When it is plugged in I see the drives as sda and sdb, but there seem to be n... | 5881 | 6045 | 2011-11-22T10:03:35.907 | 2011-11-22T10:03:35.907 | Fake RAID (dmraid) not seeing new SATA drives | [
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41181 | 1 | 41266 | 2011-05-08T07:53:29.277 | 8 | 16670 | <p>I found the following line at the end of my <code>/var/log/messages.1</code></p>
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41182 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T07:56:58.330 | 3 | 1114 | <p>I have 2 HDDs. One with Ubuntu and one with win7. The win7 disk has 3 partitions of which
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41188 | 1 | 41236 | 2011-05-08T08:23:47.740 | 4 | 1764 | <p>As the question says, I wonder if the default ubuntu compiler, g++, has graphical user interface. </p>
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41190 | 1 | 41203 | 2011-05-08T08:30:52.333 | 3 | 14321 | <p>Is there any editor/IDE(or a plugin for an existing editor like Vim or GEdit) that does auto-completion of many languages (not just C++)? Aptana does only HTML/CSS/JS and Code::Blocks does only C++ (I might be wrong on this one. If so, please correct me). </p>
<p>In Windows, Notepad++ does a pretty neat job.</p>
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41197 | 1 | 41201 | 2011-05-08T08:43:40.290 | 1 | 5021 | <p>I'm not sure what is the proper name of this but let me explain,</p>
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41208 | 1 | 41211 | 2011-05-08T09:22:55.747 | 6 | 1499 | <p>How do I launch an application in Ubuntu with Unity?</p>
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41213 | 1 | 973273 | 2011-05-08T09:41:16.340 | 29 | 13653 | <p>There is an option to specify a key to be used to access 5th level on the keyboard in <code>gnome-keyboard-properties</code> ("Keyboard" under Hardware in System settings):</p>
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<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/30072/problem-with-mergelist-error-when-trying-to-do-an-update">“Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update</a> </p>
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41215 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T09:55:31.860 | 3 | 600 | <p>I recently upgraded to the final release of ubuntu 11.04. Was previously running my laptop on ubuntu 10.04 which was perfectly fine. After the upgrade, I noticed the panels were missing. I did a unity --reset and everything came back. Now the issue is that the panels are not permanent, every time I start my pc, I ha... | 16954 | 5855 | 2011-05-08T10:42:08.200 | 2014-02-19T01:46:28.110 | How to make Unity permanent and not temporary? | [
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41218 | 1 | 41278 | 2011-05-08T10:14:16.413 | 2 | 546 | <p>I was in the process of upgrading from 10.04 to 10.10 via the update manager. In the midst of the installation process, the system lost power. Now when I boot, the login window shows nothing. How do I fix this?</p>
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41224 | 1 | 41243 | 2011-05-08T10:42:51.870 | 1 | 1880 | <p>Some text editors use <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>H</kbd> while others <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>R</kbd> -- some even know both. Should maybe the Find dialog double as Replace dialog, so <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>F</kbd> would be another option?</p>
<p>Is there user experience style guide on that? Cheers</p>
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41225 | 1 | 41282 | 2011-05-08T10:45:16.530 | 0 | 616 | <p>I am not able to login to Ubuntu. It is booting like normal but getting hung showing the wallpaper, without any panels loaded. The cursor turns to waiting circle (hourglass equivalent) and nothing happens. How can I troubleshoot. </p>
<p>P.S I have set to logon automatically without prompting for password.
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41226 | 1 | 41238 | 2011-05-08T10:50:54.967 | 3 | 4723 | <p>I am having trouble installing the media centre XBMC on Natty.</p>
<p>I have added the sources and got a 404 error.</p>
<p>Is there a way of installing XBMC onto Natty?</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
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41227 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T10:55:45.087 | 1 | 1825 | <p>I've installed 11.04 onto a Intel D510MO, everything works except I can't change to resolution to anything better than 1024x768. The monitor is capable of supporting 1280x1024. Can anyone help? Thanks.</p>
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41232 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T07:58:48.023 | 0 | 1128 | <p>I'm using ubuntu 10.10 and now I got in the shell something like that:</p>
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41240 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T11:12:14.970 | 0 | 4371 | <p>When I try running Photoshop CS3 after installing it following <a href="http://maketecheasier.com/install-photoshop-cs5-in-ubuntu-maverick/2010/11/02" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this tutorial</a>, I got </p>
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41241 | 1 | 41256 | 2011-05-08T11:12:55.847 | 11 | 5165 | <p>When I'm working on my laptop I have periods that I am only using a couple of programs, so the default intellihide setting of the Launcher ('Dodge windows') is very handy. But I also have periods that I have to switch very often between programs, and then I find it very useful (and better for my workflow) that the L... | 15832 | 14356 | 2012-09-02T18:37:00.940 | 2017-08-25T13:13:18.397 | Shortcut to change Launcher 'Hide' setting | [
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41245 | 1 | 41248 | 2011-05-08T11:20:46.437 | 1 | 124 | <p>When you hover the pointer over a button or element of a program and a window pops up giving information about it, what is the message that pops up called?</p>
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41247 | 1 | 41249 | 2011-05-08T11:23:06.080 | 11 | 6264 | <p>One of the programs I use heavily in Ubuntu is Open/LibreOffice as part of my work specifically Draw.</p>
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41258 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T11:58:15.183 | 1 | 1314 | <p>I'm trying to upload a package to ppa, but I get the error message (it is in the end of this post). I've created the ppa and tried to upload a signed package and I got the error. I thought that this is because I don't have my ssh key in the settings, so I've added one. But the problem is still here.</p>
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41259 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T12:03:30.397 | 3 | 8529 | <p>I've seen many owners of Thinkpad Edges which are supposed to be Linux-friendly having problems with wireless adapter.</p>
<p>I've found several links inside askubuntu and in ubuntuforums which have a lot of workarounds for those problems, mine seems to be weird though.</p>
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41268 | 1 | 122212 | 2011-05-08T13:24:41.127 | 4 | 1026 | <p>Does anyone know how to use gnome-tweak-tool with gnome shell built from GIT? I installed gnome tweak tool via ppa, but it gives errors while trying to start it... </p>
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41271 | 1 | 41274 | 2011-05-08T13:44:53.237 | 1 | 379 | <p>I've checked in the plugins and i can't seem to get the Ubuntu one music store in Rhythmbox. I'm not a fan of Banshee FYI. All help greatly appreciated.</p>
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41273 | 1 | 47124 | 2011-05-08T14:06:29.307 | 27 | 251424 | <p>I used to access a remote system via VNC viewer, but when I copy some text from the remote system and paste it in my text editor(local system), nothing happens. Do I need to install any additional packages to achieve this task?</p>
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41276 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T14:27:58.620 | 5 | 4290 | <p>I have been looking all over the place for finger tracking software for my webcam that I have built in to my laptop (for example, when you move your finger around and your mouse follows your finger where ever it goes)</p>
<p>Thanks for the help if you can find something like that.</p>
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41277 | 1 | 42832 | 2011-05-08T14:30:30.717 | 5 | 245 | <p>Is it possible to enable indicator/notification support for the LastFM client? Is there a plug-in or PPA for this?
If not, is this support being worked on?</p>
<p>As an aside, is the LastFM client open-source... can the community work on this?</p>
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41280 | 1 | 41284 | 2011-05-08T14:56:38.943 | 1 | 3507 | <p>Does Ubuntu 11.04 (unity) not have a systray? I have set <kbd>Show system tray icon</kbd> to <kbd>always</kbd> in Pidgin's preferences, but nothing shows up. And it seems I can't add anything to the panel (is it even a gnome panel anymore?) -- otherwise I would have been able to add the systray applet myself.</p>
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41286 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T15:25:42.017 | 2 | 155 | <p>Using 11.04. When ever Update Manger does updates (have done 2 since install), when I log back in the Appearance Setting change from the default Ambiance settings to Radiance. I have to manually change back to Ambiance, log out, log back in for it to keep the settings.</p>
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41287 | 1 | 41339 | 2011-05-08T15:27:50.690 | 10 | 62128 | <p>My external 1TB hard drive is connected to the front USB2.0 socket on my 11.04 box. When copying files I have a very slow data transfer rate rate of approx. 12 MB/sec maximum even though from the hard disk utility it says it is connected at high-speed USB (480 MB/s):</p>
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41289 | 1 | 41300 | 2011-05-08T15:42:40.187 | 16 | 19430 | <p>I am trying to use the <code>beep</code> command, but it doesn't beep any sound.</p>
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41290 | 1 | 41292 | 2011-05-08T15:50:34.930 | 10 | 1017 | <p>I don't want to upgrade to the new release, and I don't want to have the notification icon about the upgrade (red triangle with exclamation mark in it) sit on the tray constantly. </p>
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41297 | 1 | 42626 | 2011-05-08T16:06:41.763 | 7 | 439 | <p>Well, what the title says : is there any way to integrate Dropbox in the messaging menu like ubuntu one ?</p>
<p>Edit: Below is an image showing where Ubuntu One is on the messaging menu
That is where I ask if I can put dropbox, NOT on the panel itself.</p>
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41302 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T17:00:19.700 | 2 | 3045 | <p>I have a Mimo monitor and it runs USB. I tried and failed and I don't know what to do......All i get from the USB screen is just a green screen. Anyone could help me?</p>
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41303 | 1 | 41446 | 2011-05-08T17:15:16.847 | 2 | 1827 | <p>I was a similar situation to this user: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/30063/dual-boot-10-10-and-11-04-cant-boot-into-10-10-after-an-update">Dual Boot 10.10 and 11.04 can't boot into 10.10 after an update</a>
Only many more GRUB entres. </p>
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41306 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T17:23:10.630 | 0 | 685 | <p>The Natty indicator-datetime widget is a HUGE downgrade. It doesn't show a visual indication of time-of-day on the alternate timezones; it doesn't show my upcoming appointments; and it requires me to enter my password just to switch timezones (!!!).</p>
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41313 | 1 | 41323 | 2011-05-08T18:12:00.513 | 1 | 1698 | <p>I was trying to fix the boot loader because it was showing the processes as I shut down my laptop as well as fix the problem of the Ubuntu logo with the loading dots because it was off center and usually in a very small font size. So I followed <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/05/how-to-fix-the-plymouth-boo... | 16997 | 3037 | 2011-05-08T18:18:50.930 | 2013-02-06T20:18:20.373 | How do I fix the Plymouth bootscreen when using proprietary graphics drivers? | [
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41325 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T18:36:08.177 | 1 | 431 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37434/how-do-i-add-applications-to-the-launcher">How do I add applications to the launcher?</a> </p>
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<p>i have installed 11.04 i want to know whether i can add custom icons on launcher or not</p>
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41329 | 1 | 48931 | 2011-05-08T18:50:04.047 | 17 | 50323 | <p>Libreoffice keeps on crashing randomly. It will do this when I am typing and when I am switching desktops or anything. There is no patter to it. I need some help here. Anyone had this problem or problem similar to it? Anyone have found a fix. Also it seems to happen especially prominently after my screensaver... | 14748 | 5768 | 2012-07-09T13:42:38.817 | 2013-01-23T22:29:59.530 | How can I stop LibreOffice from randomly crashing? | [
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41330 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T18:51:26.087 | 14 | 15666 | <p>I have some X client program which needs access to an X server. It is only able to access the X server by TCP, not by other methods like unix domain sockets. It will run on the same host as the server, to make things easy.</p>
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41332 | 1 | 41334 | 2011-05-08T19:25:16.720 | 574 | 1165872 | <p>I downloaded and installed Ubuntu from the official site.
However, I don't know if I installed the 32-bit or 64-bit version.</p>
<p>In Windows 7 I could right click <em>My Computer</em> and it listed which version it was.</p>
<p><strong>Is there an easy way to check in Ubuntu?</strong></p>
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41337 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T19:33:03.450 | 6 | 3695 | <p>After a fresh install of 11.04 I have a script that does a few useful things.
Is there a way to remove the LibreOffice, Ubuntu One etc icons from the Unity launcher using command line so I can put it in my script?</p>
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41338 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T19:33:14.873 | 6 | 662 | <p>I have a dual monitor setup going. I want to play a video (using SMplayer) on the second screen while using applications on the first screen. I have it working except for one annoying thing. When ever I switch focus from SMplayer to a different application on the other screen the Unity panel shows up above the video... | 17003 | 235 | 2012-03-08T14:53:55.507 | 2012-11-05T00:18:50.053 | Is there anyway I can stop the panel from showing up when I switch focus to a different application? | [
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41341 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T19:40:58.437 | 17 | 108516 | <p>Can I use Thunderbird to access Microsoft Exchange server?
Evolution works ok, I am just looking for an alternative.</p>
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41345 | 1 | 41560 | 2011-05-08T19:53:10.013 | 6 | 8722 | <p>I've installed ubuntu 10.10 x86_64 desktop version, which defaults to Xorg login</p>
<p>I want to <strong>temporarily</strong> switch this machine to server mode, basically i <em>"suspect"</em> this entails setting to runlevel 3 and headless mode somewhere</p>
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41347 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T20:01:53.710 | 2 | 228 | <p>I have Ubuntu 11.04 installed. Everything works fine. Especially, I am happy that most of the time my computer has wlan connection 10 sec after waking up from sleep. But as I said most of the time. Does anybody have an idea why the behavior is not consistent? My wireless card is a broadcomcard</p>
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41348 | 1 | 41357 | 2011-05-08T20:06:41.150 | 18 | 15165 | <p>How come the maximum volume on the sound menu isn't actually the maximum volume possible?</p>
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41350 | 1 | 41353 | 2011-05-08T20:21:38.997 | 1 | 3647 | <p>I am using Ubuntu Natty on my laptop. While unplugged screen fades out, gets a little bit darker. It is great for the battery. </p>
<p>The question is how I can adjust the time before the fades out. Now it is something like 5 seconds.</p>
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41356 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T20:38:34.857 | 1 | 3511 | <p>I just installed Ubuntu for the first time dual boot so I get to choose Ubuntu or windows. I then changed the setting where is doesn't ask for my password when booting up. I then installed Edubuntu desktop package. I then hit system and logged out that way i could be at the loggin screen that also lets you select th... | 17013 | null | null | 2015-09-30T07:35:51.717 | I'm stuck on User Defined Session destop environment | [
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41359 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T20:44:57.537 | 0 | 611 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/25466/how-do-i-access-my-windows-partition-using-the-command-line">How do I access my Windows partition using the command line?</a> </p>
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41361 | 1 | 41424 | 2011-05-08T20:51:38.857 | 20 | 8711 | <p>About 3 to 4 hours after turning on my PC, compiz 'memory usage' rose from <strong>300MB</strong> up to <strong>1.5GB</strong>!<br>
What is happening? What is wrong?</p>
<p>Here is the screen-shot from system monitor:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bSTKJ.png" alt="system monitor"></p>
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41363 | 1 | 41371 | 2011-05-08T21:06:53.140 | 4 | 15879 | <p><strong>UPDATE 1:</strong></p>
<p>The problem is not a monitor refresh rate flickering problem, as then the whole screen would be flickering. For me, only the application windows flicker in and out of view, then most of the time, when there do decide to show themselves, they only partly show themselves, like just ... | 1646 | 1646 | 2011-05-09T12:13:52.713 | 2012-06-10T09:40:16.023 | How to disable visual effects and compiz 100% | [
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41364 | 1 | 41391 | 2011-05-08T21:07:22.493 | 2 | 414 | <p>I was thinking whether it is a good idea to backup of all directories starting with dot in my home folder, so that all settings can be restored if anything goes wrong. I just had an instance when I had to clear the home folder as Ubuntu was not logging in.
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41376 | 1 | 41471 | 2011-05-08T22:38:43.400 | 2 | 1646 | <p><strong>Background</strong>:</p>
<p>My last upgrade was from 9.04 to 9.10, and it did not go well. I lost a lot of my settings and spent way too much time reinstalling packages that I though I already had. Last April, I was very busy and didn't feel like spending all my time restoring the settings on my system ag... | 17024 | 17024 | 2011-05-08T22:46:57.113 | 2011-05-09T11:01:27.457 | Checklist for upgrading a very out of date install | [
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41380 | 1 | null | 2011-05-08T22:47:04.887 | 1 | 547 | <p>This occurs in Maverick and Natty. Single screen is fine, mirror of single screen is fine. If the mirror box is unchecked and the second monitor is turned on to extend the desktop then all windows are greyed out (like they do when a process has timed out and is unresponsive) and pop up menus are greyed out but ico... | 17027 | 17739 | 2011-11-12T21:04:57.203 | 2012-02-23T16:34:00.743 | Dual Monitor results in 'greyed' windows | [
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41385 | 1 | 49547 | 2011-05-08T23:03:05.957 | 8 | 15819 | <p>I installed 11.04 on a WeTab (although wetab os is now gonne, only 11.04 now). I use the eGalax Inc. USB TouchController device driver. I want to calibrate the screen using Touchscreen Settings, but I get the following errir message:</p>
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41387 | 1 | 41812 | 2011-05-08T23:16:01.393 | 2 | 3727 | <p>Avi files placed in the Video folder show up almost immediately, but for some reason, mp4's do not. </p>
<p>Movie Player will play the mp4's, so I don't think it is a gstreamer situation.</p>
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41390 | 1 | null | 2011-05-09T00:14:59.170 | 12 | 1923 | <p>Nautilus by default uses some kind of "natural" sort order which appears to target a use case like this:</p>
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41392 | 1 | null | 2011-05-09T00:54:46.203 | 18 | 384 | <p>So, I do know that it is fairly easy to customize application shortcuts (launchers) by editing the respective .desktop file. But, is it possible to create custom quicklists to the removable drives' launchers? E.g. a "Format" option or "Properties" would be really useful.</p>
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41393 | 1 | 41511 | 2011-05-09T01:14:13.600 | 3 | 7975 | <p>First, I know this may be just an issue with Windows, but I guess people on the Ubuntu/Linux side may know this kind of issue better.</p>
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41397 | 1 | 41460 | 2011-05-09T01:58:09.963 | 18 | 152533 | <p>Given the number of questions ive seen about slow usb transfer speeds I have to wonder what speeds should one be expecting for a 'typical' usb2 and usb3 hard drives?</p>
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41399 | 1 | 41401 | 2011-05-09T02:08:39.090 | 1 | 615 | <p>According to the output below, I can't run Unity on my laptop.</p>
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41402 | 1 | 42270 | 2011-05-09T02:16:46.967 | 5 | 4219 | <p>I'm trying to get started with the Point Grey Firefly-MV USB camera in Ubuntu. I have followed the instructions from Point Grey, and got completely black images (Yes, the lens cap is off). Does anybody have a good idea of how to get up and running with the Firefly MV in Ubuntu? Any demonstration code would be helpf... | 16807 | 235 | 2011-06-05T21:02:33.010 | 2013-06-07T15:10:45.453 | How do I get OpenCV and Firefly MV working? | [
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41407 | 1 | 41408 | 2011-05-09T02:35:54.260 | 12 | 13835 | <p>I've used only VMWare on my Windows 7 machine, but I'd like to use something on Ubuntu.</p>
<p>What software would you recommend to create other Linux and Windows virtual machines?</p>
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41409 | 1 | 41420 | 2011-05-09T02:58:22.487 | 0 | 1995 | <p>I mostly use Banshee.
Once I have imported a CD on my computer , it's not user friendly at all to simply copy it to my Creative Zen. I get error message ("Argument cannot be found").</p>
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41411 | 1 | 41442 | 2011-05-09T03:03:05.060 | 1 | 257 | <p>The best login screen ever was the one for 9.04, I can best describe it as one text field and you entered in your user name then pushed enter then it asked for your password. Was a little more secure locally and the background image for the login screen was also pretty rad. Anyone know how to change it?</p>
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41413 | 1 | 41630 | 2011-05-09T03:15:52.197 | 9 | 2132 | <p>I just upgraded to Natty and trying to start using Banshee instead of Rythmbox.</p>
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41416 | 1 | 41458 | 2011-05-09T03:22:18.103 | 3 | 1111 | <p>I now have Unity 2D running on my laptop, and the jury is still out as to whether or not I keep it or go back to Gnome.</p>
<p>One thing that is throwing me off is that I don't have the same notification icons in the top panel that I like to have.</p>
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41418 | 1 | 41425 | 2011-05-09T03:30:35.770 | 2 | 2903 | <p>I want to add/remove items on the Launcher. I'm using Unity 2D.</p>
<p>Of course I looked it up on Google, and I saw instructions that said when I have an application open, I can right click on it and a menu option will appear to say I can make the icon permanent.</p>
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41421 | 1 | 52028 | 2011-05-09T03:52:58.640 | 17 | 4340 | <p>I have ubuntu (11.04) running on a recent macbook pro. I use both the built in keyboard and an external keyboard. I want to remap capslock on both keyboards to super, and I want to swap left-alt (mac option) and left-super (mac cmd) on the built in (apple) keyboard only.</p>
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41430 | 1 | 41433 | 2011-05-09T05:15:07.807 | 15 | 27523 | <p>If I wanted to have traditional indentation in vi / vim, I would enter these commands:</p>
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41431 | 1 | 41435 | 2011-05-09T05:15:53.367 | 6 | 15959 | <p>I set the wrong keyboard layout while installing ubuntu and now it reverts back to English every time I reboot. </p>
<p>I heard this is normal behaviour, but I want to change the default layout from English the German. I found that I have to edit etc/X11/xorg.conf, BUT that file does not exist on 11.04. </p>
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41440 | 1 | 42677 | 2011-05-09T06:25:48.053 | 2 | 2906 | <p>Old title : Wireless connected, but no internet until I re-add network</p>
<p>Every time I boot my Laptop, it doesn't connect to Internet. </p>
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41451 | 1 | 41452 | 2011-05-09T08:34:11.250 | 1 | 1186 | <p>When I press Super + W in Unity I get a nice expose type display of the currently open applications. I can then use the cursor/arrow keys to choose a window and hit enter to select it.</p>
<p>The problem is that it is difficult to tell just what you have selected. There is no highlighting of the current window thum... | 14719 | null | null | 2011-05-09T08:44:25.013 | Is there a way to make spread mode/expose/super + w highlight the current window? | [
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"body": "<p>This effect is implemented using Compiz's Scale functionality. There is plugin that is not enabled by default in Ubuntu called <a href=\"http://wiki.compiz.org/Plugins/Scale#Addons\" rel=\"nofollow\">Scale Addons</a>, which has the highlight behaviour in it.</p>\n\n<p>To enable it yo... | [
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41453 | 1 | 41455 | 2011-05-09T08:52:23.933 | 2 | 477 | <p>Can the workspace switcher be changed so that it works like it used to in 10?</p>
<p>When switching workspaces in Unity you need to use both the horizontal arrow keys, but if you want to get to workspace 3 and 4 then you must use the vertical arrow keys. This is annoying.</p>
<p>Can I change it so that I can acces... | 14719 | null | null | 2011-05-09T09:01:50.987 | Can workspace switching Ctrl + Alt + Arrows be changed? | [
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"body": "<p>Have a look at this topic for changing the layout of the workspaces: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/34572/how-can-i-reduce-or-increase-the-number-of-workspaces-in-unity\">How can I reduce or increase the number of workspaces in Unity?</a> </p>\n\n<p>Default is 2 by 2 but y... | [
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41466 | 1 | 41512 | 2011-05-09T10:26:32.227 | 0 | 198 | <p>I have the proprietary ATI driver, which breaks plymouth. I would rather see the whole console output on the full resolution of my screen while booting.</p>
<p>How can I do that?</p>
| 12824 | null | null | 2011-05-09T13:24:32.560 | Booting with text only on 1920*1200 | [
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"body": "<p>Removing \"quiet splash\" options from kernel command line, obtained modifying <code>/etc/default/grub</code> and executing <code>sudo update-grub</code>, should make you see booting messages.</p>\n\n<p>The console switches to hires mode after start of upstart job <code>console-setup... | [
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41469 | 1 | null | 2011-05-09T10:47:36.207 | 2 | 4331 | <p>I have fresh install the ubuntu 11.04 but still unlucky to install appropriate driver for my ATI Radeon 9100 IGP (built-in graphic card on Asus Motherboard), because of this UINTY is not working on my system. System switch me to classic mode.</p>
<p>I have tried many method but no success.</p>
<p>Please help me to... | 17070 | 235 | 2011-05-15T20:54:40.237 | 2012-01-03T21:26:49.757 | How do I install the drivers for an ATI Radeon 9100IGP Integrated Motherboard Graphic Card? | [
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41470 | 1 | null | 2011-05-09T10:59:04.323 | 0 | 342 | <p>first sorry but my english is very bad. I have a problem, when I try to connect to ubuntu one, the application says same all time:</p>
<p>"La información no se puede recuperar. ¿Puede que su conexión a Internet esté caída?" "Error en la sincronización de archivos. (auth failed (AUTH_FAILED))"</p>
<p>I use ubuntu 1... | 17073 | 6005 | 2012-02-24T15:34:25.513 | 2012-02-24T15:34:25.513 | I can not connect to ubuntu one from my netbook in my office | [
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"body": "<p>Are you behind a firewall or proxy in your office?\nIf so you will be unable to use Ubuntu One there as there is currently a bug that prevents Ubuntu one operating behind a proxy.</p>\n\n<p>Seems a little silly I appreciate but more details are here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https... | null | null | null | null | null |
41472 | 1 | 82301 | 2011-05-09T11:02:22.643 | 0 | 306 | <p>I tried to report a bug but ubuntu-bug directed me here so here we go:</p>
<p>I recently installed Natty (new install with an old /home partition) and started to use Unity (have not used it before). Unity works fine for me except the fact that after some time, top panel stops responding to grabbing and double and m... | 16234 | 6005 | 2012-06-12T15:43:18.790 | 2012-06-12T15:43:18.790 | Why does unity's top panel stop to respond after some time after login (i.e. grabbing, double and middle clicking on it stops to work) | [
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41473 | 1 | 42561 | 2011-05-09T11:06:28.337 | 5 | 522 | <p>I've created a small time-lapse animation film using <code>gphoto2</code> and <code>ffmpeg</code>. The film would look way better if I could run a GIMP effect on all images - say, the cubism effect.</p>
<p>Is there a convenient way to do this?</p>
| 622 | 527764 | 2020-08-09T06:20:37.477 | 2020-08-09T06:20:37.477 | Apply GIMP image effects in batch mode | [
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"body": "<p>GIMP has a <a href=\"http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/Basic_Batch/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Batch Mode</a> which can probably do exactly what you need. Here is an example:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gimp -i -b '(batch-unsharp-mask \"*.png\" 5.0 0.5 0)' -b '(gimp-quit 0)'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The above... | [
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