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44855 | 1 | 44988 | 2011-05-24T08:09:20.800 | 2 | 149 | <p>Many Open Source projects provide their source code in different version, for the various systems such as Windows, Debian, Fedora etc. Since Ubuntu is Debian based, should downloading the project for Debian suffice and I won't have to do any modification to it?</p>
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44861 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T08:30:07.280 | 7 | 249 | <p>I am not able to see even a single application for purchase in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Software Center. It has been the like this ever since i did clean install over 10.10.</p>
<p>Are available applications restricted to geographic boundaries? I live in India.</p>
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44862 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T08:52:01.140 | 1 | 487 | <p>I was thinking of going back to Debian, because of old times.</p>
<p>So I did a fresh install on my computer. </p>
<p>And tweaked my login-name as well</p>
<p>What id totaly forgot was that i have encryption</p>
<p>on my home in ubuntu</p>
<p>And now im stuck without all my documents and other stuff</p>
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44863 | 1 | 44865 | 2011-05-24T09:09:19.200 | 2 | 5904 | <p>My Wifi network died last night. I restarted the router but it didn't help.</p>
<p>I have an <a href="http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_PC/Eee_PC_1201N_Seashell/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">asus 1201n</a> and I'm running 11.04!
I've checked the other questions on this subject but none has an answer.</p>
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44864 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T09:13:31.333 | 37 | 70200 | <p>On Windows I really liked <a href="http://www.irfanview.com/">IrfanView</a> as a basic image editor/manager.
Some of the main features I liked were</p>
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44867 | 1 | 44886 | 2011-05-24T08:29:36.250 | 1 | 6867 | <p>Before I go change my partition type from EXT3 to NTFS in my Ubuntu machine, I wanted to confirm will it affect or corrupt the files present in the disk.</p>
<p>It would help if you know a problem or share any problem that you might have experienced doing this kind of stuffs.</p>
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I saw in ... | 18487 | 235 | 2011-05-24T13:25:32.763 | 2011-06-14T06:17:45.940 | Does changing a partition-type lead to data loss? | [
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44871 | 1 | 45033 | 2011-05-24T09:56:48.690 | 1 | 4097 | <p>I am trying to burn ISOs with Ubuntu installed with LXDE. In the right click menu, I think Archive Mounter is what I am supposed to use? But when I click that, nothing happens. What can I use to burn ISOs, then?</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7SyU8.png" alt=""></p>
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44872 | 1 | 44889 | 2011-05-23T21:34:32.027 | 4 | 1445 | <p>I am new to git so chances are there is a simple answer. </p>
<p>I have a git command for grabbing a site</p>
<pre><code>git clone git@devel.foobar.com:foob.com.git
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<p>Now when I run this I am prompted for a password via GUI.(Enter a password to unlock the private key) My local root, and user passwo... | 15909 | 62483 | 2014-09-23T16:30:55.957 | 2015-09-08T15:32:52.233 | Git basics, How can I grab files from git? | [
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44873 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T10:02:16.137 | 10 | 824 | <h3>Context</h3>
<p>I like using the Super key as a modifier key as part of various keyboard shortcut combinations.
For example, as part of grid I have two shortcut keys (Super+H and Super+L) that put windows to the left and right respectively.</p>
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44874 | 1 | 44882 | 2011-05-24T10:03:15.763 | 0 | 357 | <p>I understand that if you install Ubuntu on Windows using Wubi, there are disk performance issues since the entire system is mostly concentrated on a single file.</p>
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44878 | 1 | 45052 | 2011-05-24T10:37:37.903 | 1 | 513 | <p>I'm working on an article for my site about using window placement rules. On Ubuntu Classic I can create all the rules I want (open evolution on workspace 2, liferea on workspace 3, gwibber on workspace 4 and so on) but on Unity if I assign a program to workspace 3 or 4 it will be opened on workspace 2. </p>
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44883 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T11:02:28.360 | 2 | 6421 | <p>I have a HP Compaq 6000 Pro small form factor which has a DisplayPort output and Ubuntu 11.04 installed. The machine has integrated Intel graphics.</p>
<p>I am trying to connect the machine to a monitor with displayport to displayport to use as a second monitor.</p>
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44888 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T11:17:59.430 | 0 | 603 | <p>I am using a Belkin usb dongle to connect to my wifi network with a wpa2 key. Most of the times Ubuntu is not able to connect to the network automatically and keeps on asking for the key, even though the correct key has already been entered.</p>
<p>It connects after restarting networking multiple times.</p>
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44892 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T10:56:10.237 | 3 | 1756 | <p>My co-worker has an old laptop with Ubuntu <strong>10.04</strong> installed on it. About a week ago I backed up her /home directory using rsync, and kept it on an external HD.
Now, she got a new laptop with Ubuntu <strong>11.04</strong>.</p>
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44895 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T11:59:04.747 | 0 | 207 | <p>I just uninstalled Gnome 3 and had to reactivate my ATI driver, it should now be working fine but it isn't. </p>
<p>I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 with the classic theme and when I drag the windows around they jutter from place to place, this never used to happen.</p>
<p>How can I fix the lag?</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
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44896 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T12:05:55.443 | 3 | 4538 | <p>When undocking my laptop from twinview external monitors back to a single screen I would like to have a single command to move all windows onto my primary screen.</p>
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44898 | 1 | 44900 | 2011-05-24T12:11:53.430 | 15 | 811 | <p>After talking about this with some people I found out they had newer versions of the software I had but, at that time, I had no updates for my system. A day later those updates did show up and I was able to get the fix that I needed to solve a problem. </p>
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44908 | 1 | 44911 | 2011-05-24T13:22:30.353 | 61 | 173527 | <p>What are the big differences between ext3 and ext4 from a generic user's perspective? I heard that sticking with ext3 is wiser. Is that true?</p>
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44913 | 1 | 44922 | 2011-05-24T13:37:01.720 | 3 | 8248 | <p>Can udev be used (udev rules) to whitelist certain usb devices?</p>
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44914 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T13:55:02.070 | 1 | 73 | <p>I am using Ubuntu 10.10 from last two months, I faced many problems while installing and stabilizing the OS <em>[first tried to normal dual boot, but had to install through wubi]</em>. It cost me three re-installations and loss of some data to stabilize my OS.</p>
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44921 | 1 | 59099 | 2011-05-24T14:35:52.863 | 17 | 9066 | <p>I am used to use the numeric keypad for navigation (e.g. : <kbd>KP7</kbd> -> Start, <kbd>KP1</kbd> -> End, <kbd>KP4</kbd> -> Left, etc... ).
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44923 | 1 | 44928 | 2011-05-24T14:38:28.367 | 1 | 263 | <p>How can I get media icons to not display on the desktop? I do not want them there because they already show in the launcher on the left and there is no point in having them both places.</p>
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44925 | 1 | 44974 | 2011-05-24T14:44:02.870 | 7 | 2317 | <p>I want to have a path in the filesystem that shows the entire contents of some other path, excluding a few certain files of my choosing. For example, if the following already exists,</p>
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44926 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T14:55:03.183 | 2 | 594 | <p>I have upgraded my desktop to Lucid from karmic online through update manager - facing problems, request your help.</p>
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44930 | 1 | 57763 | 2011-05-24T15:06:07.417 | 14 | 7350 | <p>In the Synaptic Package Manager there is a category "Installed (local or obsolete)". For whatever reason I have a bunch of packages listed there.</p>
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44935 | 1 | 44936 | 2011-05-24T15:21:06.183 | 8 | 57619 | <p>It's often that I need to locate the path to files and directories in Ubuntu Server. Are there any good way to search for files or directories in the filesystem by name?</p>
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44942 | 1 | 91252 | 2011-05-24T16:13:13.470 | 0 | 470 | <p><em><strong>Using Ubuntu 11.04</strong></em></p>
<p>I started Ubuntu One today, and put 14 files in the sync folder.<br>
The total size of the 14 files is 295 MB.</p>
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44945 | 1 | 57802 | 2011-05-24T16:23:40.860 | 5 | 734 | <p>This is a follow up to this question: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/44930/what-does-local-or-obsolete-mean-in-synaptic">What does “local or obsolete” mean in Synaptic</a>.</p>
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44947 | 1 | 44956 | 2011-05-24T16:32:32.930 | 1 | 148 | <p>I tried Natty and was just terrible, even Gnome Classic was buggy. So I switched back to 10.10 and all is well.</p>
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44952 | 1 | 44990 | 2011-05-24T17:26:46.103 | 3 | 625 | <p>I have one computer with Ubuntu 11.04, and another computer with Mythbuntu 11.04. Both have Banshee 2.0 installed.</p>
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44953 | 1 | 45061 | 2011-05-24T17:41:21.947 | 3 | 646 | <p>I don't quite know how these things are called, so a search did not product any help.</p>
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44955 | 1 | 44957 | 2011-05-24T17:53:16.087 | 2 | 3226 | <p>I have previously installed eclipse on lucid with ant 1.7 with no trouble. I need to update my ant to 1.8, but this required me to uninstall eclipse, since the "ant1.8" package isn't seen by apt-get as satisfying the eclipse package's requirement for ant >= 1.7.blah.</p>
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44958 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T18:02:16.640 | 1 | 517 | <p>hi i have my laptop dual booted with windows 7 and the newest version of Ubuntu. On windows i can easily stream hd programs from iplayer with no stuttering but on Ubuntu its very stuttery and even unwatchable. also when on Ubuntu i also cant even stream not so good quality programs in fullscreen as that stutters to.... | 18516 | 7035 | 2011-06-07T15:47:40.380 | 2011-07-12T15:10:30.667 | Can't stream hd on Ubuntu but can easily on Windows | [
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44966 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T18:53:33.773 | 6 | 12839 | <p>I got an HP 8530w Elitebook laptop which is in a docking station quite often. When it's in the docking station, I'd like to be able to <strong>choose if sound comes from my built-in laptop speakers</strong> (for watching a quick video) <strong>or from the audio out jack in the back of the docking station</strong>, w... | 11069 | 11069 | 2011-05-26T19:59:50.613 | 2011-05-27T17:16:07.390 | How to switch audio output between laptop speakers and docking station, or at least disable jack sense? | [
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44967 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T18:59:01.797 | 1 | 1658 | <p>I have my laptop monitor and my external monitor.</p>
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44971 | 1 | 44987 | 2011-05-24T19:16:21.867 | 1 | 244 | <p>I am using KPackageKit to maintain my system, and I am trying to keep all pack up to date (but I didn't enable any experimental or beta repositories).</p>
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44976 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T19:45:37.633 | 4 | 2214 | <p>One feature I enjoy in Windows 7 is the Windows Explorer's Preview Pane. Will something similar be added to Nautilus for Ubuntu at some point in the future?</p>
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44985 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T20:08:48.413 | 2 | 724 | <p>My system has been suffering from random freezes lately. I think it <em>might</em> have something to do with my graphics card which I've hopefully fixed it.</p>
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44986 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T20:09:21.127 | 5 | 117 | <p>After I resume from sleep, RubyMine must be restarted in order to be functional. Things like opening files, search dialog, panes, etc are all non-responsive.</p>
<p>This may be related to java not rubymine, but that is the manifestation on my system. Using RubyMine 3.1 + Sun JDK.</p>
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44991 | 1 | 45039 | 2011-05-24T20:36:56.510 | 6 | 4829 | <p>I have a new install of Ubuntu 11.04 and sometimes the window borders will disappear. How do I prevent this or at least get them back without logging out and logging back in (which means close all my programs)?</p>
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45001 | 1 | 100011 | 2011-05-24T21:12:35.730 | 35 | 27141 | <p>I am having a weird problem with Eclipse documentation tooltips. When I startup Eclipse the tooltip works as expected:</p>
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<p>But after I press the <kbd>down</kbd> button the tooltip turns black:</p>
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45004 | 1 | 45006 | 2011-05-24T21:38:14.590 | 3 | 661 | <p>I'm getting a syntax error when trying to install Bumblebee (Hardware graphics switcher). I'm running Ubuntu 11.04. My computer is a Sony Vaio Z (VPCZ122Gx). The github page is here: <a href="https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee</a></p>
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45007 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T21:56:44.943 | 3 | 880 | <p>How can I setup gstreamer (rhythmbox) to work with specific .sf2 sound bank (using fluidsynth, for example?) Thank you.</p>
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45011 | 1 | null | 2011-05-24T22:37:22.693 | 10 | 4689 | <p>I am configuring a box with openbox (with GNOME under the scenes), and I want to run the .desktop files in <code>/etc/xdg/autostart/</code> from a script at login.</p>
<p>But <code>xdg-open</code> and <code>gnome-open</code> do not seem to do what I want (unless I use them in the wrong way).</p>
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45019 | 1 | 45020 | 2011-05-25T00:14:17.963 | 11 | 3985 | <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8Z1Uw.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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45022 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T00:43:11.617 | 0 | 1493 | <p>I have been all over the internet about this problem, and everyone seems to have slightly different but unrelated errors to mine.</p>
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45025 | 1 | 45030 | 2011-05-25T01:42:57.860 | 7 | 6075 | <p>I have been using WinFF tool to convert panasonic default .MTS videos into mpeg videos. However, I am not happy with the quality of the mpeg video output. Could some one tell me if there are any other tool for Ubuntu or the options that should I use in WinFF for getting high quality mpeg output. </p>
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45026 | 1 | 45027 | 2011-05-25T01:43:20.440 | 5 | 7667 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/15520/how-can-i-tell-ubuntu-to-do-nothing-when-i-close-my-laptop-lid">How can I tell Ubuntu to do nothing when I close my laptop lid?</a> </p>
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45028 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T02:01:53.063 | 6 | 590 | <p>I want to assign a command to they keyboard shortcut <kbd>AltGr</kbd>+<kbd>N</kbd>, but every time I try to enter this in the Keyboard Shortcuts screen, the shortcut is set to <code>ISO Level3 Shift</code> immediately after pressing <kbd>AltGr</kbd>. What am I doing wrong?</p>
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45029 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T02:06:32.047 | 2 | 514 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<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> </p>
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45031 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T03:06:32.677 | 7 | 23057 | <p>I just created a folder according to <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHFS" rel="noreferrer">SSHFS (Ubuntu Docs)</a></p>
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sshfs -o idmap=user jm@example.com:/path/to/folder folder
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45034 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T03:24:23.683 | 3 | 1446 | <p>The day was going fine until I got a notification suggesting that I upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 and I thought, "sure why not?"</p>
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45035 | 1 | 45041 | 2011-05-25T03:50:13.977 | 18 | 65218 | <p>I have activated root user in ubuntu and want to use ubuntu as server with no DE. For this I want to disable sudo privilege given to first user. How can I do this from command line ? I know I can use a GUI but how to do it from command line ? </p>
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45037 | 1 | 51075 | 2011-05-25T04:05:01.573 | 2 | 2152 | <p>I am trying to install ubuntu desktop on a hardware-set, which on a similar one, I have successfully installed ubuntu server with no issues.</p>
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45038 | 1 | 45094 | 2011-05-25T04:15:24.507 | 4 | 2042 | <p>I tried to install Ubuntu 11.04 several time using all the informations I could gather on the web. But I still fail to install it, and as my Vista partition contains very important informations I prefer to ask to people with some experience instead of doing a big mistake.</p>
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45043 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T05:32:59.333 | 2 | 1045 | <p>This has happened a couple of times (also to my boss) - but once in a long while, Kate will just switch over to right-to-left input.</p>
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45044 | 1 | 49771 | 2011-05-25T05:41:15.040 | 2 | 1428 | <p>I use a docking station with 2 external monitors and keep my laptop lid closed when docked. </p>
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45049 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T06:28:29.707 | 1 | 2647 | <p>Now i love the <a href="http://www.kde.org/workspaces/plasmanetbook/" rel="nofollow">plasma-netbook</a> aka the "search and launch" interface but i would want to be able to have it appear on demand and not sit as the desktop default in the back of my windows.</p>
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45054 | 1 | 45055 | 2011-05-25T07:45:05.283 | 0 | 961 | <p>Evolution seems to have deleted all my emails after an upgrade to natty, is there a way I can recover this data? Is there some mystical folder somewhere that stores this data or should I just forgive and forget?</p>
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45058 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T08:30:00.587 | 0 | 640 | <p>When i send data via /dev/ttyUSB0 which is created by the driver pl2303 , it is always sending the data that is last time i wondering send. That meaning : if i type the command as below:</p>
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45060 | 1 | 45068 | 2011-05-25T08:38:54.207 | 4 | 3605 | <p>I was coming dangerously close to filling up a virtualbox disk(.vdi) with Ubuntu on it.</p>
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45071 | 1 | 45476 | 2011-05-25T09:24:49.793 | 2 | 4362 | <p>With KMS enabled on Xubuntu 11.04, my virtual terminals are running at 60hz, the default for my monitor, while my X desktop is running at 75, the refresh rate I specified in my xorg.conf. How do I set the refresh rate/mode used by KMS so that it is something different from the default mode provided by my monitor?</p... | 18560 | null | null | 2011-05-27T11:17:03.397 | How do I set the refresh rate used by KMS on the FOSS ati driver? | [
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45072 | 1 | 45081 | 2011-05-25T09:30:47.080 | 81 | 120865 | <p>I would like to use a software to control which program may connect to the internet. I know that this behaviour is associated with the word "firewall", but some Linux users are very upset if somebody demands a Personal Firewall. I don't want to upset you by demand such a program.<br>
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45075 | 1 | 45110 | 2011-05-25T09:57:58.963 | 26 | 58641 | <p><strong>Old Q</strong> How do I setup an OpenVPN server without root privileges?</p>
<p>Is there a way to setup an OpenVPN server without root privileges? E.g. with configuration files in my home directory? If yes, how do I set it up?</p>
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45078 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T10:36:41.203 | 3 | 5782 | <p>I tried to upgrade my Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04. After total upgrade, when I reboot my laptop I got following error :</p>
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Init: udevtrigger Post-stop (548) terminated with status 1
Init: udevmonitor main process (530) killed by TERM signal
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45082 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T11:18:02.220 | 2 | 4240 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/38130/personal-file-sharing-error-cant-find-webdav-package">Personal file sharing error, can't find webdav package</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>Hi,</p>
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45083 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T08:36:11.890 | 9 | 22081 | <p>I have followed this tutorial <a href="http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/quickstart.html" rel="noreferrer">http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin24/quickstart.html</a>
on installing OpenLDAP, but now I want to remove it.</p>
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45086 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T09:22:54.400 | 3 | 6110 | <p>I need to add an alias (<code>10.0.2.254/24</code>) to my bridged interfaces on my Ubuntu Server.</p>
<p>My <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code> is:</p>
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address 192.168.200.108
netmask 255.255.0.0
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45089 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T11:49:16.533 | 0 | 519 | <p>Is there any way to add a new launcher or application list like current one?</p>
<p>I mean, I have many installed applications, and I wanna have them all, in 2 panels.</p>
<p>Please help me how to do that!</p>
<p>-- I'm using Natty.</p>
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45099 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T12:18:56.637 | 3 | 945 | <p>I have terminal connections to various systems available from the Terminal if I use File->Tab->(system name). Sometimes I want to open a certain set of systems in tabs.</p>
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45104 | 1 | 46547 | 2011-05-25T13:19:37.847 | 2 | 1397 | <p>I upgraded to 11.04 on the day for its release and I am unable to
hibernate my laptop, When I click on Hibernate, the screen just goes blank and cursor starts blinking in the top left corner and nothing happens. . It used to work fine till 10.10.
Suspend/Resume works fine though.
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45105 | 1 | 45123 | 2011-05-25T13:24:37.657 | 5 | 1805 | <p>I've got a fingerprint reader (Authentek AES2810) built in to my laptop (Dell Latitude E5500) and would like to take a picture of my fingerprint (not just to use it to log-in or something alike, but to take a viewable picture). Is there an application for this?</p>
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45108 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T13:43:11.767 | 3 | 847 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/70518/how-do-i-remove-that-envelope-icon-from-the-menu-bar">How do I remove that envelope icon from the menu bar?</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I don't have a use for the mail icon because this machine does not touch t... | 16845 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:25:04.307 | 2012-04-10T04:39:07.140 | Hide mail icon from top bar | [
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45109 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T13:44:01.140 | 2 | 5739 | <pre><code>CPU
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
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2.6.38-7.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64
X server version:
X.Org X Server 1.9.0
OpenGL direct rendering:
Yes
OpenGL vendor:
NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer:
GeForce 8400 GS/PCI/SSE2
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3.3.0 NVIDIA 270.41.06
GCC version:
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45112 | 1 | 45152 | 2011-05-25T13:49:22.683 | 1 | 3150 | <p>Suppose I install Ubuntu on a Virtual Box, will I be able to use my Windows Internet connection, which is connected through a wireless device that Ubuntu is unable to detect?</p>
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45114 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T13:52:42.977 | 1 | 1939 | <p>I'm not able to play audio CDs on my Lenovo x301. When I insert them I get this error:</p>
<pre><code>DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus)
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<p>How do I troubleshoot this?</p>
<p>Updates:
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45115 | 1 | 45132 | 2011-05-25T13:55:37.320 | 56 | 248720 | <p>Installing MySQL workbench on 10.04 or 10.10 is not a problem, as the deb packages are available on MySQL's website. But there is no 11.04 deb package available.</p>
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45116 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T13:56:44.833 | 1 | 1195 | <p>I have an Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6200 (rev 35). I've put my card into monitor mode, started airodump-ng, etc. Even if I set my channel to 6 (happens to be the one of my access point) when I go to use aireplay-ng, it stops and says that "The access point you're trying to do whatever with is set on chan... | 15758 | 235 | 2011-10-03T22:45:54.860 | 2013-03-11T01:58:15.523 | My wireless card is stuck on channel -1 when I'm trying to use aireplay-ng | [
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45120 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T14:25:01.823 | 0 | 3871 | <p>If I try to change the plymouth theme I get this error and plymouth is displayed only in text mode:</p>
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45121 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T14:26:18.857 | 5 | 1109 | <p>I have a Nokia E61 mobile phone with 3G internet connection. When I connect it to the computer via USB cable and choose IP pasthrough, this line appears in the list of network connections:</p>
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45122 | 1 | 45171 | 2011-05-25T14:29:00.963 | 6 | 31309 | <p>Which is the best <strong>Wireless LAN Manager</strong> for Ubuntu Linux?</p>
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45125 | 1 | 45127 | 2011-05-25T14:50:41.527 | 2 | 2391 | <p>I'm trying to remap my keyboard such that the <kbd>Caps Lock</kbd> acts as an additional <kbd>Fn</kbd> key, because the current one is in an awkward place (over by the <kbd>Home</kbd> and <kbd>End</kbd>). I was planning on using xmodmap, which requires keycodes to work. I have my <kbd>Caps Lock</kbd> keycode, whic... | 16807 | 79010 | 2012-10-18T12:39:37.197 | 2022-10-08T13:11:03.167 | Fn Key Keycode? | [
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45126 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T14:50:46.787 | 2 | 603 | <p>I would like to point the PostgreSQL server to a particular non-default data directory upon startup. Right now, I have to (either manually or in a script) use <code>pg_ctl</code> to stop and restart the database with my <code>/new/path/to/data</code>.</p>
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45128 | 1 | 45206 | 2011-05-25T15:05:21.833 | 7 | 2699 | <p>I already know how to create a Kubuntu/Win7 dual boot. What I would like to do is to encrypt both operating systems.</p>
<p>I use Kubuntu as my main OS, and Windows 7 for casual gaming or prolonged Visual Studio programming as gaming is impossible in a VM.</p>
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45135 | 1 | 45198 | 2011-05-25T16:15:16.737 | 4 | 1971 | <p>When I maximize a window in Ubuntu 11.04, the close, minimize and maximize buttons change to these nice ones</p>
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<p>Where are they located on the filesystem? I would like to build a theme out of them but want the originals.</p>
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45136 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T16:23:35.507 | 0 | 357 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/34182/can-i-edit-which-icons-appear-in-the-unity-dash">Can I edit which icons appear in the Unity dash?</a> </p>
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45139 | 1 | 45145 | 2011-05-25T16:26:22.857 | 3 | 720 | <p>Firstly, this is not a Unity question, I'm a Ubuntu 'Classic'™ user!</p>
<p>What really annoys me is that everytime I open an office document the libre office writer doesn't appear on the current workspace, but on the one on the left or right. I really don't know where this comes from, but it is a really weird beha... | 18579 | null | null | 2014-07-02T07:54:45.183 | LibreOffice Window Placement | [
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45146 | 1 | 48176 | 2011-05-25T17:29:00.347 | 0 | 377 | <p>StackApplet icons do not match Faenza icon set (system tray icons). Was wondering if there are any better icons out there.</p>
<p>Links are welcome.</p>
<p>I am also looking for Pithos icons (size 22 for the system tray as well).</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
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45153 | 1 | 48952 | 2011-05-25T17:57:38.420 | 19 | 13860 | <p>I want one where it reduces the screen's brightness, either by time or on demand (I don't mind). I have onboard Intel graphics. I don't want it to be like Redshift where it changes the screen's hue.</p>
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45155 | 1 | 45163 | 2011-05-25T18:17:17.353 | 6 | 11957 | <p>I have a Sony CX115 and I have a little footage I'd like to put on youtube.
I've downloaded Arista from the Ubuntu Software Center and then I've downloaded its Youtube HD plugin.
I've converted my video and uploaded it to youtube...
The result is a flashy video with a lot of grey in it:</p>
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45157 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T18:52:53.173 | 7 | 1168 | <p>I would like to learn how to determine the name of the .png file used on a desktop launcher. By opening the properties box of a launcher, it is possible to get a lot of info and to change the .png file. I would like to learn how to determine the file name of the .png file used for a launcher, but have been unable ... | 18589 | null | null | 2011-05-26T18:18:58.710 | How to find name of png file used on a desktop launcher? | [
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45158 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T18:56:06.430 | 6 | 29194 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/35401/how-do-i-give-ubuntu-10-10-more-space-when-installed-inside-windows-7-via-wubi">How do I give Ubuntu 10.10 more space (when installed inside Windows 7 (via wubi))?</a> </p>
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45159 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T18:57:52.160 | 2 | 751 | <p>I work on Google Appengine which requires Python 2.5. We all know that Python 2.5 is not supported by latest release of Ubuntu. Ubuntu programs such as Software Center and Gwibber are highly dependent on Python 2.7 as I have changed by default version of Python to Python 2.5 (I ve created a symbolic link to <code>/u... | 18590 | 235 | 2011-07-18T20:13:00.930 | 2011-07-18T20:13:00.930 | Can't run desktop python applications when switching out the default Python version | [
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45165 | 1 | 45167 | 2011-05-25T19:43:31.747 | 5 | 322 | <p>What is the default dictionary that provides spell check for programs, like empathy and Libreoffice?</p>
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45180 | 1 | 45195 | 2011-05-25T21:15:48.393 | 1 | 19528 | <p>The BIOS update for the Acer Aspire 4820TG is distributed as a zip file, containing a Windows executable and a DOS executable.</p>
<p>How do I get this installed under Ubuntu without resorting to installing Windows?</p>
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45181 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T21:25:57.130 | 3 | 3450 | <p>I need Ubuntu 11.04 drivers for a Matrox G400. </p>
<p>I put the video card in and nothing came up on the screen, so I guess there are no drivers of any kind for Ubuntu 11.04. </p>
<p>So do I have to load the drivers first using my old card, if so, how do I do it? </p>
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"body": "<p>Does it recognize your new card</p>\n\n<pre><code>lspci | grep VGA\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Have you run</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then checked in Additional Drivers?</p>\n",
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45196 | 1 | null | 2011-05-25T22:19:53.010 | 1 | 143 | <p>I'm play an game and need the F10, but when I press it in-game it show the menu context, how I priorize the program hotkeys?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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