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5071 | 1 | null | 2010-10-02T15:20:30.647 | 2 | 696 | <p>I am having both gnome and kde on my system. My Gnome desktop is working perfectly but in KDE here is no sound being generated.</p>
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5075 | 1 | null | 2010-10-02T17:13:25.467 | 7 | 2787 | <p>We have set up a Ubuntu workstation with accounts for all the group members.</p>
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5077 | 1 | 5128 | 2010-10-02T17:43:38.587 | 1 | 2300 | <p>I have a Zebra TLP thermal printer (LPT-attached) and a proprietary business web application using an ActiveX element to print on it. Is there a way to make it work on Linux?</p>
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5078 | 1 | 10591 | 2010-10-02T18:27:00.100 | 3 | 790 | <p>Most applications, including the gnomevfs headers themselves, expect the files to be under <code>/usr/include/libgnomevfs</code>, <strong>but</strong> Ubuntu has them under <code>/usr/include/gnome-vfs-2.0/libgnomevfs</code>.</p>
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5080 | 1 | 5081 | 2010-10-02T20:54:49.857 | 10 | 4957 | <p>I recently upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 and I noticed that I'm no longer able to add a volume control to my desktop panels. When I right click the panel and choose "Add to panel" there is no longer a volume control in the list.</p>
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5082 | 1 | null | 2010-10-02T21:31:44.553 | 18 | 11508 | <p>If I plug an external CRT to my laptop, it normally either displays the same picture as the laptop's panel, or extends the desktop area. But I'd like it to be a separate virtual desktop (a workspace, in terms of Gnome). Is it possible?</p>
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5083 | 1 | null | 2010-10-02T21:43:19.963 | 10 | 2975 | <p>I have been using "commanders" with DOS and Windows for more than 15 years. Needless to say it'd significantly improve my comfort if I could be able to create directories by pressing F7, deleting by F8, copying (to an opposite panel) by F5 and moving by F6. I was very pleased by Nautilus to introduce a 2-panel view... | 2390 | 18474 | 2011-12-12T12:47:46.263 | 2012-07-26T17:08:12.190 | Can I set up Nautilus to use a Midnight Commander-like hot keys scheme for 2-panel mode? | [
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5084 | 1 | null | 2010-10-02T21:58:28.720 | 4 | 397 | <p>Midnight Commander (as well as all Norton and Total Commanders I used to use with DOS and Windows) provide a very pleasant facility of stepping into archives (tar.gz, zip, 7z, rar, etc.) and other containers (as ISO CD images) and working with them much like plane directories. Can Nautilus be configured to behave so... | 2390 | null | null | 2010-10-02T23:31:27.743 | Can I configure Nautilus to step into archives instead of opening them in external File Roller application window? | [
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5085 | 1 | 5091 | 2010-10-02T22:02:03.520 | 9 | 7310 | <p>What are benefits of an ordinary Ubuntu kernel compared to realtime one? What are realtime kernel's tradeoffs?</p>
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5086 | 1 | 5088 | 2010-10-02T22:03:53.960 | 2 | 185 | <p>I installed the proprietary ATI/AMD FGLRX graphics driver through "jockey-gtk" to get rid of my computer's over heating problems. While my computer no longer overheats, I am stuck with a new problem:</p>
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5087 | 1 | null | 2010-10-02T22:48:27.687 | 2 | 1410 | <p>In XFCE it was very convenient to pop-up applications launcher menu and running applications list menu anywhere on desktop by right and middle click respectively. Can be Gnome configured to behave so?</p>
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5090 | 1 | null | 2010-10-02T23:38:46.247 | 5 | 518 | <p>I use 2 displays - laptop's built-in 1024x768 panel and external attached 1600x1200 CRT. In XFCE I could set different backdrops to these 2. Can I in Gnome?</p>
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5092 | 1 | null | 2010-10-02T23:49:43.930 | 6 | 2383 | <p>I've used "Mouse Preferences" window to set mouse pointer acceleration and sensitivity sliders to their maximums, but I am still not satisfied with how fast does mouse pointer move (I've got a very big display). Can I accelerate it over?</p>
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5094 | 1 | 5096 | 2010-10-03T00:17:28.820 | 4 | 2657 | <p>When I open Downloads, Pictures, Music, or Documents folders, I can see a thick beige Ubuntu One bar on top of the folder's workplace. This annoys me and, I have reasons to suppose, introduces some malfunctions. How to disable it?</p>
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5095 | 1 | null | 2010-10-03T00:59:33.843 | 12 | 4975 | <p>I'm a Ubuntu 10.04 user who is looking for a way to, for example, make my computer type a <code>+</code> character when I hold down the <kbd>Windows</kbd> Key (I think it's called <kbd>Super</kbd> in Linux world) and press the <kbd>K</kbd> key. I need this to work in all applications. (I'm a person with a typing dis... | null | 1066942 | 2022-01-11T10:54:18.440 | 2022-01-11T10:54:18.440 | Typing using key combinations? | [
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5097 | 1 | null | 2010-10-03T01:12:51.750 | 7 | 730 | <p>I want to use the new Ubuntu fonts that are default in Maverick in Lucid. Where to get it and how to install it?</p>
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5104 | 1 | 5106 | 2010-10-03T04:35:44.897 | 13 | 384 | <p>How could I make NotifyOSD send all updates to a text file (As well as do what it does)?</p>
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5108 | 1 | 11422 | 2010-10-03T07:38:35.220 | 2 | 321 | <p>My xsession when logged in with other user than myself doesnot show the default two panels. All I get is the desktop with wallpaper. Anyone got any idea what is wrong ? I am using xubuntu 10.04. It doesnot happen while I setup a user and login with his/her name but after some times of logins.</p>
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5111 | 1 | null | 2010-10-03T08:36:28.853 | 1 | 1639 | <p>In order to facilitiate some performance testing I am attempting to throttle the ip traffic on a particular machine - I want limit it to 1Mbit/sec.</p>
<p>I have a separate test machine where this command works just fine:</p>
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5112 | 1 | null | 2010-10-03T08:50:36.603 | 51 | 52553 | <p>Is there some easy to use program in Ubuntu that can scan many pages straight into a PDF file?</p>
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5119 | 1 | null | 2010-10-03T13:32:51.050 | 6 | 617 | <p>I want to create a wallpaper slide show that will not change five minutes after the wallpaper gets displayed, but five minutes after the <strong>entire</strong> desktop get viewed. Does anyone know of a way to do this?</p>
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5121 | 1 | 5126 | 2010-10-03T14:37:34.237 | 485 | 66816 | <p>I found a problem with an application on Ubuntu. </p>
<p>Questions :</p>
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<li>How do I best report the issue? </li>
<li>What sort of information should I provide? </li>
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5130 | 1 | null | 2010-10-03T17:08:18.027 | 6 | 3280 | <p>I've got an external terabyte drive to store my scrap (actually I mean a partition on it, I've got some other partitions there). The FS used is ext3. Even after I delete some files there (so there are at least some hundreds mibs free), Nautilus shows zero free space there and does not allow to even create a director... | 2390 | 14356 | 2012-01-28T15:50:15.533 | 2019-10-05T14:39:54.447 | Why can't Ubuntu see any free space? | [
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5133 | 1 | 5135 | 2010-10-03T19:03:23.700 | 9 | 18474 | <p>I just upgraded to the 10.10 RC earlier and had a few problems with graphic drivers (x didnt start) But i have remedied that now.
When i run 'sudo apt-get install -f' i get this:</p>
<pre><code>will@UbuntuBox:/mnt/slax$ sudo apt-get install -f
[sudo] password for will:
Reading package lists... Done
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5134 | 1 | null | 2010-10-03T19:10:30.343 | 5 | 1974 | <p>I decided to try out the Ubuntu 10.10 RC on my workstation today. The install worked fine, but the mouse and keyboard (both of which is usb) are unbearably laggy. This was also the case when I ran it from the live cd.</p>
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5136 | 1 | null | 2010-10-03T20:10:23.420 | 24 | 4753 | <p>After I've installed some language packs and spell checking dictionaries (I'd like to use with Firefox and OpenOffice) I've got tons of language variations installed. This makes very inconvenient to maintain dictionary additions, for example. Sometimes Firefox decides to switch to Australian, sometimes to UK diction... | 2390 | null | null | 2019-12-13T06:43:24.840 | How to remove all that country-specific dictionaries (like En_AU, En_CA, de_CH, etc)? | [
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5138 | 1 | 5142 | 2010-10-03T20:40:13.537 | 3 | 18179 | <p>Following the <a href="https://askubuntu.com/users/2618/wolph">WoLpH</a>'s <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5082/can-i-set-up-2-monitors-to-be-2-separate-gnome-virtual-desktops-instead-of-one-bi/5099#5099">recommendation</a> I am looking forward to enable Xinerama to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/5082/239... | 2390 | -1 | 2017-04-12T07:23:19.023 | 2010-10-06T19:54:31.630 | How do I best enable Xinerama? | [
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5140 | 1 | 5243 | 2010-10-03T21:06:31.470 | 13 | 4118 | <p>Having NumLock on is convenient when using a full-sized external keyboard (having a keypad) and very inconvenient when using laptop's built-in keyboard (which places digits instead of letters on the keyboard's right sid unless Fn is pressed).</p>
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5141 | 1 | 7337 | 2010-10-03T21:37:14.887 | 4 | 945 | <p>There are various system-wide debug tools (sysprof, oprofile, systemtap) that need debug symbols. Getting debug symbols for userspace applications is easy: <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash</a></p>
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5145 | 1 | null | 2010-10-04T01:29:58.453 | 1 | 1813 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/906/ubuntu-and-vlc-make-default-and-hue">ubuntu and vlc — make default and hue</a> </p>
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<p>When I capture HD video with a Pentax DSLR, and view it using VLC, it looks wrong - the green grass is ... | 1272 | -1 | 2017-04-12T07:23:19.023 | 2010-10-04T08:00:05.957 | Why do my AVI files display with funky colors? | [
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5148 | 1 | null | 2010-10-04T03:05:20.073 | 1 | 883 | <p>Why does trash show some files even when there is nothing inside the trash?</p>
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5149 | 1 | null | 2010-10-04T04:17:45.643 | 25 | 49571 | <p>Some times I have to deal with XPS files (XPS is a Microsoft's rival to Adobe's PDF format, technically a zipped XAML (XML)). </p>
<p>Can I view them in Ubuntu? Or, maybe, I could even produce them?</p>
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5151 | 1 | null | 2010-10-04T04:46:26.437 | 8 | 8612 | <p>I think it'd be nice if Nautilus windows could have semi-transparent backgrounds (same as Gnome terminal can) for files and places lists. Is it possible?</p>
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5153 | 1 | 20243 | 2010-10-04T05:54:33.553 | 3 | 739 | <p>I'm currently using the 10.10 beta of Ubuntu with the most recent updates installed. When I boot up the computer, gwibber fails to start up and when I do open it, it shows an icon in the notification area (which I do not want) and it doesn't use the indicator applet at all (even when closed).<br></p>
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5155 | 1 | 5513 | 2010-10-04T07:15:01.483 | 2 | 729 | <p>When i update apt-get the universe repo takes ages to download, I usually max out at around 130kbps which can easily download ~4mb in under a minute yet it skips between going an bytes per second and under 30kpbs (and i'm not running anything that leaches my bandwidth when i update). Updating on lucid was fine and t... | 633 | 235 | 2010-10-04T13:29:24.463 | 2010-10-10T07:38:36.690 | Why are apt-get updates in development releases slower? | [
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5157 | 1 | null | 2010-10-04T08:12:36.303 | 3 | 585 | <p>I installed "indicator-applet-appmenu" and tried the same for "global menu". It does not work for the most of applications and does not seem convenient with my monitors configuration. </p>
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5161 | 1 | 5165 | 2010-10-04T08:40:50.837 | 2 | 4631 | <p>How to disable windows' contents being moved on dragging, so that only the frame is dragged and the whole window is only redrawn on drop?</p>
<p>In Windows, KDE and XFCE this can be easily configured, but in Gnome (Ubuntu 10.10) I couldn't find where to set this up :-(</p>
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5169 | 1 | null | 2010-10-04T12:33:03.127 | 1 | 1732 | <p>I am using XUbuntu 10.04, and I am having issues with the sound. First things just sounded strange, then I figured out that I am actually getting the surround left and surround right sound in my headset. If I change the balance in aumix to either far left or far right, things sound better. I still get sound in both ... | 2640 | 349837 | 2020-05-22T02:22:34.737 | 2020-05-22T02:22:34.737 | Pulseaudio playing surround through headset | [
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5170 | 1 | null | 2010-10-04T13:25:40.240 | 2 | 2191 | <p>I'd like to build an (optimized) Version of Chromium for my machine with apt-build on Ubuntu 10.04. I've added a Chromium-PPA to my /etc/sources.list.d/ like this:</p>
<pre><code>deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/stable/ubuntu lucid main
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5172 | 1 | 5174 | 2010-10-04T13:58:47.907 | 241 | 350187 | <p>From what I can gather, <code>.desktop</code> files are shortcuts that allow application's settings to be customized. For instance, I have lots of them in my <code>/usr/share/applications/</code> folder. </p>
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5178 | 1 | 5179 | 2010-10-04T15:35:50.490 | 2 | 1752 | <p>I've got the following error while attempting to upgrade from 8.04 to v 10.04. Is there anything I can do to resolve the issue?</p>
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5181 | 1 | null | 2010-10-04T16:53:03.223 | 5 | 3561 | <p>When I close the lid of my Asus X77JQ, lucid shuts it down automatically after five minutes. I want to be able to sleep in the same room as my laptop, so I would like to be able to close the lid without it shutting down. How can I do this?</p>
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5186 | 1 | null | 2010-10-04T19:26:46.330 | 1 | 573 | <p>I have a machine running Karmic which is embedded in a large screen. When I run <code>xrandr -q</code>, it reports that the VGA output is connected, even when there is no screen attached. This is causing some issues with other resolution-related software (that I can't change at the moment).</p>
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5187 | 1 | 6140 | 2010-10-04T19:55:49.923 | 9 | 31348 | <p>I have encountered a very weird error on ubuntu-server (8.04), I have no idea why dhclient is not allowed to set the network settings! I'm not the one who installed the server in the first place, so i don't know much about the setup. The server is only used as a firewall/gateway (custom iptables script) it's got thr... | 455 | 4 | 2010-10-08T16:34:14.407 | 2011-05-26T20:35:45.177 | Why is dhclient saying: "SIOCSIFADDR: Permission denied"? | [
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5190 | 1 | 5191 | 2010-10-04T21:04:55.800 | 3 | 1533 | <p>For some obscure reason, my <code>/var/lib/locales/supported.d/local</code> file contained an extra locale that typically should not be there (in my example, <code>pl_PL.UTF-8 UTF-8</code>).</p>
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5192 | 1 | 5193 | 2010-10-04T21:56:51.410 | 23 | 1403 | <p>Whenever I am downloading packages using Ubuntu Software Center (or any package manager for that matter), my Internet connection slows to an absolute crawl. In fact, most requests timeout.</p>
<p>Is there a way to limit the bandwidth that Software Center uses when downloading packages?</p>
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5196 | 1 | null | 2010-10-05T00:07:47.117 | 1 | 266 | <p>Could someone tell me how to replace system default localization font? I mean when it time to render my language I want to use specific font instead of the one Ubuntu choice for me.</p>
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5198 | 1 | 5202 | 2010-10-05T00:54:50.163 | 9 | 13136 | <p>I recently purchased one of the Kodak Playsport cameras which takes 720p video @ 60 frames per second.</p>
<p>The video quality is great but the files are rather large for uploading to Youtube (about 150 Megs per minute of video). The files are output as Quicktime MOV files.</p>
<p>My question is:</p>
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5200 | 1 | 5201 | 2010-10-05T02:11:13.600 | 6 | 578 | <p>I'd like to make a command run every time I log out. Is there a way to do this?</p>
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5203 | 1 | 5210 | 2010-10-05T02:55:32.440 | 18 | 8719 | <p>What are the consequences of deleting any of these?</p>
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<p>e.g.:</p>
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5209 | 1 | 5211 | 2010-10-05T05:48:14.927 | 7 | 10834 | <p>How do I change to icons in here?</p>
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5212 | 1 | null | 2010-10-05T09:09:23.413 | 2 | 2882 | <p>We are running an Ubuntu server which is a primary domain controller for several Windows XP clients using samba.</p>
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5215 | 1 | 5222 | 2010-10-05T11:01:49.510 | 1 | 980 | <p>Hey how do I force empathy to save my display pic? I have tried to set it (in different formats and sizes) over a dozen times, all I get is this little silver man.</p>
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5218 | 1 | null | 2010-10-05T13:03:10.890 | 6 | 1487 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4324/how-can-i-change-the-order-of-the-users-in-the-login-screen">How can I change the order of the users in the login screen?</a> </p>
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5224 | 1 | 5225 | 2010-10-05T14:34:20.877 | 3 | 599 | <p>I accidentally screwed up the groups for my main user by doing <code>sudo usermod -G blah</code> instead of <code>sudo usermod -a -G blah</code>. On realising this, I immediately rebooted into single user mode and added the groups <code>adm dialout cdrom floppy fuse</code> to the user's account. Everything seemed to... | 2662 | 235 | 2010-10-06T22:34:58.617 | 2010-10-06T22:34:58.617 | GUI sudo not working? | [
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5227 | 1 | 5232 | 2010-10-05T16:12:08.960 | 2 | 5276 | <p>It seems that each time I go to open an HTML message in Evolution I have to goto View -> Load Images. Is there a way to change this so Images will be automatically downloaded each time I receive an HTML message?</p>
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5228 | 1 | null | 2010-10-05T16:27:26.983 | 3 | 4813 | <p>Several special keys, most importantly the 'eject' button, are not working on my keyboard. </p>
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5229 | 1 | 5236 | 2010-10-05T16:48:02.960 | 7 | 2065 | <p>I'm using 2 workspaces right now, and I'd like to be able to cycle through them using a single shortcut. At the moment, I can do <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Right</kbd> to switch to workspace 2, and <kbd>Left</kbd> switches to 1, but I'd like a single key (or key combination) to switch to the workspace I'm n... | 1012 | null | null | 2012-08-16T14:38:04.390 | How can I bind a key to cycle between workspaces? | [
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5230 | 1 | 5233 | 2010-10-05T16:54:37.960 | 3 | 303 | <p>I'm trying to let members of the group <code>labmembers</code> adjust the CPU frequency scaling on a system using <code>cpufreq-selector</code>. However, by default, this is restricted to members of the <code>admin</code> group.</p>
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5238 | 1 | null | 2010-10-05T22:02:34.647 | 1 | 480 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/131/which-computers-are-guaranteed-to-work-with-ubuntu">Which computers are guaranteed to work with Ubuntu?</a> </p>
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5241 | 1 | 5246 | 2010-10-05T22:41:01.733 | 11 | 2516 | <p>I keep seeing references to a config option calld <code>Editable Menu Accelerators</code> or <code>Editable Menu Shortcut Keys</code>.<br>
This is exactly what I need, but all the directions I've read about how to find that feature lead me to a dead-end. </p>
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5245 | 1 | 5248 | 2010-10-06T00:39:18.373 | 12 | 31051 | <p>In Ubuntu, formatting drives is a simple process: simply select it and tell Ubuntu what you want done with it.</p>
<p>My question is; is there any tool as easy as that for Kubuntu?</p>
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5249 | 1 | null | 2010-10-06T02:36:04.800 | 5 | 694 | <p>In XFCE I used to like a terminal window to have a toolbar (with cut, copy, paste and new tab buttons). Can I enable it in Gnome Terminal?</p>
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5250 | 1 | 5254 | 2010-10-06T02:36:15.920 | 4 | 3943 | <p>While booting, I am getting the error message <strong>internal error: the second sector of Stage 2 is unknown."</strong> This is under Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. After posting, the full text of the GRUB loading screen is:</p>
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5251 | 1 | 5764 | 2010-10-06T02:40:15.490 | 18 | 3372 | <p>I'd like to add some buttons (such as cut, copy, paste, new folder, open terminal in current folder) to Nautilus Toolbar. Can I?</p>
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5252 | 1 | 5359 | 2010-10-06T03:30:45.433 | 3 | 580 | <p>In Nautilus, I sometimes want to change the <code>mode</code> of the <code>side-pane</code> (Tree, Places, etc). </p>
<p>This can be done via the a mouse click on the drop button at the top of the side-pane.<br>
...but there is no hot-key/accelerator-key to quickly display this drop-list. </p>
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5253 | 1 | null | 2010-10-06T09:44:53.907 | 1 | 1328 | <p>I have a DELL inspiron 1525 with was shipped with Ubuntu 8.04. It was working ok.</p>
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5256 | 1 | 5279 | 2010-10-06T15:05:07.433 | 4 | 5422 | <h2>Hardware</h2>
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5257 | 1 | 5261 | 2010-10-06T15:12:05.433 | 22 | 791 | <p>Today, October 6th 2010, Ubuntu 10.10 is in <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureDefinitionFreeze">Feature Definition Freeze</a>, <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebianImportFreeze">Debian Import Freeze</a>, <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureFreeze">Feature Freeze</a>, <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/User... | 1938 | 235 | 2011-07-10T18:37:49.833 | 2011-07-10T18:37:49.833 | Is there a rational reason to wait for the release date to download, install or update to the next version of Ubuntu? | [
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5264 | 1 | 5266 | 2010-10-06T16:53:47.543 | 6 | 981 | <p>How do I get 10.04 (Lucid) to log me in automatically on each reboot?</p>
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5265 | 1 | 5269 | 2010-10-06T16:54:32.703 | 7 | 1864 | <p>Some time ago I started experiencing strange issue when single clicks would intermittently act as double clicks.
Replacing the mouse doesn't help.
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5270 | 1 | 5272 | 2010-10-06T17:15:59.120 | 3 | 1102 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/723/how-to-change-the-format-of-the-date-time-displayed-in-top-panel">How to change the format of the date & time displayed in top panel ?</a> </p>
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<p>I've been using computers for too long. The "... | 2670 | -1 | 2017-04-12T07:23:19.023 | 2010-10-06T17:37:22.463 | I want my panel clock to be "digital" (2011-01-01). Is there a setting, or another clock? | [
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5273 | 1 | 5275 | 2010-10-06T18:47:49.063 | 15 | 25189 | <p>I'll trying to migrate away from Simply Accounting and need to somehow extract the contents of a Windows CAB file which is what Simply uses for backups.</p>
<p>What is the best way to open a CAB file on Ubuntu?</p>
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5282 | 1 | null | 2010-10-06T20:08:55.013 | 12 | 10738 | <p>Is it possible (and how) to use a computer headset (or speakers+mic) as a hands-free device for my mobile? I bought a bluetooth-dongle but I couldn't get it to work yet. I think I already set this up on an older version of Ubuntu on my laptop.</p>
<p>I'm using Ubuntu 10.10, the phone is an android 2.2 (but I think ... | 1826 | 1826 | 2010-10-20T22:57:33.060 | 2020-04-22T07:34:41.417 | Use Computer headset like a hands-free for cell phone | [
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5283 | 1 | null | 2010-10-06T20:36:34.167 | 1 | 574 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/897/how-can-i-make-fonts-look-good-in-ubuntu">How can I make fonts look good in Ubuntu?</a> </p>
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<p>I noticed on every install of Ubuntu, the font is softer than on Windows. Is this a setting somewher... | 2608 | -1 | 2017-04-12T07:23:19.023 | 2010-10-06T20:47:10.540 | Is there a way to make text in the interface sharper like Windows? | [
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5284 | 1 | 842341 | 2010-10-06T20:41:45.170 | 6 | 18933 | <p>I've seen several links suggesting it is possible to make a call from the command-line with skype. The instructions suggest something along the lines of:</p>
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<p>However, this gets me an error message, "skype: unrecognized option '--callto:+14445551234".</p>
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5288 | 1 | 5368 | 2010-10-06T21:18:09.613 | 8 | 3411 | <p>This is a silly, nitpicky little thing, but I have a laptop with a less-than-desirable amount of screen real estate, so it bothers me. I've added a bunch of application launchers to the default panel at the top of my screen (to the right of the Applications/Places/System menus.) The problem is, I can't seem to contr... | 2664 | 235 | 2010-10-06T22:33:17.030 | 2010-10-10T06:12:37.583 | How can I evenly space icons in the panel? | [
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5290 | 1 | 5429 | 2010-10-06T22:23:45.863 | 3 | 363 | <p>I have always been under the impression that all I need to do in order to reach the Windows machines on my network by their hostnames from Ubuntu was do add the '<strong>wins</strong>' option to the 'hosts' line in my <strong>/etc/nsswitch.conf</strong> file, but since I installed Maverick (from RC iso, new install)... | 1546 | 235 | 2010-10-06T22:31:16.147 | 2010-10-21T18:09:38.693 | How to reach a Windows machine by hostname? | [
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5291 | 1 | null | 2010-10-06T22:32:53.797 | 4 | 9525 | <p>When l look into Ubuntu's System Log Viewer (I think that's the name in English) the messages categories are blown up with 70000 lines and almost 12MB in size. It mixes up messages from May this year and recent messages from the last few days.</p>
<p>How can I remove the old messages from May?</p>
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5292 | 1 | 5293 | 2010-10-06T22:36:35.763 | 6 | 3548 | <p>How do I play drm encrypted wmv files in Ubuntu? If it is possible, how do I do it. I've tried playing it with vlc and MPlayer media player but does not work. I am getting a scrambled picture when I play it through vlc.</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
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5294 | 1 | 5327 | 2010-10-06T22:52:06.410 | 9 | 6405 | <p>I'm used to this Windows behavior that using <kbd>CTRL+SHIFT+Cursor Keys</kbd> I can select text word-wise. <kbd>CTRL+Cursor Keys</kbd> jumps word-wise and I use that a lot in combination with <kbd>SHIFT</kbd> to select text.</p>
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5295 | 1 | 5297 | 2010-10-06T23:18:48.183 | 4 | 206 | <p>I am happy that <code>gconf-editor</code> exists, and is readily accessible (once you know about it), but it seems strange that there are two completely seperate places to customize an application's look and feel. </p>
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5296 | 1 | null | 2010-10-06T23:41:22.873 | 5 | 43310 | <p>I am battling to install Windows Media Player 11 on Wine. I have tried the following:</p>
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5298 | 1 | 5302 | 2010-10-07T03:36:25.193 | 2 | 1770 | <p>Recently, I installed Ubuntu 10 Netbook edition (on my netbook, yes, obvious). My battery died literally, while I was using Ubuntu. </p>
<p>Now, when I restart the computer, it seems that GRUB has duplicated all of the entries in the MBR that pertain to the partition that houses my Ubuntu install. For example:</p>
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5300 | 1 | 5301 | 2010-10-07T04:57:05.427 | 13 | 8547 | <p>I've download <a href="http://tmux.sourceforge.net/">tmux</a> and am trying to install it on Ubuntu 10.04.</p>
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5304 | 1 | 29649 | 2010-10-07T09:21:08.147 | 36 | 14600 | <p>Mono 2.8 was recently released boasting a couple of large performance improvements. It's far too late for it to make it into Maverick and I'm fairly inpatient.</p>
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5306 | 1 | 5341 | 2010-10-07T10:42:56.857 | 5 | 808 | <p>I've set up the <kbd>Super</kbd> key to open the main menu. It works. </p>
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5310 | 1 | null | 2010-10-07T11:58:48.307 | 3 | 9879 | <p>I have an external bluetooth adapter, it works if I attach it before booting, but if I connect it afterwards it fails to detect any device.</p>
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5311 | 1 | 5312 | 2010-10-07T13:45:05.920 | 3 | 569 | <p>I've been looking without much success for a good Linux multi monitor wallpaper switcher. (Doesn't mean my search technique isn't fundamentally flawed) Regardless, would appreciate any suggestions/referrals.</p>
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5313 | 1 | 5796 | 2010-10-07T15:11:24.280 | 4 | 2243 | <p>I'm trying to make emacs span two screens but the size is automatically resized to a single screen. I'm running a NVidia card in TwinView, with Ubuntu 10.04. I'm having this problem with other programs also. </p>
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5314 | 1 | null | 2010-10-07T16:05:10.410 | 11 | 7540 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4662/where-is-the-x-org-config-file-how-do-i-configure-x-there">Where is the X.org config file? How do I configure X there?</a> </p>
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<p>Where is the xorg.conf file in <strong>Ubuntu 10.04</strong>?</p... | 2679 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:56.057 | 2014-03-29T02:48:58.203 | Where is /etc/X11/xorg.conf? | [
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5319 | 1 | 5607 | 2010-10-07T17:34:44.667 | 3 | 5411 | <p>I tried to change the resolution using the following commands (found <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution" rel="nofollow">here</a>):</p>
<p>Use <code>xrandr</code> to check the current configuration and available modes:</p>
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5320 | 1 | 5321 | 2010-10-07T17:53:57.090 | 9 | 1062 | <p>I've noticed on the Desktop version when typing commands like <code>sudo apt-get install mysq</code> I can tab complete like when resolving file paths. However in the server edition this does not happen. Is there a package I need for this, or a configuration file to make this happen?</p>
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"body": "<p>That's strange, maybe package <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/bash-completion\" rel=\"nofollow\">bash-completion</a> is what you're looking for?</p>\n",
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5322 | 1 | null | 2010-10-07T18:58:06.437 | 2 | 745 | <p>I'm trying to install Django on a machine that is primarily a network administration box; it has nagios and cacti installed on it. I went in today to install Django, and when I followed the following instruction I got weird results:</p>
<pre><code>sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-python
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5324 | 1 | null | 2010-10-07T19:27:33.323 | 58 | 35819 | <p>I'm looking for something to easily measure the height/width of items on screen in pixels.</p>
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5325 | 1 | 5340 | 2010-10-07T19:42:23.543 | 3 | 1603 | <p>I hope this question is appropriate for this forum. I have an embarrassing problem. After trying to get Ekiga-Softfon running I suddenly have no sound anymore at all. But I can't tell how I caused this problem anymore.</p>
<p>Below I have collected some relevant information:</p>
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5331 | 1 | null | 2010-10-08T02:07:12.170 | 0 | 237 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9/how-do-i-enable-automatic-updates">How do I enable automatic updates?</a> </p>
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<p>My Aunt and Uncle asked me to setup a Ubuntu machine for them, but here's the problem; they live 200 miles away, and... | 2442 | -1 | 2017-04-12T07:23:19.023 | 2010-10-08T02:53:18.880 | How to automate updates? | [
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5335 | 1 | 5337 | 2010-10-08T04:12:57.057 | 18 | 6691 | <p>Well the question says most of it... </p>
<p>Gparted reports the used space as 4.86 GB<br>
Nautilus reports used space as 15.1 GB...(via Properties of /media/U_0298_data)</p>
<p>Why is this space <strong>used</strong>? and who is reporting the correct figure? (...if either)<br>
Is this related to the <strong>Tr... | 2670 | 2670 | 2010-10-08T05:05:38.933 | 2011-09-27T16:13:29.273 | Why is there 4.86(maybe 15.1) GB of USED-space on a newly partitioned and formatted 298 GB drive (as ext4 by Gparted) | [
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"body": "<p>There are different ways of counting space on a filesystem ranging from bytes not in use to free clusters, etc. In the absence of better information, I'd take gparted's report as more \"accurate\".</p>\n\n<p>Filesystems require overhead for i-tables, free lists, superblocks, ... | null | null | null | null | null |
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