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2011-06-08T18:02:45.780
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<p>I'm having to set up an email server for a class and have installed exim (using Maildir mailbox format) and sent myself an email. I can't read the email though: I have set the <code>MAIL</code> variable to <code>~/Maildir</code> but when I try to open <code>mail</code> I get</p> <pre><code>pad-20@PAD-20:~$ mail mai...
11113
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:57.930
2017-02-28T22:55:29.670
mail(1) isn't able to open Maildir mailbox
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The traditional unix <code>/usr/bin/mail</code> only supports mailbox format. It's older than maildir, after all.</p>\n\n<p>Under Ubuntu, <code>/usr/bin/mail</code> has two alternatives: <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/heirloom-mailx\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">heirloom-mailx<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The traditional unix <code>/usr/bin/mail</code> only supports mailbox format. It's older than maildir, after all.</p>\n\n<p>Under Ubuntu, <code>/usr/bin/mail</code> has two alternatives: <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/heirloom-mailx\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">heirloo...
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47691
1
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2011-06-08T18:35:22.460
6
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<p>I have recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 and I really like it. My only gripe is that some GUI elements are too small on the screen. (My screen resolution is 1920 x 1200.) Over the last few days, I have been trying to customize the interface with various tools (Gnome Color Chooser, CompizConfig, GConf Editor), but I ha...
19534
235
2011-06-08T18:48:50.900
2011-06-09T13:35:05.040
How to enlarge indicators and window buttons in Unity?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The answer is DPI - dots per inch.</p>\n\n<p>Easily changed in the Appearance applet.</p>\n\n<p>A quick search brought up this helpful walkthrough by Kevin van Zonneveld:\n<a href=\"http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/fit_more_on_one_screen_using_dpi/\" rel=\"nofol...
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47693
1
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2011-06-08T18:37:45.923
1
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<p>Does anyone have the original.. Default Hosts File, Resolve File.. and networks file? </p> <p>Please someone help me get these back to normal so I can put up a web-server. I'm tired, just to set up a web-server. </p>
19535
47291
2013-05-28T20:06:50.283
2013-05-28T20:06:50.283
How can I get the Default files .. Networks / Hosts / resolve / and whatever else I changed to try and get up my webserver?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Issueing <code>dpkg-reconfigure -a</code> on the shell will reconfigure most of your system. This will recover most of the config files as well.\nFiles about your network and your nameserver are not really generic, so you should rather use the ones fitting to your setup and n...
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47697
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2011-06-08T19:06:14.660
2
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<p>I'm having trouble with x11...when I restart my laptop, the screen resolution is always reset to 1024x768.</p> <p>I set the resolution to the appropriate 1280x800 and everything is fine for that session, until I restart or re-login. Then the screen is reset back to 1024x768. Saving the x configuration file after re...
15488
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2011-06-08T19:07:26.950
2012-02-24T13:40:57.457
Incorrect screen resolution on login on a MacBook Pro 7.1
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1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-08T19:45:29.710", "id": "52742", "postId": "47697", "score": "0", "text": "Try with xrandr command. Please take a look at: http://askubuntu.com/questions/12578/adjusting-display-geometry-in-a-virtual-machine", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "101157" }, ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Had a similar problem, ubuntu would set the right resolution from xorg.conf, but after login the resolution would change.</p>\n\n<p>If you go to Monitors in System Settings, select the resolution that you would like, and after click on \"Make Default\".</p>\n", "commentCo...
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2012-03-15T19:47:40.090
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2011-06-08T19:18:46.437
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<p>MY NTFS Partition has gotten corrupt somehow (it's a relic from the days when I had Windows installed). </p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cqu2C.png" alt="GParted screenshot showing different partitions"></p> <p>I'm putting the debug output of fdisk and blkid <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/621982/" rel=...
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2017-05-22T20:21:04.557
2024-01-02T00:05:43.760
Fix corrupt NTFS partition without Windows
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h3>NOTE: THIS ANSWER IS BOTH OUTDATED, AND NOT ADVISED IF YOU HAVE READ ERRORS.</h3>\n<p>Install ntfs-3g with <code>sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g</code>.\nThen run the <code>ntfsfix</code> command on your NTFS partition.</p>\n<p>For example:</p>\n<pre><code>ntfsfix /dev/hda6\n\nntfsfix ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h3>NOTE: THIS ANSWER IS BOTH OUTDATED, AND NOT ADVISED IF YOU HAVE READ ERRORS.</h3>\n<p>Install ntfs-3g with <code>sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g</code>.\nThen run the <code>ntfsfix</code> command on your NTFS partition.</p>\n<p>For example:</p>\n<pre><code>ntfsfix /dev/hda6\n\n...
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47702
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47716
2011-06-08T19:34:31.410
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<p>I have a couple files and <code>ls</code> sorts them like this:</p> <pre><code>a _b c </code></pre> <p>but I want to have</p> <pre><code>_b a c </code></pre> <p>How can I do that?</p>
12824
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2024-03-16T22:10:01.137
2024-03-17T06:28:20.950
Tell `ls` to sort by regular ASCII codes, not "intelligently"
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As a one-off command you can do this:</p>\n\n<p><code>LC_COLLATE=C ls</code></p>\n\n<p>Or you can add <code>export LC_COLLATE=\"C\"</code> to your .bashrc to make it permanent (may have unexpected results sorting elsewhere).</p>\n\n<p>More information on <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums...
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47705
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2011-06-08T19:37:44.343
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<p>I've recently installed 11.04 on a fresh <em>Lenovo ThinkPad T410</em> with a <strong>9-cell</strong> battery, but it totally drains up from full battery after about 2:30 - 3:00 hours of normal use (mainly web surfing).</p> <p>The other problem is that brightness keys are detected, but not working. when I increase/...
19539
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2012-02-20T22:19:29.557
Thinkpad T410 abnormal power consumption and brightness keys behaviour
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>About energy consumption... That's not the strong side of Ubuntu. It drains my 6-cell battery in 2 hours usually. Ubuntu uses lots of effects, services, etc. </p>\n\n<p>If you want your laptop to work longer, try <strong>Unity2D</strong> desktop environment. It looks nearly l...
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47712
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2011-06-08T20:15:55.000
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<p>I'm looking for a fast and functional music player that can work with a huge library of music files. Banshee is quite OK, however it uses too much resources on my laptop and hangs from time to time. Probably because of my huge library. Rhythmbox was even worse. Exile got broken after some time.</p> <p>Is there a pl...
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2012-02-04T14:40:38.303
2014-03-12T04:16:42.310
Music player that works with a large library of music files
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I Use <a href=\"http://www.clementine-player.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Clementine</a> for managing about 50 GB of my music without any problem. \nIt is simple,fast and easy to use. </p>\n\n<p>See here for <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/42532/what-media-pla...
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2014-04-03T16:01:07.180
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47715
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2011-06-08T20:27:44.963
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<p>I face the problem that I need to copy a list of hyperlinks from LibreOffice Calc to an HTML file:</p> <p>I created the list in LibreOffice Calc (3.3.2) with the function hyperlink(Link-Text;Link-URL). The Links work in the spreadsheets. Until now I have not found any way to copy such a Link (Link-Text not equal Li...
19542
6969
2011-06-27T20:32:52.083
2013-03-09T16:56:52.757
Copy Hyperlinks in LibreOffice
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I tried this, and it worked:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Select the cells you want to copy (optional)</li>\n<li><em>File / Export</em></li>\n<li>File type: <em>XHTML</em></li>\n<li>Click on <em>Selection</em> checkbox (optional)</li>\n<li>Choose filename and click <em>Save</em> button</...
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2011-06-08T20:36:57.023
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<p>I would like to control/recover/delete files on Amazon. How is this done?</p>
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2024-04-02T08:54:15.810
How do I find out what Amazon has stored?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Easy, assuming you're using your own AWS account. Login here: <a href=\"http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/</a> then click the \"Sign in to the AWS Management Console\" at the very top. Select the appropriate bucket and bam - there's you...
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47718
1
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2011-06-08T20:39:01.797
2
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<p>I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.04 as a second OS on a laptop that has Windows 7. In Windows, I have created the below partitions:</p> <ul> <li>C: -> NTFS - 52GB (Windows installation)</li> <li>D: -> NTFS - 94GB</li> <li>E: -> NTFS - 82GB User Data </li> <li>U: -> NTFS -20GB This is where I want to install Ubuntu ...
19545
4937
2011-06-08T21:00:36.263
2011-06-09T04:54:21.093
Can't use a particular partition for Ubuntu installation
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I can see a major problem with your partition scheme. You see, Ubuntu requires two partitions to install (one of them is for swap memory). Chances are that your current setup groups all the partitions under one extended partition, or quite simply because you only have \"free\...
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47723
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47727
2011-06-08T21:21:25.793
3
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<p>What the best E-mail clients are available and integrate well with Ubuntu. </p> <p><strong>Including the features:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support of notifcations for messages/News(RSS). </li> <li>Integrate well with the events in the time/date indicator</li> <li>What E-mail services do they support ? </li> <li>etc....
4937
4937
2011-06-09T10:47:20.090
2011-06-09T10:47:20.090
What E-mail clients are available?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I enjoy <a href=\"http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Evolution</a> the default mail client for Ubuntu. </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>An integrated e-mail program with an address book, calendars and tasks.</li>\n<li>IMAP, POP3, and SMTP support</li>\n<li>Intelligen...
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47724
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2011-06-08T21:22:55.670
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/72646/gnome-3-notifications-are-replaced-with-notify-osd-when-the-machine-goes-to-slee">Gnome 3 notifications are replaced with notify-osd when the machine goes to sleep</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have gnome shell...
19549
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:30.040
2011-09-06T03:06:57.467
Is it possible to replace notify-osd with Gnome 3 Indicators?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm reasonably certain that those will only run if you have gnome3 fully installed. Unity does not run on Gnome3 at the moment, so you will probably have to run them through Gnome-Shell (which is quite nice by the way)</p>\n\n<p>Edit: See comment by Uri Herrera below for more...
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2012-05-07T14:43:29.340
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2011-06-09T01:00:44.963
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<p>Some BIOSes have an option to start the computer from a fully off state (not suspended) at a specific 'alarm' time. Is there any command or way to set this in Ubuntu without restarting and going to the BIOS?</p> <p>(I have a server+router running for a school network and sometimes some random (well intentioned) peo...
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2011-06-10T21:48:11.667
2020-06-04T21:20:17.790
Automatically start at specific time like BIOS?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Easy. First you need to check if your computer supports wake-up on RTC. Most computers created in the last 10 years support this feature. First you need to enable RTC in BIOS settings, this is done in the boot process. On my BIOS it's possible to configure what S-signals the wake-up ...
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2011-06-09T01:15:32.773
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<p>I have an Ubuntu natty 64bits installed (server edition with ubuntu-desktop installed to have gnome-desktop there (with no suggested packages) on a server using a Tyan S7025 board with an ntegrated VGA ASPEED ast2050.</p> <p>The VGA works with a correct resolution, but it's very (really) slow. I've searched for the...
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2013-12-24T13:17:51.363
Anyone have the Aspeed ast2050 vga working from a Tyan S7025?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I had the same problem as you, although the card model is different. In the end, I downloaded the driver from <a href=\"ftp://x.org/pub/individual/driver/xf86-video-ast-0.91.10.tar.gz\" rel=\"nofollow\">ftp://x.org/pub/individual/driver/xf86-video-ast-0.91.10.tar.gz</a> and built the...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I had the same problem as you, although the card model is different. In the end, I downloaded the driver from <a href=\"ftp://x.org/pub/individual/driver/xf86-video-ast-0.91.10.tar.gz\" rel=\"nofollow\">ftp://x.org/pub/individual/driver/xf86-video-ast-0.91.10.tar.gz</a> and b...
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2011-06-09T01:15:48.093
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<p>Can I make a transparent terminal wallpaper on my desktop? </p> <p>I've done this in the past but can't remember what I did.</p>
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2012-05-09T15:03:54.730
2012-05-09T15:03:54.730
Can I configure a transparent terminal over my wallpaper?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>by <a href=\"http://maketecheasier.com/author/Damien_Oh\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Damien</a> - [HowTo] Set Terminal As a Transparent Wallpaper In Your Ubuntu Desktop</p>\n\n<p><strong>Configuring the Terminal Profile</strong></p>\n\n<p>The profile allows you to configure how your...
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47748
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2011-06-09T01:18:24.257
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<p>I'm new to OpenLDAP but through tutorials and documentation I have been able to setup a LDAP Addressbook where users can retrieve email addresses and mobile numbers with their email clients (Thunderbird, Outlook). I was the one who created the entries from scratch with the LDAP Manager.</p> <p>I want to create a Ph...
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2011-07-20T08:31:59.793
2011-07-20T08:31:59.793
How do I assign an Address-book admin for OpenLDAP?
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2011-06-09T02:40:51.250
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<p>Currently my music is sorted like this:</p> <pre><code>Music ├── Artist 1 │   ├── Album 1 │   └── Album 2 ├── Artist 2 │   ├── Album 3 │   ├── Album 4 │   └── Album 5 ├── Artist 3 │   └── Album 5 ├── Artist 4 │   └── Album 5 └── Artist 5 └── Album 5 </code></pre> <p>What is the easiest way to reorganize it lik...
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2021-08-05T09:23:16.120
2021-08-05T09:32:35.913
How can I move compilation albums into a "Various Artists" folder?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you are willing to download an application onto your computer, then I would advise installing Picard. Follow these steps:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p>Install Picard using:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install picard\n</code></pre>\n<p>or</p>\n<pre><code>sudo aptitude install picard\n</code>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The only way I can think of attaining this would be to individually sort them into order.</p>\n<p>You could start by going into Nautilus and pressing <kbd>F3</kbd> which would give you a split screen.</p>\n<p>Then on one part of the split screen you would create a <code>Vario...
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47760
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2011-06-09T03:24:56.457
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<p>I'm a KDE user which is currently using Unity. I really liked the Unity launcher, but really prefer the KDE desktop.</p> <p>So, I was wondering whether there's a chance that a KDE plasmoid which implements the Unity launcher to be developed. Things like having launchers and running applications combined, and ideall...
24731
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2011-09-28T20:52:54.870
Unity launcher for KDE
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A new task manager plasmoid, Icon Tasks has some nice features that including Unity API support.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Icon+Tasks?content=144808\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/Icon+Tasks?content=144808</a></p>\n", "comment...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Maybe you should look for Avant Window Manager alternatives for QT or use its GTK version with QTCurve or something. I remember that AWN has combined launchers and running applications, although not progress bars, counters or quick lists. However, it can replace a complete pa...
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2011-06-09T05:07:22.317
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<p>I recently installed Ubuntu Natty (11.04) and now pressing Alt+Left/Right arrow key switches my tty to the adjacent one. How can I reconfigure the keyboard shortcuts so that this stops happening?</p> <p>Update: I enabled Ctrl-Alt-Backspace restarting X. Now when I start my computer and then restart X, this problem ...
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2012-07-13T09:18:20.560
2015-05-31T15:32:00.887
Switching tty shortcut
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Click on the application icon on the Unity bar. Type keyboard and double click on the entry labelled as, \"Keyboard Shortcuts. Scroll down the list until you get to the item that says, \"Move window one workspace to the left\". Click on each of items and change the shortcut t...
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/34671/getting-completion-feature-with-altf2-in-unity">Getting completion feature with Alt+F2 in Unity?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I finally upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 and so far, I am liking the experience.</p> <p>Th...
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2017-04-13T12:24:00.547
2012-09-23T10:41:58.623
How can I use tab completion in the 'Run a command' box?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Couldn't find any solution to this.. as a result, got used to with the default Unity behavior :-/</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-07-22T04:51:05.053", "id": "54090", "lastAc...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, Natty is different and making something different may result in bugs.\nCrashes might happen. For the top bar a restart (re-log-in) usually helps.\nI didn't have many problems with Unity.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": ...
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2012-09-13T13:57:01.970
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2011-06-09T06:11:30.223
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<p>I want to set the 'Path' variable in a .desktop file relative to the location where the desktop file is located and I can't manage to do that. </p> <p>When I don't declare it or set it to blank it defaults to my home folder no matter where I run it from; and it doesn't accept values relative to my current location ...
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2012-05-16T10:04:23.850
2023-03-08T10:21:58.430
How can I set the 'Path' variable in a .desktop file to be relative to the location where the desktop file is located?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You cannot set the CWD inside a .desktop file. If you want an application to have a specific CWD, you will need to write a simple wrapper script for the application, that looks something like this:</p>\n<pre class=\"lang-sh prettyprint-override\"><code>#!/bin/sh\n\n(cd /where/you/wan...
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2011-06-09T07:17:20.607
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<p>I have Ubuntu running on a computer that is going to be part of a public exhibition. The problem is that the power is shut down each night and restarted in the morning. </p> <p>My question is what I can do to limit the damage this will do to the system? Is it possible to write protect the system hard drive? Can I s...
19571
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2011-06-09T12:32:00.127
Survive hard reboot
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would advice to shut down your system before they turn the power off. It is easily done automatically from within Ubuntu. </p>\n\n<p><code>sudo crontab -e</code></p>\n\n<p>add to the bottom:</p>\n\n<p><code>0 22 * * * /sbin/shutdown -h now</code></p>\n\n<p>And your system ...
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2011-06-09T07:29:03.417
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<p>I've so far opted out of the complete Unity experience, preferring the Ubuntu classic (gnome-shell) on my desktop.</p> <p>However, Unity's "dash" (the thing that opens from the Ubuntu button in the top-left corner) seems interesting, especially the "more apps" -functionality that displays shortcuts to software cent...
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2012-07-03T19:45:54.753
2013-03-01T08:04:10.577
Using the "dash" from Unity interface in classic mode?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It won't be completely similar in appearance and it won't have the \"More Apps\" functionality, but <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/cardapio\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cardapio</a> has the ability to search for applications by typing, among other things.</p>\n", "commentCount": "...
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2011-06-09T08:44:36.163
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<p>I want to update the kernel version of my current 10.04 LTS to at least 2.6.37 (because the drivers for my eth0 and wlan0 interfaces are included in the said kernel). </p> <p>If it is possible, how do I do this? Is there a repo I add to my sources list?</p>
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2011-08-19T17:33:18.837
2014-11-25T14:00:58.163
Can I update the kernel of my 10.04 LTS to the latest kernel?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is no longer necessary to use a PPA to install 2.6.38 on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid.</p>\n\n<p>The ubuntu-updates repository for lucid has it now. You probably already have that in\n/etc/apt/sources.list</p>\n\n<pre>\n$ apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.38-12-generic \nlinux-image...
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2011-06-09T09:15:05.503
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<p>I want to run my script in crontab, but I have some problems...</p> <p>In my script I run this command:</p> <pre><code>db2 connect to myDB2 </code></pre> <p>This works fine when I run this as <strong>db2inst1</strong> user, but when I run this script in <strong>db2inst1 crontab</strong>, I get this:</p> <blockqu...
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2012-06-26T00:10:04.690
2018-08-06T09:24:19.493
"command not found" when running a script via cron
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2011-06-09T10:11:26.323
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<p>I am trying to install <a href="http://clipyourphotos.com/bulkr" rel="nofollow">Bulkr</a>, an Adobe AIR application for downloading Flick photos in Ubuntu 11.04 but the installation fails with an error dialogue box that says <strong>"The application could not be installed. Try installing it again. If the problem per...
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2015-10-26T23:29:57.827
2015-10-26T23:29:57.827
error in Version string 'v1.4': version number does not start with digit;
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>'v1.4' is not a valid version number for a .deb package. Previous versions of dpkg just ignored that but now it's an error. See <a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/147533\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/147533</a></...
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47807
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2011-06-09T10:42:57.137
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/34430/can-i-skip-over-releases">Can I skip over releases?</a><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/45666/is-it-possible-to-skip-releases-during-an-upgrade">Is it possible to skip releases during an upgrade?</...
19581
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:04.307
2012-09-09T14:51:02.130
Skipping intermediate Ubuntu OS upgrade to latest one,How do I upgrade from 9.04 to 10.04.2?
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2012-09-10T01:11:47.783
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2011-06-09T10:48:40.380
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<p>Where can I get some GIMP tutorials?</p>
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2014-03-07T17:23:21.520
2014-03-07T17:23:21.520
What GIMP tutorials are available?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/\">Gimp.org</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://gimpology.com/\">Gimpology</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://libregraphicsmag.com/\">Libre Graphics Magazine</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://mygimptutorial.com/\">Mygimptutor...
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2014-03-07T23:01:28.093
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2011-06-09T10:51:45.837
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<p><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/794975" rel="nofollow">Launchpad bug #794975</a></p> <p>I have a nVidia GeForce 8600 GT video card. I'm not using closed source drivers (so I'm using what ever the default ubuntu/linux drivers are). I have 2 monitors plugged in the back of them. Both moni...
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2011-06-09T11:10:04.783
2012-08-16T14:23:21.480
Dual Screen Monitor not working after 11.04 upgrade
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Actually I had it wrong. I was using the closed source drivers. I found out when I greped for nvidia in dmesg. I <code>apt-get remove</code>d that package (think it was <code>nvidia-current</code>), and rebooted and everything works now.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "...
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47814
1
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2011-06-09T11:02:57.700
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<p>My nautilus does not show a preferences button or file/edit etc when I hove over the left top. I recently did a clean install of Ubuntu natty narwhal 11.04. What happened and how can I fix this? See screnshot here </p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1KZrz.png" alt=""></p>
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2011-06-09T13:51:31.570
2011-12-25T15:08:20.880
Nautilus preferences and menu missing
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<ol>\n<li>Install compiz fusion icon from synaptic</li>\n<li>In compiz fusion icon choose for \"select windows manager' and then for Metacity.</li>\n<li>If you have your preferences and menu back then compiz is the reason why.</li>\n</ol>\n", "commentCount": "1", "commen...
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2012-01-08T12:32:27.850
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47819
2011-06-09T11:11:37.777
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<p>where can i find the default test page in ubuntu ?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BPId0.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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5149
2011-06-10T14:44:54.857
2018-05-05T19:16:57.623
Where can I find the default printing test page?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>These 2 are on our system: </p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/share/system-config-printer/testpage-a4.ps\n/usr/share/system-config-printer/testpage-letter.ps\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Oh and looks like if you delete these the CUPS test page is used.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ ...
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47816
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2011-06-09T11:11:43.813
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<p>When I run a rsync to backup my home folder over the network like so:</p> <pre><code>rsync -avhz --progress --delete /home/dbdean/ david@tv.local:/home/backups/david/ </code></pre> <p>I seem to have problems with my quite large <code>.VirtualBox/HardDisks/Windows XP.vdi</code> file. Occasionally the wifi will sile...
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2011-06-21T09:14:53.757
2011-06-21T09:14:53.757
What can I do about rsync of large files killing my laptop's wifi connection
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Are you using an Atheros wifi card on Natty? If so, try upgrading your Linux kernel to 2.6.39. See my answer on <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/29950/wireless-on-an-atheros-ar9285-is-slow-and-disconnects/49649#49649\">Wireless on an Atheros AR9285 is slow and disconnects</a...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think because rsync use all bandwidth in wifi <strong>CMIIW</strong>, you must limit rsync banwidth usage so other proccess still work. try to add -<em>-bwlimit</em> parameter, then your script will be like this :</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>rsync -avhz --bwlimit 10 --progre...
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47825
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2011-06-09T11:50:51.363
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<p>I have a friend who is familiar with <a href="http://www.etype.com/" rel="nofollow">etype</a>. This application helps him by completing and suggesting words while he's typing. Now he is using Ubuntu by my suggestion but he really needs this application on Ubuntu. </p> <p>Since there is no etype Ubuntu version, is t...
9701
9701
2011-08-19T08:23:00.390
2011-08-19T08:23:00.390
Tool to complete words while typing
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Nothing system-wide, it seems, but good news: OpenOffice Writer has this function built in! <a href=\"http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Word_Completion\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Word_Completion</a></p>\n\n<p>In fact a lot of linux ap...
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2011-06-09T11:53:11.860
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<p>Does Banshee support Last.FM iPod scrobbling ? Rhytmbox does!</p>
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2013-12-25T05:35:44.973
2013-12-25T05:35:44.973
Does Banshee support Last.FM iPod scrobbling?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not currently: see <a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536389\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bug 536389</a>. It's a commonly requested enhancement, but so far no one has offered a patch, and this doesn't seem to be a high priority for the core developers.</p>\n", "c...
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2013-05-07T11:28:22.010
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2011-06-09T12:34:57.443
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<p>My gVim has this annoying bottom border:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/nS9q9.png" alt="fat border gvim" /></p> <p>I wish it didn't and looked more like gnome-terminal for example:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RlQsN.png" alt="pretty gnome-terminal" /></p> <p>Is there any way for gVim to loo...
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2021-03-28T11:31:54.153
2021-03-28T11:31:54.153
How to remove gVim's fat bottom border (and resize grip)?
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47832
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47833
2011-06-09T12:35:21.497
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<p>Can i upgrade my linux Kernel 2.6.38 to the new one 2.6.39.1? Is it safe and stable to upgrade it in my Ubuntu Natty?</p> <p>THNX!</p>
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2011-06-09T14:03:04.877
2011-06-10T18:05:29.117
Upgrade Linux Kernel to 2.6.39.1?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Kernel PPA</strong></p>\n\n<p>The Ubuntu Kernel team <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~kernel-ppa/+archive/ppa?field.series_filter=natty\" rel=\"nofollow\">have a PPA</a> which they maintain with the latest version of the kernel for Natty - having just checked, the current ver...
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2011-06-09T13:43:51.223
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<p>I've installed this new Kernel version (2.6.39.1) and it seems to me that isn't stable. When i boot my laptop it blocks.... and it shows a Fail on Graphics... What is the problem?</p> <p>I've installed proprietary drivers FGLRX.</p> <p>My Laptop is a Acer Aspire 5542G AMD64 bits ATI Radeon HD4570 4gb Memory</p> <...
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2011-06-09T16:25:56.967
2011-06-28T21:59:08.147
Problems to boot on Natty with Kernel 2.6.39.1
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A very similar Question was recently raised <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/50687/fglrx-catalyst-11-6-is-it-compatible-with-kernel-2-6-39/50688#50688\">here</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The resolve the black screens for the proprietary FGLRX catalyst driver, you will need to patch the ke...
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2012-05-22T18:59:57.560
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2011-06-09T14:10:31.023
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<p>I want to install <strong>Ubuntu 10.04.2</strong> on laptop, but first time I run Ubuntu live CD it runs perfect, but when a rebooted the live CD don't want to boot anymore. Live CD sometimes gives kernel panic(<code>Kernel panic - not syncing attempted to kill init!</code>), sometimes it goes to busybox. I also tri...
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2011-06-09T14:58:59.990
2011-06-09T14:58:59.990
Cannot boot live cd, various errors(sometimes kernel panic, sometimes it goes to busybox)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Burn a new CD, it has been damaged.</p>\n\n<p>Boot again on the CD and choose the \"Check the CD for errors\" option. I expect a lot errors.</p>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-09T14:45:11.457", "id": "52914", "postId": "478...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Burn a new CD, it has been damaged.</p>\n\n<p>Boot again on the CD and choose the \"Check the CD for errors\" option. I expect a lot errors.</p>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-09T14:45:11.457", "id": "52914", ...
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2011-06-09T14:56:46.390
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<p>I know it is possible to install an app from the Software Center via clicking an <strong>apt</strong> link in a web page. But is it possible to install a repository by clicking also?</p> <p>For example when a user clicks on a link it does this:</p> <p><code>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa</code> but by...
7035
10698
2014-01-10T16:48:48.743
2014-01-10T16:48:48.743
Is it possible to install a repository via a web (Clicking in a webpage link)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>apturl</code> (the magic program that handles <code>apt://</code> URLs) does have code to handle <code>apt+http://</code> URLs like this:</p>\n<pre><code>apt+http://launchpad.net/~oli/ppa?package=olis-package\n</code></pre>\n<p>Which would theoretically add that PPA, install th...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>apturl</code> (the magic program that handles <code>apt://</code> URLs) does have code to handle <code>apt+http://</code> URLs like this:</p>\n<pre><code>apt+http://launchpad.net/~oli/ppa?package=olis-package\n</code></pre>\n<p>Which would theoretically add that PPA, in...
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47851
1
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2011-06-09T15:00:49.880
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/39430/how-to-go-from-11-04-to-10-04">How to go from 11.04 to 10.04</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I want to degrade my ubuntu from 11.04 to 10.04. After upgrading I am facing series of problems :( . Its sometime logged ...
10156
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:54.970
2011-06-09T15:46:57.520
Degrade from Ubuntu 11.04 to 10.04
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2011-06-09T17:43:53.183
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2011-06-09T15:10:27.150
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<p>Is it possible to execute a command from a single link?</p> <p>For example when a user clicks on a link it does this:</p> <p><code>sudo apt-get install vlc wine openshot</code> but by clicking on a link</p>
7035
10698
2014-01-10T16:22:36.927
2014-01-10T16:22:36.927
Run a line command from a web (Clicking in a webpage link)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your particular example is possible via the apt-uris:</p>\n\n<pre><code>http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/wine\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This will open wine in the software centre, giving the user the <em>option</em> to install it.</p>\n\n<p>Running arbitrary commands on any Ubuntu machine is (hope...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Lol found it thanks to Oli's post here <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/47850/is-it-possible-to-install-a-repository-via-a-web-clicking-in-a-webpage-link\">Is it possible to install a repository via a web (Clicking in a webpage link)</a></p>\n\n<p>It is possible to i...
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2011-06-09T15:13:55.340
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<p>I was wondering how to get the information about a package in the terminal, before installation with <code>apt install</code> so that I can decide whether to install it, based on the description.</p> <p>Thanks!</p>
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2022-01-19T10:56:27.967
2023-08-20T03:51:21.600
How to get information about a package before installation in the terminal?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use </p>\n\n<pre><code> apt-cache show PACKAGE\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>to see the description and some other information about package after its installed </p>\n\n<pre><code> dpkg -L package_name\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>to see what files the package contains.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2",...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use </p>\n\n<pre><code> apt-cache show PACKAGE\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>to see the description and some other information about package after its installed </p>\n\n<pre><code> dpkg -L package_name\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>to see what files the package contains.</p>\n", "commentCo...
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47857
1
49058
2011-06-09T15:20:52.743
3
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<p>I think I'm hitting the same error as <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21986/evolution-has-no-access-to-couchdb">Evolution has no access to couchdb</a> but the first step in the solution is to "stop desktopcouch service"</p> <p><code>Service</code> doesn't know desktopcouch (or couch, as far as I can tell)....
13049
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.887
2011-06-16T13:13:13.973
Stop and start desktop couch with "service"?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Seems what I wanted was <code>/usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-service</code> and/or <code>/usr/lib/desktopcouch/desktopcouch-stop</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-06-16...
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47864
1
47876
2011-06-09T15:42:58.053
3
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<p>I want to develop swing applications using the visual editor in Eclipse, but it need Eclipse 3.6. But it is already up-to-date using synaptic package manager. Is there a separate PPA for the version 3.6?</p>
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2011-06-09T16:08:08.330
2011-06-12T16:01:37.127
How to update Eclipse 3.5.2 to 3.6.2?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is an German <a href=\"http://fernmannblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/21/aktuelles-eclipse-selber-paketieren/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">article</a> that describes how to package your own Eclipse. I just summarize it.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Install build tools:</p>\n\n<p>sudo apt-get install...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need to download Eclipse 3.6 from the <a href=\"http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/\" rel=\"nofollow\">official site</a>, there is no PPA available.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", ...
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47865
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2011-06-09T15:45:28.287
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<p>I have <code>apt-get</code> 0.7.23.1 on host machine. I do not have root, thus not able to update it, or install other packages.</p> <p>I want to download <code>.deb</code> packages with it, but neither</p> <pre><code>apt-get -d bash </code></pre> <p>(Invalid operation bash)</p> <p>nor</p> <pre><code>apt-get -d...
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2018-04-11T12:01:58.187
2018-04-11T12:01:58.187
E: Package 'guile-1.8-dev' has no installation candidate this is an error i got
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The command <code>apt-get download</code> wasn't added until version 0.8.11 of <code>apt</code>. It was first available in Ubuntu 11.04 (which uses apt 0.8.13.2). I'm not sure what you're running as AFAICT no supported version of Ubuntu contains version 0.7.23.1 of <code>apt</code>. ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>apt-get download [package]</code> works without root privileges but only for Ubuntu Natty and newer. You can also use <code>apt download [package]</code>.</p>\n\n<p>If you've got <code>aptitude</code> installed, you can run use <code>aptitude download [package]</code></...
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2018-04-11T13:47:22.283
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2011-06-09T15:45:58.817
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<p>I currently have a dual boot 120 GB HDD, with Windows XP on sda1, Linux (Ubuntu 11.04) OS on sda6 and Linux /home on sda7 partitions. </p> <p>When I want to use the only remaining Windows program that I need (MMoney), I boot into my existing Windows partition.</p> <p>I want to cease using Windows because I do not ...
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2011-06-09T16:13:24.437
2011-06-10T08:24:41.717
New to Virtualbox with basic questions
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>1) If I install exP as a guest OP in\n VirtualBox, will I still need to\n maintain/update Windows regularly as I\n do now on its existing sda1 partition\n to keep it secure?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Yes and No - If you intend to access the internet then yo...
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47868
1
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2011-06-09T15:55:09.797
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<p>Gnome Shell makes use of a single application menu that is always present in the top bar. It gets its contents via GtkApplication. In the current stable version nothing really uses it, but for GNOME 3.2 that will probably be changing. For example, a mockup for GNOME Contacts has an application menu that is mandatory...
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2011-06-09T19:05:02.463
2011-06-09T19:05:02.463
What is Unity going to do about Application menus?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2011-06-11T02:18:25.877
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47873
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2011-06-09T14:46:16.120
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<p>I'm trying to determine whether my IP has been statically or dynamically assigned in Ubuntu 11.04 from within C. The closest I've come is examining <code>/var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.leases</code>, but that doesn't change if a static IP is assigned (as it caches DHCP leases for future connection attempts).</p> <p>So... i...
20150
10616
2011-06-09T20:11:18.450
2015-12-18T13:54:58.660
Check if IP is static or dynamic programmatically
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I guess you're referring to the IP assignment of your ubuntu machine locally and not your external/public IP.</p>\n\n<p>Perhaps the following output could be of some help: </p>\n\n<p><code>cat /etc/network/interfaces |grep ^iface\\ eth0 | awk -F ' ' '{print $4}'</code></p>\n...
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Alex
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2011-06-09T16:39:51.773
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<p>For some reason, I've got some graphical issues sometimes. Mostly with AbiWord, LibreOffice (and OpenOffice.org), and Wine applications. I've added some screenshots below t oclarify a bit. This is not a problem that recently popped up. As a matter of fact, I've always had it since <em>Ubuntu 8.10</em>, and there nev...
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2018-05-13T13:17:27.317
Graphics problems with applications
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers/+bug/568492\" rel=\"nofollow\">known bug</a> in the nvidia drivers. Unfortunately, since you're using proprietary drivers, there is no way of getting this bug fixed except by maybe complaining on nvnew...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What version of Java are you using (specifically, is it the latest)? If you're using openJDK, have you tried using Sun Java (and purging OJDK)? I can't speak for AbiWord, and your \"Wine programs\" is too vague, but I know LO/OO.o runs on Java, and Java issues sometimes manif...
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47880
1
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2011-06-09T16:59:32.520
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<blockquote> <p>Unable to open address book</p> <p>This address book cannot be opened. This either means that an incorrect URI was entered, or the server is unreachable.</p> </blockquote> <p>I tried the solution (and suggestions) in <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21986/evolution-has-no-access-t...
13049
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2012-04-02T21:47:19.463
Can't open Evolution CouchDB address book
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This was solved several weeks after this post (It is mentioned in the link you provided). My recommendation is:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Update 10.10</p></li>\n<li><p>Upgrade to a new release</p></li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>This is since the link mentioned by you did not work (Does not work...
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2012-04-05T08:35:01.010
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47881
1
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2011-06-09T17:08:22.890
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<p>I have managed to add my MFC-295CN printer to my Ubuntu 11.04 desktop. However, I need some help adding the scanner. from the Brother website I am instructed to install the driver step 4-3) Command (for dpkg) </p> <p><code># dpkg -i --force-all (scanner-drivername)</code></p> <p>and the example given is: <pre>...
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2011-06-09T17:10:34.487
2011-06-12T17:13:07.137
Brother MFC-295CN Scanner
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ok I have downloaded your file and will show you how I do it:</p>\n\n<p>After accepting this page: </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/47lzv.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>The download starts and when it finishes at the bottom I click the li...
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47883
1
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2011-06-09T17:51:17.867
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<p>Although, I don't like Windows 7 Starter, I have to keep it for some programs that won't run on Linux. </p> <p>So, I was wondering if I could dual boot and install Ubuntu 11.04 as my main OS and, if I do so, I will still be able to go back to Windows with the recovery CDs included with the laptop.</p>
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2012-04-09T01:41:05.190
2012-04-09T01:41:05.190
Should I dual boot on a Toshiba Satellite c645? ( Win7 Starter / Ubuntu 11.04 )
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have installed Ubuntu many times alongside Windows. <br />\nDuring install you will be asked: </p>\n\n<p>How to partition your disk?</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Use whole HDD (this would delete Windows)</p></li>\n<li><p>Side by side - You can choose with a simple handler as to how...
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47884
1
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2011-06-09T17:54:55.077
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<p>I want that one of the users (not in the sudoers list) have Internet access from 14:00 until 16:00 and from 17:00 until 18:30. Is it possible? Can I set different time intervals for different week days?</p>
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2014-01-13T18:02:09.933
2015-10-06T07:54:06.127
How to restrict user's access to the internet for time intervals?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use iptables's <code>owner</code> extension to block a user from accessing the net, like</p>\n\n<pre><code> sudo iptables -A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner user_you_want_to_block -j REJECT\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now you can use cron to add or remove those rules (which may need a l...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use iptables's <code>owner</code> extension to block a user from accessing the net, like</p>\n\n<pre><code> sudo iptables -A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner user_you_want_to_block -j REJECT\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now you can use cron to add or remove those rules (which may ...
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47886
1
47889
2011-06-09T18:02:04.950
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<p>I was wondering why this package is not found in Synaptic Package Manager: <a href="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man1/any2djvu.1.html" rel="nofollow">http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man1/any2djvu.1.html</a>, while it is shown in <a href="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/" rel="nofollow">http:...
1471
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2016-05-31T19:53:21.727
Why is this package not shown in Synaptic Package Manager
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>any2djvu</code> is a command and not a package. Synaptice/USC you search for packages.\nThe answer to your questions is also on the manpage:</p>\n\n<pre>\n\nnatty (1) any2djvu.1.gz\nProvided by: **djvulibre-bin_3.5.23-3ubuntu2_i386**\n\nSEE ALSO: The entire djvu suite, eg djvu(...
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47891
1
47892
2011-06-09T18:18:43.363
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<p>I just happened to notice that <code>dpkg --print-avail PACKAGE</code> (same as <code>dpkg -p PACKAGE</code>) is failing on my Ubuntu 10.04.2 server. Should I be concerned?</p> <p>For example:</p> <pre><code>$ dpkg -p a2ps Package `a2ps' is not available. </code></pre> <p>But:</p> <pre><code>$ dpkg -l a2ps Desir...
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2011-06-09T18:27:32.977
dpkg --print-avail PACKAGE fails
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No need to be concerned at all. <code>dpkg</code> only looks to see if packages are available in <code>/var/lib/dpkg/available</code> From the manpage:</p>\n\n<pre><code> -p, --print-avail package-name...\n Display details about package-name, as found in\n ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No need to be concerned at all. <code>dpkg</code> only looks to see if packages are available in <code>/var/lib/dpkg/available</code> From the manpage:</p>\n\n<pre><code> -p, --print-avail package-name...\n Display details about package-name, as found in...
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47897
1
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2011-06-09T19:18:38.763
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<p>If having installed some packages downloaded from website , I was wondering if it is possible to have auto notification when its update is available, just as those packages in Ubuntu repositories.</p> <p>Can the packages downloaded be in deb form, or even in source code?</p> <p>For example, </p> <ol> <li>nevernot...
1471
62483
2013-11-02T03:18:52.693
2013-11-02T03:18:52.693
Is it possible to automatically nofity for update of manually installed packages?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you add a PPA, rather than just downloading the deb, it will be automatically updated as its within the scope of the package manager.</p>\n\n<p>Manaually added packages (i.e. from debs,) and source downloaded from soureforge are not, however, and the only way I can think o...
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47898
1
47931
2011-06-09T19:21:41.977
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<p>I am trying to completely remove some of the applications, using Synaptic Package Manager, that I have uninstalled in Ubuntu 11.04. I'm pretty sure I am doing everything correctly. I check the application as "mark for complete removal," but the Apply button stays unclickbable. I also tried 'sudo apt-get purge (appli...
13751
6005
2012-06-12T19:08:24.247
2012-06-12T19:08:24.247
Why can't I completely remove any applications?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>this has just worked for me:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo dpkg --purge [package name]\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-10T03:55:18.993", "id": "53022", "postId": "47931", "score": "0", "text": "Yes! It wo...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<pre><code>sudo apt-get remove &lt;package_name&gt;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This command removes an installed package, leaving configuration files intact.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get purge &lt;package_name&gt;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This command completely removes a package and th...
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47901
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2011-06-09T19:24:40.480
2
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<p>Edubuntu website offers two possible downloads, x86 and 64 bit. I need to be able to install Edubuntu on a computer with no internet access and allow it to run within Windows XP. I cannot do this as a dual boot installation due to policy limitations. </p> <p>I can put the .iso on the computer, and I can put Wubi in...
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2011-06-09T19:27:59.200
2014-06-10T06:46:33.120
Can I install Edubuntu in windows using wubi?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can install the standard Ubuntu Desktop edition with wubi, then install the edubuntu package(s) that you need. This will allow you to use wubi and then also have edubuntu installed as well, without needing to download Edubuntu from them (note that Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubu...
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47904
1
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2011-06-09T19:45:36.063
1
540
<p>When waking up from sleeping my netbook (ubuntu 11.04) is very fast (less than 10 secs). However most of the time building up the wlan connection takes 30 secs. Somewhere I read, that setting your wireless at home to manual setting would speed up the connection process.</p> <p>Could somebody explain me what to put ...
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17610
2011-06-09T19:58:05.267
2011-07-12T17:10:33.227
how to switch from automatic dhcp to manual setting of the wireless network
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>maybe you mean something like this...</p>\n\n<p>run <code>nm-connection-editor</code> , go to tab wireless, choose network that youre connecting to and then change method from dhcp to manual, click add, type your current IP, netmask and gateway, then add your dns servers. You...
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47905
1
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2011-06-09T19:50:16.743
2
363
<p>The question should be simple: I carelessly replaced the file <code>/usr/share/gnome-session/sessions/classic-gnome.session</code> without making a backup file. The thing is that I didn't get what I needed and I need to get back the original version of this file.</p> <p>Machine (laptop): 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), kern...
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2011-06-09T20:54:39.050
2011-06-09T20:54:39.050
Original classic-gnome.session
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is a vanilla 11.04 classic-gnome.session file:</p>\n\n<pre><code>[GNOME Session]\nName=Classic GNOME\nRequired=windowmanager;panel;filemanager;\nRequired-windowmanager=gnome-wm\nRequired-panel=gnome-panel\nRequired-filemanager=nautilus\nDefaultApps=gnome-settings-daemon;...
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47906
1
47908
2011-06-09T20:01:08.027
4
950
<p>I am using Ubuntu on a bespoke router and after seeing the latency drops capable with custom compiling on Gentoo, I would like to recompile all packages with CFLAGS="-march=atom". The <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rebuilding-ubuntu-debian-linux-binary-package/" rel="nofollow">guide for this</a> and a <a href...
6779
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2011-06-09T20:12:24.733
Recompile all packages and trigger on updates
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have a look at <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/en/man1/apt-build.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">apt-build</a> (not installed by default)</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-10T06:13:21.677", "id": "53034", "po...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have a look at <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/en/man1/apt-build.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">apt-build</a> (not installed by default)</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-10T06:13:21.677", "id": ...
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47910
1
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2011-06-09T20:35:10.233
2
1000
<p>I am using Ubuntu 10.10 but unable to connect my ZTE MODEM (CDMA MODEL: AC 682). Then I tried to install <code>wvdial.deb</code> from my local drive but it showing message (<code>E:File not found</code>) invain to install. </p> <p>Please tell me how to solve this problem.</p>
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32886
2012-01-04T03:35:02.680
2012-01-04T03:35:02.680
How to Install wvdial.deb?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-09T21:03:47.940", "id": "52995", "postId": "47910", "score": "0", "text": "You can [install wvdial](http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/wvdial) from the Software Center. Are you sure you need to install that wvdial.deb? Did you follow a guide to install your modem? If yes, please ...
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2012-03-06T19:18:25.687
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47912
1
47922
2011-06-09T21:14:59.213
2
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<p>I had installed Ubuntu 10.10 using wubi so I could dual boot with Windows and Ubuntu. Now I am upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04 using the upgrade option provided within Ubuntu itself (using the update manager).</p> <p>Will this in any way affect my Windows and other files on my HDD? I hope the installation of the new pack...
19522
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2011-06-09T22:04:24.910
Upgrading from 10.10 to 11.04 when 10.10 was installed using Wubi
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It will be fine. I just did that a few weeks ago. It just does it's thing and all your files will be unaffected. Everything stays in your Wubi virtual partition. Nothing is formatted and it does not affect Windows in any way. :) </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It will be fine. I just did that a few weeks ago. It just does it's thing and all your files will be unaffected. Everything stays in your Wubi virtual partition. Nothing is formatted and it does not affect Windows in any way. :) </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments...
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47914
1
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2011-06-09T21:17:36.697
6
1019
<p>Has anyone else experienced this situation? </p> <p>I can only click one single time on <strong>Libreoffice writer 3.4</strong> Unity Launcher.</p> <p>Then, it simply freeses and don't respond... Any way to fix it?</p>
15945
6005
2012-06-13T14:39:03.570
2012-06-13T14:39:03.570
Libreoffice Unity Launcher Doesn't Work
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6
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-09T22:24:30.250", "id": "53000", "postId": "47914", "score": "0", "text": "Are you able to launch LibreOffice Writer from the command line? The reason I ask is because sometimes output to the terminal may provide some insight as to what had gone awry.", "userDispl...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is a bug already opened for it in Launchpad, that is to be released soon:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/842566\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/842566</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "commu...
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2011-12-28T13:23:22.197
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47915
1
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2011-06-09T21:18:31.000
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<p>I'm having a hard time fixing the ACPI subsystem of an HP laptop (<a href="http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&amp;cc=us&amp;objectID=c02787040&amp;jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Pavilion DV6-6008el</a>, Ubuntu Natty 64-bit).</p> <p>I can boot only if <code>acpi=o...
72540
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:04.307
2012-12-23T13:54:54.600
ACPI issue, help to fix broken DSDT on an HP Pavilion DV6-6008el
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-01T18:47:10.287", "id": "62338", "postId": "47915", "score": "0", "text": "The source is not accessible (it requires some password I didn't have). On the surface it looks like there is a superfluous External definition on line 37, which you could try to remove.", "...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could try installing the fglrx drivers and tweaking the acpi options with aticonfig. Here is the link to the unofficial AMD wiki <a href=\"http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Main_Page\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Main_Page</a>. It has helped me a lot....
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47916
1
57952
2011-06-09T21:21:08.510
4
695
<p>Was installing apt-build. Saw three levels of optimization for code, "Light", "Medium" and "Strong". It warned that strong would lead to system instability, so I opted for Medium. </p> <p>Is there an observable difference between the levels of optimization?</p> <p>Should I just go -O3?</p>
19034
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2011-08-20T14:10:01.950
What are the different uses for apt-build optimization levels?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd say this hardly depends on the code you are compiling.</p>\n<p>Whatever you choose there, will end up as flag for GCC, so following <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/en/man1/gcc.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">GCC's manpage</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><cod...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd say this hardly depends on the code you are compiling.</p>\n<p>Whatever you choose there, will end up as flag for GCC, so following <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/en/man1/gcc.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">GCC's manpage</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\...
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47918
1
47923
2011-06-09T21:49:50.743
15
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<p>I want to enable wake-on-lan for my network cards, for always. The <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WakeOnLan" rel="noreferrer">community guide</a> recommends adding the relevant command to <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code>. In past experiences editing Ubuntu conf files, it's extremely likely that the n...
8515
98096
2015-01-07T02:41:52.810
2022-11-18T10:02:21.510
How can I enable wake-on-lan permanently?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A boot script run after the network cards are configured should do the trick. Ubuntu uses upstart. After reading about upstart jobs, ethtool, writing an upstart script, and searching the interwebs for a better solution, I came up with <a href=\"https://gist.github.com/721245\" rel=\"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A boot script run after the network cards are configured should do the trick. Ubuntu uses upstart. After reading about upstart jobs, ethtool, writing an upstart script, and searching the interwebs for a better solution, I came up with <a href=\"https://gist.github.com/721245\...
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47920
1
47990
2011-06-09T21:55:42.567
2
1743
<p>I spend some time between both worlds, Unity and Gnome Classic (No Effects) and I would like to know where can I find the quick launch icons of the Gnome Classic panel in Unity so i can simply drag&amp;drop them in the Unity Launcher.</p>
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7035
2011-06-10T00:09:50.987
2011-06-10T13:45:39.263
Where can I locate the Gnome Classic Panel "Quick Launcher" icons in Unity
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2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-09T22:42:09.220", "id": "53008", "postId": "47920", "score": "0", "text": "With \"Unity Panel\" do you mean the launcher or the Dash (see [unity terminology](http://askubuntu.com/questions/10228/whats-the-right-terminology-for-unitys-ui-elements/19166#19166))? Please e...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Normally, we import in your unity launcher icons existing launchers from gnome-panel, netbook-launcher, unity maverick, your desktop content and some docks like cairo-dock, docky, awn the first time you launch it. It tries to agregate duplicates to have just one icon in the launcher ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't think there's anywhere that the launchers themselves are stored, although there appears to be a list of them in gconf-editor > apps > panel and then somewhere in there, I can only see the default things as I don't use Gnome classic. However, it's probably best just to...
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47930
1
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2011-06-09T22:47:00.907
3
591
<p>I have just upgraded to Ubuntu Natty, but I found there is not the kbib package any more. Can anybody tell me why? Which is the easiest way to have kbib on Natty?</p>
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2011-06-10T18:29:55.707
2012-03-21T23:04:23.807
What happened to the kbib package?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't know why it's off the repos, but you can find it <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/+package/kbib\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "cre...
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47935
1
null
2011-06-09T23:25:55.513
2
1966
<p>How can you filter out files in a given folder by typing in characters into a "filter by" box? Is there a script or extension that will enable this functionality in Nautilus?</p>
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2011-06-10T09:29:13.717
2015-02-27T02:35:52.400
Filter files in a folder?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In Natulius press \"CTRL + F\", and search for '.[extension]'.</p>\n\n<p>For example, to locate all the MP3s in a folder you'd type '.mp3'.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-10T08:01:50.060", "id": "53059", ...
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47937
1
47939
2011-06-09T23:42:31.260
9
2799
<p>How can I set my Ubuntu to not only update regularly (and automagically) the security updates (I could set that when installing ubuntu), but to update ALL the packages automatically, in the background, without user interaction?</p> <p>Extra question: if I could configure that how often does my Ubuntu box check for ...
15019
235
2011-06-09T23:44:48.967
2023-12-15T17:25:47.543
How do I set my system to auto-update without user interaction?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install the <code>unattended-upgrades</code> package, and edit its config file to install all packages, not just security updates:</p>\n\n<p>Edit the file <code>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>// Automatically upgrade packages from these (origin, a...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install the <code>unattended-upgrades</code> package, and edit its config file to install all packages, not just security updates:</p>\n\n<p>Edit the file <code>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>// Automatically upgrade packages from these (o...
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47938
1
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2011-06-09T23:52:37.903
11
5942
<p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/35920/checking-laptops-battery-state-in-a-terminal">This question</a> tells me how I can find the state of my battery from the command line. </p> <p>While this is useful information sometimes I need something quicker, basically like the percentage or enough for me to determi...
235
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.887
2016-10-09T15:06:00.413
How can I get the percentage of my battery life from the command line?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2016-10-06T05:54:17.450
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47941
1
null
2011-06-10T00:03:45.787
2
126
<p>Until today, I had desktop-webmail as my preferred e-mail client. Today, I clicked on an e-mail link, and up popped an Evolution window.</p> <p>I do not know of any changes that I deliberately made to desktop-webmail or the preferred applications settings.</p> <p>When I opened the preferred applications settings, ...
19630
null
null
2011-12-08T21:59:18.270
Program Preferences no longer recognizes Desktop webmail
[ "email", "preferences" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I made a new <code>desktop-webmail</code> release and uploaded new packages for Ubuntu to my <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~asac/+archive/ppa\" rel=\"nofollow\">PPA</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense...
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47942
1
48967
2011-06-10T00:22:01.327
12
5779
<p><strong>The core issue is:</strong> <em>ANY</em> gnome session not sitting ontop of a real physical/native display --or shadowing that display (ie. NXserver's shadow mode)-- has faulty privileges. Even when run as root!</p> <p>Any comments on a way to fix the problematic behavior for the VNC/non-shadow NX sessions?...
19550
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:12.600
2012-11-19T22:10:19.127
When machine is headless, user is no longer privileged
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I located the culprit.<br>\nTested on a fresh install, confirmed it's a bug.</p>\n\n<p>I submitted a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/797960\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug report</a></p>\n\n<p>In short the issue is: The polkit authentication dialogue will ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I located the culprit.<br>\nTested on a fresh install, confirmed it's a bug.</p>\n\n<p>I submitted a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/policykit-1/+bug/797960\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug report</a></p>\n\n<p>In short the issue is: The polkit authentication dialog...
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47947
1
48910
2011-06-10T00:54:16.083
1
4021
<p>Everytime I try to copy a CD to Banshee I get an "unable to fetch track information" message? (While connected to internet)</p>
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2020-07-11T17:55:33.543
Banshee not able to get track information?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-12T19:41:56.070", "id": "59087", "postId": "47947", "score": "0", "text": "Possible duplicate: http://askubuntu.com/q/43905/2079", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2079" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have you tried using Sound Juicer (aka Audio CD Extractor, available in the software centre)? I often get the 'unable to fetch track info' error message in Banshee, and most of the time have no problem with Sound Juicer. It seems that when there is a conflict (there are two possible ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have you tried using Sound Juicer (aka Audio CD Extractor, available in the software centre)? I often get the 'unable to fetch track info' error message in Banshee, and most of the time have no problem with Sound Juicer. It seems that when there is a conflict (there are two p...
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47950
1
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2011-06-10T02:11:06.113
0
453
<p>I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 32-bit on my old P4-Ati Radeon rig. Boots well, gets into desktop, however left bar and top bar are garbled. Main desktop area and windows in that area are mostly fine, however some windows such as settings window have areas that disappear when mouse-over occurs. Right click menus also ...
19637
6005
2012-06-12T15:42:54.220
2012-06-12T15:43:08.070
Unity desktop launcher and bars look garbled with Ati Radeon
[ "ati", "radeon" ]
3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-10T02:45:07.473", "id": "53018", "postId": "47950", "score": "0", "text": "If it makes you feel better I have an Nvidia 9500 and it had the same problems when Ubuntu 11.04 came out. Over time there has been several fixes. For me all the upper bars (Title and Windows Ba...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's known issue with ATI/AMD video cards on Ubuntu 11.04. \n<a href=\"http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Natty_Installation_Guide\" rel=\"nofollow\">This source</a> \nwas very helpful for me. Just need to read attentively and follow an instructions how to install propri...
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47953
1
47974
2011-06-10T03:17:58.200
15
48017
<p>I mean I'm already here right. If not, why?</p>
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2023-10-27T21:18:33.867
Can I run fsck or e2fsck when Linux file system is mounted?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No.</p>\n<p>Do not run fsck on a live or mounted file system. <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man8/fsck.ext2.8.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>fsck</code></a> is used to check and optionally repair a Linux file systems. Running <code>fsck</code> on a moun...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No.</p>\n<p>Do not run fsck on a live or mounted file system. <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man8/fsck.ext2.8.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>fsck</code></a> is used to check and optionally repair a Linux file systems. Running <code>fsck</code> o...
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47955
1
47959
2011-06-10T03:23:38.817
8
1321
<p>I've never used Linux before and I'm a little unsure.</p>
2973
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2022-12-20T09:50:15.747
How can I try Ubuntu without changing anything on my computer?
[ "windows", "mac" ]
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Download the ISO from <a href=\"http://ubuntu.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Ubuntu.com\">Ubuntu.com</a> and follow the directions on the site. </p>\n\n<p>Put the disc in your drive and boot up the computer. It will boot into the live environment. Live meaning it is running off the C...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Download the ISO from <a href=\"http://ubuntu.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Ubuntu.com\">Ubuntu.com</a> and follow the directions on the site. </p>\n\n<p>Put the disc in your drive and boot up the computer. It will boot into the live environment. Live meaning it is running o...
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47961
1
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2011-06-10T03:51:37.423
7
3575
<p>Looking for some good software for making photo albums for my personal use. Seen some good programs in windows that generate flash albums. </p>
16989
22949
2012-10-20T13:53:56.673
2012-10-28T12:11:34.727
Photo album making software
[ "gnome", "software-recommendation", "ubuntu-one", "photo-management" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I love Google's \"Picasa\". A great program for managing pictures. You can also create movies, slideshows or upload photos to <a href=\"http://picasaweb.google.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"Picasa Web Albums\"</a>.</p>\n\n<p>You can download the .deb from <a href=\"http://picasa.g...
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47963
1
48537
2011-06-10T04:01:30.500
28
24599
<p>What is a quick and easy way to make a file that is, say, 2 GB in size?</p>
1859
null
null
2017-04-04T16:37:46.960
How can I quickly make a large file?
[ "files", "disk-usage" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/47963/how-can-i-quickly-make-a-large-file/47964#47964\">zero-fill method</a> (here modified to avoid <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/47963/how-can-i-quickly-make-a-large-file/48537?noredirect=1#comment1411072_48537\">potential m...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>An easy way would be to use the <code>dd</code> command to write a file full of zeros. </p>\n\n<pre><code>dd if=/dev/zero of=outputFile bs=2G count=1\n</code></pre>\n\n<ul>\n<li>if = input file</li>\n<li>of = output file</li>\n<li>bs = bytes</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Use G in the siz...
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47973
1
47996
2011-06-10T05:46:27.387
3
382
<p>I recently had crashed unity which I recovered using command unity --reset. I don't know what triggered this, but now I can't see the menu-bar of my applications lying in the top panel, rather, they are now integrated with the application, so like 10.10 and unlike 11.04 Is anybody having any fix for this?</p> <p>(s...
15992
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:00.547
2013-11-06T12:29:03.843
Unity not working correctly after using `unity --reset`
[ "11.04", "unity" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't know if this is going to work, but you might just give it a try:</p>\n\n<pre><code>metacity --replace\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If that doesn't work, try choosing 'Ubuntu Classic' down in the login screen, do a little browsing, log out or restart, then choose 'Ubuntu' again.</p>\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't know if this is going to work, but you might just give it a try:</p>\n\n<pre><code>metacity --replace\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If that doesn't work, try choosing 'Ubuntu Classic' down in the login screen, do a little browsing, log out or restart, then choose 'Ubuntu' agai...
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47976
1
47977
2011-06-10T05:58:16.617
8
2070
<p>I can't find a drop-down like 10.10 where I could list all the applications/menu. I understand that the launcher is there for it now, but somehow, I currently feel that I was more comfortable with the drop-down menus.</p> <p>Any fix for this one?</p> <p>(segregated from <a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/47766/15992...
15992
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.720
2012-02-01T04:10:40.527
How can I get a more traditional drop-down like menu for Unity?
[ "11.04", "unity" ]
6
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li>You can select <strong>\"Classic Ubuntu\"</strong>\nenvironment at the <em>log-in screen</em> if\nyou prefer classic Ubuntu.</li>\n<li><strong>Optionally</strong>, you can get this classic\nmenu indicator: <a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/06/classicmenu-indicator-puts...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li>You can select <strong>\"Classic Ubuntu\"</strong>\nenvironment at the <em>log-in screen</em> if\nyou prefer classic Ubuntu.</li>\n<li><strong>Optionally</strong>, you can get this classic\nmenu indicator: <a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/06/classicmenu-indica...
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47980
1
48051
2011-06-10T06:23:44.397
8
702
<p>I wonder if I install a kernel from the Ubuntu Kernel PPA and have 10.04 LTS as my version, because I like the long support period, will they follow the same end of support time?</p> <p>10.04 LTS desktop has april 2013 and server has april 2015 as end of support. If I look at the Ubuntu Kernel PPA site I cannot fin...
19588
169736
2014-05-17T04:22:03.093
2014-05-17T04:22:03.093
Are kernels from Ubuntu Kernel PPA supported for the same time frame as the version they are intended for?
[ "kernel" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you're interested in stability assurance &amp; tech support from Canonical, then a PPA kernel will definitely void that. In <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds</a> they write:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you're interested in stability assurance &amp; tech support from Canonical, then a PPA kernel will definitely void that. In <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds</a> they write:</p>\n\n<bloc...
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47994
1
48026
2011-06-10T07:54:04.823
4
804
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1148/what-is-the-best-place-to-install-user-apps">What is the best place to install user apps?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I use Mac and Windows and I'm switching on Ubuntu. I use a opensource program that is not pac...
15130
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2015-10-26T23:32:52.557
Where to install unpackaged applications?
[ "software-installation" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See for example this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/2053/17789\">question on installing applications</a>. Basically /opt/ or /usr/local/ are good places. See the <a href=\"http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#OPTADDONAPPLICATIONSOFTWAREPACKAGES\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See for example this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/2053/17789\">question on installing applications</a>. Basically /opt/ or /usr/local/ are good places. See the <a href=\"http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#OPTADDONAPPLICATIONSOFTWAREPACKAGES\" rel=\"nofollow nor...
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null
2011-06-10T12:15:18.877
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47997
1
null
2011-06-10T08:06:51.700
34
7944
<p>The Software Center has a section of <strong>For Purchase</strong> programs &mdash;see screenshot below&mdash;,<br> which is annonying me every time I want to install something.</p> <p>Is there any way to <strong>remove</strong> or <strong>hide</strong> these programs from the Software Center?</p> <blockquote> <...
4629
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:36.527
2014-01-12T06:38:53.450
How to remove the "For Purchase" section from the Software Center?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h3>For 11.10 and earlier</h3>\n<p>You can edit:</p>\n<p><code>/usr/share/software-center/softwarecenter/backend/channel.py</code></p>\n<p>and comment out (or delete) the following lines:</p>\n<pre><code>for_purchase_channel = None\n</code></pre>\n<hr />\n<pre><code>#create a &q...
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48001
1
null
2011-06-10T08:23:18.877
29
54582
<p><strong>Background:</strong> I'm using my bluetooth headset as audio output. I managed to get it working by the long list of instructions on <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BluetoothHeadset" rel="noreferrer">BluetoothHeadset community documentation</a>, and I have automated the process of activating the h...
8914
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:50.617
2023-09-13T05:02:36.587
Connect to bluetooth device from command line
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5
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2019-06-26T07:52:21.277", "id": "1919374", "postId": "48001", "score": "0", "text": "What tray tool is that? is it Blueman Manager tray icon? [Should Blueman manager tray applet list paired bluetooth devices?](https://askubuntu.com/q/1154073/925128)", "userDisplayName": nu...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h3>Bluetooth daemon</h3>\n<p>In the default installation a daemon (<strong>bluetoothd</strong>) runs in the background (run from the file <code>/etc/init.d/bluetooth</code>). This daemon takes care on recognizing and connecting to known bluetooth devices and may be cofigured wi...
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48002
1
56914
2011-06-10T08:25:30.217
3
403
<p>I've created a <code>encfs</code> mount on my home and I am starting it automatically with <code>gnome-encfs</code>, however there is no icon on the unity dock, but instead there is a icon on the desktop.</p> <p>I would rather have it on the dock since it seems more natural as it happens with USB sticks, CD roms, D...
1136
6005
2011-08-10T14:04:06.203
2011-08-13T08:30:18.977
How to get an encfs mount on the Unity launcher?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have no idea for the launcher but I use the Ubuntu AppIndicator <code>CryptFolder-Indicator</code>. </p>\n\n<p>You can find an introduction at <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/cryptfolder-indicator-ubuntu.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/cryptfolder-in...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have no idea for the launcher but I use the Ubuntu AppIndicator <code>CryptFolder-Indicator</code>. </p>\n\n<p>You can find an introduction at <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/cryptfolder-indicator-ubuntu.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/cryptf...
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48009
1
49208
2011-06-10T08:44:28.577
1
3089
<p>I am suffering from a xorg/Intel bug (specifically S-Video related: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/763688" rel="nofollow">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/763688</a>). This cropped up when I upgraded from Maverick to Natty.</p> ...
7146
6969
2011-06-10T08:48:26.573
2011-06-17T08:36:03.130
How can I install a previous version of xserver-xorg-video-intel?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I chatted to a colleague who gave me this answer. It is possible, but not advisable.</p>\n\n<p>To install an alternate package:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open Synaptic Package Manager</li>\n<li>From the menu select Settings | Repositories</li>\n<li>Add the alternate source (in my case the mav...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I chatted to a colleague who gave me this answer. It is possible, but not advisable.</p>\n\n<p>To install an alternate package:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open Synaptic Package Manager</li>\n<li>From the menu select Settings | Repositories</li>\n<li>Add the alternate source (in my case...
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48011
1
null
2011-06-10T08:56:32.210
1
117
<p>Yesterday I borrowed a friend's IPad to edit an Ubuntu-One note using the web interface. I found that I couldn't edit the text of a note, only the title. The contents of existing notes were rendered in a kind of "text box", however Safari did not allow me to edit any of the text. This was the same when trying to cre...
19651
null
null
2011-06-15T15:02:28.777
Editing Ubuntu one notes in Safari browser
[ "ubuntu-one" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's Safari.</p>\n\n<p>As far as I know, no mobile browser implements the things needed for that page to work. I don't really know why.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate...
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48013
1
48017
2011-06-10T08:58:49.770
7
13841
<p>When using Terminal Server Client, it is possible to access the Windows desktop (remote desktop), from an Ubuntu PC. </p> <p>Is the reverse possible?</p> <p>What is the Windows XP application used to connect to an Ubuntu desktop? </p> <p>Is the default <strong>mstsc</strong> application sufficient? If yes, what a...
9193
106495
2013-07-22T12:39:34.053
2014-05-14T09:15:10.847
How to access Ubuntu desktop from a Windows system?
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4
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, it is possible. You can use <a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Teamviewer</a> or <a href=\"http://www.realvnc.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">VNC</a> to do just that in a Windows system. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creat...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, it is possible. You can use <a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">Teamviewer</a> or <a href=\"http://www.realvnc.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">VNC</a> to do just that in a Windows system. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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48014
1
369309
2011-04-18T06:06:40.843
52
143548
<p>I have a custom package installed on my Ubuntu 10.10, and trying to remove it, I got:</p> <pre><code>$ sudo dpkg -r package sub-process script post-installation installed returne an error state 127 </code></pre> <p>(the message returned from the command was translated from portuguese(br).</p> <p>So, I noted that ...
14492
169736
2013-12-10T11:32:51.210
2022-12-08T23:05:40.887
How force remove when post-installation script always fail
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may need to manually remove the package using:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo dpkg --purge --force-all package\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Replace <code>package</code> with the name of the package.</p>\n\n<p>Do note: its recommended to report a bug if the package is not yours or is unknown to y...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may need to manually remove the package using:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo dpkg --purge --force-all package\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Replace <code>package</code> with the name of the package.</p>\n\n<p>Do note: its recommended to report a bug if the package is not yours or is unkn...
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Gabriel L. Oliveira
48019
1
48022
2011-06-10T09:19:47.407
3
6086
<p>Knowing file extensions really helps to understand what a program is doing or using. What are some common one's and how do I extract them?</p>
2973
null
2011-06-10T11:49:21.773
2011-06-10T14:06:50.510
What are the common file extensions in Ubuntu?
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3
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-10T14:46:10.307", "id": "53150", "postId": "48019", "score": "2", "text": "Newbie questions spree tonite, @wojox ? In an OS where file extentions play little role, its quite \"weird\" to ask about the common ones, specially since most are inherited from Windows.", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>File extension are up to the creator of the file. In Linux you can name something <code>music.mp3</code> but if it is a text file it will open with <code>gedit</code> if that is your texteditor because it will look at the 1st bit/byte(?) where it says what kind of file it is. </p>\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>File extension are up to the creator of the file. In Linux you can name something <code>music.mp3</code> but if it is a text file it will open with <code>gedit</code> if that is your texteditor because it will look at the 1st bit/byte(?) where it says what kind of file it is....
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user4815
null
48025
1
48034
2011-06-10T09:46:13.683
9
34990
<p>I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 as multipurpose server, so no GUI here. I haven't used it for a while and now when trying to install or update packages with apt-get it throws errors.</p> <p>An excerpt of the error messages:</p> <pre><code>root@vps609:/home# sudo apt-get update Err http://security.canonical.com jaunty-securi...
3701
34576
2011-12-11T21:15:05.627
2013-11-16T15:27:28.710
What to do when can't update anymore with apt-get?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ubuntu 9.04 has died. It has passed it live cycle. When a Ubuntu version is deprecated Canonical not only stops to give you security updates, its repositories go offline.</p>\n\n<p>So no more apt-get for 9.04. You can check the live cycles <a href=\"http://www.canonical.com/enterpris...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Support for Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty has ended on 23 October 2010. No updates will be released for that version. You need to upgrade Ubuntu to a newer version. I recommend doing a clean install.</p>\n\n<p>I see \"vps\" in your host name, your control panel might have an option to i...
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2014-10-20T13:21:30.223
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48029
1
52292
2011-06-10T10:04:17.700
5
3435
<p>Am on</p> <ul> <li>Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS</li> <li>Linux skiran 2.6.32-32-generic-pae #62-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 20 22:10:33 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux</li> </ul> <p>My machine froze for the 5th time in 2 days. </p> <ul> <li>Had to reboot, and login to a failsafe session to collect and review logs.</li> <li>ALT+F2 to run nm...
19654
18612
2012-02-06T01:59:24.547
2012-02-06T02:00:26.963
Investigating a system "freeze"
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13
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-10T10:14:53.103", "id": "53093", "postId": "48029", "score": "0", "text": "You can use pastebin.ubuntu.com to paste logs and provide a link here.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10077" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-10T10:16:14.350", "id": "530...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I noticed that my system freeze happened every time I had Firefox open - totally weird, I know. FF was at 4.x level.\nBut then, I was desperate to get a resolution for the system freeze problem; couldn't possibly work in the gnome-safe mode forever. \nI noticed that my update-manager...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Maybe you should try without the <code>thinkpad_acpi</code> module.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-10T13:13:44.227", "id": "53128", "postId": "48054", "score": "0", "text": "any reaso...
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48030
1
56302
2011-06-10T10:04:23.433
9
5122
<p>Will Ubuntu 11.10 ship with TeX Live 2010 or 2011? <a href="http://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html" rel="nofollow">It seems Debian will</a> <a href="http://osdir.com/ml/debian-tex-maint-debian/2011-05/msg00041.html" rel="nofollow">package TeX Live 2011</a> and TeX Live 2011 has now been released.</p> <p>See also: n...
19490
19490
2011-07-22T09:52:40.510
2012-12-01T20:11:49.193
TeX Live 2010 or 2011 in 11.10?
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-10T10:57:22.120", "id": "53102", "postId": "48030", "score": "3", "text": "Even after debian packages it it will take some time to filter into ubuntu. May I suggest you install directly from TUG instead? That way you are not dependent on distro packaging practices for ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unfortunately, it <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base\">appears</a> that Ubuntu 11.10 will still have TeX Live 2009, rather than either 2010 or 2011. As Ingo Gerth says, you can subscribe to <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base/+bug...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unfortunately, it <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base\">appears</a> that Ubuntu 11.10 will still have TeX Live 2009, rather than either 2010 or 2011. As Ingo Gerth says, you can subscribe to <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-b...
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48035
1
48037
2011-06-10T10:19:52.073
22
1555
<p>Well I loaded up update manager today and it wants to replace Firefox 4.0.1 with 5.0beta5. To double check I fired out <code>apt-cache policy firefox</code> and there it is:</p> <pre><code> 5.0~b5+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ natty-proposed/main amd64 Packages </c...
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2011-06-10T13:55:35.080
2011-06-10T13:55:35.080
Why is natty-proposed suggesting an upgrade to a beta version of Firefox?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Firefox 5.0 is just the next regular security update for 4.0.1 users, scheduled for release on June 21st. However, because of the new release model for Firefox, we also need to update the Firefox translations at the same time (and we will do for all future Firefox security updates). ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Firefox 5 final is scheduled for <a href=\"https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases\" rel=\"nofollow\">release on 21 Juny</a>, that'll soon be the next stable version.</p>\n\n<p>This crazy version bumping is possibly caused by the Chromium / Chrome which likes bumping the version nu...
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48039
1
null
2011-06-10T10:58:17.797
6
764
<p>I have installed dnscache (<code>dnscache-run</code>) from Ubuntu repositories and I have increased the CACHESIZE and DATALIMIT to 256MB (<code>268435456</code>).<br> Today I have tested it with one domain: <em>google.es</em>.<br> I have executed in console <code>dig google.es</code>:</p> <pre><code>;; Query time: ...
4870
8914
2011-06-10T11:49:31.090
2011-06-10T11:49:31.090
Does dnscache really improve the surfing speed?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2013-05-01T17:29:33.490", "id": "363431", "postId": "48039", "score": "0", "text": "Excuse the (very late) question but for anyone reviewing this, I see no reason to believe dnscache has an empty cache, only that it didn't cache Google's DNS records beyond their 5 minute time-...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Short answer: No, not really.</p>\n\n<p>Long answer: In my experience dnscache is very useful when it's installed to serve a number of different machines. Like for example on a router or a network gateway. It's not as useful for a lone machine, it's very likely that everybody...
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48042
1
48044
2011-06-10T11:36:43.700
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<p>I installed ubuntu server when I was not plugged into the network. I selected configured network at a later time when it asked about DHCP.</p> <p>How do I now install the network?</p> <p>There is no eth0 entry in the interfaces file.</p>
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2018-06-19T08:28:28.280
How to install ubuntu networking
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See <a href=\"http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-networking-configuration-using-command-line.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">here</a> for basic networking steps on Ubuntu.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo lshw -class network\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>will list all network interfaces on your serve...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See <a href=\"http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-networking-configuration-using-command-line.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">here</a> for basic networking steps on Ubuntu.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo lshw -class network\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>will list all network interfaces on yo...
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<p>If anyone has successfully installed Sybase ASE 15.5 on Ubuntu 10.10 or 11.04 please share your installation process step by step.</p> <p>Thanks in advance</p>
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2012-02-24T02:46:06.177
How can I install Sybase ASE 15.5 step by step?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try the steps <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1586556\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>. This may be of help.\nHow to install Sybase ASE on Ubuntu Linux from the forums </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "con...
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2012-02-24T09:56:12.800
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