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48050 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T12:21:06.640 | 1 | 1513 | <p>My notebook (ASUS A40J Series) comes with hybrid graphics: nVIDIA GF310M and Intel.</p>
<p>I can't use the nVIDIA card in my machine and am using Ubuntu 10.04.</p>
<p>How can I get this work?</p>
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48052 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T12:51:06.333 | 2 | 1393 | <p>I Re-installed ubuntu two weeks ago and at the start I could control Rhythmbox from the sound menu, but now it disappeared and i don't know how to bring it back.</p>
<p>In "Sound prefernces...", in the "Applications" tab, rhythmbox is shown but i can only control it's volume.</p>
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48053 | 1 | 65811 | 2011-06-10T12:52:00.857 | 3 | 3108 | <p>I want to output a video of gource, I follow this guide <a href="http://code.google.com/p/gource/wiki/Videos" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Creating videos with gource</a>
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48060 | 1 | 48066 | 2011-06-10T13:20:01.933 | 14 | 922 | <p>I'm building a new configuration and intend to buy an SSD with it. I recall that the first SSDs were problematic in Linux for some reason (maybe lack of TRIM support?).</p>
<p>Is there something to specifically avoid in today's SSDs? Or is it a safe bet to buy any?</p>
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48063 | 1 | 54890 | 2011-06-10T13:33:16.437 | 5 | 681 | <p>I can't seem to create new couchDB addressbooks in evolution or <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/47880/cant-open-evolution-couchdb-address-book">open the ones Evolution thinks I have.</a>. I've tried walking through <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/FAQ/WhyArentMyContactsInEvolutionSyncing" rel="nof... | 13049 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:46.240 | 2011-08-27T21:35:37.750 | Can't create CouchDB addressbooks in evolution? | [
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48072 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T13:56:26.610 | 1 | 408 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it">My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?</a> </p>
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48074 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T14:08:48.247 | 2 | 652 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37105/is-there-an-ubuntu-one-client-for-kubuntu">Is there an Ubuntu One client for Kubuntu?</a> </p>
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<p>Is there U1 client available for KDE? Just signed up for U1 to sync with my android phone, but c... | 19669 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:13.887 | 2012-04-21T09:12:23.510 | U1 client for KDE | [
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48075 | 1 | 48076 | 2011-06-08T17:54:14.820 | 1 | 1138 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/47213/how-do-i-troubleshoot-s-video-audio-jack-output-not-working">How do I troubleshoot S-Video + audio jack output not working?</a> </p>
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48077 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T14:20:34.033 | 7 | 564 | <p>I am serving in the Peace Corps in a poor Spanish speaking country. I manage several small computer labs. For reasons of limited networking, old computers, and unreliable electricity, I decided that the best solution for teaching computers here is to have the computers boot up to Edubuntu Live CDs. The learning game... | 19670 | 235 | 2011-06-10T14:31:27.277 | 2019-11-27T12:57:30.033 | How do I add an offline encyclopedia to an Edubuntu LiveCD? | [
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48079 | 1 | 48927 | 2011-06-10T14:34:23.350 | 5 | 724 | <p>I'm trying to write an application in C++ that uses the Ubuntu One OAuth token stored in the Gnome Keyring, but I can't find any documentation on either the Gnome or Ubuntu One developer sites that tell me how to do this.</p>
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48081 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T14:42:15.280 | 4 | 7174 | <p>I have a limited download plus upload at full band width then it drops to 68 Kb/s.</p>
<p>What is the total size downloaded when I upgrade to a new Ubuntu version? Will I be able to do it with 8 Gig left for this month or should I wait till next month when I am given more than 30 Gig?</p>
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48086 | 1 | 48091 | 2011-06-10T15:31:15.553 | 3 | 2015 | <p>My computer has an ATI card, which supports 3D, but doesn't refresh the screen properly.<br>
This is because I use the classic session on 11.04 instead of Unity. That's OK.</p>
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48088 | 1 | 48105 | 2011-06-10T15:33:31.030 | 4 | 3027 | <p>I would like to type a non-Latin script (Tamil) in Ubuntu 10.10.</p>
<p>I have installed iBUS, added all the Tamil packages in synaptic, and installed Tamil in <strong>Languages support</strong> and I still can't get it to work.</p>
<p>Any suggestions?</p>
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48089 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T15:36:32.133 | 2 | 216 | <p>I am using Unity. Today I upgraded some Metacity packages to the latest version with Synaptic Package Manager. After restarting the Window Buttons are gone, but the borders are still present.</p>
<p>I don't want to use Emerald.</p>
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48090 | 1 | 48095 | 2011-06-10T15:37:15.233 | 6 | 4670 | <p>I'm using version 3.4.9 (smack)</p>
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48092 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T15:41:14.087 | 3 | 1254 | <p>I'm using Natty 11.04 64bit, classic mode. I don't like the default setup of having two Gnome panels - one on top, one on bottom (seems like a waste of screen estate)</p>
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[main menu] | [running apps] [indicator applet]</p>
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48098 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T16:02:13.820 | 3 | 1713 | <p>I'm trying to connect to a VPN using the NetworkManager Cisco VPN client, and everything seems to be going fine when connecting. I click connect, the NM icon on the top panel displays the connecting animation, and NotifyOSD displays the banner informing me that I've successfully connected (i.e., the VPN server displ... | 16253 | null | null | 2017-09-18T22:36:06.103 | Traffic not tunneling through NetworkManager VPN Client, but vpnc works fine | [
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48099 | 1 | 48101 | 2011-06-10T16:17:14.440 | 0 | 354 | <p>I'm running LAMP on Ubuntu Server 10.04.2 LTS 64 bit and want to switch to 11.04. Why I want to switch is out of scope for this question.</p>
<p>What is a better choice and why:</p>
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<li>or to re-install?</li>
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48103 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T16:26:20.400 | 3 | 327 | <p>I have an icon problem with Ubuntu Natty: the ones on the panel are all black; the icons on the launcher have some color, but aren't all the right icons. It has been this way since I installed Natty. </p>
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48106 | 1 | 48109 | 2011-06-10T16:40:38.640 | 5 | 657 | <p>Is there a way to use gnome-do to launch some man page in the help GUI? Or some other two-click approach I could employ?</p>
<p>I can open help and then use <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>L</kbd> to open <code>man:find</code> -- can I make that even faster?</p>
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48111 | 1 | 48123 | 2011-06-10T17:47:04.700 | 15 | 3650 | <p>For helping others quickly, SSH is very useful, especially combined with GNU Screen. It's common that users are behind a NAT router. Even if the user can configure the router, it takes some time to remember the password, find the right options, etc.</p>
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48115 | 1 | 48162 | 2011-06-10T18:10:10.753 | 4 | 441 | <p>I am looking to buy a netbook that will last for a few years. It will be used for browsing and I want it to be snappy. </p>
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48116 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T18:14:14.260 | 4 | 9431 | <p>I've already installed hplip, it printed a test page, but it won't print from any program. It shows the printer in the list of printers, and it's checked as the default printer. I've restarted a couple times. </p>
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48117 | 1 | 64322 | 2011-06-10T18:14:31.623 | 5 | 40919 | <p>I installed sage on ubuntu but nothing on the command line executes. The relevant portion in the long error message is: </p>
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Error importing ipy_profile_sage - perhaps you should run %upgrade?
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48129 | 1 | 50000 | 2011-06-10T20:04:12.143 | 146 | 170735 | <p>ændrük <a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/48111/6969#48123">suggested a reverse connection</a> for getting an easy SSH connection with someone else (for remote help). For that to work, an additional user is needed to accept the connection. This user needs to be able to forward his port through the server (the server a... | 6969 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:44.127 | 2020-12-11T18:40:45.713 | How to create a restricted SSH user for port forwarding? | [
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48130 | 1 | 48142 | 2011-06-10T20:08:16.510 | 6 | 12760 | <p>I have a rar file. After extraction, it generates a file with Chinese name which is shown in Nautilus as:</p>
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48140 | 1 | 48188 | 2011-06-10T20:41:17.773 | 29 | 70459 | <p>Is there a Ubuntu compatible version of the "Adobe Shockwave Player?" I'm running Firefox and when I try to bring up one of my School's websites it says missing plugin. When I click on "Install missing plug-in" it says none found, so when I click on manually install plug-in it takes me to Adobe Shockwave Player inst... | 8357 | 169736 | 2014-03-17T12:16:02.353 | 2017-11-09T07:02:25.263 | Compatible version of "Adobe Shockwave Player?" | [
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48145 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T20:49:47.160 | 4 | 1681 | <p>On my VPS, when I type locale for a new user I get the following:</p>
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48147 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T20:54:24.180 | 1 | 326 | <p>I installed ubuntu 11.04 yesterday and I can only use ubuntu classic with no effects, because when I go on the normal ubuntu it flickers and stuff. My card is intel 82865G. I have tried adding i915 modeset or something to the grub but it makes my resolution REALLY small. I don't know what to do. This never happened ... | 19692 | 13751 | 2011-06-12T01:25:55.187 | 2011-09-10T22:49:04.687 | Installed 11.04 flickers horribly | [
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48149 | 1 | 48150 | 2011-06-10T20:56:40.250 | 2 | 896 | <p>I answered <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6310942/how-do-i-know-what-version-of-gjslint-i-have-installed/6311878#6311878">this question</a> but realize that it could be better.</p>
<p>How can I convert:</p>
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48151 | 1 | 48160 | 2011-06-10T21:04:22.137 | 4 | 1502 | <p>Is there a way to tell what encoding is used for the name and content of a file? Both GUI and terminal solutions (preferred) are fine. Thanks and regards!</p>
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48158 | 1 | null | 2011-06-10T21:44:28.717 | 8 | 9455 | <p>Sorry for asking a question similar to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/48130/encoding-and-decoding-error-in-non-english-name-of-compressed-file">my previous one</a>. The difference from the last question is that now it is in a zip archive where Chinese encoding in names of compressed files are not recogniz... | 1471 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:25:12.880 | 2015-12-18T04:51:57.530 | Chinese encoding in names of compressed files in zip | [
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48159 | 1 | 73315 | 2011-06-10T22:02:15.363 | 3 | 431 | <p>How does gnome know which applications support GIO and GVFS?</p>
<p>Example: I open a text file in <code>gedit</code>, gvfs is used transparently, but if I open it in <code>kate</code> (KDE equivalent), it will automatically map to <code>~/.gvfs/<path_to_file></code></p>
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48175 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T02:43:35.193 | -1 | 1501 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/10373/do-i-need-to-have-antivirus-software-installed-on-ubuntu">Do I need to have antivirus software installed on Ubuntu?</a> </p>
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48180 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T05:47:00.903 | 0 | 11764 | <p>I've followed the tutorial on this site: <a href="http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=132029" rel="nofollow">http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=132029</a></p>
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48181 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T06:08:23.937 | 0 | 1276 | <p>Does anyone know how to install drivers for my Epson Stylus NX125 all in one printer/scanner on Ubuntu? My windows xp hard drive was attacked by a virus and it locked up my applications so my cousin installed Ubuntu on my second 20 gig drive to access e-mail/Internet</p>
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48183 | 1 | 48226 | 2011-06-11T06:28:09.840 | 21 | 40283 | <p>I have several <code>.dvd</code> files which were created using <a href="http://www.openshotvideo.com/">OpenShot Video Editor</a>. To export the videos from OpenShot, I used the DV-NTSC widescreen and DV-PAL Widescreen property.</p>
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48184 | 1 | 48194 | 2011-06-11T07:05:30.587 | 4 | 427 | <p>I have enabled two stage verification in my Google account.</p>
<p>This has prevented me from logging into gtalk via empathy.</p>
<p>Any solutions?</p>
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48187 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T08:37:48.503 | 17 | 4331 | <p>I'd like to move my <a href="https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster" rel="nofollow noreferrer">project hamster time tracking</a> data from one PC to another. How would I go about that?</p>
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48189 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T08:48:29.460 | 2 | 188 | <p>I have been setting up my machine to automatically rip a CD upon insertion and create a bunch of different formats. </p>
<p>So far this works great but I have noticed that the autoplay only works if I am logged into the desktop and the screen is unlocked.</p>
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48191 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T09:09:30.027 | 5 | 1881 | <p>A few days ago, I upgraded to a new kernel. Unfortunately, before the installation was finished, the computer froze and I had to restart it forcefully.</p>
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48195 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T09:54:22.970 | 2 | 748 | <p>Can I make Tilda (or any window for that matter) close on lose focus?</p>
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48200 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T11:18:08.673 | 3 | 1070 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-offline">How can I install software offline?</a> </p>
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<p>I will be using Ubuntu on a computer without internet connection. Is it possible to download from some place a... | 13394 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:00.547 | 2011-06-19T12:53:28.723 | Download all ubuntu packages | [
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48201 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T11:18:40.250 | 9 | 3608 | <p>Recently I found that window borders keep disappearing intermittently in Unity! Especially when either Google Chrome or Mozilla Thunderbird are running.</p>
<p>Is there a way out?</p>
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48206 | 1 | 137260 | 2011-06-11T11:41:42.920 | 7 | 1509 | <p><a href="http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/">e4rat</a> is said to increase the boot speed on ext4 filesystems. However, it requires the ureadahead component of Ubuntu to be <a href="http://e4rat.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page#Debian.2FUbuntu">disabled</a>.
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48210 | 1 | 59700 | 2011-06-11T12:34:09.197 | 6 | 11481 | <p>I created a master/template in Impress by selecting:</p>
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48213 | 1 | 48232 | 2011-06-11T13:18:17.093 | 3 | 1195 | <p>I want to install Transmission v2.22 in /opt in Ubuntu Natty but I do not want to remove the new version.</p>
<p>Is there a way to do it?</p>
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48215 | 1 | 57390 | 2011-06-11T13:42:29.560 | 8 | 13252 | <p>I am having a problem where when I try to run say GParted, when I am prompted for a password, it says "Incorrect Password"</p>
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48218 | 1 | 48286 | 2011-06-11T14:06:22.413 | 6 | 1668 | <p>Using 11.04 I uninstalled Banshee from the Software Center, restarted the system but still it's visible in the sound menu. How can I get rid of it?</p>
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48227 | 1 | 48230 | 2011-06-11T15:26:13.613 | 2 | 3762 | <p>I'm ripping a Mozart DVD, but I only need to extract a few chapters (tracks) from it. I try to use dvdrip but it only extracts me the Title (the whole video). Is there any program to do this? Thanks</p>
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48233 | 1 | 48239 | 2011-06-11T15:59:08.237 | 2 | 3340 | <p>I need to start the GNOME 2 desktop environment manually from scratch but have a few questions. This is an experiment, you can call it a school project.</p>
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48240 | 1 | 48258 | 2011-06-11T16:47:56.707 | 4 | 1145 | <p>I followed some articles on how to change the prompt, I've got the result I was looking for, but when the cursor reach the end of the screen it doesn't go new line and <code>tab</code> completion it's strange.</p>
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48241 | 1 | 48263 | 2011-06-11T16:51:29.647 | 3 | 417 | <p>What about a Ubuntu One client for WebOS?</p>
<p>This an awesome operating system. </p>
<p>Already have a Pre phone and I'll have the TouchPad. </p>
<p>Are you planning to release a WebOS client soon?</p>
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48242 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T16:54:40.163 | 3 | 620 | <p>I'm downloading packages with <code>sudo apt-mirror</code>. What should I do next to set packages being installed from the downloaded packages? I can't even see where are the packages downloaded by default. I looked at <code>/var/cache/apt/archives</code> but it seems there aren't downloaded to this place.</p>
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48243 | 1 | 48249 | 2011-06-11T16:55:27.090 | 11 | 8647 | <p>This is probably something I don't understand since I am used to Windows
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48245 | 1 | 48246 | 2011-06-11T17:02:11.060 | 40 | 89936 | <p>What software is available for using webcams or ways of checking if my webcam is working correctly after installing Ubuntu.</p>
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48251 | 1 | 48364 | 2011-06-11T17:55:51.850 | 2 | 4478 | <p>I have a Minecraft sever running that gets started automatically using the init.d scripts. Now I want to be able to give myself admin privileges but I need to send commands to the server. How can I do that without stopping it and running it manually?</p>
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48253 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T17:59:29.007 | 2 | 571 | <p>Currently my Ubuntu takes quite a bit to boot ~1min. Windows is about the same, even faster I think.</p>
<p>I installed bootchart and ran it but not sure what to make of the results. Can someone take a quick look and suggest what could speed up my laptop's boot time?</p>
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48257 | 1 | 48259 | 2011-06-11T18:55:43.363 | 2 | 14182 | <p>I've downloaded a variety of colorschemes for vim, but none of the white background colorschemes that I've tried have worked in vim, only in gvim. I expect this has to do with the color limitations of the terminal.</p>
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48265 | 1 | 48267 | 2011-06-11T20:24:01.760 | 5 | 1976 | <p>Is it possible to integrate Gmail tasks with Evolution 2.32.2 running on Ubuntu 11.04? </p>
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48266 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T20:34:33.980 | 5 | 4926 | <p>How can I setup neatx server on ubuntu natty? I'm looking for a step by step guide from a fresh natty installation.</p>
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48268 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T20:45:11.553 | 4 | 498 | <p>What mail programs fit on a netbook screen?</p>
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48269 | 1 | 48271 | 2011-06-11T20:49:00.693 | 7 | 5301 | <p>I need to change the postfixes of all files (all the same .JPEG) to .jpeg (Capital vs. lower case).<br>
Is there a quick way of doing so?</p>
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48278 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T21:35:52.360 | 1 | 304 | <p>I was surprised that lspci and the nvidia x server settings application didn't give me the same amount of video memory for my nvidia card. A bit of googling brought me to <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1604448" rel="nofollow">this site</a>. There it says that lspci doesn't show all the video memor... | 142 | null | null | 2012-02-22T07:50:22.417 | How do I find out the correct amount of video RAM of a radeon card when using the open source driver? | [
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48281 | 1 | 48285 | 2011-06-11T21:43:28.653 | 7 | 739 | <p>I know how to whitelist applications so as to allow them into the Unity system tray, but how do I figure out exactly what string I need to whitelist?</p>
<p>The application I'm interested in is <a href="http://cdemu-tray.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">cdemu-tray</a>, but a general answer would be nice.</p>
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48282 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T21:44:06.120 | 4 | 187 | <p>I've just googled, but I've found nothing, so... How to disable metacontacts at all? I don't want to use this feature.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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48283 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T21:47:02.163 | 7 | 6125 | <p>I am using the latest kernel on a Dell LAtitude E4310 with 8Gbyte RAM</p>
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48289 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T22:49:55.753 | 2 | 218 | <p>If I boot Ubuntu 11.04 and I have a Microsoft Wirless Mobile Mouse 3500 plugged in, nothing happens after I reach the grub screen and select Ubuntu for booting (I get the grub screen at boot since I'm dual booting).</p>
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48292 | 1 | 48328 | 2011-06-11T23:05:55.223 | 1 | 219 | <p>I'm looking for a good recording application other than Audacity that will work with the Autotalent ladspa plugin. It keeps crashing whenever I apply the Autotalent effect. Audacity is working fine with all the other plugins, just not Autotalent.
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48294 | 1 | null | 2011-06-11T23:22:31.603 | 3 | 215 | <p>I am currently attempting to play <em>Battleswarm: Field of Honor</em> through a Wine in Ubuntu. While the installation was successful, the in-game stuff was riddled with bugs for me, preventing me to play at all.</p>
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48299 | 1 | 48309 | 2011-06-12T00:48:05.547 | 126 | 247806 | <blockquote>
<p>This question exists because it has historical significance, but it is not considered a good, on-topic question for this site, so please do not use it as evidence that you can ask similar questions here. See <a href="https://askubuntu.com/faq">the FAQ</a> for more information.</p>
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48300 | 1 | 48307 | 2011-06-12T00:58:19.760 | 1 | 614 | <p>I've downloaded Midori, and am attempting to build and install. According to the install instructions, I need to do this:</p>
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48303 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T01:32:26.457 | 4 | 11399 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4834/how-do-i-rebuild-a-corrupt-dpkg-status-file">How do I rebuild a corrupt dpkg status file?</a> </p>
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48319 | 1 | 48348 | 2011-06-12T07:13:30.733 | 3 | 7796 | <p>Most of the times after installing ubuntu, we forget to enable Remote Desktop. How ever we have installed ssh in all the ubuntu systems. Is it possible to enable Remote Desktop remotely? It will be helpful for us if it is possible.. I hope someone will write a possible solution, thanks in advance..</p>
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48320 | 1 | 48325 | 2011-06-12T07:37:57.143 | 1 | 3293 | <p>We would like to monitor few servers,like if the server goes down i
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but i have no idea on how to setup it. It will be so kind if someone helps
me to setup it. Thanks in advance..</p>
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48321 | 1 | 48327 | 2011-06-12T07:42:14.977 | 433 | 851975 | <p>How can I make an application automatically start when I have logged in?</p>
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48331 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T08:51:55.547 | 1 | 675 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1081/how-do-i-encrypt-my-home-partition">How do I encrypt my home partition?</a> </p>
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48332 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T08:57:43.610 | 3 | 2194 | <p>I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on someone's computer which it had a 'Connexant Fusion 878A' PCI card installed, the card is problematic, I had to unplug it just to use the Live CD.</p>
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48333 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T08:57:53.843 | 1 | 4611 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/24027/how-to-resize-a-ext4-root-partition-a-runtime">how to resize a ext4 root partition a runtime?</a> </p>
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<p>I am using ubuntu 11.04. I have installed GParted. </p>
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48336 | 1 | 48338 | 2011-06-12T09:38:13.280 | 4 | 747 | <p>My online banking requires Firefox 3.5 instead of the default Firefox 4 that comes with Ubuntu 11.04. How can I install version 3.5 to be able to have it running side-by-side to Firefox 4?</p>
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48337 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T09:41:56.770 | 2 | 2766 | <p>How can I use both Intel onboard graphic chip and nVidia card at the same time?
I googled a little and lots of people said I need SLI or crossfire support for both of my cards, but I managed to do so in Win 7 so I guess it could be done in Ubuntu.</p>
<p>Here's some information of my computer, any help?</p>
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48343 | 1 | 48345 | 2011-06-12T10:39:01.120 | 2 | 204 | <p>yeah yeah I know I should log out and select Ubuntu Classic when I want to log back in but that doesn't work!<br>
I can still see the unity launcher and none of my applets work!!!<br>
what is the problem here?</p>
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48353 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T12:38:07.443 | 2 | 706 | <p>Based on the comment on <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/296085/ubuntu-in-silent-mode/296088#296088">a question on Superuser.com</a>, I started wondering if it's possible to show a progress bar with no text during an installation.</p>
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48354 | 1 | 48355 | 2011-06-12T13:01:05.837 | 5 | 20879 | <p>since i updated my ubuntu to natty narwhal(from 10.04), my mount script doesn't work anymore.</p>
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48356 | 1 | 48357 | 2011-06-12T13:10:14.357 | 4 | 1552 | <p>I have just got a new laptop,
It is running Windows 7 Home Premium.</p>
<p>I have shrunk the windows partition to give me some empty space and now I want to install ubuntu.</p>
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48362 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T13:45:28.000 | 171 | 379414 | <p>I just installed the LAMP stack on my Ubuntu system. </p>
<p>The redirection is not working for me. I don't know how to fix it. Can anyone help me?</p>
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48371 | 1 | 53334 | 2011-06-12T14:42:19.943 | 6 | 778 | <p>I have a HP dv6-3079tx.</p>
<p>One feature I like about it is the fingerprint scanner,</p>
<p>Is there a utility out there that will allow me to swipe my finger whenever I am required to enter my password?</p>
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48372 | 1 | 48375 | 2011-06-12T14:50:35.007 | 4 | 914 | <p>How do I stop windows from maximizing when dragging them into a corner? I'm guessing this is a compiz feature but I'm not finding it in ccsm. I've turned off unity so it shouldn't be that. I'm running Natty.</p>
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48376 | 1 | 48380 | 2011-06-12T15:28:59.807 | 0 | 7797 | <p>Well , I've tried to compile and install Eclipse 3.6.2 using the instructions in :
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/47864/how-to-update-eclipse-3-5-2-to-3-6-2">How to update Eclipse 3.5.2 to 3.6.2?</a> .</p>
<p>But Eclipse doesn't open. </p>
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48378 | 1 | 51929 | 2011-06-12T15:33:41.840 | 1 | 1224 | <p><strong>-- UPDATE 1</strong>: <a href="http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/625429/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">relevant syslog lines</a>.</p>
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48382 | 1 | 48384 | 2011-06-12T16:02:22.680 | 4 | 6846 | <p>I'm used to TortoiseHg on Windows. I tried</p>
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48385 | 1 | 82396 | 2011-06-12T16:44:00.430 | 6 | 2566 | <p>KeePass2 is a Mono app.
In the launcher it appears as "Untitled window" and has a grey icon with a question mark.
When I "Keep in Launcher" the icon doesn't launch the application</p>
<p>How to fix that?</p>
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48390 | 1 | 48415 | 2011-06-12T17:11:51.973 | 0 | 10577 | <p>I have removed mbr by mistake. </p>
<p>Now I can't boot ubuntu, so I want to reinstall grub.</p>
<p>I'm following <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows" rel="nofollow">this</a> instructions.</p>
<p>The problem is that I'm getting this error:</p>
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48391 | 1 | 48399 | 2011-06-12T17:11:59.087 | 15 | 3823 | <p>Is there an application for Ubuntu, that would behave like <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5157037/kid+key+lock-locks-your-keyboard-and-mouse-in-degrees">KidKeyLock</a> for Windows?</p>
<p>That is, upon activation, it prevents any keypress from working, until a specific sequence ("password") is typed, but without lo... | 8914 | 8914 | 2011-06-13T04:05:06.617 | 2017-07-25T08:59:35.043 | Keyboard "kid lock" software | [
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48393 | 1 | 48404 | 2011-06-12T17:24:38.260 | 28 | 48738 | <p>My keyboard has media keys and they work globally on Unity with Banshee but don't with VLC when another app is focused.</p>
<p>How would I fix that?</p>
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"body": "<p>I had a similar problem and the issue was that Gnome would capture the media keys before they reached VLC, to fix this you can go to \"System->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts\"</p>\n\n<p>There you will see a header called sound (Expand it if needed), and remove the key combinations y... | [
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