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48394 | 1 | 48395 | 2011-06-12T17:25:39.380 | 2 | 1776 | <p>I have played MP3 radio with Banshee but I had to use VLC to play AAC streams.</p>
<p>How to make it work with Banshee?</p>
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48405 | 1 | 55768 | 2011-06-12T18:22:52.587 | 3 | 3152 | <p>I'm using Linux for about two years now, but due to my Windows legacy I like keeping icons on my desktop instead of docks, panel shortcuts, etc.</p>
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48406 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T18:26:13.707 | 1 | 12776 | <p>I'm encountering an issue with surround sound on Ubuntu 11.04.
I managed to play sound trough HDMI but the channels are inverted.
For example when Pulse Audio plays on the center speaker, it goes through my LFE. Same thing on the speaker test included in the sound preferences channel.</p>
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48410 | 1 | 48411 | 2011-06-12T19:17:37.257 | 5 | 8408 | <p>As I recall, there used to be this DHCP server called dhcpd3
However, under ubuntu, I am not entirely sure where to obtain or how to install it.
The following command doesn't seem to locate the package.</p>
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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48416 | 1 | 48417 | 2011-06-12T20:15:00.177 | 11 | 7493 | <p>I was in the middle of a large download in Chromium and the power supply to my computer failed (well I tripped over my power cord ...). I see the entry in chrome://downloads/ which says the download was cancelled. </p>
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48423 | 1 | 49914 | 2011-06-12T21:19:43.630 | 8 | 494 | <p>So that I just have to maintain one PPA on maybe Launchpad and have all the packages I like.</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> Nifty workarounds are welcome, too ;)</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> I'm running a server here at home. So if there is a solution where I can set up my own private repo, that would be total... | 19053 | 19053 | 2011-06-21T07:49:40.350 | 2013-09-16T07:41:51.867 | How to create a PPA that just contains links to other PPAs? | [
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48425 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T22:02:12.997 | 1 | 3297 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/615/whats-the-difference-between-wubi-and-a-regular-installation">What's the difference between Wubi and a regular installation?</a> </p>
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48430 | 1 | 48432 | 2011-06-12T22:37:12.223 | 9 | 1641 | <p>I want to connect a Wiimote. I'm running natty and would like to control an audio-player with my Wiimote. Is that possible?</p>
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48433 | 1 | 48439 | 2011-06-12T22:45:29.747 | 0 | 635 | <p>When I try to install Postler from the Elementary OS web page (first by adding the repository and running apt-get update, then clicking "Install," the Software Center opens, then displays a "Not Found" error. The package is also not found when searching for it in the Software Center or by installing it from the comm... | 15691 | null | null | 2011-06-12T23:40:09.523 | How to install Postler (From elementary) | [
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48434 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T23:07:52.403 | 8 | 2367 | <p>I know it's used for true transparancy, but what else is it good for?</p>
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48436 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T23:11:53.040 | 18 | 56295 | <p>I have a Mac (OS X) and a VirtualBox running Ubuntu. </p>
<p>I want to SCP a 500mb file from the Mac to the VirtualBox. How do I do this? (Probably something to do with /etc/hosts?)</p>
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48441 | 1 | null | 2011-06-12T23:46:49.703 | 2 | 218 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/35625/how-do-i-make-unity-remember-which-applications-are-in-the-launcher">How do I make Unity remember which applications are in the launcher?</a> </p>
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<p>i spent now a couple of hours reading and tr... | 19796 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:46.240 | 2011-06-12T23:46:49.703 | how to make changes to launcher in unity permanent? | [
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48444 | 1 | 48455 | 2011-06-13T00:39:27.483 | 9 | 2456 | <p>Being new to Linux and to Ubuntu, I've taken quite some time to tune it to my needs on my netbook. As I'm now convinced by the OS, I plan to install it on my desktop in the next few days. I was hoping that with Ubuntu One, after a sync, I would find back all my settings on the newly installed machine : system settin... | 19797 | 19797 | 2011-06-13T00:49:33.650 | 2011-07-09T01:20:44.193 | Will Ubuntu One support OS Settings sync? | [
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48446 | 1 | 61318 | 2011-06-13T00:41:51.100 | 5 | 16557 | <p>Each time I changed and saved <code>.config/user-dirs.dirs</code>, and after restarted the system, the <code>XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR</code> are reverted:</p>
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48450 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T01:33:32.303 | 5 | 3021 | <p>Previous answers refer to previous versions of Ubuntu.</p>
<p>I'm having the same issues and dislikes with Pulseaudio in Natty as I had with previous versions of Ubuntu, so I want to replace it with something else.</p>
<p>I'm looking for references to step-by-step instructions by someone that succeeded in the repl... | 7949 | 235 | 2011-06-13T01:39:43.680 | 2011-06-14T03:21:10.670 | How do I replace Pulseaudio? | [
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48452 | 1 | 49320 | 2011-06-13T02:17:54.623 | 12 | 13090 | <p>I was used to press <kbd>Control</kbd>+<kbd>1</kbd>, <kbd>Control</kbd>+<kbd>2</kbd> and so on to switch between tabs in Firefox. Now, in Unity, I have to use the <kbd>Alt</kbd> key instead. How can I change that?</p>
<p>Thanks! </p>
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48453 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T01:08:32.087 | -1 | 533 | <p>I have been installing various applications on my Ubuntu 10.10 laptop and I've been noticing a common theme. There is always an error in the terminal at the end of the install and it is as follows:</p>
<pre><code>Removing ttf-droid ...
/etc/defoma/hints/ttf-droid.hints: Unable to open, or empty.
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48456 | 1 | 48536 | 2011-06-13T03:38:02.280 | -1 | 212 | <p>I don't know what I did that caused this, but when I log in to either Ubuntu Classic or Ubuntu Classic (No effects), the screen displays the wallpaper, but nothing else. The mouse still works and the screen isn't frozen or anything. The Terminal can still be accessed with Ctrl+Alt+T. Each time, I have had to logout ... | 19265 | 19265 | 2011-06-13T16:33:42.040 | 2011-06-13T16:35:30.763 | Ubuntu Classic does not work | [
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48458 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T03:41:03.637 | 4 | 647 | <p>I installed Cairo dock in 11.04, but I cannot add any shortcuts to the Cairo bar. Before that I installed AWN and Docky and I had the same problem. Any solution?</p>
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48459 | 1 | 48463 | 2011-06-13T03:55:39.553 | 6 | 201 | <p>I am adding the elementary-desktop ppa (https://launchpad.net/~elementaryart/+archive/elementarydesktop) because it keeps track of the latest updates for several applications I use. However, I do not want <code>nautilus</code> to be upgraded to the <code>elementary-desktop</code>'s version.</p>
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48460 | 1 | 48631 | 2011-06-13T05:40:59.457 | 3 | 966 | <p>My laptop has several buttons on the very left,</p>
<p>Calculator, Unknown, Web Browser, Unknown, Mail.</p>
<p>I know these work as the calculator, mail, and web browser buttons work,</p>
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48465 | 1 | 48466 | 2011-06-13T07:48:45.707 | 4 | 339 | <p>Is there any detailed guide or book for Ubuntu server? <br>For installation and administration. Free or commercial.</p>
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48468 | 1 | 88058 | 2011-06-13T08:03:41.837 | 186 | 478928 | <p>How do I install Java, including in my browser, so websites with Java work?</p>
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48471 | 1 | 48493 | 2011-06-13T08:27:59.103 | 1 | 563 | <p>As it says on the tin really. I would like to send some of my etc files to a colleague and it would be handy to cat them to a new Thunderbird email message.</p>
<p>Is this possible? If so how?</p>
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48475 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T09:11:37.430 | 16 | 13512 | <p>I'm using Xubuntu 11.04, and with a Windows XP in my VirtualBox. Both have latest Firefox 4 installed. But inside my Ubuntu, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>F5</kbd> never works, and because I don't know what else I could do to force refreshing a page, I have to copy the link and paste them into my Windows XP to get the newest... | 19811 | 25798 | 2012-08-24T05:41:41.340 | 2013-08-08T09:51:24.540 | Why doesn't Ctrl + F5 work in Firefox? | [
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48483 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T10:31:19.360 | 3 | 1379 | <p>I am trying to try out ubuntu (i,e, install it within windows) on my thinkpad x40. I followed the instructions on how to create a bootable usb (http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download). No problem. The issue I have now is that th eusb ports on my x40 were burned before (common problem with the machine), i.e. ... | 19815 | null | null | 2011-06-22T07:01:25.937 | Try out ubuntu on thinkpad x40 (via usb)? | [
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48488 | 1 | 48511 | 2011-06-13T11:10:09.327 | 17 | 22783 | <p>While creating a 250GiB backup partition for my data, I have noticed lots of discrepancies between reported partition size and free space in Nautilus, gParted, df, tune2fs, etc.</p>
<p>At first I thought it was a GiB / GB confusion. <em>It was not</em>.</p>
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48499 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T12:51:41.297 | 40 | 40820 | <p>I need to install asterisk 1.6.2.18 on Ubuntu 10.10</p>
<p>I would like to know what the configure options were that were used to generate the ubuntu package of asterisk 1.6.2.7.</p>
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48503 | 1 | 48507 | 2011-06-13T13:02:23.587 | 1 | 730 | <p>I upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04,My pc hangs many times. </p>
<p>What does hung mean here?<br>
My mouse pointer is stuck and I can't use shortcut keys,and I can't run Alt+F2 and incase I hear music,last song sequence is being repeated again and again.</p>
<p>When does MY pc hung?<br>
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48506 | 1 | 48552 | 2011-06-13T13:18:12.463 | 0 | 671 | <p>I want to buy a tablet PC and I've seen a new Dell with Ubuntu 11.04 working perfectly.
If I want to install Ubuntu 11.04, will it work easily?</p>
<p>How's the process to install Ubuntu with tablet definitions? </p>
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48508 | 1 | 151008 | 2011-06-13T13:24:27.227 | 29 | 42954 | <p>At the moment, I'm trying to check the fingerprint of the oracle_vbox.asc key that I downloaded from <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads">http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads</a>: they provide the key and the fingerprint but no instructions for reviewing this information myself. </p>
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48515 | 1 | 48525 | 2011-06-13T14:59:08.460 | 8 | 8432 | <p>Following the security principle of <em>trust no one</em>, I can't use a service like <a href="http://www.serfish.com/">http://www.serfish.com/</a>. Is there a free software program that I can install on my Ubuntu server to give me secure shell access via a web-interface?</p>
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48517 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T15:10:53.157 | 6 | 1019 | <p>I'd like to exclude the directories "temp" and "Ubuntu One/" from backup. What is the correct escaping of the space????</p>
<pre><code>RSYNCCONF="--delete --exclude=.* --exclude=temp/"
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<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<ul>
<li>Chris</li>
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<p>Edit/PS:</p>
<pre><code>excludes=( ".*" temp/ "Ubuntu One/... | 19742 | 19742 | 2011-06-14T23:00:17.597 | 2011-06-15T23:27:06.783 | directory name with space and bash | [
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48518 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T15:11:05.243 | 1 | 323 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7061/syncing-ubuntu-one-from-lan">Syncing Ubuntu One from LAN</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I'm an Ubuntu convert from Windows and I'm liking it very much. One of the few things I miss in Windows is their Live Sync. I ... | 19831 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:25:04.307 | 2011-06-21T08:06:23.260 | Does Ubuntu One offer Windows Live Sync type services? | [
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48524 | 1 | 48556 | 2011-06-13T15:28:45.140 | 32 | 58843 | <p>I have a folder called <code>img</code>, this folder has many levels of sub-folders, all of which containing images. I am going to import them into an image server.</p>
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48526 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T15:43:51.857 | 1 | 384 | <p>I have a windows vista inspiron 531s with ubuntu 11.04 & a realtek ALC888 soundcard everything with ubuntu works fine except for midi playback in my softwares like noteworthy composer & such. </p>
<p>Could there be a way to fix this? perhaps an audigy soundcard might be compatible with ubuntu 11.04 architec... | 19833 | 18612 | 2011-10-27T06:24:11.680 | 2011-10-27T06:24:11.680 | How do I make MIDI playback work on a Inspiron 531s? | [
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48535 | 1 | 157562 | 2011-06-13T16:34:29.800 | 220 | 98902 | <p>I would like to customize Ubuntu live CD by installing some additional packages. I have followed <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the Ubuntu help wiki guide</a> but it doesn't seem to work. Can anyone provide clear instructions?</p>
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48546 | 1 | 48564 | 2011-06-13T17:50:05.810 | 71 | 55920 | <p>What GUI Based Torrent managers exist in Ubuntu and features they offer in terms of: </p>
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<li>Speed to start downloading (Search Speed, Seed, Leech) </li>
<li>Speed while downloading </li>
<li>Compatibility </li>
<li>Stability </li>
<li>Data check </li>
<li>Other attributes </li>
</ul>
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48555 | 1 | 48561 | 2011-06-13T18:59:17.840 | 7 | 11698 | <p>I want to build an Ubuntu server that will be continuously connected to the internet. I own only an IP address. The main purpose of the server is to be a source code controller (probably git or svn... haven't chosen yet), but also some occasional other uses (file sharing with family or customer, personal backup, hos... | 19845 | 527764 | 2021-05-09T07:07:36.983 | 2021-05-09T07:11:00.080 | How do I set up an Ubuntu server to be (securely) available from the internet? | [
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48563 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T19:36:39.843 | 4 | 27521 | <p>I have just moved back to Ubuntu from Windows 7 and a few months ago, I bought a NETGEAR WNA3100 wireless adapter because my old adapter had broken. I plugged in my adapter and it doesn't seem to work, I also used the windows 7 drivers for it and tried them on the program "Windows Wireless Drivers" and they don't se... | 19850 | 235 | 2011-11-28T18:11:18.210 | 2016-11-05T22:12:18.840 | Could anyone help me get my NETGEAR WNA3100 (Broadcom BCM43231) wireless adapter to work? | [
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48568 | 1 | 48698 | 2011-06-13T19:58:12.930 | 6 | 15443 | <p>I would like to configure an IP updater for OpenDNS.</p>
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<li>What configuration is necessary?</li>
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<p>I'm not asking about how to include the OpenDNS servers in my <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code>.</p>
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48602 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T20:49:57.813 | 0 | 230 | <p>Ever since I upgraded to 11.04 I have the following issues on my dual boot (Windows 7) system:
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48614 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T21:03:38.857 | 2 | 1539 | <p>I have a very strange problem. Every so often a strange window will appear on the screen - well, I say "appear", but it can't be seen. I know it's there though. It creates a sort of 'dead zone' on the screen - always in the same place.</p>
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48615 | 1 | 48743 | 2011-06-13T21:17:08.973 | 5 | 3365 | <p>I'm looking forward to emulate the behavior of OS X Dock Stacks so that I can have, for instance, one stack for browsers and another one for IDES.
People at ask ubuntu are doing a lot of cleaver stuff with custom Launchers and Quicklists (see <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/35488/list-of-custom-launchers-qu... | 19854 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:30.040 | 2012-08-10T12:54:58.237 | Stacks for Unity Launcher | [
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48616 | 1 | 48621 | 2011-06-13T21:24:03.790 | 28 | 27895 | <p>I have a very tall image (880x9445 pixels) which I would like to print (specifically, to PDF).</p>
<p>But when I print the image it always comes out as one page; there does not seem to be any way to scale its width to a page and thus end up with multiple pages.</p>
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48624 | 1 | 48625 | 2011-06-13T22:27:38.830 | 163 | 204805 | <p>With commands like <code>top</code> and the gui based <code>System Monitor</code> I can see that at the moment I have several zombie processes.</p>
<p>What are zombie processes?</p>
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48629 | 1 | 48632 | 2011-06-13T23:22:34.410 | 7 | 17446 | <p>my system is a new 11.04 ubuntu and i recently started working with LAMP.
some how, when i tried to change permissions of the var/www/ for netbeans to work on the local server, and did something that causes this notice to show every time i do a sudo:</p>
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48630 | 1 | null | 2011-06-13T23:24:44.313 | 1 | 303 | <p>I have a windows program I run in wine that requires a desktop slightly taller then the vertical work space of my netbook's screen when I create the desktop, wine clips it to fit the screen. I have to set it top all, grab it and move it up, press Alt+F8 to resize it. Is there a way to stop it from clipping in the ... | 19861 | 19861 | 2011-06-13T23:31:43.727 | 2011-11-03T14:42:38.070 | wine desktop is clipping on netbook | [
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48633 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T00:08:45.373 | 6 | 38582 | <p>I have never built a project in Ubuntu before and I am trying to come to grips with the GNU build tools and process.</p>
<p>When I try to make I get the <code>glib.h - no such file or directory</code>. </p>
<p>This is the output of <code>pkg-config --cflags --libs glib-2.0</code></p>
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48634 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T00:11:06.650 | 1 | 120 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/30830/how-do-i-hide-a-specific-volume-from-the-desktop-but-keep-all-others">How do I hide a specific volume from the desktop, but keep all others?</a> </p>
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48635 | 1 | 48643 | 2011-06-14T00:43:39.223 | 9 | 23055 | <p>I will soon move my /home folder to a separate partition. There are hundreds of tutorials on how to do so, including here. While most agree on the basic steps, their details are very different. For copying files, for instance, some use <code>rsync</code>, some <code>cp</code>, and some <code>find | cpio</code> (Ill ... | 11015 | 11015 | 2011-06-14T01:13:18.237 | 2011-06-14T02:01:27.120 | Recommended fstab options for /home partition | [
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48639 | 1 | 117557 | 2011-06-14T01:11:45.710 | 4 | 306 | <p>Empathy just sits trying to connect to my facebook and Google Talk accounts on my school's public wifi.</p>
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48640 | 1 | 48642 | 2011-06-14T01:33:58.283 | 2 | 11717 | <p>I just installed Linux for the first time (after 5 tries). I was trying to follow directions on creating a swap file from this website:</p>
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48650 | 1 | 48679 | 2011-06-14T03:22:10.083 | 5 | 798 | <p>I accidentally deleted all of the symlinks in <code>/etc/rc1.d/</code>. How can I regenerate them?</p>
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48651 | 1 | 48664 | 2011-06-14T03:38:21.240 | 5 | 19595 | <p>I have installed these OS in the order give below:</p>
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48656 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T04:56:36.180 | 5 | 6154 | <p>I am using Ubuntu Maverick (server).</p>
<p>When I run:</p>
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<p>Why? And what can I do to stop it?</p>
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48658 | 1 | 48670 | 2011-06-14T06:00:18.027 | 4 | 373 | <p>I did searched the FAQs about kernel updates, here are somethings I wanna confirm</p>
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48663 | 1 | 53824 | 2011-06-14T06:44:31.920 | 6 | 5141 | <p>I was trying to access Settings in Update Manager to setup automatic updates. But the Settings Dialog does not pop up. Cannot Access Software Sources from the Ubuntu Software Center>Edit>Software Sources... either. When I try to run software sources from the terminal I get the following error.</p>
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48677 | 1 | 48692 | 2011-06-14T08:20:18.463 | 4 | 1099 | <p>Ever since I upgraded to 11.04 and started to use Unity I've been bothered by the time it takes to load Gnote. In 10.10 I used Gnome and the Gnote plugin for the Gnome panel which had Gnote loaded in the background so that e.g. opening a new note in Gnote took no time at all.</p>
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48685 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T09:07:56.437 | 5 | 2590 | <p>I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 X64 (when I type "arch" in terminal, it outputs "x86_64"), I have only one 250GB SATA Drive (<strong>SATA 0</strong>) at the moment where I have my OS and apps installed.</p>
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48689 | 1 | 48691 | 2011-06-14T09:39:10.407 | 2 | 3771 | <p>I am testing a risk-free PHP application. So I have a file where I omit a ; to cause a 500 error. But the page I specified in ErrorDocument 500 is not called! It works with 404 though.</p>
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48693 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T10:21:01.440 | 7 | 10916 | <p>I have Broadcom <code>bcm43224 wifi card</code> with proprietary broadcom sta driver.
At home wifi connection works well, but in the office when I ping some resource there is a lot of loss packets and I cant browse websites.</p>
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48695 | 1 | 61771 | 2011-06-14T10:52:53.350 | 5 | 475 | <p>When I shut down my system or log out the terminal (the one I reach with <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F7</kbd>) is sometimes shown before the login screen appears or before the computer is shut down. Is there a way to stop this behavior?</p>
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48700 | 1 | 48703 | 2011-06-14T11:15:20.153 | 45 | 96866 | <p>Is there software that can view <code>.dwg</code> files ?</p>
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48704 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T11:36:59.060 | 1 | 697 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/43969/how-to-make-ubuntu-remember-forever-the-password-after-the-first-time">How to make Ubuntu remember forever the password after the first time</a> </p>
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<p>I put my password in when I log in but af... | 10698 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:13.887 | 2011-06-14T11:51:10.787 | Is there a way to never have to put in your password after you have logged in? | [
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48705 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T11:48:47.530 | 2 | 306 | <p>It is not a power-saving or screensaver issue, it is literally every 25 seconds that my screen either blacks out or blacks out and locks so i have to put my password in over and over. Please help! (It has locked five times in the typing of this paragraph.)</p>
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48708 | 1 | 48712 | 2011-06-14T12:09:09.220 | 97 | 112813 | <p>Is it possible to set a new <code>nice</code> level of a running process with a known id?</p>
<p>Does this operation require root access, or just being the owner of the process?</p>
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48710 | 1 | 48798 | 2011-06-14T12:19:12.680 | 1 | 1150 | <p>This might be a quite old problem, however I couldn't find a solution for myself.
I was using Ubuntu 10.10 on my Asus eee pc 1001p until I upgraded to Natty. Now, whenever I connect to a password secured wireless network, the system freezes and needs to be hard rebooted.</p>
<p>It looks like this 'bug' affects the ... | 19695 | 235 | 2011-06-14T13:39:28.623 | 2011-06-14T21:17:57.113 | Connecting to WLAN freezes system on Asus eee pc 1001p | [
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48717 | 1 | 48747 | 2011-06-14T12:39:32.873 | 12 | 83023 | <p>I recently had trouble with the MBR/partition table on my laptop. I managed to rebuild the partition table using testdisk, and install GRUB to get it booting properly again (I'm using a dual-boot with Windows 7). However, I can no longer run gparted properly as I get the error <code>Can't have a partition outside th... | 4743 | 4743 | 2011-06-14T22:44:11.000 | 2012-12-26T18:58:54.487 | How to manually fix a partition table ? | [
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48718 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T12:48:35.210 | 3 | 286 | <p>I have 2 separate HDDs - one has Win7 and the other has Ubuntu 11.04.</p>
<p>When I installed Ubuntu I placed the GRUB/MBR on the partition, not the device, is this why it will not boot into Ubuntu?</p>
<p>Can I easily copy the MBR to the device area or do I have to reinstall?</p>
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48719 | 1 | 49918 | 2011-06-14T12:50:09.673 | 0 | 526 | <p>I want to be able to do one or all of the followings:</p>
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<li>Live Video Streaming (Watch a Video and share over network)</li>
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48724 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T13:01:23.973 | 6 | 1051 | <p>I bought an Apple Magic Trackpad. The device is working out of the box on Ubuntu 11.04 64bit.</p>
<p>However, when I tap with 3 - or more - fingers the device stops working. It works again if I disconnect it and then connect it again. I've tried touchegg but it didn't work. </p>
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48725 | 1 | 48731 | 2011-06-14T13:18:32.870 | 15 | 3460 | <p>When making a custom launcher, it is nice to have a matching icon for it from the default usr ubuntu directories. The problem that is: Ubuntu seems to store icons in about 50 or more folders. Browsing all of them in nautilus takes ages.</p>
<p>So my question is:
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48732 | 1 | 67652 | 2011-06-14T14:39:39.837 | 4 | 4576 | <p>Since I don't use my laptop's CD-drive I want to put a small (8 GB) <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B002WE2QTU" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SSD</a> into the CD-drive slot (I'll use a caddy similar to <a href="http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-business-class-notebooks/384202-2530p-second-harddrive-vi... | 4670 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:30.040 | 2011-10-16T17:59:14.530 | How to use a compressed ramdisk (ramzswap)? Huge speed gain | [
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48739 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T15:13:47.473 | 1 | 643 | <p>I'd like to install the newest version of GNOME 2 global menu that is used in Natty. But the only thing I could find was version <code>0.7.10</code> : <a href="http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/downloads/list" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/downloads/list</a></p>
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48744 | 1 | 48761 | 2011-06-14T15:45:30.407 | 0 | 111 | <p>The System Testing that comes with Ubuntu is cool, but it just takes an enormous amount of time to complete, and I just don't have time to sit around pressing the "Test" button. Is there something that does the tests automatically?</p>
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48746 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T15:50:26.890 | 5 | 6576 | <p>I have a shell script I'd like to run automatically every time I logout, shutdown or reboot.</p>
<p>Does anyone know where can I configure this in Ubuntu 10.10?</p>
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48750 | 1 | 48751 | 2011-06-14T16:06:43.057 | 2 | 246 | <p>In Windows 7, there appeared this beautiful search/run field: You press Win, you start typing the program name, as soon as Windows correctly guesses it, you press Enter, and you're done.</p>
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48752 | 1 | 49422 | 2011-06-14T16:20:43.663 | 6 | 475 | <p>I'm looking for the best way to maintain a patched version of an upstream ubuntu package. Here's the situation:</p>
<p>We have our own server running reprepro, which would host the modified package. Our other packages are managed using git and the git packaging tools (git-dch, git-buildpackage). </p>
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48753 | 1 | 48758 | 2011-06-14T16:38:21.207 | 2 | 1086 | <p>This one really has me stumped. Whenever I watch a video in Totem or VLC, the colors are completely messed up. Here is the preview of a video in Nautilus and what it looks like in Totem:</p>
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48764 | 1 | 48770 | 2011-06-14T17:22:31.230 | 4 | 846 | <p>I am running Natty Narwhal on x86_64 with the new "Unity" desktop.</p>
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48766 | 1 | 48777 | 2011-06-14T17:43:27.353 | 8 | 1788 | <p>Is it possible to install Ubuntu 11.04 with full disk encryption?</p>
<p>Previously versions have had an alternate install cd with a text interface where you could enable encryption for your drives.
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<p>I <code>sudo apt-get install eterm</code>, and everything seems to go alright, but at the end there's no eterm on my path.</p>
<p>Anyone know where the stuff got hidden so I can link the executable to somewhere on my path.</p>
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48771 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T18:13:10.923 | 22 | 140082 | <p>My sister is moving from Windows and I just got her a new graphics tablet. However, the pressure sensitivity controls opacity rather than line thickness; she really needs this feature from Photoshop/Corel Painter. </p>
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48784 | 1 | 48785 | 2011-06-14T19:27:48.047 | 10 | 6868 | <p>I have a local folder, and I would like to sync it a folder on a web server via FTP . what is the best way to accomplish this? I would prefer to be able to do this via terminal, so that I can just have an 'update' command that would update the files on the sever.</p>
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48787 | 1 | 60802 | 2011-06-14T20:06:22.883 | 13 | 15408 | <p>I want to connect my TI-84 Plus to my Ubuntu 11.04 laptop. I use the organelle cables to connect it. The program <code>tilp(2)</code> didn't work or at least it didn't show my TI-84 Plus; I've tried to run it in root and in the normal way.</p>
| 18342 | 18612 | 2011-09-11T18:23:40.813 | 2017-03-01T07:14:30.167 | How can I connect my TI-84 Plus calculator with my laptop? | [
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48788 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T20:08:45.267 | 2 | 76 | <p>My desktop has completely vanished as has my wall paper. I think there is some problem with the graphics driver, but natty and unity were working fine before this. Managed to get a usable computer starting in 2D mode.</p>
<p>As far as I can tell apps work.</p>
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48792 | 1 | null | 2011-06-14T20:35:14.680 | 5 | 6533 | <p>I have a laptop (IBM T60) and I want to connect an extern keyboard to it. Because the keyboard is a ps2 keyboard I bought a ps2 to usb adapter and plugged the keyboard into the adapter and the adapter to a usb slot on my laptop. But somehow the notebook does not recognize the keyboard. I even tryed a reboot while th... | 15245 | null | null | 2016-01-18T12:27:35.740 | How to enable an extern keyboard using ps2 to usb adapter on a notebook? | [
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48797 | 1 | 48800 | 2011-06-14T21:14:08.740 | 2 | 239 | <p>When opening the dash with my super key and then deciding that I do not need the dash after all, I can dismiss it either by pressing the super key again or by hitting escape. The first thing that comes to my mind though is to click outside of the dash, but that does not do enything. Is that intended behaviour?</p>
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48812 | 1 | 48858 | 2011-06-14T23:27:26.683 | 1 | 2213 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/17610/how-do-i-reset-my-unity-configuration">How do I reset my Unity configuration?</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I was happily using Unity when I fiddled around with a setting on CCSM (<code>CCSM -> Window Manageme... | 19522 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:13.310 | 2011-06-15T10:27:48.290 | Restore Unity after fiddling with CCSM | [
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"body": "<p>As @andrewsomething pointed out in the comments above, the solution lies in this thread: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/17610/how-do-i-reset-my-unity-configuration\">How do I reset my Unity configuration</a></p>\n\n<p>You can start terminal (by logging into Ubuntu Classic)... | [
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48818 | 1 | null | 2011-06-15T01:11:27.850 | 5 | 396 | <p>I do not want the Gnome to load when my Ubuntu system starts, rather it just load the command line. </p>
<p>In older versions of Ubuntu I used to use the services utility to stop GDM from loading.</p>
<p>How do I do this in 11.04?</p>
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48819 | 1 | null | 2011-06-15T01:18:37.100 | 3 | 453 | <p>I had a home directory in Ubuntu 10.04 called "mtinsley". The account I setup while upgrading to 11 is "mark". I wanted a new home so I could copy only what I wanted from my old home. Now, I do not see any directories under home except: </p>
<pre><code>mark@Mounda:/home$ pwd
/home
mark@Mounda:/home$ sudo ls -la
[su... | 19951 | 19985 | 2011-06-15T17:35:51.330 | 2011-06-15T17:35:51.330 | How do I recover a home directory after an upgrade? | [
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"body": "<p>I was under the impression that the encryption option was always stored as private or .private ( which I knew I could not be trusted with!) was accessed using a live cd using this command.</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo find / -type d -iname '.Private' 2>/dev/null</code></p>\n\n<p>I... | null | null | null | null | null |
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