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2011-06-16T21:35:11.277
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<p>It is true that there are similar questions in the forum... But as I installed Ubuntu under Windows 7 long time ago, I do not remember how I did it or whether I used Wubi, which is discussed in many similar questions.</p> <p>So the situation is, I had Windows 7 installed on the laptop in the very beginning, then I ...
15432
15432
2011-06-16T22:15:10.167
2011-07-26T09:04:02.777
How to increase the disk space of Ubuntu installed besides Windows 7?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If the moment you have to select whether to run Windows or Ubuntu, the title on top of screen says \"Windows Boot Manager\" than you probably have used Wubi and you should follow <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1625371\" rel=\"nofollow\">this link</a>.</p>\...
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49133
1
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2011-06-16T21:58:32.287
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<p>Are there any hotkeys for dash, once a search term has been entered? For example, if I would like to go to a folder very quickly I would want to press <kbd>super</kbd>+<kbd>f</kbd> to open the dash and then type the name...</p> <p>I then must type <kbd>tab</kbd> <kbd>&darr;</kbd> <kbd>&darr;</kbd> so that folders a...
14747
14747
2011-06-22T18:10:23.253
2017-03-18T09:54:16.140
Are there any hotkeys in dash for choosing among search term matches?
[ "unity", "shortcut-keys", "unity-dash", "files" ]
2
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-20T18:53:39.000", "id": "55106", "postId": "49133", "score": "0", "text": "@Marco Ceppi: I disagree that this is a duplicate. I think I should change the title so that it is clearly not a duplicate. This question is about keys for navigating in the dash once a search...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can hit <kbd>Enter</kbd> after typing your query to launch the first match, you can also hit <kbd>Enter</kbd> <kbd>Enter</kbd> in quick succession to launch the first thing it matches whether it renders it in the dash or not (sort of like \"I'm feeling lucky\").</p>\n\n<p...
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49137
1
49158
2011-06-16T22:18:17.743
3
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<p>I have a two-disk mdadm RAID1 array. One of the disks has died so the array is in a degraded state. It's been like this for a while and while I didn't mind getting the occasional email through, recently <code>mdadm</code> had an update that now forces the boot process to halt in an interactive mode where I have to p...
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2011-12-20T00:31:01.153
2012-05-09T02:48:13.743
Delete mdadm array but keep data
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No. But if I understand correctly, the update of mdadm has replaced your configuration. It should've asked you if you wanted to keep the old one or replace it. If that is the case, then you can either use \"sudo dpkg-reconfigure mdadm\" or edit /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/mdadm so th...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No. But if I understand correctly, the update of mdadm has replaced your configuration. It should've asked you if you wanted to keep the old one or replace it. If that is the case, then you can either use \"sudo dpkg-reconfigure mdadm\" or edit /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/mda...
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49139
1
49144
2011-06-16T22:23:45.377
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<p>I still want to keep my multiple desktops, I want to disable switching desktops with the mouse.</p>
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1578617
2023-10-16T19:45:03.140
2023-10-16T19:45:03.140
Disable desktop switching with the scroll wheel with Openbox?
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0
CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>cd ~/.config/openbox\ncp lubuntu-rc.xml lubuntu-rc.xml.bak\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(this makes a backup file so that when you think you've messed it up you could revert it back.)</p>\n\n<pre><code>leafpad lubuntu-rc.xml\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and delete the lines which says;</p>\n...
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49141
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49153
2011-06-16T22:24:36.910
0
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<p>Is there a shortcut for <strong>Places -> Search for Files</strong> on Ubuntu 11.04 (classic)?</p>
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2011-06-16T22:26:25.457
2011-06-16T23:20:03.403
Is there a shortcut for Places->search for files in classic mode?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In Ubuntu 10.04 there is but it is disabled by default. </p>\n\n<p>Open the <em>System->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts</em> dialog and find the \"Search\" action, then set your own shortcut by click at this action. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedD...
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49143
1
49269
2011-06-16T22:30:14.550
5
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<p>My friend lent me her laptop and she followed some tutorial on how to switch the wallpaper in GDM2 but it didn't work and now it's stuck with some wallpaper I can't seem to get rid of, how do I reset GDMs config?</p>
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2011-06-17T14:55:05.493
How do I reset my GDM configuration?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open a gnome-terminal (<kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F2</kbd> → <em>gnome-terminal</em>) and type the following:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>To only reset the background:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --unset /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename\n</code></pre></li>\n<li><p>To reset...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open a gnome-terminal (<kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F2</kbd> → <em>gnome-terminal</em>) and type the following:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>To only reset the background:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --unset /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename\n</code></pre></li>\n<li><p>...
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49146
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2011-06-16T22:48:28.900
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<p>I tried to delete one of them, but it won't go away.</p>
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2011-06-16T23:10:39.770
Why do I have 3 Evolution's in my /usr/share/applications folder?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Because each of them has different purpose. As @aneeshep suggested, you can see the real names of .desktop files using Terminal. Or go ahead and open those files in Gedit (drag&amp;drop on Gedit's window).</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>evolution-2.2.desktop</code> is for backward compatibil...
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49147
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2011-06-16T22:53:23.893
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4497/workspace-specific-wallpapers-with-compiz">Workspace specific wallpapers with Compiz?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Am running 10.10 and want to have a clean workspace, but also one that might be cluttered (e.g lo...
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2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2011-07-25T13:41:38.493
Is there a way to have different wallpaper and different launchers/documents in different workspaces?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't think there is any way to have different desktops on different workspaces for a simple reason: there is only one folder ~/Desktop (and no other structure of desktops is currently implemented).</p>\n\n<p>P.S. Even having 4 different backgrounds requires some limitation...
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2011-07-25T20:28:46.520
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49149
1
49155
2011-06-16T23:02:49.887
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<p>How can I open a dialog box as below from a terminal?</p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Va8ey.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Va8ey.png" alt="Screenshot: &quot;Run Application&quot; dialog box"></a></p>
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2017-12-26T02:00:38.273
2018-03-22T19:26:25.123
How to open the "Run Application" dialog from a terminal?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Two options:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install gmrun from Software Center or with <code>sudo apt-get install gmrun</code> then use command <code>gmrun</code> from the terminal</li>\n<li>Compile gnome-run from source and run <code>gnome-run</code> from the terminal. Instructions <a hre...
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49168
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49171
2011-06-17T01:43:09.837
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<p>I am using Ubuntu 11.04 and its default browser Firefox 4.0.1.<br> A pretty standard configuration, so I am surprised that <a href="https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=97551" rel="nofollow">Gmail offline</a> cannot be configured and <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/#settings/offline" rel="nofol...
4066
6969
2011-06-17T08:24:48.653
2018-03-13T06:28:38.337
Gmail offline on Firefox 4.0.1: "Offline Mail is not supported by your browser"
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>Offline GMail uses Google Gears which\n isn't available for Mozilla Firefox\n 4+, Internet Explorer 9+, and Google\n Chrome on Mac or Linux.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>See the complete system requirements <a href=\"http://gears.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&...
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49174
1
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2011-06-17T03:26:51.257
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<p>I am not a developer, but for my work I trace a lot of codes. It is actually rather difficult reading other people's code, especially for bigger projects.</p> <p>Source Insight is a great application that stores all the symbols in a data base, so you can see a new function being called, click on it and see how the...
3169
3169
2011-06-18T10:25:57.077
2019-10-08T09:35:15.110
Is there a Source Insight alternative?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/codeblocks\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Code::Blocks</a> might be an option.</p>\n\n<p>Code::Blocks is a free C++ IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It is designed to be very extensible and fully configurable.</p>\n\...
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49175
1
49200
2011-06-17T03:31:52.807
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<p>I have setup my ubuntu box so I can use Windows remote desktop to log into it. I was trying to use the terminal and when I tried to type the cd command, it typed the c but the d key minimized the screen. Pressing d again brought the window back. Open more windows, same effect.</p> <p>It appears that d is trigger...
19876
19876
2011-06-17T03:41:56.657
2012-08-23T14:16:47.117
How do I stop the D key from showing desktop
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you have CompizConfig setting manager installed open the application and choose General, General option, key bindings and look what keybinding is assigned to \"Show Desktop\" and change it as you like.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, ...
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49176
1
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2011-06-17T03:44:27.460
2
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<p>Will get to the point,</p> <p>Fresh Ubuntu 11.04, I tried to edit the appearance settings for Gnome Do 0.8.4, get the error "you must enable compositing" help guides suggested to install Compiz.</p> <p>Installed compiz fine, but none of the visual effects work either. Help guides and attempted ATI catalyst softwar...
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2011-06-17T03:54:20.463
2012-02-23T17:38:01.263
Jockey not detecting my ATI IGP Xpress 1150
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Perhaps either try reinstalling the mod aliases that jockey uses:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install fglrx-modaliases\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>That may help you 'see' your driver, and if that does not work perhaps try to manually install the ATI driver in a terminal: </p>\n\n...
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49179
1
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2011-06-17T05:12:31.193
1
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<blockquote> <p>One of more needed gstreamer elements are missing: gconfaudiosrc,gconfvideosink.</p> </blockquote> <p>According to the information I found both are part of the GStreamer Good Plugins 0.10 which Synaptic says I have installed. </p> <p>I have cheese 2.32 on Ubuntu 10.10</p>
20093
32886
2012-01-09T18:26:11.980
2012-01-09T20:51:07.673
cheese not working with latest update of gstreamer
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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49180
1
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2011-06-17T05:20:34.460
2
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<p>I've tried getting my Belkin N Wireless adapter to work on Ubuntu many times with no luck at all. Each time I seem to arrive at a dead end.</p> <p>After some thorough searching of UbuntuForums and WifiDocs I've gathered some information and narrowed the problem down to an issue with the rtl819xU driver.</p> <p>Her...
20055
4618
2011-06-23T11:53:33.477
2013-07-23T15:24:22.670
How do I get a Belkin F5D8053 wireless adapter working?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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49181
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49239
2011-06-17T05:21:44.213
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<p>I'm getting a PC with Windows and I want to dual boot using Ubuntu as my primary OS.</p> <p>I want to create a Home partition to store all my files and hopefully be able to access them on Windows 7 without having to manually mount the partition or anything.</p> <p>I want to know what kind of partition should I cre...
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2011-06-17T12:24:16.277
How to share partition between Windows and Ubuntu?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Instead of trying to access Ubuntu from Windows - why not just access Windows from Ubuntu? Windows support for EXT4 is slim at best - however, Ubuntu (and Linux) can easily read, write, and manipulate NTFS partitions. Simple add your Windows partition to your <code>fstab</code> file ...
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49182
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49240
2011-06-17T05:21:56.020
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<p>I've been looking at the schedule for <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu Developer Week (11th to 15th of July)</a>, and started entering the schedule into my <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=nqmsjjjle7d5c9iiafdesqmspo@group.calendar.google.com&amp;ctz=Etc/GM...
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2011-06-18T01:46:57.933
2011-06-18T01:46:57.933
Is there a public calendar for key Ubuntu events?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here's is the official calendar:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://ubuntu-news.org/calendars/fridge/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntu-news.org/calendars/fridge/</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>And here are <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fridge/Calendar\" rel=\"nofollow\">the instructions</a...
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49184
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2011-06-17T05:41:43.690
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<p>I'm getting this:</p> <blockquote> <p>Cannot start session without errors, please check errors given in your PHP and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly.</p> </blockquote> <p>So I'm following <a href="http://www.electrictoolbox.com/phpmyadmin-cannot-start-session-without-er...
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2016-11-10T21:23:10.927
2016-11-10T21:23:10.927
sudo chown -R root:myusername /var/lib/php/session (what should I put in username)?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <code>chown</code> command has the following syntax:</p>\n\n<pre><code>chown username:groupname directory\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>So in your example command it is your primary group name you need to put\nTo determine your current user name issue the command as below on a terminal</p...
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49190
1
49192
2011-06-17T06:04:42.383
0
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<p>I'm getting this:</p> <blockquote> <p>Cannot start session without errors, please check errors given in your PHP and/or webserver log file and configure your PHP installation properly.</p> </blockquote> <p>I followed this tutorial to fix the problem:</p> <p><a href="http://www.electrictoolbox.com/phpmya...
8583
8583
2011-06-17T06:13:22.987
2014-10-16T19:14:51.013
Cannot start session without errors (phpmyadmin)?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>create the folder <code>sudo mkdir /var/lib/php/session</code> and give it a <code>sudo chmod 777 /var/lib/php/session</code> privilege (just for testing)</p>\n\n<p>If it start working give it appropriate privilege(using chmod) or change owner (using chown).</p>\n", "commentCount":...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>create the folder <code>sudo mkdir /var/lib/php/session</code> and give it a <code>sudo chmod 777 /var/lib/php/session</code> privilege (just for testing)</p>\n\n<p>If it start working give it appropriate privilege(using chmod) or change owner (using chown).</p>\n", "comm...
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49195
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49209
2011-06-17T06:34:23.827
2
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<p>I have two lan ports, I am connected to two different ISP simultaneously.</p> <p>I am aware that I can use only one ISP at a time. My problem is how to switch active ISP? I want to do this because sometimes one of the ISP becomes slow and I dont want to disconnect and reconnect because it will break my active conne...
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2011-06-17T08:45:37.577
How to switch internet access over multiple ISP connected via LAN ports?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no easy way to do this... if you change your default route, you will break all of your existing connections.</p>\n\n<p>There is a section in the famous <a href=\"http://lartc.org/howto/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control HOWTO</a> about <a href=\"h...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no easy way to do this... if you change your default route, you will break all of your existing connections.</p>\n\n<p>There is a section in the famous <a href=\"http://lartc.org/howto/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control HOWTO</a> about <a ...
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49196
1
49197
2011-06-17T06:35:30.850
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<p>I've set up SSL on my webserver, now I need two files:</p> <ul> <li>a certificate</li> <li>a certificate Key</li> </ul> <p>How do I create a self-signed certificate for testing purposes?</p>
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2021-12-07T20:59:47.570
How do I create a self-signed SSL certificate?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ubuntu, even the 'minimal' flavour, comes with the <code>ssl-cert</code> package pre-installed, which means you don't need to do anything.</p>\n\n<p>The files you're looking for are already on your system:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem\n/etc/ssl/private/ssl-c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ubuntu, even the 'minimal' flavour, comes with the <code>ssl-cert</code> package pre-installed, which means you don't need to do anything.</p>\n\n<p>The files you're looking for are already on your system:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem\n/etc/ssl/priva...
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49199
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2011-06-17T07:03:58.190
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<p>Whenever I switch to a terminal window from my X window, (by pressing Ctrl+Alt+1) my music player (banshee) running in X freezes until I login to the terminal window. Once I login into it (or either switch back to my X with or without logging into it) the music player resumes from the point it freezed. </p> <p>Howe...
9332
235
2011-06-21T16:05:15.850
2011-06-21T17:53:00.167
Music player freezes when I switch to one of the terminal window until I login to that terminal
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>if you mean switching to tty ( usually by Ctrl+Alt+F1 ), then reason of this behavior is pulseaudio running in \"user mode\"... it was discussed here, maybe it will help</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/213149\" rel=\"nofollow\">ht...
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49202
1
null
2011-06-17T07:52:17.887
6
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<p>When I try to <code>sudo swapon -a</code> i get this message:</p> <pre><code>swapon: /dev/sdb4: read swap header failed: Invalid argument </code></pre> <p><code>sdb4</code> is where my swap partition is.</p> <p><code>sudo blkid</code> gives back this:</p> <pre><code>/dev/sdb1: UUID="75622b47-3265-48a6-a697-265b4...
20102
3037
2011-06-18T04:09:08.537
2019-05-09T19:37:24.033
Why can't I mount a swap partition?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>Check if swap partition is set up correctly</strong></p>\n\n<p>Execute the command <code>sudo fdisk -l</code>. This will list all your partitions and their partition types. In Ubuntu, a swap partition will be listed similar to below:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/dev/sdb4 ...
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49203
1
null
2011-06-17T07:53:23.900
2
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<p>I'm trying to build Kile. When I type:</p> <pre><code>cmake "/home/user/Downloads/kile-2.1/src" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/kile-install -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Debug" -Wno-dev </code></pre> <p>then there is an error:</p> <pre><code> CMake Error at data/icons/actions/CMakeLists.txt:1 (KDE4_INSTALL_ICONS): Unkno...
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2011-08-01T19:04:51.863
Unknown CMake command "KDE4_INSTALL_ICONS"
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You probably need to do something along the lines of apt-get build-deps kile, to ensure all the stuff you need to build kile is installed.</p>\n\n<p>Then you may need to manually configure cmake with a few more variables: DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=[some src directory]. There is al...
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49210
1
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2011-06-17T08:48:39.023
3
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<p>I have ubuntu installed inside Windows 7 using Wubi. </p> <p>Yesterday, I tried installing Ubuntu using GRUB but it seem that GRUB was corrupted. To recover, I fixed the MBR using the Windows 7 CD. </p> <p>Now Windows 7 is booting from GRUB menu, but when I select Ubuntu the system reboots. </p> <p>How can I fix ...
20110
2647
2011-06-18T06:02:09.810
2012-08-22T10:19:55.493
How to recover Ubuntu installed with Wubi with corrupted GRUB
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Cant you use the recover function of Windows to go back in time? If I remember correctly, it's under System Tools.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-17T13:21:11.543", "id": "54438", "postId": "49243", ...
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49214
1
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2011-06-17T09:01:25.360
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<p>I am trying to open a 33 page xxx.doc file which has data in in a table (3 coloumns X 200+ rows) using Libre Office 3.3.2. The files take ~4-6 minutes to open (all other applications and smaller documents opens real fast and I have a new and fast laptop). During this time entire LibreOffice will appears as hung. I...
10077
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2011-07-19T03:50:09.860
2011-07-19T03:50:09.860
Problem opening a large .doc file
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1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-17T10:46:35.353", "id": "54415", "postId": "49214", "score": "0", "text": "It might be easier to help you if you provide a .doc file so that people can try reproducing your problem in coming up with a solution.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19490" }, ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is does not help you with LibreOffice but it might help you opening and working more efficiently with your document. Have you tried to instead open your document in <strong><a href=\"http://www.abisource.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">AbiWord</a></strong>? AbiWord is a word pro...
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49218
1
49219
2011-06-17T09:57:31.403
1
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<p>I would like to have two firefox instances running at the same time in my laptop, one locally and another opening an instance through an ssh connection to another computer.</p> <p>If I just try to open the ssh'ed instance, it gets gobbled up into my existing local instance (opens a new tab), and I cannot access the...
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2011-06-17T10:13:42.107
running two firefox instances -- one locally and another through ssh
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Run Firefox with:</p>\n\n<pre><code>firefox -no-remote\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This prevents Firefox from opening URLs in a running instance. You can also specify a profile path:</p>\n\n<pre><code>firefox -no-remote -profile /path/to/ffprofile\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Or if the profile is w...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Run Firefox with:</p>\n\n<pre><code>firefox -no-remote\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This prevents Firefox from opening URLs in a running instance. You can also specify a profile path:</p>\n\n<pre><code>firefox -no-remote -profile /path/to/ffprofile\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Or if the prof...
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49220
1
49222
2011-06-17T10:17:29.257
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<p><code>motd.tail</code> is deprecated according to <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/manpages/+bug/785901">this bug report</a>:</p> <pre><code>motd(5) says: "The contents of this file are regenerated upon every system boot based on the contents of /etc/motd.tail." This is not true anymore, as Ubuntu...
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2011-06-17T10:38:40.963
What is the equivalent to motd.tail in 11.04?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To answer the question directly, just edit <code>/etc/update-motd.d/99-footer</code>.</p>\n\n<p>The <code>/etc/update-motd.d/</code> is a fairly standard config-dump that is ordered by filename. <code>99-footer</code> is the last thing in there so that gets bolted on last. In Natty b...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>According to the Ubuntu Server Guide, <code>pam_motd</code> executes the scripts in <code>/etc/update-motd.d</code> in numerical order.<br>\nThe output of the scripts is written to /var/run/motd, keeping the numerical order, then concatenated with /etc/motd.tail.</p>\n\n<p>Mo...
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49227
1
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2011-06-17T11:18:30.283
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833
<p>I used to connect to a wireless network at the place where I live providing a password using WPA (don't really know what that is), it's been a few months since I can't connect anymore, the problem is this:</p> <p>when Ubuntu starts it sees the network but keeps asking for the password and doesn't connect. What coul...
20123
2022
2011-11-05T02:44:19.573
2011-11-05T02:44:19.573
No longer able to connecto to WPA wireless network.
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-17T11:44:18.853", "id": "54424", "postId": "49227", "score": "0", "text": "Try removing your wireless settings and set up everything again.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6969" }, { "creationDate": "2012-02-28T16:10:12.227", "id": "127344", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are many possible reasons why this could be happening. Have you looked at the Wireless Connection Wiki? <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuide/Connections\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTr...
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2012-02-28T16:15:27.327
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49238
1
49244
2011-06-17T12:19:53.817
1
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<p>I work a lot in vim and the thing that frustrates me is when I have to switch to the shell, that I lose a lot of the keyboard control that vim has. </p> <p>For example I have to use home and end to get to beginning and end of the line.</p> <p>How do you deal with this annoyance?</p>
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2011-06-17T12:48:32.530
Better keyboard control in shell
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to the <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/en/man1/bash.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bash manual</a>, Bash natively supports a \"vi-style command line editing interface\". To use it, add <code>set -o vi</code> to your <code>~/.bashrc</code> file.</p>\n\n<p>By d...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<ol>\n<li>Use <code>Home</code> and <code>End</code> in Vim too.</li>\n<li>Learn all the shortcuts there are in the shell.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>Usually, Ctrl-A and Ctrl-E go to the beginning and end of the line, respectively. You can define any number of shortcuts in your <code>.in...
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49245
1
49294
2011-06-17T12:59:29.097
9
8669
<p>I need to start multiple apps running in shells and monitor their execution. Currently I have a main script that launches every apps in a new gnome-console but I would prefer to launch them all in the same window in split screens.</p> <p>This post <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/31131/multiple-shells-in-on...
18945
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:33.383
2022-09-28T14:19:46.923
Start multiple apps running in shells split in one console
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can make a custom screen config file that will open up multiple splits and launch your scripts in them. It would look something like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>screen script1.sh # Open first screen and launch first script\nsplit # Make second split\nfocus # S...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can make a custom screen config file that will open up multiple splits and launch your scripts in them. It would look something like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>screen script1.sh # Open first screen and launch first script\nsplit # Make second split\nfocus ...
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49248
1
49257
2011-06-17T13:23:41.887
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<p>In Ubuntu Software center there are different sections for programs</p> <ul> <li>Provided by Ubuntu </li> <li>Canonical Partners</li> <li>For purchase</li> </ul> <p>I know all of these are open-source; but is there any validation process done by the Canonical to ensure that they are free of any <a href="http://en....
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2016-02-10T01:58:43.953
2016-02-10T01:58:43.953
Are the programs in Ubuntu Software Center spyware free?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-17T13:30:50.497", "id": "54442", "postId": "49248", "score": "1", "text": "The \"For Purchase\" software is not open source, otherwise people would not need to buy it. And the Partner Software is not open source always, Skype is not open e.g.", "userDisplayName": n...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Is there a process to ensure there's no malware? <strong>No.</strong> There are no guarantees at all.</p>\n\n<p>There are, however, several mechanisms to try and detect it but while I don't want to get too doom-and-gloom, if we're honest, you're probably not as safe as you'd like to ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes. Packages are checked by the community (so 1 might install some malware but that news will spread quickly amongst all users).</p>\n<p>Apps need to abide to very strict rules outlined in <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/licensing\" rel=\"nofollow norefe...
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49249
1
49314
2011-06-17T13:27:16.883
1
1220
<p>I am planning to install Ubuntu 11.04 on a machine using Zotac Geforce GT 220. </p> <p>Does anyone know if this card is supported?</p> <p>Thanks</p>
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2011-06-17T19:47:10.180
2011-06-17T19:54:26.810
Is a Zotac Geforce GT 220 supported?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to the NVIDIA readme in <code>/usr/share/doc/nvidia-current/README.txt.gz</code> this card is supported (From Appendix A:)</p>\n\n<pre><code>A1. NVIDIA GEFORCE GPUS\n\nNVIDIA GPU product Device PCI ID* VDPAU features\n---------------------------------...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First, make a live CD of natty, run it, then\nYou can check using the following command in the terminal : </p>\n\n<p><code>/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-17T13:42:13.107", ...
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49255
1
49260
2011-06-17T13:41:07.067
24
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<p>Can wine as a whole or the windows applications installed via wine pose some kind of risk to an Ubuntu installation? This question arose in my mind when I read this answer to my earlier question <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/45753/accessing-ie-only-sites">Accessing IE only sites</a>:</p> <blockquote> <...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2021-06-10T13:29:41.730
Risks/Disadvantages associated with Wine
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Wine is just a compatibility layer, programs run in it have the same privileges as the logged in user.</p>\n\n<p>From their <a href=\"https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#How_good_is_Wine_at_sandboxing_Windows_apps.3F\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">FAQ</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <h3>7.5. How ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Using Wine with Internet Explorer or other programs will only have potential malware reach your wine \"drive\", which is a folder structure inside of <code>~/.wine</code>, as well as any other mapped folders.</p>\n\n<p>And regarding viruses. The viruses may infect only those...
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49258
1
49285
2011-06-17T13:54:14.310
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<p>The Background: I have a python script that generates a bunch of images (png format, minimum of several hundred), runs ffmpeg to turn them into a short video, and then puts all of the images into a zip archive so I can go back if I find any strange or interesting things where I want the individual frame. </p> <p>Th...
20128
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2011-06-21T19:45:19.157
How do I partially suppress the command-line output of zip?
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>zip -q -T -m output *.png &amp;&amp; echo \"success\" || echo \"failure\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>should work too, alternative to the solution, given in the comments. </p>\n\n<p>It works like this: If the first commmand (zip ...) succeeds, the following combination with &amp;&a...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>zip -q -T -m output *.png &amp;&amp; echo \"success\" || echo \"failure\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>should work too, alternative to the solution, given in the comments. </p>\n\n<p>It works like this: If the first commmand (zip ...) succeeds, the following combination with...
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49261
1
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2011-06-17T14:07:03.340
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<p>I have natty and have installed <code>kubuntu-desktop</code> package. Before installing it, everything was fine but after that, this thing happens: </p> <p>When I'm typing, after stroking a key, screen blacks out, fan speeds up, and I have to turn off machine by pressing power button. </p> <p>It just happens in m...
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2013-12-21T15:22:53.150
2013-12-21T15:22:53.150
screen blacks out after pressing a key on keyboard, specially enter key
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This seems to be a bug. <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs\" rel=\"nofollow\">Report it here</a></p>\n\n<p>Maybe it is because your system isn't powerful enough.</p>\n\n<p>It would be nice if you could post the output of <code>uname -a</code> and your s...
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49263
1
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2011-06-17T14:26:58.087
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1078
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/40213/what-happened-to-the-visual-effects-tab-in-the-appearance-window">What happened to the Visual Effects tab, in the Appearance window?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>i can't find any effects in the appearance tab. i...
20131
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:30.040
2011-06-17T15:36:06.697
Appearance & Effects Ubuntu 11.04
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is not available on 11.04 anymore. For enabling effects install <code>compizcofig-settings-manager</code> from Software Centre.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-17T16:41:16.890", "id": "54479", "pos...
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2011-06-17T16:40:27.210
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1
49284
2011-06-17T15:10:53.653
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<p>I have been trying to set up a SFTP server with multiple users chrooting into their home directories. I followed the advice on <a href="http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/chroot-users-with-openssh-an-easier-way-to-confine-users-to-their-home-directories/229" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this guide</a> (<a href...
18887
-1
2019-04-24T17:30:01.617
2019-04-24T17:30:01.617
How to set up a SFTP server with users chrooted in their home directories?
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2
CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That article also describes how to get a chrooted shell access, but since you just want a sftp-only account, just follow these instructions:</p>\n\n<p>Edit <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> and add the lines:</p>\n\n<pre><code>SubSystem sftp internal-sftp\nMatch Group sftp\nChrootDir...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That article also describes how to get a chrooted shell access, but since you just want a sftp-only account, just follow these instructions:</p>\n\n<p>Edit <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> and add the lines:</p>\n\n<pre><code>SubSystem sftp internal-sftp\nMatch Group sftp\nC...
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2011-06-17T15:18:56.640
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<p>I installed a program called Aptana Studio 3. It's added a menu item to my context menu(if I right click I see an option "Aptana Studio"). How can I manually remove this from my menu?</p> <hr> <p>I have searched high and low and can't find a way to remove the Aptana stuff from my Firefox. Perhaps it's because I'm ...
11368
11368
2011-06-20T17:33:43.507
2011-06-21T00:15:48.443
how to remove an item from my context menu?
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2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Given that this context menu appears in Firefox, it seems most likely that Aptana installed a Firefox extension.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://wiki.appcelerator.org/display/tis/Uninstalling+the+debugger#Uninstallingthedebugger-TouninstallthedebuggerfromFirefox\" rel=\"nofollow noreferre...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Given that this context menu appears in Firefox, it seems most likely that Aptana installed a Firefox extension.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://wiki.appcelerator.org/display/tis/Uninstalling+the+debugger#Uninstallingthedebugger-TouninstallthedebuggerfromFirefox\" rel=\"nofollow n...
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49273
1
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2011-06-17T15:22:53.760
3
417
<p>I have Ubuntu-One both at work and at home, and would like to share files between the two. However, these are set up under two different Ubuntu-One accounts, with different logins and passwords; I'd like to integrate both accounts into one, with the same login/password, so that files can be shared/synced between the...
20136
169736
2014-02-26T03:49:28.130
2014-02-26T03:49:28.130
Sharing files between 2 Ubuntu One accounts
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>On the machine you wish to change open ubuntuone navigate to the Devices tab and remove that machine. close ubuntuone, reopen it and sign in with the info from the other machine. Then you simply have to select the cloud folders you wish to sync.</p>\n", "commentCount": "...
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49274
1
49279
2011-06-17T15:33:08.697
21
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick.</p> <p>I have a long list of startup applications as you can see here: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/pSCkz.png" alt="startup apps"></p> <p>I have added an entry for Google Chrome, and I would like Google Chrome to start like first of all the other applications... How is thi...
2975
25863
2012-06-18T18:01:34.230
2016-04-05T06:31:07.400
How to change the order of startup applications?
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>These will start in alphabetical order, so you can name the startup application <code>0-Chrome</code> to start it before the others.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-06-17T15:52:...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>These will start in alphabetical order, so you can name the startup application <code>0-Chrome</code> to start it before the others.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": ...
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49281
1
null
2011-06-17T16:11:36.747
2
1649
<p>I installed powernap on my headless Ubuntu 11.04 server and according to webmin the number of running tasks reduced from 105 to 89. The problem is that the server no longer wakes up from LAN (WOL)</p> <p>When I send a WOL package either from my PC or iPod Touch the server does not respond. I need to go to the serv...
20139
20139
2011-06-17T18:58:56.950
2011-12-10T12:43:55.347
Powernap and Wake On LAN
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0
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-11-04T18:12:43.627", "id": "98730", "postId": "49281", "score": "0", "text": "Is PowerNap turning off the server or is PowerNap suspending the server? It might be a good idea for you to file a bug report in launchpad. Thank you!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId"...
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2012-02-28T21:17:45.160
null
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49286
1
49287
2011-06-17T16:42:27.793
0
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<p>I am using djmount to mount upnp music folders and then import from them into Banshee. Unfortunately, i set up the server in a way that for each artist there is an --All-- subfolder containing all the songs for that artist. This causes all songs to be imported twice into Banshee.</p> <p>Is there a way to solve this...
20143
null
null
2011-06-17T16:55:55.640
Is it possible to blacklist subfolders in Banshee?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could create a smart playlist (<em>Media → New Smart Playlist...</em>) matching all songs which filepaths (<em>File Location</em> from the dropdown menu) contain <em>--All--</em> and then remove all those songs from the library. Definitely not the best solution.</p>\n", "commen...
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49288
1
null
2011-06-17T17:09:15.987
6
11942
<p>I want to monitor web camera on Ubuntu to my android. What application can I use? I like <a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skjm.icam&amp;feature=search_result" rel="nofollow">iCam</a> but it works ony on windows. Thanks in advance!</p>
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349837
2019-05-17T06:03:35.507
2019-05-17T06:03:35.507
Stream webcam to Android
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4
0
CC BY-SA 4.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Maybe it is a little bit difficult to set up but it's the only one I know :P </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/cwatchthehamster/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://code.google.com/p/cwatchthehamster/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityO...
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49290
1
49296
2011-06-17T17:23:23.623
7
3534
<p>I've got an Ubuntu install on a USB with a separate NTFS partition, can I expect the same UUID for the partition if I removed and reattached the USB to a computer?</p>
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null
null
2012-08-09T13:49:24.100
Constant UUID on USB install
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Usually the UUID of an external drive does not change. However under certain circumstances (e.g. by switching to another USB port) the UUID may become different.</p>\n\n<p>Therefore we can mount drives using their label. Because we define the label by ourselves it will not change. Ho...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Usually the UUID of an external drive does not change. However under certain circumstances (e.g. by switching to another USB port) the UUID may become different.</p>\n\n<p>Therefore we can mount drives using their label. Because we define the label by ourselves it will not ch...
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49298
1
49312
2011-06-17T18:02:12.233
34
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<p>I usually installed <code>flashplugin-installer</code> and by chance noticed that in the partner repository the Flash entry says it's not installed. It also says the package <code>flashplugin-installer</code> will be removed if I install the package from the partner repository named <code>adobe-flashplugin</code>. I...
814
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:40.850
2019-06-20T18:03:51.347
What's the difference between flashplugin-installer and adobe-flashplugin?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've just downloaded both packages to inspect them, the process for comparing the packages can be found on the bottom.</p>\n\n<h3>adobe-flashplugin</h3>\n\n<p>It contains the Flash player library and configures itself as default for Internet browsers. It was only available for 32-bit...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've just downloaded both packages to inspect them, the process for comparing the packages can be found on the bottom.</p>\n\n<h3>adobe-flashplugin</h3>\n\n<p>It contains the Flash player library and configures itself as default for Internet browsers. It was only available fo...
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49301
1
null
2011-06-17T18:11:13.820
1
284
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/28050/how-do-i-switch-to-the-classic-gnome-desktop">How do I switch to the Classic GNOME Desktop?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 and I was not happy with the default user interface (U...
20153
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2011-06-17T18:19:45.397
Ubuntu 11.04 with Gnome 2?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-17T18:17:50.103", "id": "54501", "postId": "49301", "score": "0", "text": "11.04 has gnome 2 installed: log out, select user and at the bottom choose 'gnome classic'.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15811" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In 11.04 you still have the option do use the old UI. Install, log out, log in - choose ubuntu classic and you have the standard UI. In 11.10 this option will no longer be available in the 700 MB package.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "cre...
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2011-06-17T22:13:18.010
null
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49302
1
null
2011-06-17T18:18:42.320
-1
447
<p>I've just installed Ubuntu 10.04 on my brand new computer with 23" 1920x1080 monitor. This is my first experience with such a large screen resolution. I don't know what settings should be changed but I feel myself uncomfortable. 1920x1080 resolution is very unusual to me.</p> <p>What did you do to feel comfortable ...
20152
235
2011-06-17T19:29:47.060
2011-06-17T19:32:41.850
I've just bought my first 23'' monitor. Which settings to tweak to fill myself comfortable with 1920x1080?
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2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Going to answer the DPI question:</p>\n\n<p>You want to set the DPI (dots per inch, used by the font renderer) to the PPI (pixel per inch) of your screen, so that a 10 point font is really 10 point on your screen.</p>\n\n<p>Lucky for you, your monitor has 96 pixel per inch (2...
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2013-03-14T16:55:20.870
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49304
1
57200
2011-06-17T18:28:38.303
1
3403
<p>I installed Wubi on my Windows 7 64bit machine yesterday, and since then, the windows partition is ridiculously slow. As in, takes an hour to boot. Once it boots, it takes ten minutes to log in. Rebooting takes an hour or so to shut down.</p> <p>The C: drive is an SSD, but it didn't have enough space for Wubi, so...
20155
74875
2012-07-31T01:42:19.967
2012-07-31T01:42:19.967
Windows is excruciatingly slow after wubi installation
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4
7
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-17T18:45:26.113", "id": "54509", "postId": "49304", "score": "0", "text": "That Forum thread is inappropriate, since it deals with dual boot not a Wubi install.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "814" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-17T18:52:21.960", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This turned out to be a hard drive failure in the making; complete reinstallation of windows caused a subsequent hardware failure. Turns out that SSDs aren't the magic bullet against hardware failure after all.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The best option in this case is likely to, as you suggested, install Ubuntu in a separate partition. Installing Ubuntu via Wubi is an easy way to go, but it can gradually cause both operating systems to slow down through file fragmentation.</p>\n\n<p>The Wubi install on your ...
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49310
1
null
2011-06-17T19:20:02.423
18
14736
<p>The issue is similar to this: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2557/thinkpad-middle-button-scrolling">Thinkpad middle button scrolling</a></p> <p>But here, I have an average computer. Basically, when I press the middle button in Windows and move the cursor a little from the starting position the page starts...
15898
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:55.353
2014-04-28T21:21:25.160
Is there any way of enabling middle click scrolling?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can enable it during the current session using the <code>xinput</code> command. First of all, determine the ID of the device you want by running the <code>xinput list</code> command. The output should look something like the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>⎡ Virtual core p...
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49316
1
null
2011-06-17T20:13:26.303
0
1064
<p>I like to use rather small fonts, DejaVu Sans 8 @ 86 DPI, this suits me perfectly, however some apps seem to use even smaller fonts for certain elements, such as the notify bubbles where the headline looks fine but the text below is even smaller, probably size 7, the same goes for Gwibber and Tomboy and Software Cen...
20163
3037
2011-06-17T20:19:25.480
2011-06-18T11:20:22.613
How do I change 'small' fonts?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's possible that these apps use a custom font size. As far as I know, your only option is to increase the font size configuration globally.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creati...
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49325
1
49338
2011-06-17T21:19:03.553
2
790
<p>Tomboy has created a directory called 0 in my home directory. It looks ugly wherever my home folder appears (screenlets). Is there someplace else I could move it. I've tried looking in <code>~/config/tomboy/</code> but could not find something useful. </p> <p>The <code>0</code> directory consists of 3 folders - <co...
11736
null
null
2011-06-17T22:44:57.463
Tomboy creates a 0 folder in home directory
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It sounds like you turned on Tomboy's note synchronization feature, but didn't change the default synchronization folder (which is set to your home folder by default).</p>\n\n<p>To fix this, go to Edit > Preferences in Tomboy, then go to the Synchronization tab, and uncheck the box n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It sounds like you turned on Tomboy's note synchronization feature, but didn't change the default synchronization folder (which is set to your home folder by default).</p>\n\n<p>To fix this, go to Edit > Preferences in Tomboy, then go to the Synchronization tab, and uncheck t...
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49335
1
null
2011-06-17T21:47:34.333
11
5424
<p>I have an HP Laptop with Nvidia drivers. When I'm running <code>top</code> I can see that <code>unity-panel-service</code> is consuming 100% CPU for about 20 seconds and then the CPU consumption goes down to about 10% CPU for about 5 seconds. And this cycle continues. I tried killing the process. But it spawns a new...
2545
null
null
2016-10-19T12:16:31.650
Unity consuming 100% CPU
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8
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That is a well known bug and I think I saw some progress on it. Actually, I don't think I've experienced that in a while. Make sure to install the newest upgrades. It might have been fixed. If not, until it does get fixed, you can easily \"fix it\" by pressing alt+f2 and typi...
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49339
1
null
2011-06-17T22:12:09.930
1
1729
<p>The file manager starts off just after login. It keeps on opening different windows, none of them opens up, neither can I kill using ps -e.</p> <p>Any ideas would be great.</p>
20169
null
null
2011-06-18T03:47:33.883
File manager opens automatically after booting
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>\"system settings\"-> \"startup and shutdown\" -> \"session management\" -> \"on login\" -> \"start with an empty session\"</p>\n\n<p>Hope this helps.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", ...
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49344
1
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2011-06-17T23:58:53.183
3
433
<p>With or without tweaking, I just need to know. There's lots of stuff on Google, and this website about 10.10, but nothing about 11.04. </p> <p>My Bamboo Fun used to not work with 10.04 or 10.10, but it does work in 11.04, Does that mean the Wacom Bamboo Pen would work?</p>
20172
19490
2011-09-26T07:23:57.000
2011-09-26T07:23:57.000
Does the Wacom Bamboo Pen (only pen) Tablet work with 11.04?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The Wacom Fun will work, it's a part of the same set of tablets that were added to the supported driver in the wacom kernel module in the 2.6.38 kernel. Also available as a dkms package from <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~doctormo/+archive/wacom-plus\" rel=\"nofollow\">my w...
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49345
1
null
2011-06-18T00:24:36.663
5
1892
<p>I would like to know how I can disable the feature in nautilus which truncates long filenames in icon view? I beleive there may be a gconf key which controls this but I'm not sure which specific key, if it exists, or has to be added manually.</p>
4902
169736
2013-12-15T13:34:03.077
2019-05-24T20:45:54.687
How can I disable truncated long filename in icon view?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>They gconf key you're looking for is <code>/apps/nautilus/icon_view/text_ellipsis_limit</code></p>\n<p>Basically you just need to set it to [0] and it won't truncate at any zoom level</p>\n<p>Here is the full description from gconf if you're curious:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A s...
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49347
1
null
2011-06-18T00:53:11.230
10
3614
<p>I am running Ubuntu 11.04 and I have an ASRock H67M-ITX/HT motherboard which is the Intel Sandy Bridge architecture.</p> <p>I can't get sound to play through my TV on the HDMI interface. I have plugged in headphones and they work. I have also tried changing the device in sound preferences to the HDMI options provid...
20173
3037
2011-06-18T04:07:54.623
2012-07-14T03:56:01.293
Intel Sandy Bridge no sound through HDMI
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I remember logging in and logging out after plugging in the HDMI device and changing the sound settings to HDMI Output seemed to help in my case.</p>\n\n<p>Additionally, running 'alsamixer' in terminal seemed to have made a difference before.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", ...
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49348
1
49357
2011-06-18T01:39:21.563
6
9830
<p>I'm using Oneiric, and have some default theme set. I understand Unity is using Gtk3, and that the usual Ubuntu themes haven't been ported.</p> <ul> <li>How do I set the theme in Oneiric?</li> <li>Where is/will the new Appearance settings dialog /be? </li> </ul>
4560
null
null
2011-06-18T04:02:04.990
How do I set a theme in Oneiric?
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6
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T03:24:16.580", "id": "54572", "postId": "49348", "score": "0", "text": "No, Unity is yet to use GTK3,it uses GTK2 hence the theme is broken the default theme is called raleigh, and you would need a GTK3 to be able to apply it as that is what Ubuntu is going to use."...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use the gnome-tweak-tool to change your GTK3 theme.</p>\n\n<p>Download from <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3/+sourcepub/1775469/+listing-archive-extra\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://launchpad.net/~gnome3-team/+archive/gnome3/+sourcepub/1775469/+listing-archive...
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2011-06-18T14:46:29.417
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49351
1
null
2011-06-18T03:18:46.603
6
23681
<p>So, for some reason, I'm not allowed to prefix my post with the word "Hey"? Strange. Anyway:</p> <p>I just got a new headset, and to my great surprise, ALSA doesn't even believe that a line-in exists. alsamixer/aplay -L/arecord -l list no capture devices. Audio out has worked wonderfully (over HDMI) since I built t...
20178
null
null
2020-10-04T16:14:49.010
ALSA lists no capture device
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2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T15:14:03.907", "id": "55561", "postId": "49351", "score": "0", "text": "What other \"output ports\" do you have? What audio devices are you running? Assuming you new headset has a mic, does it connect through USB or plug into a 1/8\" jack? Also, alsamixer will onl...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It looks like you want to capture through the HDMI audio port on the graphics card. This is not possible - the HDMI ports on graphics cards have no capture functionality. You need to add a sound card to your system.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "co...
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49365
1
null
2011-06-18T06:05:05.103
6
649
<p>So old versions of Ubuntu are unsupported. What does that mean?</p>
20182
147044
2014-03-10T19:21:07.337
2014-03-10T19:21:07.337
What happens when support has ended for a specific version of Ubuntu?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It means that you won't get security updates and selected high-impact bug fixes any longer.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-06-18T06:09:20.290", "id": "493...
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49370
1
49662
2011-06-18T07:19:04.167
0
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<ul> <li>The title pretty much says it all.</li> <li>See also: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/799058" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/799058</a></li> <li><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6993/internal-microphone-not-workin...
2273
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.310
2011-06-20T10:56:38.827
HDA Intel ALC269VB internal mic only records a high-pitched whine
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>David Henningsson suggested simply changing the input connector to \"Internal Mic\". That fixed it!</p>\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/799058\" rel=\"nofollow\">launchpad issue 799058</a> for details.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>David Henningsson suggested simply changing the input connector to \"Internal Mic\". That fixed it!</p>\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/799058\" rel=\"nofollow\">launchpad issue 799058</a> for details.</p>\n", "commentCount":...
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49371
1
49372
2011-06-18T08:09:20.607
4
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<p>I want bind some folders in my Home directory with some folders in a NTFS partition. Will mounting the NTFS partition with only the <code>defaults</code> parameter affect my read/write access?</p>
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2014-08-05T19:54:58.697
fstab folder bind on partition mounted with defaults parameter
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3
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T08:34:17.553", "id": "54595", "postId": "49371", "score": "1", "text": "I'm not sure I understand the question, but `defaults` for NTFS means full permissions for users.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3037" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T08:...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Mounting a partition with <code>defaults</code> parameter will give all users read/write access. As quoted from <a href=\"http://opensuse.swerdna.org/susentfs.html#permanent\" rel=\"nofollow\">Swerdna's openSUSE mounting tutorial</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>To mount your NTFS part...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Mounting a partition with <code>defaults</code> parameter will give all users read/write access. As quoted from <a href=\"http://opensuse.swerdna.org/susentfs.html#permanent\" rel=\"nofollow\">Swerdna's openSUSE mounting tutorial</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>To mount your N...
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49374
1
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2011-06-18T09:33:32.703
2
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<p>The Changes / Description tabs in the Update Manager are very useful to get a concise explanation for each update, but I only use the shell to update now (<code>sudo sh -c "apt-get update &amp;&amp; apt-get -y dist-upgrade &amp;&amp; apt-get -y autoremove &amp;&amp; apt-get autoclean"</code>). Is there some web site...
10371
10371
2011-06-18T11:08:13.047
2011-06-18T11:08:13.047
Web site for Update Manager changes / description
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To get a changelog for a package on the command-line, run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>apt-get changelog package-name\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>There is a mailing list available which contains information about updates packages <a href=\"https://lists.ubuntu.com/#Package+Upload+and+Automati...
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49375
1
49409
2011-06-18T09:34:11.707
3
691
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/867/how-can-i-stop-being-prompted-to-unlock-the-default-keyring-on-boot">How can I stop being prompted to unlock the ‘default’ keyring on boot?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I am running Natty 11.04 on an acer aspire o...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:28.223
2014-01-07T21:51:26.967
Unlock Keyring Comes Thrice On Every Boot
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you aren't concerned about security you can open seahorse. You then change the password of the default one to nothing and maybe the rest. Right mouse click change password type your old one and leave the rest empty it will promt a box if you are sure.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you're not too concerned about password storage security, then you can simply remove <em>Passwords and Encryption Keys</em> program or it's corresponding package, <code>seahorse</code>. Alternatively, you can browse it's options to modify it's behavior. I myself am not fam...
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2012-12-19T09:41:33.447
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49378
1
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2011-06-18T09:49:59.623
5
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/20989/how-do-i-tell-a-start-up-program-to-start-minimized">How do I tell a start up program to start minimized?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I am using Unity and I want Gnote to start minimized. When I start it now it...
19490
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2017-04-13T12:24:19.577
2012-05-29T14:29:22.930
How do I start Gnote minimized?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>UPDATE:\nI did some looking around and it looks like why it wont minimize to the tray is because it starts before the tray does, so there is no tray for it to minimize to.\nSo I made a script that delays the start of Gnote so the tray has time to start first.\nsleep 5 &amp;&a...
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0
2012-12-19T09:42:27.240
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49379
1
49381
2011-06-18T10:39:20.553
1
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<p>I have recently installed UNB on my Atom-based netbook ( side-by-side with the default Windows 7 Starter ), and I'm very disappointed with the default interface. I really like the design, it looks tailor-made for netbooks - but it is <em>so</em> limited ! ( no shortcuts on the sidebar, or on the desktop; generally c...
20187
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2011-06-18T10:56:51.847
Does Unity on UNR provide power savings over the traditional UI?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since UNR was discontinued with Ubuntu 11.04 (there's only a \"desktop edition\" instead), I assume you are talking about default Unity interface - unless, of course, you use Ubuntu 10.10 or 10.04.</p>\n\n<p>Anyway, there's no reason to stick with Unity for power savings, Unity depen...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since UNR was discontinued with Ubuntu 11.04 (there's only a \"desktop edition\" instead), I assume you are talking about default Unity interface - unless, of course, you use Ubuntu 10.10 or 10.04.</p>\n\n<p>Anyway, there's no reason to stick with Unity for power savings, Uni...
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49380
1
49383
2011-06-18T10:44:38.597
0
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<p>I am trying to compile the vtg-plugin from source however I am getting the error "vtg-dependencies not met" which complains about libpeas and gedit. </p> <p>The version of gedit it is asking for is 2.91.0, while the version of libpeas it wants is 0.7.4.</p> <p>Running </p> <p><code>pkg-config --modversion gedit-2...
19860
20104
2011-06-18T12:48:31.387
2011-06-18T12:48:31.387
vtg-plugin dependencies not met
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>apt-get is telling you that you are using the latest version <em>available for your version of Ubuntu</em>. That doesn't mean there aren't newer versions available in a newer (perhaps unstable) version of Ubuntu.</p>\n\n<p>You have a few options:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Upgrade to a newer ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>apt-get is telling you that you are using the latest version <em>available for your version of Ubuntu</em>. That doesn't mean there aren't newer versions available in a newer (perhaps unstable) version of Ubuntu.</p>\n\n<p>You have a few options:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Upgrade to ...
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49386
1
49454
2011-06-18T11:31:59.913
2
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<p>I've setup my screenlets exactly the way that I want them, but I don't have a quick access to any of them. The screenlet config offers me the following : keep above,below, sticky, locky, widget.</p> <p>Out of these only <a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/35447" rel="nofollow">treat as Widget</a...
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25863
2012-11-21T22:55:33.250
2017-03-01T08:48:52.577
Stop Screenlets from minimizing
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li><p>Install the package <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">compizconfig-settings-manager<img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install compizconfig-settings-manager\" /></a> if you haven't already.</p>\n</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li><p>Install the package <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">compizconfig-settings-manager<img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install compizconfig-settings-manager\" /></a> if you haven't already....
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49387
1
49423
2011-06-18T11:39:09.033
3
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<p>Despite the steady reports of mono icons appearing for programs on sites like <em>OMG! Ubuntu!</em>, the popular XChat still seems to be missing a mono icon.</p> <p>In addition to that. how can we recommend it for inclusion into the repository package?</p>
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2017-03-19T07:25:29.110
2017-03-19T07:25:29.110
Is there a mono appindicator/notification area icon available for XChat?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Use the mono icon</h2>\n\n<p>You will need administrator privileges (<code>gksu</code>, <code>sudo</code>, etc) to apply system-wide.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Zgls.png\" alt=\"XChat\"></p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Save the <a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Zgls.png\" r...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Use the mono icon</h2>\n\n<p>You will need administrator privileges (<code>gksu</code>, <code>sudo</code>, etc) to apply system-wide.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Zgls.png\" alt=\"XChat\"></p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Save the <a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/0Zgls...
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49389
1
49397
2011-06-18T11:43:28.740
2
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<p>How can I make my scanner <strong>Epson perfection 3170</strong> running under ubuntu 11.04 ?</p> <p>When I run "Simple Scan" it said:"No scanner detected".</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/VbbPo.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Thanks</p> <p><strong>Edit</strong>:</p> <p>after I saw su...
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20191
2011-06-19T09:00:13.160
2012-04-19T09:52:25.693
Running a epson Scanner perfection 3170
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-19T18:32:41.080", "id": "54864", "postId": "49389", "score": "2", "text": "it would probably be best if you split off the solution part from the bottom and posted it as an answer.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.avasys.jp/lx-bin2/linux_e/scan/DL1.do\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">here</a> you can find the driver for your scanner. i did check it and it is available as .rpm package or as a tar.gz source.\ni suggest you grab the .rpm package and convert it to .deb using <a h...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.avasys.jp/lx-bin2/linux_e/scan/DL1.do\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">here</a> you can find the driver for your scanner. i did check it and it is available as .rpm package or as a tar.gz source.\ni suggest you grab the .rpm package and convert it to .deb us...
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49390
1
83290
2011-06-18T12:00:25.087
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<p>How do I install the latest <a href="https://nodejs.org" rel="noreferrer">node.js</a> on Ubuntu? I've been looking around, and I can't find anything. Is there a Ubuntu package for <code>node.js</code>, or do I have to compile it myself?</p>
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216385
2017-09-06T09:13:19.810
2024-02-16T07:41:54.520
How do I install the latest version of node.js?
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2023-11-03T20:26:59.043", "id": "2612659", "postId": "49390", "score": "0", "text": "in 2011 ok, but in nowadays (2023-2011>10 !) no news? why UBUNTO not supply fresh and stable `apt install nodejs` ?? `snap install node` better?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/#debian-and-ubuntu-based-linux-distributions-enterprise-linux-fedora-and-snap-packages\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Per the Node.js website</a>:</p>\n<pre class=\"lang-bash prettyprint-override\"><code># Using Debian/Ubuntu\ncurl -sL h...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes, go to Synaptic, search for \"nodejs\". The packages are located in the universe repository. I suggest you install all of the packages starting with nodejs if you are doing development.</p>\n\n<p>Just in case that doesn't work:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install g++ c...
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49392
1
49394
2011-06-18T12:07:02.263
16
24106
<p>If I try to set this option for a file on an external drive it just unmarks itself. Doing <code>chmod +x</code> has no effect. The drive is mounted with default options.</p>
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2647
2011-06-18T13:23:08.573
2014-06-21T21:12:10.540
How to mark "allow executing file as program" on an external drive
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3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T12:08:44.143", "id": "54632", "postId": "49392", "score": "4", "text": "What is the filesystem on it?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15898" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your external disk is likely formatted NTFS or FAT32. Those filesystems do no support Linux file permissions.</p>\n\n<p>You've now at least five options:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Just copy it to the desktop (or your Home folder) and set the permissions on that file.</li>\n<li>Backup the data...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your external disk is likely formatted NTFS or FAT32. Those filesystems do no support Linux file permissions.</p>\n\n<p>You've now at least five options:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Just copy it to the desktop (or your Home folder) and set the permissions on that file.</li>\n<li>Backup ...
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49401
1
107522
2011-06-18T13:57:40.980
15
88324
<p>My ntp.conf file:</p> <pre><code>user@pc[0][07:37:40]:/etc$ cat /etc/ntp.conf idriftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift server 0.pool.ntp.org server 1.pool.ntp.org server 2.pool.ntp.org server pool.ntp.org </code></pre> <p>Command output:</p> <pre><code>user@pc[0][07:37:24]:/etc$ sudo ntpdate -dv pool.ntp.org 18 Jun 07:3...
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2013-10-25T16:06:30.500
2017-08-21T10:46:09.327
Unable to sync time using `ntpdate`, error: "no server suitable for synchronization found"
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-14T18:44:40.377", "id": "120506", "postId": "49401", "score": "0", "text": "i'm having the same problem with ntpdate :(", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14747" }, { "creationDate": "2012-02-25T02:01:50.647", "id": "125493", "postId": "49401...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>my ntp (/etc/ntp.conf) says</p>\n\n<pre><code>server 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org\nserver 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org\nserver 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org\nserver 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>change yours to this and do it as root (<code>sudo -i</code>)</p>\n\n<pre><code>service ntp stop\n...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First of all, you do not need <code>ntp</code> server to synchronize time (I see you have <code>/etc/ntp.conf</code> that come from the package <code>ntp</code>, providing the server), and if you use that server, you do not need to use <code>ntpdate</code> manually.</p>\n\n<p...
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49403
1
null
2011-06-18T13:58:01.637
10
23291
<p>How can I save and read files from Apple's office suite, iWork? It includes applications like Keynote (for presentations), Pages (word processing), etc.</p>
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2011-06-18T14:13:45.497
2014-06-17T04:15:37.963
How can I read and edit files from Apple iWork (Keynote, Pages)?
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2014-06-17T04:15:37.963", "id": "645590", "postId": "49403", "score": "0", "text": "If you need to use .pages files, Google Drive Editor can do that or you can go to icloud.com. You have free access to iWork using your Apple ID", "userDisplayName": "user294238", "userI...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is no universal \"Mac format\". Applications have their own file formats for storing data.</p>\n\n<p>An office suite for Ubuntu is LibreOffice. To allow for document exchange, save the file in a format understood by both programs:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Keynote / LibreOffice ...
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49404
1
49408
2011-06-18T14:07:23.723
0
3345
<p>Well, I've got a computer with a Windows partition, but whenever I try to boot to it once it's loaded it freezes.</p> <p>I want to free some space from that partition (for example, uninstalling Windows programs), but I don't know how to do this 'safely'; that is, without damaging the other parts of the system. Do y...
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18612
2014-09-03T21:39:07.067
2014-09-03T21:39:07.067
How do I uninstall Windows programs from Ubuntu?
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1
5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T14:18:02.843", "id": "54648", "postId": "49404", "score": "0", "text": "Do I understand correctly, that you have a dual boot system and your windows freezes and you thing it is because the windows partition is too small? If so, you may be can increase the windows pa...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Start with an Ubuntu livecd (or liveusb), mount the windows partition (or patitions) and remove or backup elsewhere files not needed to run the windows system, and that take more space, as video files, music files and so on.</p>\n\n<p>You cannot, for what I know, remove correctly win...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Start with an Ubuntu livecd (or liveusb), mount the windows partition (or patitions) and remove or backup elsewhere files not needed to run the windows system, and that take more space, as video files, music files and so on.</p>\n\n<p>You cannot, for what I know, remove corre...
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49412
1
49425
2011-06-18T15:02:07.863
5
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<p>How can I find out if Ubuntu supports a particular hardware component, that is, if it works in Ubuntu?</p> <p>I am going to put together a computer and I am choosing components.</p> <ul> <li>How do I know if Ubuntu supports this or that motherboard, or this or that sound card, or this or that graphics card, etc?</...
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2017-02-05T17:34:55.920
2018-04-23T12:54:35.230
Support for hardware components
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could use <a href=\"http://linuxhcl.com/browse/search\" rel=\"nofollow\">hardware compatibility databases</a>. You can even set Ubuntu Linux as a search attribute.</p>\n\n<p>When I buy new hardware I usually google for that hardware. Let's say I want to buy a graphic card from nv...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could use <a href=\"http://linuxhcl.com/browse/search\" rel=\"nofollow\">hardware compatibility databases</a>. You can even set Ubuntu Linux as a search attribute.</p>\n\n<p>When I buy new hardware I usually google for that hardware. Let's say I want to buy a graphic card...
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49416
1
49417
2011-06-18T15:46:26.773
14
26488
<p>wpa_supplicant seems to somehow be auto started at boot.</p> <pre> # ps auxwww |grep wpa root 915 0.0 0.0 28824 1232 ? S 17:36 0:00 /sbin/wpa_supplicant -u -s </pre> <p>How do I disable this service, prevent it from auto starting ?</p>
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3037
2011-06-18T15:51:15.363
2019-04-10T21:41:11.690
Prevent/stop wpa_supplicant from starting
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Should be enough to remove the file</p>\n\n<p><code>/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service</code></p>\n\n<p>Move it somewhere so you can restore it, rather than immediately delete it. ;-)</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Should be enough to remove the file</p>\n\n<p><code>/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/fi.epitest.hostap.WPASupplicant.service</code></p>\n\n<p>Move it somewhere so you can restore it, rather than immediately delete it. ;-)</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ ...
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49420
1
49441
2011-06-18T16:22:19.870
4
1101
<p>I've recently attended an online workshop using Citrix GoToWebinar, a service that allows someone to broadcast their desktop and audio out to all members connected to the presentation as well as receive audio and screencasts from those attendees , and the experience was unbelievable, and I was wondering if there was...
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2016-03-24T17:26:34.257
Broadcasting webinars to and from Ubuntu
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T17:55:27.533", "id": "54700", "postId": "49420", "score": "0", "text": "So basically there are lots of screencasts and one main one, am I right? Try Webex... Not sure if that is what you want, but it is worth a try.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1589...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm a long time Ubuntu user and also work for Citrix Online who make GoToWebinar. I just wanted to let you know that we are working on support for Linux currently, it's something I'm pretty excited about and will definitely be announcing on my blog once it's ready :)</p>\n", "comm...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm a long time Ubuntu user and also work for Citrix Online who make GoToWebinar. I just wanted to let you know that we are working on support for Linux currently, it's something I'm pretty excited about and will definitely be announcing on my blog once it's ready :)</p>\n",...
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49426
1
49427
2011-06-18T17:24:10.003
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<p>I've created an indicator that I think should work, but doesn't. I've added the UI interface from a glade file, loaded it and added the menu to appindicator. The following is the entire source code beginning with the XML. Is there any reason why this shouldn't work?</p> <pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env python #coding: utf...
19779
9781
2011-10-10T16:06:54.540
2011-10-10T16:06:54.540
Indicator menu from gtk.Builder ui string
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is that your Indicator object (<code>ind</code>) is not a class variable, it's scope is only in the <code>__init__</code> function. This means it is being destroyed by Python's garbage collection once your class finishes initation. To fix this, replace <code>ind</code> w...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is that your Indicator object (<code>ind</code>) is not a class variable, it's scope is only in the <code>__init__</code> function. This means it is being destroyed by Python's garbage collection once your class finishes initation. To fix this, replace <code>ind<...
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49429
1
54733
2011-06-18T18:06:52.463
4
3015
<p>I've recently started working with Ubuntu Server 10.04, but I'm having a problem while connecting to WEP-encrypted Wifi.</p> <p>I've tried the following:</p> <pre><code>sudo ifconfig wlan0 down sudo dhclient -r wlan0 sudo ifconfig wlan0 up sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "&lt;essid&gt;" sudo iwconfig wlan0 key &lt;h...
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null
2011-06-18T18:57:17.243
2017-06-08T07:15:52.763
How do I connect my server to a WEP encrypted wireless network?
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T21:18:51.527", "id": "54729", "postId": "49429", "score": "0", "text": "Did you try checking if the driver for the wlan is up-to-date? You could hook up a lan cable until all the updates and drivers are gotten and installed.", "userDisplayName": null, "userI...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The error you are receiving ( \"No DHCPOFFERS received\" ) seems to suggest that there is no DHCP server in your network. So I do not think is a WEP problem...</p>\n\n<p>I assume that your are trying to connect to a \"normal\" router ( so you do not have separate DHCP server, firewal...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The error you are receiving ( \"No DHCPOFFERS received\" ) seems to suggest that there is no DHCP server in your network. So I do not think is a WEP problem...</p>\n\n<p>I assume that your are trying to connect to a \"normal\" router ( so you do not have separate DHCP server,...
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user4815
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49430
1
50406
2011-06-18T18:10:12.297
3
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<p>Are there tools built into "Ubuntu" (or possibly within the repositories) to help me secure my on-line information.</p>
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2011-06-24T18:00:01.913
On-line security tools?
[ "11.04", "security" ]
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T18:13:37.490", "id": "54705", "postId": "49430", "score": "1", "text": "What do you mean by \"online information\"? Information hosted by a hosting provider?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15898" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T21:05:11.110",...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes - many! You could compile and build any of the linux tools, or if you like prepackaged solutions you can use apt-get to install packages such as the following:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>gpw</strong> password generator</li>\n<li><strong>keepass2</strong> password safe</li>\n<li><st...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes - many! You could compile and build any of the linux tools, or if you like prepackaged solutions you can use apt-get to install packages such as the following:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>gpw</strong> password generator</li>\n<li><strong>keepass2</strong> password safe</li>\...
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49434
1
49438
2011-06-18T18:44:26.353
4
2702
<p>I spend most of my time in the terminal. I heard something about <a href="http://acko.net/blog/on-termkit" rel="nofollow">TermKit</a>, and I'm curious as to how I can install it on Ubuntu. So far, I haven't been able to find any good instructions on how to install it. </p>
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2013-12-30T16:13:45.650
2013-12-30T16:13:45.650
How do I install Termkit?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T18:55:36.747", "id": "54712", "postId": "49434", "score": "1", "text": "Thanks for this... Installing it myself, I will post an answer as soon as I make it work for me.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15898" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First, install the dependencies:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install git libssl-dev\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now, download, build and install node, npm (a package manager for node) and TermKit itself:</p>\n\n<h3>Build Node.js:</h3>\n\n<p>trunk is a bit unstable so we check out a known...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First, install the dependencies:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install git libssl-dev\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now, download, build and install node, npm (a package manager for node) and TermKit itself:</p>\n\n<h3>Build Node.js:</h3>\n\n<p>trunk is a bit unstable so we check out...
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49435
1
49443
2011-06-18T18:49:35.943
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<p>I am trying to to enable the /apps/gnome-system-tools/users/show_all flag that is supposed to be in gconf-editor.</p> <p>According to the Ubuntu community documentation, and many google searches, the key I want should be in the above location but the entire /apps/gnome-system-tools tree is missing.</p> <p><a href=...
20206
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2011-06-18T19:43:59.213
Gconf-editor missing gnome-system-tools from tree
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>gnome-system-tools now uses <em>dconf</em> instead of <em>gconf</em> so you have to use <code>dconf-editor</code> (not installed by default, install package <code>dconf-tools</code>) instead of <code>gconf-editor</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "cre...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>gnome-system-tools now uses <em>dconf</em> instead of <em>gconf</em> so you have to use <code>dconf-editor</code> (not installed by default, install package <code>dconf-tools</code>) instead of <code>gconf-editor</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ ...
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49436
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2011-06-18T19:03:30.557
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476
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7034/what-is-the-difference-between-32bit-and-64-bit-and-which-should-i-chose">What is the difference between 32bit and 64 bit and which should I chose?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I installed Ubuntu Natty 64-bit on ...
18969
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:04.307
2012-08-23T15:00:32.523
Which should I use on HP machine with AMD phenom x3: 32-bit or 64-bit?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try installing preload and prelink. they are both in the default repositories. Check out this guide for prelinking: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74197\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=74197</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", ...
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2012-03-06T15:55:42.490
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49437
1
49442
2011-06-18T19:05:41.633
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<p>While watching videos on my desktop(not in browser) I want to make the background dark.<br> For eg:<br></p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BpwgF.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BpwgF.png" alt=""></a></p> <p>In the above pic I want everything to be black except the video. I...
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2011-06-18T19:42:53.163
2017-03-01T08:34:30.187
How can I make the background dark while watching video?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can do this with the <a href=\"http://www.videolan.org/vlc/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">VLC</a> media player:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/vlc\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">vlc<img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install vlc\"></a>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can do this with the <a href=\"http://www.videolan.org/vlc/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">VLC</a> media player:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/vlc\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">vlc<img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install vl...
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2011-06-18T19:31:02.473
4
1426
<p>When I run Nautilus with <code>sudo</code>, <code>gksudo</code> or <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F2</kbd>, I get this error message:</p> <pre><code>Initializing nautilus-gdu extension ** (nautilus:2352): WARNING **: Failed to get the current CK session: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Manager.GeneralError: Unable to ...
20208
114
2011-06-18T20:02:32.310
2012-02-21T19:39:35.087
Unable to launch nautilus with sudo
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T20:46:29.340", "id": "54725", "postId": "49440", "score": "0", "text": "Is everything up to date? Try reinstalling gnome-disk-utility.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15898" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T22:00:57.577", "id": "54731", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try installing <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gnome-user-share\" rel=\"nofollow\">gnome-user-share</a> and see if that helps.</p>\n\n<p>If Nautilus still doesn't start try <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8871167&amp;postcount=9\" rel=\"nofollow\">this solu...
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2012-03-08T23:49:09.983
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49446
1
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2011-06-18T21:04:14.887
0
156
<p>After Uninstalling Gnome3, i reboot computer and appeared Proxy user below mine and didn't know its pass. After i logged in with my name, terminal just opened. Then i tried installing ubuntu desktop but it couldn't fetch repos so i couldn't. I updated the sources.list and removed old 10.10 ones but it didn't work a...
20210
null
null
2011-06-18T22:58:12.763
After Removing Gnome3, Gnome couldn't load!
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T22:04:54.017", "id": "54732", "postId": "49446", "score": "0", "text": "Oh, this one is simple. Just restore the backup of your system you made before installing unsupported software. :)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19053" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you have the live CD of 11.04 or can get one, put it into the tray, then run the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-cdrom add #this will add the CD to the sources list\nsudo apt-get update\nsudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", ...
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49447
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2011-06-18T21:55:15.057
5
4434
<p>All my photos are quite disorganized and I found this option in the settings dialogue to import pictures and create new folders using this pattern: <code>/home/username/pictures/&lt;year&gt;/&lt;month&gt;/&lt;day&gt;</code> Shotwell also asked whether to link or copy the pictures and I chose to copy, but nonetheles...
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3037
2011-06-18T22:08:09.580
2022-01-19T23:03:04.427
Can Shotwell create a folder structure based on the date the photos were taken?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T22:21:39.283", "id": "54733", "postId": "49447", "score": "0", "text": "Works fine here. Is your `~/Pictures` a standard folder or a symbolic link to some space elsewhere (see [this bug report](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shotwell/+bug/797117))?", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The problem is that Shotwell will only copy the photos if they are located outside your XDG Pictures directory (usually ~/Pictures). If they are located inside your Pictures directory, Shotwell does not copy or reorganize them. (It's a tough call, but there are a lot of peo...
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49451
1
null
2011-06-18T22:39:22.487
6
3343
<p>I wish to have an image in my terminal background but I am unsure how big the image needs to be. The terminal is sized at 80x24 which means 80 columns wide and 24 rows high, but I am unable to find anywhere documenting how wide a column itself is. Does anyone happen to know the pixel width of a column/row in Gnome T...
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527764
2020-08-04T08:40:01.243
2020-08-04T08:41:04.620
What size in pixels are GNOME Terminal's column height and row width?
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CC BY-SA 4.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-18T23:04:53.817", "id": "54744", "postId": "49451", "score": "0", "text": "Don't you want to resize your terminal? I guess the column/row size depends on the fonts you are using.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "17079" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's 80x24 characters, so the size depends on the font, e.g. with the 11pt Monospace font it's 722x434 → one character is 9x18px with 1px border around the terminal.</p>\n\n<p>I suggest you make a screenshot of your terminal and determine the size by using the selection tool ...
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49460
1
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2011-06-18T23:41:12.287
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/10481/does-unity-support-disabling-the-global-application-menu">Does Unity support disabling the global application menu?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is there an option with ubuntu unity to put the top menu bar back ...
20215
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.310
2011-06-19T12:43:19.230
unity top menu at top of screen
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could remove it completely.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal#Starting%20a%20Terminal\" rel=\"nofollow\">Open a terminal</a> </li>\n<li>Type <code>sudo apt-get remove appmenu-gtk indicator-applet-appmenu indicator-appmenu</code>...
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2011-06-19T20:41:03.227
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49463
1
580865
2011-06-19T00:18:26.920
6
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<p>I'm wondering if it's possible to integrate NotifyOSD with gnome-terminal.</p> <p>I'd like if NotifyOSD warned me if there was new output in gnome-terminal (if the window isn't focused). As soon as a new output is printed and the window isn't focused, it'd warn me through notify-osd (1 time only). For instance:</p>...
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10027
2011-06-19T02:31:53.183
2015-02-02T15:19:00.823
Integrating gnome-terminal with notify-osd
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-19T01:03:41.957", "id": "54760", "postId": "49463", "score": "0", "text": "Please be more concrete. Because I would find it really really annoying if `ping` notifies me on every new output. If you just want a result notification, try `<command>; notify-send $(if [ $? ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use Pantheon Terminal instead of GNOME terminal. It has the notifications feature built-in - actually, I wrote it. Here's a demo: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLhTmnifAro\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLhTmnifAro</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>Dustin Kirkland</strong>, Core Developer of the Ubuntu Server posted something very interesting on his blog: an alias you can add to your .bashrc file to get notified when a job you run in a terminal is done. </p>\n\n<p><strong>Setting everything up</strong></p>\n\n<o...
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49465
1
49718
2011-06-19T02:06:44.587
5
1570
<p>So i went out and brought an HP DV6 laptop.</p> <p>The laptop came pre-installed with windows 7 Home premium.</p> <p>The laptop had several partitions.</p> <p>A <code>system</code> partition which appears to be a boot loader only.<br> A <code>Windows</code> partition with, as you can guess the windows install.<br...
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2011-06-20T17:08:15.573
Installing ubuntu broke my windows install
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Given that you should be able to mount (at least in read-only mode) the windows partition, you should be able to grab all the data you need of it, wipe the machine then re-install the OS's its a crude method, but certainly the easiest. </p>\n\n<p>At any rate, have a clean install of ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Given that you should be able to mount (at least in read-only mode) the windows partition, you should be able to grab all the data you need of it, wipe the machine then re-install the OS's its a crude method, but certainly the easiest. </p>\n\n<p>At any rate, have a clean ins...
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49468
1
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2011-06-19T03:33:21.193
4
9592
<p>I have an external 80G hard drive, connected with USB. I've used this for multiple things in the past, including running an Ubuntu OS off it (I know, bad idea). In any case, it came unplugged while I was running Ubuntu. Of course, Ubuntu promptly generated errors and I shut down the computer. I plugged it in again a...
20219
20219
2011-06-21T17:04:23.480
2012-04-27T07:42:31.693
External HDD shows up in /dev/, but inaccessible via [g]parted
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5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-19T13:46:18.740", "id": "54826", "postId": "49468", "score": "0", "text": "i'm not too hot on usb drives, but i expect that the output from the commands `dmesg`, `lsusb`, and an attempt to mount it manually `mount /dev/sdc /media/drive`, would help you get your answer....
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>looking from your attempt at mounting the drive, do you know what the filesystem is? its probably ext4 if you let ubuntu choose when it was formatted/installed.</p>\n\n<p>if its ext4 then, given the scenario surrounding its failure, the problem is probably a bad superblock (i...
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49469
1
92060
2011-06-19T04:07:01.440
11
6025
<p>When I hit \t to use the Command-T extension in VIM, I get the error</p> <pre><code>command-t.vim could not load the C extension </code></pre> <p>I'm not sure how to go about fixing this... any suggestions?</p> <p>Thanks</p> <hr> <p>I am using the git-repository installation method. Here's what happens when I "...
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6917
2011-06-20T03:33:45.813
2013-10-13T18:42:11.210
command-t vim "Could not load C extension"
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Pete, you must install ruby-dev package before invoke \"rake make\" command.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2012-01-01T23:01:52.503", "id": "92060", "lastActivityDate": "2012-01...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Command-T requires a compiled C extension to work. Here's the relevant section from the <a href=\"http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3025\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Command-T homepage</a> on how to compile the extension:</p>\n\n<pre><code>The C extension must also be t...
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49470
1
108271
2011-06-19T04:36:45.640
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<p>I'm using GNOME 3 Shell on Ubuntu Natty (11.04). When I start a new program with Alt-F2, I'd like focus to be on that window. Instead, focus is given not to the previous window which had focus nor to the program I just ran, but to a <em>different</em> window.</p> <p>Anyone have ideas on how to help the window manag...
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10616
2011-07-07T18:02:11.517
2012-02-27T18:05:04.980
program run with GNOME Alt-F2 dialog doesn't have focus
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-28T20:56:25.260", "id": "56901", "postId": "49470", "score": "0", "text": "Strange, cannot repro anymore. I don't know what changed.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2273" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Seems to have resolved on it's own</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Strange, cannot repro anymore. I don't know what changed.</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": "2012-02-27T18:05:04.980", "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDat...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Seems to have resolved on it's own</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Strange, cannot repro anymore. I don't know what changed.</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": "2012-02-27T18:05:04.980", "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0"...
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2012-02-27T18:15:51.877
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49471
1
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2011-06-19T04:42:30.450
1
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<p>The output from sudo apachectl -t -D DUMP_MODULES</p> <pre><code>Loaded Modules: core_module (static) log_config_module (static) logio_module (static) mpm_prefork_module (static) http_module (static) so_module (static) alias_module (shared) auth_basic_module (shared) auth_digest_module (shared) authn_file...
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2011-06-19T08:46:22.423
$_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_DIGEST'] empty with mod_auth_digest enabled
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In your Apache configuration, you've not enabled <a href=\"http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_auth_digest.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Digest authentication</a>. Try uncommenting the relevant lines and restart Apache through <code>sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart</code>:</p>...
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1
49475
2011-06-19T05:07:27.170
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<p>What exactly means </p> <pre><code>ls --author </code></pre> <p>It really returns writer of a file or owner? How to set author for a file? I have to implement this part (<code>ls --author</code>), so need to know what exactly it is. </p>
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169736
2014-04-26T18:22:04.060
2014-04-26T18:22:04.060
What does `ls --author` mean?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Ubuntu manual page for \"ls\" neither explains what the \"author\" is and it also does not mention that the option only applies to long format.\nFrom a <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/What-information-is-listed.html\">GNU/Hurd</a> man page:</p>\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Ubuntu manual page for \"ls\" neither explains what the \"author\" is and it also does not mention that the option only applies to long format.\nFrom a <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/What-information-is-listed.html\">GNU/Hurd</a> man pag...
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/35955/how-to-hide-hard-disk-size-in-volume-name">How to hide hard disk size in volume name?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is there any way to disable or at least change the way Nautilus displays Drives? My drives show...
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2011-06-19T06:31:58.483
Nautilus - Can I set nautilus not to display the drive size, just the name?
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2011-06-19T20:14:03.123
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2011-06-19T05:57:04.113
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<p>I have several computers in my network and would like to see which computer is hogging too much speed, then possibly throttle that PC. All computers are going through one router, both wired and wireless. I have tried wireshark, but is very complicated and I can't seem to get anything other than usb monitoring, and c...
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2011-06-19T13:42:15.513
Can I monitor home network and throttle traffic?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unless you're using your Ubuntu machine <strong>as</strong> a router, I'm not sure you can influence the connection received by anyone else connected.</p>\n\n<p>That said, most routers will come with a Quality of Service engine (or something similar) which will allow you to prioritie...
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2011-06-19T06:18:18.780
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<p>Had the laptop for about a year, when in Windows it never happens, but seems to happen frequently in Xubuntu 11.04. I've looked almost everywhere for increasing the fan speeds, because it never kicks into high gear, just a steady pace for idle use. lm-sensors doesn't show fan speeds, just the temps of the CPU. </p> ...
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2011-06-20T03:41:14.933
2011-09-28T11:32:31.723
Acer Aspire 5532 Overheating
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had the same problem with an Acer Aspire 5315 which was given to me to mend.\nThe answer is to download the latest BIOS from Acer and flash it.\nThe issue arises as several (maybe all) Acer models use the Acer installed software to manage the fan. If that software is remove...
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