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2011-06-21T07:31:27.553
36
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<p>I was looking for software which is able to cut audio files into smaller pieces, for example I set seconds and miliseconds for beginning and end of cutting, and then I can save cut content as new file.</p>
16988
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2011-06-21T07:45:55.263
2018-10-10T02:36:42.280
Cutting of audio files
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/Audacity\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Audacity</a> is capable of doing this.</p>\n\n<p>About Audacity</p>\n\n<p>Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and multilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems...
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49808
1
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2011-06-21T08:41:28.883
1
1011
<p>I'm trying to use OpenVPN to connect to a work network. Unfortunately, the work network is behind a NAT, which means I have to use the float option to make it work.</p> <p>Apparently, NetworkManager does not support the float option --- there appears to be no way of specifying it in the configuration options.</p> ...
3315
null
null
2012-03-06T07:45:46.143
NetworkManager, OpenVPN and float
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>According to an <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1250970\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu Forums thread</a> there was a patch added to the ppa for network manager but it is no longer offered.</p>\n\n<p>The page lists the following code however that you can try.</p>...
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49812
1
null
2011-06-21T09:36:25.723
1
947
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/579/how-do-i-move-the-window-buttons-from-left-to-right">How do I move the Window buttons from left to right?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>How to keep buttons layout when maximize windows on Natty?</p> <p>With my Ubu...
18650
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-10-26T06:05:14.217
How to keep buttons layout when maximize windows on Natty?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>According to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/40733/maximizing-a-window-moves-minimize-maximize-and-close-button-to-the-left\">Maximizing a Window moves minimize,maximize and close button to the left</a>, you can't.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ ...
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2012-12-19T09:39:36.917
null
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49813
1
49819
2011-06-21T09:39:38.897
8
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<p>What program or configuration is responsible for making fonts sharp and clear?</p>
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2011-06-21T15:20:03.440
2019-07-18T13:23:48.213
What makes fonts in Ubuntu as sharp as fonts optimized by ClearType on Windows?
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2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T09:59:51.617", "id": "55222", "postId": "49813", "score": "1", "text": "We call it Subpixel-Smoothing. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8893" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T10:18:16.083", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Both systems, Microsoft's ClearType and FreeType, use <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico\" alt=\"\"> Subpixel Rendering</a>, which utilises the RGB subpixels on your TFT display to m...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Both systems, Microsoft's ClearType and FreeType, use <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpixel_rendering\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico\" alt=\"\"> Subpixel Rendering</a>, which utilises the RGB subpixels on your TFT disp...
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49814
1
49985
2011-06-21T09:40:16.990
3
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<p>I'm trying to create an ubuntu .deb package for the (pretty awesome) <a href="http://www.iolanguage.com/" rel="nofollow">Io Language</a>. I am not the developer of that language, so I'm not familiar with <a href="https://github.com/stevedekorte/io" rel="nofollow">its sourcecode</a> yet. This is my first attempt at c...
6445
235
2011-06-21T13:22:19.533
2011-06-22T06:55:27.217
"io: postinst-must-call-ldconfig" when creating a package
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T06:56:36.543", "id": "55460", "postId": "49814", "score": "0", "text": "Is you packaging located somewhere? Seeing at least your `debian/rules` file might shed some light on your specific problem.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "570" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>postinst</code> is a maintainer script that you can add to the <code>debian</code> directory. Most straight forward packages shouldn't require the maintainer to create this file. Debhelper will automatically create it for you in the binary package. See both the <a href=\"http:/...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>postinst</code> is a maintainer script that you can add to the <code>debian</code> directory. Most straight forward packages shouldn't require the maintainer to create this file. Debhelper will automatically create it for you in the binary package. See both the <a href=...
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49817
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49822
2011-06-21T10:20:07.270
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<p>If I go to a web address that doesn't exist such as <a href="http://testestewcsdijncijfkdmkdfkddmkmdmdsexsecsecfvrgtoejwfej.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://testestewcsdijncijfkdmkdfkddmkmdmdsexsecsecfvrgtoejwfej.com/</a> I get landed on a strange Chinese page like this:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur...
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2011-06-21T13:16:19.507
2011-06-21T13:16:19.507
Why do I get redirected to a weird Chinese site for non-existent websites?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This can be caused by a few things:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>A DNS server is injecting false responses (try setting your DNS to 8.8.8.8, Google's server)</p></li>\n<li><p>A proxy at your ISP (that'd be quite weird, almost malicious)</p></li>\n<li><p>Your router injecting false DNS respons...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This can be caused by a few things:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>A DNS server is injecting false responses (try setting your DNS to 8.8.8.8, Google's server)</p></li>\n<li><p>A proxy at your ISP (that'd be quite weird, almost malicious)</p></li>\n<li><p>Your router injecting false DNS...
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49827
1
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2011-06-21T11:21:32.373
25
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<p>I have never worked with Linux before. I always used Windows. But I'm considering installing Ubuntu on my machine.</p> <p>I read installing Ubuntu should be very easy. But is there anything I need to keep in mind during the installation?</p> <p>What are the first things I have to do when I've completed the install...
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2017-09-01T04:41:57.947
2017-09-01T04:41:57.947
What does a beginner need to know before switching to Ubuntu?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are three points I can think of:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Write down your internet connection settings. Ubuntu's support is heavily dependent on the internet. Ubuntu Software Centre is used for installing software that is in the online repositories. To install software manually...
2011-06-21T14:11:07.840
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2013-10-22T17:35:05.977
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49829
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2011-06-21T11:27:34.330
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<p>I tried to update via the "update manager", but when I click on the update button it gives a low space error. I tried running <code>sudo apt-get clean</code> in a terminal but that also ends in vain.</p> <p>How can I clean up enough space to update? </p> <p>I am confused in which disk is Ubuntu installed and I don...
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2012-06-26T00:07:53.273
2012-06-26T00:07:53.273
How do I resolve a "low space" error when upgrading?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>remove some photos, videos or music, then make a live cd (or live usb) and install 11.04 via that. </p>\n\n<p>If you go into system monitor and looks at the \"system\" tab how much free disk space do you have?</p>\n\n<p>I would suggest you download your version 32/64 bit and ...
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49832
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2011-06-21T11:51:26.090
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<p>I am playing bygfoot football manager game in ubuntu 11.04. i saved the game and it saved my game in "homefolder/.bygfoot/saves" path. Now i want to play the same game on another computer. so how to find my saved game file, so that i can load that game in that computer and play. When i visit my home folder i am not ...
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2013-12-15T14:11:28.500
2013-12-15T14:11:28.500
Locate saved game file
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5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>H</kbd> in nautilus (the file browser). – nickguletskii. Thank you for \"nickguletskii\". The above help from \"nickguletskii\" helped me to view hidden files in my user account. I found the hidden files and the saved game files under the game folder. I did...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>H</kbd> in nautilus (the file browser). – nickguletskii. Thank you for \"nickguletskii\". The above help from \"nickguletskii\" helped me to view hidden files in my user account. I found the hidden files and the saved game files under the game folde...
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49836
1
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2011-06-21T11:59:39.667
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<p>I watched some tv that is in a .avi file yesterday everything worked fine but this morning (and now) the audio stops working after 5 seconds and the video gets jumpy. </p> <p>Info, 11.04, asus 1201n, both vlc and movie player has the error.</p> <p>Stefano Palazzo helped with this. <code>sudo gedit /var/log/apt/his...
10698
10698
2011-06-21T19:06:06.000
2011-09-17T01:50:31.873
audio stopped working sudden in a .avi file
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2011-09-17T01:53:23.990
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49839
1
58652
2011-06-21T12:14:36.897
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<p>I have auto-login on my 11.04 but when I start up I come to the login screen and it says "choose a language" but my language is already selected (English USA) to login I just press enter, but why does the screen come up? How can I make it go away? </p> <p>This is how it looks on start-up.</p> <p>I know this is a b...
10698
10698
2011-08-25T15:26:48.533
2012-08-30T18:13:45.550
How to make auto login work, "choose language" comes up?
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-25T09:33:01.513", "id": "66778", "postId": "49839", "score": "0", "text": "In the startup screen configuration window, have you tried reducing the amount of time for the default user to be logged in? If you're the only user, you might want to make that time very small ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to either: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>System settings --> System (area) --> login screen.</p></li>\n<li><p>System --> administration --> Login screen.</p></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>and in it you simply click to deactivate a delay on x seconds as the screenshot shows.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to either: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>System settings --> System (area) --> login screen.</p></li>\n<li><p>System --> administration --> Login screen.</p></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>and in it you simply click to deactivate a delay on x seconds as the screenshot shows.</p>\n\n<p><img src=...
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49841
1
50798
2011-06-21T12:27:06.153
12
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<p>I want all the AppArmor profiles activated wherever applicable permanently, how can I do that?</p>
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null
null
2011-06-28T08:55:28.737
How do you permanently activate all AppArmor profiles?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To permanently put all profiles into <em>enforce</em> mode:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo aa-enforce /etc/apparmor.d/*\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>To permanently put all profiles into <em>complain</em> mode:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo aa-complain /etc/apparmor.d/*\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>To verify the cu...
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49843
1
49867
2011-06-21T12:34:12.227
4
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<p>How do I tell aptitude to grab a package specifically from a PPA and ignore the one from official repository?</p>
20381
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2011-06-21T13:48:56.437
2011-06-21T15:01:21.240
How to install a package from a PPA and ignore the official one?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T14:29:04.830", "id": "55293", "postId": "49843", "score": "1", "text": "Can you use Synaptic? I believe you can do this in aptitude's ncurses interface, but I don't think you can from the commandline.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" } ]
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49847
1
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2011-06-21T13:08:23.913
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<p>How can I, as an Ubuntu beginner, get a daily snapshot of a webpage? The page requires a log in and then displays a bunch of numbers that I'm interested in. </p> <p>Can I write a script to take care of this?</p> <p>(I am on a waiting list for college dorm housing and want to keep a close eye on the progression. Th...
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2016-07-21T12:22:48.043
2017-03-01T09:39:50.997
How do I make scheduled snapshots of an authenticated webpage?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h1>1. Downloading a snapshot of a website</h1>\n<p>You can download the page with some simple commands. Does it require logging in each time? That might require some extra coding but this is a general script that downloads a website (and appends a date to the download)</p>\n<pr...
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49849
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49856
2011-06-21T13:10:40.593
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<p>I want to create an Ubuntu desktop app, specifically to replace Gwibber.</p> <p>I can code in Java, Python and a few other technologies. Adobe Flex would have been an option until Adobe decided to suck some more and stopped support for AIR on Linux.</p> <p>Note - I don't care about supporting other OS's. It will b...
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2012-05-17T15:57:32.723
2021-08-14T09:22:12.713
How do I get started creating an Ubuntu Desktop App?
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49852
1
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2011-06-21T13:22:00.080
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<p>My internet connection is extremely slow after installing 11.04, It took me over night to download and install firefox flash player pluggin. I have a laptop on the same network which is running windows7 and the speed from that is extremely fast. Update manager is showing 10.1kb/s. This is really surreal.</p> <p>I h...
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2019-07-15T20:00:32.900
2019-07-15T20:00:32.900
Slow Internet connection with 11.04
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After days of struggling with my connection speed, I finally decide I go down to the port level to investigate. Both my phone and ADSL were going via the same micro-filter. I had a spare phone port and micro-filter available therefore I have seperated the phone and ADSL to have their...
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49853
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2011-06-21T13:24:38.970
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<p>I have a Wacom tablet and a netbook, I would like to use both as a paper replacement for taking notes. Is there some note taking application that runs in full screen and lets you save the images/vector images in a reasonable format?</p>
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2019-07-20T00:16:42.387
Application for fullscreen note taking with Wacom tablet
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Xournal lets you draw in full-screen mode, has pressure sensitivity settings and can export to pdf (only, it seems). I haven't used it for note taking, only to annotate pdf articles. There seems to be no automatic hand-writing to text conversion.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "com...
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49854
1
49863
2011-06-21T13:32:17.187
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<p>For a few weeks / months now I keep discovering weird files in my home folder. They are named, for example, like this: "5C9543D4B30452FD64A2D60D7DFB8CE6ABD677B2.14.0.794.0_service_ipc". Its a 0 byte file of the type "socket (inode/socket)".</p> <p>Any ideas where this could come from? I'm deleting them every now an...
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2011-06-21T14:29:39.167
2011-06-21T14:35:50.847
Weird files appearing in my home folder
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Are you using Google Chrome or Chromium?</p>\n\n<p>Chrome and Chromium are using file names like this as the names of their UNIX-Domain socket files for inter-process communication.</p>\n\n<p>If by accident you are using Chrome version 14.04.794 then you know where this part of the f...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Are you using Google Chrome or Chromium?</p>\n\n<p>Chrome and Chromium are using file names like this as the names of their UNIX-Domain socket files for inter-process communication.</p>\n\n<p>If by accident you are using Chrome version 14.04.794 then you know where this part ...
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49858
1
49864
2011-06-21T14:29:20.863
8
366
<p>Where can I find the latest news on Ubuntu 11.10? I'm interested in what default applications are going to be present in 11.10.</p>
8357
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2011-06-21T14:35:53.463
Where can I find the latest news on Ubuntu 11.10?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For getting news and stuff, you'll probably find all that information in this question: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/594/list-of-blogs-to-learn-more-about-ubuntu\">List of blogs to learn more about Ubuntu</a></p>\n\n<p>You can find the notes for the default applications ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For getting news and stuff, you'll probably find all that information in this question: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/594/list-of-blogs-to-learn-more-about-ubuntu\">List of blogs to learn more about Ubuntu</a></p>\n\n<p>You can find the notes for the default appli...
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49862
1
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2011-06-21T14:35:24.353
2
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<p>I've got in the database several japanese/chinese/korean song that are shown with "random" characters (I think I should install a language package... but I don't know which one).</p>
19269
235
2011-06-21T16:23:51.900
2013-11-29T05:42:09.047
Rhythmbox missing japanese/chinese/korean characters in the song titles
[ "banshee", "rhythmbox", "language-support" ]
2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T15:58:40.207", "id": "55313", "postId": "49862", "score": "0", "text": "You should split this up into 3 questions, you'll be more likely to get answers that way.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "114" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T16:08:41.293...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If I understand the question correctly, you have correct representation of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean characters in your song database, but these are not being rendered appropriately in the display. In this case, the most likely cause is missing font support. To install ...
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49865
1
49905
2011-06-21T14:39:08.863
7
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<p>I have enabled DAAP plugin in Rhythmbox, ticked the "Share my music" option, but no DAAP server shows up in my other clients (android and another PC). Am I missing something, like firewall configurations, router configurations, etc?</p> <p>I can talk to people over Bonjour, so I guess avahi/zeroconf is running prop...
3827
3827
2011-06-21T17:50:43.003
2014-11-14T12:18:21.217
How to share music through DAAP using Rhythmbox?
[ "11.04", "rhythmbox", "daap" ]
4
5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T14:58:50.463", "id": "55299", "postId": "49865", "score": "0", "text": "Maybe a firewall blocks DAAP?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19490" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T15:09:49.477", "id": "55300", "postId": "49865", "score": ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Nothing else needs to be done. Rhythmbox DAAP works as soon as the plugin is enabled and the \"Share my music\" option is enabled in the plugin configuration.</p>\n\n<p>However, your client MUST BE IN THE SAME NETWORK AS THE SERVER. This is, of course, a no brainer, but I just got tr...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Nothing else needs to be done. Rhythmbox DAAP works as soon as the plugin is enabled and the \"Share my music\" option is enabled in the plugin configuration.</p>\n\n<p>However, your client MUST BE IN THE SAME NETWORK AS THE SERVER. This is, of course, a no brainer, but I jus...
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49866
1
49875
2011-06-21T14:56:45.447
61
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<p>As a result of a long-running cron job, I have over 1,000 messages in my user's mailbox. What's the easiest way to delete them?</p>
20387
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2017-12-25T06:06:40.757
How do I delete everything in /var/mail/username from the command line?
[ "mail" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want to delete all the messages, you can simply truncate the mailbox file for a user with the following command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>&gt; /var/mail/username\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(the greater than sign is not a prompt: you are in effect redirecting the output of nothing to the fi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want to delete all the messages, you can simply truncate the mailbox file for a user with the following command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>&gt; /var/mail/username\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(the greater than sign is not a prompt: you are in effect redirecting the output of nothing t...
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49869
1
49872
2011-06-21T15:19:38.870
165
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<p>I just installed a new version of Ubuntu and I want to roll it back to the previous version.</p> <p>How can I do that? Is that even possible?</p>
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2015-10-28T17:23:36.540
2021-05-19T21:59:25.717
How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?
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[ { "creationDate": "2013-11-29T12:45:11.747", "id": "490085", "postId": "49869", "score": "2", "text": "[Here](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DowngradeHowto) is one on ubuntu wiki.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "18340" }, { "creationDate": "2014-12-16T16:46:01.130", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Downgrading releases is possible to some extent. With enough fighting, it can be done (see some of the other answers here for the the technical details).</p>\n\n<p>However the result you end up with is not the same as what you had before the upgrade. During an upgrade certain one-way...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To put it simply: no there's not. Sorry... (These are the dangers of upgrading to testing releases!)</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-05T16:52:17.523", "id": "3685", "postId": "3660", "score": ...
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49876
1
49887
2011-06-21T15:54:15.823
1
187
<p>I have to install FFX 3.5 on my 11.04 machine. It's needed because I'm helping a friend of mine in a project involving Server-Side Javascript, and he is using POW webserver, actually avaliable for Linux only as a Firefox AddOn. (I know it's a dumb thing) The addon is compatible only with FFX 3.5 and older, but I can...
17218
17218
2011-06-21T17:12:42.870
2011-06-21T17:12:42.870
Alternatives to Firefox 3.5/POW to use SSJS?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can download Firefox 3.5.19, as well as older versions of 3.5 from Mozilla's ftp framework. The timing is not the best right now, as the framework seems to be heavily overloaded, probably due to Firefox 5 release. The connection timed out many times for me, before being able to r...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can download Firefox 3.5.19, as well as older versions of 3.5 from Mozilla's ftp framework. The timing is not the best right now, as the framework seems to be heavily overloaded, probably due to Firefox 5 release. The connection timed out many times for me, before being a...
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49877
1
49916
2011-06-21T15:56:44.683
4
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<p>I've installed win 7 and ubuntu 11.04. After a storm killed the power. I'm unable to boot. </p> <p>I'm stuck in the busybox shell (ash).</p> <p>Here's what happens when I boot:</p> <ul> <li>Bios loads</li> <li>Grub displays option to load: <ul> <li>ubuntu </li> <li>ubuntu recovery </li> <li>memtest </li> <li>ano...
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186134
2015-05-15T13:23:28.990
2015-05-15T13:23:28.990
No longer able to boot stuck in busybox shell
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The fact that you cannot boot both windows 7 and ubuntu doesnt sound promising - maybe you've lost part or all of your partition information on your hard-drive or at a minimum, your master boot record has become corrupted.</p>\n\n<p>Try booting via a USB or live CD - using gparted, d...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The fact that you cannot boot both windows 7 and ubuntu doesnt sound promising - maybe you've lost part or all of your partition information on your hard-drive or at a minimum, your master boot record has become corrupted.</p>\n\n<p>Try booting via a USB or live CD - using gp...
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49886
1
51529
2011-06-21T16:55:29.870
3
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<p>I installed the gstremer fluendo codecs. How do I know if I am using them or how do I specify them as an argument for vlc or mplayer?</p>
10837
235
2011-06-21T16:56:30.393
2011-07-02T14:44:33.027
How can I tell if I am using the gstreamer codecs?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>VLC and MPlayer both use FFmpeg (+ some other) codecs to play media, but not the gstreamer ones (like fluendo-mp3). It is my understanding that this can't be changed by arguments or configuration, as it has not been implemented.</p>\n\n<p>To be sure that you're using, say, fluendo mp...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>VLC and MPlayer both use FFmpeg (+ some other) codecs to play media, but not the gstreamer ones (like fluendo-mp3). It is my understanding that this can't be changed by arguments or configuration, as it has not been implemented.</p>\n\n<p>To be sure that you're using, say, fl...
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49888
1
49891
2011-06-21T16:58:47.023
10
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<p>Firefox 5 has been released today, so I want to know when Firefox 5 will be in the official Natty repositories. I don't want to upgrade using a PPA.</p>
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2014-01-12T20:15:17.183
2014-01-12T20:15:17.183
When will Firefox 5 be in the official repositories?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You wil get firefox 5 in the official channels in the next 24 hours.</p>\n\n<p>If you want it before that use the PPA. It's easy and it is fairly safe.\nIf you change your mind about PPA check out <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/6339/how-do-i-install-the-latest-stable-versi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You wil get firefox 5 in the official channels in the next 24 hours.</p>\n\n<p>If you want it before that use the PPA. It's easy and it is fairly safe.\nIf you change your mind about PPA check out <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/6339/how-do-i-install-the-latest-stab...
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49890
1
49897
2011-06-21T17:00:58.710
18
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<p>I did not notice any difference between them. </p> <p>I was hoping "completely remove" will remove all hidden configuration files in the home directories, but it is not doing that.</p> <p>So, what actually is the difference between them? And is it possible to remove also all configuration files when uninstalling a...
3087
2647
2011-06-21T17:12:47.963
2011-06-21T17:21:24.293
What is the difference between remove and completely remove in synaptic package manager?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To add a little bit to what Rinzwind and nickguletskii said, <code>completely remove</code> will remove configuration files in <code>/etc</code> directory, but never touch personal configuration files in your home folder, that can only be removed by hand.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Removal will remove the package. Complete removal will remove the package and also remove configurations associated with the package.</p>\n\n<p>So if you remove and then install a package, your settings will still be there. If you completely remove and install a package, your...
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49892
1
49899
2011-06-21T17:03:40.643
2
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<p>After spending a while figuring out Calibre's news fetching feature, and spending another while slowly editing the recipes as it maxed out the cpu, I was disappointed to find that resulting the ebooks were all 0.0Mb. I disabled my proxy but still no good.</p>
10837
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2011-06-21T17:22:09.917
How do I get Calibre to fetch news?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try using <code>ebook-convert ~/.config/calibre/custom_recipes/(your recipe) test.epub --test -v -v</code> in a terminal and see if any error or warning messages are produced.</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T17:32:16.357", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try using <code>ebook-convert ~/.config/calibre/custom_recipes/(your recipe) test.epub --test -v -v</code> in a terminal and see if any error or warning messages are produced.</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T17:32...
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49893
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49933
2011-06-21T17:06:18.520
7
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<p>My idea was that (using loopback devices) it works like this</p> <ol> <li>Create the raid array <code>sudo mkfs.btrfs -m raid1 -d raid1 /dev/loop1 /dev/loop2</code></li> <li>You mount them <code>sudo mount /dev/loop1 /mnt</code> and mark them <code>touch goodcondition</code></li> <li>You unmount and simulate disk f...
4670
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2012-08-20T20:58:46.143
How does btrfs RAID work in degraded mode?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like you added a third device and so the original second is still missing. I guess you need to remove the missing device before adding the new one. The brtfs mailing list might also be a better place to ask this question.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like you added a third device and so the original second is still missing. I guess you need to remove the missing device before adding the new one. The brtfs mailing list might also be a better place to ask this question.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comme...
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49900
1
178031
2011-06-21T17:22:53.177
5
7717
<p>I ask you guys if anyone knows if there is an open software, similar to <a href="http://instagr.am/" rel="nofollow"><strong>Instagram</strong></a> for Desktop or Phone use? I know that there is Gimp, Inkskape and others, but I want something similar to <strong>Instagram</strong> specifically.</p> <p>Thanks in advan...
15945
1067
2011-06-21T17:26:06.160
2013-07-02T08:45:34.380
Is there any open source software similar as Instagram
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8
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T17:28:44.193", "id": "55350", "postId": "49900", "score": "3", "text": "Can you explain what you want it to do? Many of us aren't familiar with instagram (and can't install to try it)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1067" }, { "creationDate": "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For phone use there is Streamzoo which has more interactive features than Instagram. In Streamzoo having your photos liked is converted to points, and you can unlock badges based on the hashtags used on your photos. It's available for iPhone and Android phones. I personally use it mo...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://inkstagram.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inkstagram</a> .</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>A site for browsing and managing photos from Instagram</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T17:33:14.313", ...
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49901
1
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2011-06-21T17:24:37.250
5
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<p>I think this is a bug but will report this here before. There are 4 conditions to reproduce this problem: </p> <ol> <li>you have a window open on one of the two bottom workspaces </li> <li>this window is touching the top and bottom of your screen (but is not maximized)</li> <li>you are on the workspace just above t...
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2012-06-13T14:39:00.357
2012-06-13T14:39:00.357
Window is invading wrong workspace when clicked on unity launcher icon
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0
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-05T20:29:08.490", "id": "57978", "postId": "49901", "score": "1", "text": "This is actually a bug that is reported in [launchpad](https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/755842). Please go there and say it also affects you so that we can have this fixed on the next relea...
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2011-07-16T12:30:45.590
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49908
1
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2011-06-21T18:14:54.183
1
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<p>I'm considering a HRT Music Streamer II DAC (digital analog converter) for my HTPC. I run Ubuntu 10.10, but considering a upgrade to 11.04. Will this DAC be P'n'P, or at least easy to set up?</p> <p><a href="http://www.highresolutiontechnologies.com/support/" rel="nofollow">http://www.highresolutiontechnologies.com...
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null
2012-01-26T09:52:47.043
Support for HRT Music Streamer II
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T20:08:46.643", "id": "55383", "postId": "49908", "score": "0", "text": "I too did not find alot of newer topics for this. But in general if someone got it working (albeit troublesome) in 2009 it most likely will work easier (or with the same troubles) in newer versi...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As nobody seems able to answer, I'll post the replay I got from High Resolution Technologies:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>\"We have never generated any Linux support documents but have many consumers reporting no problems with a Ubuntu installation which includes a Streamer. A...
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49909
1
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2011-06-21T18:30:53.973
0
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<p>I am not able to hear any sound. Does anyone have a clue how to proceed in fixing this?</p> <p>Issuing <code>aplay</code> gives this</p> <pre><code>$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: VT1708S Analog [VT1708S Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevi...
20397
3635
2011-06-21T18:42:43.377
2011-06-21T22:04:10.973
My sound is not working
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-21T18:56:35.143", "id": "55370", "postId": "49909", "score": "2", "text": "please check with alsamixer or pavucontrol if you volume is not set to zero by accident, happens all the time to me", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12824" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Start with <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu SoundTroubleshooting</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-...
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2011-06-21T18:39:48.087
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<p>I use a number of identical USB-to-serial adapters with my laptop (Ubuntu 9.10). The adapters are manufactured by Sabrent and are built around a Prolific PL2303 IC, as shown by <code>lsusb</code>: </p> <pre><code>Bus 001 Device 008: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port Bus 001 Device 007: ID ...
20393
8570
2012-07-18T20:34:42.257
2021-05-27T08:40:43.830
How to distinguish between identical USB-to-serial adapters?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>is there any way I can write a udev\n rule that fixes the name of each\n adapter based on which physical port\n on the hub the adapter is plugged\n into?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Yes there is, as it turns out. Consider the last portion of the device hierarchy show...
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49919
1
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2011-06-21T20:05:01.587
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37824/what-is-the-best-way-to-configure-a-thinkpads-trackpoint">What is the best way to configure a Thinkpad&#39;s TrackPoint?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>The trackpoint is kinda broken ... on slightest touch it yan...
14459
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2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-06-21T20:09:53.223
Disabling trackpoint in HP Elitebook 8730w?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-03-19T21:27:45.593
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2011-06-21T20:31:40.147
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<p>When booting I will have to boot maybe 3 or 4 times to get a screen that is not displayed diagonally or is not using the full screen width.</p> <p><strong>Hardware specification:</strong> HP s7727c with AMD64 and NVIDIA chipsets and Insignia 22" monitor/TV. The Ubuntu version is 9.10 Karmic.</p> <p>I'd like to s...
20403
4937
2011-06-21T21:55:04.757
2011-06-21T22:38:02.550
Monitor Display issue
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Doug - you may be aware that 9.10 is no longer supported and you will no longer get any updates nor will be able to install up-to-date software from the repositories.</p>\n\n<p>As to your black-screen issues on either the installation of 10.04 or higher, maybe my answer <a hr...
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49921
1
49948
2011-06-21T20:43:37.267
5
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<p>I was wondering if it is possible to create a keyboard shortcut to run application if it is not yet running in Ubuntu?</p> <p>This is a valid example for something like a browser which is normally heavily used, and you wouldn't really want to run another instance of it if there is one running already (rather just a...
20258
20258
2011-06-21T20:54:52.170
2011-06-22T00:01:55.670
Creating shortcuts to run applications conditionally
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li><p>Save the following <a href=\"http://pastebin.com/ukVB7H74\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">script</a> to your home folder as <code>launch_chrome.py</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env python\n\nimport subprocess\nimport wnck\nimport gtk\nimport time\n\n\nscreen = wnck.scr...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In <em>Ubuntu</em> there is a package called <code>run-one</code> that is close to what you ask.</p>\n\n<p>I report the description:</p>\n\n<pre><code> This utility will run just one instance at a time of some command and\n unique set of arguments (useful for cronjobs, eg).\n...
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2011-06-21T20:55:04.917
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<p>Yesterday I upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04, everything seemed to go okay until immediately after login: the desktop goes into a "corrupted" looking state (similar to having too high resolution set). I can see some kind of movement by moving the mouse around/right clicking, and can enter text terminals via ctrl + alt ...
20324
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2012-03-25T15:42:15.380
After 10.10 -> 11.04 upgrade, can only login via Classic (No Effects)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here's a few steps I've tried to fix: installed fglrx, this helped get into classic &amp; \"normal\" mode's desktop. After this can't configure dual monitors (won't allow proper resolution for either, forces mirroring for both displays. </p>\n\n<p>Logging out/shutdown/restart causes ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here's a few steps I've tried to fix: installed fglrx, this helped get into classic &amp; \"normal\" mode's desktop. After this can't configure dual monitors (won't allow proper resolution for either, forces mirroring for both displays. </p>\n\n<p>Logging out/shutdown/restart...
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49927
1
49932
2011-06-21T21:34:34.897
1
856
<p>I have a workstation that was given to me that is a friggen powerhouse, so I figured I would set it up as my development and demo server. This is my first experience installing Ubuntu onto a RAID array and so far it has not been a fun one. I have been following the <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguid...
9270
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2011-06-21T22:26:37.023
Installing 10.04 server on HP xw9400 Workstation with RAID 5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have a fakeraid, not hardware raid. See <a href=\"http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FakeRaidHowto\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FakeRaidHowto</a> for more information. I suggest that you go into the bios utility and delete the raid array, then follow the instructions to setup ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have a fakeraid, not hardware raid. See <a href=\"http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FakeRaidHowto\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.ubuntu.com/FakeRaidHowto</a> for more information. I suggest that you go into the bios utility and delete the raid array, then follow the instructions t...
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49930
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2011-06-21T21:53:48.063
5
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<p>How do you figure out where are user's passwords stored, for users that can login? I know the system is using LDAP for users (username, home path, etc.), but it doesn't contain any kind of passwords. I have access to a configured machine, so how do I figure out where are passwords? (which config file?)</p>
1590
1590
2011-06-21T22:06:36.400
2011-06-22T13:54:46.070
Where are passwords stored?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Passwords aren't stored themselve. They are transformed by a function, and the so produced value, which is called <code>hash</code>, is stored.</p>\n\n<p>If you login, the same function is performed on your input, and the generated value compared with the one in the stored va...
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49938
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2011-06-21T22:50:40.620
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<p>I want to connect to a free open wifi, like Starbucks, but I don't want a full-fledged desktop gui like Unity or GNOME. How can I do this via command-line (pretending my install base is Ubuntu Server + drivers for my wifi card)?</p>
8515
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2017-08-28T04:40:56.780
How to connect to free Starbucks wifi via command-line?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you can use iwconfig. I have done it with wep. normally this is enough</p>\n\n<p>iwconfig ethX essid ESSID key open XXXXXXXXXX</p>\n\n<p>and then call the dhcp client with dhclient3 ethx</p>\n\n<p>I'm doing this from memory. But check the manual of iwconfig for more info</p>\...
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49940
1
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2011-06-21T23:02:36.617
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<p>I deleted the apparmor profile for firefox when I was tinkering with it... And now I can't get it back. </p> <p>I uninstalled (complete) the apparmor program, profiles, etc. And when it reinstalled, I still don't get the profile back (ie. <code>/etc/apparmor.d./usr.bin.firefox*</code> )</p> <p>I learned that the...
7985
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2011-06-22T20:19:49.037
2012-08-15T08:16:13.373
How to get back the firefox apparmor profile after deleting it?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Simply, you can pick it out of the .deb package from <strong>packages.ubuntu.com</strong> using file-roller to extract it. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-06-...
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49942
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2011-06-21T23:24:37.003
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<p>as I'm still a new Linux user, I still discover some behaviours and I'm unable to tell if they are "normals" or not. I searched the Internet but as I can't really find an answer I guess it's time to ask here.</p> <p>Few weeks ago I installed a small game called "Machinarium" and I played it... but few days later wh...
18539
18539
2011-06-21T23:31:25.157
2011-06-24T00:28:14.343
Executable execution path. Does it depends of the place the executable is called from?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes. the PATH contains the list of paths where the commands are searched when you type them. If you wish to execute a command not in the path you need to give a relative or absolute path (<code>./file</code> or <code>bin/file</code> for example).</p>\n\n<p>This behavior is pr...
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49946
1
49952
2011-06-21T23:40:02.543
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<p>I initially installed Ubuntu 11.04 with an encrypted file system (from the alternate install CD: Guided Partitioning, LVM encrypted). Now I wanted to change this setup to have my root file system on an <strong>unencrypted</strong> partition.</p> <p>I had the following setup before:</p> <pre><code>/dev/mapper/my-ro...
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2012-08-04T14:15:00.220
Switch from encrypted partition to unencrypted (Error: cryptsetup: evms_activate is not available)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I somehow \"fixed\" it - however, I don't know for sure, which of the following actions was responsible:</p>\n\n<p>I <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#ChRoot\" rel=\"nofollow\">chrooted</a> again, then I ran</p>\n\n<pre><code>dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc\ndpkg-reconfigure...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I somehow \"fixed\" it - however, I don't know for sure, which of the following actions was responsible:</p>\n\n<p>I <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#ChRoot\" rel=\"nofollow\">chrooted</a> again, then I ran</p>\n\n<pre><code>dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc\ndpkg-rec...
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49949
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2011-06-22T00:07:32.080
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<p>Back when Ubuntu first sported home folder encryption (what, around the time of <em>Jaunty Jackalope</em>?), I opted in. That caused me some grief when I decided to change my login password. I found that I couldn't decrypt my home anymore! In trying to fix this, I eventually muddled things to the point that using my...
20358
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2012-07-04T00:20:37.590
2012-07-04T00:20:37.590
How does home folder encryption work?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It should be stable.</p>\n\n<p>Password changes should not be a problem with one caveat: you need to use a user level password change tool (e.g. from the <code>About Me</code> window, or running the command line <code>passwd</code> tool without root privileges).</p>\n\n<p>The...
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49951
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49954
2011-06-22T00:18:23.320
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<p>I setup a LAMP server on my desktop Ubuntu install for testing web applications. How do I set it to only run when I tell it to rather than at startup? It is not used as a production web server but instead for testing PHP scripts I write before pushing them to my public web server.</p>
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2020-07-11T07:22:08.133
Manually Start LAMP Server
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Remove from start up:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo update-rc.d apache2 remove\nsudo update-rc.d mysql remove\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Start at will:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo service mysql start\nsudo service apache2 start\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "cre...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Remove from start up:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo update-rc.d apache2 remove\nsudo update-rc.d mysql remove\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Start at will:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo service mysql start\nsudo service apache2 start\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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49958
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49984
2011-06-22T03:11:42.047
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<p>I'm working on some system admin automation using fabric and I'd like to be able to monitor the number of packages that need upgrading on a given machine. This is the same information that I can see when I first log in to a machine, i.e. this part:</p> <pre><code>35 packages can be updated. 22 updates are security ...
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2014-06-05T20:16:10.353
2019-05-02T07:21:12.767
How to find the number of packages needing update from the command line?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To obtain that output, you can use the command</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>or, if you don't want to use <code>sudo</code>,</p>\n\n<pre><code>cat /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available\n</code></pre>\n\n<h3>Exp...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To obtain that output, you can use the command</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>or, if you don't want to use <code>sudo</code>,</p>\n\n<pre><code>cat /var/lib/update-notifier/updates-available\n</code></pre>\n\...
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49963
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2011-06-22T03:41:42.040
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<p>I recently upgraded an ubuntu server with many users to a recent version from a version from 2008. The server used to use md5 password hashes (e.g., the shadow passwords began with $1$) and now is configured to use sha512. </p> <p>I'd prefer to keep using sha512, but would like the old users to be able to partial...
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2011-06-22T09:24:46.883
Fixing /etc/shadow with md5 passwords to sha512 passwords
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Theoretically it should work like this: Users should be able to login with their MD5 passwords, and whenever they change it they would get an SHA512 password.</p>\n\n<p>Difficult to judge why people cannot login with their MD5 password. Authentication with the SHA512 passwords works?...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Theoretically it should work like this: Users should be able to login with their MD5 passwords, and whenever they change it they would get an SHA512 password.</p>\n\n<p>Difficult to judge why people cannot login with their MD5 password. Authentication with the SHA512 password...
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49964
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49965
2011-06-22T04:09:11.200
5
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6339/how-do-i-install-the-latest-stable-version-of-firefox">How do I install the latest stable version of Firefox?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I've seen Firefox 5 has been released. How can I install it for Ubuntu 11...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-06-22T04:55:36.117
how can I install firefox 5 on Ubuntu 11.04?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to our own <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/users/235/jorge-castro\">Jorge Castro</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>If you're on Ubuntu 11.04 you'll get Firefox 5 as an update within the next 24 hours (no need for PPA or any of that business)</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>(via <a hr...
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2011-06-22T13:27:58.990
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49966
1
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2011-06-22T04:27:43.587
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<p>I just upgraded to Firefox 5 to find out that <a href="http://www.google.com.ph/search?aq=f&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=capybara+firefox+5" rel="nofollow">Selenium does not work on it</a>. I'd like to downgrade to Firefox 4 but haven't found a way to do this.</p> <p><strong>How do you downgrade to Firefo...
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2014-03-31T17:14:06.223
2014-03-31T17:14:06.223
How do I downgrade a package?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li><p>Start &quot;Synaptic Package Manager&quot;</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Type in &quot;firefox&quot; in the quick filter and highlight it in the search result (the one w/ the green box next to the package name indicating that it is already installed on your computer)</p>\n</li>\n<li><...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you can install firefox with repository . </p>\n\n<p>and download firefox from firefox.com and run it . </p>\n\n<pre><code>Download Firefox from the Firefox download page to your home directory.\nOpen a Terminal and go to your home directory: cd ~\nExtract the contents of the...
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49971
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50565
2011-06-22T04:42:30.683
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<p>I installed Aptana 3 in ubuntu 11.04, unity and found the global menu integration is not proper. How can I have global menu support for Aptana ?</p>
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2011-06-26T03:43:22.623
2011-10-06T09:52:47.720
No global application menu for Aptana Studio 3
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found you can do the following at the command line (src: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-appmenu/+bug/659931\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-appmenu/+bug/659931</a>):</p>\n\n<pre>$ UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=</pre>\n\n<p>Th...
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49972
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2011-06-22T05:02:24.550
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<p>I tried to search for an answer, except that, uhhh there is no search.</p> <p>I want to share a Ubuntu One folder with people who do not have a Ubuntu One account. Is that possible? </p> <p>I found this answer in the faq, "Yes! Since Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu One supports sharing files publicly. Right click on a ...
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2011-06-22T05:49:09.023
2012-01-18T00:46:43.240
How do I share files with someone who does not have a ubuntu one account
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are two options here:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Place the files you want to share in a folder under <code>~/Ubuntu One</code>. Right click on the folder and pick <code>Share...</code> from the <code>Ubuntu One</code> menu. Enter their email address in the resulting window a...
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49974
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2011-06-22T05:11:35.010
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<p>I have a machine running 10.04 and am using BTRFS with lzo compression. I upgraded the kernel to 2.6.38 to enable this (using a PPA). I have my /home folder on a separate (4 TB) BTRFS drive. / is on ext4. My only complaint with this setup is that it uses the old BTRFS tools.</p> <p>How can I upgrade first to 10....
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2011-06-22T13:57:39.887
Upgrade from 10.04 to 11.04, must maintain minimum kernel 2.6.38
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/btrfs\" rel=\"nofollow\">LZO compressed BTRFS</a> volumes are <strong>not supported in 10.10</strong>. Therefore we cannot upgrade 10.04 to 11.04 with a modified kernel via the upgrade path from 10.10.</p>\n\n<p><strong>In your case...
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2014-06-30T18:54:22.060
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2011-06-22T05:12:25.197
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<p>So short story is that I am wanting to grab my ubuntu install, back up to an external disk, delete everything from my hdd, repartition my hdd, put my ubuntu install back.</p> <p>Long story is.</p> <p>I finally got my recovery discs, so I do not need to recovery partitions, not the mention my hdd is kinda messy, So...
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2011-06-22T21:45:09.510
2011-06-22T21:50:20.293
Copy a Ubuntu install?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would do something like</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo rsync -avx --exclude=\".gvfs\" / /path/to/backup/folder/\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(The -x option makes it ignore other filesystems, which makes it work even on a running system, which is great for backups!) You will want to do this step fo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would do something like</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo rsync -avx --exclude=\".gvfs\" / /path/to/backup/folder/\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(The -x option makes it ignore other filesystems, which makes it work even on a running system, which is great for backups!) You will want to do this...
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2011-06-22T05:48:46.763
1
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<p>I have two Servers, Server X (IP 192.168.1.1) and Server Y (IP 192.168.1.2), both of them are ubuntu 9.1<br> i have created varnish load balancer on them for my drupal website (pressflow 6.22) I have mounted a directory of imagecache from server X to Y as below</p> <pre> @X:/etc/exports ==> /var/www/proj/htdocs/sit...
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20339
2011-06-22T08:24:12.027
2013-08-21T08:06:26.463
Mounting NFS directory causes creating Zero byte files
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Thanks All,<br>\ni have found the problem.<br>\ni should install the following packages on server Y in order to get imagecahe working fine: </p>\n\n<pre>\nadvpng \noptipng \njpegtran \njfifremove\n</pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Thanks All,<br>\ni have found the problem.<br>\ni should install the following packages on server Y in order to get imagecahe working fine: </p>\n\n<pre>\nadvpng \noptipng \njpegtran \njfifremove\n</pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwned...
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49988
1
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2011-06-22T07:26:27.687
5
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<p>I have just installed Ubuntu 11.04, and I am surprised to see icons cluttering up my whole desktop. All the folders and files under Home are represented. But if I delete the icons, the folder or file itself is deleted - the icon is not just a link. How can I clean up the desktop? None of the screenshots advertising ...
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25863
2012-11-21T22:18:12.277
2012-11-21T22:18:12.277
Folders in Home appear all over desktop
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Check the following configuration key:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gconftool-2 --get /apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_is_home_dir\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If the output is <code>true</code>, then set it to <code>false</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gconftool-2 --set /apps/nautilus/preferences...
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49991
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2011-06-22T07:35:41.177
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<p>the firefox update fails because the cairo-dock package and five other cairo-dock-packages have an incorrect hash sum and thus cannot be downloaded. I cannot find any way to report such a problem since "ubuntu-bug cairo-dock" tells me that such a package does not exist. Very frustrating.</p> <p>Bernhard</p>
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2011-06-22T08:45:35.680
where to report wrong hash sum in an ubuntu update failure?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The package <strong>cairo-dock</strong> is a meta package for <strong><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/cairo-dock-core\" rel=\"nofollow\">cairo-dock-core</a></strong> and for <strong>cairo-dock-pulg-ins</strong>. You may be able to file an ubuntu bug against cairo-d...
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49998
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2011-06-22T08:58:56.473
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<p>When I run powertop on my laptop I get following suggestion:</p> <blockquote> <p>Suggestion: Enable Device Power Management by pressing the P key</p> </blockquote> <p>Doing this results in considerable saving in power usage and I would like to make it permanent but I have no idea what this option really does or ...
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2011-06-28T16:49:04.460
How to make powertop "Device Power Management" suggestion permanent?
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2013-03-22T16:34:53.130
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2011-06-22T09:41:02.647
5
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<p>We have an XLS file that has been corrupted (we use LibreOffice and it appears that some sort of corruption has taken place). The corrupted file then synced to U1. Is it possible to rollback or restore earlier versions of a synced file?</p>
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235
2011-06-22T13:00:32.730
2011-06-22T13:00:32.730
File rollback in U1
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T09:47:19.613", "id": "55500", "postId": "50003", "score": "0", "text": "Update: fixed, so we can cancel the question. Thanks.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "20437" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T09:55:17.050", "id": "55502", "postId"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/22163/does-will-ubuntu-one-have-a-version-control-system/22167#22167\">As of January</a> Ubuntu One doesn't have built-in versioning.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>I don't have a release date for versioning, but it's something we're build...
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50004
1
50005
2011-06-22T09:41:31.990
4
8169
<p>If I mount a Windows share using the "Places>Connect to Server..." option where is it mounted and is it always mounted at the same place?</p> <p>I need to know the path so I can access it from the Terminal.</p>
3447
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2015-04-08T17:46:39.740
Location of "Connect to Server..." mount
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should found it under <code>~/.gvfs</code>.</p>\n\n<p>For more information see <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVFS\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDat...
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50006
1
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2011-06-22T10:18:49.493
5
12518
<p>I'm new to Linux, and am trying to get my Capture Card working on 11.04.</p> <p>The only command that I know to run to find out any information is <code>lspci</code>, which tells me that I have </p> <pre><code>02:00.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23885 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 04) ...
20438
7035
2011-09-05T06:47:19.793
2012-10-07T15:15:38.683
Getting a Conexant CX23885 TV Capture Card working
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T14:05:45.993", "id": "55547", "postId": "50006", "score": "0", "text": "Are you trying to capture video, or watch TV? I think your Conexant CX23885 may be a video capture (decoder) card and not a TV turner card, in which case you can use `VLC` to view the video str...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Install TVtime television viewer. It is in the software centre. This is working for me -even in S video capture. Good luck</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T10:37:09.080", "id": "55505", "postId":...
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50008
1
50009
2011-06-22T10:34:00.303
4
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<p>Before upgrading from Firefox 4 to Firefox 5, my interface was Dutch. After the upgrade, it suddenly became English.</p> <p>Is this a bug in Firefox 5 or am I missing something?</p> <p>Output of <code>apt-cache policy firefox</code>:</p> <pre><code>firefox: Installed: 5.0+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 Can...
6969
6969
2011-06-22T10:40:07.827
2011-06-22T10:43:48.307
How do I make Firefox 5 localized?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to install the package </p>\n\n<pre><code>firefox-locale-$code\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>where <code>code</code> is the two-letter symbol of your language.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creati...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to install the package </p>\n\n<pre><code>firefox-locale-$code\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>where <code>code</code> is the two-letter symbol of your language.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA...
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50017
1
50021
2011-06-22T11:57:24.613
2
482
<p>I added a sound from the gallery and now I cannot close the integrated media player. I guess it's a bug but how can I close it anyway? The small window doesnt have window decorators.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/MUsml.png" alt="Screenshot"></p>
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2013-01-14T21:18:17.317
Cannot close the media player of LibreOffice
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to the Tools menu, and click Gallery Player. This toggles the player visibility.</p>\n\n<p>I don't know why it's undecorated for you. Might be a Unity/Compiz quirk (I only use Compiz and it's decorated). You should file a bug.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "co...
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50019
1
50020
2011-06-22T12:11:49.110
11
7162
<p>How can I change my desktop background from command line?</p>
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2011-07-02T23:13:04.363
2013-11-21T13:21:11.767
How do I change the desktop background from command line?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T12:18:14.140", "id": "55518", "postId": "50019", "score": "0", "text": "See the thread [Changin desktop background from the command line](http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-346375.html).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19490" }, { "cre...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2><strong>Edit:</strong> In later versions of Ubuntu (this question was written in 2011, after all), things moved to gsettings. See: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/66914/how-to-change-desktop-background-from-command-line-in-unity\">How to change desktop background from comm...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h2><strong>Edit:</strong> In later versions of Ubuntu (this question was written in 2011, after all), things moved to gsettings. See: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/66914/how-to-change-desktop-background-from-command-line-in-unity\">How to change desktop background f...
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50022
1
115911
2011-06-22T12:20:55.500
3
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<p>I have the latest VirtualBox 4.0.8 (from the VirtualBox website), including the extension pack, running on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04. My user is a member of <code>vboxusers</code>.</p> <p>The guest OS is Windows XP (32-bit).</p> <p>Everything works -- except the USB. In the USB settings. I have set the default filter (to...
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2012-03-25T15:13:52.407
Guest OS cannot see USB even after selecting it in VirtualBox
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5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T13:30:48.510", "id": "55535", "postId": "50022", "score": "1", "text": "This is unusual. Try rebooting the guest OS.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3940" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06-23T07:11:19.863", "id": "55692", "postId": "50022",...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A bit of Googling told me to look in Control Panel > System > Hardware. I found the USB with a yellow question mark. Right-click > install driver did the job. Thank you. I hope this helps someone with the same problem. </p>\n\n<p>OP solved issue\nComment to answer</p>\n", "comment...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A bit of Googling told me to look in Control Panel > System > Hardware. I found the USB with a yellow question mark. Right-click > install driver did the job. Thank you. I hope this helps someone with the same problem. </p>\n\n<p>OP solved issue\nComment to answer</p>\n", ...
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2011-06-22T12:26:50.343
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18654/how-to-forbid-updating-of-a-specific-package">How to forbid updating of a specific package?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>How to force an application to stay on the same current version?</p> <p>For instance, I d...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:25:04.307
2011-06-22T12:39:57.977
How to prevent an application from making an upgrade?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>With aptitude (terminal)</h2>\n\n<p>Use <code>sudo aptitude hold packagename</code>, i.e. <code>sudo aptitude hold apache2</code>. To undo do <code>sudo aptitude unhold package_name</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Also see <a href=\"http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-prevent-a-package-from-...
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2011-06-22T13:29:18.583
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50028
2011-06-22T12:49:08.023
4
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<p>Is it possible to engage an addon using an external command?</p>
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2011-06-22T13:56:15.477
Invoke a Firefox addon using a command
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Chatzilla URL is <code>chrome://chatzilla/content/chatzilla.xul</code>. To open just that window and not the browser itself, use the <code>-chrome</code> option. <code>-no-remote</code> is added to prevent an existing session being used.</p>\n\n<p>The command for just starting Ch...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Unless the addon explicitly contains some command, no.</p>\n", "commentCount": "7", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T12:53:28.613", "id": "55521", "postId": "50027", "score": "0", "text": "Contains some command?...
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50031
2011-06-22T13:12:49.113
3
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<p>I've installed Flash Player 10.1 to do some tests, now I can't go back to the lastest version (10.3).</p> <p>I've gone to the <a href="http://www.playerversion.com/" rel="nofollow">Flash download page</a>, downloaded and installed "APT for Ubuntu 10.04+", but it's still showing "10.1" at <a href="http://www.playerv...
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3037
2011-06-23T08:13:35.780
2011-06-23T08:13:35.780
How to update the Flash Player?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Locate Flash player in the Software Center and uninstall it (<code>adobe-flashplugin</code>?). Next, install <code>flashplugin-installer</code>. After the installation has completed, restart the browser.</p>\n\n<p>You must have installed it manually. Running <code>locate libflashplay...
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50299
2011-06-22T13:41:11.823
2
3425
<p>I've just got my new Lenovo ThinkPad X220 with Intel HD graphics (I'm not sure what the chip is) and I've installed Natty. Everything works great out of the box, except there are short pauses/freezes in the UI that randomly occur, they last less than 2 seconds, actions are still taking place in the background (like ...
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2011-06-22T15:50:23.990
2017-08-07T09:28:59.137
Unity GUI pauses/freezes for less than a few seconds
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've found the solution (and the source of the problem) it seems something to do with the intel driver, and apparently it has been fixed in newer kernels not yet released to 11.04.</p>\n\n<p>the quick fix is to run the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo 1 | sudo tee /sys/module/i915/p...
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50038
2011-06-22T13:57:05.450
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<p>I am quite new to Ubuntu. (I started to use Ubuntu about a year ago, but I don't know how to use things like terminal well. All I used by console was easy things like <code>ls</code> or <code>cd</code>, to use gcc.)</p> <p>Today, I found 'profile' property of the terminal, and I created a new profile. Then, I chang...
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2011-06-22T15:45:05.287
How to open the terminal? (Mis-configured the profile)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sounds like you've botched your profile up slightly by adding a custom command (something that runs as soon as it opens).</p>\n\n<p>Thankfully you can edit your profile settings by running this (use <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F2</kbd>):</p>\n\n<pre><code>gconf-editor /apps/gnome-terminal/pr...
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2011-06-22T14:42:02.297
2
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<p>I have a backup script (rsync via ssh) which is run by cron (configured in /etc/crontab)</p> <pre><code>0 2 * * * root /bin/bash --login /opt/aebackup/sshbackup.sh </code></pre> <p>If I run it as logged in root like following it runs prefectly fine.</p> <pre><code>root@server:~# /opt/aebackup/sshbackup.sh ...
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2011-06-23T08:14:40.537
2017-11-04T07:31:33.137
Why doesn't cron complete my script?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T15:20:19.877", "id": "55562", "postId": "50043", "score": "0", "text": "i just found out something really weired.. doesn't make any sense to me. when i use following in crontab it works as expected and solves my problem: 0 2 * * * root /bin/bash --login /opt/...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There was a bug in the old cron, for explanation see <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cron/+bug/151231\" rel=\"nofollow\">this launchpad entry</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "C...
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50045
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2011-06-22T14:53:03.863
2
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<p>Yesterday i browse on synaptic and found this extension</p> <blockquote> <p>libreoffice-presenter-console</p> </blockquote> <p>i found this extension very helpful for me in my presentation in front of my class</p> <p>so i installed it, but i don't know how to enable this feature it is there anyone know ?</p> <...
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2011-11-04T06:23:02.763
How to enable libreoffice presentation console on Libreoffice Impress?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I just installed it, started up Impress and started a slideshow and it showed up on my other monitor like this:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/3BwXF.png\" alt=\"Presenter Console\"></p>\n\n<p>Do you have two screens plugged in?</p>\n", "commentCount": "5",...
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2011-06-22T15:05:31.153
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<p>I enabled the proposed repository in a fresh install with the proprietary <code>nvidia-173</code> driver. After the reboot, I noticed that minimizing and maximizing, there were none of the expected effect (using Ubuntu Classic, even with proprietary driver, Unity does not work - another issue). Furthermore I confirm...
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2011-06-22T22:14:53.367
Metacity used with proprietary driver and proposed repository
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you start the 'Additional Drivers' application do you see that the 173 driver is activated and in use? The image below shows the Nvidia graphics driver as being activated, but not in use.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/zZh7g.png\" title=\"Hosted by imgur.com\" /><...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you start the 'Additional Drivers' application do you see that the 173 driver is activated and in use? The image below shows the Nvidia graphics driver as being activated, but not in use.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/zZh7g.png\" title=\"Hosted by imgur.c...
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50059
2011-06-22T15:10:04.300
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<p>My Firefox spellchecker was complaining this morning that I spelled 'neighbor' in the American English style, not the British English style ('neighbour'). Same is true for color (colour), analyze (analyse), etc. I've checked in the edit->preferences->content->language tab, and en-us is selected. I also found this...
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2015-09-07T12:36:19.483
How to use American English spelling dictionary in Firefox?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2014-12-04T18:21:09.183", "id": "764666", "postId": "50049", "score": "0", "text": "If the problem is that the dictionary keeps getting reset to something other than US English, then this question may have the answer you are looking for: [How can I change Firefox's default dic...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>In a text field, open a context menu by pressing the right mousebutton.</li>\n<li>Select <em>Check Spelling</em> if needed</li>\n<li>In the <em>Languages</em> menu, select <em>English / United States</em></li>\n</ol>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/zeR1E.png\" alt=\...
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2011-06-22T15:15:21.980
1
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<p>Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, Ubuntu Classic desktop</p> <p>Each time I start my machine, I have to log in 3 times. I spent a week in IRC>Freenode>#ubuntu and got nothing but condescension. I've searched on the official Ubuntu fora for similar problems, tried every recommendation, and still get 3 login screens. As a ...
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6005
2012-06-26T00:07:33.663
2012-06-26T00:07:33.663
How do I prevent having to log in on 3 separate prompts every time I start my machine?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>1</strong> - Go to <strong>Passwords And Encryption Keys</strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>2</strong> - On there you have the opportunity to change your default password, enter your old password and then in the field where you would put your new password press <strong>Enter<...
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2011-06-22T15:20:02.617
1
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<p>I'm a big fan of Ubuntu. I've installed it on every computer I had. But they were always 32-bit computers. And I've never had an experience with 64-bit computers. </p> <p>I've made a live USB and CD but with both I get the same error:</p> <p><code>FIXING RECURSIVE FAULT BUT REBOOT IS NEEDED!</code></p> <p>Hardwar...
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2011-06-23T22:20:39.313
2011-06-23T22:20:39.313
"FIXING RECURSIVE FAULT BUT REBOOT IS NEEDED!" During installation
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is a bug according to what I've read on Launchpad: </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/775950\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/775950</a></p>\n\n<p>The very last comment dated 16.06.2011 from Fe...
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2011-06-22T16:32:38.540
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<p>I tried the support sites in Mozilla and couldn't find any info about whats new in Firefox 5, so I thought I would see if you guys could point me in the right direction. My system was upgraded to fx5 last night (6/21) and I have been able to find any info on it? </p>
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2011-06-22T16:36:23.903
2011-06-22T20:51:03.253
Whats new in Firefox 5?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The release notes are available here (too many to list here):</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/5.0/releasenotes/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/5.0/releasenotes/</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>And here's the <a href=\"http://www.mozilla....
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1
50075
2011-06-22T16:46:20.097
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<p>I need to show somebody a website running on my local machine tomorrow. Normally I'd accomplish this by port forwarding on my local router but thanks to failing hardware and its replacement being awful, my current router doesn't let me do port forwarding.</p> <p>So stuck with this delay and not wanting to push the ...
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2018-04-19T07:51:02.640
2020-05-15T17:51:32.380
Reverse port tunnelling
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The command for forwarding port 80 from your local machine (<code>localhost</code>) to the remote host on port 8000 is:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh -R 8000:localhost:80 oli@remote-machine\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This requires an additional tweak on the SSH server, add the lines to <code>/etc/...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The command for forwarding port 80 from your local machine (<code>localhost</code>) to the remote host on port 8000 is:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh -R 8000:localhost:80 oli@remote-machine\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This requires an additional tweak on the SSH server, add the lines to <co...
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50066
1
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2011-06-22T16:46:33.170
5
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<p>I would like to setup GRUB on a USB where it detects automatically the available OS installations on the machine that it is plugged into...</p> <p>This could be useful if you messed up your default GRUB menu on a computer and would like to boot into the machine w/out booting Live-OS. Or if you have multiple Live-O...
18206
18206
2011-06-25T05:32:57.633
2012-01-24T20:32:46.010
How to build a dynamic grub on a usb-drive?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Actually, someone already made this :)</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.supergrubdisk.org/super-grub2-disk/\" rel=\"nofollow\">SugerGrub2Disk</a> is your friend.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2021-06-14T05:08:15.430", ...
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2011-06-22T16:50:05.273
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<p>Hello I have tryed out the programm "EarCandy", now I had/have a lot of problems. At first I did not get any sound and now it is very low volume. PS Earcandy is now deleted from my harddisk.</p> <p>When Im opening the Alsamixer with:</p> <pre><code>alsamixer </code></pre> <p>I see that the volume for the speakers...
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2022-09-04T07:02:20.100
Howto save AlsaMixer settings?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Execute:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo alsactl store\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This should save alsamixer configurations to <code>/etc/asound.state</code> which gets loaded every startup.</p>\n", "commentCount": "7", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2013-08-31T03:35...
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2011-06-22T17:02:28.307
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<p>I would like to know the various tools available in Ubuntu similar to Google Sketchup.</p> <p>I dont like to install Sketchup using wine in Ubuntu.</p>
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2017-09-26T11:48:41.797
2019-05-14T15:31:32.567
Is there an equivalent to Google Sketchup?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.artofillusion.org/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">The Art of illusion</a></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/SJI5f.jpg\" alt=\"enter image description here\" /></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio. Many o...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.artofillusion.org/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">The Art of illusion</a></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/SJI5f.jpg\" alt=\"enter image description here\" /></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Art of Illusion is a free, open source 3D modelling and rendering studio...
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1
50127
2011-06-22T17:40:47.913
24
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<p>And I'd like to get this list <strong>directly</strong> and if possible from an external source (maybe repositories?).</p> <p>Almost all one-liners I have found didn't work for me. So I hope there is an indicator somewhere that denotes packages as "preinstalled".</p> <p>PS: I don't want to run a clean installation...
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2020-10-29T07:24:31.827
How to get a list of preinstalled packages?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Every *buntu release has a .manifest or .list file that lists preinstalled packages. This file is located <a href=\"http://releases.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">online</a>.</p>\n<p>For example:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lubuntu 20.04.1 64bit ➜<br />\n<a href=\"http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubu...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Every *buntu release has a .manifest or .list file that lists preinstalled packages. This file is located <a href=\"http://releases.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">online</a>.</p>\n<p>For example:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lubuntu 20.04.1 64bit ➜<br />\n<a href=\"http://cdimage.ubuntu....
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2011-06-22T17:54:36.863
0
1014
<p>I've installed Ubuntu 11.4 on my dell xps m2010 using wubi. Then booted up and could not connect to the Internet using <code>3three huawei e122 usb mobile broadband</code> (I would like this to work also). </p> <p>I've managed to connect through a wireless network, I went to my favorite sites and was told I neede...
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2011-11-22T01:37:47.307
2012-03-28T07:03:44.867
Sigmatel sound card not working on an Dell XPS m2010
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First of all, for your Huawei Modem, take a look at this: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/31875/how-do-i-configure-huawei-usb-modem/31887#31887\">How do i configure huawei usb modem</a> and this: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/16935/how-do-i-set-up-an-mts...
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50084
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2011-06-22T18:05:32.267
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<p>I managed to setup gitosis on Ubuntu, authorization done using SSH keys. Now I want to make some folders on this Ubuntu server Git Initialized and available thrue gitosis. For example <code>/var/www/x1 folder</code>. It is web page I'm working on, and would like to see changes made available public (this is <code>/v...
20460
32886
2012-01-05T09:39:47.903
2012-01-05T09:39:47.903
Ubuntu Gitosis init web folder
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What you're probably seeing is a bare repository.\nA regular repository is a working directory with a <code>.git</code> folder that contains all the tracking information. Bare repositories however are designed for servers that you only want to push and pull from, they're just...
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50085
1
183667
2011-06-22T18:15:20.120
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<p>I want to create a quick launch icon for MATLAB, but it won't start if the working directory is not the same as the directory where the executable is. Can I specify the working directory in the 'Custom Application Launcher'?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/u05QH.png" alt="Custom launcher"></p>
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2019-03-25T06:44:08.213
Setting the working directory
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can set the working directory natively, but for some reason it's not supported in the user interface. The underlying .desktop file itself supports a <code>Path</code> key for \"the working directory to run the program in\" (see the <a href=\"https://specifications.freedesktop.org...
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50097
2011-06-22T18:20:23.030
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<p>I wonder why there isn't any equivalent of Wine for running Mac software on Ubuntu. Thoughts?</p>
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2011-06-22T21:45:39.370
2016-07-05T19:01:12.117
Why isn't it possible to run Mac software?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T18:52:50.350", "id": "55598", "postId": "50087", "score": "15", "text": "This answer is far too tautological to post as an actual answer so I'll post it here: There is no Wine equivalent for running Mac software because nobody has created a Wine equivalent for runni...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The best we got was an attempt in 2007-ish called <a href=\"http://mac-on-linux.sourceforge.net/\">mac on linux</a> as a virtualization tool to run Mac OS. </p>\n\n<p>If there was ever a need to built a wine version for Mac (would that be called mine?) it probably would have been cre...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The best we got was an attempt in 2007-ish called <a href=\"http://mac-on-linux.sourceforge.net/\">mac on linux</a> as a virtualization tool to run Mac OS. </p>\n\n<p>If there was ever a need to built a wine version for Mac (would that be called mine?) it probably would have ...
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2011-06-22T18:39:13.287
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<p>Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 11.04 with 8.10 already installed and since then my Dell VOSTRO laptop gets shuts down automatically every half an hour. Although I am using the latest version (currently 11.04) I did not uninstall 8.10 while (as per the guiding option of Ubuntu). Since this installation I am facing the ...
20464
667
2011-06-22T19:06:29.603
2011-06-22T19:47:58.443
How to uninstall 8.10 while keeping 11.04?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T19:19:23.577", "id": "55605", "postId": "50092", "score": "0", "text": "Could the shutdown issue have something to do with overheating?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6969" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You’ll need to delete 8.10 partition and update your GRUB entries. You can do this with a GRUB rescue CD or USB key. I use <a href=\"http://www.hirensbootcd.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hiren’s Boot CD</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDa...
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2011-06-22T19:04:24.287
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/34214/how-do-i-disable-overlay-scrollbars">How do I disable overlay scrollbars?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Sorry not sure if this is the right place to post this. I'm trying to get rid of these annoying transparent ...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-06-22T19:12:40.673
revert back to old style slidebars to get rid of the transparent slidebars
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2011-06-22T20:33:02.273
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2011-06-22T19:54:56.977
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<p>I'd like to start over with my webserver and I'd like to reinstall all the LAMP packages, how do I do that?</p>
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2011-06-22T20:41:13.947
2023-11-17T06:10:07.093
How do I remove the LAMP stack so I can start over?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>sudo apt-get purge mysql-server apache2 php5</code></p>\n<p>That will remove the &quot;big-boy&quot; packages, which should take care of most cases.</p>\n<p>You can find this information in the <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP\" rel=\"noreferrer\">docu...
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50104
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50107
2011-06-22T20:01:22.360
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<p>I've got one desktop computer Ubuntu 11.04 with an external USB drive mounted on it on the home WRT54L Linux network (192.168.0.2), and when I arrive at home with my laptop, I want to be able to mount the external USB drive from my Ubuntu 11.04 laptop (192.168.0.3) to the desktop, without having to unplug it from th...
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17702
2011-06-25T07:38:23.707
2017-03-01T10:08:34.000
How do I access an external drive mounted on a machine on my own network?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to use ssh for that - run <code>sudo apt-get install ssh</code> on both machines.</p>\n\n<p>Then, you just have to go to nautilus on your laptop, File->Connect to Server..., select \"SSH\", enter the external IP of the desktop into the Server input box, the port is 22, the f...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to use ssh for that - run <code>sudo apt-get install ssh</code> on both machines.</p>\n\n<p>Then, you just have to go to nautilus on your laptop, File->Connect to Server..., select \"SSH\", enter the external IP of the desktop into the Server input box, the port is 2...
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50111
2011-06-22T20:20:37.123
4
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<p>Flash is not working on Kubuntu 11.04, 64bit on any browser. Even after a purge and reinstall, any flash application gives either says the plugin is missing or not up to date (depends on browser).</p> <p>This problem is just with Kubuntu, not with Ubuntu. How can I get flash working again?</p> <p>After installin...
18110
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:00.673
2011-12-29T19:56:38.753
How can I get flash working on Kubuntu 11.04 64bit?
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-22T20:42:39.177", "id": "55631", "postId": "50108", "score": "0", "text": "Can you confirm also that /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins is empty and that `locate libflash*` returns nothing?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" }, { "creationDate": "2011-06...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I usually do it like this.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html</a></p>\n\n<p>download and extract</p>\n\n<pre><code>#cleanup\nsudo killall -9 firefox\nsudo apt-get r...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I usually do it like this.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_square.html</a></p>\n\n<p>download and extract</p>\n\n<pre><code>#cleanup\nsudo killall -9 firefox\nsudo a...
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50112
1
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2011-06-22T20:27:52.510
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5225
<p>How can I delete duplicate emails from Evolution 2.32.2?</p>
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2011-06-22T20:31:23.153
2013-01-02T19:16:28.723
How can I delete duplicate emails in Evolution?
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't think you can do this (unless there is some kind of POP3 rule you can apply).</p>\n\n<p>You will have to do it manually in your specific version.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0",...
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50130
2011-06-22T22:37:43.523
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<p>I got Blender 2.58 (stable) from blender.org (downloaded the package, extracted it). Everything works fine, but the only thing that bugs me is that the icon in the launcher (when I open it) is really fuzzy. I guess that's no big deal, but when I select "Keep in Launcher" and close Blender, the icon doesn't work when...
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2012-10-22T14:05:07.660
Blender has weird fuzzy misbehaving icon in launcher
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may want to use Blender from the ppa:<br>\n<code>ppa:irie/blender</code><br>\nThis will provide you with the svn version (weekly). These are usually stable, but if you want it to be truly stable, you can lock the version in synaptic. You can also get Blender 2.4 from this PPA.</p...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may want to use Blender from the ppa:<br>\n<code>ppa:irie/blender</code><br>\nThis will provide you with the svn version (weekly). These are usually stable, but if you want it to be truly stable, you can lock the version in synaptic. You can also get Blender 2.4 from this...
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2011-06-22T23:02:14.497
1
4362
<p>How to setup an IPSec connection from my ubuntu laptop to Amazon EC2 instance? I tried setting it up using elastic IP and VPC with the following openswan configuration but it is not working. </p> <blockquote> <p>conn host-to-host</p> <pre><code> left=%defaultroute leftsubnet=EC2PRIVATEIP/32 # Local netmas...
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2024-03-11T15:02:25.277
How to setup IPSec with Amazon EC2
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have published a startup script to setup an Amazon EC2 instance with IPSec/L2TP VPN. You can do it in less than 5 minutes, you dont even need to actually log into the machine.</p>\n\n<p>The good thing with IPSec/L2TP: it works out of the box for most clients (tested with Ma...
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2011-06-22T23:25:24.580
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<p>I'm trying to install <a href="http://msgpack.org/" rel="nofollow">MSGPACK</a> to be used with PHP, by following the <a href="http://wiki.msgpack.org/display/MSGPACK/QuickStart+for+PHP" rel="nofollow">wiki guide</a>.</p> <p>But when I run <code>sudo ./configure</code> I get this error:</p> <pre><code>checking PHP ...
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114
2011-06-23T03:13:16.360
2017-03-01T11:05:50.597
Error while trying to install MSGPACK
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>While you might have the PHP interpreter installed, the configure script is probably searching for the files necessary to compile new PHP extension modules. Those files are found in the <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/php5-dev\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">php5-dev<img src...
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50132
1
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2011-06-23T00:08:41.103
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<p>When my CPU load rises the battery stop working I don't know why </p> <p>i.e If I start playing a game such as counter strike source the battery won't change unless I minimize the window which brings the load down.</p> <p>Can someone please help me with this issue?</p> <p>Note: sometimes when flash lags for a sec...
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2011-06-23T08:37:32.167
2011-06-23T11:57:40.103
Battery doesn't charge on high CPU load
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This happens because the PSU can't supply enough power to do both things at once - powering the CPU has a higher priority than charging the battery.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-06-23T14:58:50.300", "id": "55...
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50133
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50142
2011-06-23T00:20:32.510
1
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<p>I'm setting up a cron job to update my nmzmail database periodically, but I'd like the cron job to execute only if my laptop is plugged in. Is there a way to do this? If there's not a built in cron command, then is there a way to check via the command line that I could use in a simple script?</p>
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2011-06-29T23:01:34.200
Configure a cron job to run only if laptop is plugged in?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would expand a bit on the first answer, and instead do something like this for a cron entry:</p>\n\n<pre><code>[ $(cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state | awk '{print $NF}') = 'on-line' ] &amp;&amp; /path/to/your/script_file\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I would rather not even start my script...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What you could do is to check if /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state contains the word on-line.\nYou could put the following in at the beginning of your cron job :</p>\n\n<pre>\n# Do nothing when no AC power is available\ngrep -q on-line /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state || exit 0\n<...
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50136
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2011-06-23T00:51:29.093
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<p>I move my home directory to it's own partition but I end with what it seems to be a duplicated home folders (there are 2 accounts admin and everyones account) I have "admin and everyones" folders and then I have in hide ".ecryptfs" inside I had again "admin and everyones" folder inside there is .encryptfs and .priva...
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2012-02-18T23:38:40.727
2012-02-18T23:41:41.517
Is it possible to have duplicated folders on /home folder new partition as an error?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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<p>The title speaks to only half of the issue: the other half are the settings in Ubuntu and the sequences therein.</p> <p>The computer in this issue does receive internet with the external antenna jack at the back being fed with a simple magnetic base antenna designed for putting on the roof of an automobile. Howev...
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