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50141 | 1 | 50195 | 2011-06-23T02:58:01.437 | 7 | 1954 | <p>I uninstalled Firefox some days ago, because I use another browser. It appeared yesterday as an important security update. I can uncheck every package associated with it, and install the remaining updates, but it just keeps showing up, and it's a little annoying.</p>
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50143 | 1 | 50152 | 2011-06-23T03:29:55.307 | 14 | 11508 | <p>I've read <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/49109/i-have-16gb-ram-do-i-need-32gb-swap">this question</a>, but it doesn't definitively answer <em>my</em> question.</p>
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50144 | 1 | 50251 | 2011-06-23T03:56:00.923 | 5 | 8872 | <p>It has been a headache trying to install this printer. All the tutorials I found are for older versions of Ubuntu, and none of them work.</p>
<p>How can I install this printer?</p>
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50145 | 1 | 50148 | 2011-06-23T04:31:52.187 | 149 | 299874 | <p>How do I install the <code>perf</code> monitoring tool?</p>
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50146 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T04:39:34.320 | 15 | 5675 | <p>On the Mac, I use <kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>`</kbd> (the tilde) to cycle through windows in the current application (eg terminal or chrome). It's like <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd> except only for the current application's windows. Possibly for Compiz but without any flashy Exposé like graphics?</p>
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50149 | 1 | 56411 | 2011-06-23T06:16:24.450 | 2 | 391 | <p>Is there a way to limit the number of concurretly open AF_INET sockets (only)?
If so, how do I do it, and how will the networking behave if I'm above the limit?</p>
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50153 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T07:36:57.217 | 2 | 306 | <p>I'd like to update to 11.04 from 10.10 (but I don't like upgrading system, I prefer full reinstalling)
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50154 | 1 | 50156 | 2011-06-23T07:44:36.417 | 2 | 1400 | <p>I have a huge xml file which I want to look at with <code>cat some.xml | less</code> but the gnome terminal truncates the lines making it difficult to read the output.</p>
<p>How do I get gnome-terminal not to truncate lines? Or, Is there a better way to scroll through files too big to fit in memory?</p>
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50159 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T08:33:45.317 | 5 | 351 | <p>Please inform if the question is off-topic to remove it.</p>
<p>I do not know if I should work with <a href="http://banshee.fm/" rel="nofollow">Banshee</a> or some other applications since I am afraid that their future is threatened if Mono stops developing. An example: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-sourc... | 4998 | null | null | 2011-06-27T03:23:22.123 | Is Banshee (or other mono applications in Ubuntu) threatened by the recent changes in novell? | [
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50160 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T08:38:08.337 | 4 | 4653 | <p>For me Synapse idles at approximately 7MiB, Kupfer at 23MiB.</p>
<p>That is with nearly all except four plugins off for Kupfer. I thought it was supposed to be the lightest and I love the plugins for it. </p>
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50161 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T08:39:56.200 | 2 | 234 | <p>Can you suggest me some Linux Distros made for old computers?</p>
<p>My OLD PC config:</p>
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<p>HD - 80 GB</p>
<p>:D</p>
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50165 | 1 | 50176 | 2011-06-23T08:59:59.127 | 1 | 8293 | <p>I want to make a script that will execute .jar file on selected file. Later I will add that script to right-click menu via the tool Nautilus Actions or just place it into nautilus-scripts folder. I have a problem creating script. </p>
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50167 | 1 | 50168 | 2011-06-23T09:12:27.200 | 1 | 2837 | <p>I want to install ffmpeg with mp3lame enabled following <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9868359&postcount=1289" rel="nofollow">this tutorial</a>. In step 2 an error was reported on libfaac not found, and in step 5 installing lame throwing this error. Why is this failing, and what should I do? </p... | 7820 | 3889 | 2012-04-25T13:15:28.643 | 2017-03-01T11:06:19.553 | Why is my Lame install failing? | [
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50170 | 1 | 50180 | 2011-06-23T10:16:02.413 | 559 | 411752 | <p>I have requirement of converting PDF pages to images. There is a background image with some text in my file, and when I save it as an image only the background image gets saved.</p>
<p>Is there any software available for the same so that complete page can be converted to an image?</p>
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50171 | 1 | 243024 | 2011-06-23T10:22:34.863 | 18 | 15230 | <p><code>ssh-agent</code> is very easy to use, I start it and add keys using <code>ssh-add keyfile</code>. After killing the process <code>ssh-agent</code>, all files are gone.</p>
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50174 | 1 | 50186 | 2011-06-23T10:08:33.730 | 1 | 11040 | <p>My laptop is Compaq presario cq42. I tried to connect my laptop (using ubuntu 11.04) to my TV with VGA cable. The bootloader menu and login screen are displayed on TV but after logged in, it showed NO SIGNAL. I tried to change resolution of TV but nothing change (do it in both Monitors and ATI analys control (admin)... | 20503 | 19490 | 2011-06-23T11:53:45.457 | 2012-07-14T03:45:18.810 | Connect laptop using Ubuntu 11.04 to TV? | [
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50177 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T10:58:05.467 | 2 | 27193 | <p>I have installed Netbeans 6.9 just by one click thru Ubuntu Software Center. It didn't ask me for JDK installation folder during installation.</p>
<p>It works.</p>
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50181 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T11:14:57.407 | 12 | 11271 | <p>I have a very old Toshiba laptop. Specs can be found <a href="http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/jsp/SUPPORTSECTION/discontinuedProductPage.do?PRODUCT_ID=82136&DISC_MODEL=1&service=UK" rel="nofollow">here</a>. </p>
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50187 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T11:50:25.410 | 3 | 531 | <p>I just upgraded to ubuntu 11.04. I've no issues with creating users, but if they login an error occurs. For example, when I create the user "luli" and login with that user, I got the error:</p>
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50191 | 1 | 50193 | 2011-06-23T12:14:40.693 | 3 | 9773 | <p>I have two Ubuntu PCs whose network cards connected directly to each other with cross-over cable. I have assigned ip addresses manually to their interfaces using command similar to </p>
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50194 | 1 | 50206 | 2011-06-23T12:26:07.423 | 5 | 10181 | <p>I have a laptop with lubuntu 11 with two network interfaces, wireless and wired. Wireless interface connects to the router with DHCP and provides access to the internet. The wired interface has a staic ip address from a different range for internal LAN. I would like to allow computers on the LAN get access to intern... | 4771 | null | null | 2015-02-05T12:27:09.453 | sharing internet between network interfaces | [
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50197 | 1 | 59055 | 2011-06-23T12:43:12.390 | 17 | 51782 | <p>I have Ubuntu 10.04 and I would like to connect to my Samba shares which are on a DLink DNS323.</p>
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50201 | 1 | 61169 | 2011-06-23T13:00:52.947 | 5 | 7346 | <p>How to enable SHMconfig on Ubuntu 11.04?
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50202 | 1 | 50269 | 2011-06-23T13:12:36.710 | 10 | 4188 | <p>My computer is running Ubuntu 10.10 and I would like to know if there is a firewall that actively informs me when a certain program is trying to access the internet or when a connection attempt is blocked from the internet. I remember ZoneAlarm for Windows will alert you to blocked attempts but now that I have switc... | 20505 | 20505 | 2011-06-23T20:12:41.110 | 2011-06-23T21:34:09.150 | Can I be notified about blocked connection attempts? | [
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50203 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T13:15:47.537 | 3 | 3562 | <p>I want to build package for ppa. I use <code>debuild -S -sa</code>. But it ignore deletion of files from old source.Like:</p>
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50210 | 1 | 50223 | 2011-06-23T14:20:29.600 | 4 | 687 | <p>How do I remap my capslock key to be alt + tab. And shift + capslock to be shift + alt + tab?</p>
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50211 | 1 | 50217 | 2011-06-23T14:20:39.413 | 2 | 3977 | <p>If my only "hard drive" is a smallish SSD, are there any advantages to setting up a swap partition rather than a swap file?</p>
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50213 | 1 | 50230 | 2011-06-23T14:28:05.490 | 3 | 2233 | <p>Thinking about what would be useful to display in a screensaver, I realized that it would be nice to know how long the screensaver has been running. <code>gnome-screensaver-command --time</code> takes care of that. Now, how can I create a simple screensaver based on this value (plus perhaps some <code>ps</code> outp... | 10371 | null | null | 2013-08-08T02:56:05.400 | Custom text screensaver | [
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50215 | 1 | 50229 | 2011-06-23T14:48:57.043 | 1 | 2613 | <p>When I click to sound icon on the panel, I have 3 options:</p>
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<p>Slider - I can slide but it DOESNT change anything</p>
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50220 | 1 | 50222 | 2011-06-23T15:05:24.133 | 3 | 1101 | <p>I followed the instructions <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/22946/how-do-i-install-the-latest-version-of-gnome-3">here</a>, however I got 404 not found error checking for updates:</p>
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50224 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T15:21:45.587 | 5 | 309 | <p>I have created a new folder in home directory, and put a downloaded program in this folder, how to make both this folder and program searchable by the system when using quick launch/search utility?</p>
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50228 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T15:52:00.740 | 3 | 3476 | <p>To turn on/off between the 2 cards, I used acpi_call and bumblebee as in this article:
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50233 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T16:23:21.770 | 5 | 13787 | <p>Is there a way that I can stop the <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F4</kbd> key combination from switching to a virtual terminal? I <strong>still</strong> want the other key combinations to switch to terminals - I just want to change the <kbd>F4</kbd> one because I often use that keyboard shortcut in a Windows ... | 6182 | 114 | 2011-06-23T17:04:29.590 | 2021-12-03T09:43:31.773 | Disable CTRL+ALT+F4 switching to virtual terminal | [
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50234 | 1 | 50235 | 2011-06-23T16:34:45.993 | 2 | 1603 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37313/deactivate-f1-and-f10-keybindings">Deactivate F1 and F10 keybindings?</a> </p>
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<p>I found this </p>
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50236 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T16:54:19.587 | 1 | 16976 | <p><a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/631281/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is the log file, make does not run. I followed the instructions by Ronald Bauman <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=364883" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Below you can find the point where it fails. How can I debug this?</p>
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50239 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T17:48:55.307 | 0 | 733 | <p>I have a web server running on a EC2 c1.medium intance.</p>
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"text": "Did you add `nobody cant connetc... no more erros until i stop and start the instance`? Can you ping to your server if it \"hangs\"?",
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"body": "<p>Tim, its probably time to add some instrumentation to your machine. I suggest at the very minimum something like <code>sysstat</code> to record snapshots of the system activity every 5 minutes. When you restart the machine, you can at least look at what was happening in the 5... | null | null | null | null | null |
50240 | 1 | 50241 | 2011-06-23T17:57:09.400 | 13 | 19330 | <p>Is there any command line or program in Ubuntu 9.04 I can use to get information about my video card?</p>
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"body": "<pre><code>sudo lspci|grep VGA\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>shows me I have a:</p>\n\n<pre><code>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc NI Whistler [AMD Radeon HD 6600M Series]\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you want even more information you can install <a href=\"http://packages.ubun... | [
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"body": "<pre><code>sudo lspci|grep VGA\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>shows me I have a:</p>\n\n<pre><code>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc NI Whistler [AMD Radeon HD 6600M Series]\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you want even more information you can install <a href=\"http://packa... | null | null | null | null | null |
50242 | 1 | 50249 | 2011-06-23T18:03:19.790 | 10 | 3496 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/20578/sudo-redirect-output">sudo & redirect output</a> </p>
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<p>These are suggestions given by powertop to save energy:</p>
<pre><code>echo 1500 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
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50256 | 1 | 50259 | 2011-06-23T19:49:14.183 | 2 | 247 | <p>I wonder why NetBeans 6.9 is still in Software Center and is not replaced by 7.0?</p>
<p>I mean, the new Firefox package is published within a few hours after release, why is the NetBeans package not updated yet?</p>
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50257 | 1 | 50293 | 2011-06-23T19:57:11.187 | 1 | 676 | <p>Does Ubuntu 10.10 work well on mac mini? Are there any known issues?</p>
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"body": "<p>The following two pages may help you:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Mac_mini3-1/Maverick\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mac Mini Intel Core Duo (3,1) on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Macmini4-1/M... | [
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50261 | 1 | 109356 | 2011-06-23T20:16:51.997 | 2 | 1072 | <p>Ever since I installed Xubuntu Natty, my mp3 player is not mounted any more. <code>lsusb</code> also does not list it. Normal USB sticks are normally mounted. How can I re-enable auto-mount for it or mount it manually?</p>
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"text": "Please tell us which MP3 player you are using. Some of them don't act as external disks and use a protocol like MTP instead.",
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"body": "<p>This is a known bug #763227 which you can read on Launchpad <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/763227\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>. </p>\n\n<p>If you update your kernel to 2.6.38-10 or above it should fix the problem.</p>\n",
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50266 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T21:02:49.897 | 7 | 806 | <p>I've got Lenovo b560 laptop with latest, properly updated Kubuntu on it (11.04 natty, kernel 2.6.38-8-generic). It has three USB2.0 ports onboard. I usually plug a mouse into one of them (I've got 3 different mice - in office, at home and for when on the go).</p>
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50274 | 1 | 55117 | 2011-06-23T22:14:31.277 | 7 | 9910 | <p>I have created a pdf file using the <code>pdflatex</code> command but some fonts are not embedded into it. Please see the output of <code>pdffonts</code>. I have also checked "updmap --edit" to see whether the option "pdftexDownloadBase14" is true or not. It is true. But, still some fonts are not emebedded. Please ... | 101157 | 114 | 2011-06-23T22:53:10.837 | 2016-06-02T20:57:17.917 | Fonts are not embedded into a pdf? | [
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"body": "<p>This might not be the most relevant question for askubuntu, but I'll try to answer it nevertheless: You probably included graphics in your document that use the Helvetica font (a common example are the axis labels for figures created by Matlab), right? \nIf you used Helvetica in your... | [
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50277 | 1 | 50280 | 2011-06-23T22:34:44.450 | 1 | 610 | <p>I screwed up all my files permissions under a directory, how can I recover. Especially, how to change the files that is non-executable back to read-write-only?What I did wrong was that I chmod all the files and directories executable of the user. </p>
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50279 | 1 | 53929 | 2011-06-23T22:38:53.307 | 1 | 2476 | <p>For two days I have tried to get vlc play this <code>.bin</code> file. I played it fine in windows xp using vlc. So I decided to install same vlc thats on my xp partition and it plays through Wine the file no problem. Why won't it play natively?</p>
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"body": "<p>Updated 6-26-2011 Even thou this issue didn't have anything to do with Alsa Audio Output this allows me to play .bin files </p>\n\n<p><em> <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/50697/alsa-doesnt-work-in-vlc\">Alsa doesn't work in vlc</a> </em></p>\n",
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50282 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T22:58:38.673 | 1 | 3257 | <p>I'm trying to get clonezilla to run off of a usb stick, and it seems that the right way to do that is via tuxboot.</p>
<p>Tuxboot is not compilable on ubuntu. I used git to get it from the repository, and then when I run the 'install' script (because building it is apparently not allowed, since the build script ju... | 20155 | null | null | 2014-04-20T14:56:26.140 | Why can't tuxboot and ubuntu play well together? | [
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50286 | 1 | null | 2011-06-23T23:30:02.157 | 1 | 498 | <p>I'm new to Linux/Ubuntu in general. I just Wubi installed Ubuntu 11.04 w/Windows 7 on my Lenovo laptop - Intel i7 Quad Core 2Ghz, 4Gb ram, etc. etc... and for some reason Ubuntu is very laggy and slow.</p>
<p>When I'm switching between programs (Chromium, folders, software center, etc..) it doesn't run as smoothly ... | 20537 | 106495 | 2013-03-02T01:55:16.653 | 2013-03-02T01:55:16.653 | Why might Ubuntu be slow for me while using Wubi? | [
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50288 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T00:33:55.597 | 1 | 476 | <p>When I tried to connect at 2 different places. The little connection icon would circle forever before eventually prompting for password. </p>
<p>I have triple checked all network keys & then some.</p>
<p>Even with my home network I now have to revert to 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx (dual boot) or wired Ethernet. </p>
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50291 | 1 | 50347 | 2011-06-24T02:02:20.370 | 5 | 514 | <p>At work we handle the transfer of small bits of sensitive data with GPG, usually posted on a secure internal website.</p>
<p>Until Firefox 4 was released, we used FireGPG for inline decryption; however the IPC libraries that it relied upon were no longer present in FF4, rendering it unusable. With the launch of Fir... | 13719 | 13719 | 2011-06-24T09:05:27.827 | 2011-11-02T07:14:17.743 | GPG Workflow in 11.04 | [
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50292 | 1 | 281301 | 2011-06-24T02:26:07.817 | 5 | 526 | <p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18698/printing-a-poster-over-several-sheets-of-paper/18701#18701">PosteRazor</a> uses an apparently outdated GUI that is incapable of properly displaying my filenames:</p>
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50294 | 1 | 50297 | 2011-06-24T04:38:53.550 | 3 | 418 | <p>Current version of GCC in Ubuntu 11.04 is 4.5.2. For certain C++0x features, I need GCC version 4.6, but would like to avoid compiling from source. Is there hope that Ubuntu will update GCC in the package repository before the next release in October (11.10).</p>
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50296 | 1 | 50306 | 2011-06-24T05:01:23.933 | 5 | 14762 | <p>I am using a Natty Live-USB, and the <strong>Remote Desktop Viewer</strong> application (Applications -> Internet -> Remote Desktop Viewer) <strong>only shows <code>SSH</code> & <code>VNC</code></strong> protocols.</p>
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"body": "<p>The versions of <code>vinagre</code> (the application you mention) included with all released versions of Ubuntu do not support the RDP protocol (the feature was added in 2.31.4, while Ubuntu 11.04 comes with 2.30.3).</p>\n\n<p>So there are basically three options:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>W... | [
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50303 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T06:51:21.733 | 3 | 561 | <p>I am relatively new to ubuntu [I've used it before and loved it but one day i just randomly couldn't connect to the internet anymore so i switched back to windows... also netflix doesn't work in ubuntu...] and I've noticed that when i used it before everything ran very smoothly and the window animations and stuff li... | 20545 | 1859 | 2011-06-24T23:07:32.620 | 2011-06-24T23:07:32.620 | How can i get ubuntu to run smoother? | [
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50308 | 1 | 50409 | 2011-06-24T07:51:19.780 | 18 | 11560 | <p>How does the installer calculate what size of swap partition to create? Presumably it's based on installed RAM size, but does that depend on how much RAM?</p>
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50309 | 1 | 50427 | 2011-06-24T07:51:49.330 | 11 | 8491 | <p>Team Fortress 2 is now <a href="http://www.teamfortress.com/freetoplay/">free to play</a>! Is there an easy way to get a copy working on Ubuntu Natty?</p>
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50311 | 1 | 50315 | 2011-06-24T08:14:10.110 | 1 | 2874 | <p>I want to install ffmpeg on ubuntu. and following this article <a href="http://pasindudps.blogspot.com/2010/12/compiling-ffmpeg-in-ubuntu-1010.html" rel="nofollow">http://pasindudps.blogspot.com/2010/12/compiling-ffmpeg-in-ubuntu-1010.html</a> but when m doing make after config</p>
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50312 | 1 | 50841 | 2011-06-24T08:26:56.163 | 1 | 2518 | <p><strong>UPDATE 1:</strong></p>
<p>It seems that the gt520 is better at hd flash decoding that the gt430. Does anyone know if the gt520 is able to play 1080p video smoothly and if it can have 2 monitors connected to it at the same time for a larger desktop?</p>
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50313 | 1 | 50319 | 2011-06-24T08:28:01.543 | 5 | 1796 | <p>A friend of mine has a Packard Bell laptop that came with Windows pre-installed. I installed Ubuntu on it and it works fine, but everytime she tried to boot Windows on it (fortunately rarely) it fails and the computer is unable to boot any OS anymore.</p>
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50314 | 1 | 50322 | 2011-06-24T08:40:03.937 | 5 | 654 | <p>I wanna set 4 different wallpapers in my 4 workspaces by setting in CCMS (wallpaper plugin).
It just only work if show_desktop (gconf-editor->apps/nautilus/preference) is unchecked.
But after that I can not right-click on my desktop anymore.
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50324 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T10:29:27.923 | 4 | 581 | <p>Have successfully finished the re-installation of 11.04 server (single OS), but when I reboot the text "Linux Operating System ..." is displayed and then it stops. Previous test installation of 11.04 server on the same partitioning scheme booted properly. Any idea of what's going wrong?</p>
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50329 | 1 | 190733 | 2011-06-24T10:56:17.017 | 4 | 3568 | <p>Often it happens that I cannot wake my computer from sleep, it just does not react and I must force restart.</p>
<p>In power management is set to put display to sleep after 15 minutes and computer never.</p>
<p>So I guess it cannot wake display from sleep.</p>
<p>Does this happen to anyone else?</p>
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50335 | 1 | 50365 | 2011-06-24T11:12:42.447 | 6 | 3088 | <p>I have been recently trying to package a small Python utility to put on my PPA and I've almost got it to work, but I'm having problems in making the package install the binary (a chmod +x Python script) under <code>/usr/bin</code>. Instead it installs under <code>/</code>. I have this directory structure -> <a href=... | 20554 | 235 | 2011-06-24T13:20:52.737 | 2011-06-24T13:53:37.333 | How do I get debuild to put the binary in /usr/bin? | [
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50339 | 1 | 50355 | 2011-06-24T11:32:27.890 | 30 | 67108 | <p>I have a webcam that works as a v4l2 device. </p>
<p>What is the most convenient way to capture either a stop-motion or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-lapse">time-lapse</a> video?</p>
<p>N.B.</p>
<p>stop-motion and time-lapse are related but conceptually different. </p>
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50344 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T12:07:08.167 | 77 | 182151 | <p>I want to have both PHP 5.2.17 and PHP 5.3.5 installed on my Ubuntu machine and switch as per my necessity. How can I achieve this? </p>
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50352 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T12:34:23.847 | 5 | 6131 | <p>Have just installed nagios3 onto Ubuntu Server 10.04. A clean install. All plugins installed.</p>
<p>The nagios status map only has localhost and gateway discovered. Is there a way for it to scan our network, along with all Windows servers, routers, etc?</p>
<p>I can't find any automated way to do this.</p>
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50354 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T12:43:29.350 | 3 | 980 | <p>When installing GNOME3 on natty, I got this at the Update Manager. All the items related to GNOME can not be checked.</p>
<p>I'm also trying to install via command line, but the download speed of the dist-upgrade is really slow. </p>
<p>What is the cause of the warning? And how to handle it? </p>
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50357 | 1 | 50388 | 2011-06-24T13:12:53.110 | 18 | 5253 | <p>I want a script that dumps the log and starts logging on it as soon as a usb mass storage is plugged (with the file 'OKdump' on it).And if anything abnormal(Like a error that is visually present) is detected i want it to take a screenshot and save it on the same drive.</p>
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50359 | 1 | 50367 | 2011-06-24T13:17:17.643 | 2 | 661 | <p>I switched recently from GNOME to LXDE and since then my .profile file hasn't been sourced on login. I found out that my PATH variable doesn't include ~/bin anymore. However, my .profile file includes <code>PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"</code> while PATH's content is <code>/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:... | 8973 | null | null | 2011-06-24T14:26:49.067 | Why isn't .profile sourced on login to LXDE? | [
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50361 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T13:27:15.493 | 6 | 4027 | <p>Is there any good program for printing CD jewel case labels, which:</p>
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50369 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T14:41:03.413 | 3 | 1662 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/35715/how-to-install-firefox-3-6-and-4-0-in-parallel">How to install Firefox 3.6 and 4.0 in parallel?</a> </p>
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50371 | 1 | 50392 | 2011-06-24T14:48:58.120 | 3 | 998 | <p>it is a feature that attract users to come to ubuntu, since it's pretty and most important, efficient.
any hopes it will be available to use in the next unity release 11.10?</p>
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50375 | 1 | 50387 | 2011-06-24T15:06:40.570 | 16 | 58129 | <p>How can I remove the background and replace with transparency (as represented by checkered background in PS)? And are there any limitations in the file type I can then export the image to?</p>
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50378 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T15:11:14.507 | 2 | 1305 | <p>I think my problem is a little different than several other similar titled questions.</p>
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50389 | 1 | 50394 | 2011-06-24T16:12:37.877 | 1 | 3991 | <p>I am trying to help a friend get set up with Ubuntu and want to recommend Wubi for his install (he is not very computer savvy). I had recently tried the Wubi download from Ubuntu.com and the only option it gave me was to install Natty.</p>
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50390 | 1 | 120604 | 2011-06-24T16:12:55.583 | 3 | 340 | <p>I am looking for the drivers for Integrated Display on Lenovo 420s Core i7. This computer has the nvidia optimus option. Can anyone point me in the right direction?</p>
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50397 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T17:21:20.313 | 6 | 301 | <p>I'm currently having a problem with my bootup process that is growing progressively worse as time goes on:</p>
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50402 | 1 | 50405 | 2011-06-24T17:46:09.283 | 43 | 15992 | <p>I am downloading a very large package and my internet connection isn't the fastest, so browsing the web at the same time is a pain. How can I limit the bandwidth <code>apt-get</code> uses?</p>
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50413 | 1 | 52863 | 2011-06-24T19:11:35.280 | 4 | 215 | <p>The text color in Google Earth (installed via <a href="http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Google's package</a>) has recently changed to become unreadable:</p>
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50417 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T20:22:43.620 | 10 | 7029 | <p>In 10.04 it was easy to display icecast streams; but whenever i click on the plugin nothing happens and no stream directory is loaded. The station recorder plugin seems to have disappeared also. If somenbody nows a fix thanx a lot.</p>
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50423 | 1 | 50425 | 2011-06-24T21:33:17.720 | 1 | 4451 | <p>I need to troubleshoot a problem with suspend/resume. The <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnderstandingSuspend" rel="nofollow">debugging instructions</a> say:</p>
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50424 | 1 | 50436 | 2011-06-24T21:38:38.980 | 3 | 2699 | <p>Last week I installed Miredo and configured my system to handle IPv6 through 6to4 tunneling. It was easy and it worked well.</p>
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50426 | 1 | 50432 | 2011-06-24T21:56:20.060 | 4 | 5091 | <p>How do you set execute permissions on a .exe that is on a mounted image (.ISO file)?</p>
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50428 | 1 | 53336 | 2011-06-24T22:20:15.087 | 37 | 52849 | <p>I just installed ubuntu on my new intel SSD. Now I am not sure, whether paritions are properly aligned in respect to my specific SSD. </p>
<p>Here's my fdisk output. </p>
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255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren/Spur, 14593 Zylinder
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50433 | 1 | 195346 | 2011-06-24T23:22:48.503 | 200 | 373735 | <p>I need to convert a video file from Matroska container into mp4 container. Matroska file contains one h.264 video track and one AC3 sound track. It should be possible to do this losslessly, but how to do it with native Ubuntu tools?</p>
<p>Transcoding is not an option. </p>
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50435 | 1 | null | 2011-06-24T23:34:28.457 | 7 | 4978 | <p>Is it possible to use Ubuntu One with Webdav ? In the <code>Connect to server</code> option. I didn't find a solution.</p>
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50437 | 1 | null | 2011-06-25T00:21:29.260 | 2 | 2481 | <p>I'm installing Steam on my virtual machine as well as installing on my Ubuntu 10.10. Which do you think will run better?</p>
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50442 | 1 | null | 2011-06-25T01:11:39.003 | 0 | 5342 | <p>When i was trying to reinstall grub for my ubuntu 10.04 from a 11.04 live cd, i was getting error as:</p>
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50443 | 1 | null | 2011-06-25T01:15:20.707 | 4 | 1479 | <p>There used to be a way to disable Hibernate from gconf-editor: apps -> gnome-power-manager -> can_hibernate. unticking "can_hibernate" would even remove the hibernate button from the shutdown menu.</p>
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50444 | 1 | 50445 | 2011-06-25T01:16:51.703 | 0 | 3494 | <p>As title says, I'm trying to install firefox 3.6. However, I have no luck with achieving that.</p>
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50447 | 1 | null | 2011-06-25T02:26:19.103 | 14 | 6057 | <p>I have a few audio cassette tapes from the 1980s :) </p>
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50451 | 1 | 51965 | 2011-06-25T04:16:48.403 | 10 | 52344 | <p>I am trying to install Ubuntu for the first time.</p>
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<p>I can boot from USB or CD and it loads fine.</p>
<p>I have installed and reinstalled several times from both USB and CD and it completes correctly.</p>
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50453 | 1 | 50457 | 2011-06-25T04:34:59.257 | 2 | 35259 | <p>I am running ubuntu in Dell Inspiron . Previously when I used windows vista , my USB speakers (logitech) worked well . Now when I connect to ubuntu , it is not working.</p>
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50454 | 1 | null | 2011-06-25T04:57:45.107 | 2 | 6556 | <p>I am trying to install <strong>VMwareTools-8.4.6-385536.tar.gz</strong> (VMWare Tools) on the following operating system:<br>
<strong>Ubuntu 11.04</strong><br>
Linux ubuntu 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:50 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux<br>
I am using <strong>VMPlayer version 3.1.4 - build 3855... | 20603 | 3940 | 2011-06-25T06:54:26.487 | 2012-02-06T11:09:58.087 | VMWare-Tools Installation fails | [
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"body": "<p>I would recommend installing open-vm-tools as they are always the latest version. This usually clears up a lot of errors. The only thing is that you have to mount shared folders manually or you can edit the vmware script to do it for you (as I did). A lot of times you will ge... | null | null | 2012-02-23T18:47:53.600 | null | null |
50455 | 1 | 50465 | 2011-06-25T05:00:45.777 | 0 | 301 | <p>my system runs on Windows XP, i need to run a PHP project in Ubuntu, but dont want to install Ubuntu on the HDD.<br>
So need to run it in Live mode, now please guide me to install PHP on Ubuntu so i can test my PHP project.</p>
<p>I have <code>Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop edition</code></p>
| 14053 | null | null | 2011-06-25T07:34:21.963 | Install and Run PHP in Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop edition in Live mode | [
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"body": "<p>typing </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install php5 php5-cli \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>should do it. </p>\n\n<p>Have you considered virtualizing your ubuntu installation, so you dont have to install it again in case of testing it again ? </p>\n",
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50458 | 1 | 93174 | 2011-06-25T06:13:19.673 | 6 | 287 | <p>Will the LTS repo provide the latest and greatest of Firefox and any other softwares treated the same way? Or do the exceptions apply to regular releases only?</p>
| 814 | null | null | 2012-01-30T11:58:31.790 | Does LTS releases include repo exceptions like Firefox? | [
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"body": "<p>All supported versions of Ubuntu now receive updated versions of Firefox as soon as they are released by Mozilla, there's no need for a PPA or anything like that:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/6339/how-do-i-install-the-latest-stable-version-of-firefox\">H... | [
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50464 | 1 | 50566 | 2011-06-25T07:32:58.170 | 2 | 2752 | <p>I have a vmware ubuntu image on my machine which I want to overwrite my current partition.</p>
<p>When I run:</p>
<pre><code>sudo qemu-img convert my-image.vmdk -O raw /dev/sda1
</code></pre>
<p>I end up with below error:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>qemu-img: /dev/sda1: error while
converting raw: No space left on
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50467 | 1 | null | 2011-06-25T07:53:43.160 | 7 | 3383 | <p>I would like to add a command at the rc.d system by which, when ubuntu starts it will run different program at different workspaces.I.e:workspace 1: chrome,workspace 2:thunderbird.How could this be achieved?Is there any tool?</p>
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50469 | 1 | 50549 | 2011-06-25T08:01:11.093 | 28 | 30096 | <p>I had planned a day of relaxing with Portal 2 but on starting Steam (for the first time in a couple of weeks) I was greeted with the following message in the terminal:</p>
<pre><code>Error: API mismatch: the NVIDIA kernel module has version 270.41.19,
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"body": "<p>On finding out there were a load of old files crufting up /usr/lib32/ I moved them out the way with the following command:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo find /usr/lib32 -iname '*270.41.06*' -exec mv {} {}.old \\;\n</code></pre>\n<p>And restarted X. This broke everything 3D. Huzzah. Using a pr... | [
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50471 | 1 | null | 2011-06-25T08:36:14.910 | 3 | 302 | <p>What ways are there of setting up a firewall that can be managed with a GUI that allows you to firewall (filter*) incoming traffic routed to other machines?
Can GUFW do it? FireStarter? (or should that be avoided because it is supposedly no longer updated?)</p>
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50477 | 1 | 50483 | 2011-06-25T09:28:03.830 | 4 | 169 | <p>I have a doubt regarding the installation of ubuntu 11.04 on my Thinkpad Laptop.
Currently, my laptop has dual boot namely Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows XP.</p>
<p>When i tried with live cd of ubuntu 11.04 for installation, i have the following option</p>
<ol>
<li>Fresh installation</li>
<li>Upgrading 10.04 to 11.04 wi... | 19360 | 6969 | 2011-06-25T09:32:27.693 | 2011-06-25T10:25:55.640 | Does "erasing 10.04 and installing 11.04" erase document from my windows installation? | [
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