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50781 | 1 | 56650 | 2011-06-27T15:12:33.277 | 7 | 4016 | <p>I've been using Chromium for some time now, but I decided to switch over to Chrome. More features.
Anyways, I found that when I launch Chrome, its icon doesn't appear in the Launcher.</p>
<p>Do any of you have this problem, or is it just me?</p>
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"body": "<p>I fixed the problem a long time ago.\nSorry for not posting the solution.</p>\n\n<p>Anyways, just add the icon to the launcher, then log off and log back in. It should work after that.</p>\n\n<p>That's the only workaround I have.</p>\n",
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50783 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T15:33:16.097 | 2 | 193 | <p>I have a repo branch that i have mirrored in Launchpad that I am trying to setup a daily build. The problem is that the source directory of the package is a subdirectory in the branch. When building locally it's no problem because I can just change to that directory. However with launchpad's bzr-builder it does eve... | 20730 | null | null | 2011-07-19T23:31:45.450 | Launchpad dailybuild source in subdirectory of branch | [
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50787 | 1 | 50832 | 2011-06-27T15:40:11.147 | 2 | 890 | <p>So I've been having issues with lots of hard-drive usage during bootup and long bootup lately, and I installed bootchart to get these two bootcharts, but damn are there a lot of unfamiliar system stuff on there, it's hard to tell what is a warning sign, and what is simply normal during boot.</p>
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50790 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T15:49:21.563 | 1 | 281 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/41058/how-can-i-enable-bindings-in-desktop-wall">How can I enable bindings in Desktop Wall?</a> </p>
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<p>I have set in the <em>Desktop Wall Plugin ➜ Bindings</em> under gnome classic to use 'mouse 1 an... | 20732 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:46.240 | 2011-06-27T16:16:53.643 | Compiz Desktop Wall edge bindings not working | [
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50793 | 1 | 51003 | 2011-06-27T16:17:35.283 | 9 | 2182 | <p>Every time I log in to Skype I hear a bad sound on top of the log-in sound. (I hear both bad sound and the log-in sound.)
This problem has existed since I made the full install, (Skype is in my post-install script).
Please help this is very annoying. </p>
<p>I've got <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/633792/" rel="n... | 10698 | 18612 | 2012-09-29T17:11:20.850 | 2012-09-29T17:11:20.850 | Bad sound on log-in to Skype | [
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50797 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T16:31:06.790 | 2 | 394 | <p>Whenever I'm plugging in my external monitor into my notebook and changing the screen resolution to the maximum state, the desktop will get broken in a way: </p>
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50801 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T16:45:32.387 | 6 | 7255 | <p>I like to keep all my music in a lossless format, so I will never need to rip my CD collection again.<br>
I chose <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lossless">Apple Lossless</a> because it's a format that can be played directly<br>
on my iPod, without re-encoding. </p>
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50803 | 1 | 50804 | 2011-06-27T17:23:31.603 | 7 | 3865 | <p>I installed the Ambiance Evolution Theme from a <a href="https://launchpad.net/~victored/+archive/ambiance-evolution" rel="noreferrer">custom PPA</a>, which overwrote the original Ambiance. Same for Midori, Flash and other apps. Is it advisable to downgrade these packages to the Ubuntu-provided versions before an up... | 10446 | 114 | 2011-06-27T17:27:11.053 | 2017-03-01T12:01:49.850 | Is it safer to purge PPAs before upgrading to a new Ubuntu release? | [
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50807 | 1 | 51461 | 2011-06-27T17:49:02.413 | 4 | 3681 | <p>I have a Ubuntu Server 11.04 firewall/gateway set up and I'm wondering how I can configure <code>isc-dhcp-server</code> to update <code>bind9</code> to resolve hostnames in the network.</p>
<p>Here is my setup:</p>
<p>3 computers (example):</p>
<p>Computer 1's hostname: <code>laptop</code></p>
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50814 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T18:01:57.480 | 5 | 1253 | <p>I'm on Ubuntu 11.04 (upgraded from 10.10) and suffering really high bootup times. It got so annoying, that I decided to dive into bootchart analysis myself. Therefore I installed bootchart and restarted the system <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AZh2p.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">which generated this chart</a>.... | 1442 | 1442 | 2011-06-28T07:22:21.010 | 2011-07-13T10:23:44.737 | Optimize bootup sequence | [
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50815 | 1 | 50818 | 2011-06-27T18:02:05.330 | 53 | 49598 | <p>I was wondering if it is at all possible to find out when the computer was switched on, what files where accessed what folders were opened, what programs run and when the computer was resumed and put back to sleep (just like in the movies).</p>
<p>I know this isn't that important but it would be cool to know.</p>
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50821 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T18:17:24.460 | 16 | 12401 | <p>The backstory is that the normal Intel GPU drivers don't do the various OpenGL extensions that my hobby coding and some games want. So I have to install xorg-edgers and then its happy. However, last Wednesday or so there was an update to xorg-edgers - lots of packages - and it broke badly; the drivers lock up and ... | 20747 | 6969 | 2011-06-27T21:12:19.787 | 2015-01-30T17:14:16.980 | downgrade ppa packages to versions available at a previous point in time | [
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50822 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T18:22:52.440 | 0 | 174 | <p>Is there any way to decorrupt a file in Ubuntu 11.04? I think the file might have got encrypted when I shutdown my system but didn't decrypt correctly when I started up. Or, does Ubuntu auto backup anywhere? Anything that might help me restore a lost file could help.</p>
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50826 | 1 | 50882 | 2011-06-27T18:44:32.860 | 7 | 2574 | <p>I'm running Natty 64-bit on my Acer TimelineX 3820TG.This notebook has a switchable graphics card (ATI Radeon HD5650 and Intel Chipset).</p>
<p>Currently I am <strong>not</strong> using the <code>fglrx</code> drivers. I am a little confused as to how or which way to switch between the cards. </p>
<p>I have downloa... | 157808 | 814 | 2011-06-27T19:08:59.377 | 2011-11-03T21:49:50.313 | Switcheroo or ACPI call: Which is the better option and what are the differences? | [
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50829 | 1 | 51134 | 2011-06-27T18:56:06.470 | 4 | 391 | <p>Before the upgrade, everything was working fine. Now, however, I can connect to the Internet but a lot of stuff fails, and the weirdest thing is that it happens with Firefox, Chromium and Opera. Some of the things that fail:</p>
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50831 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T19:03:42.233 | 3 | 521 | <p>Is there a better way to ensure that an ethernet port is configured before continuing through startup init scripts? When 802.3ad bonded ethernet is configured on Ubuntu, it takes some time before it finishes protocol negotiation and starts passing packets, because the networking script just configures, but does not... | 7443 | null | null | 2011-06-29T16:16:24.450 | Ensuring ethernet is configured before continuing init scripts | [
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50833 | 1 | 83511 | 2011-06-27T19:22:23.870 | 3 | 8245 | <p>At random times (usually when watching a movie in XBMC), the computer locks up. I can still sometimes SSH in and get the 'dmesg' output before that locks up too. A hard reboot is usually required to get things going again.
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50834 | 1 | 50864 | 2011-06-27T19:23:24.820 | 7 | 748 | <p>How can I get notified of updates to a certain PPA?</p>
<p>For example when I am interested in new package versions of a certain package in a certain PPA?</p>
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50847 | 1 | 50851 | 2011-06-27T20:40:04.283 | 11 | 11826 | <p>I changed the permissions of my host file <code>/etc/hosts</code> by doing a <code>chmod og+w</code>.</p>
<p>What's the default permission so that I can switch it back? </p>
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50852 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T20:56:59.617 | 0 | 310 | <p>I installed Firefox 3.18 and created a new launcher and removed Firefox 4. When I try to minimize all the windows will hide and I can't find them.</p>
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50855 | 1 | 50884 | 2011-06-27T21:54:54.787 | 3 | 3503 | <blockquote>
<p>Related: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/50233/disable-ctrlaltf4-switching-to-virtual-terminal">Disable CTRL+ALT+F4 switching to virtual terminal</a></p>
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50857 | 1 | 50860 | 2011-06-27T22:11:56.083 | 2 | 264 | <p>I used Ubuntu some time ago and now I want to switch on it again since community raised a lot and so did support for applications like Wine. I remember that when 64bit version just came out many applications didn't work as they did on 32bit version. Is it not better or still the same? Maybe they implemented somethin... | 20765 | 25863 | 2012-06-18T17:59:59.473 | 2012-06-18T17:59:59.473 | Will all applications work fine on 64-bit Ubuntu? | [
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50865 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T23:32:33.843 | 3 | 4593 | <p>When I try to open a dvd with movie player, I get a message saying that a plugin is missing. It isn't specified what plugin is needed and when I click on the <code>search</code> button, no appropriate plugin is found.</p>
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50866 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T23:37:01.297 | 6 | 10074 | <p>I have an Iomega Prestige Portable External Hard Drive 1TB USB 3.0.</p>
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50869 | 1 | null | 2011-06-27T23:49:04.593 | 0 | 593 | <p>Dont understand why there are no support for this video card. I have to quit using ubuntu because of that!!!</p>
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50870 | 1 | 52034 | 2011-06-27T23:56:13.517 | 10 | 35100 | <p>I have installed <a href="http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/python-virtualenv" rel="noreferrer">python-virtualenv<img src="https://hostmar.co/software-small" alt="Install python-virtualenv"></a>
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50872 | 1 | 50887 | 2011-06-28T00:11:35.340 | 0 | 761 | <p>I have a problem installing a theme for my Ubuntu, note that I am very new to it and probably messed something up. Still it seems to me that I did everything like it was stated in the INSTALL file.</p>
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50875 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T00:44:57.130 | 3 | 228 | <p>I'm trying to use PiTiVi... I can import clips from my video camera, but the Render button and all the editing buttons on the bottom toolbar are disabled. I suspect I need to install some packages but which ones?</p>
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50876 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T01:20:14.490 | 7 | 27902 | <p>Ok, I have searched for some time in earnest for an answer to this question. I have a Beagleboard which has Ubuntu 10.10 Minimal install for Arm running on it. </p>
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50877 | 1 | 50881 | 2011-06-28T01:22:03.210 | 2 | 1144 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/57101/cannot-install-any-software-from-the-software-center-due-to-ttf-mscorefonts-inst">Cannot install any software from the Software Center due to ttf-mscorefonts-installer package error</a> </p>
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50885 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T01:07:04.553 | 1 | 336 | <p>I had put in a new video card on the box and tried installing nvidia drivers version 173 via command line and <em>System ➜ Administration ➜ Additional Drivers</em>.</p>
<p>Now when I try to restart ubuntu 11.04 it is starting in command prompt mode. </p>
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<p>The problem may have arisen when I hit the power button during normal startup. I'm fully aware how stupid this is. I don't know why I did it. I did it.</p>
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50888 | 1 | 50914 | 2011-06-28T03:45:17.697 | 2 | 85 | <p>I'm making a launcher that when clicked will open up a chromium window with tabs for Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Calendar, but I'd also like to drag and drop documents into the launcher icon and have them automatically uploaded to Google Docs. </p>
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50890 | 1 | 50896 | 2011-06-28T05:13:11.133 | 5 | 545 | <p>I use Ubuntu in Chinese language. </p>
<p>And a lot of programme on my Ubuntu have chinese name. </p>
<p>I can open it in Terminal. But I can not search them in Unity. </p>
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50892 | 1 | 50895 | 2011-06-28T05:24:17.667 | 4 | 3808 | <p>I'm using Ubuntu with the standard GNOME environment. I'd like to use the KDE desktop, but I don't want to install the apps, I'd rather use the same applications I already have installed for GNOME. Which package installs only the desktop environment without any of the apps that are part of kubuntu-desktop?</p>
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50898 | 1 | 50899 | 2011-06-28T06:18:09.030 | 19 | 30150 | <p>When inputting a Google Maps Directions URL into the command line (for opening with Chromium browser via the terminal) there is an ampersand (<code>&</code>) in the URL, however the terminal breaks it there because of Unix stuff being Unix stuff. Is there something I can type into the terminal that when the com... | 15617 | 94914 | 2021-10-13T07:37:39.177 | 2021-10-13T07:37:39.177 | How to skip the evaluation of ampersand in command line? | [
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50902 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T06:41:21.183 | 2 | 222 | <p>Is there any way by which I can disable "changing the keyboard layout" so that only a user with root privileges can change the layout.</p>
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50906 | 1 | 50918 | 2011-06-28T07:03:49.383 | 1 | 627 | <p>Was wondering how I would go about installing Linux Kernel 3.0 with pae enabled in Natty? Is there a PPA available with this included or do I have to compile from scratch?</p>
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50912 | 1 | 51678 | 2011-06-28T07:42:02.970 | 5 | 776 | <p>I have a laptop which I sometimes connect to a screen. The screen is positioned left to the laptop. The unity dock is kept on the laptop screen and does not move to the screen left side (which is the left of my working space). Is there a way to fix that?</p>
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50916 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T08:36:13.807 | 5 | 2728 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/500/how-can-i-play-encrypted-dvd-movies">How can I play encrypted DVD movies?</a> </p>
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<p>I've been trying to gain the ability to view DVDs on Ubuntu 11.04. I'm using Movie Player.</p>
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50920 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T09:26:17.093 | 1 | 235 | <p>I am using Emesene 2.11.5 in Natty. But Emesene doesn't log conversations. Also right to left languages "Arabic" is written from left to right, LTR instead of RTL.</p>
<p>Any idea if there is a newer version that can do that? Or maybe there is something I can do to solve these problems?
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50922 | 1 | 51016 | 2011-06-28T09:57:29.120 | 2 | 251 | <p>I used Xvidcap to record my desktop, but the quality of video was too bad (it lagged so much). I also tried with all output formats that xvidcap support, increase the frame-per-second as much as possible and the quality always at 100% but nothing changed.</p>
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50928 | 1 | 56684 | 2011-06-28T11:09:20.157 | 0 | 1919 | <p>Is there any difference between <a href="http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=40492" rel="nofollow">QtCurve</a> and <a href="http://art4linux.org/node/405" rel="nofollow">Oxygen GTK+ theme</a> for running GTK applications in KDE? Is Oxygen GTK better for me to use since I'm using the Oxygen theme anyway?</p... | 10263 | 9701 | 2011-06-28T11:28:55.123 | 2011-08-11T12:09:24.713 | QtCurve vs Oxygen GTK theme | [
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50929 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T11:13:44.197 | 2 | 8605 | <p>I have only the base KDE installed (<code>sudo apt-get install plasma-desktop</code>), not the entire <code>kubuntu-desktop</code>. Unfortunately GTK apps have the fugly Raleigh theme. I've installed QtCurve with <code>sudo apt-get install qtcurve</code>, but the GTK apps still have Raleigh theme. I assume I have to... | 10263 | 10263 | 2011-06-29T09:23:52.950 | 2012-06-03T13:18:00.480 | How do I select QtCurve theme for GTK apps in KDE? | [
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50931 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T11:38:23.837 | 33 | 66571 | <p>Similar to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6339/how-do-i-install-the-latest-stable-version-of-firefox">Firefox</a>, what's the best way to stay up to date with the latest stable releases of Thunderbird?</p>
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50935 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T11:58:15.660 | 1 | 233 | <p>PROBLEM - When installing UBUNTU Natty on my friends Laptop with a HDMI cable attached to both TV and Laptop both screens echo each other BUT when reboot has taken place nothing is displayed on the external screen.</p>
<p>Another user has reported the same problem so far !</p>
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50937 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T12:12:40.900 | 2 | 808 | <p>I was wondering if I can rearrange the NotifyOSD to the top bar.
I am currently using Gnome3 on Ubuntu 11.04 with Zukitwo Theme and the Notification Bar is in the bottom of the screen. Thanks for your help!</p>
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50938 | 1 | 50941 | 2011-06-28T12:14:34.977 | 4 | 18872 | <p>If I switch user in a terminal.</p>
<p><code>su bob</code></p>
<p>I can't open <code>gedit</code> because <code>bob</code> doesn't own the display.</p>
<p>If I execute</p>
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50943 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T12:54:35.830 | 3 | 179 | <p>I have a program that interprets the input from my mouse and provides multitouch gestures. I wrote it using a game engine, which always creates a window when it runs. I'd like to run this program without seeing the window, so this is the point of the questions:</p>
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50944 | 1 | 50946 | 2011-06-28T13:01:27.090 | 0 | 2043 | <p>How can I change the appearance of the file browser?</p>
<p>I want my file browser look like:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hdb24.png" alt="Screenshot of file browser in another theme"> </p>
<p>My current file browser looks like:</p>
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50947 | 1 | 50956 | 2011-06-28T13:41:07.133 | 4 | 2164 | <p>I'm trying to launch an upstart service on Ubuntu 8.04 from /etc/init/, but I always get start: Unknown job: job. When I try to launch this script from /etc/event.d/ it works fine. Why would this be and how would I fix it?</p>
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50949 | 1 | 50950 | 2011-06-28T14:19:56.530 | 10 | 345 | <p>Today I'm trying to figure out which driver is best for my USB wireless dongle. Everywhere I look I just see <code>Ralink STA</code> but this isn't telling me which module this actually is. </p>
<p>I'm sure there's a way of looking it up but the computer <em>should</em> be able to tell me, shouldn't it?</p>
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50952 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T14:52:48.473 | 4 | 401 | <p>It happens sometimes, but I've managed to restore the Nautilus without rebooting the system.But today, when I attached a file <code>.svg</code> by e-mail, he first caught the Google Chrome and then Firefox 5, and when I open the folder in Nautilus Ubuntu crashed. Making me to restart the PC via <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd... | 3943 | 4937 | 2011-06-28T15:00:12.007 | 2011-09-22T13:11:20.087 | Crashing .svg in Nautilus | [
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50953 | 1 | 50957 | 2011-06-28T15:02:05.813 | 0 | 1041 | <p>Based on the following site:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/" rel="nofollow">http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/</a></p>
<p>I need the following minimum spec to play 1080p flash video via a browser:</p>
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50958 | 1 | 50963 | 2011-06-28T16:06:41.957 | 20 | 11452 | <p>What software can I use to take screenshots with a set interval? I'd like to take screenshots every 2 second or so. Command-line and GUI are both ok.</p>
<p>I'd prefer software that can also resize and compress each screenshot. </p>
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50962 | 1 | 50969 | 2011-06-28T16:25:14.700 | 10 | 19082 | <p>I love Linux Mint's bash customization. It includes both a color prompt and a quote displayed with ASCII art. </p>
<p>Is it possible to have it in Ubuntu?</p>
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50968 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T16:50:25.503 | 1 | 914 | <p>I have created a fresh LiveCD (using edubuntu-11.04-dvd-i386.iso) but when I boot my laptop, it hangs at the very beginning with the line:
"ISOLINUX 4.02 debian-20101016 ETCD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al"</p>
<p>The laptop is an old Toshiba Satellite Pro.</p>
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50970 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T17:05:32.917 | 6 | 9108 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/how-to-install-broadcom-wireless-card-bcm43xx">How to Install Broadcom Wireless card (BCM43XX)</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I'm newbie in Linux and Ubuntu, but would like to improve my skills :)</p>
<p>I just i... | 20809 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:46.240 | 2012-11-15T15:39:45.707 | WiFi does not work, Broadcom STA Wireless driver does not work on a BCM4313 | [
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50975 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T17:33:03.187 | 0 | 338 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7225/sort-music-by-metadata">Sort music by metadata</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I have missorted the mp3 files into different folders. </p>
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<li><p>Is it possible to organize all the mp3 files in correct folders... | 20813 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:25:04.307 | 2011-06-28T20:49:10.830 | How can I organize mixed mp3 files in natty? | [
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50976 | 1 | 50979 | 2011-06-28T17:37:18.493 | 1 | 2333 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4485/how-can-i-set-a-launcher-to-start-an-application-in-a-specific-desktop">How can I set a launcher to start an application in a specific desktop</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I want to keep Pidgin, Skype, and a few ... | 5674 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:09.107 | 2011-06-28T18:15:01.367 | How can I lock application windows to a certain virtual desktop? | [
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50980 | 1 | 60900 | 2011-06-28T18:33:07.107 | 7 | 1075 | <p><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/linux-kernel-power-issue-fix.html#more" rel="nofollow">Webupd8</a> reported this power management fix for the 2.6.38 Linux kernel regression: </p>
<p>Add the following to the boot grub line <code>"pcie_aspm=force"</code></p>
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50983 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T18:40:53.820 | 8 | 261 | <p>I live in Tanzania Africa and have been promoting Ubuntu for use by NGOs, Schools, and Friends. So far I've got a lot of positive feedback, but do have one huge problem. Internet here is both slow and very costly (up to $1,200 per month) So what I am looking for is a current release of Ubuntu which includes all the ... | 20817 | 4203 | 2011-07-02T20:21:12.993 | 2011-07-02T21:23:36.933 | Ubuntu DVD for Africa | [
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50984 | 1 | 161386 | 2011-06-28T18:44:27.777 | 10 | 6988 | <p>I'm running Xubuntu 11.04, the bootup-time is quite fast but when I log in it takes close to a minute before the desktop is displayed, meanwhile I see no activity on the hard drive. When I finally have the desktop I see this notification repeated 10 times:</p>
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50985 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T19:00:40.857 | 3 | 500 | <p>I have setup one computer on our network as the file server. Because Internet here in Tanzania is both slow and expensive I would like that one system to download all the updates and then the other 10 computers on the network to get those update files from the server. I'm a bit of a noobie to Ubuntu, but really want... | 20817 | null | null | 2011-06-28T23:06:13.500 | Local server updates for the network | [
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50988 | 1 | 52306 | 2011-06-28T19:11:35.190 | 13 | 9340 | <p>I found by chance it was possible to display a combo box with zenity (version tested: 2.32.1). See the following code:</p>
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array=(a b c d e)
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50990 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T19:50:28.180 | 6 | 1494 | <p>I would like to create a custom Ubuntu image based on Natty using Ubuntu Customization Kit. I also want to customize the icons appearing on the Unity Launcher.</p>
<p>I can change the icons on my desktop system with the following command:</p>
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50995 | 1 | 51820 | 2011-06-28T20:54:54.453 | 3 | 12402 | <p>Does anyone have experience with the ARCHOS 101 Internet Tablet 8gb or 16gb.</p>
<p>Can I install Ubuntu 11.04 on it?</p>
<p>Can I dual boot Ubuntu / Android?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.archos.com/products/ta/archos_101it/specs.html" rel="nofollow">Specs on Archos</a></p>
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51000 | 1 | 51001 | 2011-06-28T22:05:01.260 | 3 | 1070 | <p>I switched to using the beta channel for Firefox recently. I don't have the extension allowing Firefox to use the global menu, and I'm not sure where to find it. What do I do?</p>
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51002 | 1 | 62906 | 2011-06-28T22:11:52.903 | 7 | 17580 | <p>I am using Ubuntu Natty. I want to transfer files to and from my samsung galaxy which is running froyo. But every time I try to transfer a file from my Samsung Galaxy phone to Ubuntu natty I get the message</p>
<pre><code>Remote device rejected your request
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51008 | 1 | 51349 | 2011-06-28T23:09:22.923 | 3 | 1281 | <p>After installing xubuntu packages in order to check xfce, I reverted back to gnome2.<br>
During the first login, I noticed that thunar was now selected as the default file manager.</p>
<p><code>Preferred applications</code> menu is also missing now, so I could not set nautilus as the default.
I removed all the xub... | 6650 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:00.673 | 2012-11-03T12:51:39.680 | Web browser downloads only open target folders - cannot open files | [
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51010 | 1 | null | 2011-06-28T23:54:29.517 | 2 | 691 | <p>I upgraded a Dell Inspiron E1505 from 10.04 to Natty (11.04) two days ago. I wanted to change properties in my Unity toolbar but when I opened gconf-editor > desktop I found that there was no unity-2d folder.</p>
<p>What IS under gconf-editor < desktop is gnome, ibus and pgp. What do I do now?</p>
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51017 | 1 | null | 2011-06-29T02:27:56.600 | 0 | 750 | <p><a href="http://www.pitivi.org/manual/gstreamer.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This page</a> describes the various <code>gstreamer</code> packages used by <code>PiTiVi</code> but does not give actual package names. Which gstreamer packages do I need to install? What other packages may be needed?</p>
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51024 | 1 | null | 2011-06-29T03:18:01.603 | 3 | 1963 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/17610/how-do-i-reset-my-unity-configuration">How do I reset my Unity configuration?</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I messed around with the compiz setting to set up desktop cube when I first installed 11.04. Big mistak... | 20826 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:28.223 | 2012-02-13T03:14:33.417 | I lost my top left panel in unity. How can I get it back? | [
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51025 | 1 | 51103 | 2011-06-29T03:21:40.117 | 3 | 651 | <p>I just upgraded my netbook thus: Lucid -> Maverick -> Natty. (I skipped Maverick other than as an upgrade step due to issues with Unity.)</p>
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51036 | 1 | 51070 | 2011-06-29T06:12:11.610 | 4 | 3510 | <p>Is there a way to edit Compiz settings in a config file or <code>gconf</code>/<code>dconf</code>?</p>
<p>Please provide an example configuration being done in CCSM and the alternative method.</p>
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51037 | 1 | null | 2011-06-29T06:14:25.277 | 2 | 2385 | <p>I have a Internal Audio Hardware card and my Laptop (Lenevo IdeaPad) presents a single slot as a combo Microphone and headphone jack.</p>
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51061 | 1 | 51293 | 2011-06-29T07:14:46.423 | 0 | 2214 | <p>Occasionally, my Conky window jumps to the top and covers all other windows. The only way to solve it is to kill and restart Conky.</p>
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51067 | 1 | null | 2011-06-29T07:30:22.273 | 1 | 300 | <p>I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on one (physical) hd and on the other one Windows. On both drives grub is installed to boot both operating systems. When I wanted to install SP1 for Win 7 I had to add a bootable flag to the partition from which Windows boots, otherwise the installation of SP1 does not work. I did so by... | 10887 | 10887 | 2011-07-01T20:23:02.910 | 2011-07-01T20:23:02.910 | Ubuntu doesn't boot after adding a bootflag to the Windows partition | [
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51073 | 1 | null | 2011-06-29T08:26:13.160 | 4 | 806 | <p>I am helping out an NGO, called Orphans Found Fund, here in Arusha Tanzania setup a computer lab to teach students about Ubuntu and open source applications. I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 on all the systems. What I'm wondering about is how to tweak the systems so that the kids cannot:</p>
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51078 | 1 | 51082 | 2011-06-29T09:02:20.090 | 3 | 5145 | <p>I am trying to edit my splash screen but its really annoying to restart the computer everytime just to find out it doesn't even work. i read on an article that I can do a virtual machine via ssh but I have no idea how to do that. I installed ubuntu in VirtualBox yesterday now installing <code>sudo apt-get install op... | 20716 | 20716 | 2011-06-29T09:17:14.587 | 2011-06-29T09:25:55.103 | How to test plymouth via virtual machine? | [
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51083 | 1 | null | 2011-06-29T09:31:42.140 | 3 | 141 | <p>As I mentioned in previous questions I am setting up a computer lab for a charity that deals with orphans in Tanzania Africa. One thing that would be very helpful are eBook/PDF guides for Ubuntu software. Keep in mind some of the kids have never used a computer, so what is basic for us is foreign for them. We will b... | 20817 | 527764 | 2017-03-14T15:50:12.393 | 2017-03-14T15:50:12.393 | Guides for Ubuntu Software | [
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51084 | 1 | 52985 | 2011-06-29T09:37:52.650 | 3 | 916 | <p>I'm looking for a way to keep a desktop and a laptop in sync. What I want to keep in sync are some folders, mainly ~/Documents, that are changed often when working on them.</p>
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51086 | 1 | 60264 | 2011-06-29T09:51:01.050 | 95 | 300126 | <p>I want user <code>foo</code> to auto-login using LightDM (which has been used by Ubuntu since version 11.10). How would I do that?</p>
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51088 | 1 | 51091 | 2011-06-29T09:51:59.223 | 9 | 428 | <p>Now that Mozilla have adopted the same rapid release cycle for Thunderbird as they have for Firefox, will Thunderbird 5 appear in the official repositories like Firefox 5 did?</p>
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51089 | 1 | 51093 | 2011-06-29T10:05:16.183 | 2 | 2009 | <p>I am looking for a simple UPNP media server software.</p>
<p>This does not have to be a full system.</p>
<p>All I want is for my xbox 360 to be able to play music off my laptop.</p>
<p>I want it to pick up all media in my ~/Music directory.</p>
<p>How can I do this?</p>
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51090 | 1 | 51614 | 2011-06-29T10:05:34.927 | 6 | 289 | <p>Just like here: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/47937/how-do-i-set-my-system-to-auto-update-without-user-interaction/47939">How do I set my system to auto-update without user interaction?</a></p>
<p>How can I set the auto-updates via aptitude?
Are there any auto-update features in aptitude?</p>
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51095 | 1 | 52977 | 2011-06-29T10:24:46.227 | 16 | 9564 | <p>I'm looking for a way to keep a desktop and a laptop in sync. Something that I want to keep in sync are Gnote notes.</p>
<p>If it matters I can connect to my desktop from anywhere via an URL but my laptop is harder to access since it might be behind NAT and such.</p>
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51096 | 1 | null | 2011-06-29T10:26:03.077 | 5 | 1743 | <p>I want to sync subscribed feeds, e.g. rss and atom feeds, in Thunderbird between computers.</p>
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51102 | 1 | 51107 | 2011-06-29T11:41:08.030 | 5 | 1233 | <p>I do not have the menu bar of LibreOffice in the top panel of my Unity desktop (the Global Menu functionality). Though I have installed <code>lo-menubar</code>. </p>
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51111 | 1 | null | 2011-06-29T12:23:29.863 | 1 | 906 | <p>I was going through one article <a href="http://techotopia.com/index.php/Configuring_the_Ubuntu_11.04_Unity_Launcher_and_Workspaces" rel="nofollow">here</a> and the topic was "Changing the Size and Appearance of the Unity Launcher" which required to open up CompizConfig from System Settings --> Desktop. I could find... | 20845 | 711 | 2011-06-29T14:24:55.050 | 2017-03-01T13:13:04.783 | Cannot access Compiz Config | [
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"body": "<p>You have the tango icon theme selected (this not a legacy Open-Office theme by the way). Also I found that LibreOffice seems to force certain themes if your GTK+ theme is changed (at least in 3.4, so they might have back ported that to 3.3.3).</p>\n\n<p>What you can do is go ... | null | null | null | null | null |
51121 | 1 | 51126 | 2011-06-29T13:58:33.407 | 4 | 416 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04. </p>
<p>Sometimes my computer stops seeing the names of the other computers on my network. </p>
<p>So I can no longer log into another computer by typing the hosting name</p>
<p>e.g. <code>ssh me@secondcomputer.local</code></p>
<p>I can still log in using the local network IP address.</... | 8986 | 8986 | 2011-06-29T14:30:21.253 | 2011-06-29T15:09:35.773 | My computer stops seeing the other computers on my network | [
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"body": "<p>OK I found the answer:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo service avahi-daemon restart\n</code></pre>\n",
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"body": "<p>OK I found the answer:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo service avahi-daemon restart\n</code></pre>\n",
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51122 | 1 | 51129 | 2011-06-29T14:21:28.750 | 3 | 4437 | <p>It know that it is possible to pass the <code>--geometry=WxH</code> arguments when using launcher, but how to set this option with the <code>~/.bashrc</code> file.</p>
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"body": "<p>You need to install the <code>wmctrl</code> package. Then, add this to your ~/.bashrc file:</p>\n\n<pre><code>HORIZONTAL=600\nVERTICAL=400\nwmctrl -r \":ACTIVE:\" -e 0,-1,-1,${HORIZONTAL},${VERTICAL}\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It will resize your active window (should be the terminal), to ... | [
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"body": "<p>You need to install the <code>wmctrl</code> package. Then, add this to your ~/.bashrc file:</p>\n\n<pre><code>HORIZONTAL=600\nVERTICAL=400\nwmctrl -r \":ACTIVE:\" -e 0,-1,-1,${HORIZONTAL},${VERTICAL}\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It will resize your active window (should be the termin... | null | null | null | null | null |
51124 | 1 | 52797 | 2011-06-29T14:30:42.450 | 14 | 7708 | <p>I know about pinning packages with Apt. That's not what I want to do. Other questions have been answered with either using pinning or by using pins temporarily. I don't want to do this.</p>
<p>What I want to do is keep packages back the same way the kernel has been:</p>
<pre><code># apt-get upgrade
Reading package... | 10966 | 23878 | 2014-01-12T14:30:48.343 | 2016-05-08T11:24:10.473 | Hold packages back from updates without APT Pin? | [
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"text": "The kernel example depends on the difference between `upgrade` and `dist-upgrade` and cannot be configured on a per-package basis.",
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"body": "<p>The answer is to use <code>dpkg --set-selections</code>. If you run the command <code>dpkg --get-selections</code> you can see what is set already:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ dpkg --get-selections | head\nacct install\nadduser ... | [
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51132 | 1 | 265316 | 2011-06-29T15:38:39.157 | 6 | 2657 | <p>The error I get is this:</p>
<pre><code>GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon.
See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information.
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"body": "<p>Instead of letting Gnome run <code>dbus-launch</code> to create a random D-Bus address, start <code>dbus-daemon</code> explicitly early in your X session startup and give it a fixed address like <code>unix:path=~/.dbus-$HOSTNAME-$DISPLAY</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Given the information in the... | [
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51133 | 1 | null | 2011-06-29T15:40:48.227 | 1 | 345 | <p>I'm writing this in desperation, Windows is slowly killing me and i need to change my home pc os to Ubuntu 11.04 as soon as possible.</p>
<p>I created a USB flash drive to install ubuntu, twice, and both times they failed to begin install on restart of my pc. i read on another forum that you might have to change so... | 20849 | 15811 | 2011-06-29T15:43:21.313 | 2011-07-23T21:02:13.037 | Trouble installing from disk | [
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"text": "What hardware do you have? For some reason it cannot detect your drives. Did you verify the MD5SUM of the ISO you downloaded was correct?",
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"body": "<p>I had this same Problem when i made the switch to Ubuntu. first partion to create is a swap file So select <code>/dev/sda</code> then there will be a drop down box that you can add <code>swap</code> set that partion to 8000 then \"Create\" . Then the rest of drive you will ne... | null | null | null | null | null |
51136 | 1 | 51146 | 2011-06-29T15:56:36.760 | 0 | 4227 | <p>I don't like the Firefox Web browser, and I prefer to use something else.</p>
<p>How can I remove it and use a browser of my choice?</p>
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"body": "<p>There can be some packages that depend on (or recommend) a browser, in the form of a virtual package (<code>firefox</code> provides the virtual packages <code>www-browser</code>, <code>iceweasel</code> and <code>gnome-www-browser</code>) or through an alternative (some package depend... | [
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51137 | 1 | 164036 | 2011-06-29T16:06:27.733 | 3 | 1437 | <p>It seems that Ubuntu runs some script or command when I signal that I want to undock my laptop by pressing the undock button on the dock. Most visible thing that happens is that resolution on external display is changed. </p>
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