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2011-07-15T23:49:13.547
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<p>After a ubuntu linux core update (2.6.38-8 to 2.6.38-10) a few days ago, I noticed my OS default selection in grub had changed. The previous core version was added to grub as a single option to be selected. So grub now displays the following:</p> <p>Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.38-10-generic</p> <p>Ubuntu, with Linux 2....
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2012-03-15T12:53:56.790
Grub boot menu does not properly reflect default selection using Start-up Manager
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10340183#post10340183\" rel=\"nofollow\">Grub2 Customizer</a>:</p>\n\n<p>I have always had issues configuring Grub2 with Startup-Manager; Grub Customizer developed by Daniel Richter is a very intuitive GUI to properly configu...
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53285
1
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2011-07-16T01:16:27.000
3
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<p>While still allowing my account to access the root directory. I've tried adding myself to the root group with <code>$ sudo adduser myaccount root</code> but when I do <code>$ sudo chmod o-r /etc</code> followed by <code>$ cd /etc</code> <code>$ dir</code> it says permission denied. </p> <p>Maybe I'm thinking about ...
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2014-01-30T00:26:47.363
2014-01-30T00:26:47.363
How can I prevent users from accessing the root directory?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If all you want is for the users to be able to sftp files to/from a particular folder, why don't you set them up with an sftp chroot? This will make the folder you designate appear to be the root in their login.</p>\n\n<p>See:\n<a href=\"http://www.debian-administration.org/...
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53290
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2011-07-16T02:21:53.563
1
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<p>I'm trying to format a SanDisk 16GB microSD card but when I do I keep getting the following message:</p> <blockquote> <p>One or more partitions are busy on /dev/mmcblk0</p> </blockquote> <p>How do I correct this so that I can properly format the card? I've tried formatting it with GParted but it never makes it p...
21671
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2014-02-18T11:51:18.310
2014-02-18T11:51:18.310
Formatting microSD card error
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>try umount it first.\nUse the new utility that comes with ubuntu , its name is disk utility or something like this.</p>\n\n<p>or try open a terminal and do </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mkfs /dev/mmcblk0 -t ext3\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>or <code>-t vfat</code>\nif you want to use it on...
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53293
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2011-07-16T02:48:45.513
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<p>I tried to install nfs using <code>sudo apt-get install nfs-server</code> (for the purpose of streaming audio files to a Mac running OS 10.6) and discovered that I have two packages to choose between. </p> <pre><code>Package nfs-server is a virtual package provided by: nfs-kernel-server 1:1.2.0-4ubuntu4.1 unfs3...
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2013-02-27T16:53:18.483
2013-02-27T16:53:18.483
What's the difference between unfs3 and nfs-kernel-server?
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2011-07-16T04:04:53.977
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<p>I'm running a dual boot windows7/ubuntu box and I deleted my ubuntu partition from windows because I had a problem updating to ubuntu 11.04. When I boot my PC, I get an "error cannot find partition" message and get the grub rescue prompt. Further, my bios won't detect when I attempt to boot ubuntu from USB. </p> <p...
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2011-07-16T08:08:48.683
2011-07-16T16:08:11.660
How can I boot to and access my Windows 7 partition or reinstall Ubuntu?
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2011-07-16T04:45:01.713
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<p>I'm facing a problem with Blu-ray (.mkv) videos on my PC. When the video is playing sometimes it just freezes or plays quickly, but the sound goes on and later the video starts playing properly. </p> <p>I tried switching to different media players (Movie player, splayer, vlc player) but the same problem occurs. </p...
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2011-07-16T20:44:56.380
2012-03-07T21:48:42.643
Why do i have choppy video playback?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Big videos like that can choke video cards if they don't have native codec support.\nBest bet is to check your video card drivers are up to date, in the past I've had trouble getting drivers for ATI cards. Yours is old enough that ubuntu should have them in the restricted har...
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2011-07-16T05:10:30.537
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<p>I have a Ubuntu system with a mix of softwares that were installed either by</p> <ul> <li>synaptic/dpkg</li> <li>manual built and install</li> </ul> <p>However, I would now like to remove those software that were manually built and installed. Is there a systematic way of doing this? </p>
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2014-02-17T17:24:58.033
2014-02-17T17:24:58.033
Software removal without Synaptic or dpkg for manually built software
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2011-07-16T06:06:47.567
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<p>When I plug in the device via USB chord, nothing happens and the device is not shown on the desktop. However, when I type "lsusb" into a terminal this is the output:</p> <pre><code>Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 D...
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2011-07-16T17:17:08.203
2013-05-03T15:35:20.510
HTC Trophy not detected
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>lsusb is a good idea. i would check dmesg's tail too. That way you know for sure. Then once you're sure, if it IS detected and it doesn't mount, then it just isn't seen as a usb storage device. </p>\n\n<p>If you need some functionality that isn't present for a USB device ...
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2011-07-16T06:23:06.247
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<p>I'm using a desktop as both a router for my local network and as a normal desktop with multiple users. I have Maverick running on it. Occasionally, one of the desktop users will accidentally press Shutdown, Restart, Suspend, or Hibernate, leading to me having to fix the network at random times of day. I know how to ...
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2011-07-16T10:04:06.047
2020-10-23T09:09:46.590
Remove Shutdown, Suspend, Restart, and Hibernate from the user switcher menu
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53310
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2011-07-16T06:36:25.203
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<p>I can find it listed when I search for "zsnes" in the Ubuntu Software Center but it doesn't have the "Install" button. If I click the "More information" button I'll get a "package not found" message.</p> <p>Synaptic can't find this package either.</p> <p>(from user @REJ) I have Natty 64bit. When I run <code>sudo a...
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2012-12-27T04:01:09.323
2018-04-14T19:48:52.867
Is it possible to install ZSNES Emulator from default software sources?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>zsnes exists in the Universe repository for 32bit Natty only. </p>\n\n<p>If you look <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/+package/zsnes\" rel=\"nofollow\">here on launchpad</a> for the zsnes package, you'll note there is no 64bit package available - just the 32bit (...
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2011-07-16T11:17:11.220
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<p>I've installed the OSS backend from a deb64 package. And the sound in ubuntu is disappeared... Seems the audio card (hda nvidia) is not recognized anymore... What can I do?</p> <p><em>EDIT</em></p> <p>Sound now works, but OSS still don't... It seems to work not very well with ubuntu (also if it is shown in control...
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2011-07-16T12:46:34.820
2012-03-08T05:53:32.467
Sound disappeared after OSS installation
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>OSS is no longer supported by Ubuntu </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Canonical/Ubuntu has chosen to disable OSS support in their kernels\n and ignore any bugs filed against OSS4 packages. If you're considering\n using OSS4, you should probably use another Linux distro like Arch\...
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2011-07-16T11:22:47.627
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<p>I want to take an existing theme and customise the appearance of the unity panel to the way it appears in another theme. I can't find any documentation about how to modify the panel themes, and I've tried comparing several gtkrc files for different themes that have custom panels, moving around bits of text, but I c...
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2011-07-19T11:32:14.833
How does one retheme the Unity Panel with GTK?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The unity panel does use gtkrc files, the only way to change how it looks is to edit graphic files in <code>/usr/share/unity/themes</code></p>\n\n<p>Here is a little guide which can help - <a href=\"http://g33q.co.za/2010/10/29/using-unity-day-4-custom-unity-launcher-colors-a...
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2011-07-16T12:38:34.983
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<p>I'm playing UT2004 FOR linux but if I run it with plain </p> <pre><code>./ut2004 </code></pre> <p>I've no sound in it, if I run it with</p> <pre><code>aoss ./ut2004 </code></pre> <p>using in such way the ALSA-Oss library, the game often crash - I suppose - with</p> <pre><code>WARNING: ALC_EXT_capture is subje...
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2011-07-16T17:21:30.777
2015-08-02T05:25:22.290
How do I get sound working in Unreal Tournament 2004?
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53335
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2011-07-16T02:46:30.090
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<p>I'm trying to use OpenVPN on my Ubuntu 10 VPS. </p> <p>I'm trying to route my traffic using this command:</p> <pre><code>iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -j SNAT -to </code></pre> <p>The error I get is:</p> <pre><code>iptables v1.4.4: You must specify --to-source </code></pre> <p>What should the so...
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2011-07-16T17:20:52.480
2012-03-31T13:34:25.680
What should the source be when using OpenVPN?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You have to specify where you want the traffic to go to</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -j SNAT --to-source aa.bb.cc.dd\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>where \"aa.bb.cc.dd\" is where you want the traffic to go.</p>\n\n<p>See also </p>\n\n<p><a href=\...
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2011-07-16T15:07:20.817
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<p>Ubuntu 11.04 on my Thinkpad T520 has been randomly freezing every since I installed it.</p> <p>I asked the following question a long time ago but it hasn't really helped me: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/38367/how-do-i-debug-when-the-system-freezes-or-when-it-crashes-back-to-login">How do I debug when t...
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2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-09-10T05:11:00.027
Complete freeze on a Thinkpad T520
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have a look whether the file <code>/var/log/syslog</code> contains any error messages from the time your system froze. If you find error messages, you can try to search for them in <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Bugs in The Natty...
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2011-07-16T15:17:27.457
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<p>I've been having some problems with getting an USB drive to appear. First I connected it to my Ubuntu laptop and the drive appeared and I could format it with the ext file system. Then I moved the drive to another computer that is also running Ubuntu and the drive won't appear in GParted or other tools. Could you re...
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2011-08-14T19:01:42.807
2011-09-23T10:20:28.167
Why won't my 1 TB USB drive appear?
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53347
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2011-07-16T15:48:46.980
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<p>I'm trying to emulate behaviour I get from KeyRemap4MacBook on Mac OS X. It lets me remap control-m to Enter, for instance, globally.</p> <p>Is this possible with X/GNOME? Seems like xmodmap is not suitable for remapping key combinations. I tried xbindkeys to bind control-m to <code>xdotool key Return</code>, but i...
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2011-07-16T19:51:13.703
2011-08-17T08:51:58.253
Emacs-like keybindings globally
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53348
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2011-07-16T15:56:48.797
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<p>I have asus k50ij series laptop and runung dual os on it. On windows instalation everything works great, but then ubuntu is being used headphones and speakers works at the same time or both gets muted. i have googled for solution but found any working fixes. How to get my sound card working as it should?</p>
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2011-07-16T17:19:54.303
2011-10-26T10:57:04.247
Headphones don't work correctly on an Asus k50ij laptop
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here someone have fixed it on a K60I, and it seems to work on my ASUS K50IJ too:\n<a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1762969\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1762969</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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2011-07-16T16:29:27.190
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<p>I want to use <a href="http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html" rel="nofollow">tinydns</a> to serve up DNS records for my domain name. What is a minimal example of how to set this up in Ubuntu? You can assume that I've already set the name server for the domain to point to the IP of my server.</p>
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2015-01-01T16:46:58.853
How do I setup an authoritative name server with tinydns?
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2011-07-16T16:39:00.323
4
1710
<p>Yes, My new Logitech K750 works allright when my OS (Ubuntu 11.04) is up. </p> <p>But there's only one thing: when booting and going into the GRUB2 bootloader, I can't select options by using the arrow keys, nor can I use the 'e' for editing. </p> <p>Especially annoying if one has a second OS to choose from.</p> ...
21410
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2012-03-02T10:53:25.750
Can't use my new Logitech K750 when booting (GRUB) in Ubuntu 11.04
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sometimes we need to make appropriate BIOS settings to enable support for an USB keyboard. </p>\n\n<p>Search for something like</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>USB Device Legacy Support</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>to enable this option.</p>\n\n<p>Note: you may eventually need an old P...
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1
53371
2011-07-16T16:46:31.890
4
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<p>I use the nvidia binary drivers and therefore need those libGL* links in /usr/lib to point to /usr/lib/nvidia-current. But Ubuntu insists on pointing libGL.so.1 (not libGL.so) to libGL.mesa.so whenever I install some opengl related packages.</p> <p>So far I am fine with always overwriting the wrong link. I would re...
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14286
2011-07-16T18:20:42.480
2011-07-16T18:42:56.590
Why is /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 always linked to libGL.mesa.so?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-16T17:38:36.510", "id": "59740", "postId": "53354", "score": "0", "text": "I have no libGL.so(.1) in `/usr/lib` - only in `/usr/lib/mesa` and `/usr/lib/nvidia-current`. Can you please add the output of `update-alternatives --display gl_conf` and `ls -al /etc/alternativ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><sup>I'm making this an answer, if you still have any problems, leave a comment and I'll delete it.</sup></p>\n\n<p>Remove those symbolic links:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/lib/libGL.mesa.so\n/usr/lib/libGL.so\n/usr/lib/libGL.so.1\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>As far as I can tell, those links sho...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><sup>I'm making this an answer, if you still have any problems, leave a comment and I'll delete it.</sup></p>\n\n<p>Remove those symbolic links:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/lib/libGL.mesa.so\n/usr/lib/libGL.so\n/usr/lib/libGL.so.1\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>As far as I can tell, those l...
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53356
1
53365
2011-07-16T17:07:27.767
4
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<p>I tried to use "main menu" for this but while it was added to "main menu" it doesn't display in dash in the similarly named sub category.</p>
21697
14356
2011-07-16T17:20:01.037
2011-07-16T18:03:11.460
How do I add an application to a specific sub-category of dash
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To my best knowledge this is solely decided by the <em>Category</em>-key of the application's <em>.desktop</em> file (either located in <code>/usr/share/applications/</code> or for local user applications in <code>~/.local/share/applications/</code>).</p>\n\n<p>E.g.:</p>\n\n<pre><cod...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To my best knowledge this is solely decided by the <em>Category</em>-key of the application's <em>.desktop</em> file (either located in <code>/usr/share/applications/</code> or for local user applications in <code>~/.local/share/applications/</code>).</p>\n\n<p>E.g.:</p>\n\n<...
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53358
1
53362
2011-07-16T17:23:58.303
3
7585
<p>I read somewhere that I need to install 'build essential packager' &amp; so I tried:</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install build-essential Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done build-essential is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to...
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2011-07-16T17:45:31.160
2017-07-22T20:05:03.247
How to compile c & c++ programs?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-16T17:50:54.283", "id": "59745", "postId": "53358", "score": "5", "text": "This is a programming question (with lots of programming errors) and so should be asked on [Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/). The only platform specific bit is the use of [conio](http:...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are several issues with your test source package.</p>\n\n<p>My guess is that you are trying to compile using slightly older C++ standards (<code>gcc</code> instead of <code>g++</code>) and probably based on a Windows routine (using <code>conio</code>).</p>\n\n<p>I've tidied up ...
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53364
1
53562
2011-07-16T17:56:20.873
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<p>Occasionally, my system gets into a state where some kernels are missing a module or two, because DKMS somehow forgot to compile those modules for that kernel. Rather than spend time diagnosing the problem, it would be nice if there was a single command I could run that woudl just rebuild <em>every</em> dkms-control...
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2024-02-29T16:35:40.187
Command to rebuild all DKMS modules for all installed kernels?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I figured out a shell one-liner to do it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ls /var/lib/initramfs-tools | \\\n sudo xargs -n1 /usr/lib/dkms/dkms_autoinstaller start\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This works because the names of the directories in <code>/var/lib/initramfs-tools</code> are exactly the kernel...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Doesn't look like the <code>dkms</code> command allows you to do that. I created a small Python script that should do what you want. You can put an alias in your <code>~/.bashrc</code> like </p>\n\n<pre><code>alias dkms-buildall='sudo ./wherever/your/script/is'\n</code></pre>...
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53369
1
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2011-07-16T18:30:11.103
2
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<p>Ubuntu keeps crashing on me randomly. It just crashed 3 times in a row. Can someone please help me jolt down why.</p> <p>When it crashes, the PC just freezes. Mouse pointer goes un-responsive and I have to do a hard reboot everytime.</p> <p>The syslog was huge. system crashed at 23:45. I have uploaded it to pasteb...
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63111
2012-07-09T13:39:40.223
2012-07-09T13:39:40.223
How do i figure out why ubuntu is crashing on me randomly?
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2012-02-01T19:35:21.850
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53372
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53375
2011-07-16T18:43:27.277
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<p>I'm having issues suspending Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) on my new Asus U30SD-XA1 laptop. It's a new laptop on the market. Is this a known issue and is there a fix for it?</p> <p>Basically, whenever I close or put the laptop to sleep, the screen goes black but the video card doesn't actually turn off, and then the...
21702
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2012-08-19T18:34:00.710
2012-10-27T14:41:46.240
Suspend/hibernate doesn't work on an Asus laptop
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-16T18:47:20.460", "id": "59769", "postId": "53372", "score": "0", "text": "I should probably add that I am not using the 520m nvidia driver because it won't load unity after it's installed. I've also heard quite a few bad things about the drivers on the ubuntu forums, ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This appears to be a common issue on many ASUS laptops. Try this:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href=\"http://thecodecentral.com/2011/01/18/fix-ubuntu-10-10-suspendhibernate-not-working-bug\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://thecodecentral.com/2011/01/18/fix-ubuntu-1...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This appears to be a common issue on many ASUS laptops. Try this:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href=\"http://thecodecentral.com/2011/01/18/fix-ubuntu-10-10-suspendhibernate-not-working-bug\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://thecodecentral.com/2011/01/18/fix-...
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53376
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2011-07-16T19:30:30.220
2
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<p>The published fix (Fix Ubuntu / Linux Mint forgetting the theme) for the Classic graphics mode as outlined below only partially fixed my problem. </p> <p>With the fix in place, Top Panel remains in high graphics mode for less than ten seconds. It then reverts to the dull "no effects" style. </p> <p>However the fil...
21708
14356
2011-07-17T06:43:09.190
2011-07-17T06:43:09.190
A published fix for 11.04 Classic graphics mode only partly repairs my problem
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-02-29T09:18:17.320
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53377
1
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2011-07-16T19:45:18.117
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<p>I have a nice little bluetooth mouse, but there is one problem. When it is not used for awhile (I primarily use keyboard) it turns off. Fine, so I have to turn it back on by pushing the button. But when I do I find that it does not get recognized by Ubuntu again until I click "connect" for that device specificall...
5943
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null
2016-04-18T15:26:15.453
Bluetooth mouse not auto-reconnecting
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Bluetooth settings are controlled from configuration files in <code>/etc/bluetooth</code>. For input devices we can define a timeout before a connection will be disconnected. To disable this open <code>/etc/bluetooth/input.conf</code> as <strong>root</strong> in an editor and...
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53379
1
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2011-07-16T19:50:39.263
3
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<p>I have had a problem since I installed 10.10 on my laptop. I now run 11.4.</p> <p>When I move the mouse cursor, it clicks a couple seconds after I come to a rest. I can move the mouse, throw my hands up in the air, and the cursor will click where ever it is pointing. This makes typing a real pain, even typing t...
21709
null
null
2018-03-03T21:50:12.507
Mouse clicks after movement
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>With <em>Assistive Technologies</em> we are able to initiate a mouse click when mouse pointer movements stop. To disable this go to <em>System Settings</em> and open <em>Control Center -> Assistive Technologies</em>:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/gdMhj.png\" ...
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53386
1
53387
2011-07-16T21:26:29.757
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<p>When I <code>cd</code> to <code>/etc/apache2/</code> I can see two configuration files: apache2.conf and httpd.conf.</p> <p>The apache.conf file has many configuration directives within (that makes me think it's the <strong>main</strong> configuration file)while the other (httpd.conf) has none(actually, it has just...
21645
3037
2011-07-17T14:32:10.743
2011-07-17T15:08:30.530
Why does my Apache folder show two configuration files?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-16T21:48:31.117", "id": "59786", "postId": "53386", "score": "1", "text": "Yeah you should be just fine...that seems exactly like what I had and it ran ok :)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "890" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The apache main configuration happens to apache2.conf. If you go thought the configuration file around line 207 you will realise it includes the httpd.conf. </p>\n\n<p>This way you can make your custom configurations in the httd.conf without getting lost in the apache2.conf and you c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The apache main configuration happens to apache2.conf. If you go thought the configuration file around line 207 you will realise it includes the httpd.conf. </p>\n\n<p>This way you can make your custom configurations in the httd.conf without getting lost in the apache2.conf a...
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53391
1
53393
2011-07-16T23:02:21.530
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<p>Thunderbird 5 is a really good program but are there any plans to "integrate" it with 11.04 like Evolution is integrated?</p>
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2011-07-21T10:16:50.453
2011-07-21T10:16:50.453
Integration for Thunderbird 5?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Not in 11.04, but coming in 11.10, Thunderbird 5 will be the default email client: <a href=\"http://ubuntulook.com/2011/07/07/ubuntu-11-10-uses-thunderbird-5-as-default-mail-client/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntulook.com/2011/07/07/ubuntu-11-10-uses-thunderbird-5-as-default-mail-cl...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Not in 11.04, but coming in 11.10, Thunderbird 5 will be the default email client: <a href=\"http://ubuntulook.com/2011/07/07/ubuntu-11-10-uses-thunderbird-5-as-default-mail-client/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntulook.com/2011/07/07/ubuntu-11-10-uses-thunderbird-5-as-default...
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53396
1
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2011-07-17T00:19:02.260
2
128
<p>Not sure how well I can explain this, but on my Lenovo X61 Tablet (Intel graphics) on Kubuntu 11.04 applications within KDE seem to freeze after a few seconds of use. Moving the mouse cursor to cause some kind of UI element to update seems to cause all frozen applications to continue redrawing a for a few more seco...
21719
3037
2011-07-17T14:30:15.750
2011-07-17T14:30:15.750
Applications stop drawing after a few seconds
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-02-02T03:39:37.363
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53400
1
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2011-07-17T01:08:47.490
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<p>Banshee has the ability to control its main window from the command line using commands like</p> <pre><code>$ banshee --next </code></pre> <p>However when running these commands over ssh as the same user it simply tries to launch banshee.</p> <p>Is there a way to push through to the other session when logged in w...
21720
3037
2011-07-17T14:29:33.127
2013-05-28T20:31:40.300
How to remotely control Banshee via SSH?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>My guess is you're using DISPLAY to just dump the session to the X server, but what you need to do is pop up the right dbus channel.</p>\n\n<p>This is a bit of a pain, but I have it working (just to show what's going on, this is not a good solution):</p>\n\n<p>This is run loc...
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53403
1
53406
2011-07-17T02:07:25.170
2
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<p>When I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 on the same computer as my Windows 7, it shows videos a little darker than usual. I have a Dell laptop. The problem starts after about 10 to 15 minutes into the movie.</p>
21724
3037
2011-07-17T14:28:02.440
2011-07-17T14:28:02.440
VLC's image appears darker in Ubuntu than in Windows
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-17T02:24:38.350", "id": "59804", "postId": "53403", "score": "1", "text": "If it's not connected to the AC adapter, it's a power saving feature.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4203" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-16T21:15:56.970", "id": "59807...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to the Power Manager:</p>\n\n<p>And Slide the Display bar to a higher value and/or uncheck Dim display when idle.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/g39li.png\" alt=\"pwr\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-17T03:40:41...
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53405
1
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2011-07-17T03:07:34.053
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<p>Is it possible to install the new Ubuntu One control panel in Ubuntu versions 10.04 or 10.10? I referred <a href="http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2011/06/natty-ubuntuone-control-panel-in.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> page, but it suggests of installing Nightly builds, while I'll prefer to have stable builds.</p>
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2011-07-17T14:26:26.903
2011-07-17T14:26:26.903
How do I install the Ubuntu One control panel?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-17T03:27:07.307", "id": "59815", "postId": "53405", "score": "1", "text": "The Nightly PPA is based on the stable builds. You can use it worryless.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21195" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>We don't currently build up to date stable version packages for 10.04 or 10.10. If you want a later version, you'll either have to upgrade to a newer Ubuntu release, or use our nightly releases PPA (which may lead to occasional breakage that you wouldn't see using the versio...
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53414
1
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2011-07-17T05:46:04.387
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<p>At present on my laptop I have a dual boot XP and Ubuntu and from Ubuntu I would like to Sync folders on my XP partition use Ubuntu One but the option is not available when right click on any file or folder in the XP partition. Is it possible to do this and how.</p>
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3037
2011-07-17T14:24:56.667
2013-02-19T23:29:40.917
How do I sync an external drive using Ubuntu One?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-18T22:58:40.247", "id": "60112", "postId": "53414", "score": "0", "text": "possible duplicate of [Why not sync folders outside home with Ubuntu One?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/51362/why-not-sync-folders-outside-home-with-ubuntu-one)", "userDisplayName": null, ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not a direct answer to you questions but did you see there is an Ubuntu One program for Windows (beta):</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Windows\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Windows</a></p>\n\n<p>I dont now how good it works, but m...
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53426
1
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2011-07-17T08:18:45.657
0
1069
<p>On my machine whenever I work with Eclipse (on Suns JDK), the <strong>java process does not terminate</strong> after I exit Eclipse. Therefore after working on several projects over the day, I sometimes need to kill all those Java processes manually to free my RAM again.</p> <p>This bugs me for about 2 years now, w...
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2011-07-17T11:51:07.227
Java process hangs after exiting Eclipse
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You describe an old bug in some installations of Eclipse. For example, see <a href=\"https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=184575\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=184575</a>\nI cannot remember what was the cause of this issue, however a...
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53427
1
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2011-07-17T08:25:30.773
2
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<p>I just got a <a href="http://www.samsung.com/hk_en/consumer/computer-peripherals/monitors/consumer/LS22A350HS/XK/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&amp;subsubtype=series-3-led" rel="nofollow">new monitor</a>. The native resolution seems to be 1920x1080 (16:9). But when I set that, Ubuntu occupies only part of the screen,...
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3037
2011-07-17T14:21:30.257
2012-05-12T17:17:06.470
Native resolution not occupying the entire screen
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2013-02-11T19:53:25.937", "id": "317753", "postId": "53427", "score": "0", "text": "This question appears to be abandoned and unanswered, if you are experiencing a similar issue please [ask a new question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) with details pertaining to your pro...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Maybe it's a monitor issue and not a software issue.</p>\n\n<p>Check the monitor user manual <a href=\"http://www.manualowl.com/m/Samsung/S22A350H/Manual/193348\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.manualowl.com/m/Samsung/S22A350H/Manual/193348</a> , and more specifically the sectio...
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2013-02-12T14:36:23.900
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53430
1
54281
2011-07-17T09:05:27.200
0
2303
<p>I have problem with my shortcut keys for cut, copy, and paste. they does not work on Netbeans and some other applications. I have to click the right mouse button and select the operations from the context menu.</p> <p>I thought this problem comes from Unity, so I switch to the classic GNOME session, but this didn't...
21121
3037
2011-07-17T14:18:50.300
2012-10-29T15:48:52.610
The shortcut keys for cut, copy, and paste don't work in some applications
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have found The solution Accidentally. So I Decided to post it here to help people who have same problem </p>\n\n<p>the problem occurs when you have two layouts Keyboard and the first layout is not English </p>\n\n<p>so to solve the problem you have to move English up . that is it ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Each application is independently responsible for binding keystrokes to specific operations. While there are conventions (e.g. <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> is sometimes copy), sometimes different choices are made (e.g. <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> is sometimes EOT (end of te...
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2011-07-17T09:17:57.837
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<p>Sometimes when I suspend my laptop it wakes up instantly, but other times it takes around 5 minutes to wake up - in any case way longer than a cold boot.</p> <p>While the laptop is waking up I can hear the hard drive working and when my laptop finally does wake up the system load is at 100%. Strangely my memory is ...
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2011-07-29T08:29:39.013
2017-03-02T08:14:24.603
Why does waking up from suspend take a long time?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T16:16:02.373", "id": "63042", "postId": "53431", "score": "0", "text": "I have had the same issue using 10.10 and it is not related to hibernate. I have not seen it since upgrading to 11.04, though.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15554" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong><em>\"Hibernate\"</em></strong> is suspend to disk</p>\n\n<p><strong><em>\"Suspend\"</em></strong> is suspend to RAM</p>\n\n<p><em>Power Management</em> hibernates your laptop on low battery even when it was suspended to RAM to prevent data loss.</p>\n\n<p>Unfortunate...
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53435
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2011-07-17T10:37:43.333
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<p>The boot process of my installation hangs after the <strong>Checking battery state...</strong> message. I can continue to boot using <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F5</kbd>, then logging in, and typing <code>startx</code>. After that everything works as expected, but this is irritating.</p> <p>Reading around, this error app...
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46646
2012-02-20T20:32:42.750
2013-10-19T23:34:27.197
Boot hangs after "Checking battery state..."
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm not sure, but try going into <code>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</code> and changing the device driver to <code>vesa</code>. (<code>vesa</code> is a generic video driver that works with most video cards)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": ...
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2012-02-27T01:01:16.277
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2011-07-17T10:39:28.143
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/desktop-forgets-theme">Desktop forgets theme?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 on Virtualbox and I cant' change the nautilus icons. I've followed a lot of tutorials... but nothing works. I c...
21742
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:55.357
2011-07-17T15:13:15.843
Can't change the icon theme
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The icons are directly relevant to the theme that you have selected.\nRun <code>gnome-appearance-properties</code> and choose the them you like.</p>\n\n<p>If that doesn't help, run <code>users-admin</code> select your user, then press on \"Advanced Setting\".\nNow move to \"U...
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2011-07-18T01:15:22.547
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53437
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2011-07-17T11:09:03.793
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<p>I don't like the themes I have in my system (Xubuntu 11.04) by default.</p> <ul> <li><p>Is <a href="http://xfce-look.org/" rel="nofollow">Xfce Look</a> the only place where I can get new themes?</p></li> <li><p>Can I run themes that are made for Gnome, for example?</p></li> </ul>
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2014-04-30T18:30:11.680
What kind of themes can I use on Xfce?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use gtk2 themes from <a href=\"http://art.gnome.org/themes/gtk2\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Gnome-Art</a> as well.</p>\n\n<p>Similar websites:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/linuxutil/xfce/?alltime=yes#order=9\" rel=\"nofollow no...
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53442
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2011-07-17T12:11:05.937
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<p>I followed <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AiptekTablet" rel="nofollow">AiptekTablet</a> instructions on the Ubuntu Wiki to configure 11.04 for use with my graphics tablet.</p> <p>I installed the <code>xserver-xorg-input-aiptek</code> package and created two files with the options detailed on the Wiki pa...
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2011-07-17T14:07:01.267
2012-03-27T23:03:42.973
How can I configure the Aiptek T-6000U graphics tablet?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've asked a question on \n<a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=aiptektablet-users\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=aiptektablet-users</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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53443
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2011-07-17T12:24:41.643
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<p>Following the instructions in <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3503/best-way-to-cache-apt-downloads-on-a-lan/3507#3507">Best way to cache apt downloads on a LAN?</a>, I've set up a caching proxy in my local network. Since that machine is not always up, I'd like to be able to refresh the sources list and inst...
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2017-04-13T12:23:20.177
2023-12-08T08:49:07.000
How do I ignore a proxy if not available?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is an undocumented setting, <code>Acquire::http::ProxyAutoDetect</code>. This setting should contains the full path to the binary and cannot have arguments. The command should output the proxy to be used (example: <code>http://10.0.0.1:8000</code>).</p>\n\n<p>Given the above in...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is an undocumented setting, <code>Acquire::http::ProxyAutoDetect</code>. This setting should contains the full path to the binary and cannot have arguments. The command should output the proxy to be used (example: <code>http://10.0.0.1:8000</code>).</p>\n\n<p>Given the ...
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2011-07-17T12:26:45.110
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<p>I'm trying to measure the execution time of a process that I call via the command line (i.e., I want to find out how long it takes to for the process to finish). Is there any command that I can add to the command calling the process that will achieve this?</p>
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2011-07-17T14:05:18.770
2024-02-12T13:57:18.253
How can I measure the execution time of a terminal process?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Add <code>time</code> before the command you want to measure. For example: <code>time ls</code>.</p>\n\n<p>The output will look like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>real 0m0.606s\nuser 0m0.000s\nsys 0m0.002s\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Explanation on <code>real</code>, <code>user</code...
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2011-07-17T14:45:38.693
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<p>I love the <a href="http://gvxdev.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/xub-lucid-scrshot-3.png" rel="nofollow">Xubuntu 10.04 theme</a> and I want to install it on my Ubuntu 11.04. It's possible to install only the theme? </p>
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2011-07-17T18:38:13.570
2011-07-17T23:53:49.120
Can I install the Xubuntu 10.04 theme on Ubuntu 11.04?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-17T16:16:07.517", "id": "59871", "postId": "53451", "score": "1", "text": "Do you mean on Xubuntu 11.04 or Ubuntu 11.04?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6450" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-17T23:29:35.353", "id": "59920", "postId": "53451"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes. If you want all the xubuntu themes and branding, install the <code>xubuntu-artwork</code> package. Note that this will install the Xubuntu 11.04 themes, if installed on Ubuntu 11.04, etc. (as the repositories all have the same version, regardless of which desktop environment y...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes. If you want all the xubuntu themes and branding, install the <code>xubuntu-artwork</code> package. Note that this will install the Xubuntu 11.04 themes, if installed on Ubuntu 11.04, etc. (as the repositories all have the same version, regardless of which desktop envir...
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53452
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53455
2011-07-17T14:50:03.787
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<p>I've got Firefox 5 installed on my Ubuntu 11.04 system. I would like to have webgl working, which is not right now: this website just gives me a grey page:</p> <pre><code>http://webglsamples.googlecode.com/hg/aquarium/aquarium.html </code></pre> <p>I've got it working on google-chrome using the nvidia proprietary ...
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2011-08-21T01:43:27.210
2013-04-23T12:50:35.557
How do I enable webgl in Firefox?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is my understanding that it is already enabled. I have checked the aquarium out with Firefox 5 right now. Works perfect. It was in Firefox 4 that you needed a command to activate WebGL (Although the programs ran horribly). On Firefox 5 WebGL is much better. Not as good as Chrome o...
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53456
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2011-07-17T15:02:06.690
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<p>Background: I am installing ubuntu on an SSD. I have two other spinning hard drives in my box as well. One of these contain an older install of ubuntu. For some reason Nautilus doesn't auto mount the file systems on the other drives when I am browsing the file system. Maybe it's because I am already at the partition...
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2012-06-19T21:39:33.687
Easy to way to get overview of partitions' contents without mounting them manually?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To get a quick information on an unmounted partition's content it may be a good idea to name them with labels. This will give you not only knowlegde on the content but you will also be able to easily mount them by their label name.</p>\n\n<p>To do so either run <strong>Gparte...
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53475
2011-07-17T15:13:18.170
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<p>When I load a WebGL website on Firefox 5 in my Ubuntu 11.04 system, I get a grey screen and a warning on the terminal like this:</p> <pre><code>[GLX] your GL driver is currently blocked. If you would like to bypass this, define the MOZ_GLX_IGNORE_BLACKLIST environment variable. </code></pre> <p>Acceleration works ...
17702
17702
2011-07-17T21:35:23.427
2011-07-17T21:35:23.427
Firefox blocks my nvidia drivers MOZ_GLX_IGNORE_BLACKLIST
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't know why the driver is on the blacklist, but you can do what's suggested: try running <code>MOZ_GLX_IGNORE_BLACKLIST=1 firefox</code>.</p>\n\n<p>If this works, you can modify the .desktop file <code>/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop</code> and change the line</p>\n\n<pr...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you installed the proprietary drivers or are you using the default ones that come with Ubuntu. Nouveau for what I know does not support the requirements for WebGL... yet. But if you install for the time being the nvidia Proprietary ones you will get full support. If i ma...
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53462
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2011-07-17T15:14:47.947
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu (11.04) and Banshee (up-to-date from the Banshee Team ppa), and I have a 1st gen iPod Touch (version 3.1.3 7E18).</p> <p>Up until now I've synced and managed the iPod using my MacBook Pro. However, my music collection has begun to outgrow the MacBook's disk space, so I've been considering my alte...
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2011-07-17T17:56:05.847
Using iPod in Banshee alongside iTunes?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This might or might not help but this is what i did. When i first bought my IPod Touch and Ipod Shuffle i synced them in Banshee with no problem but for music only. mp3 files. For other stuff i put the touch in itunes on a friends mac. I was afraid of some corrupt error but n...
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53463
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2011-07-17T15:18:09.223
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<pre><code>Setting up openssh-server (1:5.3p1-3ubuntu7) ... Creating SSH2 RSA key; this may take some time ... Creating SSH2 DSA key; this may take some time ... start: Job failed to start </code></pre> <p>Can't initialize ssh, already tried reinstall.</p> <p>SSH server is started manually via <code>/etc/init.d/ss...
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2018-12-09T09:28:18.090
2019-05-09T01:48:33.963
SSH problem after update
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not sure that my solution is right. But if you just want to start your SSH server and then solve your problem later, here is my fast solution:</p>\n\n<pre><code>start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid --exec /usr/sbin/sshd -- -p 22\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>if then y...
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53468
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2011-07-17T16:55:04.500
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<p>Reading the planet and several blogs regularly, and also testing 11.10, it still is not clear to me what is planned for Unity in 11.10. When going to <a href="https://launchpad.net/unity" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8U5rd.png" alt="go to launchpad"> launchpad</a>, no blueprints are ...
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2011-07-29T22:13:33.583
2011-07-29T22:13:33.583
Which new features and changes are planned for Unity in 11.10?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>They'll be distributing it with both Gnome 3 and a slightly-closer-to-ready version of Unity, </p>\n\n<p>So, Unity will be able to display progress bars, notifications and little circles with numbers on the fly, like you might see in a Chromium-style plugin. I know, sounds sm...
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2011-07-17T17:41:50.477
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<p>If I open the Keyboard app, than go to layouts and click options, under Alt/Win key behavior, there is an option to swap the control and windows key. This seems to work when using classic gnome but fails when using ubuntu unity. </p>
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6005
2012-06-12T19:09:18.987
2012-06-12T19:09:18.987
Swapping Control and Windows (super) keys not working in Unity
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2012-05-10T01:56:39.040
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2011-07-17T18:04:40.560
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<p>I think something changed in maybe the Linux core which has broken Ubuntu and practically every other Linux install on my laptop.</p> <p>The problem is that suddenly the back-light doesn't work when I run Ubuntu. This means that I can faintly see the Ubuntu login screen but as the screen isn't emitting light its im...
21758
18612
2011-07-17T20:13:20.087
2011-08-05T21:16:59.437
Backlight no longer works on upgrade from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've had a similar problem - it's a problem caused by one of the changes to the kernel, although I'm not sure where this is located in the kernel configuration menu. {Presumably one way of solving it would be to track down the source of it in the kernel config menus and recom...
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53481
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2011-07-17T18:52:13.693
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<p>I am a newbie and I just started using the latest Ubuntu. I have a Pavilion DM1 HP netbook and can't find my wifi connection in the network manager.</p> <p>When i open the "network" thing, there's no "Auto Etho" no "Wireless networks" or "Enable Wireless" and when I go to edit connections then to "Wireless" I can't...
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21401
2011-07-18T23:26:58.027
2011-07-18T23:26:58.027
How can I connect to my wifi connection if I am unable to find it in the network manager?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You should have listed wireless networks as you can see below</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/4M0vs.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>If you have a laptop be sure you have it enabled, some laptops have a hardware switch.</p>\n\n<p>If yo stil...
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53483
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2011-07-17T19:02:31.227
1
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<p>After a fresh install, and various other tests (troubleshooting), I have concluded that my laptop (an HP Envy 14 - Beats Edtion) will not play DVDs, however it will play CDs.</p> <p>When I first got the laptop, up until recently it played DVDs perfectly, I doubt there is a hardware issue sees as it loads the DVDs a...
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2012-04-07T23:37:54.370
HP Envy Beats Edition can play CDs, but not DVDs
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/HR7dM.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\">- Install VLC </p>\n\n<p>Open Synaptic application\nClick on System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager.\nIn Settings -> Repositories, make sure you have an universe repository act...
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53484
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2011-07-17T19:12:13.640
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<p>I want to copy/paste a table from LibreOffice Writer that is two pages long into LibreOffice Impress BUT I want it to be shown inside one slide. In this slide I will have the ability to scroll the table so I can show the rest of the table.</p> <p>Right now if I copy the table over it goes outside the slide size and...
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2012-08-23T20:16:52.090
2012-08-23T20:16:52.090
How to add a scrollable table in LibreOffice Impress?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could insert the table inside a <code>floating frame</code>:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Menu <code>Insert</code> -> <code>Floating Frame</code>;</li>\n<li>Enter Name and description;</li>\n<li>In <code>contents</code>, select the odt document containing the table.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>This wi...
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53487
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54906
2011-07-17T19:15:35.003
1
485
<p>One of the features of Windows Home Server that is attractive to me is the ability to automatically save a disk image of a connected machine to the server. Would something like this be possible when using an Ubuntu server?</p>
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2011-08-08T05:10:29.830
Is it possible to save a disk image of a Windows machine to an Ubuntu server on the same network?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since you said you primarily want to back up windows machines, this should get you going. </p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Set up your Ubuntu server (it doesn't actually <em>have</em> to be server edition) with samba. You'll use it just like a network drive with your Windows software. <a href=\"htt...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since you said you primarily want to back up windows machines, this should get you going. </p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Set up your Ubuntu server (it doesn't actually <em>have</em> to be server edition) with samba. You'll use it just like a network drive with your Windows software. <a hr...
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53488
1
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2011-07-17T19:42:57.927
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/615/whats-the-difference-between-wubi-and-a-regular-installation">What&#39;s the difference between Wubi and a regular installation?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Why should a dual-booter do a "proper" ubuntu installat...
21766
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:28.253
2011-10-13T11:57:54.183
Wubi vs "proper" installation"?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, if you have a \"proper\" ubuntu install i.e not the one through windows, you can easily later remove Windows.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2016-09-06T01:37:47.187", "id": "1246567", "postId": "53491...
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2011-07-18T00:55:11.857
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53489
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2011-07-17T19:48:39.950
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<p>I have all sorts or temperature indicators, one for each core and two for the gpu. but one is just showing "temp1" is there a way to know what temp one is showing? <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jGDSD.png" alt="temp1 selected"></p> <p>I'm using Indicator Applet Complete 0.4.12 to see the temperatures.</p> <p>...
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10698
2011-07-18T14:51:43.283
2014-01-10T05:15:34.650
Where is "temp1" located?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-17T20:13:41.320", "id": "59896", "postId": "53489", "score": "1", "text": "Do you get something for `sudo find /sys -iname \"*temp1*\"` or `sudo find /proc -iname \"*temp1*\"`?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3037" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-17...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The labels come from the libsensors config file - <code>/etc/sensors.conf</code> - and are determined based on chipset. When you see <code>temp1</code> etc. it means there is no label defined yet for that sensor on that chipset. This is probably because it your hardware is ne...
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53498
1
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2011-07-17T21:28:08.830
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<p>Sometimes it takes too long for the network manager to update to see new wireless AP. Is it possible to change the time interval between checks?</p>
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2021-11-26T13:16:24.123
How to change the refresh rate at which the network manager updates the wireless access points
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The \"refresh rate\" (scan interval) is hardcoded in the source code of network manager. The interval is some value between 20 and 120 seconds. Some heuristics decide when to scan more often and when less often. There seems to be no way to configure the interval other than patching t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The \"refresh rate\" (scan interval) is hardcoded in the source code of network manager. The interval is some value between 20 and 120 seconds. Some heuristics decide when to scan more often and when less often. There seems to be no way to configure the interval other than pa...
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53499
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2011-07-17T21:34:10.187
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<p>My PC has a total of 4 NICs, 2 wired Gigabit Ethernet network cards and also 2 wireless network cards. (One Broadcom with proprietary drivers and Ralink with open source software, which works much better than Broadcom.)</p> <p>My cellphone can share its connection wirelessly to my PC, but I also have a wired Intern...
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40581
2016-03-29T08:35:53.747
2020-09-09T23:53:38.007
How to merge multiple Internet connections into one?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I do something like that at work using Ubuntu 11.04. We run the Shorewall firewall configuration tool, which besides being excellent at its job, provides some rudimentary multiple ISP routing tools which might fit your needs. You can find some docs about it here: <a href=\"http://w...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I do something like that at work using Ubuntu 11.04. We run the Shorewall firewall configuration tool, which besides being excellent at its job, provides some rudimentary multiple ISP routing tools which might fit your needs. You can find some docs about it here: <a href=\"...
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53504
1
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2011-07-17T22:06:49.297
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<p>Are there differences between this Chromium PPA (https://launchpad.net/~chromium-daily/+archive/stable) and the one in the Universe repository?</p> <p>Are there reasons to choose one over the other? Since the PPA is maintained by Ubuntu developers I assume it's as safe as anything coming from the Universe repositor...
21771
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2011-10-27T06:59:15.440
What's the difference between the Chromium PPA and the Chromium offered in the Universe Repo?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The PPA package is updated to the most recent version (in the upstream stable line) potentially every day (not every day in practice, because the stable line doesn't update every day).</p>\n\n<p>The package in the universe repository is only updated if there's a security issu...
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53507
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2011-07-17T22:46:48.807
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<p>Using the Keyboard Utility I was able to select the asus layout and after that I was able to get the majority of the function keys to work(screen brightness, wifi, sleep, num lock, and scroll lock). However F9 - F12 (disable/enable trackpad, volume mute, up, and down) do not work. </p> <p>Does anybody have a fix fo...
21702
235
2011-11-08T10:48:53.323
2011-11-08T10:48:53.323
FN keys F9 - F12 do not work on an Asus U30sd
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>These issues have been resolved as of the 11.10 update. All hotkeys are working on the new OS, thanks canonical for being awesome.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-11-08T06:37:54...
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53508
1
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2011-07-17T22:49:08.183
0
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<p>I installed (aware of the risks) software from the Elementary Team PPAs and I set up a Pantheon Shell session, which is based on Gnome. I would like to have Plank (a fork of Docky) to run at startup for this session, but not when I'm logging into Unity or the Classic Gnome session. Adding Plank to the Startup Applic...
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2022-01-04T08:15:39.180
How can I make a program run at startup in only one definite session that uses the same desktop environment as others?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-17T22:58:01.850", "id": "59918", "postId": "53508", "score": "0", "text": "just a suggestion but would a bash script to check for the existence of unity and if not run plank suffice? I'm not posting this as an answer as I don't know how to check for a specific process ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Startup applications are defined by .desktop files that live in ~/.local/share/autostart, according to the <a href=\"http://standards.freedesktop.org/autostart-spec/autostart-spec-latest.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Desktop Application Autostart Specification</a>.</p>\n\n<p>They o...
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53517
1
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2011-07-18T00:59:54.937
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<p>I have an acer iconia w500 tab that i installed ubuntu on. Its working great except one thing - when i click on a text entry field, the on screen keyboard does not pop up as did on windows. Anyone have a solution?</p> <p>Thanks in advance</p>
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2012-10-28T01:08:07.183
2012-10-28T01:08:07.183
Getting on screen keyboard when click on text entry field
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use OnBoard (a virtual keyboard preinstalled in Ubuntu) and enable the floating icon (from its settings) to make it appear when you touch it and you can close it after you type.\n<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/xtM09.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://i.sta...
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53519
1
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2011-07-18T01:07:22.610
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<p>I have successfully completed steps 1-4 in an attempt to verify the PGP signature of a downloaded TrueCrypt setup file. But I can't figure out how to complete step 5 using Seahorse. </p> <p>Does anyone know how to <strong>verify the downloaded signature</strong> using seahorse? I downloaded the <code>.sig</code> fi...
21780
32886
2012-02-25T15:35:18.233
2013-11-25T10:48:54.677
How do I verify the PGP downloaded signature of the TrueCrypt setup file with Seahorse?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I do not think you can do all of the steps with Seahorse and the seahorse plugins do not seem to be maintained beyond 11.04.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Create a gpg key</strong></p>\n\n<p>Start seahorse , under the main menu New -> Create a new GPG key</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.s...
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53521
1
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2011-07-18T02:15:31.020
0
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/desktop-forgets-theme">Desktop forgets theme?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I installed Ubuntu 11.04 in the latest VirtualBox (as of today) on my XP host. I ran it, and it told me on login that I didn't have a go...
21782
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:34.533
2011-07-18T10:58:00.003
Stuck in classic mode?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Without 3D graphics support, the new interface won't run, especially in a virtual machine.\nI heard you can still install and run the Unity 2D, which is a separate project, try installing it or get your 11.04 some 3D capable GPU. Installing on real HW would be my choice. Virt...
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2011-07-18T11:17:52.020
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53522
1
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2011-07-18T02:17:08.433
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<p>i installed 11.04 (my first experience with ubuntu, please go easy on me..) only a few days ago after Vista crashed on my computer. i installed flash and all the correct plug-ins as far as i can tell because the videos begin playing just fine. but when watching youtube videos one after another, or an episode on hulu...
21783
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2012-02-19T20:33:07.197
11.04 shuts down after around 15 minutes of online video or less, every single time
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-18T03:38:44.650", "id": "59929", "postId": "53522", "score": "0", "text": "Please paste the contents of your /var/log/kern.log .", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "17722" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-18T19:49:01.930", "id": "60046", "postId"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It will be very difficult to say what might be wrong. You have not mentioned any thing about the H/W you are using. Desktop PC or laptop, Graphics card etc.</p>\n\n<p>One cause of the shutdown might be over heating. Playing videos using Flash is a quite processor intensive wo...
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53523
1
54078
2011-07-18T02:23:48.397
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55338
<p>I have an Ubuntu machine that I'm using as my home Internet router. It uses a USB mobile broadband modem as its Internet connection, and shares this with another router (via the router's "Internet" port) which I use as my LAN.</p> <p>How do I redirect requests from within my LAN for a given URL to a custom IP addr...
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2011-07-22T00:57:11.210
2017-10-02T01:22:26.287
How to redirect a URL to a custom IP address?
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-18T02:58:26.043", "id": "59925", "postId": "53523", "score": "1", "text": "Using DNS would be the way to do this, but as I have not successfully set up `bind9` DNS, I am not providing this information as an answer.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The easiest way to come about this is properly installing <code>dnsmasq</code> (which is a DNS cacheing server) then in the folder <code>/etc/dnsmasq.d</code> add a file for each domain you want to redirect.</p>\n\n<p>For instance this is the contents of <code>/etc/dnsmasq.d/hotmail....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The easiest way to come about this is properly installing <code>dnsmasq</code> (which is a DNS cacheing server) then in the folder <code>/etc/dnsmasq.d</code> add a file for each domain you want to redirect.</p>\n\n<p>For instance this is the contents of <code>/etc/dnsmasq.d/...
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53524
1
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2011-07-18T02:41:21.327
2
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<p>It just says "File Sync in progress" and it doesn't change and other files are not getting backed up. If I disconnect, delete (and from the trash) the file in question, the backup eventually completes when all is uploaded.</p> <p>This is a problem because I like to take a weekly backup of my email and keep the las...
21784
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2011-07-18T02:41:21.327
Ubuntu One will not sync a file over 100MB (evolution backup tar.gz)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-18T20:20:47.140", "id": "60064", "postId": "53524", "score": "0", "text": "According to the [Ubuntu One FAQ](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/FAQ/WhatIsTheLargestSizeFileICanSync), 5GB should be the maximum supported individual file size you can sync. It is also a kno...
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2012-04-14T20:46:26.890
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53526
1
null
2011-07-18T03:03:15.277
2
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<p>I'm trying to install PyQt but i've met some difficulties (i.e packages that won't be updated and stuff like that). I'm not very proficient with Ubuntu, so some help is needed. Here's the output i get from the terminal:</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install python-qt4 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency...
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2012-01-11T11:42:27.707
2012-03-26T20:43:46.830
How can i fix some broken packages PyQt packages?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you refreshed your repositories? If not, try: <code>sudo apt-get update</code> and then try to install again. </p>\n\n<p>You can also try the following command if there is some broken package issue on your system: <code>sudo apt-get check</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount...
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53527
1
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2011-07-18T03:03:37.040
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<p>I'm trying to mount a DVD video that has no kind of copy protection on it. It plays just fine in Windows and in DVD players. If I insert a regular data DVD it automounts just fine and I can browse it. I've installed regionfree, followed the <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/PlayingDVDs" re...
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2011-10-07T13:09:52.283
2012-03-18T11:53:58.223
Can't Mount a not copy protected DVD Video?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you installed libdvdcss like it says on that wiki page? you will need to do that in order for DVD playback to work.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T01:52:00.817", "id": "61819", "postId": "549...
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1
53543
2011-07-18T04:44:37.873
2
1178
<p>I've been in the Linux world quite a while now (little more than 10 years), but there are several concepts that I still can't grasp. One of them is ssh...<br> I know the basics about it (creation, backup, restoring, revoking), but I wanted to ask if someone could answer me some <em>easy</em> questions [1] :</p> <p>...
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2012-10-24T20:27:31.040
What are ssh keys and how to handle them?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may be getting ssh keys and pki keys mixed up, ssh keys dont have revocation keys (as far as I'm aware).</p>\n\n<p>The basic concept is you make a key pair for every client computer.\nThese keys are located in <code>~/.ssh</code>.</p>\n\n<p><code>id_rsa</code> is the private key ...
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53532
1
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2011-07-18T05:56:42.913
4
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<p>My old user account is not working at all some corrupted files I guess.</p> <p>The other 2 accounts are working normal.</p> <p>So I create a new admin account and I wonder how can I copy all my settings, passwords, files from old admin account to new account.</p> <p>I cant use old admin account gets frozen very b...
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2018-12-01T21:52:03.470
2018-12-01T21:52:03.470
how to copy old user account to new user account?
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0
CC BY-SA 4.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You're basically asking: \"How to copy settings and files from my user account to a new user account, skipping some settings?\"</p>\n\n<h3>Migrating to a new user account</h3>\n\n<p>To move files from user <code>old</code> to <code>new</code>, you need to copy over the files ...
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53533
1
53542
2011-07-18T05:57:36.183
2
4320
<p>When I run ddclient (DynamicDns Updator) without sudo, I get</p> <pre><code>WARNING: file /etc/ddclient.conf: Cannot open file '/etc/ddclient.conf'. (Permission denied) stat() on closed filehandle FD at /usr/sbin/ddclient line 934. Use of uninitialized value $mode in bitwise and (&amp;) at /usr/sbin/ddclient line ...
17722
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2011-07-18T09:45:02.537
2015-08-24T00:38:04.293
ddclient not working without sudo
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In a default setup root runs <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ddclient/wiki\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>ddclient</strong></a> as a daemon using setting from <code>/etc/ddclient.conf</code>. Runtime options are defined in <code>/etc/default/ddclient</code>.</p>\n\n<p>We are...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In a default setup root runs <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ddclient/wiki\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>ddclient</strong></a> as a daemon using setting from <code>/etc/ddclient.conf</code>. Runtime options are defined in <code>/etc/default/ddclient</code>.</p>\n\n<...
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53537
1
53728
2011-07-18T06:25:20.737
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<p>I'm using hamster-tracker on different machines, so, I want to share my data across these. How can I achieve, that hamster is using one single database, which is synced via ubuntu one?</p>
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2011-07-19T12:30:38.220
How to synchronize hamster-tracker with ubuntu one
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could add <code>~/.local/share/hamster-applet/</code> to your list of Cloud Folders syncing with Ubuntu One. You can do that by right-clicking on the folder > Ubuntu One > Syncronize This Folder.</p>\n\n<p>Another option might be to move the <code>~/.local/share/hamster-applet/</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could add <code>~/.local/share/hamster-applet/</code> to your list of Cloud Folders syncing with Ubuntu One. You can do that by right-clicking on the folder > Ubuntu One > Syncronize This Folder.</p>\n\n<p>Another option might be to move the <code>~/.local/share/hamster-a...
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53539
1
53545
2011-07-18T06:47:37.480
6
4431
<p>Whenever I try to use <code>dpkg</code> or <code>apt-get</code>, I get the warning:</p> <pre><code>dpkg: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 12674 package 'jarnal': error in Version string 'build901': version number does not start with digit </code></pre> <p>Looking at the <code>/var/lib/dpk...
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2012-07-03T04:08:38.293
How to cleanly remove a badly installed .deb?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can back up the <code>available</code> file and then empty it (leave it there, but empty). </p>\n\n<p><code>apt-get</code> doesn't need the file at all, <code>dpkg</code> sometimes uses it for reference, but it's not essential and it will populate it again after some time.</p>\n\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can back up the <code>available</code> file and then empty it (leave it there, but empty). </p>\n\n<p><code>apt-get</code> doesn't need the file at all, <code>dpkg</code> sometimes uses it for reference, but it's not essential and it will populate it again after some time...
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53553
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2011-07-18T09:57:57.433
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<p>A SSH private key as generated by <code>ssh-keygen</code> contains a public key part. How do I retrieve this public key from the private key? I've lost my public key and need to put the contents of this public key in the servers <code>authorized_keys</code> file and do not want to create a new key pair.</p> <p>Alte...
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2017-11-15T13:35:17.390
2024-01-27T03:22:15.223
How do I retrieve the public key from a SSH private key?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've found the answer on Server Fault: <em><a href=\"https://serverfault.com/q/52285/51929\">Create a public SSH key from the private key?</a></em></p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man1/ssh-keygen.1.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">option <code>-y</code></a> o...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've found the answer on Server Fault: <em><a href=\"https://serverfault.com/q/52285/51929\">Create a public SSH key from the private key?</a></em></p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man1/ssh-keygen.1.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">option <code>-y</cod...
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2011-07-18T10:26:37.250
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<p>When I type <kbd>Control</kbd> and any of the arrow keys in any terminal (<code>gnome-terminal</code>, as well as <code>terminator</code>), I get this (or something like it).</p> <p>It happens when I use <code>openbox</code> as well, so it's not a <code>compiz</code> issue. And it's only in terminal programs, never...
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2021-07-15T07:22:56.403
Strange characters appearing when I use the Ctrl and Arrow keys to navigate
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-18T10:43:39.947", "id": "59957", "postId": "53556", "score": "0", "text": "What were you expecting Ctrl+arrows to do in a terminal window?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3228" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-18T10:44:11.303", "id": "59958", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What is in your <code>~/.inputrc</code> and <code>/etc/inputrc</code>? The minimum to get those keys working is, I think:</p>\n\n<pre><code># mappings for Ctrl-left-arrow and Ctrl-right-arrow for word moving\n\"\\e[1;5C\": forward-word\n\"\\e[1;5D\": backward-word\n\"\\e[5C\": forwar...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What is in your <code>~/.inputrc</code> and <code>/etc/inputrc</code>? The minimum to get those keys working is, I think:</p>\n\n<pre><code># mappings for Ctrl-left-arrow and Ctrl-right-arrow for word moving\n\"\\e[1;5C\": forward-word\n\"\\e[1;5D\": backward-word\n\"\\e[5C\"...
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53560
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2011-07-18T11:44:29.030
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<p>I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 (Win7 Dual-boot) today, so I am a newbie in the world of Ubuntu. I like it, because it is very new and interesting to me, but there is a thing, that really annoys me. When I have a window open, it is usually okay to use the mouse, but if I open a new window (like firefox) then I can't u...
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2011-07-18T13:00:44.757
2012-05-04T19:14:48.327
Ubuntu 11.04 mouse error
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I read about a similar problem recently, could it be that you have a Saitek Cyborg RAT mouse? If so, try this: <a href=\"http://techspheria.com/2011/02/how-to-fix-saitek-cyborg-rat-series-mice-in-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow\">How to Fix Saitek Cyborg RAT Series Mice in Ubuntu • ...
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2012-12-30T09:34:14.067
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53563
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2011-07-18T12:08:06.110
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<p>When I try to perform any administrative task on CUPS <a href="http://localhost:631/" rel="noreferrer">web interface</a> I get pop-up window that requires me to authenticate at CUPS. Authenticating both as root and as a my user fail, even though my user is added to the <strong>lpadmin</strong> group as described in:...
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2014-02-10T02:08:03.130
Authentication at CUPS web interface
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Comparing your cups.conf file, I only see a few differences:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>You've replaced <code>Port 631</code> by <code>Listen localhost:631</code> to prevent remote administration</li>\n<li><p>You've removed <code>Allow @LOCAL</code> three times:</p>\n\n<pre><code> Defa...
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53564
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2011-07-18T12:20:39.197
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<p>Seahorse came preinstalled on my default installation of Ubuntu. But I can find no way to encrypt a file using it. I am wanting to use a GUI I don't want to do it using the Terminal. Creating the private key and signing public keys can all be done in Seahorse GUI. </p> <p>Is there a way to also encrypt files using...
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2011-07-18T13:55:08.557
2011-07-18T13:55:08.557
Is there a way to encrypt a file using Seahorse without installing the "seahorse-plugins" package?
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2012-03-06T22:22:15.523
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53565
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2011-07-18T12:29:33.410
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<p>In Eric4, when I select the "What's This" tool and then click on something to get a pop-up explanation, the resulting text appears white on yellow (unreadable). The tool-tips are fine (white on black). If I change the theme to any other, the text is black on yellow. I've found some posts on the internet about such b...
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2012-06-08T22:04:12.123
White text on yellow background in popup elements with Ambiance theme
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53567
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2011-07-18T13:00:51.347
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<p>I just installed ubuntu 11.04 and after logging in for the first time , I enabled the restricted driver for my Nvidia 7300 LE card and enabled the same. after rebooting , the system freezes (Unresponsive ). So I rebooted the system and used the safe mode.. is my graphics card (Nvidia 7300 ) enough for unity ? , if ...
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2011-07-19T11:44:33.467
Unity freezing ( new install )
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Nvidia 7300's are blacklisted from Unity due to problems with those cards, sorry:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/37629/geforce-go-7300-7400-blacklisted-can-i-still-run-unity\">Geforce Go 7300/7400 Blacklisted, Can I Still Run Unity?</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>H...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I ended up installing unity 2d:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/21686/how-do-i-install-the-unity-2d-desktop\">How do I install and switch to the Unity 2D desktop?</a></li>\n</ul>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDa...
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53578
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2011-07-18T14:20:36.517
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<p>I'm wondering if it's possible to install Ubuntu 11.04 UEFI mode with the alternate installer. I've read that only <code>grub-efi</code> is needed to boot in UEFI mode. How do I install that?</p>
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2011-07-18T14:24:39.523
2015-03-18T16:20:58.933
Can I install in UEFI mode with the alternate installer?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I figured it out, so for those who are interested, here's how to do it:</p>\n\n<p>After the installation, reboot the computer into a live CD or any Linux CD that can mount the hard drive partitions. Then, do the following: (replace <code>#</code> with appropriate partition numbers)</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I figured it out, so for those who are interested, here's how to do it:</p>\n\n<p>After the installation, reboot the computer into a live CD or any Linux CD that can mount the hard drive partitions. Then, do the following: (replace <code>#</code> with appropriate partition nu...
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53581
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2011-07-18T14:39:19.743
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<p>0 WD My passport drive plugged into a (blue) usb 3.0 port. I mount it and it transfers at about 14MByte/sec. Under windows 7 (I have dual boot) it transfers at about 120 to 230 MByte/sec on the same port. lsusb listing is:</p> <pre><code>Bus 008 Device 004: ID 1058:0730 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. Bus 008 D...
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2011-07-18T14:57:51.410
2012-08-25T15:55:15.917
My Passport Essential external usb 3.0 drive runs at usb 2.0 speed
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm assuming the drive has an NTFS file system on it, which is known to run slower under Linux than Windows. I myself have a WD external drive and the same thing happens. </p>\n\n<p>There is no method I know of that can fix this, apart from putting a different file system on ...
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53582
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2011-07-18T14:41:42.343
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<p>When I want to launch an instance of Ubuntu on EC2, how do I find the right one? There are <em>thousands</em> of public images that have "Ubuntu" in their name. I am only interested in running the Official Ubuntu images. How do I now which AMI is the right one?</p>
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2024-01-04T13:01:47.887
How do I know what Ubuntu AMI to launch on EC2?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is a <a href=\"http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ami/\" rel=\"nofollow\">comprehensive list</a> of available Official AMIs on the <a href=\"http://cloud.ubuntu.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu Cloud Portal</a>. You an find additional resources regarding Canonical's Official EC2 AMI ...
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53589
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2011-07-18T14:57:18.997
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<p>I installed GNOME 3 on Natty, using the PPA and these <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/22946/how-do-i-install-the-latest-version-of-gnome-3/28392#28392">instructions</a>. I restarted and tried to log in using Gnome, only to be greeted by a </p> <blockquote> <p>Oh no! Something has gone wrong.<br> A prob...
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2017-04-13T12:24:00.673
2012-06-12T19:11:32.963
GNOME 3 on 11.04: Doesn't work. How to troubleshoot?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open a tty, stop gdm (sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop) (if you are using it) and start X (startx) from the tty. It may give you more info about what is happening. Probably it's a driver problem.\nAnother thing you could try is logging as a different (new) user. Maybe there is some config c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open a tty, stop gdm (sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop) (if you are using it) and start X (startx) from the tty. It may give you more info about what is happening. Probably it's a driver problem.\nAnother thing you could try is logging as a different (new) user. Maybe there is some ...
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53599
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2011-07-18T15:11:57.587
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<p>It's show on system indicator, I found solution in ubuntuforum to use command <code>sudo echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches</code> </p> <p>It's work, but why my ubuntu not handle by itself?</p>
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2011-07-18T16:14:51.807
2011-07-18T16:14:51.807
Memory cache still load, after close programs
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The cache has nothing to do with running programs. The cache is memory that is otherwise unused, so it is instead used to hold recently accessed data from the disk, in case it is needed again. This speeds up disk access by avoiding much of it since the data is already in ram. This...
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53604
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2011-07-18T15:36:57.823
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<p>I can use a Windows machine for 10 hours straight without the slightest problem, but after around 15-30 minutes of using ubuntu my eyes become sore and dried out.</p> <p>I currently have 11.04 installed with a dual-boot Windows XP. Same hardware, eyestrain only with ubuntu.</p> <p>I've also tried different version...
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2015-02-21T12:45:23.873
2024-01-30T13:24:12.013
How can I prevent eyestrain?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you work at night you can try using redshift. This adjusts the color temperature of your screen so that it get's more redish the later it is. Of course this doesn't really help explain the difference between Windows and Ubuntu but it does reduce stain.\nDo </p>\n\n<p><code...
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2011-07-18T15:42:39.320
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/52475/how-to-prepare-autoupdating-ppa">How to prepare autoupdating PPA?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is there a proper method that works to create a daily automatic build of a PPA in Launchpad? If so, what is the pro...
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2017-04-13T12:23:08.843
2011-07-20T09:21:38.707
Proper Method of Creating Daily-Building PPAs
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The best way is through Launchpad recipes. The main documentation for recipes is at <a href=\"https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/SourceBuilds/Recipes\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/SourceBuilds/Recipes</a>. </p>\n\n<p>Matt Revell also posted a nice ...
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2011-07-20T12:45:07.410
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2011-07-18T16:31:30.237
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick and trying to update vlc from the new PPA ppa:ferramroberto/vlc . Update Manger just says Other updates <code>(LP-PPA-ferrnroberto-vlc)</code> then shows <code> libirary for encoding/decoding of Dirac video streams libschroedinger-1.0-0(size: 254KB) </code> . But doesn't let me ch...
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2011-07-19T05:36:23.593
can't get updatemanger to update vlc
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you examine the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~ferramroberto/+archive/vlc/+packages?field.name_filter=&amp;field.status_filter=published&amp;field.series_filter=maverick\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">package details</a> for that PPA you'll notice that both the i386 &amp; amd64 b...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you examine the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~ferramroberto/+archive/vlc/+packages?field.name_filter=&amp;field.status_filter=published&amp;field.series_filter=maverick\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">package details</a> for that PPA you'll notice that both the i386 &amp;...
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53616
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2011-07-18T16:49:27.157
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5558/how-to-install-minecraft">How to install minecraft?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I've been searching everything that could possibly help, but nothing has worked, and I'm really getting annoyed, because Minecraft ...
21815
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2011-07-18T17:26:14.483
How do I Install Minecraft?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First, make sure you have Sun JAVA installed. Installing the JDK or the JRE is a sufficient way of doing this. The JDK might be best. Read here on how to install it: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/5567/how-to-install-the-sun-java-jdk\">https://askubuntu.com/ques...
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2011-07-18T17:43:24.530
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2011-07-18T17:10:42.523
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<p>I am trying to use the broadcom brcm80211 drivers along with a BCM4313 chip and aircrack-ng suite of programs but airodump only ever lists clients for WEP protected access points. I have setup a WPA2 router and connected another device to it so I know there is definately a client but I never pick it up. Can anyone o...
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21818
2011-07-20T14:52:33.413
2011-12-03T02:39:18.153
Do the brcm80211 drivers need patching to work correctly in airmon etc?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>it is my experience that most Wireless card can not do some of the basic Air-Crack options without been altered in some way with an injection (Take mental note that I do not know what aircrack is or have I ever used it in anyway). if you read the changelog you will see that s...
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2011-07-18T17:19:15.907
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<p>I have a PDF file that has audio embedded in it. In Windows the audio is played when I click the link after opening the pdf file in Adobe Reader.</p> <p>I opened the same file in adobe in Ubuntu, however am unable to play them, after clicking on the audio link, a dialog box pops up saying you need a media player to...
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22949
2012-08-25T21:44:57.517
2012-08-25T21:44:57.517
play audio that are embedded in pdf file
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2011-07-18T17:32:52.610
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<p>I have installed Kubuntu 11.04 (Natty) on my ThinkPad Edge E420 laptop. </p> <p>Unfortunately, the wireless is not working. I have got Windows 7 installed besides Kubuntu, and wireless is working with no problems there, so it has to be problem of the OS.</p> <p>What I tried:<br> I installed the official driver fro...
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2012-04-08T16:57:48.397
2012-04-08T16:57:48.397
Wireless on ThinkPad Edge E420s
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can try this</p>\n\n<p>In the default Ubuntu 11.04 install without any extra drivers downloaded from realtek website,</p>\n\n<p>a) Modify <code>/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf</code> and put an entry near the end <code>blacklist acer_wmi</code></p>\n\n<p>b) Reboot and pres...
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2011-07-18T17:36:52.470
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<p>Well , is there any way to "scrobble" to libre.fm using Banshee? (i'm on banshee 2.1)</p> <p>I found out that rhythmbox can do it, but i prefer banshee.</p>
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Is there any way to "scrobble" to libre.fm using Banshee?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a <a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579801\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug filed on bugzilla</a> for just this sort of request. Reading through the bug-report, it appears the developers are complaining about the authentication system libre.fm uses.</p>\n\n<p>Doesn...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a <a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579801\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug filed on bugzilla</a> for just this sort of request. Reading through the bug-report, it appears the developers are complaining about the authentication system libre.fm uses.</p>\n\n...
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2011-07-18T18:03:01.503
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<p>I'm toying around with binary code and ciphers and I've a chunk of text which I would like to reorganise in 8-character lines (those familiar with the topic will understand why). See: </p> <pre><code>010000100110010100100000011100110111010101110010011001 010010000001110100011011110010000001100100011100100110 100101...
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How to organize a block of text in 8-character lines?
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