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<p>I read that nginx works with OpenSSL. But since GnuTLS is the only software that provides TLS 1.2 support, it would be useful to combine that.</p> <p>So, how can I compile nginx with GnuTLS on Ubuntu? =)</p>
21826
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2014-11-15T23:42:16.090
Can I use nginx and GnuTLS together?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is not possible to use GnuTLS with nginx. Here are some source files having <code>ssl</code> in their names (from the <a href=\"http://hg.nginx.org/nginx/file/7d7eac6e31df\" rel=\"nofollow\">nginx 1.7.7 source</a>), GnuTLS does not seem to be mentioned:</p>\n\n<pre><code>a...
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2011-07-18T19:54:47.503
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<p>i'm traying to make an online radio in my home.</p> <p>I've been reading and found that i need a streaming software.</p> <p>I'm currently running Ubuntu 10.10.</p> <p>Any software you know?</p> <p>Thanks a lot!</p>
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2015-05-05T04:48:12.557
Is there any open source software to make a Online Streaming radio?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.icecast.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Icecast</a> is a well-known streaming media server that can do what you need. You're not too specific if you want to make a single radio station stream or just be able to have a network media player, in that case check out <a href=...
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2011-07-18T20:13:02.727
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<p>I got a new PC about a year ago and back then I tried to install Ubuntu beside Windows 7. I used my 3 month (back then) old CD I used to successfully install on my old computer beside of Windows XP. However in this computer, the CD itself boots fine and I can see the background and cursor. But the install screen doe...
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2015-05-31T18:17:27.353
2015-05-31T18:17:27.353
Install screen doesn't show on Ubuntu LiveCD/LiveUSB
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/alternative-download\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu Alternative Downloads</a>\nIt's a non-graphical installer but the end-result is the same.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T15:50:52...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/alternative-download\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu Alternative Downloads</a>\nIt's a non-graphical installer but the end-result is the same.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "201...
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2011-07-18T20:41:39.557
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<p>I am setting up Ubuntu with gnome for my grandma. How can I make firefox start ALWAYS maximized. </p>
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2011-07-18T20:43:15.047
2020-08-26T12:05:00.263
How do I make Firefox start always maximized?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Assuming you are using <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Compiz</a>, you can force an application window to have certain characteristics (e.g. fullscreen, always maximized) by tweaking some settings:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Install <a hre...
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2011-07-18T20:51:55.213
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<p>I've bougth Steel Storm, Burning Retribution in the Software Center, and every time I run it shows the following message:</p> <p><strong>You have reached this menu due to missing or unlocable content/data</strong></p> <p><strong>You may consider adding</strong></p> <p><em><strong>-base dir /path/to/game</em></str...
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2012-06-06T22:01:38.890
Can't play Steel Storm, Burning Retribution
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2011-07-18T21:27:29.490
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<p>After a minute or so all my sounds in different videos and formats gets late.</p> <p>I've tried to reinstall VLC but it didn't help. Please help I can't play any videos because of that. </p> <p>It's late about 1-2 seconds.</p> <p>All of the videos work perfectly in movie player!</p>
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2011-07-18T21:32:52.220
2012-03-26T14:17:49.587
Sound in VLC is out of sync
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>VLC and audio lag issues are perhaps more common than they really should be. Under Linux, pulse-audio seems to be a common thread.</p>\n\n<p>However there doesnt appear to be a magic \"fix\" to cure all.</p>\n\n<p>So here are a few things you could try:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Check that y...
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2011-12-09T21:31:40.003
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2011-07-18T21:44:12.250
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<p>When im using the ubuntu one android phone app for files which will automatically upload my pictures taken to the cloud and then to my desktop, if i delete them from my desktop then they should be removed from the phones gallery</p>
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2011-07-22T21:29:20.953
Ubuntu one files, deleting pictures from pc should remove them from phones gallery
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2018-01-03T15:35:04.977
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2011-07-18T21:54:47.023
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<p>After having these issues: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/50886/how-do-i-fix-broken-installation">How do I fix broken installation?</a></p> <p>... I've decided to reinstall Ubuntu (11.04). I need to do so from the command line. And, while I am reinstalling to clean up and solve some general, confusing pro...
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2011-08-09T07:54:10.643
What's a good way to reinstall (from the command line)?
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2011-07-18T21:56:10.487
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<p><a href="http://www.openprinting.org/" rel="nofollow">OpenPrinting.org</a> is a great resource and service. But using it can be cumbersome. It's great for checking the compatibility of certain printers, but doing the reverse is tedious. </p> <p>Is there a way to list all printers that come up compatible with a cert...
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2011-07-18T23:27:01.303
2011-07-19T02:21:50.783
Finding all 11.04 compatible printers?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is a list for cups: <a href=\"http://www.cups.org/ppd.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cups.org/ppd.php</a> which says '1234 printers found', listing always 20 per page. This would be 62 pages to download, easily doable with wget or a short shellscript and wget. </p>\n\...
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2011-07-18T22:27:53.877
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<p>I have recently got this cool device:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jjOE1.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>However, I can't find -any- information on it and ubuntu together, so i was wondering if any of you have any experience with this.</p> <p>I don't know anything about it, I can tel...
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2011-07-28T09:24:19.433
2011-07-28T09:24:19.433
Can I have my cyberglove p5 working?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A little searching with Google found this site about how you might be able to do it: <a href=\"http://www.noisybox.net/computers/p5glove/\" rel=\"nofollow\">P5 Glove &amp; Pure-Data in Linux</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T1...
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2011-07-18T22:31:37.970
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<p>I building applications using Qt4 to develop the UI and python 3.2 OS UBUNTU 10.04 Python 3.2 is installed but fails the following</p> <pre><code>from PyQt4.QtGui import * Traceback (most recent call last): File "&lt;pyshell#0&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt; from PyQt4.QtGui import * ImportError: /usr/local/l...
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2011-07-19T02:24:30.973
2011-07-19T02:24:30.973
Python 3.2 installation using UCS-4 environment
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2012-03-08T09:13:56.757
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2011-07-18T23:10:48.723
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<p>When windows are not maximized, the top panel is basically wasted space for me in Unity.</p> <p>Is there a way to make it autohide? i.e. make it appear on mouse over.</p>
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2011-11-18T20:19:51.857
2015-11-19T05:08:51.800
How do I autohide the top panel in Unity?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can't currently autohide the panel in Unity. It is also not a planned feature.</p>\n\n<p>There are ways you could possibly make the panel autohide:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Post an idea on <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/\">Ubuntu Brainstorm</a> to add this option and hope...
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2011-07-18T23:45:33.420
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<p>I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed on my desktop computer which has a device with a fixed address connected to a gigabit port which has a fixed address assigned to it. They happily communicate. Now I am trying to get the same application running on a ThinkPad T61 with the same device. I have Ubuntu 10.04.2 loaded on the ...
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2011-07-19T00:57:07.580
T61 ThinkPad, Ubuntu 10.04.2, fixed address, no connection
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you mean a static ip address? what happens when you do..</p>\n\n<pre><code>ifconfig eth0 192.168.100.107 down\n\nifconfig eth0 up\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T13:34:23.447", "id": "60197", ...
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2011-07-18T23:54:17.783
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<p><em>I have opened up <a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/165202" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this question</a> on launchpad too, but in the interest of getting a bigger response base I am posting it here, hoping someone will pick it up.</em></p> <p>Natty doesn't behave very well with the Intel 828...
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2011-09-21T04:25:52.840
2017-07-27T12:52:20.193
Fixing display issues on Intel 82845GL
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unity 2D is designed for old chipsets such as the 845 and 855 intel series.</p>\n\n<p>Your issues are most probably due to buggy old drivers together with Compiz incompatibilities.</p>\n\n<p>Suggest boot into recovery mode - with network support. Then install unity-2D</p>\n\n<ul>\n<...
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2011-07-19T00:39:26.710
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<p>When I hit the "Windows Key" and search for an application, the order is always incorrect (imo).</p> <p>As a very simple example, I'll search for "calc".</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/5ULJW.png" alt="Searching for Calc"></p> <p>The default Ubuntu calculator is 3rd from the left (next to the Calc widg...
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2011-07-19T02:19:28.230
2011-08-04T00:45:31.943
Sorting Unity 3D Search Results
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2011-07-19T01:10:27.253
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<p>This is my first post at here. I have been using Ubuntu for 3-4 years. However, I have been the only Ubuntu users among my physical circles (I get to know a lot of other users online). Recently, I have been able to convert my girlfriend to use Ubuntu as well and she loves it a lot.</p> <p>I have been thinking of se...
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2011-07-19T02:15:19.477
2011-08-03T12:34:50.500
How do I get started setting up a Small Office / Home Office?
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2011-07-19T01:24:45.597
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<p>LAMP server newbie here:</p> <p>I have a web server (on a VPS that I have full root access to), in which I'm setting up a few users with websites for.</p> <p>I have apache2 and php set up, and I have manually specified a few sites for them under the /etc/apache2/sites-enables directory (symlinking them from sites-...
21847
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2011-07-21T01:33:39.430
Give apache permission to write to /home/*/www/ directories
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Apache runs as a single user for all sites, so if you gave it access to write to /home/user1/www , user2 would also be able to write PHP scripts that can write to /home/user1/www. You need to run PHP outside of the normal methods to be able to separate users.</p>\n\n<p>There's a good...
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2011-07-19T02:40:35.207
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<p>I understand that ext4 if faster than NTFS. But whats the speed difference if its like &lt; 20MB/s, perhaps its better to use NTFS for convinence? What are the other implications of this apart from performance?</p>
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2016-11-15T01:36:38.053
What differences do I need to know choosing between ext4 and NTFS (Performance etc)
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What I do on my 500g drive is 200 Gig is ext4 300 Gig is Ntfs so what i want to share with my Windows Systems are on the 300 Gig partition. Then I just share the folders that i want the Windows Systems to see over the network. Besides its a good ideal to have a Storage Partit...
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2011-07-19T02:46:51.377
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<p>I'm trying to get the PHP mail() function to work. But it fails to send emails. I run Ubuntu 11.04. I installed sendmail.</p> <p>I opened the php.ini and set</p> <pre><code>; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i"). ; http://php.net/sendmail-path sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendm...
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21502
2011-07-20T13:41:27.967
2011-07-20T13:41:27.967
PHP Mail function and Sendmail
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T09:26:15.700", "id": "60163", "postId": "53680", "score": "0", "text": "Depends on the permission problems. Which errors do you get?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15110" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T15:37:58.670", "id": "60217", "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I did this</p>\n\n<p>sudo apt-get install postfix</p>\n\n<p>And now everything is running perfectly. Sendmail apparently isn't the answer. Postfix is.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try adding your user to mail group like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo adduser yourusername mail\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And if you are using PHP with HTTP server (such as Apache), you'll need to do this to:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo adduser www-data mail\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Apart f...
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53682
1
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2011-07-19T03:48:39.777
3
734
<p>I have a usb n64 controller adapter and I don't know how to calibrate it. I ran jscal and everything but the joystick portion still only registers half way. and when I do try to calibrate it, It thinks it has 12 axises!</p>
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235
2011-07-19T11:26:13.093
2024-02-10T20:12:14.107
How do I get a Huijia gamepad working?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I know this is an old post but I recently figured out how to do this myself after much searching, trial and error, etc.</p>\n<p>I wrote a detailed tutorial which I posted on my blog.<br />\nFeel free to distribute!</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://raopinion.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/m...
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53686
1
null
2011-07-19T05:43:33.143
7
31280
<p>On my nettop (nvidia ion) grub takes ~2 min to load (<a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/443113" rel="noreferrer">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/443113</a>). Can I use some alternative bootloader to work around this issue? How to set it up?</p>
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2022-10-07T23:00:40.233
Alternative to grub
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T06:03:30.370", "id": "60143", "postId": "53686", "score": "0", "text": "LILO is the other loader that gets a bit of attention. You could look into that.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21720" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T06:07:37.903", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Some alternatives to GRUB would be:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/burg/\" rel=\"nofollow\">BURG = Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://gag.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GAG = initials in spanish of Graphical Boot Mana...
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53688
1
53693
2011-07-19T05:45:04.820
100
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<p>Is it possible for me to make <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> perform a copy command <em>if there is highlighted text</em> in the terminal?<br> Otherwise, it should retain its normal behavior.</p> <p>(If there is a terminal that can do this other than gnome-terminal, that's probably fine too.)</p>
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2014-07-21T02:00:31.173
2022-01-08T10:09:34.527
Making Ctrl+C copy text in gnome-terminal?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-25T21:16:28.473", "id": "72310", "postId": "53688", "score": "1", "text": "You don't have to use the mouse; on a Mac keyboard you can use `shift`+`enter`+`fn`. And, on a 'normal' keyboard, I think it's `shift` and `insert`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can change the keybinding for Cut and Paste from the default <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> to what you say, namely <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd>, in the <em>Edit → Keyboard Shortcuts</em> ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think that you cannot because in gnome terminal <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>X</kbd>, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> do not work.\nFor cutting, copying and pasting you have to highlight the text, right click and choose the action you want to do</p>\n", ...
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53694
1
53695
2011-07-19T06:52:45.480
6
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<p>I wish to install a large number of programs from the software center on all my 8 machines. Installing each program individually would be time consuming so I decided to write a bash script for installing all these programs in 1 go. It looks something like this - </p> <pre><code>#! /bin/sh apt-get install xyz1 apt-g...
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2011-07-19T14:31:32.577
installing programs from the bash script
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all, you can use</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install pkg1 pkg2 ... pkg3\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and next, with the option <code>-y</code>, <code>apt-get</code> will not ask for confirmation.</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all, you can use</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install pkg1 pkg2 ... pkg3\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and next, with the option <code>-y</code>, <code>apt-get</code> will not ask for confirmation.</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creation...
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53699
1
53701
2011-07-19T07:49:30.777
0
670
<p>I have done a few Linux installation previously. So far, I think this disk partition scheme works the best for me.</p> <ul> <li>/ &ndash; 10GB</li> <li>swap &ndash; 2 x RAM size</li> <li>/home &ndash; rest</li> </ul> <p>This is great for me while distro hopping. I can wipe the / partition easily and re-use the /ho...
21846
19490
2011-07-19T09:13:10.937
2011-07-19T14:06:02.307
Disk partitioning
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T07:59:45.877", "id": "60156", "postId": "53699", "score": "0", "text": "This seems more like a discussion than a question. See http://askubuntu.com/faq#dontask", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19490" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T08:04:33.380...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no \"best\" partitioning scheme. It really depends on your usage. E.g. if you're running a MySQL database, you might want to create a dedicated <code>/var/lib/mysql</code> partition for it.</p>\n\n<p>10GB swap seems excessive and only useful if you need hibernation. 1xRAM + ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no \"best\" partitioning scheme. It really depends on your usage. E.g. if you're running a MySQL database, you might want to create a dedicated <code>/var/lib/mysql</code> partition for it.</p>\n\n<p>10GB swap seems excessive and only useful if you need hibernation. ...
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53702
1
53772
2011-07-19T08:26:33.427
3
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<p>I realize that there are a lot of information on here/Google about this, but I think my problem is different.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/0OVTG.jpg" alt="grub"></p> <p>I upgraded 9.10 -> 10.04 -> 10.10 -> 11.04. 11.04 failed and I was stuck at the grub prompt. As you can see in the photo, I'm having...
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2011-07-19T20:35:44.050
Grub prompt after upgrade to 11.04
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T10:21:06.697", "id": "60174", "postId": "53702", "score": "0", "text": "Have you tried the well known livecd+`chroot` method to restore grub?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2647" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T13:17:08.943", "id": "60191...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I booted the Ubuntu Server 11.04 CD and chose Rescure console. Clicked <kbd>Esc</kbd> until the main menu came up. Then selected <code>Execute a shell</code>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/HRHRA.jpg\" alt=\"rescure mode\"></p>\n\n<p>I followed the instructions over a...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I booted the Ubuntu Server 11.04 CD and chose Rescure console. Clicked <kbd>Esc</kbd> until the main menu came up. Then selected <code>Execute a shell</code>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/HRHRA.jpg\" alt=\"rescure mode\"></p>\n\n<p>I followed the instruction...
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53704
1
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2011-07-19T08:49:57.830
8
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<p>I was using gnome-shell and I forgot I wasn't using Compiz. I didn't pay all that much attention to my battery life as I think I was plugged in. Has anyone taken notice of the resource consumption of the two rendering methods?</p>
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2011-07-19T22:41:04.073
How does Mutter differ to Compiz in terms of its resource consumption?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T15:52:02.617", "id": "60220", "postId": "53704", "score": "0", "text": "I've not made stats, but it seems that Mutter really needs more resources to work... For example, running it in my Virtualbox environment while Unity and compiz work flawlessly Gnome Shell hangs...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I havent found anyone who has done a direct Mutter vs Compiz resource usage study.</p>\n\n<p>Its arguable that <a href=\"http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=linux_desktop_managers1&amp;num=1\">Phoronix</a> has done the closest to this looking recently at performanc...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I havent found anyone who has done a direct Mutter vs Compiz resource usage study.</p>\n\n<p>Its arguable that <a href=\"http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=linux_desktop_managers1&amp;num=1\">Phoronix</a> has done the closest to this looking recently at pe...
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53708
1
53763
2011-07-19T09:26:20.640
6
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<p>I have created rpm packages for a software along with debuginfo. For Ubuntu/Debian , I have only the software packaged as .deb but don't know how to create debuginfo .deb package. Please let me know how to create them.</p>
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2011-07-19T11:32:32.983
2011-07-19T20:03:34.913
How to create debuginfo package?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T14:26:49.067", "id": "60209", "postId": "53708", "score": "0", "text": "For users like me who have no clue what debuginfo is, see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Debuginfo", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6969" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Packages in the official archives have debug packages build for them automatically. They are stored in a different archive though. They will have the names <code>foo-dbgsym</code> You can access them by putting the following in your <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Packages in the official archives have debug packages build for them automatically. They are stored in a different archive though. They will have the names <code>foo-dbgsym</code> You can access them by putting the following in your <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code>:</p>\n\...
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53711
1
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2011-07-19T09:45:29.453
3
3739
<p>I am trying to set an environment variable system wide.</p> <p>Following the ubuntu site <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables#System-wide%20environment%20variables" rel="nofollow">recommendations</a> , I set it up to my /etc/environment file.</p> <p>The thing is when I log out and log in...
21861
21861
2011-07-19T11:29:43.110
2011-09-21T06:01:20.103
How to define an environment variable systemwide with /etc/environment?
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1
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T10:17:50.833", "id": "60172", "postId": "53711", "score": "0", "text": "Can you show the exact content of `/etc/environment` file? And I hope your logout/login sequence does not correspond to \"close terminal / open terminal\".", "userDisplayName": null, "us...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can define a variable like pythonpath like this <code>export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/home/chris/my_new_path/</code> this concatenates the existing data of your variable with the new path.</p>\n\n<p>You can check if your variable is set correctly with <code>echo $MY_VAR</c...
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53712
1
53715
2011-07-19T09:47:30.497
1
1902
<p>On a new EC2 Lucid AMI, I've tried:</p> <pre><code>$ locate include_prompt.sh </code></pre> <p>And got:</p> <pre><code>locate: can not stat () `/var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db': No such file or directory </code></pre> <p>I've created the locate database using <code>updatedb</code>, and it works fine.</p> <p>Do I ne...
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2024-01-13T21:29:11.257
locate, updatedb & cron
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Original question was about Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx).\nOne could read about updatedb being run daily here (link now disfunct)\n<a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/en/man8/updatedb.8.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/en/m...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Original question was about Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx).\nOne could read about updatedb being run daily here (link now disfunct)\n<a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/en/man8/updatedb.8.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lu...
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53713
1
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2011-07-19T09:48:44.663
15
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<p>I've been through all questions with the 'Shutdown' tag on this site - but this is different.</p> <p>I choose "Shutdown..." from the session menu. I then click "Shutdown" on the dialog that appears.</p> <p>Sometimes this does give me a shutdown and sometimes nothing happens and I am left with my desktop - which st...
21862
17722
2012-08-18T06:27:31.977
2012-12-23T02:36:59.910
Why does nothing happen when I click "Shutdown" from the "shutdown..." dialog?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-04-17T16:22:22.580", "id": "146601", "postId": "53713", "score": "0", "text": "which version of Ubuntu are you using? 11.04? Do you have any network shares mounted? I just had this problem today with Kubuntu 12.04.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "36661" },...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Do a wright click on your session menu bar. Then there is a possibility to add something to this panel. So add the shutdown button who does appears. This always work. I had the same problem and now i use this button.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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53716
1
53718
2011-07-19T10:14:20.167
4
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/52025/where-can-i-find-a-unity-configuration-file">Where can I find a Unity configuration file?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Where the configuration file of unity launcher is located? Settings which are available thro...
21863
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:00.673
2011-07-19T10:45:12.700
Where the configuration file of unity launcher is located?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>GSettings/dconf works with a single file located at ~/.config/dconf/user - you cannot edit that directly, but either via dconf-editor or the <code>gsettings</code> command.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": "2011-07-19T10:45:12.700", "contentL...
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2011-07-19T15:08:56.787
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53719
1
53725
2011-07-19T10:46:20.703
4
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/32764/using-alt-keycode-for-accents">Using ALT + Keycode for accents?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>When I press <kbd>alt</kbd> + number it doesn't print symbols as it does on Windows. For example, <kbd>alt</kbd> + 33 ...
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2018-11-14T18:14:36.463
2018-11-14T18:14:36.463
Alt key codes don't work on Ubuntu
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1
1
CC BY-SA 4.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T11:15:44.557", "id": "60178", "postId": "53719", "score": "0", "text": "See this http://askubuntu.com/questions/32764/using-alt-keycode-for-accents. It answers your question.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "17362" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Press combination and type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gnome-keyboard-properties\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Choose layout tab, and push the parameters button, in opened window, you will need to choose \"Compose key position\". For example - let's select Caps Lock. That's it. Try for press Caps Loc...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Press combination and type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gnome-keyboard-properties\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Choose layout tab, and push the parameters button, in opened window, you will need to choose \"Compose key position\". For example - let's select Caps Lock. That's it. Try for press ...
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2011-07-19T15:10:15.383
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53729
1
53733
2011-07-19T13:51:44.983
1
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<p>I have 320 GB hard drive which is partitioned as follows:</p> <ul> <li>/ is 16 GB, and is reiserfs</li> <li>/home is 300 GB, and is reiserfs</li> <li>swap is 4 GB</li> </ul> <p>Now I want to install Windows and have a dual-boot system, but I don't have a free partition. I have more than enough free space on the /h...
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2011-07-19T14:06:47.743
2011-07-19T14:06:47.743
Resizing my /home partition
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Boot from the livecd and use <code>gparted</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T14:08:52.877", "id": "60203", "postId": "53733", "score": "0", "text": "IMHO this answer would benefit from being elaborat...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Boot from the livecd and use <code>gparted</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T14:08:52.877", "id": "60203", "postId": "53733", "score": "0", "text": "IMHO this answer would ben...
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53730
1
null
2011-07-19T13:52:15.823
1
626
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37193/how-to-stop-wifi-disconnection-when-eth0-link-becomes-ready">How to stop wifi disconnection when eth0 link becomes ready?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have got two active network connections on my system:</p> ...
21871
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:04.307
2011-07-19T14:37:30.027
select which network used for internet access
[ "10.04" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>My guess would be, that your static network sets the default gateway. That way, all your internet traffic gets then routed to some other machine without connection to the internet. </p>\n\n<p>Have a look what </p>\n\n<pre><code>route\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>tells you. If the def...
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2011-07-19T15:10:08.690
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53731
1
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2011-07-19T13:56:22.763
3
7938
<p>I am running Ubuntu 11.04 and I ran a very RAM intensive program.</p> <p>When I try to log in after reboot, I receive an error message:</p> <blockquote> <p>The configuration defaults for Gnome Power Management have not been installed correctly</p> </blockquote> <p>And I cannot log in, except as root.</p> <p>...
21872
32886
2012-01-03T23:42:02.460
2012-06-14T22:21:57.657
/proc/kcore very big
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2013-08-17T14:03:39.997", "id": "425038", "postId": "53731", "score": "0", "text": "A have a \"file\" of 128T too in `proc` and my system works well as far as I know :-)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5348" }, { "creationDate": "2014-02-19T11:54:04.590",...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you understand what you say you understand, then you would know that this is not a/the problem. Nothing in /proc takes up any space on the disk. You need to look elsewhere for what is taking up space. The same goes for /sys, and /dev.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", ...
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53738
1
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2011-07-19T14:46:39.217
2
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<p>I have a simple 9.10 Ubuntu server hosted in VirtualBox on a Windows 7 machine.</p> <h2>Overview of issues</h2> <ul> <li>Tomcat crashes </li> <li>Something about a zombie process</li> <li>Can't get to the shell</li> </ul> <hr> <p>This VM's been runing fine for almost a year, as have two other VMs that are nearly...
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2013-08-30T01:57:40.670
2013-08-30T01:57:40.670
Can't get to bash in 9.10 Server VM, zombie process and hung tomcat
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T15:06:22.013", "id": "60219", "postId": "53738", "score": "0", "text": "Can you ssh to this server (from the host box)?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19601" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>My first guess is that you are seeing the VM <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrashing_%28computer_science%29\" rel=\"nofollow\">trashing</a>, probably because of a virtual disk running out of space. [I've seen similar strangeness when I have had my / volume filled and...
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53745
1
53776
2011-07-19T16:08:07.913
16
21243
<p>Is there any compositing built in Lubuntu? I do not mean installing compiz but rather something simple like Metacity compositing to satisfy apps that require it.</p>
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2018-08-25T14:05:06.597
Compositing in Lubuntu
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>LXDE is by design a light-weight graphical environment with no direct composite manager.</p>\n\n<p>Lubuntu does have the X composite extensions built in though with allows you to install a composite manager of your choice, for example</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>xcompmgr - a basic lightweight c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>LXDE is by design a light-weight graphical environment with no direct composite manager.</p>\n\n<p>Lubuntu does have the X composite extensions built in though with allows you to install a composite manager of your choice, for example</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>xcompmgr - a basic light...
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53748
1
null
2011-07-19T17:54:57.763
4
9815
<p>I have a large iptables ruleset that I manage with my own bash script. Most of the commands in the script are simple, single-statment iptables commands. I am trying to improve the script by adding success/failure output as the script executes.</p> <p>I have the script broken out into different sections. One example...
21881
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2013-12-12T14:50:17.157
Bash Script: catching errors in a block of statements
[ "bash", "command-line", "scripts", "debug", "iptables" ]
3
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T18:14:01.497", "id": "60234", "postId": "53748", "score": "0", "text": "This seems like it's better fit for Unix&Linux, or StackOverflow, due to its Linux-related nature, but not Ubuntu-related nature.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" }, { ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You mean something like this?</p>\n\n<pre><code>ok=1\n\n#Start FORWARD section\necho -ne \"Applying FORWARD rules...\"\n\n#rule 1\n/sbin/iptables -A FOWRARD... || ok=0\n\n#rule 2 \n/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD... || ok=0\n\necho -ne \"\\t\\t\\t\"\nif [ $ok -eq 1 ]; then\n echo ...
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53749
1
53761
2011-07-19T17:59:06.440
8
3597
<p>I use VirtualBox (not the OSE version) which I installed (following the instructions at <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads">www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads</a>) using this repository:</p> <p><code>deb <a href="http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian">http://download.virtualbox....
20890
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2011-09-09T14:05:03.093
Virtualbox is not updating to Version 4.1. Why?
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3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Oracle treat point releases (4.x) as new releases, not upgrades (4.x.y).</p>\n\n<p>As such - for stability reasons, some people continue with, for example, 4.0.x until either support for 4.0 is withdrawn, or sufficient bugs are flattened in the new <a href=\"http://forums.virtualbox....
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53750
1
null
2011-07-19T18:04:31.097
2
4605
<p>What is the shortcut to insert special characters in OpenOffice? In MS Word we type <kbd>Alt-0-1-8-8</kbd> to insert krutidev10. This shortcut is very important for us to be able to work quickly.</p>
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9675
2011-07-20T17:42:10.920
2011-07-20T17:42:10.920
How do I insert special characters in Open Office?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T18:10:41.910", "id": "60233", "postId": "53750", "score": "1", "text": "Does this work for you? http://askubuntu.com/questions/358/how-can-i-type-special-characters-like-e", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I believe that the answer was posted in:</p>\n\n<p>alt key codes on Ubuntu 10.04 doesn't work [closed]</p>\n\n<p>The answer was:</p>\n\n<p>See this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/32764/using-alt-keycode-for-accents\">askubuntu.com/questions/32764/using-alt-keycode-...
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53751
1
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2011-07-19T18:24:26.470
2
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<p>I am using Ubuntu in Turkish and when click on Ubuntu One, it does not start. However when using Ubuntu in English it works. So I want Ubuntu One to work in Turkish Ubuntu. What should I do?</p>
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114
2011-07-19T19:14:49.117
2011-07-19T19:14:49.117
Ubuntu One is not starting
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-23T20:43:56.597", "id": "124786", "postId": "53751", "score": "0", "text": "[What to do with questions that describe known bugs?](http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-known-bugs/) this has been reported on [Launchpad](https:/...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You are most likely experiencing <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/+bug/467397\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug #467397</a>. A possible workaround is described <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/+bug/467397/comments/8\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>: ...
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2012-02-23T20:44:00.403
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53752
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2011-07-19T18:26:41.117
4
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/33043/can-i-change-the-unity-launcher-transparency">Can I change the Unity Launcher transparency?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Unity 3d icons and launcher: </p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1LoEF.png" alt=...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:07.007
2011-10-21T06:54:27.303
Is there a way to set Unity 3d's dock/launcher to be completely opaque like Unity 2d's?
[ "unity", "icons", "transparency" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-21T02:45:32.627", "id": "60515", "postId": "53752", "score": "0", "text": "I tried it some time ago, but actually it's impossible. Hope it change!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21195" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As discussed in <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/33043/can-i-change-the-unity-launcher-transparency\">this question</a>, you can adjust the background opacity if you use unity-df.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, ...
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2011-10-21T11:06:09.220
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53753
1
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2011-07-19T18:37:53.920
1
736
<p>As you Ubuntu folks know, Canonical has switched away from the gnome desktop in favor of Unity for Natty. However, you can still access Gnome through a "classic" option in the login screen. Since I can't live without bluetile (a tiling window manager) I've been sticking with the "classic" option but then launching b...
21884
114
2011-07-19T18:41:57.073
2011-12-20T17:09:36.660
How do I configure a Bluetile session in GDM?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have a look into the documentation under <a href=\"http://www.bluetile.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.bluetile.org</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>One way to set up Bluetile as your default window manager under GNOME\n is to make sure that the environment variable WINDOW_M...
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53760
1
53773
2011-07-19T19:47:25.950
3
3978
<p>Many <a href="https://github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate/wiki/nginx.conf" rel="nofollow">sites</a> recommend using 'deferred' with the listen directive for nginx. Is this necessary on the Ubuntu installation or is "listen 80" sufficient with 'deferred' on by default?</p> <pre><code>listen 80 default deferred; #...
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2011-07-19T19:49:35.230
2011-07-19T20:36:50.663
Does nginx use "deferred" as the default for the listen directive?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>deferred</code> is not enabled by default on Ubuntu, there is no patch that enables it by default.</p>\n\n<p>Below is my attempt to get an understanding of what the option does.</p>\n\n<p>From the reference at <a href=\"http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#listen\">http://wiki....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>deferred</code> is not enabled by default on Ubuntu, there is no patch that enables it by default.</p>\n\n<p>Below is my attempt to get an understanding of what the option does.</p>\n\n<p>From the reference at <a href=\"http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#listen\">http...
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53762
1
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2011-07-19T19:53:14.917
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<p>I wanted to install a package to monitor the temperature of my CPU called <a href="https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/lm-sensors/" rel="noreferrer">lm-sensors</a><a href="http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/lm-sensors" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://hostmar.co/software-small" alt="Install lm-sensors"></a>.</p> <p>Acc...
21887
-1
2017-03-11T19:00:02.773
2022-08-02T18:58:46.303
How to use lm-sensors?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Once <code>lm-sensors</code> is installed you need to reach for your terminal:</p>\n\n<p>type</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo sensors-detect\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>just press ENTER for everything it suggests (shown in Uppercase)</p>\n\n<p>At the end it will ask you whether to add what it finds ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/lm-sensors\" rel=\"noreferrer\">lm-sensors</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/lm-sensors\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install lm-sensors\" /></a></h2>\n<p>is a set of tools to control and vi...
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53766
1
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2011-07-19T20:08:47.233
1
2299
<p>How the heck do I install the latest version of <strong>Secondlife</strong> for <strong>natty?</strong> I have it in archive manager and now I am stuck, I have tried tutorials and nothing helps. </p> <p>I am new to ubuntu and need much help. If someone could tell me commands to run that would help I have secondlife...
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2011-07-20T13:01:36.410
2013-11-11T00:32:13.343
How do I install Secondlife?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>1) You need to unpack the packet you downloaded. You can do it with archive manager. You can also do it from command line - since <a href=\"http://secondlife.com/support/downloads/\" rel=\"nofollow\">the linux packet available for download from Second Life</a> looks like a ta...
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53770
1
53783
2011-07-19T20:23:13.387
43
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<p>How can I encode and decode <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding">percent-encoded</a> (URL encoded) strings on the command line?</p> <p>I'm looking for a solution that can do this:</p> <pre><code>$ percent-encode "ændrük" %C3%A6ndr%C3%BCk $ percent-decode "%C3%A6ndr%C3%BCk" ændrük </code></pre>
1859
1859
2011-07-19T21:45:44.500
2021-12-22T15:14:49.513
How can I encode and decode percent-encoded strings on the command line?
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T21:13:23.083", "id": "60253", "postId": "53770", "score": "0", "text": "Do you want to incorporate different encodings too? `%E6ndr%FCk` doesn't look like (standard) UTF8 to me. Or it's just an example?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9340" }, { ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>These commands do what you want (using Python 2):</p>\n<pre><code>python -c &quot;import urllib, sys; print urllib.quote(sys.argv[1])&quot; æ\npython -c &quot;import urllib, sys; print urllib.unquote(sys.argv[1])&quot; %C3%A6\n</code></pre>\n<p>If you want to encode spaces as <code>+...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I found a package, <code>renameutils</code>, that contain the utility <code>deurlname</code> that is able to rename a file containing \"percent-encoded\" characters.</p>\n\n<p>Unfortunately, it does not decode stdin or a command line option, but only rename a file, so you hav...
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53775
1
53816
2011-07-19T20:44:25.357
0
596
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ocj35.jpg" alt="weird screen"></p> <p>I got this after upgrading to 11.04 <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/53702/grub-prompt-after-upgrade-to-11-04">with some issues</a>. It must be tty7, since <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>7</kbd> does nothing. I can change to tty[...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:20.487
2012-02-27T07:55:57.737
Weird looking screen after Ubuntu Server 11.04 boot
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Temporarily edit your grub boot settting: remove <code>vga=something</code> and replace it with <code>nomodeset</code>. If you can boot normally to the desktop, do your troubleshooting and perhaps install/uninstall proprietary graphics driver or maybe remove any unsuitable graphics o...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Temporarily edit your grub boot settting: remove <code>vga=something</code> and replace it with <code>nomodeset</code>. If you can boot normally to the desktop, do your troubleshooting and perhaps install/uninstall proprietary graphics driver or maybe remove any unsuitable gr...
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53778
1
53788
2011-07-19T21:09:46.437
1
2411
<p>I'm trying out Gnome Shell in 11.04. You can push the "activities" key to get into the overview where you can launch applications. I like the idea of the overview as an aid in switching focus, but it's too slow for just launching an application. <strong>Is Gnome Shell going to implement, or does it have, a way to la...
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4203
2011-11-28T02:01:57.303
2011-11-28T16:43:17.383
Non-Full-Screen Application Launcher in Gnome 3?
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3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-11-28T02:03:28.503", "id": "94367", "postId": "53778", "score": "0", "text": "Well Gnome Shell fallback has a non-fullscreen , old school menu, i'm sure there is an extension for the Shell like the new Mint menu to name one, which allows you to have a regular menu IN Gnom...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~synapse-core/+archive/ppa\" rel=\"nofollow\">Synapse</a>.</p>\n\n<p>It requires zeitgeist, and offers some very useful features, such as quick keyboard shortcuts, plugins, themes, etc.</p>\n\n<p>In response to your edit: no, they will not implemen...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~synapse-core/+archive/ppa\" rel=\"nofollow\">Synapse</a>.</p>\n\n<p>It requires zeitgeist, and offers some very useful features, such as quick keyboard shortcuts, plugins, themes, etc.</p>\n\n<p>In response to your edit: no, they will not ...
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53781
1
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2011-07-19T21:16:07.603
35
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<p>I'd like to be able to display the current location of the pointer on the X display. Is there any application which does this?</p>
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2011-07-19T22:11:04.643
2020-05-31T21:16:09.683
Application which will display the current coordinates of the mouse cursor?
[ "software-recommendation", "xorg" ]
5
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-19T21:33:32.760", "id": "60254", "postId": "53781", "score": "1", "text": "I found a solution.\n\nThere's a package called xdotool that has an application named getmouselocation.\nIt works like this:\n\n\nsconklin@xps-1:~$ xdotool getmouselocation\nx:1285 y:10 screen:0...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/en/man1/xev.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><code>xev</code></a> from the command line shows this. Try the following.</p>\n\n<pre><code>xev\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Current coordinates are displayed as <code>root:(&lt;x&gt;,&lt;y&gt...
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53791
1
54498
2011-07-19T23:18:01.217
7
7647
<p>I encounter grave problems trying to print PDF-files, no matter whether I use Evince, Okular or any other linux program. The Documents are printed extremely slowly or even completely fail to print at all. I have tried printing from various Ubuntu-Installations on different network-printers (canon and lexmark), with ...
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2012-06-19T10:01:58.250
Printing PDF-files via network extremely slow
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2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-24T16:58:23.350", "id": "61016", "postId": "53791", "score": "0", "text": "Is it just network printing? Can you print to a locally printer via `xpdf` - i.e. using LPR not CUPS. Possibly this old bug is still occurring - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppl...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here are a few suggestions to try:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>use xpdf: i.e. <code>xpdf &lt;document name&gt;</code> should automatically direct to your default printer</li>\n<li>if its a laser printer try adding a printer with using \"Generic\" as the manufacturer, and \"Generic PCL5e printer...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here are a few suggestions to try:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>use xpdf: i.e. <code>xpdf &lt;document name&gt;</code> should automatically direct to your default printer</li>\n<li>if its a laser printer try adding a printer with using \"Generic\" as the manufacturer, and \"Generic PCL5e...
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53795
1
null
2011-07-19T23:28:09.087
4
5675
<p>I've a USB bluetooth dongle </p> <pre><code>root@maiko-cce-lin:~# lsusb | grep Bluetooth Bus 001 Device 007: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode) </code></pre> <p>that isn't working properly, hardly-ever it works but stops working in my next reboot.</p> <p>what I've tried</p> <p>...
14335
52125
2012-03-26T11:02:45.207
2012-03-26T11:02:45.207
How do I make my USB Bluetooth dongle work in Ubuntu 11.04 ? (Can't init device hci0: Connection timed out (110))
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-03-04T10:10:36.923", "id": "129399", "postId": "53795", "score": "0", "text": "Hello, this question has no information and activity for a very long time. I am closing it for now. If by any reason you think this question is still viable or useful in anyways or that there i...
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2012-03-04T10:10:23.117
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53802
1
53839
2011-07-20T00:23:26.817
5
8619
<p>I'm having a problem with my Ubuntu and my subwoofer. It won't work until I go into sound preferences -> output tab and re-select the device. Two devices are displayed: 1: Internal Audio analog surround 5.1 (this is the one I have to use) 2: HDA NVidia Digital Stera (HDMI)</p> <p>The problem is that this isn't some...
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null
2016-08-29T20:32:24.217
subwoofer sound preferences problem
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T01:06:07.920", "id": "60274", "postId": "53802", "score": "0", "text": "What is your sound card setup?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1177" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T01:24:19.860", "id": "60277", "postId": "53802", "score": ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is just a guess, but in <code>/etc/pulse/daemon.conf</code> set <code>enable-lfe-remixing: no</code> to <code>yes</code> and make sure it is not commented (has no semicolon in front of it). If you made changes, save them and restart your system (or just pulseaudio).</p>\n", "c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is just a guess, but in <code>/etc/pulse/daemon.conf</code> set <code>enable-lfe-remixing: no</code> to <code>yes</code> and make sure it is not commented (has no semicolon in front of it). If you made changes, save them and restart your system (or just pulseaudio).</p>\...
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53808
1
53815
2011-07-20T03:27:04.013
4
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<p>I deleted a folder today while I was thinking I had clicked on another one. Is there any log that I can search to find the name of the folder I just deleted?</p> <p>The files deleted were probably not important (it was a subfolder of a folder I keep movies) so I don't need to recover them - I just need the name of...
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2011-07-20T03:47:17.400
2011-07-20T07:42:27.710
Is there any log kept of the files I delete?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No, besides sending files to Trash before actually deleting there is no registration of what was deleted. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T05:06:07.730", "id": "60288", "postId": "53815", "score": "0", "te...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No, besides sending files to Trash before actually deleting there is no registration of what was deleted. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T05:06:07.730", "id": "60288", "postId": "53815", "...
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53809
1
53820
2011-07-20T03:27:44.903
7
13543
<p>On Windows, I often find the executable of an application associated with its data inside <code>Program Files\AppXXX\</code>. The equivalent executable can be found under <code>/usr/bin</code>, but where is its data located? For example, I installed MikTex but I couldn't find its data. Thank you.</p>
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2011-07-20T03:45:55.827
2011-07-21T23:47:28.500
Where is application data stored?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T03:34:21.453", "id": "60283", "postId": "53809", "score": "1", "text": "Thanks everyone, I just found those folders under `\\usr\\share`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9440" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T07:52:48.000", "id": "60301", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If the package is installed through the package management system, you can show its files with the command </p>\n\n<pre><code>dpkg -L package-name\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation...
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53812
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53823
2011-07-20T04:30:44.453
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<p>After installing a bunch of new application indicators, I realized that I was using a lot of the top-bar space, and wanted to get rid of some default indicators to have more space. Is this somehow possible?</p>
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2011-07-20T13:03:35.877
How can I remove the default application indicators, like the power or the volume indicator, in Unity?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can uninstall the individual indicator packages entirely using <code>Synaptic Package Manager</code>, or blacklist the indicator icons using <code>Gconf-editor</code>.</p>\n\n<p>For example, I've removed the <code>indicator-me</code> package that shows username and chat status.</...
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53813
1
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2011-07-20T04:40:56.407
4
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<p>I constantly get to a situation where my 1-2 character tab titles are cut, as I have over 20 tabs open. One way to solve my problem, would be to decrease the font size of the tab titles. Any idea how can this be done?</p> <hr> <p>Thanks desgua, indeed I do decrease the system font to a certain degree (Application...
21902
52
2011-08-09T14:34:14.333
2012-04-05T09:09:02.463
How to set terminal tab titles font size?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can go to menu > System > Preferences > Appearance and change the font size of \"Application font\". </p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-09T14:38:32.477", "id": "63884", "postId": "56388", "s...
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53814
1
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2011-07-20T04:42:10.760
2
5112
<p>I'm using HCL P30 laptop with 1280x800 60 Hz default resolution. But none of the Ubuntu versions are capable of detecting my monitor.In 11.04 the resolution is 1024x768 61 Hz. When I run xrandr command in terminal,it returns</p> <blockquote> <p>xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default<br> Screen ...
21903
235
2012-02-03T00:46:11.137
2012-02-03T00:46:11.137
Unable to detect monitor: "Failed to get size of gamma for output default"
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This output means that you're using the VESA drivers, meaning that Ubuntu was unable to load a driver specifically for your graphics card.</p>\n\n<p>You may want to try using \"Additional drivers\" to see if any are offered for your graphics card.</p>\n\n<p>Also, if you updat...
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53821
1
57636
2011-07-20T06:06:37.193
4
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<p>I have a Samsung Galaxy Pro with Android Froyo which has 8GB worth of songs and I want to sync those with banshee on my home desktop which runs Ubuntu Natty 64 bit. There are videos on Youtube which show HTC syncing with Banshee, but when I connect my Samsung Galaxy Pro to my Ubuntu desktop using a USB cable, it doe...
7600
570
2011-08-18T15:51:39.400
2011-08-18T15:51:39.400
How to sync a Samsung Galaxy Pro with Banshee?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-21T03:53:02.110", "id": "60473", "postId": "53821", "score": "0", "text": "did those videos have any instructions given in their descriptions for how they set up sync?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "18612" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't have a Samsung Galaxy Pro, but I do have a Captivate which is a Samsung Galaxy S model. The Galaxy Pro is a Galaxy S II model, but there's a good chance that they interact with Ubuntu in a similar way.</p>\n\n<p>In order to get syncing with Banshee to work, I needed to turn o...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't have a Samsung Galaxy Pro, but I do have a Captivate which is a Samsung Galaxy S model. The Galaxy Pro is a Galaxy S II model, but there's a good chance that they interact with Ubuntu in a similar way.</p>\n\n<p>In order to get syncing with Banshee to work, I needed t...
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53822
1
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2011-07-20T07:02:29.773
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<p>Trying to run a Ubuntu server for the first time... But everything is in a terminal. Is there a way to switch to a GUI? </p>
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2018-05-25T08:45:12.153
2023-01-25T21:15:23.023
How do you run Ubuntu Server with a GUI?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Gathering from what you are saying I assume you would like one of two things:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Re-install MacOS</li>\n<li>Install a GUI on the (already cleanly wiped) system.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>Am I correct in this?</p>\n\n<p>If it's the first, you should mark this and ask a M...
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53835
1
53949
2011-07-20T08:44:40.933
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<p>I would like to create customized Ubuntu installation CD.</p> <p>Here is what I want a customized Ubuntu Installation CD to do:</p> <ol> <li><p>Do not display any Installation Screens of Ubuntu.</p></li> <li><p>Manually, set default values of all Installation Screens (such as Keybord, timezone, login username and ...
21179
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2016-05-20T17:50:27.170
How do I create a customized CD that doesn't display any installation screens?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can decide many of the answers to the installer questions in advance, using <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/installation-guide/amd64/apb.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">preseeding</a>. If the answer is decided in advance, the installer should not prompt the user for input.</p>\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can decide many of the answers to the installer questions in advance, using <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/installation-guide/amd64/apb.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">preseeding</a>. If the answer is decided in advance, the installer should not prompt the user for inpu...
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53841
1
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2011-07-20T10:07:31.887
1
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<p>I need to set up local network between Ubuntu Server 11.04 in VirtualBox and my 11.04 desktop. Best of all would be 127.0.0.1 for main, and 192.168.0.100 for virtulal machine. </p> <p>My ifconfig -a</p> <pre><code> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:66:71:33:00 inet addr:192.168.0.243 Bcas...
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2011-07-24T15:12:43.677
Local network in virtualbox 4?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You should make sure that your home router isn't using 192.168.0.1 as it's IP address. You could inadvertently take down your home network with duplicate IP's.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA...
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53844
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53845
2011-07-20T10:40:01.760
3
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<p>Is there any software in ubuntu which is similar than total commander, I tried Krusader, but that is too weak, don't have that many features that TC.</p>
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2015-11-17T10:03:37.093
Software like total commander
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://168hours.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/10-total-commander-alternatives-for-linux/\" rel=\"nofollow\">10 Total Commander Alternatives for Linux</a></p>\n\n<p>It's a three years old the post, but I don't think it is a problem.</p>\n\n<p>A recommended file manager for Linux ...
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53846
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2011-07-20T11:08:26.827
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<p>How do I get the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5">MD5</a> hash of a string directly from the terminal?</p> <p>For example, I want the string <code>abcdefg</code> hashed. Currently the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum">md5sum</a> command only accepts a filename as input. I want to simply enter ...
19755
10883
2011-07-23T00:18:25.527
2020-07-30T09:57:20.703
How to get the MD5 hash of a string directly in the terminal?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can also say something like this : </p>\n\n<pre><code>~$ echo -n Welcome | md5sum\n83218ac34c1834c26781fe4bde918ee4 -\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It basically does the same thing as described by @enzotib, but is perhaps a bit simpler.</p>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ ...
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53850
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2011-07-20T11:35:39.450
3
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<p>I wanted to ask if it were possible to configure the unity search results in this way:</p> <ul> <li>installed programs are always shown expanded.</li> <li>programs "ready for installation" are removed and not included in the search.</li> </ul> <p>I am sure ŕemoving the search and display for not installed programs...
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6005
2011-08-10T13:55:09.340
2013-01-23T06:53:54.090
Can I configure Unity search result behavior?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Both of these are currently unconfigurable in Unity in 11.10 and 11.04, sorry.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-10-08T14:34:26.020", "id": "64821", "las...
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53851
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2011-07-20T11:42:31.370
1
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/17309/video-converter-ogv-to-avi-or-another-more-common-format">Video converter: ogv to avi (or another more common format)</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm making tutorials with recordmyDesktop. The thing is that the...
21314
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:00.673
2011-07-20T11:42:31.370
How to convert .ogv to .avi?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2011-07-20T12:44:22.387
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53854
1
53865
2011-07-20T12:10:37.047
2
6600
<p>I am trying to install ruby on a server which does not have connection to internet. I have copied ruby-1.9.2-p180.tar into ~/.rvm/archives. I tried to run rvm install ruby-1.9.2-p180 after that, but it still tries to download the file from the internet. How do I get this to install the tarfile which is inside the ar...
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2011-07-20T14:08:16.473
how to install ruby offline?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T13:25:21.317", "id": "60348", "postId": "53854", "score": "0", "text": "Is there any reason why you can't just install the `ruby1.9.1-full` package using an [offline installation method](http://askubuntu.com/q/974/667)?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Figured it out! There is a nice little tutorial on how to do offline rvm installation. \n<a href=\"http://groups.google.com/group/rubyversionmanager/browse_thread/thread/1d5dda17c41565bb\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://groups.google.com/group/rubyversionmanager/browse_thread/thread/1d5dda1...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Figured it out! There is a nice little tutorial on how to do offline rvm installation. \n<a href=\"http://groups.google.com/group/rubyversionmanager/browse_thread/thread/1d5dda17c41565bb\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://groups.google.com/group/rubyversionmanager/browse_thread/thread...
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53856
1
55715
2011-07-20T12:21:45.637
5
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<p>Up until version 11.04 of ubuntu I could simply add an option to my X InputClass to emulate a third mouse button for my HP TrackPoint like this:</p> <pre><code>Section "InputClass" Identifier "Trackpoint" MatchIsPointer "on" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "True" EndSection </code></pre> <p>I recently updated...
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2016-05-22T15:24:43.537
Third mouse-button emulation
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The bug seems to be fixed now. Without me reporting it.</p>\n\n<p>In 12.04 and 12.10 the settings can be found with dconf-editor or dconf in <code>/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/middle-button-enabled</code> and persist over standby and reboot.</p>\n", "commentCount": ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The bug seems to be fixed now. Without me reporting it.</p>\n\n<p>In 12.04 and 12.10 the settings can be found with dconf-editor or dconf in <code>/org/gnome/settings-daemon/peripherals/mouse/middle-button-enabled</code> and persist over standby and reboot.</p>\n", "comme...
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53857
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2011-07-20T12:57:53.103
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<p>I've heard a lot of good things about e-text-editor. <a href="https://github.com/ajpalkovic/e" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/ajpalkovic/e</a> I'm not an expert at compiling stuff so can anyone help me by showing me how compile it. Or can anyone compile it and upload it some where</p>
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10616
2011-07-22T12:47:51.633
2011-07-22T12:47:51.633
How do I compile e-text-editor?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need to follow the <a href=\"https://github.com/ajpalkovic/e/blob/master/linux-notes.txt\" rel=\"nofollow\">linux instructions</a>.</p>\n\n<p>To get the code, make sure <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/git\" rel=\"nofollow\">git</a> is installed then open a teminal and r...
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53870
1
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2011-07-20T14:34:48.603
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<p>First of all - yes, i acted like a fool. I decided to change password in 11.04, and process took so long, so i hit cancel and then even turned laptop off, because everything was dead. After that i turned it back on and got all those errors about .ICEAuthority update, and Nautilus not able to create Desktop and .naut...
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null
2011-07-20T14:34:48.603
Desktop not loading after unsuccessfull password change
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T15:25:22.887", "id": "60365", "postId": "53870", "score": "0", "text": "This is usually a permissions issue. Check the permissions and ownership on your home folder.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9340" }, { "creationDate": "2012-03-17T16:37:5...
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2012-03-17T19:19:47.270
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2011-07-20T14:50:41.810
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<p>I need to upgrade an old install of Jaunty (9.04). Following the guide from <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/47807/how-do-i-upgrade-from-9-04-to-10-04-2">here</a>, I wanted to download a CD image for Karmic, but it's neither available from <a href="http://releases.ubuntu.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http:/...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-07-20T19:58:53.193
Why is Karmic (9.10) neither available from "releases" nor from "old-releases"?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>We're waiting for a new machine with some more storage to come on line (should be within next couple of days). As soon as its available, Karmic images will be back. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0",...
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53872
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2011-07-20T14:52:02.570
2
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<p>I have a new Lenovo Thinkpad with an Intel SSD. I want to set up full disk encryption with pre-authentication boot. From reading I see there is a Guided Setup with Encryption option on the alternate CD installer. If I select this and follow the prompts, will I be all set? Are there any specific partitions or anythin...
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null
2013-01-18T00:50:31.237
How do I set up Full Disk Encryption on an SSD?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There's no special considerations at all for SSD versus spinning HDD.</p>\n\n<p>And if you're comfortable using the Ubuntu Alternate Installer, it's fairly straightforward to <a href=\"http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Install/ServerLVM\">setup full disk encryption</a>.</p>\n", ...
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53873
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53901
2011-07-20T14:52:06.723
1
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<p>I installed KDE over my Ubuntu 10.04 installation. Now when I log into gnome I get the KDE default cursor instead of the usual one. It's a minor issue but one I'd like to deal with especially since I'll probably learn something in the process. :)</p> <p>KDE works fine though I've decided I prefer gnome aestheticall...
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2011-07-20T18:07:20.127
Gnome session uses KDE default cursor
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>KDE probably created an <code>~/.icons/default/index.theme</code> file. If you delete that, your GNOME cursor will show up again after you log out and in again.</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T18:22:46.123", "id": "60397", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>KDE probably created an <code>~/.icons/default/index.theme</code> file. If you delete that, your GNOME cursor will show up again after you log out and in again.</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T18:22:46.123", ...
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53880
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2011-07-20T15:12:30.250
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<p>I have an Apple Wireless Keyboard and a Magic Trackpad, and I was wondering if there is a way to monitor the battery life remaining/percentage like there is in OSX.</p>
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2011-07-20T23:29:36.557
2022-03-04T17:02:17.810
Is there any way to check the battery percentage of Apple wireless peripherals?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>According to <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/unified-messaging-menu-memenu-lands-in.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">this article on webupd8</a>, this functionality is planned for Ubuntu 11.10 as part of Ubuntu's new Power Indicator.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comm...
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53881
1
53913
2011-07-20T15:12:35.857
3
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<p>I have a quick question. I have a 64bit Ubuntu 10.04 server with 24GB of RAM and is used as a VMWare Workstation 7.1 host. I would like to use an in-memory drive for the VM Memory location, which I setup as the following:</p> <pre><code>tmpfs /mnt/vmware tmpfs defaults,size=100% 0 0 </code></pre> <p>That all works...
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21929
2011-07-20T16:08:10.823
2011-07-20T19:13:05.507
TMPFS Available space does not equal size
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T16:45:42.660", "id": "60380", "postId": "53881", "score": "0", "text": "I don't understand the first question: available + used = size; I don't see any discrepancies here.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9340" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T1...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Available space does not have to equal size. What you're seeing in the case of <code>/dev/shm</code> is the fact that the system uses very little or zero space for this filesystem (<em>Used</em> = 0), so in this case <em>available</em> = <em>size</em>.</p>\n\n<p>I'm not sure why <cod...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If the VM image is allocated as a <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse_file\" rel=\"nofollow\">sparse file</a>, then it is possible for the apparent size to be larger than the file system in question.</p>\n\n<p>In effect, if regions of a file have not been written to...
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53886
1
53887
2011-07-20T15:52:23.280
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<p>Nothing on my Ubuntu 11 system seems to automatically open rtfd files.</p>
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2015-03-19T11:09:00.377
What programs can display an RTFD (rich text + attachments) document?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As far as I know, it is a mac file and it can't be opened in Linux. </p>\n\n<p>See also in <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format_Directory#Linux\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikipedia</a>.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>In contrast to RTF, RTFD files cannot be opened properly by a...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As far as I know, it is a mac file and it can't be opened in Linux. </p>\n\n<p>See also in <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Text_Format_Directory#Linux\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikipedia</a>.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>In contrast to RTF, RTFD files cannot be opened prope...
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53888
1
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2011-07-20T16:08:00.290
1
815
<p>Last week i tried to install Ubuntu 11.04 and i have a problem i cannot solve.</p> <p>Mit Grafics Card is an Nvidia 9500GS which worked well with Ubuntu, Compiz and stuff before.</p> <p>The Problem:</p> <ul> <li>i installed Ubuntu 11.04 from the life cd besides an Windows 7 Home Premium</li> <li>When i boot up ub...
21934
235
2011-07-21T13:17:45.483
2011-07-21T13:17:45.483
Black screen on login and then flickering of GUI elements on Nvidia 9500GS
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2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T16:44:34.563", "id": "60379", "postId": "53888", "score": "0", "text": "Try https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaManual Also see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21845" }, { "creation...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>try to install latest driver </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-185\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you getting any problem after install then log with recovery mode[2nd option of grub menu] go to root shell.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get autoremove nvidia-glx-185\n<...
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2013-04-20T01:28:59.603
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53889
1
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2011-07-20T16:08:49.247
4
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<p>I've got an old average point-and-click digital camera that I don't use anymore, but I wonder if I could reuse it as a webcam by plugging it as a USB device into an Ubuntu computer?</p> <p>Where can I find out about this? What shall I look for to know if the camera can act as a webcam?</p>
17702
17702
2011-07-20T22:46:20.790
2011-07-20T22:46:20.790
use old USB digital camera as webcam?
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0
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T16:52:50.927", "id": "60382", "postId": "53889", "score": "6", "text": "I have done this a few times. (Buying digital cameras from charity shops for a few UK pounds.) Some digital cameras can do this, some can't. You need to look at the manual to see if you camera h...
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2012-01-30T07:29:41.287
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53890
1
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2011-07-20T16:10:10.010
1
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<p>Following this question </p> <p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/51398/how-to-build-ubuntuone-client-so-that-it-doesnt-depend-on-nautilus-and-gnome/51724#51724">How to build ubuntuone-client so that it doesn&#39;t depend on nautilus and gnome</a></p> <p>I am stuck. The ubuntu-sso login prompt does nothing ...
1543
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2011-11-01T22:21:57.260
SSLHandShake Error while porting ubuntuone-client without gnome and nautilus dependencies
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your logs don't tell us enough about the potential dependency problems. My only suggestion (given the log) is to check the version of httplib2 and check to make sure the ssl dependencies are installed. Somehow you might have httplib2 without the extra ssl support.</p>\n\n<p>I...
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53891
1
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2011-07-20T16:15:52.077
2
4515
<p>I need an IRC client with DCC support. What are my options? Additionally, is there a way to patch DCC support into Empathy? I would prefer patching as opposed to installing a seperate program.</p>
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2011-07-20T16:55:30.217
2011-07-20T16:55:30.217
IRC clients with DCC support
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1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T19:58:25.563", "id": "60409", "postId": "53891", "score": "0", "text": "Empathy is a libpurple implementation like pidgin. AFAIK, pidgin or empathy does have limited DCC support to at least send files. Perhaps try pidgin instead? It's practically the same thing..",...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Nearly every IRC client supports (at least partial) DCC.</p>\n\n<p>Here are my picks from linux clients-</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>irssi</li>\n<li>x-chat</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>See <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients#Direct_Client-to-Client_.28D...
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53895
1
53991
2011-07-20T17:25:05.170
0
782
<p>I just updated my Ubuntu 11.04, but now when starting it a black screen is shown and prints:</p> <p>Checking battery state</p> <p>Stopping system v runlevel compatibility</p> <p>I tried to install the latest proprietary ATI driver but the error remains</p>
7931
7931
2011-07-20T18:01:17.103
2012-02-25T20:24:25.173
Ubuntu 11.04 update error
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-20T17:41:07.953", "id": "60391", "postId": "53895", "score": "0", "text": "I have the same problem on one of my ubuntu installs. (also ati drivers) I'll keep watch on this and let you know if I fix it. But I am thinking about just moving to archlinux.", "userDispla...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try to start in recovery mode. Select recovery mode, press e and add <code>nomodeset</code> to the line where you will probably find <code>quit splash</code>. Once your system is started, remove your latest ati-driver installation.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try to start in recovery mode. Select recovery mode, press e and add <code>nomodeset</code> to the line where you will probably find <code>quit splash</code>. Once your system is started, remove your latest ati-driver installation.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comme...
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53896
1
248077
2011-07-20T17:36:03.163
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<p>I am looking for some easy to install text to speech software for Ubuntu that sounds natural. I've installed <code>Festival</code>, <code>Gespeaker</code>, etc., but nothing sounds very natural. All very synthetic and hard to understand.</p> <p>Any recommendations out there?</p>
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2011-07-20T22:26:00.693
2023-05-04T04:57:09.523
Natural Sounding Text to Speech?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2015-12-05T20:24:57.050", "id": "1037576", "postId": "53896", "score": "1", "text": "Possible duplicate of [How can I install and use text-to-speech software?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/21811/how-can-i-install-and-use-text-to-speech-software)", "userDisplayName": null...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2><a href=\"https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speakit/pgeolalilifpodheeocdmbhehgnkkbak?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">SpeakIt!</a></h2>\n\n<p>I believe Ive found the best TTS software for free using a Google Chrome extension called \"SpeakIt\". This o...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have looked high and low for text to speech for Ubuntu that is high quality. There is none. My vocal cords are paralyzed so I needed TTS to add voice instructions to my <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/thejoesteiger\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Ubuntu videos</a>. You ca...
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53897
1
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2011-07-20T17:43:58.680
2
235
<p>I initially installed Ubuntu One under Linux, and it seems to work flawlessly. When I put files into my Ubuntu One sync folder, the files are uploaded to the web interface. But for some reason, when I installed the Windows version, nothing seems to work at all. I have double and triple checked everything, and I m...
21939
21115
2011-07-21T02:17:40.797
2011-10-05T16:52:41.340
I Cannot Get Any Files to Sync or Share Under Windows
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0
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-10-05T16:52:41.340", "id": "74028", "postId": "53897", "score": "0", "text": "I have exactly the same problem. Ubuntu One does not seem to work on my Windows 7. Disappointing.", "userDisplayName": "user26267", "userId": null }, { "creationDate": "2012-03-3...
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2012-04-23T22:53:32.870
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53899
1
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2011-07-20T18:00:31.860
0
2640
<p>Now i install WordPress then BuddyPress, after the install buddypress i run the site, home page was run, when click the other page link the page was not working. show this error </p> <p>Not Found</p> <p>The requested URL /Repo/website/groups/ was not found on this server. Apache/2.2.17 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost...
17942
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2011-07-23T23:26:12.553
2013-10-25T15:56:41.910
localhost .htaccess not working?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can't use <a href=\"http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#directory\" rel=\"nofollow\">Directory</a> or <a href=\"http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias\" rel=\"nofollow\">ScriptAlias</a> in .htaccess files (look at the Context link in th...
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53900
1
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2011-07-20T18:05:47.460
1
2084
<p>Okay, this is like my fifth time trying to get LAMP set up on Ubuntu, and yes, that includes using XAMPP. (All I want to do is practice my PHP so I can write WordPress plugins! <em>sob</em> Why does the world's easiest language have to be so hard to set up?)</p> <p><em>cough</em> Anyway. I used <a href="http://netb...
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2014-10-04T19:17:37.883
Having problems getting LAMP installed
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-21T06:52:54.460", "id": "60484", "postId": "53900", "score": "0", "text": "as a test if you set the permissions on that directory to 777, does this solve your problem?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19009" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't know how did you install files but try to install these files for LAMP</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install apache2\nsudo apt-get install mysql-server\nsudo apt-get install php5\nsudo apt-get install php5-mysql\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Basically nothing need to change (...
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53902
1
53967
2011-07-20T18:09:49.730
2
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<p>I have a Western Digital 2TB External Hard Drive. I basically use it to keep all my movies and videos. Its file system is NTFS, and currently I'm using 1.4TB. One night I turn it on and copied a 4GB file and there was no problem. Then I tried to copy another 6GB file and Ubuntu throw the following error: <em>"Input/...
21944
6005
2012-06-26T00:05:46.223
2012-06-26T00:06:20.950
How can I recover data from a 2TB hard drive?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h3><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/ddrescue\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">ddrescue</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/ddrescue\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"(Install ddrescue)\" /></a></h3>\n<p>To recover data from a failing ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are several Answers similar to your on how to recover data such as <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/53073/data-recovery-software-for-windows-linux-platform/53078#53078\">this one here</a>.</p>\n<p>The key-part is dont panic - and dont plug in your external driv...
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53907
1
null
2011-07-20T18:44:18.807
3
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<p>I am using ubuntu 11.04 and whenever I am using headphone for music but the voice is echoing. But with simple system speaker it is good .Don't know why it is showing error like this.Please help me to solve this.Any help will be appreciable </p>
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2011-07-20T19:53:45.373
voice is echoing on headphone
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That echo could come from your microphone in your headset. You need to mute the microphone sound.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/38162/6969\">Open a terminal</a> and run the <code>alsamixer</code> program. Use arrow left/right keys to move between sliders and pre...
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53910
1
53948
2011-07-20T19:06:41.830
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<p>I'd like to configure Ubuntu to receive logs from a DD-WRT router. The router's configuration screen contains the following section:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/McgnQ.png" alt="DD-WRT System Log"></p> <p>and its <a href="http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Logging_with_DD-WRT">logging documentation...
1859
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2016-04-13T21:18:26.917
How can I receive syslog logs from a networked system?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The host receiving the logs will need to be running some syslog daemon that is configured to listen for remote logs. There are a number of syslog implementations in Ubuntu, but <code>rsyslog</code> is typically recommended, and should be installed by default. I can't tell from the ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Basically, you run a daemon (called a syslogd) on your server for the dd-wrt router to posts logs to.</p>\n\n<p>Tutorial-\n<a href=\"http://www.techiecorner.com/1479/how-to-setup-syslog-server-in-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.techiecorner.com/1479/how-to-setup-syslog-...
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53916
1
53917
2011-07-20T19:34:51.310
6
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<p>I have just installed Déjà Dup on my (11.04) laptop and have scheduled automatic weekly backups to an external hard disc which is not always connected to the laptop. </p> <p>What will happen if a scheduled backup is attempted when the external disc is not connected?</p>
20890
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2011-07-20T19:46:53.783
What happens if Déjà Dup tries to back up to a disconnected external disc?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://freshmeat.net/projects/deja-dup\">From v14 release note</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>The most visible new feature is much better support for external drives. Now Deja Dup will notice if the drive is not connected when a scheduled backup occurs, and will wait for it...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://freshmeat.net/projects/deja-dup\">From v14 release note</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>The most visible new feature is much better support for external drives. Now Deja Dup will notice if the drive is not connected when a scheduled backup occurs, and will wai...
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53926
1
null
2011-07-20T21:06:57.953
2
1047
<p>I have set up account. Can sign in from browser, Have registered Android phone. Can NOT connect from Natty. Message when I try to sign in: An exception representing an authentication failure. I have reset password to no avail. thoughts?</p>
21957
235
2011-07-20T23:27:08.727
2012-08-09T12:24:34.177
Ubuntu One wont connect with an authentication failure
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-21T01:51:41.217", "id": "60457", "postId": "53926", "score": "0", "text": "Maybe you're forgetting that Ubuntu One password is case-sensitive and you're typing it in lower case.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21195" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There's a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-control-panel/+bug/703507\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"bug report\">bug</a> filled for this issue, according to some <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-control-panel/+bug/703507/comments/9\" rel=\"nofollow\" t...
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53927
1
53936
2011-07-20T21:36:03.500
4
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<p>I have set up aliases for <code>apt-get update</code>, <code>apt-get install</code>, and so on. Thats quite convenient. But what I really would like to have is something like this: </p> <p>type <code>agi</code> <code>TAB</code> <code>vi</code> and have it automatically list all packages starting with <strong>vi</s...
5359
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2011-07-20T23:25:59.400
How can I create something similar to an alias, that does properly expand to the initial command?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Bash programmable completion is something I haven't bothered much with myself, but I believe this will do what you want (NB assumes bash version 4.0 or newer. If you run Ubuntu 10.04 or newer, you're good.):</p>\n\n<pre><code>alias agi='apt-get install'\n_agi_completion() { \n map...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need to add your aliases to the shell completion dictionaries so it knows what it is completing for those commands. The shell completions should already be named functions, but you have to tell it that they apply to your new command names.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4",...
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53935
1
53942
2011-07-20T23:02:27.053
3
4460
<p>How do I start applications that autostart on login start hidden in the system tray? Is there special command (i.e. --hidden) to the autostart command to make the application start to the system tray?</p> <p>I know in Kubuntu 11.04 Kwin allows "Special Windows Settings" to set a specific rule to start an applicati...
18206
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2017-03-18T07:57:00.133
how to make programs that autostart at login start hidden?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>kstart --iconify &lt;program name&gt;</code> in KDE starts minimized. I really don't know if there is a specific command to close to systray (even because many apps don't have a systray). </p>\n\n<p>Another possibility is using <code>ksystray</code>. For example <code>ksystray...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>kstart --iconify &lt;program name&gt;</code> in KDE starts minimized. I really don't know if there is a specific command to close to systray (even because many apps don't have a systray). </p>\n\n<p>Another possibility is using <code>ksystray</code>. For example <code>...
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53937
1
53947
2011-07-20T23:34:08.753
8
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<p>I am going to learn mysql by myself, so I would like to install mysql on . But there are many applications related to mysql in synaptics. I was wondering what are some basic applications to be installed?</p> <p>Consider these two cases: mysql for webserver use, or mysql not for webserver use. Will the packages to b...
1471
1471
2011-07-21T00:09:34.150
2012-05-22T05:49:34.170
What to install for mysql?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The packages for the usages of MySQL will not vary at all. For a basic MySQL server (and client program so you can use the server), you will run the following:<br>\n<code>sudo apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client</code></p>\n\n<p>That will install both the server and the client...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'd recommend <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhpMyAdmin\" rel=\"nofollow\">phpmyadmin</a> running on apache. You can quite easily look at the content of your tables. SQL execution is also supported. For PosgreSQL there is pgadmin as standalone tool, <a href=\"http://d...
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53946
1
53961
2011-07-21T01:36:04.110
4
216
<p>Ever since switching my Acer Aspire One D150 laptop over to 11.04 full-time, I've noticed that whenever I remove the AC adapter plug from the computer it goes into standby immediately. This happens regardless of how long it's been charging. Some quick searching yielded <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so...
4517
4517
2011-07-22T01:33:11.723
2011-07-22T01:33:11.723
Why does unplugging my laptop trigger a 'lid close' event?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a similar - if not more pertinent - <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/364592\" rel=\"nofollow\">launchpad bug</a> for your laptop model.</p>\n\n<p>Reading through the bug report, it appears that the BIOS on your laptop is a good candidate for fur...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a similar - if not more pertinent - <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/364592\" rel=\"nofollow\">launchpad bug</a> for your laptop model.</p>\n\n<p>Reading through the bug report, it appears that the BIOS on your laptop is a good candidate...
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53951
1
113867
2011-07-21T02:41:59.573
0
372
<p>I've moved into a new apartment where I can't get decent internet. However, I can connect via my mobile edge network. Just one problem: when someone tries to call my cell phone when I am connected, they cannot get through, and I never know about the call.</p> <p>If I use the phone's own browser/email and it conne...
16157
null
null
2012-03-18T00:27:37.777
allow incoming calls to interrupt mobile broadband connection
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>OP has resolved the issue themselves,</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Sorry for the very long delay in responding. It may well be a problem\n with the phone. Sometimes it allows interrupts, sometimes not, and now\n that I think of it, this is the behaviour even under windows. (Nokia\n E...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>OP has resolved the issue themselves,</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Sorry for the very long delay in responding. It may well be a problem\n with the phone. Sometimes it allows interrupts, sometimes not, and now\n that I think of it, this is the behaviour even under windows. (No...
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53952
1
53962
2011-07-21T02:42:09.150
3
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<p>Is there any advantage to using "ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable" over just using what's available in the repositories for 11.04? </p>
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2012-01-29T19:27:32.267
Are there any advantages to using the Firefox PPA over Firefox in the Repository?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Packages can take a bit of time before reaching repositories, having the ppa enables you to get the newest version earlier.\nAnd that is it really.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "20...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Packages can take a bit of time before reaching repositories, having the ppa enables you to get the newest version earlier.\nAnd that is it really.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "...
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<p>I've edited <code>/etc/security/limits.conf</code> and change the first line to </p> <pre><code>#&lt;domain&gt; #&lt;type&gt; #&lt;item&gt; #&lt;value&gt; * soft core unlimited </code></pre> <p>but the <code>vmware.log</code> of VMware Workstation still says:</p> <pre><code>No core dump taken. The c...
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How can I enable core dump?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-21T05:28:53.470", "id": "60478", "postId": "53956", "score": "0", "text": "What ulimit -a says? And syslog report something? Have you logged in again after editing the file? I would also try hard core.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2647" }, { "c...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I am guessing that you are running the crashing process as root. If that is the case, change the domain from '*' to 'root'. The limit.conf lines that contain the wildcard (a.k.a. '*') does not affect the 'root' account.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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2011-07-21T07:13:41.827
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<p>I'm basically looking for an unattended way to deploy/install the <a href="http://www.google.com/webfonts">Google Web Fonts</a> collection into several Ubuntu boxes. I've searched for PPAs, packages or user scripts but without much luck.</p> <p>Any advice will be much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance!</p>
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How to automatically install entire Google Web Fonts collection?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you tried this:\n<a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/automatically-install-all-google-web.html\">http://www.webupd8.org/2011/01/automatically-install-all-google-web.html</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-...
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2011-07-21T08:28:12.287
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<p>I want use <a href="http://www.piriform.com/CCLEANER" rel="nofollow">CCleaner</a> on Ubuntu 10.04. But I do not know whether it is necessary or not.</p> <p>Is it necessary? Are there any benefits from using it?</p>
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2012-05-06T20:31:32.587
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Is CCleaner beneficial for Ubuntu?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-21T08:37:15.593", "id": "60493", "postId": "53969", "score": "1", "text": "If you're talking about applications *like CCleaner*, please say so.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6969" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-21T08:43:39.507", "id": "60494"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>CCleaner is a windows application, even if you run it with Wine, it won't make any sense to do so because it removes files based on their file paths which is totally different on Ubuntu. Other programs ran by CCleaner have similar issues and registry cleaning will only affect the win...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>CCleaner is a windows application, even if you run it with Wine, it won't make any sense to do so because it removes files based on their file paths which is totally different on Ubuntu. Other programs ran by CCleaner have similar issues and registry cleaning will only affect...
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<p>I want to use 3 displays connected on one Nvidia GeForce GT 44O under Ubuntu 10.04. So there is my configuration:</p> <ul> <li>1 display 1680x1050_60</li> <li>1 display 1280x1024_60</li> <li>1 DLP 1920x1080_60 (video projector)</li> </ul> <p>I want to have the two display in TwinView mode (extended desktop) and ha...
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Separate X screen + TwinView on NVIDIA GT 440
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is possible, although I think you might be asking a little too much of your video card.</p>\n\n<p>Xorg configurations are slightly personal things, in that it's difficult to write one at a distance for someone without having access to their machine or knowing a lot of key ...
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