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2011-07-27T00:05:13.640
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<p>On Natty Narwhal, I dragged System Center to the launcher. Instead of an icon, I get a blank square on the launcher. Clicking on it does launch the system center, though. This issue does not happen with other apps I pinned to the launcher.</p>
22284
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2011-07-27T00:15:08.653
2011-12-06T09:00:48.753
System Center icon doesn't show when pinned to launcher
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If I got you right, this happened after upgrade? So try to remove those icons from launcher, and drag them again into the launcher e.g. from /usr/share/applications. That worked for me. Please also check this question <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/78285/icons-miss...
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2011-12-27T21:49:35.537
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<p>Is there a way I get the amazing <a href="https://launchpad.net/deja-dup">Deja-dup</a> to make me hourly backups in addition to daily, weekly, biweekly etc? If not, is there something else that I could use instead?</p>
6005
6005
2012-09-18T10:29:12.520
2013-06-25T20:05:15.720
How can I set up hourly Deja-Dup backups?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install <code>Scheduled Tasks</code>:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/XK0yX.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Add a job to it with the following parameters (replace every minute with every hour or the schedule you want to use):</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Although it seems like the <a href=\"http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~deja-dup-hackers/deja-dup/22/view/head:/widgets/ConfigPeriod.vala#L35\">Déjà Dup code</a> could not be easily modified to accomodate an hourly option, backups can be manually initiated and this can easily be ad...
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54654
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2011-07-27T02:28:11.897
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<p>If you right click a file in Nautilus and select Compress, then you get a dialog where you can choose a compression format and a filename. If you click on Advanced, then there are settings to split and compress the file, but it's deactivated/insensitive. How come and how do I activate those features?</p> <p>Edit: I...
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2017-09-19T09:00:33.233
2017-09-19T15:25:11.213
Compress and split files in the file explorer
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Only some archiving tools support splitting. One of them is RAR -- package <code>rar</code> (but it's shareware and you need to buy it after 40 days -- <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/19438/shareware-in-ubuntu-repositories-rar\">Shareware in Ubuntu repositories? (RAR)</a>) ...
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2011-07-27T03:33:18.250
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<p>I am in the process of customizing a live cd. I have changed the default ubuntu wallpaper in live cd, however the same got reflected in login screen. I just want to change the wallpaper alone and not the login screen background. Any other way?</p>
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2011-08-15T10:34:27.610
How to change the login screen background from terminal?
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2011-07-27T03:37:19.607
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<p>Alright i go into the terminal and type in</p> <pre><code>sudo passwd random-pass -enter- [sudo] password for user:[] </code></pre> <p>I type whatever password i want in and the insertion point/caret just stays in the same spot. I type and it gets all dodgey so it shows nothing when i type my password</p> <pre><c...
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2647
2011-07-27T07:41:52.860
2011-10-09T12:13:01.163
How to change the User password
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you want to change your password, open the <strong>About Me</strong> control panel, and click the <em>Change Password...</em> button and follow the prompts.</p>\n\n<p>The <code>sudo passwd random-pass</code> command you issued actually means switch to the super user (the <...
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54661
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54668
2011-07-27T04:42:06.383
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<p>Last Friday's Wine update to 1.3.25 broke sound, how do I go back to the previous version of Wine?</p>
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2011-10-17T18:12:11.543
Wine 1.3.25 update broke sound, how do I go back?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are instructions <a href=\"http://www.winehq.org/download/ubuntu\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>, on WineHQ. You need to uninstall and reinstall an earlier version. According to the FAQ, <a href=\"http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#uninstall_app\" rel=\"nofollow\">this won't uninstall your...
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54664
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54689
2011-07-27T05:04:53.590
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<p>Im using Ubuntu 11.04. In Elementary nautilus, I can preview a music thumbnail by hover the mouse cursor on it. But I cant do it with the video files. I've set "Only for the files smaller than : 100MB" in Preferences/Preview but nothing changed. Please help!</p>
20503
4203
2011-07-27T09:57:23.303
2011-07-27T10:04:41.737
Preview video in Elementary nautilus?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Previewing video like that is not possible on nautilus - at least not yet. </p>\n\n<p>By the way, for the part with the music thumbnail : it is possible on both standard nautilus and elementary one, not just on nautilus elementary</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you're using nautilus elementary, you can try <a href=\"http://gloobus.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">gloobus</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T06:02:35.870", "id": "61438", "postId": "54667", ...
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54670
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2011-07-27T06:28:49.847
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<p>I've tried to setup a password-less ssh b/w <code>A</code> to <code>B</code> and <code>B</code> to <code>A</code> as well. Generated the public and private key using <code>ssh-keygen -trsa</code> on both the machines. Used the <code>ssh-copy-id</code> utility to copy the public-keys from <code>A</code> to <code>B</...
15393
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2011-07-27T11:49:21.770
2017-03-01T13:04:21.720
passwordless ssh not working
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just make sure that you have followed the following procedure:</p>\n\n<p><strong>On Machine A</strong></p>\n\n<p>open a terminal and enter the commands as follows:</p>\n\n<pre><code>root@aneesh-pc:~# id\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Just to make sure that we are root.</p>\n\n<p>If the above c...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>are you using the root account on each machine? Usually on Ubuntu you would use a user account and give it sudo privileges as required.</p>\n\n<p>If your using a non root user <code>sudo chown $USER -R ~/.ssh</code> may fix your problem</p>\n\n<p>Other things to check:</p>\n\...
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2011-07-27T06:44:28.603
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<p>How do I determine the state of my Monitor in Ubuntu 11.04. I've seen a lot of stuff regarding dpms, but for what ever reason, I don't have the dpms module running on my ubuntu install and I'd really rather not go messing with my xorg.conf file if I can help it.</p>
22302
6005
2011-08-10T14:01:57.317
2011-08-10T14:01:57.317
Determine if Monitor is off
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2012-03-10T15:30:12.043
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54673
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54927
2011-07-27T06:47:05.473
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<p>We have,</p> <pre><code>Class Range NetMask Bits Bits hosts# ---------------------------------------------------------- A 0-127 255.0.0.0 8 24 16777216 (i.e. 114.0.0.0) B 128-191 255.255.0.0 16 16 65536 (i.e. 150.0.0.0) C 192-254 ...
22301
9701
2011-07-27T07:25:00.437
2011-07-28T22:52:43.523
IPv4 address to Netmask mapping and Multiple default routes feasibility?
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54679
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2011-07-27T07:14:30.247
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<p>When I try to run the game <em>Cogs</em> from the command line, the game spits out the following error and dies immediately:</p> <pre><code>Couldn't set 800x600 OpenGL video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual </code></pre> <p>What does this mean, and how can I fix this?</p> <p>Edit: I have an intel graphics ...
21214
21214
2011-08-04T22:27:35.297
2015-10-12T05:14:18.143
"Cogs" startup problem
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have the same problem (different resolution in my case: 1366x768);</p>\n\n<p>The solution was to edit the following file: <code>~/.local/share/Cogs/cogs.ini</code>\n(you can see the Windows origins of this game from the file and the path);</p>\n\n<p>Play with the settings there - I...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This seems to have been reported as being fixed in nvidia v280 if you are using a nvidia card. If so, you can try installing those drivers instead of your current ones.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T22:32:00.303...
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54680
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54682
2011-07-27T07:15:15.593
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<p>I've been running Oneiric Alpha on a laptop, since the ati drivers in natty aren't new enough for the hardware. In general it's worked well; naturally there are the occasional crashes and bug reports. The strange thing is that--on occation--packages will uninstall themselves when I do an update. T</p> <p>he first m...
16492
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2011-07-27T12:58:10.680
2011-07-27T12:58:10.680
Is it normal for Alpha versions to randomly uninstall packages?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Depends on how you update. Doing <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10778763&amp;postcount=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">partial upgrades</a> offered by the Update Manager usually gets you into trouble like that.</p>\n\n<p>IMO the safest way is to update via command line (using ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Depends on how you update. Doing <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10778763&amp;postcount=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">partial upgrades</a> offered by the Update Manager usually gets you into trouble like that.</p>\n\n<p>IMO the safest way is to update via command line...
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54681
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2011-07-27T07:24:18.487
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<p>I'm running lubuntu 10.10, and would like to upgrade to 11.04. I have a very temperamental internet connection, so I would like to download all the packages before running the install.</p> <p>According to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/41902/is-it-possible-to-schedule-the-downloads-required-to-upgrade">th...
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2017-04-17T16:11:06.753
2021-10-16T05:24:42.630
Can I make do-release-upgrade only download packages for a later upgrade?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h3>Disclaimer: I've never done this before. It might be a horrible idea. It might break everything, empty your bank accounts and flee to the south of Spain. As with anything potentially dangerous, <em>make a backup</em> before you do anything.</h3>\n<hr />\n<p>I'm not sure how ...
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2011-07-27T09:29:56.820
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<p>i have been using windows xp and ubuntu natty using dual boot. it has run perfectly until one day when i tried to boot ubuntu i am getting the busy box shell. i dont know what that is :( when i try to restart,</p> <ol> <li><p>the following options come up.</p> <ol> <li><p>ubuntu 11.04</p></li> <li><p>ubuntu recov...
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2012-03-08T01:48:46.213
stuck in the busy box
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2011-07-27T10:30:14.397
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<p>I'm new with Ubuntu and used the command <code>sudo -s</code> to become root and executed <code>nautilus</code> to open my Nautilus Elementary as root.</p> <p>While managing my files, I wrongly pressed the "Delete" button on my important folder.</p> <p>I thought that folder will going to Trash folder, but if I cli...
21315
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2011-07-27T11:02:17.287
2013-11-11T01:37:27.497
How to recover a file which was removed in nautilus when running as root?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>open nautilus as root:<code>gksu nautilus</code>\nthen, after entering your password, you will have the nautilus windows.\npress Ctrl+H to show the hidden files \nthen go to <code>/home/.trash-0</code>\nall your deteted files during your root session should be there.</p>\n", "comme...
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2011-07-27T11:23:04.570
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<p>Through the normal processes I enter my shared music folder on my Windows computer, i.e.: Places > Network > Windows pc > Music. After rebooting my Ubuntu laptop, however, this connection isn't automatically set again.</p> <p>My question: How do I get Ubuntu to automatically connect to that shared folder after logi...
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2012-02-10T01:56:58.437
2012-04-20T12:08:31.043
How to automatically connect to a Windows network folder?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sounds like you are looking to auto mount the Windows share... I'm pretty sure this will help you <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", ...
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2011-07-27T12:00:44.927
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<p>The idea:</p> <p>The internet radio plays constantly.</p> <p>In some conditions I want to play from console:</p> <pre><code>mpg123 --gain 5 file.mpg </code></pre> <p>When nothing is using the audio device mpg123 works. However, when Firefox is playing internet radio it does't.</p> <p>Is it possible to play from...
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2011-07-27T17:21:58.413
2011-07-27T17:21:58.413
how to play two sounds
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes it is possible to play from two different sources on Ubuntu using Pulse audio, maybe mpg123 is not using Pulse audio. Try using mplayer as your command line player and see what happens.\nYou can install mplayer from console with: <code>sudo apt-get install mplayer</code><...
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2011-07-27T12:27:57.770
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes">What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>My Ubuntu 11.04 installation keeps randomly freezing. I can't really find a pattern in when it happens. Fir...
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2017-04-13T12:24:30.040
2012-04-19T11:21:34.600
Ubuntu keeps randomly freezing
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2012-07-23T15:55:33.180
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54699
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2011-07-27T12:31:06.507
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<p>Once I Press install I get:</p> <pre><code>Package dependencies cannot be resolved This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Furthermore there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time. Detai...
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2011-08-10T17:33:50.533
2011-08-10T17:35:32.980
Getting Error while trying to install liferea RSS Reader
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From what I can see this was a temporary glitch in the package system - so it should be fine now. </p>\n\n<p>Update your computer (as is outlined in this question: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/56348/how-do-i-update-ubuntu\">How do I update Ubuntu?</a>) and try ag...
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54700
1
null
2011-07-27T12:32:26.673
5
2042
<p>When I open K3b, there is no menubar (that appears directly under the titlebar), only a toolbar.</p> <p>How do I make the Menubar appear? I've tried tapping F10, Alt, Alt + F. How do I unhide the menubar?</p>
22313
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2011-07-28T22:27:55.047
How to make menubar appear in K3B (unhide it)?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Right now I'm on a Kubuntu 11.04 machine so I don't know how much of a help my methods will be to you but you can try it anyways:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><ul>\n<li>Right-click anywhere within the red boundary shown below</li>\n<li>you should get a context-menu that gives you an opti...
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54701
1
54708
2011-07-27T12:38:18.903
2
425
<p>I just upgraded a computer from 10.10 to 11.04 using the <code>do-release-upgrade</code> command. (This was the first time I've actually done an upgrade.) I had a few PPA's in my setup, which got removed from my configuration during the upgrade. I've gone back and re-added those PPA's (like Thunderbird stable and Fl...
2293
null
null
2011-07-27T13:19:20.210
Why are (uninstalled) packages listed in the "Local" repository (in Synaptic) after an upgrade?
[ "upgrade", "synaptic" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>OK, this seems to be the answer:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://johnlewis.ie/remove-residual-config-files-in-ubuntu-a-one-liner/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://johnlewis.ie/remove-residual-config-files-in-ubuntu-a-one-liner/</a></p>\n\n<p><code>aptitude -F %p search '~c' | xargs dpkg -P</code...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>OK, this seems to be the answer:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://johnlewis.ie/remove-residual-config-files-in-ubuntu-a-one-liner/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://johnlewis.ie/remove-residual-config-files-in-ubuntu-a-one-liner/</a></p>\n\n<p><code>aptitude -F %p search '~c' | xargs dpkg ...
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54703
1
null
2011-07-27T12:40:43.253
2
295
<p>I recently built 2 identical intel i7 Ubuntu 10.04 32 machines and have a problem with my desktop or gnome session disappearing.</p> <p>For example, if I leave the machine sitting at the desktop (actually I am pretty sure even if I leave it at the login screen the same issue happens), at some point (1-3 days maybe)...
20441
5768
2012-07-09T13:39:55.357
2012-07-09T13:39:55.357
desktop disappears ubuntu 10 after sitting idle
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This line is alarming:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Out of memory: kill process 13783 (lshw) score 31039 or a child</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Either you're having too many programs open (crons that do not finish, VNC clients that do not shutdown) or you're experiencing a serious ...
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54709
1
56610
2011-07-27T13:29:33.430
4
545
<p>Compiz ring-switcher shows minimized windows' icons of very low quality (other than the current icon theme btw). Can I make it pick SVG icons from the current icon theme instead?</p> <p>PS: This is also true for shift-switcher.</p>
15710
74307
2012-10-06T12:53:55.450
2012-10-06T12:53:55.450
Can compiz ring-switcher show high resolution icons for minimized windows?
[ "compiz", "icons", "minimize" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think you cant change that because Compiz use the icons from application itself: </p>\n\n<p>See what <a href=\"http://forum.compiz.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=53\" rel=\"nofollow\">maniac</a> have said at <a href=\"http://forum.compiz.org/viewtopic.php?f=133&amp;t=1...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think you cant change that because Compiz use the icons from application itself: </p>\n\n<p>See what <a href=\"http://forum.compiz.org/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=53\" rel=\"nofollow\">maniac</a> have said at <a href=\"http://forum.compiz.org/viewtopic.php?f=133...
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54710
1
54713
2011-07-27T13:32:05.627
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<p>Well ,when I turn the Router off and then I turn it on again while running Ubuntu , it doesn't obtain an IP address automatically :</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/J1AP2.png" alt="enter image description here"> </p> <p>I click on disconnect , but it remains like above. </p> <p>It works only if I log o...
4937
4937
2011-07-28T08:37:38.143
2017-07-17T19:43:51.390
How do I reset the network adapter using a terminal command?
[ "wireless" ]
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5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T13:41:09.740", "id": "61493", "postId": "54710", "score": "0", "text": "Have you tried disabling/enabling the whole wireless networking through nm? (cannot remember if 11.04 has this feature, though).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2647" }, { ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you really want to reset the network adapter you usually need to unload and reload the kernel module that it uses.</p>\n\n<p>If you just want to reconfigure it you can usually do:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager restart\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>But if you just want ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you really want to reset the network adapter you usually need to unload and reload the kernel module that it uses.</p>\n\n<p>If you just want to reconfigure it you can usually do:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo /etc/init.d/network-manager restart\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>But if you ju...
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54711
1
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2011-07-27T13:40:13.743
2
1029
<p>I have an old Dell computer and I want to switch from windows xp and install the new ubuntu. I have tried multiple times to download it via cd-r but keep getting the same error message: unrecoverable error. </p> <p>The error happens after the menu which lists try ubuntu, install ubuntu, etc.It only gets as far as t...
22319
235
2011-07-28T05:10:04.947
2012-10-04T15:02:57.677
"Unrecoverable error" during installation
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1
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T14:32:17.497", "id": "61510", "postId": "54711", "score": "0", "text": "During what step do you get this error?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21845" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T21:30:50.163", "id": "61594", "postId": "54711", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Download <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/alternative-download\" rel=\"nofollow\">ubuntu alternative installer</a> and install with that.\n<br>Be advised that there is no guarantee that the same thing won't happen again after you install it.. but at least you'l...
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2013-03-14T15:37:45.853
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54712
1
54714
2011-07-27T13:40:38.727
1
14026
<p>I was fooling around trying to fix <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/54701/why-are-uninstalled-packages-listed-in-the-local-repository-in-synaptic-aft">this problem</a>, and I removed some important packages. When I realized that it was cleaning out more things that I had intended, I just rebooted, rather tha...
2293
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:08.843
2011-07-27T14:12:42.880
How do I install missing dependencies on my system?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T13:43:24.413", "id": "61495", "postId": "54712", "score": "0", "text": "I would try to install `ubuntu-desktop` that should bring with it almost all you need. Also `apt-get install -f` should try to resolve dependencies problems.", "userDisplayName": null, "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Other than the installation and/or <code>apt-get -f install</code> suggestions mentioned in comments, you can tell <code>aptitude</code> to find a different resolution by using the <code>,</code> and <code>.</code> keys to navigate through the list of available resolutions in the exa...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Other than the installation and/or <code>apt-get -f install</code> suggestions mentioned in comments, you can tell <code>aptitude</code> to find a different resolution by using the <code>,</code> and <code>.</code> keys to navigate through the list of available resolutions in...
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54717
1
54720
2011-07-27T14:58:47.753
1
217
<p>I guess I'm looking for how to make a script to run whenever you press ENTER in bash, so that it can alert you by echoing a line about some event if an event has occurred. </p>
8986
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2011-07-27T15:54:13.607
How do you write a script that alerts you in the Terminal like mail's "You have mail"
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use the special PROMPT_COMMAND variable, look it up in <code>man bash</code>.</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ PROMPT_COMMAND='echo hello'\nhello\n$ \nhello\n$ \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Set it at the end of <code>~/.bashrc</code>. I suggest you write a function and call that function in the P...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use the special PROMPT_COMMAND variable, look it up in <code>man bash</code>.</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ PROMPT_COMMAND='echo hello'\nhello\n$ \nhello\n$ \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Set it at the end of <code>~/.bashrc</code>. I suggest you write a function and call that function ...
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54719
1
54731
2011-07-27T15:00:51.780
3
410
<p>The title says it all. I have set up my system, configured it and everything, using only one partition for / (ext4). So no separate home, boot, swap etc.</p> <p>So the question is: Is there a way to go from this configuration to a 'separate' partition thing?</p> <p>Can I make room for a separate boot partition and...
22323
22323
2011-07-27T15:18:30.547
2011-07-27T15:44:08.657
Can I split /boot to a different partition on a single partition system?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <code>gparted</code> from the livecd to resize the partition to make some room and create a new partition to move /boot to, but why would you want to?</p>\n\n<p>If you really want to ( and I don't recommend it ), once you create the new partition, you will need to mount i...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <code>gparted</code> from the livecd to resize the partition to make some room and create a new partition to move /boot to, but why would you want to?</p>\n\n<p>If you really want to ( and I don't recommend it ), once you create the new partition, you will need to...
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54722
1
54723
2011-07-27T06:26:55.313
3
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<p>How do I determine the state of my Monitor in Ubuntu 11.04. I've seen a lot of stuff regarding dpms, but for what ever reason, I don't have the dpms module running on my ubuntu install and I'd really rather not go messing with my xorg.conf file if I can help it.</p>
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2011-07-27T15:29:24.983
2011-07-27T15:29:24.983
How do I determine the power state of my monitor?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If I understand your question, you are probably looking for xranr:</p>\n\n<p><code>xrandr -q</code></p>\n\n<p>will give you a list of connected monitors with spec info.</p>\n\n<p>See <a href=\"http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thinkwiki.org/wi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If I understand your question, you are probably looking for xranr:</p>\n\n<p><code>xrandr -q</code></p>\n\n<p>will give you a list of connected monitors with spec info.</p>\n\n<p>See <a href=\"http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thinkwik...
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54724
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2011-07-27T15:09:24.797
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<p>first I had only windows 7 installed then I installed ubuntu 11.04 and gave it alot of space now I want to take free 140GB which on the ubuntu partition and give it to the windows partition how can I do that?</p>
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2011-07-27T15:34:57.570
Increase the windows partition
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Using a live cd of Ubuntu (or any other distribution, most probably) you can use gparted (sometimes called \"gnome partition editor\", found in the system/administration menu of the classic desktop) to resize the ubuntu partition to something smaller and then resize the windo...
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54727
1
54750
2011-07-27T15:24:48.840
4
657
<p>I am planning to install Ubuntu 11.04 on a portable hard drive (no external power supply, typically 5400 rpm, USB 2.0, 250 GB). This way I wont have to install apps on every machine I work on. I will just boot off this HDD whenever I am working. I have seen lot of similar questions and have gained some idea of how t...
8077
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.590
2011-10-14T22:06:49.040
installing natty on portable hard drive
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've my Ubuntu installed on 500GB external drive and here are my observations: \nMy computer specs: 2.4 GHz 8600 stepping processor and 4GB DDR2 RAM</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>I didn't see any significant difference for boot time until I switched to development branch kernel however even th...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To install it it left a comment above with what i did.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Boot speed: about ~4 minutes (in my case i used an SDcard).From the Usual ~30 seconds.</p>\n\n<p>Responsiveness:Inkscape loaded in ~2 minutes, Chrome took a bit\nlonger overall performance felt like a ...
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54730
1
54736
2011-07-27T15:42:33.660
3
87
<p>If I compile something and want to send the binary to a friend or post it on the internet, do I need to use some special GCC arguments? Does GCC optimize the binary for my specific CPU and will it run on CPUs that are a bit different or on an other Linux distribution? What else do I need to know?</p>
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2011-07-27T17:12:40.783
What do I need to know if I compile something in order to make it run on other people's machines?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Generally just need to know the binary format (mac, pc or unix in 32 or 64 bit) and if any special libraries or driver are needed. Most desktop machines run a 64bit pc format. There are some rare formats though. Gcc's default options without optimisation should be fine. There...
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54737
1
54738
2011-07-27T16:05:40.800
1
249
<p>I had Ubuntu Natty full configured and working on the SSD drive in my Lenovo X201 Thinkpad.</p> <p>Then I got a Lenovo W520 Thinkpad, which I'm sure has different wireless card and graphics card and other things. </p> <p>I popped out the SSD drive from the X201 and put it into the W520. This SSD is the master/boot...
8986
8986
2011-07-27T16:10:47.537
2011-07-27T16:13:19.453
I just moved my HD from a Lenovo X201 to a Lenovo W520, and everything seems to work. Is this OK?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, this is the normal outcome. You usually can move a hard disk from one system to another and expect it to work.</p>\n\n<p>There are some exceptions, like when you are using some proprietary RAID controller or you have tweaked something important that results in an incompatibility...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, this is the normal outcome. You usually can move a hard disk from one system to another and expect it to work.</p>\n\n<p>There are some exceptions, like when you are using some proprietary RAID controller or you have tweaked something important that results in an incompa...
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54739
1
56998
2011-07-27T16:25:18.570
2
787
<p>Having trouble with my DVD player, sometimes it plays and sometimes the system doesn't even recognize that it's there. It ran fine under Windows. I'm running 11.04 64bit (it is a 64bit system) this is the info that came up when I ran "sudo lshw" for the player.</p> <pre><code>*-cdrom description: DVD-R...
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14356
2011-07-27T17:56:01.620
2011-08-13T20:51:05.097
Internal DVD player is not recognised
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 64bit, I have Thunderbird 5 installed through the stable PPA. I also had the add-ons \"Ubuntu Unity Messaging Menu Integration 0.6 and Unity Launcher Integration 0.4\" installed on my system. When I removed these add-ons (because they weren’t doing anything) ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 64bit, I have Thunderbird 5 installed through the stable PPA. I also had the add-ons \"Ubuntu Unity Messaging Menu Integration 0.6 and Unity Launcher Integration 0.4\" installed on my system. When I removed these add-ons (because they weren’t doing an...
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54741
1
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2011-07-27T16:32:54.977
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<p>I did a minimal installation of ubuntu server on my computer cause I wanted to have a clean environment to run a very lightweight window manager (xmonad). </p> <p>I don't know much about the sound system in ubuntu so I blindly installed alsa and pulseaudio and thought it would work out-of-the-box. It turns out my u...
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2020-10-18T13:24:10.007
Only root can play sounds
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Add your user to the <code>audio</code> and <code>pulse-access</code> groups</p>\n\n<p>Command-line</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo adduser &lt;username&gt; &lt;groupname&gt;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then log out and back in or reboot.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community...
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54742
1
54757
2011-07-27T16:40:46.810
2
2746
<p>When I turned my computer on today, I opened a terminal and ran <code>sudo apt-get update</code> followed by <code>sudo apt-get upgrade</code>. But I read on OMG! Ubuntu that the latest version of Wine, 1.3.25, <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/latest-wine-update-breaks-pulseaudio/" rel="nofollow">"breaks ...
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2011-07-27T20:07:18.323
How to cancel software upgrade
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If depend that you have de ppa of wine, if you dont have dont worry Ubuntu only upgrade the stable version of Wine. </p>\n\n<p>In case that you have the ppa of wine, you have desactive in origen of software. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": ...
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54747
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2011-07-27T17:04:59.930
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<p>I work on large-scale datasets. When testing new software, a script will sometimes sneak up on me, quickly grab all available RAM, and render my desktop unusable. I'd like a way to set a RAM limit for a process so that if it exceeds that amount, it will be killed automatically. A language-specific solution probably...
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2019-06-29T13:51:28.030
Automatically kill a process if it exceeds a given amount of RAM
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4
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T17:09:42.540", "id": "61547", "postId": "54747", "score": "0", "text": "http://askubuntu.com/questions/54202/can-i-automatically-kill-any-application-that-uses-more-than-a-certain-percentage", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4203" }, { "creationD...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>I would strongly advise not to do it</strong>. As suggested by @chrisamiller , setting ulimit will limit the RAM available with process.</p>\n\n<p>But still if you are insisting then follow this procedure.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Save the following script as <code>killif....
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54749
1
107312
2011-07-27T17:21:23.343
4
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<p>I have set up postfix and am now attempting to set up dovecot. I did <code>apt-get install dovecot-common</code> I have changed <em>dovcot.conf</em> to include the following</p> <pre><code>protocols = imap imaps </code></pre> <p>And I now get this error when restarting dovcot</p> <blockquote> <p>Error: mail_exe...
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2011-07-27T17:55:27.043
2023-10-23T06:57:57.900
Dovecot Install: "/usr/lib/dovecot/imap: No such file or directory"
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T17:25:49.360", "id": "61555", "postId": "54749", "score": "0", "text": "ignore me, I should have read this https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "210" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T17:55:59.490", "id": ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To cite <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/users/2369/florian-diesch\">Florian Diesch</a>s comment:</p>\n\n<p>You have to install not only the <code>dovecot-common</code> package, but the <code>dovecot-imapd</code> package as well (<code>dovecot-pop3d</code> as option if one wants to pr...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To cite <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/users/2369/florian-diesch\">Florian Diesch</a>s comment:</p>\n\n<p>You have to install not only the <code>dovecot-common</code> package, but the <code>dovecot-imapd</code> package as well (<code>dovecot-pop3d</code> as option if one wan...
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54758
1
null
2011-07-27T20:09:14.977
0
1123
<p>I upgraded the RAM of my laptop to 4 GB by using two RAM chips with the following specification:</p> <pre><code>Storage Capacity: 2 GB Memory Type: DRAM Technology: DDR2 SDRAM Form Factor: SO DIMM 200-pin Memory Speed: 800 MHz (PC2-6400) Data Integrity Check: Non-ECC RAM Features: Unbuffered Supply Voltage: 1.8 V C...
22331
-1
2011-07-28T05:15:19.763
2011-09-27T12:38:08.420
Why does Ubuntu freeze frequently since I upgraded my RAM?
[ "hard-drive", "memory" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, if you suspect the problems started after you installed the new memory, then I would test that memory. You can do that from a live-cd or memory stick. I don't remember if it's available in the boot menu of an installed system. RAM can be bad and bad RAM can cause your s...
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54760
1
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2011-07-27T20:13:52.420
0
165
<p>I had my /home one partition and /root on another, swap also had its own partition at the end of the drive as well. I of course kept all my important documents and family photo's on /home</p> <p>For reasons to long for an explanation I decided too re-install Ubuntu 10.04. During the installation I assigned Ubuntu t...
22332
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2011-07-27T20:33:35.750
Issues with /home partition and a fresh install
[ "mount" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To make it clear:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>The partition is mounted and being used it's just showing the data that was previously in the directory..</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Do you mean if previously you had an image called a.jpg at path: /home/username/a.jpg, it went missin...
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54761
1
54764
2011-07-27T20:31:04.357
4
8845
<p>I just installed Microsoft Office 2007 using PlayOnLinux (a Wine's front end), and it installed successfully, the only problem is that I can't enter the serial number, becouse the text box will not get focus.</p> <p>Any one had experienced this? Any idea how to solve?</p>
5304
14356
2013-08-13T18:00:29.533
2013-08-13T18:00:29.533
Install Office 2007 using PlayOnLinux (Wine) will not allow to enter CDKEY
[ "wine", "playonlinux", "microsoft-office" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you have Wine as well as PlayOnLinux, here's what you do:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Go to your Wine's system32 directory (~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32) and rename riched20.dll and riched32.dll so that they're backed up.</li>\n<li>Download RichEdit30.exe (I got it from <a href=\"http://...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you have Wine as well as PlayOnLinux, here's what you do:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Go to your Wine's system32 directory (~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32) and rename riched20.dll and riched32.dll so that they're backed up.</li>\n<li>Download RichEdit30.exe (I got it from <a href=\...
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54766
1
55018
2011-07-27T20:42:22.053
1
862
<p>I know it's stupid now, <em>after</em> I checked the internet, but I just formatted a partition that I had installed GRUB to.</p> <p>Now, whenever I boot, I end up with ERROR 15 (which means "FILE NOT FOUND").</p> <p>So, I got my Ubuntu 11.04 live disk out and installed it on top of the formatted partitition, and ...
10750
10750
2011-07-27T20:50:17.973
2016-10-21T15:05:44.967
Ubuntu not booting after removing linux partition
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2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T21:05:47.753", "id": "61591", "postId": "54766", "score": "0", "text": "Dif you formatted the partition where there were only grub or the whole Ubuntu?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5153" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T21:13:06.363", "i...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You say you can boot into your old Ubuntu. If that is the case, it should be fairly easy to fix this. Open a handy terminal and try this on the main Ubuntu:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo update-grub\nsudo grub-install /dev/sda\nsudo grub-install /dev/sda --recheck\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>As fo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You say you can boot into your old Ubuntu. If that is the case, it should be fairly easy to fix this. Open a handy terminal and try this on the main Ubuntu:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo update-grub\nsudo grub-install /dev/sda\nsudo grub-install /dev/sda --recheck\n</code></pre>\n\n...
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54767
1
58211
2011-07-27T20:52:52.573
2
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<p>I'm quite impressed of emacs' org-mode. So I want to use it for note-taking during lectures. To use it "distraction-free" my idea is the following:</p> <p>I want to register a bash-command, which swaps the x-server session with <code>tty2</code> and starts emacs with its org-mode. Is it possible to pass my credenti...
10046
19490
2011-10-27T11:07:00.013
2011-10-27T11:07:00.013
How to swap X-Server with Emacs org-mode?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>By default tty2 is occupied by <code>init</code> for <code>getty</code>. You can probably change this by removing <code>/etc/init/tty2.conf</code>, but that was too adventurous for me and the instructions here are for tty9 instead (which is by default unallocated).</p>\n\n<p>First, p...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>By default tty2 is occupied by <code>init</code> for <code>getty</code>. You can probably change this by removing <code>/etc/init/tty2.conf</code>, but that was too adventurous for me and the instructions here are for tty9 instead (which is by default unallocated).</p>\n\n<p>...
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54768
1
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2011-07-27T20:54:02.420
5
1756
<p>Windows 7 has an Aero feature that allows you to make all windows on a workspace transparent to let you look at desktop. </p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/EoFju.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>I already have a shortcut setup for "show desktop" but that doesn't do so without minimizing al...
18206
169736
2013-12-15T10:55:54.313
2013-12-15T10:55:54.313
Can Kubuntu simulate the Aero Desktop Peek functionality from Windows 7
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could run \"PokerStars\" on a different workspace. Then when you need to access your desktop you could always switch to a different workspace where the desktop is accessible.</p>\n\n<p>It's not an answer to your question, but maybe a solution. </p>\n", "commentCount":...
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54770
1
54777
2011-07-27T21:08:58.473
0
818
<p>So, I wish to build a computer soon and I would like to have the one HD for the Ubuntu OS and another HD for storage, but how would I set this up (so that when I install applications, etc. they automatically go to the storage HD, that way the OS drive won't get clogged up as quickly)?</p>
22336
455
2011-07-28T12:37:18.623
2011-07-28T12:37:18.623
How can I install applications on secondary storage hard drive?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You cannot easily install applications in an other than default place, what you can do is having user files on another partition.</p>\n\n<p>I assume your a regular desktop user, and in this case the most logical \"design\" (imho) is to create 3 partitions, one for swap (of cause), on...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think there is no reason to seperate your file-system in this way. Due to the partition-based approach of linux, you have good control over your data.</p>\n\n<p>Anyway just create different partitions and the ubuntu-installer will handle all the fstab-entries for you automa...
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54771
1
85424
2011-07-27T21:16:05.083
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<p>Will running both fail2ban and ufw cause problems? I noticed that fail2ban modifies iptables rules, but ufw already has a ton of iptables rules defined... so I'm not sure if fail2ban will mess these up.</p>
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2017-09-19T23:53:53.920
potential ufw and fail2ban conflicts
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use ufw and fail2b together, but as indicated earlier, the order of (ufw) rules is what is important.</p>\n\n<p>Out of the box, fail2ban uses iptables and inserts rules first in the INPUT chain. This will not do any harm or conflict with ufw.</p>\n\n<p>If you wish to fully in...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use ufw and fail2b together, but as indicated earlier, the order of (ufw) rules is what is important.</p>\n\n<p>Out of the box, fail2ban uses iptables and inserts rules first in the INPUT chain. This will not do any harm or conflict with ufw.</p>\n\n<p>If you wish to ...
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54776
1
54789
2011-07-27T21:58:21.680
1
552
<p>I noticed that there are some applications (e.g., RubyMine) that are not integrated with the Global Menu.</p> <p>For LibreOffice I've seen that there already are fixes. </p> <p>How do you make an app like RubyMine integrate well with the Global Menu? If there is no current solution, what do you have to do to fix t...
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2011-07-28T03:20:56.273
2014-12-23T12:24:45.173
Application Menu for RubyMine
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is with Java Applications and Unity. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/768966\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/768966</a></p>\n\n<p>One option is to follow this:</p>\n\n<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is with Java Applications and Unity. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/768966\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/768966</a></p>\n\n<p>One option is to follow this:<...
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54778
1
54779
2011-07-27T22:18:55.377
17
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<p>I don't want to see applications that are opened on my other desktops (workspaces) in my Unity launcher (or sidebar, whatever it is called). I find it annoying and would prefer if Unity just dealt with one desktop/workspace at a time. </p> <p>Is there a way to do this? I have a feeling the answer will be no, but I'...
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25863
2012-11-21T21:39:01.620
2016-08-28T11:01:12.133
Is there a way to hide applications from other desktops/workspaces in the Unity launcher?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a rather lengthy bug-report on just this matter on <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/683170\">launchpad</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Even Mark Shuttleworth got involved with this one. However no conclusions or proposals for implementation yet.</p>\n", "commentCou...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a rather lengthy bug-report on just this matter on <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/683170\">launchpad</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Even Mark Shuttleworth got involved with this one. However no conclusions or proposals for implementation yet.</p>\n", "...
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2016-08-26T13:20:15.113
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54781
1
55093
2011-07-27T22:39:23.050
3
450
<p>A few days ago I tried to migrate directly towards ubuntu 11.04,but find it difficult,because my internet connection doesn't works as it depends on sify dialer login GUI program provided on windows.</p> <p>So, I tried all googling about that dialer client for ubuntu, I found this:</p> <blockquote> <p>client deve...
10909
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2011-07-30T13:02:23.870
2012-03-10T07:25:14.873
Sify broadband dialer client fail to install
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1
5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T22:54:20.600", "id": "61609", "postId": "54781", "score": "0", "text": "it never starts and I tried sify dialer of windows on ubuntu ,using wine,I installed it,but can't find where its gone in Ubuntu 11.04,so stucked their.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I resolved above Sify problem i ubuntu 11.04 linux like this:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>downloading sify client from:<br>\n<a href=\"https://sites.google.com/site/sifydialer/download\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://sites.google.com/site/sifydialer/download</a></li>\n<li><p>Before Installation,I ne...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I resolved above Sify problem i ubuntu 11.04 linux like this:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>downloading sify client from:<br>\n<a href=\"https://sites.google.com/site/sifydialer/download\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://sites.google.com/site/sifydialer/download</a></li>\n<li><p>Before Installat...
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54784
1
54785
2011-07-27T22:58:54.120
11
347
<p>So I'm organizing a <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7/how-do-i-run-a-successful-ubuntu-hour">Ubuntu Hour</a>, and advertising it through both the local LUG and the loco team - what's the policy regarding the Ubuntu logo on a poster with other Linux distros? (Fedora, Debian, Arch etc)</p>
6005
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:28.253
2011-07-27T23:46:12.533
Is Ubuntu branding with other Linux Distro logos OK?
[ "community", "locoteams", "branding" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If it's non-commercial, no problem. The <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy\" rel=\"noreferrer\">trademark policy</a> should allow this. If there's any doubt, you can <a href=\"https://forms.canonical.com/trademark/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">email your plans to Canonic...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If it's non-commercial, no problem. The <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy\" rel=\"noreferrer\">trademark policy</a> should allow this. If there's any doubt, you can <a href=\"https://forms.canonical.com/trademark/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">email your plans to...
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54787
1
null
2011-07-27T23:37:05.303
18
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<p>Is it possible to record live streaming from websites such as Ustream or any other similar website using Adobe Flash Player? </p> <p>I know that is possible to record the screen but the quality is not that good.</p> <p>Any suggestions for any applications? </p> <p>PS: I found that I can easily record Windows Medi...
22170
25863
2012-06-18T17:58:58.773
2012-06-18T17:58:58.773
Record Live Streaming
[ "11.04", "software-recommendation", "flash" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Firefox has a plugin called Video Download helper that excels at just this task. It has a directory of sites that it works with, as well as smart naming for many of them: it looks at the title of the page and tries to name the video appropriately. </p>\n\n<p>Once you install ...
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54788
1
null
2011-07-27T23:40:17.880
2
8651
<p>The scenario was working few days ago. I was able to plug my Galaxy S2 to my laptop mount it under Linux Mint 11.04 (Ubuntu), I mean it was fully detected and working. Now, the android device detect the USB plugging, but the laptop doesn't "react" anymore: nothing in <code>lsusb</code> and errors in <code>dmesg | ta...
22343
6713
2011-11-04T07:50:25.977
2012-02-10T10:12:06.710
Fail to plug Samsung Galaxy S2 to Ubuntu 11.04 using USB (with or without debug mode)
[ "android", "samsung", "udev", "usb-drive" ]
1
5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-27T23:48:37.760", "id": "61616", "postId": "54788", "score": "1", "text": "Looks similar to my issue yesterday (though it works in normal mode, just not Odin mode): http://askubuntu.com/questions/54555/samsung-galaxy-s2-in-download-mode-breaks-lsusb", "userDisplayN...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>if you are trying adb access please have a look at <a href=\"http://hailubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/12/adb-not-detecting-adroid-device.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hailubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/12/adb-not-detecting-adroid-device.html</a> </p>\n\n<p>For mass storage access try u...
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2012-03-06T06:34:49.647
null
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54790
1
146186
2011-07-28T00:59:21.960
3
3438
<p>I've successfully burned CDs from .iso images with wodim, but using this:</p> <pre><code>growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sg1=ImageToBurn.iso </code></pre> <p>fails with:</p> <pre><code>Executing 'builtin_dd if=ImageToBurn.iso of=/dev/sg1 obs=32k seek=0' :-( write failed: Illegal seek </code></pre> <p>Brasero seems...
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null
null
2013-06-13T17:48:53.603
Command Line disc burning: growisofs fails to write DVD
[ "command-line", "dvd", "burning" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found the same thing happened to me when I tried your command.</p>\n\n<p>Nevertheless, I believe you will find that the following command <em>will</em> work:</p>\n\n<p><code>growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvdrw=ImageToBurn.iso</code></p>\n\n<p>In Ubuntu, /dev/dvdrw should be equival...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found the same thing happened to me when I tried your command.</p>\n\n<p>Nevertheless, I believe you will find that the following command <em>will</em> work:</p>\n\n<p><code>growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvdrw=ImageToBurn.iso</code></p>\n\n<p>In Ubuntu, /dev/dvdrw should be...
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54794
1
58603
2011-07-28T01:35:36.700
5
7829
<p>Most PDF files work perfectly well with my default document viewer Okular, but cannot open a PDF file with fillable field with any program other than Adobe Acrobat Reader (acroread).</p> <p>Is there anyway to make Okular open, edit and save PDF documents with fillable forms?</p>
18206
null
null
2013-05-23T04:51:02.677
Cannot view PDF files with fillable fields with Okular
[ "pdf", "okular", "adobe-reader" ]
2
7
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The answer as of now is No.</p>\n\n<p>This file is encrypted and can only be opened with Acrobat Reader.</p>\n\n<pre><code>richard@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ pdfinfo n-400.pdf \nTitle: Appication for Naturalization\nAuthor: USCIS\nCreator: Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES 8...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The answer as of now is No.</p>\n\n<p>This file is encrypted and can only be opened with Acrobat Reader.</p>\n\n<pre><code>richard@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ pdfinfo n-400.pdf \nTitle: Appication for Naturalization\nAuthor: USCIS\nCreator: Adobe LiveCycle Desig...
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54798
1
null
2011-07-28T02:26:39.900
7
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<p>My native linux partition is connected with a yagi usb antenna and my virtual machine is a cloned setup of it, the problem is the mac adress that interfere but i could only change the mac adress of the native partition because of the specifics uses of the virtual machine ...</p>
11664
null
null
2013-01-24T15:03:40.840
How to change wlan0 mac adress?
[ "wireless" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Use macchanger.</p>\n\n<p>This is the sample command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>macchanger --mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 wlan0\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-07-...
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2014-01-20T07:57:43.807
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54801
1
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2011-07-28T03:44:15.923
1
866
<p>I'm looking for alternatives of Adode products, such as Dreamweaver or Flash.</p> <p>I thought to run them on Wine, but I'm sure it wouldn't work.</p> <p>Thanks</p>
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2011-07-29T11:55:52.313
Alternatives to Adobe Products
[ "adobe" ]
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Dreamweaver runs nicely on Wine. A native alternative would probably be nvu - i haven't tested it though.\nAs for Flash, it also runs nicely on Wine , with the only exception being the CS4 version.</p>\n\n<p>Have you even checked wine's page before being sure that they wouldn...
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2011-07-29T21:44:09.363
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54807
1
54819
2011-07-28T04:35:44.367
4
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<p>Can I install Ubuntu on a MacMini machine? It has a G4 Processor, not intel, it's a great machine and unfortunately it is being outdated, is there any hope?</p>
21898
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2012-01-16T08:28:04.043
Can I install Ubuntu on a MacMIni G4?
[ "installation", "mac" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Canonical has not officially supported these older PowerPC based machines for quite a while. This was left to the community to support.</p>\n\n<p>There is not currently a Natty version to try - the latest stable release is Maverick.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerP...
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54808
1
null
2011-07-28T04:36:58.687
2
3560
<p>I'm trying to fix GRUB on my PC, but I'm running into serious issues doing so. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm completely crippled right now. Here is the sequence of events for this PC:</p> <ol> <li>Installed Windows 7</li> <li>Split full disk into two partitions (one for win7 and one for multimedia)...
22351
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2012-02-24T05:16:26.187
Cannot Restore GRUB (Ubuntu 11.04 + Win 7)
[ "grub2" ]
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T12:28:31.283", "id": "61667", "postId": "54808", "score": "0", "text": "I/O error indicates a HDD problem. Check your disk.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9340" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T03:02:36.350", "id": "61871", "postId": "...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try to install <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~yannubuntu/+archive/boot-repair\" rel=\"nofollow\">Boot-repair</a>. It's a very useful utility, because you can repair GRUB easily, according to your problem.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOw...
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54809
1
70157
2011-07-28T04:40:48.480
14
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<p>I'm setting up an automated "no questions asked" preseed system and using Dustin Kirkland's <a href="http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2011/03/ubuntu-server-quick-install-no.html">server preseed</a> as an example. </p> <p>He uses the following line to install three packages as part of the automated install: </p> <p><...
235
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2014-09-08T14:27:42.380
How can I remove packages using preseed?
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2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T12:04:50.600", "id": "61661", "postId": "54809", "score": "0", "text": "Definitely how I would go about it. Not big on preseed though. I use pseudopackages and start from a base install that doesn't have anything I don't want.", "userDisplayName": null, "u...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There isn't an option to purge o delete a package in the preseed configuration script but you can use this command....</p>\n\n<p><strong>d-i preseed/late_command</strong></p>\n\n<pre><code>This command is run just before the install finishes, but when there is\nstill a usable /target...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The example pressed is just an example; it does not contain all possible d-i combinations, but just those more common.</p>\n\n<p>Personally, I have never tried to remove packages from an install, so I am not sure there is a specific d-i command for it; it sounds like your <co...
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54814
1
54824
2011-07-28T04:55:50.323
51
48319
<p>I'm doing an install via testdrive using QEMU/KVM and I would like to check the log files during the installation, however I can't figure out a way to send <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>F1</kbd> and other F keys to the virtualized window (It instead goes to the TTY on the host machine).</p> <p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd>...
235
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2017-06-19T11:51:44.857
How can I ctrl-alt-f# to get to a TTY in a QEMU session?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>sendkey</code> can be used to send keys to the virtual system that your host intercepts at low level - such as <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F*</kbd>.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Use <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>2</kbd> to switch to the QEMU console.</li>\n<li>Type <c...
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54817
1
54825
2011-07-28T06:07:49.900
4
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<p>I have been trying to find out the temperatures on my Laptop since I feel it has been overheating. the processor seems fine but the HDD is definitely on the fritz. </p> <p>Problem is that the applet is only showing one temperature. I do not know how to increase the displays. Can anyone help out please?</p>
14002
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2017-03-02T11:02:35.040
Xsensors shows only one temperature
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First, install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/lm-sensors\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">lm-sensors</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/lm-sensors\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install lm-sensors\"></a>. which contains a prog...
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54818
1
null
2011-07-28T06:19:08.107
3
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<p>Installed the beta Ubuntu One on XP, for some reason the "UbunuOne" folder was not created, instead my shared folder is the root of C:\ drive. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling but no change.</p> <p>Can you specify or change the shared UbuntuOne folder?</p>
22355
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2011-07-28T15:09:27.820
is there a way to specify the "UbuntuOne" folder in windows?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The Ubuntu Windows application does not connect automatically.\nFirst of all you need to add your PC to your account which I assume you have already done as it is looking at the C: Drive</p>\n\n<p>When you right click on the status icon by the clock you should see Status : Id...
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54820
1
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2011-07-28T06:47:20.867
0
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/144621/how-do-i-stop-the-screensaver-from-turning-on-when-i-watching-online-videos">How do I stop the screensaver from turning on when I watching online videos?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>On Ubuntu Natty,</p> <p>My...
22013
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:08.843
2011-07-28T13:38:45.980
Screen Sleeps During Video Playback
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0
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0
2012-09-01T19:21:33.910
null
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54822
1
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2011-07-28T07:09:43.527
3
2230
<p>I logged in to ubuntu as I always do and suddenly the theme changed from what I have chosen to the default one and when I try to bring it back, it's working, but not the way it's supposed to:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yAfhM.png" alt="ubuntu theme problem"> </p> <p>As you can see the <code>Window ...
19755
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:54.290
2017-09-17T18:01:08.823
ubuntu theme suddenly changed to default and it's not coming back!
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3
6
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sounds like a hosed gconf to me. I had this issue once after removing some application menu items. Probably a weird parsing error that hasn't been pinned down yet. Just my 2 cents. </p>\n\n<p>My solution was to start over...not a good solution.</p>\n", "commentCount":...
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54826
1
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2011-07-28T09:10:57.650
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<p>I want to install the vanilla kernel of Ubuntu 10.10, through the .deb package, but it is not compiling.<br> What's wrong? Is there a PPA?</p> <p>Please help!</p>
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54713
2012-04-13T06:57:23.640
2012-04-13T06:57:23.640
Vanilla kernel .deb pakage
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T12:05:44.427", "id": "61662", "postId": "54826", "score": "0", "text": "Even if you did install a \"pure vanilla\" kernel, your Ubuntu system is unlikely to even boot with it. Some level of configuration is necessary. Can you be more specific about what you are tryi...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try looking at <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds\" rel=\"nofollow\">this link</a>. It does seem that Ubuntu is offering Unmodified Mainline Kernel (I hope that this is what you mean by Vanilla Kernel).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [],...
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54829
1
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2011-07-28T09:32:39.427
2
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<p>Using Ubuntu to consume media such as watching TV, movies, or listening to music, one occasionally wants to surf the web off the couch or control other applications with the computer screen standing at a further distance, making it hard to read UI buttons etc.</p> <p>Basically I would like to have a desktop as if d...
15058
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null
2011-07-28T15:11:33.887
Solutions for couch surfing
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1
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T09:36:29.857", "id": "61846", "postId": "54829", "score": "0", "text": "changing dpi via Appearances to a much higher value seems to be an option -- is there a command to that via the terminal, plz?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15058" }, { "...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I know if you go to System>preferences>appearance. And then click on the fonts tab you can actually change font sizes for most everything.</p>\n\n<p>Then you can just install a theme that has larger icons, and you should be able to see everything pretty well.</p>\n\n<p>I rea...
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54830
1
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2011-07-28T09:38:29.930
3
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<p>Not sure how to explain this but the situtation is as follows. </p> <p>Sometimes an application will throw a popup or a contextmenu. Then after I close that popup or menu and switch to a different application or workspace there is still an echo, a grey area where the popup or menu was. The only way to get rid of it...
6610
6005
2012-06-12T19:05:05.967
2012-06-12T19:05:05.967
Sometimes pop-ups and contextmenus leave an "echo" in the user interface
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T12:06:48.477", "id": "61663", "postId": "54830", "score": "0", "text": "please, add screenshot if it occurs again", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15023" }, { "creationDate": "2012-02-03T00:15:35.480", "id": "116413", "postId": "54830", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have two guesses. First, it might be that Compiz (the program in charge of graphical effects) is not refreshing the area where the animation occurred after the last frame. I have this happen all the time on my Desktop. What I do to get rid of it is to move the cube slightly...
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2012-02-03T00:17:44.387
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54832
1
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2011-07-28T11:42:08.847
2
1556
<p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 on my 2010 13' macbook pro using Parallels Desktop 6. I can run Ubuntu Classic perfectly, no lags and everything just works out of the box. When I try to run standard Ubuntu though (with Unity, the new Launcher &amp; Dash etc.), All I see is a solid green rectangle on the bottom-right 1/4th ...
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2011-07-28T15:10:43.047
2015-09-29T22:22:56.267
Unity doesn't look right when running in Parallels
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-21T19:13:56.787", "id": "66256", "postId": "54832", "score": "0", "text": "I too have had this problem, I can only suggest that you report the bug.\nOn the help menu there is an option to report a problem, although you need to give two sets of id numbers.", "userDi...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm not sure but just as virtualbox needs virtualbox addons to support unity, parallels might need some addons to support unity. Also, you might want to check how to enable 3D graphics capabilities as Unity needs that as well.</p>\n\n<p>Hope that helps!</p>\n", "commentCo...
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54837
1
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2011-07-28T12:01:31.557
4
35942
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/32850/can-someone-recommend-a-download-manager">Can someone recommend a download manager?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is there any software in Ubuntu like "<a href="http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/" rel="nofol...
22371
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:08.843
2014-02-10T12:17:03.757
Need software like 'Internet Download Manager'
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0
2012-09-14T00:17:23.480
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54839
1
54844
2011-07-28T12:23:30.663
2
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<p>this question is surely a dupe of <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1632056/how-do-you-install-mysql-5-1-on-ubuntu-8-10">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1632056/how-do-you-install-mysql-5-1-on-ubuntu-8-10</a></p> <p>Since I can't comment on that one...I am starting a new one. I'm having the same probl...
22372
-1
2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2011-07-29T08:35:38.387
Installing MySQL 5.1
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That version from dotdeb.org is horribly outdated, Ubuntu Natty does already have the MySQL server package in the repositories.</p>\n\n<p>I suggest you to remove the last three <code>deb</code> and <code>deb-src</code> lines which are not added by default:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>extr...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That version from dotdeb.org is horribly outdated, Ubuntu Natty does already have the MySQL server package in the repositories.</p>\n\n<p>I suggest you to remove the last three <code>deb</code> and <code>deb-src</code> lines which are not added by default:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><c...
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54843
1
55507
2011-07-28T12:52:02.220
3
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<p>I installed MS Office 2007 using PlayOnLinux, and the Arial font is italic, for some reason. Any hint on how to install it correctly?</p> <p>This two approaches I found in the internet have failed:</p> <ul> <li>To copy the fonts from my Windows "Fonts" folder to <code>/usr/share/fonts/truetype/</code> and execute ...
5304
5304
2011-08-01T17:17:01.777
2015-12-23T21:50:23.720
How can I install Arial fonts to my Office within Wine?
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10
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T13:14:54.003", "id": "61674", "postId": "54843", "score": "0", "text": "Does `sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts` not work?", "userDisplayName": "user4815", "userId": null }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T17:12:59.850", "id": "61724", "postId...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>PlayOnLinux provides a mechanism to install and modify \"bottles\" of wine-software.</p>\n\n<p>One of these is the install Microsoft Fonts to a \"bottle\" - the picture below will give an idea of what to do. Note - I dont have MS Office, but the principle still applies.</p>\n\n<p><i...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>PlayOnLinux provides a mechanism to install and modify \"bottles\" of wine-software.</p>\n\n<p>One of these is the install Microsoft Fonts to a \"bottle\" - the picture below will give an idea of what to do. Note - I dont have MS Office, but the principle still applies.</p>\...
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54847
1
54848
2011-07-28T13:08:42.933
18
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<p>I'm currently trying to free as much memory as possibile because I'm using my laptop for scientific simulations. One of the things I made is disable gdm and using login+startx to start GNOME session. Apart from eye-candy and comfor, is there any drawback of disabling the Display Manager? I mean, what are the reasons...
17218
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null
2021-12-01T11:02:07.303
Why use a Display manager?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T15:54:16.457", "id": "61710", "postId": "54847", "score": "0", "text": "Are these scientific calculations dependent on a GUI program?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "41" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T17:20:43.830", "id": "61727", "po...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>They handle pretty much everything (that isn't displaying graphics on hardware) for X. Logins, greeters, pass X the configuration for external connections, session choice.</p>\n<p>You don't need a heavy DM but I would argue that GDM isn't that heavy. LightDM certainly isn't. But if y...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>They handle pretty much everything (that isn't displaying graphics on hardware) for X. Logins, greeters, pass X the configuration for external connections, session choice.</p>\n<p>You don't need a heavy DM but I would argue that GDM isn't that heavy. LightDM certainly isn't. ...
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54851
1
null
2011-07-28T13:37:24.907
4
12909
<p>When I try to download some software from Ubuntu center or from Synaptic, I get package operation failed...</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dxP2p.png" alt="Package operation failed via Ubuntu Software Center"></p> <p>How to fix this?</p> <p>edit:</p> <p>I tried to install this game:</p> <p><img src="...
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2014-07-28T23:26:38.617
2015-11-12T19:44:10.307
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /lib/plymouth/themes/MIB-Ubuntu/MIB-Ubuntu.plymouth doesn't exist
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T13:41:33.340", "id": "61680", "postId": "54851", "score": "0", "text": "What happens when you press \"Details\" Could you edit your post to include the output from it?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "41" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T13:49:5...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not a guarantee to work, but this is worth a shot; drop a shell Terminal and type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get -f install\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This will attempt to fix any package dependencies after the failure of a given package. Has bailed me out about 90% of the time. <...
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54855
1
54873
2011-07-28T13:44:17.273
13
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<p>I want to completely remove open office from my system. What packages do I need to uninstall to remove it completely?<br> I am using Ubuntu 10.10.</p>
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9701
2011-07-28T14:11:29.603
2022-03-08T18:37:36.970
How to uninstall OpenOffice?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open a terminal, type in the following command and follow the on-screen instructions:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo aptitude purge openoffice.org\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you don't already have the aptitude package installed, you can do so by:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install aptitude\...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Go to <code>Synaptic Package Manager</code> and choose the part <code>installed packages</code> to list out only installed packages </p>\n\n<p>then, \nSearch on <code>OpenOffice</code></p>\n\n<p>Mark all OpenOffice packages that are found for complete removal by right-clickin...
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54857
1
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2011-07-28T13:51:03.977
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<p>I'm trying to implement a configuration mechanism that allows in a certain project to deploy through svn a cron configuration.</p> <p>I immediately thougt that what I should do is cerate symlinks from /etc/cron.d/ to my project's cron file (which in turn is controlled by a vcs), but that seems to not be working.</p...
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2020-04-22T16:52:19.360
Can symlinks be used in /etc/cron.d/?
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3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This has security implications. The scripts in /etc/cron.d/ are run by root with root privileges. It's a bad idea to symlink scripts there that are owned and writable for non-root users, since your system could be compromised that way</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "com...
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54866
1
54867
2011-07-28T14:35:12.717
3
3058
<p>Well, I have done a new ubuntu 11.04 installation and also added the gnome3-team ppa and installed gnome3, which is running now.</p> <p>All is perfect, except one very annoying issue:</p> <p>The windows I open, have no close button at all!</p> <p>This is not the usual issue that new users have when they find that...
22387
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2011-07-28T14:55:18.707
2011-07-28T14:55:18.707
No close button in GNOME 3
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do you use the Gnome3 session or the Gnome classic? \nDo you use compiz or metacity as window panel?\nWhen I start to use gnome 3, I was the same problem.\nTry to install the Compiz fusion icon first. \nSelect your windows manager, choose Metacity.\nReload Windows manager.\nI wish it...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do you use the Gnome3 session or the Gnome classic? \nDo you use compiz or metacity as window panel?\nWhen I start to use gnome 3, I was the same problem.\nTry to install the Compiz fusion icon first. \nSelect your windows manager, choose Metacity.\nReload Windows manager.\nI...
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54869
1
54883
2011-07-28T14:57:15.117
11
3944
<p>What I am looking for is a way to clone hard drives (mainly windows partitions) while staying inside of the Ubuntu OS. I do not want to create a partition on the hard drive to boot off of and I am not wanting to use a boot cd. The only thing I can even think of that is close is the 32bit version of ghost that can ...
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2012-06-18T17:58:40.270
2013-12-17T20:31:01.653
Clonezilla like app for the desktop?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Clonezilla uses <code>dd</code> behind the scenes.</p>\n\n<h3>About disks and partitions</h3>\n\n<p>A whole disk is a device like <code>/dev/sda</code>. This is the first disk, the second disk is <code>/dev/sdb</code>, the third <code>/dev/sdc</code>, etc. Older disks connected throu...
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54871
1
54907
2011-07-28T15:10:40.237
1
336
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37434/how-do-i-add-applications-to-the-launcher">How do I add applications to the launcher?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have convinced a few family members to switch to Ubuntu/Kubuntu, however they are half a count...
22035
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.590
2011-07-29T16:31:24.293
Mikogo icon lancher?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I assume this is what you need however if you want the application to appear in the screen that loads when you click on the top left corner the procedure is quite different. Let me know if thats what you need and I will run you through it.</p>\n\n<p>In order to keep programs in the U...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I assume this is what you need however if you want the application to appear in the screen that loads when you click on the top left corner the procedure is quite different. Let me know if thats what you need and I will run you through it.</p>\n\n<p>In order to keep programs ...
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2011-07-29T16:34:29.923
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2011-07-28T15:38:16.890
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<p>Im very new to Ubuntu but i've been using it since I purchased a netbook and was given a disc by a friend of mine.</p> <p>I am a researcher so I needed a simple but quick operating system and Ubuntu seems to do the trick.</p> <p>On my home PC I use Windows and, until I upgraded to Windows 7 I had the beta for Wind...
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2011-07-28T15:49:38.207
UbuntuOne for windows
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Nice and simple one :-)\nThe beta has been removed from the Home page now but you can still get it from :</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Windows\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Windows</a></p>\n\n<p>I hope this helps</p>\n", "commentCount...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Nice and simple one :-)\nThe beta has been removed from the Home page now but you can still get it from :</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Windows\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Windows</a></p>\n\n<p>I hope this helps</p>\n", "co...
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54879
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54918
2011-07-28T16:05:33.530
1
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<p>I have a acer aspire 5820T with a broadcom 43225 wireless card. I previously used ubuntu 10.10 and the wireless worked straight away, but when I updated to 11.04 the wireless stopped working. </p> <p>I have managed to get the wireless hardware to switch on for a couple of seconds before turning off (When you turn t...
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2012-06-06T22:16:47.693
2012-06-06T22:16:47.693
broadcom 43225 wireless on acer laptop is disabled
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>broadcom</h2>\n\n<p>Its not an ungenerous statement that you are not alone with Broadcom issues. </p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu does try its best by offering you what it thinks is the best driver.</p>\n\n<p>I would advise you should stick with the STA driver offered to you for Natty (11.04) for...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>broadcom</h2>\n\n<p>Its not an ungenerous statement that you are not alone with Broadcom issues. </p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu does try its best by offering you what it thinks is the best driver.</p>\n\n<p>I would advise you should stick with the STA driver offered to you for Natty (11...
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54880
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2011-07-28T16:06:25.823
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<p>I am using Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit as my only OS on my desktop computer, which used to only run Ubuntu 10.04 LTS until I had the time to upgrade it with a fresh install. It uses integrated NVIDIA graphics (listed as a <em>GeForce 6150SE nForce 430</em> by the NVIDIA X Server Settings utility) with the current proprietar...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2011-11-30T17:45:36.293
Plymouth and GRUB do not show at all
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-01T20:56:21.063", "id": "62371", "postId": "54880", "score": "0", "text": "ok (its worth deleting your comments to tidy up the thread like I have done!) - GRUB_GFXMODE is still commented out - it should be GRUB_GFXMODE=1280x1024. You have the full set of options in GRU...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you can try installing startup manager. i think the bootloader menu in your case is showing in a resolution of 640x480. i had a similar problem (i think) in which my monitor just shows 'out of range' and pressing enter does the trick (since i'm on dual boot too). there's an o...
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2011-12-01T13:17:42.797
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2011-07-28T17:04:32.807
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<p>In Windows 7, if you drag a window to the top of the screen, it will maximize, and if you drag to the side, it will restore to half size of the screen on that side.</p> <p>Is there any window manager or plugin for Nautilus with this features?</p>
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2011-07-29T13:30:59.983
2011-07-29T13:30:59.983
Is there any Window Manager like the Windows 7's for Ubuntu?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T17:07:34.097", "id": "61723", "postId": "54881", "score": "1", "text": "Yes. This feature is available with Ubuntu 11.04. Which ubuntu version are you using?\nFor more information, please read and view the video on this page. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/01/aero-...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unity, the default desktop for 11.04, does the top-screen maximize and the left/right screen thing by default, however it is not available for 10.10.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "...
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2011-07-28T17:07:35.293
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<p>I'm just doing a base install of Ubuntu Server. The install goes fine until it reaches the Partitions Formatting section. It just goes to 33% and stays there. I have read on some sites that its still formatting even though it stays on 33% and that it will eventually format. But I left it alone for 12 hours and its s...
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2011-07-28T17:16:39.293
2014-03-26T15:09:07.607
Install stuck on partitions formatting
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T18:16:04.807", "id": "61734", "postId": "54882", "score": "0", "text": "As a workaround, if you partition and format manually, using GParted for example, then the installer works?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9340" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It should not take this long at all. Do not rule out that there is something wrong with the drive. It is even possible, though lately rare, for older hard drive firmware to cause general performance issues. Check with the manufacturer. However, my first instinct would be to suspe...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It should not take this long at all. Do not rule out that there is something wrong with the drive. It is even possible, though lately rare, for older hard drive firmware to cause general performance issues. Check with the manufacturer. However, my first instinct would be ...
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2011-07-28T17:33:29.827
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<p>I'm trying to get X to start on a system with an nvidia ion chipset, but no matter what I do, it fails. <strong>This device worked with <code>nvidia</code> as the driver with ubuntu Karmic</strong>, so I'm not sure why it's failing. </p> <pre><code>(II) LoadModule: "nvidia" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/extra-modules/...
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2011-09-30T21:36:36.060
2011-09-30T21:36:36.060
X won't start when using NVidia ION
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I was unable to get the nvidia driver working, but the nouveau driver seems to perform acceptably.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-30T19:55:21.610", "id": "73226", "postId": "63804", "score": "0", "text": "Th...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>AFAIK nVidia ION is a hybric graphics card using Optimus (on laptops). Optimus is not supported by the nvidia drivers nor the nouveau driver.</p>\n\n<p>Anyway, if you want to use the <code>nvidia</code> driver, make sure that the <code>nouveau</code> driver is unloaded:</p>\n...
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2011-07-28T18:22:33.990
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<p>I use resolvconf to have static DNS servers set in <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code>. However, when I run <code>sudo resolvconf -u</code> to update <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> with new static information, I get the error 'resolvconf: Error: /etc/resolv.conf must be a symlink'. How can I fix this?</p>
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2023-08-09T17:27:16.937
Resolvconf -u gives the error "resolvconf: Error: /etc/resolv.conf must be a symlink"
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's easy to fix. Just open a terminal and run the following commands:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf\nsudo ln -s ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf\nsudo resolvconf -u\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's easy to fix. Just open a terminal and run the following commands:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf\nsudo ln -s ../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf\nsudo resolvconf -u\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ { "crea...
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54891
1
54896
2011-07-28T18:26:33.207
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<p>Ubuntu 11.04 is not booting up with the following error message at startup</p> <p>/device/sda2 is not ready or not present... /device/sdc2 is not ready or not present...</p> <p>Then the screen just hangs.</p> <p>/device/sda2 is a partition that doesnt even exist in my system as far as I know.</p> <p>/sdc2 is a N...
22013
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2011-07-29T02:47:17.920
2011-07-29T02:47:17.920
Ubuntu Not Booting/Freeze at Startup
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Looks like your grub is improperly configured. You may need to edit it to point towards the correct partition. I would just recommend downloading a grub rescue disk or try the directions from this site:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://microdotsagamedev.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/repair-yo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Looks like your grub is improperly configured. You may need to edit it to point towards the correct partition. I would just recommend downloading a grub rescue disk or try the directions from this site:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://microdotsagamedev.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/r...
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54895
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2011-07-28T19:16:36.117
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 x86_64 2.6.38-10-generic. I have two GTX 460s, and I'm using Nvidia driver 270.41.06. Without SLI enabled, the computer runs fine. However, after running <code>nvidia-xconfig --sli=Auto</code> and rebooting, performance drops. When I do anything, even as simple as scrolling a webpage, it's ...
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2012-01-21T00:33:45.210
2013-11-29T14:43:40.097
Poor SLI Performance
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm going to leave the link alone because I think it still has some valuable information. And I'm going to assume you've done everything that you feel is related to your problem.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1684460\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"...
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54900
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2011-07-28T19:37:36.267
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<p>when I used <code>ls -a</code> to view hidden files in folder there were 2 hidden files created by default what is the significance of this two files <code>.</code> and <code>..</code>?</p> <pre><code>ls -a </code></pre> <p>Produces</p> <pre><code>. .. </code></pre>
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2011-07-28T20:42:33.073
2024-03-16T21:49:32.120
What do "." and ".." mean when in a folder?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>.</code> is the current folder.</p>\n<p><code>..</code> is the folder above the current folder - the folder that contains the current folder.</p>\n<p>You will sometimes see that single dot in use when someone wants to run a script from their home directory. For instance: <code>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>.</code> is the current folder.</p>\n<p><code>..</code> is the folder above the current folder - the folder that contains the current folder.</p>\n<p>You will sometimes see that single dot in use when someone wants to run a script from their home directory. For instance...
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54902
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54905
2011-07-28T19:45:30.080
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<p>When I access a network folder using nautilus it shows up in the Places sidebar, but not in any other application's save/open Places sidebar. Why the inconsistency, and how can I add a share so every application has access to it without having to edit fstab?</p>
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2020-01-17T11:20:25.187
how do you mount network drives?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>By default network shares are mounted in the hidden directory <code>~/.gvfs</code> in our home directory. You can browse there with any application provided you have enabled to display hidden folders.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/smbnetfs\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>By default network shares are mounted in the hidden directory <code>~/.gvfs</code> in our home directory. You can browse there with any application provided you have enabled to display hidden folders.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/smbnetfs\" rel=\"nofollow no...
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2011-07-28T20:02:04.113
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<p>I try to unzip a zip file, but got an error:</p> <pre><code>$ unzip COCR2_100.zip Archive: COCR2_100.zip End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be...
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2023-08-08T00:22:48.397
unzip error "End-of-central-directory signature not found"
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-28T20:10:45.690", "id": "61759", "postId": "54904", "score": "0", "text": "I was able to download and extract the program without any problems using the mirror link. Perhaps your download is corrupt? here is my md5sum output on the file: a55352aac3193948478952dea3...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is exactly what it says. Unzip can't find the line of code that signals the end of the archive, so either:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>The archive is corrupt.</li>\n<li>It is not a .zip archive.</li>\n<li>There are more than 1 parts to the archive, but that doesn't seem possible to ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is exactly what it says. Unzip can't find the line of code that signals the end of the archive, so either:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>The archive is corrupt.</li>\n<li>It is not a .zip archive.</li>\n<li>There are more than 1 parts to the archive, but that doesn't seem poss...
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2011-07-28T20:33:33.117
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<p>There are plenty of them.</p> <p>Which one would you recommend?</p> <p>Is there one which notifies about unread buzz posts?</p>
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2011-07-28T20:44:11.330
2011-08-26T06:34:06.183
Which Gmail Notifier do you use?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>gm-notify : <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gm-notify\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gm-notify</a></p>\n\n<p>It integrates best for notifying, but not for managing the e-mail straight from it (like checkgmail) or describing the conte...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>gm-notify : <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gm-notify\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gm-notify</a></p>\n\n<p>It integrates best for notifying, but not for managing the e-mail straight from it (like checkgmail) or describing t...
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2014-06-02T20:44:32.093
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2011-07-28T22:05:59.467
1
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<p>I tried to install libboost and it failed. Now I'm getting the error that there are unmet dependencies and I cannot do anything involving upgrading or installing packages. I run <code>sudo apt-get -f install</code> as recommended in the messages but I get the errors </p> <pre><code>root@IM-EPI140:~# apt-get -f ins...
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2011-07-28T22:20:30.680
Broken Software index, what do I do
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The package manager says it right here : </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>libboost1.42-dev conflicts with libboost-dev (&lt;&lt; 1.35.0)\nlibboost-dev:i386 (version 1.34.1-15ubuntu3) is present and unpacked\nbut not configured. dpkg: error processing\n/var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.42-dev_1.42.0...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The package manager says it right here : </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>libboost1.42-dev conflicts with libboost-dev (&lt;&lt; 1.35.0)\nlibboost-dev:i386 (version 1.34.1-15ubuntu3) is present and unpacked\nbut not configured. dpkg: error processing\n/var/cache/apt/archives/libboost1.42-de...
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54926
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2011-07-28T22:29:19.650
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<p>there is good feature in windows (for me:-D) : when using headset you can set volume of output sound to something other than when you're not! e.g I set the sound volume to minimum when I'm not using headset but when using that's very high. but there is no such feature in ubuntu! now is there any program or solution ...
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2011-07-31T09:03:42.367
2011-07-31T11:23:02.470
multi sound volume like windows
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As far as I know in Ubuntu Alsa and PulseAudio Work together to provide sound Alsa detects and configures your sound hardware and PulseAudio decides what software can use the audio and what volume it will be.</p>\n\n<p>Alsa can do this bit on its own but no where near as good as puls...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As far as I know in Ubuntu Alsa and PulseAudio Work together to provide sound Alsa detects and configures your sound hardware and PulseAudio decides what software can use the audio and what volume it will be.</p>\n\n<p>Alsa can do this bit on its own but no where near as good...
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54932
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2011-07-29T00:56:24.383
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<p>When I first installed 11.04 on my gateway ml6720 my gigaware worked fine my son pull out the usb and now I get firmware missing when I try to get online. </p> <p>My internal wireless works fine but I now can't go far from the house. Is there a way around this or do I have to reinstall the os?</p>
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2011-07-29T00:58:02.667
2011-07-29T00:58:02.667
Gigaware wireless-n usb 2.0 adapter stopped working, missing firmware
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-04-02T07:19:00.267
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54950
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54956
2011-07-29T03:57:25.503
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<p>I was writing a script and needed a list of all currently supported versions of Ubuntu.</p> <p>If any of you guys know of either a downloadable files which contains all versions with dates or a simple list of all <em>currently</em> supported versions. That would be great. Obviously they would have to be locations w...
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2012-02-03T16:27:57.167
2013-09-24T21:28:04.203
How can I programatically determine which Ubuntu Versions are still supported?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use launchpadlib to do this. For example, in python:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env python\n\nfrom launchpadlib.launchpad import Launchpad\n\nlp = Launchpad.login_anonymously('series-support-check')\nfor series in lp.projects['ubuntu'].series:\n print series.name, series...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is not hard to see the pattern in release dates. If you go to <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28operating_system%29#Releases\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikipedia</a>, you can see that the normal releases are supported for 1 1/2 years, while the LTS (Long Term Suppor...
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54951
1
54975
2011-07-29T04:01:16.750
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<p>The contributors agreement has changed to a broad license harmony agreement. Do I need to resign the new agreement or is it automatic. Does anything prevent me from signing the new agreement and using that as a basis for my contributions and Should I sign the new agreement, is it legally safer?</p> <ul> <li>Note, I...
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2011-07-29T08:58:35.740
2011-07-29T08:58:35.740
If I've signed the Canonical Contributors agreement, do I have to sign the new Harmony Agreement?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the <a href=\"http://www.canonical.com/contributors/faq\">www.canonical.com/contributors/faq</a> FAQ:<blockquote></p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p><b>If I signed the old agreement, do I need to sign the new one too?</b></p><p>No, if you previously accepted the Canonical Contributor Agreement...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the <a href=\"http://www.canonical.com/contributors/faq\">www.canonical.com/contributors/faq</a> FAQ:<blockquote></p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p><b>If I signed the old agreement, do I need to sign the new one too?</b></p><p>No, if you previously accepted the Canonical Contributor A...
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<p>Hi I have two NTFS drive partitions that I want to be able to access from either Windows or Ubuntu 10.04, and it works fine...from MY account.</p> <p>When any of the other Ubuntu accounts are logged in, they can't see the drives. They are invisible to other users both before and after I mount them in my account. <...
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2011-07-29T06:43:02.943
2011-07-30T03:11:55.063
What should I do when some users can see my NTFS drives, and others can't?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>How about installing ntfs-config? It's a GUI utility to assist in mounting NTFS drives automatically during bootup.</p>\n\n<p>Start a package manager, search for ntfs, install. You'll find the program in System tools.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "...
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2012-01-30T02:36:33.373
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2011-07-29T06:13:42.683
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<p>My VPS is running Ubuntu, and I'd like to be able to receive email to my domain.</p> <p>How do I easily set up a mail server to do this?</p>
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2012-02-07T17:50:13.897
2012-03-24T17:34:05.417
How do I set up an email server?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T06:41:44.083", "id": "61829", "postId": "54960", "score": "3", "text": "Great question, I'm waiting for a great answer. I have build a couple of mail servers over the years and it has never been easy. Lot's of decisions: what SMS server, what IMAP/POP, how to store ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is how I've setup mail on our production machines. These are the criteria that we needed:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Email Accounts</li>\n<li>Email Aliases (Forwarders)</li>\n<li>IMAP, POP3, and SMTP</li>\n</ul>\n\n<h1>\"Easy\" (tl;dr)</h1>\n\n<p>First, I want to address what would appear...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't have a \"great answer\" but you may find these links helpful <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto#Receiving\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto#Receiving</a> Mail and <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Post...
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2011-07-29T06:41:17.843
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<p>Opened the terminal ran alsamixer, held the right arrow key till I could encounter beep mixer, but was unable to find beep GUI.</p> <p>Does this mean beep is not installed or it has not been invoked or any other scenario?</p> <p>Thank You in advance.</p>
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2012-08-22T10:20:37.460
Alsa Mixer Query?
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2011-07-29T06:54:26.483
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<p>How to style the rows color in Elementary Nautilus (list view)?</p>
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2013-12-15T14:10:45.150
Change Listview row color in Elementary nautilus?
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2012-02-25T14:38:39.570
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