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54640 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T00:05:13.640 | 5 | 227 | <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>
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54644 | 1 | 67104 | 2011-07-27T00:27:23.733 | 22 | 9575 | <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>
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54654 | 1 | 57771 | 2011-07-27T02:28:11.897 | 26 | 20962 | <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>
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54659 | 1 | 57161 | 2011-07-27T03:33:18.250 | 0 | 498 | <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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54660 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T03:37:19.607 | 3 | 1652 | <p>Alright i go into the terminal and type in</p>
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54661 | 1 | 54668 | 2011-07-27T04:42:06.383 | 2 | 1433 | <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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54664 | 1 | 54689 | 2011-07-27T05:04:53.590 | 1 | 671 | <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>
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54670 | 1 | 54691 | 2011-07-27T06:28:49.847 | 38 | 190977 | <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.
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54672 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T06:44:28.603 | 4 | 316 | <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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54673 | 1 | 54927 | 2011-07-27T06:47:05.473 | 4 | 1022 | <p>We have,</p>
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54679 | 1 | 85743 | 2011-07-27T07:14:30.247 | 1 | 722 | <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>
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<p>What does this mean, and how can I fix this?</p>
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54680 | 1 | 54682 | 2011-07-27T07:15:15.593 | 6 | 124 | <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>
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54681 | 1 | 418789 | 2011-07-27T07:24:18.487 | 36 | 15361 | <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>
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54686 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T09:29:56.820 | 2 | 963 | <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>
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54692 | 1 | 54702 | 2011-07-27T10:30:14.397 | 6 | 12899 | <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>
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54695 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T11:23:04.570 | 1 | 2372 | <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>
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54697 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T12:00:44.927 | 2 | 130 | <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
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<p>When nothing is using the audio device mpg123 works. However, when Firefox is playing internet radio it does't.</p>
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54698 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T12:27:57.770 | 12 | 5559 | <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.
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54699 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T12:31:06.507 | 1 | 473 | <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.
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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>
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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? | [
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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>
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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>
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54710 | 1 | 54713 | 2011-07-27T13:32:05.627 | 29 | 173016 | <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>
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54711 | 1 | null | 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>
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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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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>
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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>
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54722 | 1 | 54723 | 2011-07-27T06:26:55.313 | 3 | 1463 | <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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54724 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T15:09:24.797 | 0 | 92 | <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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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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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,
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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>
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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>
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54741 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T16:32:54.977 | 7 | 16912 | <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>
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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 ... | 15767 | null | null | 2011-07-27T20:07:18.323 | How to cancel software upgrade | [
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54747 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T17:04:59.930 | 19 | 32128 | <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... | 2510 | null | null | 2019-06-29T13:51:28.030 | Automatically kill a process if it exceeds a given amount of RAM | [
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54749 | 1 | 107312 | 2011-07-27T17:21:23.343 | 4 | 21175 | <p>I have set up postfix and am now attempting to set up dovecot. I did <code>apt-get install dovecot-common</code>
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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>
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54760 | 1 | null | 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>
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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>
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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>
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54767 | 1 | 58211 | 2011-07-27T20:52:52.573 | 2 | 288 | <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>
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54768 | 1 | null | 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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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>
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54771 | 1 | 85424 | 2011-07-27T21:16:05.083 | 48 | 34719 | <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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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?
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54778 | 1 | 54779 | 2011-07-27T22:18:55.377 | 17 | 2221 | <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>
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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>
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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>
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54787 | 1 | null | 2011-07-27T23:37:05.303 | 18 | 41222 | <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>
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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.
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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>
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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>
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54798 | 1 | null | 2011-07-28T02:26:39.900 | 7 | 37451 | <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>
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54801 | 1 | null | 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>
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54807 | 1 | 54819 | 2011-07-28T04:35:44.367 | 4 | 6640 | <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>
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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>
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54809 | 1 | 70157 | 2011-07-28T04:40:48.480 | 14 | 10042 | <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>
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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>
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54817 | 1 | 54825 | 2011-07-28T06:07:49.900 | 4 | 3907 | <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>
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54818 | 1 | null | 2011-07-28T06:19:08.107 | 3 | 970 | <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>
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54820 | 1 | null | 2011-07-28T06:47:20.867 | 0 | 216 | <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>
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<p>On Ubuntu Natty,</p>
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54822 | 1 | null | 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>
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54826 | 1 | null | 2011-07-28T09:10:57.650 | 2 | 671 | <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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54829 | 1 | null | 2011-07-28T09:32:39.427 | 2 | 249 | <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 | null | null | 2011-07-28T15:11:33.887 | Solutions for couch surfing | [
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54830 | 1 | null | 2011-07-28T09:38:29.930 | 3 | 114 | <p>Not sure how to explain this but the situtation is as follows. </p>
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54832 | 1 | null | 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 & Dash etc.), All I see is a solid green rectangle on the bottom-right 1/4th ... | 22366 | 235 | 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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54837 | 1 | null | 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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54839 | 1 | 54844 | 2011-07-28T12:23:30.663 | 2 | 9470 | <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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54843 | 1 | 55507 | 2011-07-28T12:52:02.220 | 3 | 12602 | <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>
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54847 | 1 | 54848 | 2011-07-28T13:08:42.933 | 18 | 6096 | <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 | null | null | 2021-12-01T11:02:07.303 | Why use a Display manager? | [
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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>
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<p>How to fix this?</p>
<p>edit:</p>
<p>I tried to install this game:</p>
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54855 | 1 | 54873 | 2011-07-28T13:44:17.273 | 13 | 45806 | <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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54857 | 1 | null | 2011-07-28T13:51:03.977 | 28 | 27813 | <p>I'm trying to implement a configuration mechanism that allows in a certain project to deploy through svn a cron configuration.</p>
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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>
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<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>
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54875 | 1 | 54876 | 2011-07-28T15:38:16.890 | 1 | 93 | <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>
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54879 | 1 | 54918 | 2011-07-28T16:05:33.530 | 1 | 1572 | <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>
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54880 | 1 | null | 2011-07-28T16:06:25.823 | 4 | 4953 | <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... | 18612 | -1 | 2020-06-12T14:37:07.210 | 2011-11-30T17:45:36.293 | Plymouth and GRUB do not show at all | [
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54881 | 1 | 54884 | 2011-07-28T17:04:32.807 | 6 | 2338 | <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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54882 | 1 | 54948 | 2011-07-28T17:07:35.293 | 0 | 3047 | <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... | 22393 | 22393 | 2011-07-28T17:16:39.293 | 2014-03-26T15:09:07.607 | Install stuck on partitions formatting | [
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54885 | 1 | 63804 | 2011-07-28T17:33:29.827 | 1 | 3160 | <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>
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54888 | 1 | 54889 | 2011-07-28T18:22:33.990 | 21 | 52473 | <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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54891 | 1 | 54896 | 2011-07-28T18:26:33.207 | -1 | 666 | <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>
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54895 | 1 | null | 2011-07-28T19:16:36.117 | 1 | 2717 | <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 ... | 5696 | 5696 | 2012-01-21T00:33:45.210 | 2013-11-29T14:43:40.097 | Poor SLI Performance | [
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54900 | 1 | 54901 | 2011-07-28T19:37:36.267 | 36 | 38558 | <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>
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<p>Produces</p>
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54902 | 1 | 54905 | 2011-07-28T19:45:30.080 | 0 | 2510 | <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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54904 | 1 | 54955 | 2011-07-28T20:02:04.113 | 188 | 758092 | <p>I try to unzip a zip file, but got an error:</p>
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Archive: COCR2_100.zip
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54908 | 1 | 54909 | 2011-07-28T20:33:33.117 | -1 | 468 | <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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54921 | 1 | 54923 | 2011-07-28T22:05:59.467 | 1 | 1880 | <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>
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54926 | 1 | 55063 | 2011-07-28T22:29:19.650 | 2 | 643 | <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 ... | 14833 | 6450 | 2011-07-31T09:03:42.367 | 2011-07-31T11:23:02.470 | multi sound volume like windows | [
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54932 | 1 | null | 2011-07-29T00:56:24.383 | 2 | 410 | <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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54950 | 1 | 54956 | 2011-07-29T03:57:25.503 | 11 | 512 | <p>I was writing a script and needed a list of all currently supported versions of Ubuntu.</p>
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54951 | 1 | 54975 | 2011-07-29T04:01:16.750 | 11 | 269 | <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>
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54959 | 1 | null | 2011-07-29T05:41:10.343 | 2 | 131 | <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>
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54960 | 1 | 55027 | 2011-07-29T06:13:42.683 | 63 | 66037 | <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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54963 | 1 | null | 2011-07-29T06:41:17.843 | 1 | 169 | <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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54965 | 1 | null | 2011-07-29T06:54:26.483 | 2 | 213 | <p>How to style the rows color in Elementary Nautilus (list view)?</p>
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