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2011-07-29T07:19:51.103
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<p><a href="https://one.ubuntu.com/downloads/iphone/" rel="nofollow">https://one.ubuntu.com/downloads/iphone/</a></p> <p>"Listen offline and enjoy your favorite songs" anyone knows how to do that on an iPod Touch? I can't see any option for that.</p>
22430
null
null
2011-12-19T23:54:16.657
Ubuntu One Music listen offline on iPod Touch
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can buy music directly in Rhytmbox or Banshee and then synchronize it to your iPod touch or mobile MP3-device just like imported music in library. Bought music in the Ubuntu One Store is DRM-free and can be burnt or copied to devices as often as you want.</p>\n\n<p>See <a...
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54970
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2011-07-29T07:33:41.980
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<p>I want to set up a loop device at boot time. I wonder what is the best way to do this.</p> <p>I've searched for it on google. Some says adding a udev rule, some says putting a scripts in <code>/etc/init.d</code>, some even modifies the initramfs. </p> <p>So what is the best or right way to do this? Could you pleas...
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21634
2011-07-29T08:13:57.170
2016-12-26T05:21:58.437
How to set up a loop device at boot time?
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54971
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2011-07-29T07:35:43.380
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<p>I have read the basic instructions here:</p> <p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW" rel="noreferrer">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW</a></p> <p>I want to <code>sudo ufw default deny</code> and then</p> <pre><code>sudo ufw allow ssh sudo ufw allow smtp sudo ufw allow www sudo ufw allow https sudo uf...
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setting up ufw for a website, I want to to disallow everything except ssh, e-mail, and http
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The easiest solution is to find your current IP, and first do the following:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>sudo ufw allow in from 192.168.1.100</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Where 192.168.1.100 would be your current IP. This way you don't block yourself out from the machine.</p>\n", ...
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54973
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54979
2011-07-29T08:42:47.417
2
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<p>I'm getting Mercurial from this PPA: <a href="https://launchpad.net/~mercurial-ppa/+archive/releases/+packages?field.name_filter=mercurial&amp;field.status_filter=&amp;field.series_filter=" rel="nofollow">https://launchpad.net/~mercurial-ppa/+archive/releases/+packages?field.name_filter=mercurial&amp;field.status_fi...
22431
22431
2011-07-29T11:49:14.533
2011-07-29T11:49:14.533
I need Mercurial 1.8.x back
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Looking at the PPA page you can see <code>1.8.4</code> is marked as \"Superseded\". This means it's no longer provided by the repository. That's the reason <code>aptitude versions mercurial</code> isn't behaving as you'd want.</p>\n\n<p>You have some options:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p><str...
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54981
1
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2011-07-29T10:24:51.843
3
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<p>For some reason I can't install Ubuntu from CD or USB, so that I had to installed Ubuntu via Wubi. But I install Ubuntu into partition 'D' and partition of Win 7 is 'C'. If I re-install win 7, how can I use pre-installed Ubuntu ?</p>
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2012-02-10T19:13:42.610
2012-02-10T19:13:42.610
How can re-use Ubuntu which was installed via Wubi on Windows 7?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Don't uninstall Wubi - it will delete the virtual disk and completely remove your entire Ubuntu install. To safeguard this copy D:\\ubuntu\\disks\\root.disk (and any other virtual disks) completely out of the D:\\ubuntu directory.</p>\n\n<p>You have a couple of options:</p>\n...
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54988
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2011-07-29T13:01:58.230
8
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<p>I have rebuilt a deb package with a custom patch for my computer which is a 64bit machine. I did it using:</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get -b source [package name] </code></pre> <p>Now my question is, how to do that in a similar manner to cross-compile the same package for 32bit machines?</p> <p>Thanks, Nicolay</p>
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2011-07-30T00:12:36.130
How to cross-compile an existing deb package from 64bit to 32bit architecture
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54989
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2011-07-29T13:05:08.290
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<p>I've read about people hacking joysticks to make a foot controller for audio apps by wiring up some robust switches to the circuit board. It's probably possible to do something with the joystick too.</p> <p>I'm just wondering how you would convert this to MIDI as I assume this is what the apps will expect.</p> <p>...
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2012-05-10T04:12:22.840
How do I use a USB joystick to generate MIDI data to control audio apps?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://lsmi-all.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Something to try</a></p>\n\n<p>Its been a long time since I've played with anything like this. If you lucky, your software will allow direct input from /dev/input0 (or whichever your joystick is)</p>\n\n<p>Good lu...
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54991
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2011-07-29T13:20:02.077
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<p>How can I logout from the Ubuntu One Files apps on Android ? Is it possible to have a login screen everytime I star the application ? If I lose my phone, someone can just upload or download from my account because the Ubuntu One app seems like always logged in. Is there any way to logout ?? Thanks. Andy.</p>
22443
null
null
2011-07-29T17:18:46.483
Logout from Ubuntu One Android app
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try deauthorizing the device from ubuntu one control panel in Ubuntu</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-07-29T16:16:11.857", "id": "55007", "lastActivityD...
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54992
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2011-07-29T13:28:22.747
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<p>Is it possible to add a user in ubuntu linux without useradd command I think its possible by adding the entries in <code>/etc/passwd and /etc/shadow</code> but i don't know the exact steps to do it and the user should get its home directory and bash shell too.</p>
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2017-07-30T07:50:35.140
How to add user without useradd command?
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54994
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2011-07-29T13:52:12.043
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<p>I'm using Gnome Shell.</p> <p><kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd> shows all opened application windows from all virtual desktops. It becomes impossible to use when many windows are opened. Is it possible to show only these apps which are on active desktop?</p>
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2011-09-22T13:50:50.660
2018-01-24T11:20:49.103
Force Alt+Tab show only active desktop apps in gnome-shell
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Two ways to solve the problem.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Install a plugin which modifies the behaviour of Alt+Tab to conventional methode. Then it shows all the opened windows go <a href=\"http://fpmurphy.com/gnome-shell-extensions\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://fpmurphy.com/gnome-shell...
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2017-10-09T14:04:44.480
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54995
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2011-07-29T13:57:57.393
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<p>How can you get the lines in the GNOME Terminal to wrap dynamically when you resize the window?</p>
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2012-06-12T22:16:33.630
2014-09-10T15:15:59.697
Dynamic line wrapping in the GNOME Terminal
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54999
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2011-07-29T14:26:01.120
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<p>I am using a GTX470 with an HDMI output, this card is able to handle the video and audio. I have no issues with the video but I get no sound. Is there a guide to enable sound on this card through hdmi that could be written out or I could be guided to. Thanks!</p>
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2013-03-25T21:48:50.443
2013-03-25T21:48:50.443
Enable HDMI audio for an Nvidia card
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open the sound settings by clicking the volume applet and selecting \"Sound Settings\". From there, make sure that under the \"Hardware\" tab, the HDMI card is selected, as well as under the \"Output\" tab. That should do the trick</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comm...
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2011-07-29T14:32:35.190
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<p>I have been having trouble with Unity. kGet, Skype and Vuze all give me the same problem. I can launch them once and after that if I close the Window I won't be able to get the application back. Killing the process and opening again is the way around I found. But I want to find if it's possible to fix it. </p> <p>I...
22449
235
2011-07-30T03:52:56.863
2011-07-30T11:20:11.523
kget, Skype, and Vuze are not showing up in my panel
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That is probably because in Natty the system tray is disabled by default. You can however \"whitelist\" applications. These applications will then show up in the top left corner of your screen right next to your other application indicators where they used to be.</p>\n\n<p>To...
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55003
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2011-07-29T15:17:56.870
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<p>I'd like to try some packaging for oneric and vmbuilder seems like the easiest way to install it in kvm, but when I tell vmbuilder to install oneric it says it only knows through natty.</p> <pre><code>jrwren@delays:{4}~ $ sudo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite oneric 2011-07-29 11:16:30,578 INFO : Calling hook: prefl...
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2011-07-29T16:49:50.440
2011-07-29T16:52:26.677
How can I use vmbuilder to install the dev ubuntu release?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Turns out there's a tool that does this automatically called <a href=\"http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/03/ubuntu-prerelease-testing-made-easy-with-testdrive.ars\" rel=\"nofollow\">testdrive</a>. \nTestdrive is the right way to run the ubuntu dev release in kvm/qemu.</p>\...
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2011-07-29T16:57:46.473
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<p>I’m curious… Is there a way to get Opera working with the global menu? That would be very nice if it could.</p>
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2011-07-29T17:04:36.557
2012-08-07T18:03:54.437
Does Opera work with the global application menu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As Far as I know there is no way currently to integrate Opera with the application menu in the meantime. I searched but I didn't reach to a solution. </p>\n\n<p>Even I've tried using latest opera; <a href=\"http://www.opera.com/browser/next/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Opera-next</a> , but It...
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2011-07-29T17:25:05.443
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<p>I downloaded three versions of Firefox: 3.6, 3.5 and 3.0 from Mozilla ftp server. Then I created three profiles, e.g:</p> <pre><code>firefox -no-remote -CreateProfile firefox-3.5 </code></pre> <p>Then I tried to run it:</p> <pre><code>./firefox -no-remote -P firefox-3.5 </code></pre> <p>but it failed with the er...
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2011-07-29T19:40:37.953
2011-07-29T19:58:23.200
How to run multiple versions (via multiple profiles) of Firefox?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Get <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxtester/\" rel=\"nofollow\">FoxTester</a> extension. It allows to install/launch/uninstall multiple versions of Firefox using multiple profiles, directly from your default Firefox.</p>\n\n<p>Keep in mind that FoxTester is...
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2011-07-29T17:33:47.027
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<p>I'm looking for a backup solution for a specific use case. If none exists, then I'm tempted to make one. </p> <p>I have a large and growing collection of video files. On my workstation I have a fairly large disk in RAID5, consisting of a few 2TB disks, which is easily expandable. These files are never changed. If I...
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2011-07-29T18:02:14.213
2023-05-01T14:18:19.390
Recommendations for a backup solution?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't think there's an existing solution that offers exactly what you describe. You would have to write a couple of scripts, starting with something like <a href=\"https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=fsniper\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">fsniper</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubu...
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<p>I have had Ubuntu running fine from usb external hd. When i bought a new laptop (toshiba L775D-S7222) and tried to boot I found that not always but sometimes there was a problem that shutdown did not power off rather restarted. Also when this happens my laptop keyboard and mouse don't work at all and I need to use e...
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2017-09-08T02:16:08.637
2017-09-08T02:16:08.637
ubuntu *sometimes* restarts when i try to shutdown (shutdown -P now, halt, init 0)
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not sure why it would restart, but halting is not the same as powering off. However, upstart actually confused things quite a bit by powering off when one called halt. Note that this bug was fixed in Ubuntu 11.10:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/...
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2011-07-29T18:15:35.280
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<p>I am trying to change the default editor from <code>nano</code> to <code>vim</code>.</p> <p>I have run the following commands:</p> <p><code>sudo update-alternatives --config editor</code></p> <p>and</p> <p><code>update-alternatives --config editor</code></p> <p>Both now output: </p> <pre><code> Selection P...
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2015-06-30T17:12:40.417
2022-11-25T15:21:07.223
Changing default crontab editor
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try your ssh session followed by</p>\n\n<pre><code>export EDITOR=vim\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>or possibly</p>\n\n<pre><code>export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim.basic\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The format of setting of the EDITOR variable depends on which shell you are using.</p>\n\n<p>In Ubuntu you can...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From \"man crontab\":</p>\n\n<pre><code> The -e option is used to edit the current crontab using the editor\n specified by the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables. After you\n exit from the editor, the modified crontab will be installed automati‐\n cally...
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55024
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55034
2011-07-29T18:27:50.480
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<p>As with most people I presume I am running Evolution 2.32.2 inside 11.04 Natty and regardless how annoying the crashes are I prefer it to Thunderbird.</p> <p>Obviously as soon as 11.10 Oneiric is released Evolution is being dropped which isnt too much of a problem as I intend to re-install it anyway.</p> <p>Now to...
22330
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2011-07-29T19:11:11.013
Upgrading Evolution from source
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2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T19:00:36.787", "id": "61920", "postId": "55024", "score": "0", "text": "I'm not positive, but doesn't Evolution 3.0.x require Gtk 3? If that's the case, building from source is almost certainly not worth the headache. I'd just wait for October, if I were you. :)",...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Assuming you are also looking for alternative solution for installing...</p>\n\n<p>There are a couple of developers on Launchpad who have created an installable Evolution v3.0 via a PPA for Natty</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/e3natty\" rel=\"nofollow\">A...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Evolution is not the easiest piece of software to deal with because of dependencies of other parts of GNOME. I would recommend that you join the evolution mailinglist and join their IRC channel. There are many helpful people both places and my experience is that these issues ...
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55030
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2011-07-29T18:56:34.167
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<p>After installing Ubuntu 11.04 my HHD partitions and DVD station disappeared, in Ubuntu 10.10 I had no issues with it. I have issues to with USB flash drives, if I connect my USB stick nothing happens and Ubuntu does not show it in the file browser.</p> <p>The below screenshot it taken from my filebrowser where it u...
22407
-1
2017-03-09T18:04:16.447
2011-07-29T19:13:56.857
DVD station and partitions disappeared, USB sticks are not recognised
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-11-22T13:29:40.220", "id": "92224", "postId": "55030", "score": "0", "text": "11.10 is out, are you still having this problem?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6045" }, { "creationDate": "2012-03-12T23:45:49.250", "id": "132759", "postId": "55...
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2012-03-13T03:43:21.513
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55032
1
55457
2011-07-29T19:06:00.133
5
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<p>I'm having some problems when i try to create a new file with some content (or overwrite the content of an existing one) using <a href="https://one.ubuntu.com/developer/files/store_files/cloud/" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu One API</a> and PHP.</p> <p>I can easily create and empty file or folder using:</p> <p><strong>PUT...
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2011-08-03T08:00:04.917
How to create a new file with content using Ubuntu One API and PHP
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Finally i've found the solution!</p>\n\n<p>There were two problems:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Now as now the url for files content is not the url of the api but <a href=\"https://files.one.ubuntu.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://files.one.ubuntu.com</a></p></li>\n<li><p>before the file path ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<pre><code>$oauth-&gt;fetch($api_url.'~/Ubuntu One.'.$filecontentent.'/try.txt', OAUTH_HTTP_METHOD_PUT);\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I think that there are a few errors:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>OAUTH_HTTP_METHOD_PUT is the third argument not the second for oauth->fetch()</li>\n<li><code>/Ubun...
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55037
1
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2011-07-29T20:25:16.977
4
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<p>The optical drive of a "late 2007" MacBook broke recently. I'm starting to think that it's not possible to install Linux on this machine via an USB device. I've installed Ubuntu (still running) on one of the partitions before. The optical drive was working back then.</p> <p>To no avail, I've tried all combination...
22465
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:28.253
2012-03-12T22:52:33.857
How to install on a MacBook with a broken optical drive?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T20:29:56.580", "id": "61929", "postId": "55037", "score": "0", "text": "what specifically isn't working on the usb installs?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "13018" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T20:41:03.460", "id": "61930", "postId":...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>How is the USB not working? Is it not showing up as an option to boot? Is it failing to boot? Does the install fail? You may want to try troubleshooting that. You may need to enable something in Disk Utility to make the USB drive bootable?</p>\n\n<p>Also, what are you trying ...
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55039
1
55066
2011-07-29T20:31:37.877
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<p>What programs are available for Linux that can give a context sensitive automation like AutoHotKey for Windows. a few example of things that I would like to do.</p> <ol> <li>Replace <code>]d</code> with the current date, when typed.</li> <li>Map <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Enter</kbd> to <kbd>Tab</kbd>,<kbd>Tab</kbd>,<kb...
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2013-10-26T08:00:34.990
2013-10-26T08:00:34.990
Automating Linux (Like AutoHotKey for windows)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>AutoKey</code> can do everything you're asking for. You can find it in the <code>Ubuntu Software Centre</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2015-02-12T20:19:16.517", "id": "810014", "postId": "55066", "score": "2...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>AutoKey</code> can do everything you're asking for. You can find it in the <code>Ubuntu Software Centre</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2015-02-12T20:19:16.517", "id": "810014", "postId": "55066...
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55040
1
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2011-07-29T20:34:44.987
1
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<p>If I have more than 5GB data to synchronize between computers, will Ubuntu One be still synchronizing it all correctly between computers, or will I have to upgrade my account? I do not necessarily need all my data available online.</p>
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2011-07-29T21:01:21.780
synchronization of more data, than available online storage
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's currently not possible to sync only between your computers. That might become an option in the future though. In other words; presently, you need to upgrade your Ubuntu One account. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, ...
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55042
1
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2011-07-29T20:45:23.987
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<p>I have Cube set up and running after a few tries, but when the Launcher Auto Hides, it leaves behind a vertical column in it's place with lines and hash marks at the top and bottom and just a gray vertical section in the middle. If I push the left side of the screen, the launcher reappears as usual but it always le...
22470
18612
2011-12-07T02:30:50.573
2012-02-18T12:46:37.257
Display problem in Cube
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T20:49:43.327", "id": "61931", "postId": "55042", "score": "0", "text": "Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. Using Compiz cube isn't recommended in 11.04 , Also you can post links of your pictures here by a comment. So we can edit your question and help you.", "userDisplayNam...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As per a comment:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Well, I fixed the display. </p>\n \n <p>It no longer has the \"rough\" edge when the launcher hides and the\n rough edge is no longer displayed in the cube. </p>\n \n <p>I was looking through the CompizConfig Settings Manager a...
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55044
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2011-07-29T20:48:15.877
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<p>While in ubuntu 11.04 I could disable the lock in screen after suspend this option doesn't exist anymore in 11.10. at least in gconfgeditor the option is not available anymore</p> <p>As I dont want to fight to reopen the issue, I just edit the question to include the solution I found:</p> <p>Install dconf editor a...
17610
17610
2011-11-08T22:08:43.003
2011-11-08T22:08:43.003
screen lock ubuntu 11.10
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T20:50:58.067", "id": "61932", "postId": "55044", "score": "1", "text": "Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! Alpha/Beta questions are offtopic here, since \"Ubuntu+1\" changes so rapidly answers aren't really useful for long term reference. [Here are some tips](http://askubuntu.c...
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2011-08-03T22:17:15.807
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55045
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2011-07-29T20:57:05.263
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<p>In windows, you could navigate tree menus with left/right keys, now in ubuntu 11.04 (and perhaps previous versions?) i have to hold the shift key while i do that, its quite annoying, any way to configure this?</p> <p>Edit:I've attached a picture indicating the problem:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hs...
22471
22471
2011-08-01T13:45:10.583
2015-07-24T03:05:35.267
Why do i have to shift - right / left key to open and close folders in nautilus, eclipse, etc.?
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5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T22:03:36.523", "id": "61951", "postId": "55045", "score": "0", "text": "I don't understand that question. Please edit your question to describe it more detailed.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19779" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-01T14:13:19.7...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can press <kbd>Space</kbd> that the folder will open.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-16T20:00:10.907", "id": "65192", "postId": "57257", "score": "0", "text": "yes, \"enter\" work...
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55053
1
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2011-07-29T21:46:26.207
2
1983
<p>brand new Asus VE247H monitor, connected by VGA, is not getting recognized in Ubuntu 11.04.</p> <p>Monitor Preferences does not recognize a second monitor ('Unknown'). ATI Catalyst Control Administrative does not either (I can add an external monitor, but nothing actually happens).</p> <p>The monitor itself does n...
22457
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2011-07-29T21:46:26.207
Dual Monitor: HDMI no signal, not recognized in Ubuntu
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-03-20T20:13:53.873", "id": "135581", "postId": "55053", "score": "0", "text": "Don't know if this still affects you but I had this exact problem (with a different monitor). I was able to get everything to work by using a DVI cable instead of HDMI.", "userDisplayName":...
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2012-03-27T20:57:18.443
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55057
1
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2011-07-29T22:30:27.837
1
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<p>My computer is very slow when starting applications. You clearly hear how the hard disk seems to read files from all over the disk. A first idea would be to check for fragmentation (since the drive is 80% full):</p> <pre><code>sudo e2fsck -fn /dev/sda4 </code></pre> <p>returns as result that it is only 0.6% fragme...
22475
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2011-07-29T23:43:58.653
How to improve file access speed?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-29T23:26:24.013", "id": "61954", "postId": "55057", "score": "0", "text": "What type of applications are you referring to? Some applications use a lot of data / configuration files.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is probably not the answer you want to hear, but: buy a faster disk. A SSD, if you can afford it (but do some research first; cheap SSDs used to be slower than HDDs).</p>\n\n<p>Failing that, getting more RAM so it can be used for the disk cache may be an option. Especi...
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55062
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55067
2011-07-30T00:27:05.817
4
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<p>Signing all outgoing email messages sounds like a good idea and I'm curious to know easy it is to get this set up with Thunderbird.</p> <p>What steps do I have to take and what settings do I have to change?</p>
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2011-11-18T07:59:23.320
How to setup Thunderbird to sign outgoing email messages with my GPG key?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install the <code>enigmail</code> package. This will add the OpenPGP menu to thunderbird and allow you to use gpg to encrypt, sign, and verify email.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": ...
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55065
1
55071
2011-07-30T02:20:57.543
4
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<p>I've been using Windows OS before, and it's a bit hard for me copying and pasting to Ubuntu's system folders so. If i drag file or folder into File system folders, I'm getting "permission denied" error. Is there any way to copy/paste file/folders easily (not by Terminal)? Thanks in advance</p>
7753
7753
2011-07-30T02:57:53.707
2014-08-09T11:23:33.223
How to gain a permission for copy/pasting for system folders?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you press <code>Alt + F2</code> to get to the Run Application screen, and then type <code>gksudo nautilus</code> it will ask for your password and drop you into a nautilus session where you can drag drop into system folders, however, be very careful since you can destroy your syst...
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55068
1
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2011-07-30T02:47:44.680
2
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<p>I downloaded some games from the humblebundle, but most of them don't have deb files. They run fine after extracting them and double clicking on the executable, but unity doesn't automatically find them so I can't search for them, or add them to the side bar. </p> <p>I tried to drag the executable onto the side bar...
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2011-07-30T03:46:43.810
2012-11-18T16:37:33.720
How to add a shortcut for Humble Bundle games in Unity?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you try creating a a launcher for them. Right click on the Desktop~</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/OHcwv.png\" alt=\"Making a Launcher\"></p>\n\n<p>This is the way to have it on Desktop.</p>\n\n<p>If you want to add it to the launcher just right click on t...
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55077
1
55997
2011-07-30T03:42:09.383
2
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<p>I am trying to write an Juju formula for <a href="https://github.com/leedo/alice" rel="nofollow">App::Alice</a>, a web based IRC client.</p> <p>According to the the <a href="https://github.com/leedo/alice/blob/master/INSTALL.md" rel="nofollow">installation instructions</a> I execute the following commands to snag A...
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2013-03-08T02:39:54.360
2013-03-08T02:39:54.360
How can I programatically find out which CPAN modules relate to packaged modules?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I looked in Makefile.PL and found this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>all_from 'lib/Alice.pm';\nrequires 'List::MoreUtils' =&gt; '0';\nrequires 'Any::Moose' =&gt; '0';\nrequires 'Try::Tiny' =&gt; '0';\nrequires 'EV' =&gt; '0';\nrequires 'AnyEvent' =&gt; '5.2';\nrequires 'AnyEvent::AIO' =&gt; '0'...
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55078
1
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2011-07-30T03:45:23.327
1
1547
<p>I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 and I am still a newbee in Ubuntu. Ubuntu <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/55000/applications-are-not-visible-ubuntu-11-04-unity">gives me trouble</a> with Some Apps like - Skype, Vuzu and kGet. So I tried Gnome 2 but it's not much attractive. I wanted to know whether if Gnome 3...
22449
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.590
2011-07-30T03:54:16.180
Unity or Gnome 3. What's more stable to be used?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here's the state of GNOME3 and is likely still the same (the recommendation is to wait until 11.10)</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/37600/gnome-3-ppa-was-unstable-until-april-28th-so-is-it-ok-now/37804#37804\">Gnome 3 ppa was unstable until April 28...
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55082
1
57062
2011-07-30T04:41:03.350
2
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<p>I have followed this tutorial <a href="http://ubuntuguide.net/enable-remote-desktop-in-virtual-machinevirtualbox-guest" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntuguide.net/enable-remote-desktop-in-virtual-machinevirtualbox-guest</a> and still cannot remote into the Windows XP desktop I have installed, it tries to connect but time...
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2011-08-14T14:25:37.420
Virtualbox firewall issue?
[ "virtualbox", "remote-desktop" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I set the virtual machine to Bridged in the network settings, installed TightVNC viewer and I could connect with no issues.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-08-14T14:25:37.420", ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>No, you don't need nothing special.</p>\n\n<p>Note that you should connect to your Ubuntu machine to access the Virtual Machine that way, not to the guest. Something like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>rdesktop localhost\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>should work.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", ...
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55083
1
375039
2011-07-30T04:41:31.587
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<p>What is the current level of support for Intel Light Peak connection devices in Linux? Has anyone seen any of these in a Linux system?</p> <p><a href="http://www.intel.com/technology/io/thunderbolt/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.intel.com/technology/io/thunderbolt/index.htm</a></p>
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2012-07-10T12:46:37.937
2013-11-10T16:41:09.230
Support for Thunderbolt connection devices in Linux?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>a real Thunderbolt support is currently in kernel 3.12. Though not well-known, but it's supported as announced in the 3.12 release. And I'm running ubuntu 13.10 updated with kernel 3.12.0 on my NUC and Thunderbolt works perfectly with Caldigit Thunderbolt station, which gives me USB3...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The best information I've been able to find so far was <a href=\"http://www.linuxplumbersconf.org/2011/ocw/proposals/99\" rel=\"nofollow\">this proposal</a> for a talk at the upcoming Linux Plumbers Conference by a member of Intel’s LAN Access Division (LAD):</p>\n\n<blockquo...
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2011-07-30T04:43:27.390
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<p>I know this will be shipped by default in 11.10, but I was wondering if there is a plugin or addon (out now) that will allow me to backup to my Ubuntu One account?</p>
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2011-07-30T08:41:25.527
Deja Dup Ubuntu One plugin
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do you need a plugin for that? If you want to, you can just make a new directory in your home, call it .backup_hostname, use it in Daja Dup and sync it? (Only the Ubuntu One-folder is synced between all computers by default)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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55089
1
55091
2011-07-30T06:32:21.267
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<p>I want to add hashes to all the lines in a regular text file. I'm fine with both the use of terminal and GUI—I just need to get it done.</p>
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2014-01-11T18:21:31.690
2017-11-09T06:24:21.060
Prepend ## to every line in a text file
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/sed\"><code>sed</code></a> to do that:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sed -i.bak 's/^/##/' file\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This replaces the start of the line (<code>^</code>) with <code>##</code>. </p>\n\n<p>With the <code>-i.bak</code> switch, <code>se...
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1
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2011-07-30T06:58:35.703
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/55280/phpmyadmin-is-not-working-after-i-installed-it">phpmyadmin is not working after I installed it</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have ubuntu 11.04.</p> <p>I installed lamp</p> <p>So i automatically got things lik...
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2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2011-07-31T18:07:42.523
phpmyadmin installed but not opening?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is not a real answer to your question, but after the complication of setup and its slowness, I decided to use adminer: just one file, a lot of feature, more speed and no installation required: <a href=\"http://www.adminer.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.adminer.org</a>...
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2011-10-09T15:20:27.100
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55095
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55097
2011-07-30T08:02:22.300
1
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<p>I've seen this post on the linuxmint forums on a laptop model I'm interested in:<br> <a href="http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&amp;t=77810" rel="nofollow">http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=59&amp;t=77810</a><br> I would like to know if anyone got this or similar laptop model working on Ubuntu...
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2011-07-30T08:26:19.533
sony vaio vpcy21s1e black screen
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think this is because of a SoftEDID issue (I've had this issue before).</p>\n<p>I'll find a link that explains the problem/solution and post it here -- you need to extract your EDID data in Windows and modify xorg.conf.</p>\n<hr />\n<h3>Updates:</h3>\n<p>See <a href=\"https://help....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think this is because of a SoftEDID issue (I've had this issue before).</p>\n<p>I'll find a link that explains the problem/solution and post it here -- you need to extract your EDID data in Windows and modify xorg.conf.</p>\n<hr />\n<h3>Updates:</h3>\n<p>See <a href=\"https...
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55096
1
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2011-07-30T08:13:32.387
1
704
<p>My display brightness adjustment is off by a factor of 10, i.e. it's brightest at 10% instead of at 100%, and the difference between 0% and 1% is a little too high.</p> <p>Any way to fix either of these problems? (VAIO CW laptop)</p>
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2012-05-30T07:00:30.117
2012-05-30T07:00:30.117
Display Brightness Scaling is Incorrect on a VAIO CW
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-30T08:24:26.750", "id": "61974", "postId": "55096", "score": "0", "text": "You should report this as a bug, not sure about the package though.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6969" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-30T08:28:33.587", "id": "61976",...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From the information you've given us, it appears that you need to change your GRUB settings.</p>\n\n<p>To do that, open up a terminal and run the following commands:</p>\n\n<p><code>gksu gedit /etc/default/grub</code> - what that command will do is open Gedit in \"Sudo Mode\"...
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55099
1
55102
2011-07-30T08:43:16.603
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<p>Been trying to install git-core package for almost more than half a day now. Every time I do, I get this error:</p> <pre><code>dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 0: newline in field name `../../../../../share/pyshared/UpdateManager/Core/__init__.py' </code></pre> <p>I've also tried runni...
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2017-01-30T13:25:03.837
dpkg: error: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/available' near line 0
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[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-07T02:37:54.570", "id": "117952", "postId": "55099", "score": "1", "text": "Finally, a solution!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is that your <code>/var/lib/dpkg/available</code> file is damaged.</p>\n\n<p>This is not necessarily related to the git or git-core packages. Try to install any other package and they will fail too.</p>\n\n<p>To fix this you have to delete/clear the file using the command...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is that your <code>/var/lib/dpkg/available</code> file is damaged.</p>\n\n<p>This is not necessarily related to the git or git-core packages. Try to install any other package and they will fail too.</p>\n\n<p>To fix this you have to delete/clear the file using the...
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55101
1
null
2011-07-30T09:07:12.657
2
665
<p>I have a folder which has appeared called u1conflict. The original file is totally blank. I can't open the document in its original formatting from the u1conflict file, and I'm feeling a little mistrustful of ubuntu one now since I'm trying to complete my Masters dissertation!</p> <p>How do I open the original do...
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2011-07-30T10:20:22.030
How do you open the original file from a u1conflict file? and how do you stop it from happening again?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can simply make a copy of the .u1conflict file and rename it. If there are more of them, then you might want to open them and see which is which. Nothing is lost. That's what the .u1conflict files are for. </p>\n\n<p>This can happen if you're working directly in a synced ...
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55103
1
62391
2011-07-30T10:06:03.847
5
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<p>I have a Samsung SCX-3201 MFP multifunction printer and after plugging it into the computer it recognises the printer part, but the scanner is not detected. </p> <p>Since that I've fresh installed and did not try it again. The built-in scan application nor SANE detects it.</p> <p>I did try Samsung's proprietary so...
17722
17722
2011-07-30T10:35:12.717
2012-06-03T14:26:40.093
Samsung SCX-3201 MFP scanner not working
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2017-10-29T16:22:24.077", "id": "1554885", "postId": "55103", "score": "0", "text": "Ubuntu 17.10? See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1707352", "userDisplayName": "user372194", "userId": null } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Not Supported</h2>\n\n<p>Having checked the stable version of the SANE libraries that is included in Ubuntu from the <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/55103/samsung-scx-3201-mfp-scanner-not-working\">sane-project website</a>, the scanner in question is not yet supported.</p>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Not Supported</h2>\n\n<p>Having checked the stable version of the SANE libraries that is included in Ubuntu from the <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/55103/samsung-scx-3201-mfp-scanner-not-working\">sane-project website</a>, the scanner in question is not yet suppor...
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55106
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55123
2011-07-30T10:24:07.660
3
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<p>If i am using the ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports ppa and the ppa:kubuntu-ppa, will there be any interference between the two? So in essence should i disable the ppa:kubuntu-ppa ppa?</p> <p>Thanks</p>
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2011-07-30T12:58:13.780
2011-07-30T13:47:00.673
Should I mix Kubuntu PPAs?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/ppa/+index?field.series_filter=natty\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kubuntu PPA</a> contains point releases for KDE software - i.e. slightly newer packages that are intended to go into Ubuntu Updates eventually.</p>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"ht...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/ppa/+index?field.series_filter=natty\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kubuntu PPA</a> contains point releases for KDE software - i.e. slightly newer packages that are intended to go into Ubuntu Updates eventually.</p>\n\n<p>The <a h...
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55120
1
55122
2011-07-30T13:21:09.410
5
375
<p>I used grub-customizer to remove some old entries, but I made a mistake and now there's only Windows left in GRUB.</p> <p>I tried booting into ubuntu through grub's command line but I don't know how to do anything there. Just booting once would be enough, or, if possible, fixing the listing right there in the comma...
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2011-07-30T13:55:43.553
Accidentaly removed ubuntu from GRUB. How do I get it back?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Whilst the question is not identical, the answer is the same as <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/13212/how-do-i-restore-grub-after-i-ran-a-fixmbr-command\">this AU Question</a></p>\n\n<p>In summary - boot from a LiveCD and recreate your Grub as per both these linked answers....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Whilst the question is not identical, the answer is the same as <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/13212/how-do-i-restore-grub-after-i-ran-a-fixmbr-command\">this AU Question</a></p>\n\n<p>In summary - boot from a LiveCD and recreate your Grub as per both these linked ...
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55124
1
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2011-07-30T13:55:14.540
1
735
<p>I'm using a Toshiba satellite L305 running Ubuntu. One issue, the laptop usually suspends itself when the lid closed, however Ubuntu only does this half of the time, the other half it keeps the system running. Very inconvenient, because when I put my laptop in my briefcase, if it's not suspended, it's just blowing h...
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2011-10-26T15:09:18.807
Suspending Ubuntu Session when Laptop lid is Closed...
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>search for ACPI fixes, my asus wouldn't suspend, but a few lines of code in a wiki fixed it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-05T09:20:12.540", "id": "63203", "postId": "55862", "score": "0", ...
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55130
1
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2011-07-30T15:47:33.423
10
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<p>I'm a total newb to packaging, but I managed to get a PPA set up and working. But when I look for my software in Ubuntu Software Center, it will only show up after clicking "Show _ technical items". My software is not a technical item. How do I convey this information to the Software Center so it can appropriately c...
19641
19641
2011-07-31T00:11:40.150
2011-07-31T00:11:40.150
How does Software Center determine what is a "technical item" and what isn't?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Technical packages are ones that don't show up in the user menus. That is, if you package ships a .desktop file, it will be considered non-technical.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-30T18:21:10.577", "id": "...
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55137
1
62650
2011-07-30T17:21:23.290
3
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<p>I'm modifying the Ubuntu Kernel and I've noticed: Whenever I install Kernel updates from the main repos initramfs and grub are updated automatically. However, in compiled kernels these steps are completed outside of the install of the newly created kernel.</p> <p>I'm loosely following the directions from: <a href="...
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2011-07-30T17:54:13.260
2011-09-23T05:45:37.733
makeinitramfs and grub-update for compiled Ubuntu Linux Kernel
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-30T17:41:04.497", "id": "62045", "postId": "55137", "score": "0", "text": "Have you user `kernel-package` to build the kernel?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2647" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-30T21:29:13.617", "id": "62066", "postId": "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I recommend using what is documented in <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile</a> instead of the <code>make-kpkg</code> way. This way you'll actually build the package exactly the same way it is ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I recommend using what is documented in <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile</a> instead of the <code>make-kpkg</code> way. This way you'll actually build the package exactly the same wa...
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55138
1
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2011-07-30T17:59:21.930
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<p>Going through the Ubuntu Kernel git source there are several tags, the meaning of which I'm uncertain of.</p> <p>How can I find out which tag is the one currently in the repos for each version of Ubuntu? Is it <em>okay</em> to compile the latest tagged versions of the kernel?</p>
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2011-07-30T18:51:43.983
2012-04-16T07:51:23.310
What are the different Ubuntu Kernel git tags for?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In each Ubuntu Kernel Team git repository the Ubuntu-* tags represent the git commit which was used to build the official source package for any particular upload. For instance in the ubuntu-precice git the tag Ubuntu-3.2.0-23.36 represents the 3.2.0-23.36 source upload. Some tags ...
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55140
1
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2011-07-30T19:05:03.737
3
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<p>I have a Canon LIDE 100 scanner that doesn't properly initialize on first scan attempt. When I trigger a scan, it seems to start (you hear the scanner beginning to engage), but then my scanning application (gscan2pdf) echoes back: "Error during device I/O." If I close the application, and restart another scan, there...
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2011-09-13T20:37:22.123
2020-03-20T08:08:05.720
Error during device I/O when using USB scanner
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Autosuspend of a USB port is possible through the <code>laptop-mode-tools</code> package.</p>\n\n<p>The kernel could also play a part.</p>\n\n<h2>laptop-mode-tools</h2>\n\n<p>If you have this installed then there should be a file called <code>/etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/usb-autos...
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55141
1
55150
2011-07-30T19:15:42.050
1
1348
<p>Can someone post a proper Ubuntu Configuration for developing iPad's applications?</p> <p>I need a good IDE and a guide on how to install any essential compilers etc.</p> <p>Thanks</p>
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2015-05-08T09:03:24.980
Best configuration for Ubuntu and Objective-C
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-30T20:05:25.247", "id": "62060", "postId": "55141", "score": "3", "text": "maybe wrong, but I think that the supported Apple SDK for iPad and iPhone runs on a Mac computer only? My advice - stick to developing something that is more open such as Android.", "userDi...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Developing Iphone and IPad applications is supported only if it is developed on a Mac. This is especially true if you want your application to end up in the App-store. A good explanation is given on <a href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4995252/apple-ios-ide-for-linux\">ano...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I do agree with @fossfreedom . The only application I know is <a href=\"http://www.dragonfiresdk.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">dragonFireSDK</a> , to create iPad and iPhone applications in Windows only. </p>\n\n<p>I also asked for alternative in <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/se...
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55147
1
55160
2011-07-30T20:21:57.267
2
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<p>There's a netbook coming out that I'm interested in, the <a href="http://www.asus.com/Eee/Eee_PC/Eee_PC_X101/" rel="nofollow">ASUS Eee PC X101</a>, that comes with MeeGo pre-installed, but I'd prefer to wipe that OS and install Ubuntu.</p> <p>Are there any issues I should consider before doing this? Is MeeGo more t...
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2011-11-23T20:59:14.430
Replacing MeeGo with Ubuntu on a netbook for development?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-30T20:27:37.057", "id": "62062", "postId": "55147", "score": "0", "text": "I don't see the need to do that, you can still have your browser, text editor an terminal running plus banshee (the player that comes with meego), it's as if you were working on fedora, now you ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Having used both I am sure that you will more than fine. You could always try the meego installation for a little first and then if you do not like it download Ubuntu and try that perhaps from a pen drive and see what you prefer.</p>\n\n<p>I have used both and they are both brilliant...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Having used both I am sure that you will more than fine. You could always try the meego installation for a little first and then if you do not like it download Ubuntu and try that perhaps from a pen drive and see what you prefer.</p>\n\n<p>I have used both and they are both b...
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55148
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55153
2011-07-30T20:34:17.037
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<p>Hi everyone i need a twitter client that fully integrates with the unity shell and is capable of providing real time updates for my mentions, direct messages etc when minimised </p>
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2011-07-31T16:38:04.847
Twitter app that supports real time updating
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-07-11T12:08:54.377", "id": "198147", "postId": "55148", "score": "0", "text": "possible duplicate of [Twitter client with Real Time Notifications?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/139815/twitter-client-with-real-time-notifications)", "userDisplayName": null, "userI...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From your specifications, I recommend you to use <a href=\"http://gwibber.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Gwibber</a>, which is default in 11.04. </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/37KVV.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p><strong>Integration in Unit...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From your specifications, I recommend you to use <a href=\"http://gwibber.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Gwibber</a>, which is default in 11.04. </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/37KVV.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p><strong>Integration...
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55154
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55161
2011-07-30T21:16:34.830
1
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<ol> <li><p>I was wondering what relations are between Tesseract and OCRopus?</p> <p>Is OCRopus a wrapper of Tesseract? Or are they now developing independently?</p></li> <li>What are some advantages of one over the other?</li> </ol> <p>Thanks and regards!</p>
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2011-07-30T22:32:06.887
Tesseract and OCRopus
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The only intra-relationship between the two OCR tools was that prior to v0.4 of OCRopus, it used Tesseract as its character recognition tool via a plugin.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/ocropus/\" rel=\"nofollow\">OCRopus</a> has since replaced <a href=\"http://code.goo...
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55157
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2011-07-30T21:45:08.547
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<p>I can view the preferences but the selection boxes are all locked, as well as the Cancel and OK buttons. The only option is to close it.</p> <p>Have tried uninstall/re-install acroread but situation persists.</p> <p>Is there some system settings that I need to change to unlock preferences?</p>
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2011-08-30T22:04:16.210
2016-07-29T14:22:46.560
Unable to change preferences in Acroread v9.4.2
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-30T21:59:42.033", "id": "62070", "postId": "55157", "score": "0", "text": "Have you tried also removing the `~/.adobe/Acrobat` directory?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "172" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-31T21:17:33.523", "id": "62189", "...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It seems it can be done, if you know how to use the keyboard. It's just the mouse that does not work in the Preferences window. For those who don't, you use tab to move between the sections, spacebar to select or deselect the checkboxes, and press enter a couple of times with...
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55162
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2011-07-30T22:37:21.187
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<p>I was wondering if there are shortcuts for selecting some text in terminal, just similar to holding shift and type arrow key in editing a text file in a text editor. Thanks!</p>
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2011-07-30T22:48:02.947
2021-08-01T15:57:01.720
shortcuts to select text in terminal
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm assuming you are referring to Gnome Terminal.</p>\n\n<p>No - there isnt a Copy and Paste mechanism using just the keyboard - you can use various short-cuts to paste (depending upon your Ubuntu version) i.e. <kbd>CTRL</kbd>+ <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Ins</kbd> , <kbd>Shift</...
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55166
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2011-07-30T23:50:22.410
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<p>I have 11.04 installed, and was poking around and saw that I had more than my Intel Video Drivers installed. </p> <p>Do I need them?</p> <p>What is the best way to "trim the fat"? </p>
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2011-09-11T00:41:33.963
2011-09-11T00:43:55.520
What to do with extra video drivers?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-31T06:51:54.047", "id": "62104", "postId": "55166", "score": "0", "text": "Where did you saw that you have more drivers ( screenshot would be nice )?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15023" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you're referring to display drivers that come with xorg, for example</p>\n\n<pre><code>xserver-xorg-video-apm\nxserver-xorg-video-ark\nxserver-xorg-video-ati\nxserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg\nxserver-xorg-video-chips\nxserver-xorg-video-cirrus\nxserver-xorg-video-displaylink\nx...
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55167
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2011-07-30T23:51:37.597
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<p>I'm new in using ubuntu. I got the following error for several lines after changed 'grub' in /etc/default</p> <p>(gedit:2996): Gtk-WARNING **: Attempting to store changes into `/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel', but failed: Failed to create file '/root/.local/share/recently-used.xbel.NXBRZV': No such file or d...
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2011-07-31T01:06:38.603
How to solve gtk-warning on using gedit?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Right. You're running gedit as root, and root has its home in /root. But since root isn't a normal user, it doesn't have the normal directories like /home/user/.local/share/. In your case, it means that it can't store the list of recently edited files for gedit. </p>\n\n<p>It...
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55169
1
57255
2011-07-30T23:58:39.173
1
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<p>I have two keyboard layouts that I use, My default keyboard is an USA layout, with a secondary Slovenian layout. I use the Slovenian layout only when I need some special characters when writing emails and such.</p> <p>But my problem is this: </p> <p>Every time I reboot my computer, the layout indicator shows I am ...
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2011-11-14T18:04:48.427
keyboard layout switching on restart
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Log out then before log back in select the Slovenian keyboard.<br>\nNow you can reboot safely ;-)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-16T06:10:29.573", "id": "65056", "postId": "57255", "score": "0", "text": "Tha...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Log out then before log back in select the Slovenian keyboard.<br>\nNow you can reboot safely ;-)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-16T06:10:29.573", "id": "65056", "postId": "57255", "score": "...
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55170
1
63019
2011-07-31T00:27:05.783
1
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<p>I recently purchased a Wacom Bamboo Pen. It worked out of the box with Ubuntu Natty Narwhal, but I'm annoyed with the fact that the tablet is proportional to the screen. This makes a little line on the tablet show up as a large line on my screen (I'm using xournal). Is there a way to make it so that there is no scal...
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2011-09-27T16:05:35.227
2011-09-27T16:05:35.227
Wacom Bamboo Pen scaling issues
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To answer your question for future readers:</p>\n\n<p>You want to use the <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/linuxwacom/index.php?title=Xsetwacom\" rel=\"nofollow\">xsetwacom</a> program and place it in your .xinitrc file in your home folder. The setting you want to use ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not sure whether you really want mouse mode, or perhaps pressure sensitive settings are what you are looking for. Whatever the case, hope <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wacom</a> helps. Good luck.</p>\n...
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55171
1
55172
2011-07-31T00:51:12.327
3
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<p>I'm trying to add a command to my applications menu:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hPRWo.png" /></p> <p>But when I select it from the applications menu, it doesn't do anything.</p> <p>When I run that same command from the shell, however, it runs fine. Why?</p> <p>(Also, why does pycharm need sudo pr...
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2012-06-18T17:58:26.807
2012-06-18T17:58:26.807
Why does a command work from shell, but not from the applications menu?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should always use gksudo when you run graphical applications. Not only does it provide you with a prompt so you can enter your password, but it also uses some variables that are important. </p>\n\n<p>I have no idea why or if PyCharm requires root privileges. It's easier to provid...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should always use gksudo when you run graphical applications. Not only does it provide you with a prompt so you can enter your password, but it also uses some variables that are important. </p>\n\n<p>I have no idea why or if PyCharm requires root privileges. It's easier t...
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55176
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2011-07-31T02:27:34.830
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<p>The remote desktop app when enabled doesn't work with computers outside your network. Can you set it to let you do such? If so how? Is there a separate app that will let me do such a thing?</p>
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2017-03-02T13:17:29.417
Can you set the default remote desktop app to let your computer be viewed off your network?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think the easiest way to do this is teamviewer ( <a href=\"http://www.teamviewer.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.teamviewer.com/</a> ). This is what I started to use.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That has nothing to do with the application. You have forward a port on the router to make the computer accessible from the internet. That aside, allowing VNC access outside the local network is a bad idea security wise.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ ...
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2011-07-31T02:43:13.597
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/53031/how-can-i-install-10-10s-light-themes-in-10-04">How can I install 10.10&#39;s Light Themes in 10.04?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I like the "ambiance" theme in Ubuntu 11.04 better than the older "ambiance" them...
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2017-04-13T12:25:04.307
2011-07-31T03:35:14.950
Using 11.04 themes in 10.04?
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2011-12-08T18:56:02.353
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UbuntuNewbie
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2011-07-31T02:52:52.473
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<p>So I've recently played around with Juju, and I see quite a bit of potential. But there are a few things I don't exactly understand. Most notably, I'm not sure of the purpose of the "bootstrapping instance" (aka "bootstrapping node" or machine “0”).</p> <p>Using the example from <a href="https://juju.ubuntu.com/doc...
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2011-09-15T19:30:05.020
2011-09-15T19:30:05.020
What is the purpose of the "bootstrapping instance" in Juju?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The bootstrap instance runs two critical pieces of the infrastructure: Zookeeper and the provisioning agent. Here is the architecture overview:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/HUcMw.png\" alt=\"Ensemble Architecture\"></p>\n\n<p>Right now this is actually a single poin...
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2011-07-31T03:09:17.930
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<p>I would have thought that <code>juju shutdown</code> would move the instances in the deployment from "running" to "stopped." Instead it actually terminates all instances. Are juju deployments inherently ephemeral? Is there any way to stop and restart an juju deployment?</p>
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2012-11-24T03:54:06.907
2012-11-24T03:54:06.907
Is there a way to stop and restart a Juju deployment?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The short answers are, \"no\" and \"no\".</p>\n\n<p>The shutdown command has always made me a little nervous, because of the finality of these terminations. The default AMI's used are for EBS instances, so you can at least snapshot all the instances before the shutdown, but I don't t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The short answers are, \"no\" and \"no\".</p>\n\n<p>The shutdown command has always made me a little nervous, because of the finality of these terminations. The default AMI's used are for EBS instances, so you can at least snapshot all the instances before the shutdown, but I...
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55182
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2011-07-31T03:48:39.400
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<p>I am having trouble thinking through how I can achieve my partitioning goals.</p> <p>Now my partitions are:</p> <ul> <li>sda1 (winA) (primary)</li> <li>sda2 (winB) (primary)</li> <li>sda3 (/ for ubuntu) (primary)</li> </ul> <p>What I want to migrate into is (obviously partition numbers need not be exactly like th...
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2012-04-06T09:38:08.547
How to change partitioning - may involve conversion of a partition from primary to extended
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-31T06:50:04.347", "id": "62103", "postId": "55182", "score": "0", "text": "Well, first get a livecd ( installation cd, or usb, or boot some over pxe, whatever ), backup your stuff if you need. Im guessing that you will need to shrink partition sda3, create partitions o...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You cannot have more than 3 primary partitions on a hard disk. It is not very clear why you will move the boot partition? Do you want install a dual boot? You can download Gpartd Cd - and do the things you want to do. You find an excellent documentation here: <a href=\"http...
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55193
2011-07-31T04:29:27.760
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<p>I can <code>ssh</code> into my desktop at work and work at the command line, but I would like to use a remote desktop protocol to check on some of the programs that I left open and running.</p> <p>I have not set up permission to use a remote desktop client (e.g. tsclient) on the desktop, so my requests to connect a...
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2017-04-13T12:24:19.577
2015-05-14T09:21:30.377
Change remote desktop permissions from the command line (remotely?)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Provided you have setup your ssh server and client to accept X-forwarding we can start the Vino Preferences Manager by the following command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh -X &lt;remote&gt;\nuser@remote:~$ vino-preferences\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>By this we can enable the vino server, and chang...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Provided you have setup your ssh server and client to accept X-forwarding we can start the Vino Preferences Manager by the following command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh -X &lt;remote&gt;\nuser@remote:~$ vino-preferences\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>By this we can enable the vino server, a...
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2011-07-31T04:32:51.783
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<p>Editor of PDT plugin jumbles the code and doesn't take responses in. I tried many things but didn't help at all. I was wondering what you guys are using to develop PHP applications for I am new to PHP. And I am a Java Programmer so I am more experience with Eclipse that is why I need to fix this issue.Below are few ...
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2017-05-23T12:39:50.727
2011-07-31T07:22:36.220
Eclipse PDT plugin gives me trouble
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-31T07:12:23.870", "id": "62106", "postId": "55185", "score": "0", "text": "You already asked this on SO http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6887556/eclipse-pdt-plugin-gives-me-trouble Is it necessarily to duplicate?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9701" ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm using Eclipse Indigo and have no problem writing PHP code using the PDT plugin. It might be the Java version you're using. I'm using OpenJDK 64-bit 1.6.0_22.</p>\n\n<p>When programming PHP, you could take a look at <a href=\"http://netbeans.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">netbean...
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55191
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2011-07-31T06:54:35.293
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<p>I cannot hear the audible alert on Google Chat even though I have enabled sound in the options. This is so with both Google Chrome and Firefox on Ubuntu Natty. It would be nice to hear a beep of some sort when a typed reply arrives.</p> <p>Any hints on what further needs to be done is most appreciated.</p> <p>Than...
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2014-01-08T23:11:48.240
2015-02-19T09:06:07.530
I cannot hear an audible alert on Google Chat even when sound is enabled
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I had the same issue for a long time and it was due to an add-on configuration. I use Flashblock and Gmail uses Flash to play sounds, so sound playing was getting blocked. It was <em>not</em> an Ubuntu specific problem, all I had to do was white list the right URLs:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you try out with Google Chat setting?\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/wosYE.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\" /></p>\n<p>This might help you. If it's not working then your Flash player might be having problems... Try to do a reinstall and it will most proba...
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55201
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2011-07-31T08:44:54.293
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<p>I have an Sony Vaio VPCEB1S1E that I have dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu all 64 bit In ubuntu I don't have vertical scroll. Same thing happens with Fedora 15,Linuxmint11 of course 64 bit If someone has a solution .........?</p>
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2012-06-01T18:41:27.357
2012-08-29T15:56:59.277
Vertical Scroll doesn't work on a Sony Vaio VPCEB1S1E
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I use the french version of ubuntu 11.04 with Gnome 3, but you can try this... I'm not sure of the generic word use in the english version of ubuntu.\nGo into the System setting. Then, click on the Mouse and Thouchpad.\nOn the Touchpad tab, activate the scrolling by choosing ...
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55204
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2011-07-31T09:17:10.893
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<p>Gnome-screenshot 3.1.2 uses filenames like this one </p> <blockquote> <p>Screenshot at 2011-07-31 12:13:04.png</p> </blockquote> <p>making it rather easy to see when it was taken.</p> <p>The problem is that it uses the colon ( : ) character - making it impossible to access such an image from Windows.</p> <p>Co...
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2013-01-12T11:15:08.443
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How can i change the default name for the screenshots made by gnome-screenshot?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is not actually possible change it easily, maybe you can help with this <a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=684662\">bug report</a>.</p>\n\n<p>(for the curious, check the <a href=\"https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-screenshot/tree/src/screenshot-filename-...
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55205
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55206
2011-07-31T09:28:20.040
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<p>My $HOME (otherwise known as '~') directory has lots of hidden configuration folders.</p> <p>Is it safe to <strong>delete all of them</strong>?</p> <p><strong>To be specific</strong></p> <ul> <li>Will the OS break if I do so?</li> <li>Will my ethernet/printer/sound/graphics drivers stop working?</li> <li>I don't ...
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2011-07-31T10:25:13.263
2012-05-14T17:14:41.057
Is it safe to delete every hidden folder in the home directory?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should be relatively safe:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Surely your OS won't break, dot files in <code>home</code> directory are mostly configuration files, if they're not there any app will just use the defaults.</li>\n<li>Device drivers (as ethernet,video,sound,...) should be configured <s...
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2011-07-31T10:25:11.333
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<p>I just re-install my Ubuntu and forgot name of Apache2 service indicator, it's a green button at start and red at stop..</p>
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2011-07-31T19:05:28.040
2011-07-31T19:05:28.040
Can anyone recommend Apache2 indicator for gnome panel
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2011-07-31T10:41:16.617
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<p>Every time I use Drag&amp;Drop (even with Bookmarks in Firefox or songs in Banshee) the unity side bar apears and often blocks the place where I want to drop it. Is there a way to fix this? EDIT: There is only one option for the launcher ( wether it appears when touching the side or the corner) but it doesn't solve...
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22535
2011-08-07T21:34:21.927
2011-11-14T15:21:29.537
How do I stop the unity side bar from apearing when I try to drag & drop?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In system settings under launcher and menus you can select \"Show the launcher when the pointer touches the top left of the screen\" </p>\n\n<p>This will now mean you will not see the launcher until you move the mouse pointer to the top left. </p>\n\n<p>I hope this helps</p>\...
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2011-07-31T10:42:25.313
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<p><code>cclive</code> is a tool for downloading media from YouTube and similar websites.</p> <p>I am trying to compile the latest version of <code>cclive</code> but cannot compile the first step <a href="http://quvi.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">libquvi</a></p> <p>I am getting the following error when I do ... </...
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2012-06-05T20:18:33.533
2012-06-05T20:18:33.533
How to compile the latest version of the command-line video download tool - cclive
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Compile libquvi</h2>\n\n<p>Ok, to compile libquvi you will need to do the following:</p>\n\n<p>Download the latest version of quvi from <a href=\"http://quvi.sourceforge.net\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://quvi.sourceforge.net</a></p>\n\n<p>Install some necessary packages:</p>\n\n<pre><...
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55214
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2011-07-31T11:01:21.797
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<p>I just bought a Lenovo x121e (E-350 version). I was able to successfully install ubuntu 11.04 and everything is running fine (for the system to boot an efi partition seems to be <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11104235#post11104235" rel="nofollow noreferrer">necessary however</a>). The laptop has ...
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2014-02-03T23:14:40.130
2014-02-03T23:14:40.130
How do I correctly align partions on a hdd with sector size of 4096 bytes?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I own the TP X121e (AMD E 350), too and ran into the same results that you reported.\nI found a workaround. It requires a fresh install, although there might be alternatives that don't require this -- well, I haven't tried anything, but at least the following works:</p>\n\n<p>A usefu...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I own the TP X121e (AMD E 350), too and ran into the same results that you reported.\nI found a workaround. It requires a fresh install, although there might be alternatives that don't require this -- well, I haven't tried anything, but at least the following works:</p>\n\n<p...
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55215
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2011-07-31T11:11:57.220
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<p>For some reason my processor always seems to run on full speed even if I don't do anything. Looking through the web, I've found quite some suggestions. According to <a href="http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_make_use_of_Dynamic_Frequency_Scaling" rel="nofollow">http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_make_use_of_Dyn...
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2011-08-06T16:40:41.890
2012-02-03T13:09:22.320
Lenovo Thinkpad W520 cpufreq frequency scaling not working
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ralf - I cant answer your specific question - but there is a <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1780703\" rel=\"nofollow\">long thread</a> on ubuntu forums with various experiences encountered with your laptop</p>\n\n<p>One particular interesting post#8 was ac...
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55223
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55327
2011-07-31T12:52:12.080
1
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<p>I just installed LAMP, vsftpd on Ubuntu server 11.04 64bits and I'm going to to adduser for ftp and let's users (in private LAN) upload files to public in private LAN such as <a href="http://local-server-ip/username/" rel="nofollow">http://local-server-ip/username/</a> could anyone recommend link or help me list the...
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2011-08-01T11:46:36.663
Setting vsftpd for upload to public (http)
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ok, I got it.</p>\n\n<p>Then, I'm using apache2 mod_userdir and public_html</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-08-01T11:46:36.663", "id": "55327", "lastActivityDate": "2011-08-...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ok, I got it.</p>\n\n<p>Then, I'm using apache2 mod_userdir and public_html</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-08-01T11:46:36.663", "id": "55327", "lastAc...
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55224
1
55227
2011-07-31T13:08:17.460
44
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<p>I have an Ubuntu installed in one partition, Debian on the other and now I am planning to install backtrack and SUSE also. Debian mounts a separate partition as its home mount point, whereas Ubuntu contains its own home folder in its file system.</p> <p>Now, I want my home partition to be shared by all other distro...
9434
25798
2012-06-30T12:28:18.320
2020-06-29T17:54:05.893
A common /home partition for multiple Linux distributions
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6
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ubuntus graphical installer does not automatically create a separate partition for /home. That's true. It is recommendable to do so though, and you can do it if you choose to manually partition. But even if you didn't, you can still fix it. </p>\n\n<p>However, there are a few things ...
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55226
1
55229
2011-07-31T13:52:23.137
2
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1441/why-not-use-64-bit-ubuntu">Why does Ubuntu Download recommend 32-bit install?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>On the Ubuntu download page, you have a choice between 32 and 64 bit, and the 32 bit one is "recommended"...
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2017-04-13T12:23:28.253
2011-07-31T15:31:09.710
Why is 32 bit Ubuntu "recommended" and 64 not?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It appears that the recommendation is to install the safest and most compatible version. There are some programs and even some hardware that work best - or even only - with the 32-bit version, although these are few and becoming fewer.</p>\n\n<p>When I installed Ubuntu for the first...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That has nothing to do with paranoia. You can use the 32bit version on a 64bit computer, but you cannot use the 64bit version on a 32bit computer. That makes 32bit a \"safer\" choice and unless you have more than 4GB RAM, the 32bit version will be fine. In the past, the 32bit...
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2011-07-31T15:29:06.293
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1
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2011-07-31T14:53:24.753
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<p>I need to authorize with kerberos and I have always done that with kauth. Previously it have been included in the package heimdal-clients but since natty it has been removed (see <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/+source/heimdal/+changelog" rel="nofollow">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/+source/heimdal/...
22547
null
null
2011-08-27T09:37:48.933
Why is kauth gone from heimdal-clients, and is there something to replace it with?
[ "package-management" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Right. I took another stab at this and finally found the solution, which is quite ridiculous: kauth is now more or less replaced by kinit, one can now auth with kinit. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Right. I took another stab at this and finally found the solution, which is quite ridiculous: kauth is now more or less replaced by kinit, one can now auth with kinit. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": ...
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55236
1
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2011-07-31T15:48:57.777
3
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<p>I'm trying to setup Enigmail to work in Thunderbird. </p> <p>Enigmail says it <code>could not find GnuPG</code> when I open Thunderbird > Tools > Addons > Extensions > Enigmail Preferences > Basic tab. </p> <p>I looked in my <code>/usr/bin</code> and see there are several executables that seem relevant. Which is t...
22550
32886
2012-01-17T15:20:03.307
2013-10-28T01:25:41.637
Which is the correct GnuPG executable to use to configure Enigmail?
[ "thunderbird", "enigmail" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Enigmail wants the \"gpg\" command-line tool. (gpg-agent is a helper tool, and I don't know what \"gpg2\" is - that's not present on my system.)</p>\n\n<p>So, you want to give it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/bin/gpg\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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55237
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2011-07-31T15:52:16.017
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<p>In February last year, I built a new PC from parts. Fast foward 16 months, and I'm repeatedly cleaning malware infections from Windows 7. I decided to try Ubuntu on my PC.</p> <p>My PC has hardware raid. The hardware raid has two 500 GB disks set up with RAID-1 mirroring. I have a 100GB partition with Windows 7...
22549
null
null
2012-02-12T01:13:43.480
Why can't Ubuntu 11.04 installer see all my partitions?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-31T18:30:56.257", "id": "62171", "postId": "55237", "score": "0", "text": "Have you tried using the manual partitioning tool? I see now reason why it shouldn't work, except that it may be looking at the filesystem, which in this case doesn't exist.", "userDisplayNa...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>When installing Ubuntu onto a RAID device it may not work as expected or at all when using the standard installation.</p>\n\n<p>You will have to <a href=\"http://releases.ubuntu.com/11.04/\" rel=\"nofollow\">download the alternate ubuntu installation iso</a> and <a href=\"htt...
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55239
1
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2011-07-31T16:03:57.810
4
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<p>I have tried to create a separate /home partition for all my linux distros and separate all home directories as per the name of the distros i am using like</p> <blockquote> <p>/homepartition/ubuntu/user-name </p> <p>/homepartition/debian/user-name</p> </blockquote> <p>now, I have copied all the neccessary f...
9434
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2011-07-31T16:29:43.020
2011-07-31T16:44:25.610
Mount a directory in another partition as /home directory
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Instead of adding <code>/dev/sda10/ubuntu /home ext4 nodev,nosuid 0 2</code> to your <code>/etc/fstab</code> you can add these two lines:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/dev/sda10 /all-homes ext4 nodev,nosuid 0 2\n/all-homes /home none bind 0 0\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You need to make the d...
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55241
1
55249
2011-07-31T16:21:57.250
3
3243
<p>My php code not working under directory of mod_userdir (~/user) but working fine at /var/www/ , how I can dealing with this problems ? when I open a php file under ~/user my browser prompt to download</p>
21315
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2017-04-01T13:44:19.507
php not working under directory of mod_userdir (~/user)
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Please look in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf, it has this comment:</p>\n\n<pre><code># To re-enable php in user directories comment the following lines\n# (from &lt;IfModule ...&gt; to &lt;/IfModule&gt;.) Do NOT set it to On as it\n# prevents .htaccess files from disabling it.\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Please look in /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf, it has this comment:</p>\n\n<pre><code># To re-enable php in user directories comment the following lines\n# (from &lt;IfModule ...&gt; to &lt;/IfModule&gt;.) Do NOT set it to On as it\n# prevents .htaccess files from disabl...
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55244
1
55248
2011-07-31T17:17:17.757
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<p>I'm trying to install <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alacarte">Alacarte</a> and the dependencies are huge, basically all of GNOME. I know that they are unnecessary. Is there an option in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_%28software%29">Synaptic</a> or an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adv...
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10883
2011-07-31T22:57:58.807
2015-02-01T18:20:18.223
How can I install a package without installing its dependencies?
[ "apt", "synaptic" ]
3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-31T18:37:46.870", "id": "62172", "postId": "55244", "score": "0", "text": "big difference between recommends and dependencies", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "41" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are two kinds of dependencies for <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/alacarte\">alacarte</a>: “depends” and “recommends”.</p>\n\n<p>Alacarte depends on Python and various Python libraries (which in turn pull in some libraries); the “depends” level says that alacarte won...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The key option to add to <code>apt-get</code> is <code>--no-install-recommends</code></p>\n\n<p>So for alacarte - </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends alacarte\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Given that alacarte is default in standard Ubuntu, can I ask what va...
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2011-07-31T17:41:05.457
3
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<p>I just got Ubuntu 10.10 a few days ago on a new desktop and for the first few days the volume worked as expected. However, now the master volume seems to impact nothing. When I am playing Rhythmbox, for example, I have to open up the sound preferences in order to change the sound for an individual application.</p>...
22556
null
null
2011-08-12T15:08:43.113
Master volume versus application volume
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-08-21T21:53:46.077", "id": "221863", "postId": "55247", "score": "0", "text": "I've voted to close this as too localized, because the OP stated that the issue was resolved with an update.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8844" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Perhaps you have more than one audio device? It isn't uncommon for the VGA to have HDMI audio output, for instance and I have experienced situations where the master volume control is set to control another device. </p>\n\n<p>In the preferences dialog, there is a page called ...
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2012-08-23T06:52:02.917
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55253
1
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2011-07-31T18:41:52.643
16
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<p>How safe is it to have a system like that - always on "ubuntu+1" (or Debian sid, for that matter)?</p>
22561
25798
2012-09-29T23:46:23.373
2012-09-29T23:46:23.373
How safe is it to use the "ubuntu+1"?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-09-27T19:37:01.313", "id": "240569", "postId": "55253", "score": "0", "text": "This question is off topic as unreleased versions are considered off topic here...", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3889" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That's a bad idea unless the main goal is to work on developing Ubuntu -- in which case it is a very good idea. I installed Oneiric on my desktop a couple of days ago, and I was unable to get a login screen. I was able to get the desktop up in failsafe X (800x600) once, but n...
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55255
1
55262
2011-07-31T19:00:39.250
0
1208
<p>I have the same problem as was asked in question <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7321/rename-music-files-with-missing-file-extensions/7327#7327">Rename Music Files with Missing File Extensions</a> and I found the script provided by @Gilles very educational, but unfortunately it didn't work the way I expect...
22544
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:01.050
2011-08-01T09:51:33.203
What command line to reliably traverse several directory levels
[ "filesystem" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think you have only to activate the bash <code>globstar</code> option, because it is not active by default in <em>Ubuntu</em>, as explained in the following.</p>\n\n<p>The expression <code>/path/to/music/directory/{**/,}*</code> contain two expansion constructs: has a brace expansi...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would do something like this</p>\n\n<pre><code>#! /bin/bash\n\n[[ -d \"$1\" ]] || { echo \"$1 not a directory, exiting...\"; exit 1; }\n\nfind \"$1\" -type f | while read F; do\n # do what you want with the \"$F\"\ndone\n\nexit 0\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and then invoke the sc...
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55260
1
55265
2011-07-31T19:48:35.677
0
478
<p>Ubuntu 11.04 doesn't seem to have an entry for my Synaptics Touchpad xorg.conf file by default.</p> <p>As soon as I create</p> <pre><code>Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" EndSection </code></pre> <p>then GDM fails to start at all.</p> <p>What is the propery way f...
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2011-07-31T20:34:39.723
2011-07-31T20:49:11.273
Creating synaptics entry in xorg.conf cases X to not start
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Actually, a <em>Related Questions</em> link answered my question:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/37761/xorg-conf-in-ubuntu-natty-11-04\">xorg.conf in ubuntu Natty 11.04</a></p>\n\n<p>I just added the settings I wanted to the existing file <code>/usr/share/X11/xor...
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55270
1
55271
2011-07-31T22:13:26.107
0
520
<p>I am using Unity and am pretty stisfied. Anyway I want to give Gnome 3 a try within my working machine. Can I upgrade my system (Natty) so I have Gnome3 (+Shell) in the Classic Desktop mode and still switch back to a functional Unity default Natty Desktop?</p>
12869
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2011-07-31T22:53:14.857
Can I run Gnome 3 in Classic Desktop and still switch to default Unity?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-31T22:20:12.847", "id": "62190", "postId": "55270", "score": "2", "text": "possible duplicate of [How to install Gnome 3 without breaking Unity?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/34750/how-to-install-gnome-3-without-breaking-unity)", "userDisplayName": null, "use...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As far as I know Unity only works with Gnome 2 and both Gnome versions do not really reside side to side with each other.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-02T05:49:50.363", "id": "62413", "postId": "55271", "score":...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As far as I know Unity only works with Gnome 2 and both Gnome versions do not really reside side to side with each other.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-02T05:49:50.363", "id": "62413", "postId": "55...
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55272
1
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2011-07-31T23:15:18.473
0
538
<p>I followed this guide, to the best of my understanding:</p> <p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP" rel="nofollow">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP</a></p> <p>And I'm stuck right after the install.</p> <p>Here's what I did so far:</p> <ul> <li>since I already had a working i...
11481
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null
2011-08-01T07:55:21.473
Why does my apache still do nothing after a complete purge and reinstall?
[ "apt", "apache2", "lamp" ]
1
5
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>fixed by simply restarting apache. </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-01T07:59:08.370", "id": "62231", "postId": "55309", "score": "...
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55273
1
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2011-07-31T23:39:42.123
21
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<p>On a clean <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases#Ubuntu_11.04_.28Natty_Narwhal.29">Ubuntu 11.04</a> (Natty Narwhal) installation, I used just a single partition for everything. The line that got added in the fstab file is this</p> <pre><code>UUID=xxx / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0...
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10883
2013-08-23T21:09:22.643
2013-08-23T21:09:22.643
Default fstab mount options
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As per <code>man mount</code> (if you use the option <code>defaults</code>):</p>\n\n<pre><code> defaults\n Use default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async.\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>When you use contradicting options (like <code>defaults,noexec</code>)...
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55275
1
55279
2011-08-01T00:40:16.610
7
36835
<p>Okay, so I installed Wine, and installed the first StarCraft, but when I try to run it, it tells me that the cd isn't in the cdrom drive (but it's already in there) and asks me to insert it. So, I did some searching, and I found out that I need to setup a cdrom drive in Wine, but when I autodetect for drives, it doe...
22336
null
null
2020-08-15T05:21:52.823
How to setup a cdrom drive in Wine
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Set wine to see <code>/media/wincd</code> as its cd drive then with the iso file in you home folder run in terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mkdir /media/wincd\nsudo mount -o loop -t iso9660 $HOME/mygame.iso /media/wincd\nsudo ln -s $HOME/mygame.iso $HOME/.wine/dosdevices/d::\...
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55276
1
55428
2011-08-01T00:57:34.037
0
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<p>I have built a computer with a Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 motherboard. The hardware does not show up for the on-board audio. I am using Ubuntu 11.04. I believe the audio is Realtek ALC889. Any help would be greatly appreciated!</p> <p>lspci</p> <pre><code>00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Proces...
22568
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2011-08-04T03:10:04.003
Sound not working and on-board audio seems to not be present
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sounds like your audio is turned off in the bios . </p>\n\n<p>Or you need to find a driver for it. From lspci its saying that your audio device is a nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)</p>\n\n<p><code>01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Definition A...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sounds like your audio is turned off in the bios . </p>\n\n<p>Or you need to find a driver for it. From lspci its saying that your audio device is a nVidia Corporation High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)</p>\n\n<p><code>01:00.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation High Defi...
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55277
1
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2011-08-01T01:12:30.220
1
253
<p>Small problem here: I use Ibus to input chinese, until now, everything works fine, but I can't input chinese in empathy. I'm on gnome 3, enjoying the integration of empathy with the DE (so i don't want to install pidgin). Can anybody help me please?</p>
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null
2013-01-05T02:00:40.060
How to input chinese in empathy?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-04-13T15:04:01.997", "id": "144874", "postId": "55277", "score": "0", "text": "Have you solved this problem or are you still looking for help? f this question no longer applies then you can either delete it or answer it yourself if you've solved the problem. Thanks!", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Right click on the input area,and select the input method you installed,I just resolve the problem like you.I use fctix input method to typing Chinese.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", ...
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55280
1
55282
2011-08-01T02:21:08.670
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<p>I am using <b>ubuntu-11.04</b>.</p> <p>I followed these steps on this site:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-apache2-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu-11.04-lamp" rel="noreferrer">Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu | HowtoForge</a></li> </ul> <p>So far my apache2, ...
22572
-1
2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2019-11-05T10:51:41.643
phpmyadmin is not working after I installed it
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-02T08:52:33.260", "id": "62480", "postId": "55280", "score": "0", "text": "Have you restarted the apache server: /etc/init.d/apache2 restart", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "22652" }, { "creationDate": "2018-09-08T07:04:58.100", "id": "1761295"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Please read <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP#Phpmyadmin%20and%20mysql-admin\" rel=\"noreferrer\">this section</a> in Ubuntu wiki. You will need to configure your apache2.conf to make phpMyAdmin works.</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksu gedit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf\n<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Please read <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP#Phpmyadmin%20and%20mysql-admin\" rel=\"noreferrer\">this section</a> in Ubuntu wiki. You will need to configure your apache2.conf to make phpMyAdmin works.</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksu gedit /etc/apache2/apache2...
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<p>I'm administering a small network of Ubuntu boxes for a series of measuring machines in a laboratory. These machines depend on a small directory of MATLAB scripts in /usr/local/MATLAB/... in order to properly read data from a serial device.</p> <p>I would like to be able to maintain this bit of code on Launchpad so...
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Easiest way to package a directory of MATLAB scripts into a Launchpad PPA
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can follow the documentation in Debian New Maintainer's Guide: <a href=\"http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dreq.en.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/dreq.en.html</a> (chapter 4).</p>\n\n<p>Also, take a look at the package <code>anar...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could run a local repo and when you update the package on your PPA etc it will be marked as an update on your servers, downloaded and installed</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-02T05:16:55.183", "id": "624...
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