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2011-08-03T09:01:46.393
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/56004/create-a-keyboard-shortcut-to-move-windows-to-a-specific-screen-edge">Create a keyboard shortcut to move windows to a specific screen edge</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I want to open a new evince window on the t...
22229
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:56.827
2014-01-08T15:30:01.290
How to open evince in the top-right corner of my screen?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could do this with compiz.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Install <strong>CompizConfig Settings Manager</strong> from the software center.</li>\n<li>In <strong>Window Management</strong> go to <strong>Place Windows</strong>.</li>\n<li>Go to the <strong>Fixed Window Placement</strong> t...
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2012-02-23T17:16:00.590
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55611
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<p>I'm trying to get a better understanding of the <code>*.dsl</code> files as disassembled by the <a href="https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee/issues/436" rel="nofollow"><code>iasl</code> program</a>. Those files looks like:</p> <pre><code>/* * a comment */ Stuff { More Stuff { Beer (a, b) // anothe...
6969
6969
2011-08-03T09:45:04.377
2011-11-09T16:31:27.843
A text editor or viewer with folding based on indentation
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For my particular needs (analysing ACPI tables), I've created <a href=\"https://github.com/Lekensteyn/acpi-stuff/blob/master/view.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">FoldedViewer</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <h3>view.html</h3>\n \n <p>It's name is actually FoldedViewer (no trademark ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The editor <a href=\"http://www.geany.org/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><code>geany</code></a>, also useful as an IDE, has indentation based folding for python source files. </p>\n\n<p>It should be a way to associate <code>.dsl</code> files with this type of representation</p>\n\n<p>...
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55623
1
55674
2011-08-03T10:28:48.360
0
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<p>I am new to ubuntu, and I would need you guys help.</p> <p>I installed Ubuntu Server 10.04 64-bit, and I would like to know:</p> <p>What are the commands to add an additional file system and make sure it mount at the boot time. Lets say I want to make it on /newContent directory?</p> <p>And on the root disk, I wo...
22716
null
null
2017-07-07T01:13:18.507
Additional file system and mount at boot time?
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5
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1>Creating the Directories</h1>\n\n<p>To create the toplevel directories run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mkdir /myBackup /myDatabases\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You may also want to make yourself the owner of these folders:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo chown -R ubuntuka:ubuntuka /myBackup /myDatabase...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>install ntfs-config </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install ntfs-config\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It will help to add additional filesystem in fstab. Don't forget to check internal and external write option.</p>\n\n<p>Note: if you are using 11.04 then run ntfs-config in terminal. ...
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55624
1
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2011-08-03T10:33:40.027
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<p>I have 2 partitions on my Ubuntu 10.10, one is ext4 for the system, another is NTFS for my data. While copying my files from my flash disk to NTFS partition (via terminal cp -r command), the light has turned off, and now I am unable to mount my NTFS partition, it says that:</p> <pre><code>Error mounting: mount exit...
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6005
2012-06-26T00:04:45.133
2012-06-26T00:04:45.133
Ubuntu and NTFS copying failed
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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55625
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2011-08-03T10:35:39.230
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<p>I'm considering purchasing a new USB flatbed scanner for my parents whose laptop is running Ubuntu (10.04 LTS - Lucid Lynx).</p> <p>Doing a quick search around I found this thread over in the forums: <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613181" rel="nofollow">Lightweight Scanner</a> and it seems:</p> ...
4890
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2011-09-02T15:41:19.623
2011-09-02T15:41:19.623
What should I consider when purchasing a (flatbed) scanner?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have jet to find a scanner, that Ubuntu has no drivers for. Most scanners use a standardised USB interface similar to other hid devices such as keyboards, mice etc. If you want to be on the safe side choose a scanner mentioned in the SANE project's supported devices list.</p>\n\n<...
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55626
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55631
2011-08-03T10:49:16.643
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<p>I have a collection of small text files that I often want to copy wholesale into, say emails or the like. Ideally I'd like to add an option to the right click menu for these small text files that copies the whole contents of the file to clipboard ready to be pasted.</p> <p>Or is there some smarter gadget that could...
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2011-08-14T03:25:54.020
2011-08-14T03:25:54.020
Right click copy contents of file to clipboard
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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55630
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2011-08-03T11:06:56.580
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<p>I'm using a NVIDIA card with the proprietary drivers, it can play HD videos but lags. Is there a way to buffer frames or something?</p> <p>FX 5500, 173.xx (legacy, the new version does not support this card)</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/uLpir.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Seeking s...
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2011-08-29T18:57:43.073
2012-04-22T16:16:44.083
Can I improve HD video playback for an NVIDIA card?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>NVIDIA regarded the FX5500 as an entry level GPU and was capable of playing basic HD video under windows (<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_FX_Series\" rel=\"nofollow\">DirectX 9</a>). Direct support under Ubuntu is no longer available from NVIDIA - only through their l...
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2011-08-03T11:15:23.110
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<p>My friend installed Ubuntu 11.04. We are pretty sure it's Ubuntu 11.04. He looked at about Ubuntu zone. THe problem is that the desktop is always like Ubuntu Classic. When logging, i said; change the ubuntu classic to ubuntu. However he said it's already Ubuntu. BTW he says my gnome version is 2.32 maybe 2.34. What...
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2011-08-03T13:54:23.363
2011-08-08T16:32:33.823
Desktop always in Ubuntu Classic mode
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><em>As per the comments that were left</em></p>\n\n<p>It is not compatible with the Unity Interface, as such it reverts to the normal GNOME2 desktop.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": "2011-08-08T16:32:42.153", "contentLicense"...
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user21357
55634
1
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2011-08-03T11:20:27.600
2
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<p>I am completely new to Ubuntu and now running into so many problems regarding my display. I will be so grateful to the community to help me out and keep me loving Ubuntu.</p> <p>When I run </p> <pre><code>lspci | grep VGA </code></pre> <p>I get the following output</p> <pre><code>01:00.0 VGA compatible controlle...
22717
9701
2011-08-03T14:27:22.617
2013-07-12T01:22:52.190
How to install Radeon X600 driver
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T15:01:10.177", "id": "63022", "postId": "55634", "score": "0", "text": "You can download X600 driver for Linux here :\nhttp://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/Legacy/Pages/radeon_linux.aspx?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.12&lang=English\nThen look through installati...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Start by running 'Hardware Drivers' - in Unity, use the search feature in the main system. The drivers may show up there. Use the proprietary ones if they exist otherwise use whichever one is recommended. See if that fixes everything.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "...
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55635
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2011-08-03T11:23:59.110
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<p>My friend installed ubuntu via wubi. He says when i select Ubuntu from grub menu, i see Ubuntu logo. One of the orange points turns into white and then there is empty black screen. What's wrong?</p>
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21846
2011-08-03T12:10:06.153
2012-01-25T04:42:11.910
Black screen after purple Ubuntu screen
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This question reads as a graphics issue on boot - possibly an incompatibility between proprietary graphics drivers and KMS - or possibly a problem with the default opensource graphics drivers.</p>\n\n<p>There is not any detail in the question as to what graphics the 'friend' ...
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55638
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2011-08-03T12:00:31.887
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<p>There's combining circumflex accent, U+0302 (in the <em>Combining diacritical marks</em> block). Neither it nor the letter β are on my keyboard.</p> <p>How do I combine the two to write "beta hat" like this when I can't use TeX?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/L1YPx.png" alt="y = alpha-hat + beta-hat x"...
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2023-02-07T14:13:22.127
How do I type β with combining circumflex accent?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In the Character Map, you can type (or paste) the letter β into the input field at the bottom and then double click the combining character. </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>β̂ </p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>However, you can pretty much assume that this won't get rendered correctly. It looks go...
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55640
1
55661
2011-08-03T12:08:32.377
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<p>I installed Ubuntu 11.04 mini CD, a command line only version of Ubuntu. When the machine boots, I see all the bios screens, but when it boots in to Ubuntu the screen goes black. The monitor light is green, but pressing keys. The screen is black.</p> <p>I tried pressing <kbd>alt</kbd>-<kbd>f2</kbd> and the scree...
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2014-01-05T16:38:20.590
2014-01-05T16:38:20.590
Ubuntu 11.04 mini boots to black screen, alt-f2 restores monitor image.
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Alt+F2 changes your session to tty2<br>\nSee here: <a href=\"http://wiki.debian.org/getty\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.debian.org/getty</a></p>\n\n<p>Perhaps you're on Alt+F7 for some reason.. which is where is typically where your X session is.</p>\n\n<p>Honestly, there is probabl...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Alt+F2 changes your session to tty2<br>\nSee here: <a href=\"http://wiki.debian.org/getty\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.debian.org/getty</a></p>\n\n<p>Perhaps you're on Alt+F7 for some reason.. which is where is typically where your X session is.</p>\n\n<p>Honestly, there is...
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55642
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2011-08-03T12:29:56.917
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<p>As happens with webmail emails after a certain time without access to the account, these are removed, is this the same with Ubuntu One, and what length of time would an account have to be inactive for it to be closed?</p> <p>Thank you very much in advance and best regards.</p>
22723
40955
2012-04-08T19:14:41.370
2012-04-09T16:47:57.560
Will my Ubuntu One account expire if I don't use it regularly?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I asked the Ubuntu One support team this question and the response was:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Currently we do not deactivate accounts for inactivity</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/#!/UbuntuOne/status/189392459422384128\" rel=\"nofollow\">Source</a>...
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55643
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2011-08-03T12:32:10.080
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<p>I would like to install the MS Truetype Fonts that come through the package <code>ttf-mscorefonts-installer</code>, so I did:</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer </code></pre> <p>Accepting the license, the process completes without any errors. The fonts end up in</p> <blockquote> <p>/u...
22722
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2017-04-13T12:24:26.167
2014-09-28T16:07:20.280
Install MS Truetype Fonts system-wide for all users
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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55647
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2011-08-03T12:48:07.960
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<p>Does the Linksys <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecureEasySetup" rel="nofollow">Secure Easy Setup (SES)</a> button work with Ubuntu? I'm housesitting for someone tonight, and when I asked what their wireless password was, they told me about the SES button they press on the router.</p>
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null
null
2012-03-12T17:52:25.313
Does the Linksys Secure Easy Setup (SES) button work with Ubuntu?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think that what you are asking about is called Wifi Protected Setup (WPS). I found this bug report on Launchpad</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/nm-wifi-protected-setup\" rel=\"nofollow\">Intergrate Wifi Protected Setup in Network Manager</a...
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55649
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2011-08-03T12:54:00.497
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/20830/why-isnt-ubuntu-using-the-latest-versions-of-some-applications">Why isn&#39;t Ubuntu using the latest versions of some applications?</a> </p> </blockquote> <ul> <li><p>Netbeans IDE is still 6.9 in ubuntu cen...
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2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2012-11-23T06:25:06.787
Why the old packages are still available in the official software center?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You missed the way Ubuntu provides software: every six month there is a new release, and the software do not get updated along this time, apart from security updates and bug fixes. Only some major software, like firefox, could be updated to a new version during the six months...
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2011-08-03T15:28:45.607
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55653
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2011-08-03T14:12:52.753
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<p>I use <a href="http://taskcoach.org/">taskcoach</a> to create a list of my tasks. </p> <p>The data I entered was saved, say, in tasks.tsk on my Desktop. Internally, this is an XML file of specific structure.</p> <p>Now whenever I open it, it opens in my text editor, like any other XML.</p> <p>I've tried changing ...
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22330
2011-08-03T15:52:57.280
2017-12-11T22:13:01.117
How to associate file extension (not file type) for a particular application?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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55656
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2011-08-03T14:28:20.573
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<p>Currently, if I click a launcher, shortcut icon, etc., I will get a new Nautilus window. If there is already a Nautilus window open, I would rather it open up in a new tab in the existing window (as if I had done <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>T</kbd> and browsed to the new location). How can I make this happen?</p>
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2020-02-02T03:05:08.463
2020-02-02T06:30:02.907
Open Nautilus as a new tab in an existing window
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2
CC BY-SA 4.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I believe it is not possible as<br>\n1) It is a <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/16715\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">suggested idea</a> at <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Ubuntu Brainstorm</a> that wasn't implemented yet,<br>\n...
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55657
1
55659
2011-08-03T14:30:10.487
0
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<p>I installed ubuntu 11 in windows vista using wubi. After using it for 3 days, I encountered the problem "No space left in device". The following is the output of "df -kh": </p> <pre><code>Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/loop0 3.9G 3.9G 0 100% / none ...
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2011-08-03T14:55:54.637
2011-08-03T14:55:54.637
no space left and weird output of df -kh
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You've installed on a FAT32 partition most likely - which has a <em>single file size limit</em> of 4GB. So Wubi splits the install into separate virtual disks of 4GB. You have one for /, /home and /usr</p>\n\n<p>One of these (/) is running out of space (root.disk). There's no way to ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You've installed on a FAT32 partition most likely - which has a <em>single file size limit</em> of 4GB. So Wubi splits the install into separate virtual disks of 4GB. You have one for /, /home and /usr</p>\n\n<p>One of these (/) is running out of space (root.disk). There's no...
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55662
1
55665
2011-08-03T15:17:47.893
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<p>recently Banshee has decided to change my ogg files to "unknown artist" everywhere else but Banshee.</p> <p>I don't know what's wrong with them but Ubuntu One and Android Music player can't read the artist tag anymore. They used to work however, most of my collection (500+ songs) show up as "unknown"</p> <p>I have...
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2013-10-23T20:17:18.657
My music seems to be in "unknown artist" in everywhere but banshee
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can check the file properties in Nautilus, and see if they have the tags still. If they don't, then you can manually edit them in Banshee and see if they keep the tags (just to be sure it wasn't some one time glitch).</p>\n\n<p>If they don't keep the tags, you can use a tag edito...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can check the file properties in Nautilus, and see if they have the tags still. If they don't, then you can manually edit them in Banshee and see if they keep the tags (just to be sure it wasn't some one time glitch).</p>\n\n<p>If they don't keep the tags, you can use a t...
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55671
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2011-08-03T16:37:09.823
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<p>"Monitor A": Samsung 940N 19" LCD [VGA connection]<br> "Monitor B": Samsung 940N 19" LCD [VGA connection]<br> VGA card: Nvidia Geforce GT220 [has 1 VGA, 1 HDMI, 1 DVI]<br> So I'm using a "DVI to VGA" converter.<br> <br> Under Windows7: The OS recognizes the 1280x1024 native resolution in both monitors, hurray!<br> <...
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2011-08-03T16:59:47.570
2011-08-04T18:14:08.463
When using monitor in TwinView, the OS doesn't recognize its native resolution, why?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T16:48:53.370", "id": "62779", "postId": "55671", "score": "0", "text": "possible duplicate of http://askubuntu.com/questions/13783/external-monitor-resolution-doesnt-go-above-1024x768", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21845" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Replacing the DVI converter solved the problem.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-05T09:32:42.857", "id": "63206", "postId": "55852", "score": "0", "text": "how did you manage that then? Ps could you mark your ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Replacing the DVI converter solved the problem.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-05T09:32:42.857", "id": "63206", "postId": "55852", "score": "0", "text": "how did you manage that then?...
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55676
1
55677
2011-08-03T17:14:42.520
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<p>Okay, so I want add a command to my Desktop (Or any convenient location), and whenever I run it I want it to clone the HTML5 boilerplate. </p> <pre><code>$ git clone git://github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate.git </code></pre> <p>And I'm tired of typing it out all the time. So how could I store my commands in a ...
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2647
2011-08-03T19:12:33.153
2023-09-11T18:47:15.550
Store frequently used terminal commands in a file
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open your <code>~/.bashrc</code> and put this at the end:</p>\n<pre><code>alias boil='git clone git://github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate.git'\n</code></pre>\n<p>or alternatively, this</p>\n<pre><code>boil() {\n git clone git://github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate.git\n}\n</cod...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open your <code>~/.bashrc</code> and put this at the end:</p>\n<pre><code>alias boil='git clone git://github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate.git'\n</code></pre>\n<p>or alternatively, this</p>\n<pre><code>boil() {\n git clone git://github.com/paulirish/html5-boilerplate.git\n...
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55679
1
55687
2011-08-03T17:32:49.913
1
444
<p>I managed to install a game for Windows using Wine (I think), but it doesn't show in the Applications/Games folder or in the Ubuntu Software Center. Did it really install? How do I find it?</p> <p>When I was running the Setup, I believe the game installed in the C:\Games\Freespace directory.</p>
22645
10616
2011-08-03T18:52:51.853
2011-08-05T12:19:36.813
How do I launch a game for windows that I installed?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The games installed via Wine don't go to Applications/Games. Instead they go under Applications/Wine/Programs/</p>\n\n<p>Following is a screenshot of a generic Wine menu in Ubuntu/GNOME.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ro2Sw.png\" alt=\"wine menu\"></p>\n", "commentC...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Applications installed through wine are placed under Applications->Wine, so look for it in Wine menu</p>\n\n<p>Alternatively, the wine drive C corresponds to <code>/home/$USER/.wine/drive_c</code>, so look for it in </p>\n\n<pre><code>~/.wine/drive_c/Games/Freespace\n</code><...
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55680
1
64140
2011-08-03T17:34:46.817
5
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<p>Since an update about 8 weeks ago, Spotify native will no longer start. Below is the terminal output:</p> <pre><code>tom@blacknight:~$ spotify 17:31:59.810 I [breakpad.cpp:36] Registered Breakpad for product: spotify 17:31:59.879 I [translate.cpp:117] Reloading all languages 17:31:59.889 I [fsevents:403] starting...
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2011-09-29T09:04:48.117
2012-06-09T19:39:27.283
Spotify Native crashing on start
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unfortunately for those of you who still have this issue, I don't have an answer, however fortunately for myself, the issue resolved itself after the latest update (which removed the gnome support package). It's even working on Ubuntu 11.10!</p>\n\n<p>The clearing the cache, suggest...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can debug it with strace and check what is happening just before the segfault : </p>\n\n<pre><code>strace -e open spotify\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDat...
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55682
1
56076
2011-08-03T17:36:20.957
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<p>Several of my parents' photos in F-Spot have gone missing. I can't seem to figure out the location of the photo file that F-Spot expects to find. I've been looking around for something like "Photo Properties" but so far I haven't seen it.</p> <p>This is sounding confusing, so hopefully a screenshot will help clear...
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2079
2011-08-06T18:44:47.273
2011-08-06T23:23:35.450
Using F-Spot, how can I find the file location for a specific photo?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could interrogate the f-spot database itself to search for the filename in question. Once found, the file-location that f-spot was expecting will be available. This method would be particularly useful if you've got lots of pictures to search for.</p>\n\n<p>Install sqlite3:</p>\...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>All the photos are stored in <strong>Photos</strong> folder in <strong>Pictures</strong> folder in your home. And each photo is stored according to the date the photo is taken like this \"Pictures/Photos/Year/Month/date\".</p>\n\n<p>For example if your photo is taken on 2011-...
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55685
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55694
2011-08-03T17:44:50.777
0
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<p>I installed Ubuntu Server 10.04 via VirtualBox, yes, the I use virtual machine, cuz I am learning ubuntu. I installed apache webserver by this command:</p> <pre><code>sude apt-get install apache2 </code></pre> <p>Everything looks okay, no error. Now, how do I test if the apache server is working? Normally in windo...
22716
21846
2011-08-04T02:47:28.213
2011-08-04T02:47:28.213
How to test apache server on Ubuntu Server 10.04 running in VirtualBox?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want to test your Apache setup from the host machine, you will need to configure your networking in VirtualBox. There is a great tutorial on that <a href=\"http://www.justincarmony.com/blog/2010/03/22/virtualbox-networking-setup/\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>. Then you would poi...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Either install a text mode browser like w3m or lynx on your server and use that to connect to localhost, or connect from the outside world to your VirtualBox</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T18:45:34.683", ...
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55686
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2011-08-03T18:05:38.873
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<p>I ran into the following issue: I'm using Ubuntu One to sync my files (across multiple computers), for what it's intended.</p> <p>But due to some mysterious reason it promts to me, that there will be some files uploaded. And this again and again and so on.</p> <p>Plus, when I want to shut down my computer and dism...
10046
6005
2012-06-13T14:38:37.687
2012-06-13T14:38:37.687
Ubuntu One uploads unchanged data frequently
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T22:14:31.013", "id": "62850", "postId": "55686", "score": "0", "text": "I'm not sure what the problem is but you can get more detail about what is being up/down loaded by installing `Magicicada` It lists the files and metadata being queued by U1 you need to add this...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I could figure this one out, U1 uploads the smallest files first to shrink the queue of pending files as fast as possible. You can monitor this using a terminal and type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>while true; do u1sdtool --waiting|wc -l; sleep 20;done\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>T...
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55688
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2011-08-03T18:19:19.797
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3697/how-do-i-install-fonts">How do I install fonts?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>When testing 11.10, I wanted to install some fonts. However, it seems that I cannot simply double click a font file to install it. I've...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:30.040
2011-11-15T07:47:29.953
Is there a graphical way of installing fonts in 11.10/Gnome 3
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Double click on the font, and on the right hand side of the font viewer click on \"Install Font\".</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/F4IAz.png\" alt=\"Install font\"></p>\n\n<p>Alternatively, the manual way is to crate a folder called .fonts in your home director...
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2011-11-15T16:56:45.943
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55693
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2011-08-03T18:47:46.447
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<p>I'm new to Linux and have Ubuntu 11.04. After you eject an SD card, how do you reinsert a different one in the same slot? my computer wont recognize any after the first one and after the initial eject, the drive disappears in the disk utility. Thanks in advance</p>
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2011-08-03T21:15:10.057
Reopen ejected SD card?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have had this problem before, and it occurred only when I was too quick to insert the other card. The usual solution was to wait about 10 seconds and then insert the other card.</p>\n\n<p>You can also just simply wait for the operations related to the drive to be completed,...
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55697
1
55731
2011-08-03T19:12:22.523
2
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<p>When I want to email pictures, I open Shotwell and select the ones that I want. I right-click and use the "send to" to have them sent as an email, but nothing is sent. I have evolution set up with my email.</p>
22035
8844
2012-05-01T23:08:32.633
2012-05-01T23:08:32.633
Shotwell & Nautilus not emailing pictures
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T19:22:41.990", "id": "62808", "postId": "55697", "score": "1", "text": "What exactly is the question?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "667" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're referring to the Nautilus send-to feature. There's a packaging bug in certain version of Ubuntu (and apparently Debian as well, or so I'm told) that prevents your e-mail client from appearing in the drop down list.</p>\n\n<p>There's a bug report on this here:\n<a href=\"https:...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're referring to the Nautilus send-to feature. There's a packaging bug in certain version of Ubuntu (and apparently Debian as well, or so I'm told) that prevents your e-mail client from appearing in the drop down list.</p>\n\n<p>There's a bug report on this here:\n<a href=...
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55698
1
55699
2011-08-03T19:26:10.917
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<p>When I download updates or installing new software I get these warnings that I have no public keys. This just appeared one day and I didn't remove/add something to create this.</p> <blockquote> <p>Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 16126D3A3E5...
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10698
2014-09-28T09:05:15.133
2016-05-10T22:24:31.890
How do I fix "no public keys available" errors?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1>Getting the Keys, Part 1</h1>\n\n<p>The program <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/addgpg-apt\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>addgpg-apt</code></a> - which is mine - will only work if the keys are on the Ubuntu keyserver, unless you specifically specify what key server you are tryi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h1>Getting the Keys, Part 1</h1>\n\n<p>The program <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/addgpg-apt\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>addgpg-apt</code></a> - which is mine - will only work if the keys are on the Ubuntu keyserver, unless you specifically specify what key server you ...
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2019-06-04T07:08:10.103
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55700
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2011-08-03T19:40:22.420
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<p>I have a <a href="http://www.giada.cc/chanpinzhongxin/minipc/cube%20series/2009-11-04/3.html" rel="nofollow">machine</a> which is supposed to be a media server. I have tried to install Ubuntu (both alternate and regular i386). The installation (and boot to usb drive) went on fine, but after the install I tried to lo...
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22949
2014-01-08T05:37:34.660
2014-01-08T05:37:34.660
Fresh install won't boot throwing "error: end of disk"
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T21:00:11.867", "id": "62837", "postId": "55700", "score": "0", "text": "ubuntu natty. I'm using usb thumb drive to install to hard disk. I have let ubuntu yo choose it's default partitioning (use and erase entire hard drive)", "userDisplayName": null, "userI...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would start with testing your hardware. It is probably not RAM but I would test that first anyway to prove it isn't a problem.</p>\n\n<p>Next I would move onto the hard drive. You could try the diagnostics on the Ultimate Boot CD. There is a tool for most brands of hard dri...
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55702
1
55704
2011-08-03T19:44:36.903
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<p>My "df -h" command on my Linux box has some devices with longer names and so the "df -h" output has line breaks (or tabs??) in it, which makes it difficult to parse the output in a script.</p> <p>Does anyone know how I can suppress the linebreaks so that the latter of the following outputs is what I get:</p> <pre...
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21845
2011-08-03T20:02:04.880
2018-11-27T10:36:52.140
"df -h" command puts line breaks in output. How do I fix?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T19:48:44.510", "id": "62815", "postId": "55702", "score": "1", "text": "I can't test this because my drive paths aren't huge like yours. Try `df -Pkh`", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21845" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T19:51:16.637", "i...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try: <code>df -Pkh</code></p>\n\n<p>The P stands for \"portable\", and will force it to follow POSIX standard output.<br>\nI have a hunch will fix any clever formatting that df tries to do.</p>\n\n<p>In the future when you try to solve problems like these, try <code>man df</code> and...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try: <code>df -Pkh</code></p>\n\n<p>The P stands for \"portable\", and will force it to follow POSIX standard output.<br>\nI have a hunch will fix any clever formatting that df tries to do.</p>\n\n<p>In the future when you try to solve problems like these, try <code>man df</c...
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55703
1
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2011-08-03T19:46:56.693
6
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<p>I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit laptop, and I have a Microsoft mouse. When I'm on the battery power the mouse cuts in and out, I have full battery power so it's not because of low power. It never does this in Windows, and in the past when I ran Karmic it never did this either, only when I reinstalled Ubuntu with Natty...
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2016-01-06T22:25:42.267
USB mouse cuts out on battery power
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T20:47:00.170", "id": "62834", "postId": "55703", "score": "0", "text": "do you see anything weird happening in dmesg?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21845" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-05T07:11:15.440", "id": "63178", "postId": "55703...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I should note that after 11.10 that problem no longer existed for me. So the answer to this problem is just update! :D</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2013-05-19T21:07:25.127", "id...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It seems like your computer is set to disable USB when iddle as a power saving measure.</p>\n\n<p>This is usually suggested by powertop, but it's a very bad idea if you are using a USB mouse. This command fixes it temporally:</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo -1 | sudo tee /sys/bus/usb/...
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55705
1
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2011-08-03T19:54:15.620
1
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<p>How do I add an mp3 file to my playlist on Banshee media player? In iTunes, I used to drag the .mp3 file into the window and it would automatically sync the music file into the playlist. How can I do this with Banshee?</p>
22742
8844
2012-05-02T14:17:38.153
2012-05-02T14:17:38.153
Adding an mp3 file to a playlist on Banshee?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>Simply, Add the mp3 file to Banshee</strong></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/T3sGx.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p><strong>Then, right click on it, Add to Playlist.</strong></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/deeDf.png\...
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55706
1
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2011-08-03T19:56:13.770
0
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7292/is-there-a-way-to-autodetect-when-a-display-is-disconnected">Is there a way to autodetect when a display is disconnected?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>My question is basically <a href="https://askubuntu.com/quest...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:11.537
2011-08-03T22:53:08.693
Automate Twinview
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not much of an answer but that answer there might still be valid. Personally, I make use of the <a href=\"http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/06/disper-indicator-easily-clone-or-extend.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">disper indicator</a> which makes it easy enough, plus allows me to manu...
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2012-03-04T12:25:33.863
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55707
1
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2011-08-03T19:57:14.383
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<p>I like unity, and the way it organizes applications but I don't like the dock. I would like to use Docky instead. </p> <p>If it's possible, I don't even want to see the dock when I hit the super key. I don't even wanna see it when I open Unity launcher.</p> <p>While I wish this was all possible, I know this is pro...
13505
6005
2011-08-03T21:51:02.743
2012-10-04T10:10:11.390
How to permanently hide Unity dock?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't believe there is a way to replace the Unity launcher with Docky, but you can always auto-hide it and just ignore it. That seems quite annoying though.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/29553/how-can-i-configure-unity\">How can I configure Unit...
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55708
1
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2011-08-03T20:02:50.650
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37267/how-can-i-access-flash-files-from-streaming-websites">How can I access Flash files from streaming websites?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>When playing Flash multimedia on Firefox eg. a Youtube video, the files us...
15710
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.590
2011-09-13T12:12:04.110
Where are Firefox Flash temporary files?
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0
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T20:07:11.523", "id": "62822", "postId": "55708", "score": "0", "text": "Great question!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "705" } ]
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2012-02-08T19:16:43.083
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55709
1
118669
2011-08-03T20:04:25.090
11
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<p>I have a dual monitor setup and wish to only record the 1st monitor with recordmydesktop, but I am unsure of the settings to do this via the command line. So far I have this:</p> <pre><code>recordmydesktop --display=1 --width=1920 height=1080 --fps=15 --no-sound --delay=10 </code></pre> <p>But I get this error mes...
22652
527764
2017-08-14T06:17:21.583
2023-05-04T12:36:02.107
How to select display to record in RecordMyDesktop
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5
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T21:04:53.690", "id": "62839", "postId": "55709", "score": "0", "text": "I'm guessing but I think the --display=1 should infact be --display=:0", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14356" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have no need to set the display to 1 since probably you are running a multi- screen setup on the same X server.</p>\n\n<p>The correct command would be: </p>\n\n<pre><code>recordmydesktop --display=0 --width=1920 --height=1080 --fps=15 --no-sound --delay=10\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Re...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have no need to set the display to 1 since probably you are running a multi- screen setup on the same X server.</p>\n\n<p>The correct command would be: </p>\n\n<pre><code>recordmydesktop --display=0 --width=1920 --height=1080 --fps=15 --no-sound --delay=10\n</code></pre>\...
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55712
1
55752
2011-08-03T20:24:14.673
0
95
<p>Thanks to the help of the Community I was able to install Descent:Freespace using Wine.</p> <p>Now when I try to run it, most of the times the screen turns black and the system becomes completely unresponsive. Sometimes the game loads, but the top and bottom of the game screen are covered by the Ubuntu desktop menu...
22645
5768
2012-07-09T13:39:44.140
2012-07-09T13:39:44.140
Game crashes half the times I try to run it
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T20:33:42.920", "id": "62829", "postId": "55712", "score": "0", "text": "To be honest.. what would you expected, Wine isn't perfect, have you tried any fix for the game at winehq?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4203" }, { "creationDate": "2011-...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Firstly, Wine project has an \"application compatibility database\" and it appears that Descent:Freespace has quite good ratings there - Gold or Platinum, which means your chances of making it work are not that bad: <a href=\"http://www.winehq.org/search?cx=partner-pub-09718402399767...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The best way to fix it is to ask for help from people who know Wine well. Not many users on AskUbuntu will be able to help you, so if I were you I would go to <a href=\"http://www.winehq.org/help/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.winehq.org/help/</a> and request help on a Wine-r...
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55716
1
null
2011-08-03T20:52:38.160
1
6787
<p>Hi I was wondering how you are suppose to add playlists created on my computer to my iPod using clementine? </p>
22744
null
null
2019-09-04T07:45:10.097
How to add a playlist onto ipod using clementine?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T20:55:40.843", "id": "62835", "postId": "55716", "score": "2", "text": "You drag and drop the songs on the Ipod when you mount it on Nautilus", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4203" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Once you create a playlist, select all the songs in the playlist, and right-click to select \"Copy Device\". I have no idea why it's so hidden.</p>\n\n<p>This guy clued me in -- at 6:14 he starts talking about Devices:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBbC...
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55718
1
55755
2011-08-03T21:09:11.803
4
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<p>I just bought a new SSD hard drive and want to minimize writing to the drive by moving users and applications to another 1TB hard drive.</p> <p>Windows 7 accomplishes this <a href="http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/39689-program-files-directory-change-default-installs.html" rel="nofollow">fairly easily</a>.</p> ...
22746
null
null
2011-08-04T02:20:08.417
Change default location of programs / users
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T22:15:48.580", "id": "62852", "postId": "55718", "score": "1", "text": "you may find some useful answers here: http://askubuntu.com/q/18919", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3940" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think what you want is to move your /home folder to the 1Tb drive, while keeping the system files (including applications) on the fast SSD drive. </p>\n\n<p>You can achieve that by moving the contents of your /home folder to the other drive and then adding a line to /etc/fstab whic...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think what you want is to move your /home folder to the 1Tb drive, while keeping the system files (including applications) on the fast SSD drive. </p>\n\n<p>You can achieve that by moving the contents of your /home folder to the other drive and then adding a line to /etc/fs...
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55723
1
55724
2011-08-03T21:28:28.560
5
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<p>Where would I find the Purchased Music folder on my system? I'm running Ubuntu 11.04.</p>
8357
12469
2011-08-04T02:24:03.623
2011-08-07T00:30:24.850
Where would I find the Purchased Music folder on my system?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Look for: <code>~/.ubuntuone/Purchased from Ubuntu One</code></p>\n\n<p>I make a smart playlist of all my purchased music so I have it handy and then I can manipulate it from the music player when I want to make copies, etc.:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Look for: <code>~/.ubuntuone/Purchased from Ubuntu One</code></p>\n\n<p>I make a smart playlist of all my purchased music so I have it handy and then I can manipulate it from the music player when I want to make copies, etc.:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q...
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55734
1
55735
2011-08-03T23:10:14.367
4
3540
<p>I'm getting the following errors while trying to install Samba on a ubuntu server 10.04 LTS instance:</p> <blockquote> <p>Failed to fetch <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/libwbclient0_3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.6_i386.deb" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool...
2196
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:30.040
2012-05-01T23:03:04.840
Repository down? How do I workaround?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-03T23:20:27.337", "id": "62861", "postId": "55734", "score": "0", "text": "make a backup of /etc/apt/sources.list and then change your sources.list for all instances of \"us.\" to \"gb.\" i.e. the UK mirror. However can't answer your second part of your question, henc...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to run <code>apt-get update</code> to make sure that your package lists are up to date prior to installing packages.</p>\n\n<p>In the case of samba, the current version is <code>2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.7</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creat...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to run <code>apt-get update</code> to make sure that your package lists are up to date prior to installing packages.</p>\n\n<p>In the case of samba, the current version is <code>2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.7</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ ...
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55737
1
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2011-08-03T23:32:23.990
2
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<p>This is really, really, really, aggravating. Everytime I try to install Ubuntu (10.04 &amp; up), it works fine up until the point where I actually have to install. It installs about halfway until I get Error #5 &amp; the installer just crashes, bringing me to a live cd environment. I'm pretty sure this is Ubuntu's p...
22751
63111
2012-07-09T14:01:49.463
2012-07-09T14:01:49.463
Can't install Ubuntu 10.04 or later due to installer error and crash
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0
5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T03:12:18.963", "id": "62891", "postId": "55737", "score": "2", "text": "Adam have you tried to boot to the live cd and attempt to intall from there?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "20414" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T04:01:11.980", "id"...
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2012-02-01T11:25:39.167
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55740
1
55748
2011-08-03T23:44:32.417
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<p>We have a lot of Wi-Fi connections nearby and I'd like to know which band has the least interference.</p> <p>I'd like to to know how many connections are on each band and pick the best to configure my router from that data.</p>
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5740
2022-04-05T02:55:26.147
2022-11-01T05:47:42.557
How to find out which Wi-Fi frequencies are being used the most nearby?
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4
0
CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can get detailed information about a wireless interface by using the <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/vivid/en/man8/iwlist.8.html\">iwlist</a> command. </p>\n\n<p>Run the below command from the command line, just copy and paste:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo iwlist wlan0 sc...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Install wifi-radar from the repositories. It will show you what channel each network is using. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/wifi-radar/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/precise/wifi-radar/</a></p>\n", "...
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55742
1
55765
2011-08-04T00:23:32.517
-2
257
<p>Skype has been bugged for me in every install of Ubuntu I've had. And it's always the same bugs:</p> <p>The icon still shows up in the taskbar when I'm watching fullscreen video. When I try to open Skype while Skype is already running, it tries to start a new instance, instead of accessing the process that already ...
1415
1415
2011-08-04T02:00:56.927
2011-08-04T03:45:52.070
Can I do anything about these Skype bugs?
[ "skype", "microsoft" ]
2
6
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T01:14:31.203", "id": "62869", "postId": "55742", "score": "2", "text": "You need to redirect your question to the company that runs the skype service and provides the skype software. Skype is not free software and uses no known standard protocol. It is a black box w...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are existing questions and answers for your problems.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/7479/can-i-remove-the-skype-panel-icon\">How can I remove the Skype panel icon?</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/48405/hows-to-set-skype-shortcut-for...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is really quite simple. Stop using Skype.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-09T16:17:44.833", "id": "63892", "postId": "55759", "score": "1", "text": "A very good answer! :)", ...
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2011-08-04T04:41:18.647
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55750
1
null
2011-08-04T01:32:22.373
1
850
<p>I’m trying to help someone on a Windows machine. The irony is that I now need help myself to connect the 2 computers.</p> <p>I open my Remote Desktop Viewer, put it in listening mode by selecting ’Reverse Connection…’ but nothing happens when the other side runs the One Click VNC executable. </p> <p>My 5500 port i...
5673
3940
2011-08-04T06:39:55.873
2011-08-04T06:39:55.873
Single Click VNC with Windows
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As <a href=\"http://www.vncscan.com/vs/oneclickVNC.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">One-Click VNC</a> uses default port 5500 to establish a VNC connection this is different in <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man1/vinagre.1.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vinagre</a>, where ...
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55751
1
55905
2011-08-04T01:55:39.637
2
5014
<p>Asus N PC, runs 10.10 x86_64 The Asus N comes with 4 usb 2.0 ports, each labelled 2.0 on the case.</p> <p>Attempting to add two usb 3.0 ports to be provided by a generic usb 3.0 pci express card installed in the pci expres slot. The new card says usb 3.0 and has the blue ports.</p> <p>The card is installed into t...
11990
10966
2012-06-21T21:03:42.157
2012-06-21T21:03:42.157
In 10.10, USB 3.0 PCI Express card recognized by lspci but not lsusb or dmesg. How to fix?
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1
8
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T02:35:45.220", "id": "62882", "postId": "55751", "score": "0", "text": "Could you paste the output of `sudo modprobe xhci-hcd`? And see if lsusb changes after doing that?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "192" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T06:...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like your kernel does not have the USB 3.0 host controller driver.</p>\n\n<p>Since you're running a custom-built kernel, you'll need to add this to your current kernel build configuration.</p>\n\n<p>The configuration parameter to enable this driver is <code>CONFIG_USB_XHCI_H...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like your kernel does not have the USB 3.0 host controller driver.</p>\n\n<p>Since you're running a custom-built kernel, you'll need to add this to your current kernel build configuration.</p>\n\n<p>The configuration parameter to enable this driver is <code>CONFIG_US...
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55753
1
null
2011-08-04T02:04:44.903
3
3116
<p>I wanted to play media files on Banshee but it seems there is a huge problem in it. All the music gets loaded but when I select a song and press play button nothing happens. More than that when I try to play some MP3 on Movie player error pops up saying - "Could not determine type of stream."</p> <p>I have already ...
22449
24694
2012-05-10T02:00:35.277
2013-07-09T02:24:47.493
When can't I play an MP3 file in Banshee?
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1
5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T03:14:19.180", "id": "62892", "postId": "55753", "score": "0", "text": "May I know which version of Ubuntu are you using and what package have you installed for playing the MP3 files?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21846" }, { "creationDate": ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As noted in <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats\">Ubuntu Community Documentation</a>, by default, Ubuntu tries to only include completely free software means that proprietary media formats are not configured 'out of the box'. However, extra packages ...
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55756
1
56722
2011-08-04T02:32:39.980
4
2063
<p>I use a pxe install for a lab of machines, one problem I have is that the hostname is always set to 'ubuntu'. This is wrong, it should instead ask during the install what hostname should be used.</p> <p>One hack was to set the hostname file at the end of the preseed, in the script section. But this still doesn't as...
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2013-11-05T22:52:56.343
How can I get a PXE install to ask for the hostname
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In your preseed file,</p>\n\n<pre><code># Any hostname and domain names assigned by dhcp take precedence\n# over values set here. However, setting them prevent the questions\n# from being shown\n\nd-i netcfg/get_hostname string hostname\nd-i netcfg/get_domain string...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In your preseed file,</p>\n\n<pre><code># Any hostname and domain names assigned by dhcp take precedence\n# over values set here. However, setting them prevent the questions\n# from being shown\n\nd-i netcfg/get_hostname string hostname\nd-i netcfg/get_domain ...
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55766
1
null
2011-08-04T03:52:04.640
2
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/51777/can-we-have-mac-like-labels-on-gnome">Can we have Mac like &#39;labels&#39; on GNOME?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is there any app that could set label color for individual file/folder like in Mac OS X? Just so...
20503
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:55.357
2011-08-04T04:04:35.040
Is there an app that can set color labels for individual files and folders?
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0
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T04:32:33.373", "id": "62904", "postId": "55766", "score": "0", "text": "On Nautilus you can set color labels for folders, by going to Edit>Emblems & COlors. For color labels on Files the equivalent would be using the Emeblems.", "userDisplayName": null, "us...
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2011-08-04T04:35:28.280
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55767
1
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2011-08-04T03:52:20.427
2
1794
<p>Hello fellow brothers in Linux I run Ubuntu 11.04 32bit and I need your help. Had downloaded Braid from humble bundle 3. They have provided a debian package and Installed the game but the game won't run , I click on the braid Icon but nothing happens. (I am running nvidia 9800gt with the latest drivers so my system ...
22760
235
2011-08-08T19:05:37.923
2012-04-15T19:15:56.543
Braid downloaded from humble bundle 3 is not running on 11.04
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Run it from the command line; you will get a small idea of what's going on.</p>\n\n<p>Try <code>./braid -half</code> or <code>./braid -15</code> or one of the lower-spec FPS settings. Half crashes for me on 10.10 w/ Free Radeon Drivers, but you're running Nvidia binary.</p>\n...
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55769
1
55809
2011-08-04T04:12:55.907
14
12303
<p>I use <code>gnome-display-properties</code> to configure the external screens that I attach to my laptop at home and in the office. <code>gnome-display-properties</code> cleverly remembers which screen is which, and automatically sets the display up when the screen is plugged.</p> <p>For example, in <code>gnome-disp...
17702
31366
2022-09-16T00:52:17.480
2022-09-16T00:52:17.480
where does gnome-display-properties save the different configurations?
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3
CC BY-SA 4.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T04:22:32.670", "id": "62903", "postId": "55769", "score": "2", "text": "Could you check on your ~/.config/monitors.xml ? I just briefly Googled it but not sure if it is the correct answer.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21846" }, { "creationDa...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The information is coming from the monitor's <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_display_identification_data\" rel=\"noreferrer\">EDID</a>. To check, you can install the package <code>read-edid</code> and run</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo get-edid | parse-edid\n</code></pre>\n\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The information is coming from the monitor's <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_display_identification_data\" rel=\"noreferrer\">EDID</a>. To check, you can install the package <code>read-edid</code> and run</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo get-edid | parse-edid\n</code></...
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55770
1
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2011-08-04T05:02:52.230
1
1019
<p>Whenever i am changing the language at the time of login,the language in the regional format doesn't change.Why does that happen?.</p> <p>I am facing a very strange behavior in Ubuntu 11.04, As in normal cases when ever we change language at the time of login its change its locale variable and it use to set that se...
22761
10616
2011-08-05T11:33:59.967
2012-03-02T17:50:28.900
Changing Language at Login doesn't do anything?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you go to the Language Support in the System Settings, you will notice that you got two tabs - Language and Regional Formats.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/6dvzH.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>During your login, you selected a differ...
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55771
1
56198
2011-08-04T05:19:52.857
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372
<p>On desktop machines, the Update Manager application is able to show the details of a package upgrade in the section called "Description of update" in the bottom half of the screen. Is there a way to see this information for a server machine using the command line?</p>
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2011-08-08T09:31:08.810
How to display package upgrade details on command line?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T06:05:26.780", "id": "62915", "postId": "55771", "score": "1", "text": "You can try playing around with aptitude - The text-based package manager. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSoftware", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21846" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install <code>apt-listchanges</code>, it will show the changes through pager and also mail them (to root, I think).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-08-07T21:45:55.730", "id": ...
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55776
1
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2011-08-04T06:34:31.153
0
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<p>So a .iso is currently downloading onto my flash drive. After that, what do I do? I'm just scared of deleting Windows 7 and all my files.</p>
22766
6005
2011-12-14T01:44:55.973
2011-12-14T01:44:55.973
How do I install Ubuntu 11.04 onto a 4 GB usb drive?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T06:41:02.800", "id": "62922", "postId": "55776", "score": "0", "text": "Hi, David. I will need to know what you want to do. Do you want to create a bootable USB drive with Ubuntu 11.04 in it?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21846" }, { "creatio...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Go to <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download\">ubuntu dowload page</a> and follow their, very clear, instructions (There is a big red button there, ``show me how''). If you want to do something a little bit more exotic tell us what you want to do.</p>\n", ...
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55779
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2011-08-04T07:09:30.970
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<p>I want to open channels in servers specified in <code>irc://</code> links in XChat, but directly pointing to XChat binary (in Firefox) did not work - the window to choose servers appears as usual. I don't know how to associate <code>irc://</code> links with XChat in Chromium.</p>
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2013-04-30T21:17:35.947
Open irc:// links in XChat from Firefox and Chromium
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T08:29:14.240", "id": "62947", "postId": "55779", "score": "0", "text": "there is a link here that describes various workarounds for older versions of firefox and xchat - maybe it still works? http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-25372.html", "userDisplayN...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>One possible solution is to make a little script to open the irc chanel in an existing xchat, and pass that to Firefox. </p>\n\n<p>For example - make a file in <code>/usr/bin</code> called <code>xchat-firefox</code> and put in it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\nxchat --existing --url...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>One possible solution is to make a little script to open the irc chanel in an existing xchat, and pass that to Firefox. </p>\n\n<p>For example - make a file in <code>/usr/bin</code> called <code>xchat-firefox</code> and put in it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\nxchat --existi...
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55782
1
55787
2011-08-04T07:51:38.200
8
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<p>Right now I use Liferea, its problem is that the messaging icon <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/51235">does not change when there is a new message</a>:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/uWr8s.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Is there an RSS reader that integrates better in Unity? M...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:20.487
2012-09-04T08:06:30.143
RSS reader that integrates with Unity's messaging menu?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2><a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/feedindicator/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Feed Indicator</a></h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/06/rss-indicator-applet-feed-indicator-fixes-browser-opening-bug/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">OmgUbuntu</a> have several web-blog...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h2><a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/feedindicator/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Feed Indicator</a></h2>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/06/rss-indicator-applet-feed-indicator-fixes-browser-opening-bug/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">OmgUbuntu</a> have several ...
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55784
1
55794
2011-08-04T08:49:56.077
4
14990
<p>How do I create a <code>.img</code> file or any disk image to be used with KVM?</p>
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2013-11-09T18:43:21.097
Create .img file for use with KVM
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>qemu-img</code> should do the trick - for example:</p>\n\n<pre><code>qemu-img create -f qcow2 test.img 2g\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Creates a 2GB <code>qcow2</code> format image.</p>\n\n<p>See <code>man qemu-img</code> for more information</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>qemu-img</code> should do the trick - for example:</p>\n\n<pre><code>qemu-img create -f qcow2 test.img 2g\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Creates a 2GB <code>qcow2</code> format image.</p>\n\n<p>See <code>man qemu-img</code> for more information</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", ...
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55785
1
89628
2011-08-04T08:51:28.010
1
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<p>I'm developing a script for my company that installs all the dependencies we have and sets up some of the software. I need some way to effectively test my script on a clean machine over and over. Is there some way to "reset" the system to the state it was in when it was just installed? Or would the best approach be ...
22769
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null
2011-12-21T22:48:40.153
How to effectively test deployment script
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I ended up going with a virtual machine and saving/restoring the state. It's works very well for my purposes at least. It's a bit slower when building a lot of stuff, but you can have multiple \"startpoints\" depending on what part of the script you're tweaking...</p>\n", "commentC...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>One way of doing it would be to clone / backup your existing installation. When you need a clean state, just clone the image back to your hard disk. Example guide can be <a href=\"http://johnsalim.blogspot.com/2010/08/cloning-harddisk-with-ubuntu-1004.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">...
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55789
1
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2011-08-04T09:19:35.627
1
3258
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/55805/how-do-i-re-install-network-manager-without-an-internet-connection">How do I re-install Network Manager without an internet connection?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>My friend has deleted network Manager. However...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:25:04.307
2011-08-04T10:00:28.670
connecting wifi without networkManager
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T09:28:13.873", "id": "62968", "postId": "55789", "score": "0", "text": "When you mean deleted? Do you mean the package or just the applet? You can easily add the nm-applet back even if it is deleted from the panel. Read these. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Apple...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The easy solution to your problem would be to install back NetworkManager. </p>\n\n<p>But how do you install it back if you do not have Internet access?</p>\n\n<p>It is possible to manually connect to the Internet using an Ethernet cable (technically it is far easier than a w...
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2011-08-05T09:21:00.030
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55790
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2011-08-04T09:48:16.273
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<p>Without using software Center and apt-get, How can one download a package like ghdl, gsharp. Are there any pool in which one can find all things?</p>
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2011-08-04T17:29:51.187
without using any tool, can one download any package from internet
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T09:55:35.583", "id": "62970", "postId": "55790", "score": "1", "text": "You probably have something very specific in mind that you need to write more about. If you do not want to use a pre-made installation package, you can always get the source code and compile you...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to the package site ( <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://packages.ubuntu.com/</a> ), seach for your the package you want and hit download on the bottom of the page, e.g.: <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/ghdl\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://package...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to the package site ( <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://packages.ubuntu.com/</a> ), seach for your the package you want and hit download on the bottom of the page, e.g.: <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/ghdl\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:/...
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user20296
55791
1
56161
2011-08-04T10:00:13.240
4
12665
<p>I want to use VPN and LAN access simultaneously (using local printers, SMB shares, ...) Theoretically the task should be easy: </p> <ol> <li><p>All local IP's targets (192.*) should go directly to eth0, the rest to the virtual device. As I get static "global" IP from the VPN, there will be no ambiguity and the rout...
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2012-05-08T23:22:23.813
2012-05-08T23:22:23.813
Configuring Cisco VPN Anyconnect to use VPN and the local network simultaneously
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>it's kind of ugly, but works for me:</p>\n\n<pre><code>iptables-save | grep -v DROP | iptables-restore\niptables -P INPUT ACCEPT; iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-07T17:08:41.790", "id": "63...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>it's kind of ugly, but works for me:</p>\n\n<pre><code>iptables-save | grep -v DROP | iptables-restore\niptables -P INPUT ACCEPT; iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-07T17:08:41.790",...
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55796
1
55798
2011-08-04T10:42:14.433
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<p>In Ubuntu 10.04, how can one install a tar.bz2 file? I do not know how to do it so are there any one can help me?</p> <p>ex: package name is : Manager-0.8.3.998.tar.bz2</p>
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2011-08-04T10:55:53.020
2016-08-30T12:19:39.577
How can I install a tar.bz2 file?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Did you mean <a href=\"http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/network-manager-applet/0.8/network-manager-applet-0.8.3.998.tar.bz2\" rel=\"noreferrer\">network-manager-applet-0.8.3.998.tar.bz2</a>? That is a source package which needs to be extracted and compiled. Unless you <em>reall...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is no standard way to install .tar.bz2 files. They are not even installer files, just a type of archive file like .zip files.</p>\n\n<p>Software, normally as source code is often distributed this way though but the file should contain information telling you how to inst...
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user20296
55799
1
55802
2011-08-04T10:56:21.410
2
6431
<p>I would like to retrieve an important password which I forgot, but which Firefox has remembered and uses to log in. Where is this password stored and is it (or can it be made) readable?</p>
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2011-08-04T11:27:21.230
How to retreive password stored in Firefox?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to <code>Edit</code> --> <code>Preferences</code> --> <code>Security Tab</code> and select <code>Saved Passwords</code> </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/G5U7R.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Then select <code>Show Passwords</code></p>\n\n<p><i...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to <code>Edit</code> --> <code>Preferences</code> --> <code>Security Tab</code> and select <code>Saved Passwords</code> </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/G5U7R.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Then select <code>Show Passwords</code></p>\...
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55800
1
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2011-08-04T11:21:02.717
1
559
<p>I've installed the client for ubuntuone in my kubuntu 11.04 desktop but I'd like to add and sync some other folders of my home dir except the standard one, is it possible? Thank you all.</p>
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2011-08-04T12:19:57.343
2011-11-08T18:25:41.390
Add folders in ubuntuone with kubuntu 11.04
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You will find almost everything you need here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UbuntuOne/Tutorials/Files\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UbuntuOne/Tutorials/Files</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "...
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55801
1
55803
2011-08-04T11:25:59.857
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<p>i have two computers, a laptop and a desktop, i use my laptop for study and tower for movies and songs, so i have different data on either computers, can i use the same 'cloud' account for both computers and still be able to sustain my current data on both computers</p>
22778
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2011-08-05T08:35:14.303
Cloud: can i use the same account for 2 computers with different data
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If what you are backing up on Ubuntu-One is shared between the two computers, things are just fine. Just place the shared stuff under the Ubuntu-One directory. </p>\n\n<p>If you have different things being backed up and their sum fits within your Ubuntu-One storage limit, make two di...
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55804
1
97509
2011-08-04T11:39:43.653
0
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<p>I installed an Ubuntu Studio in one of the partitions that I had for using Gnome3.<br> The Grub2 that was installed by the default Ubuntu Studio changed all the <code>/boot/grub/grub.cfg</code> file creating its own menu.<br> Till here no problem, everything going normal.<br> The thing is that it wrote on the grub2 ...
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6650
2011-08-04T14:07:49.143
2012-01-22T04:32:19.570
Impossible to update grub2 entries
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I to am having what seems to be the same issue, and have been having it since the first time grub 2 was implemented. no mater if I run sudo update-grub2/sudo update-grub or use grub customizer to make the changes, no matter what i do they always only update the grub.cfg.new file and ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Each installation of Ubuntu will create its own Grub2 menu which will be put in the MBR overwriting the Grub2 menus of the other Ubuntus in their partitions.</p>\n\n<p>So, decide which Ubuntu will be your standard, working Ubuntu and only run sudo update-grub2 on that install...
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55805
1
55817
2011-08-04T11:43:14.647
22
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<p>I have only wireless connection, one computer with a connection and 4gb usb . </p> <p>My second computer has no network connection, because I have deleted it from the software center. However, now I want to re-install it. How can I do that?</p>
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2011-08-04T15:39:40.877
2021-09-18T11:52:09.430
How do I re-install Network Manager without an internet connection?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In case you <strong>only</strong> removed <strong>just</strong> Network Manager with the Software Center it is quite easy to reinstall by downloading only 2 packages from another machine connected to the internet:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"nofol...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In case you <strong>only</strong> removed <strong>just</strong> Network Manager with the Software Center it is quite easy to reinstall by downloading only 2 packages from another machine connected to the internet:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/\" rel...
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user20296
55807
1
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2011-08-04T12:16:43.480
2
8742
<p>Ubuntu 11.04, classic desktop. Hardware is working fine, and network was working previously, but after changing my location (and rebooting the machine), Ubuntu just says 'Wired Network Disconnected'. Router shows working connection, and booting to XP gives a working network. </p> <p>What could I try to fix this? </...
23099
23099
2011-08-08T20:24:16.367
2011-08-08T20:24:16.367
Wired network disconnected by NetworkManager - how to fix?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T14:03:17.400", "id": "63016", "postId": "55807", "score": "1", "text": "Please paste the output of the following 3 commands: `sudo ifconfig eth0`, `cat /etc/network/interfaces` and `cat /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf`", "userDisplayName": null, "use...
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2012-02-24T18:58:36.763
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55808
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55812
2011-08-04T12:33:49.783
1
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<p>I am using a Western Digital 160GB External USB drive. It was working fine earlier but for some reasons I formatted it using the 'Disk Utility' in my Ubuntu 11.04</p> <p>I chose 'Dont Partition' while formatting it. And since then, its unreadable in my or any other system. I also used 'Master Boot' formatting after...
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2015-02-27T20:46:37.770
External USB HDD Unreadable After Formatting
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><em>By formatting a drive, you are essentially erasing all data boundaries (\"partritions\") on the drive, which in turn causes your data to no longer be usable.</em></p>\n\n<p>In all likelihood, you erased the drive's partitions (and thus its data in the most rudimentary sense), but...
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55811
1
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2011-08-04T12:57:28.200
1
1199
<p>I am installing Windows XP directly using KVM:</p> <pre><code>kvm -m 256 -hda XP.img -cdrom XP\ DISK\ IMAGE.iso -boot d -smp 1 </code></pre> <p>After formatting and initial round of copying files, it remains in the screen saying it's restarting. I have to manually close the QEMU window and start KVM again. How can...
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2011-10-31T18:28:25.377
KVM does not recognize restart call from guest OS
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You did not mention which version of Ubuntu you are using as the VM host OS. Providing details about the version numbers of software involved makes it easier to decide on what the answer for a question is.</p>\n\n<p>If you are using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty you might be experiencing a bug...
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55816
1
55831
2011-08-04T13:39:41.247
7
891
<p>Usually I am not even able to watch film from start to end.</p> <p>I use Acer Aspire 5930<br> OS is Ubuntu 11.04<br> I use Classic Ubuntu desktop (AFAIK it really means GNOME2)</p> <p>I know, that: </p> <ul> <li>I can decrease brightness</li> <li>I can switch off bluetooth</li> <li>I can use Classic Ubuntu(no eff...
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2011-08-04T15:57:32.717
2015-04-08T09:09:49.137
How can I increase time of working from my battery?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since each of these would require an \"answer\" of their own, I will simply list them and leave to the reader to research them.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/\" rel=\"nofollow\">laptop-mode</a> -- main feature is to spin down hdd, when not in use. (You may a...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since each of these would require an \"answer\" of their own, I will simply list them and leave to the reader to research them.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http://samwel.tk/laptop_mode/\" rel=\"nofollow\">laptop-mode</a> -- main feature is to spin down hdd, when not in use. (Y...
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55819
1
55826
2011-08-04T13:47:51.970
5
10796
<p>Suppose I have jobs to run one after another, how can I queue them up and if possible still retain the output/log each script produces. (eg. I can use at to schedule tasks but I dont get the log/output of each app)</p>
14782
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2018-11-23T22:10:59.417
How to queue commands
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want to run several commands interactively, just separate them with a semicolon:</p>\n\n<pre><code>foo ; bar ; baz\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you want to queue a batch of commands to be executed in the background when the system isn't too busy and possibly after you have logged o...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Write the commands with <strong>&amp;&amp;</strong> between them eg : <code>command1 &amp;&amp; command2</code></p>\n\n<p>Note : the second command won't be executed if the first command returns an error</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "crea...
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55820
1
55822
2011-08-04T13:53:11.240
6
11746
<p>Does anyone know how to ensure that my mouse is recognized on startup? I have to physically unplug and re-plug the mouse in order for it to work again.</p>
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169736
2015-02-21T23:58:27.923
2016-12-18T00:56:18.563
On startup, usb mouse needs re-plugging
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That might be because of the port you are using. I heard that some ports are supposed to be reserved for keyboard/mouse. If you use a different port, like the one at the back instead of the front), this may help. I know that Windows has issues if I change the mouse to another port wh...
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55821
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2011-08-04T13:55:49.403
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<p>What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a PPA that's designed for your version of Ubuntu, versus using a "normal" package, but one <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/30305/install-a-different-version-of-a-package/30327#30327">designed for a different version</a> of Ubuntu?</p> <p><strong>Background...
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2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2011-08-04T15:28:28.373
Use a PPA, or use a package for a different Ubuntu version?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>\"(I'm not anticipating using RVM or installing from source, because we want admin to be as risk-free as possible)\"</p>\n\n<p>First off, whenever you use a package from a different version of ubuntu.. or a PPA version, you risk severely complicating your dpkg database becaus...
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55825
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2011-08-04T14:13:57.627
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<p>When I have a active window of movie player and suspend, then movie player quits.</p> <p>Here is the setup:</p> <ul> <li>the window is seen on my screen.</li> <li>it doesn't matter if the video is or isn't playing.</li> <li>it's not a specific video or format.</li> </ul> <p>How can I make movie player stop quitti...
10698
10698
2011-08-05T09:53:38.073
2011-08-05T21:31:27.897
Totem (movie player) quits on suspend
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From what your application is telling you (and from your hardware), it is probably that Totem/gstreamer runs out of memory when the system resumes from sleep (that is, it hits a point where it uses too much memory and is closed). I have experienced this problem with another netbook m...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From what your application is telling you (and from your hardware), it is probably that Totem/gstreamer runs out of memory when the system resumes from sleep (that is, it hits a point where it uses too much memory and is closed). I have experienced this problem with another n...
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2011-08-04T14:25:44.620
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<p>Alright so I've given up with my RT3090BC4 wifi card, someone has offered me their old laptops chip to put in mine but their motherboard is fried so we can't boot and see if the chip works on a LiveCD. Does anyone know if this chip works out of the box or whether I can download drivers for it if necessary? I've trie...
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18639
2011-08-04T14:31:07.470
2011-08-06T10:38:24.897
Does the GN-WS50G-RH wireless card work in Ubuntu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>My old Dell Laptop had the Gigabyte version of this card the card was subbed out to a few smaller outfits and I believe Fujitsu also carry a version of the same chipset and from what I remember it worked OOTB with no problems.</p>\n\n<p>I do remember the power usage was a bit juicy b...
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55830
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2011-08-04T14:47:11.527
0
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<p>For a few years I have been using Wubi to install Ubuntu on my machine. I have two HDs on it. Windows resides on the first drive, and I've put Ubuntu on the second one. However a recent update to grub (that's my best guess) makes Ubuntu unbootable. I can reproduce the following by: + installing the latest 10.04 (sin...
22787
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2012-03-18T20:37:19.567
root.disk not found after grub update; maybe related to installing Ubuntu on second hard drive wubi
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The two partitions have the same UUIDs - Windows volumne numbers are just too short :( I'll try changing the UUID of /dev/sdb3 and report back. – user22787 Aug 5 '11 at 10:58</p>\n\n<pre><code>changing the UUID did the trick. Thanks! – user22787 Aug 7 '11 at 20:18\n</code></p...
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55834
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2011-08-04T15:33:16.633
3
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<p>After trying (quite unsuccessfully) to get a Matrox G450 to work in twin view, I've gone another direction and am shopping for new, compatible hardware.</p> <p>I have searched the threads and found the list of compatible video cards, but this requires that I determine the specifications of these cards.</p> <p>I'm ...
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2011-08-04T19:15:35.167
2012-02-27T13:22:06.133
Which dual-head video card(s) are guaranteed to work in twin view on 10.04 or 11.04 with minimal tinkering?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>@Tass, buy a new computer. Or find another employer. ;-)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-07-19T14:21:25.317", "id": "203046", "postId": "108080", "score": "0", "text": "Just to keep interested parties in the loo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>@Tass, buy a new computer. Or find another employer. ;-)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-07-19T14:21:25.317", "id": "203046", "postId": "108080", "score": "0", "text": "Just to keep inter...
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2011-08-04T15:49:28.733
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<p>my laptop is an acer aspire 5630, 5 yers old, running just ubuntu. in the last few days, it did restart randomly in middle of work. 2-3 times. and when it restarts, and arrive to the login screen, it restart itself again... and then go normal for a while...</p> <p>is it a hardware issue? related maybe to the power ...
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2012-03-30T15:20:36.543
2012-03-30T15:20:36.543
My laptop randomly restarts, O.S or hardware?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T16:14:59.367", "id": "63041", "postId": "55837", "score": "0", "text": "sounds like overheating, can you check your temps in the bios?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19009" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T16:21:11.917", "id": "63045", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>How long have you been running the laptop with \"just Ubuntu\". If it's recent then it could very well be an overheating problem as suggested by Dirk Hartzer Waldeck. \nRemoving Windows and installing Ubuntu means ditching the Acer \"bloatware\" which in many cases runs the f...
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2011-08-04T15:53:40.660
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<p>I just installed kubuntu 11.04 and first it downloaded and installed packages fine but after a few time it cant download the packages and it says:"connection has timed out" I already tried to unplug and plug my moden but it didnt work do you have any ideas how to fix this?</p>
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2011-08-04T18:24:35.357
Can't install packages on kubuntu
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T16:13:57.107", "id": "63040", "postId": "55838", "score": "1", "text": "seems like a network issue, can you surf the net with your browser?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19009" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T17:31:44.350", "id": "63069"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>1) As A GENERAL fix, try connecting to the Internet and opening a Terminal then, try the following commands on at a time.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo dpkg --configure -a \nsudo apt-get -f install \nsudo apt-get --fix-missing install \nsudo apt-get update \nsudo apt-get dist-upgrade \nsudo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>1) As A GENERAL fix, try connecting to the Internet and opening a Terminal then, try the following commands on at a time.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo dpkg --configure -a \nsudo apt-get -f install \nsudo apt-get --fix-missing install \nsudo apt-get update \nsudo apt-get dist-upgrad...
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55844
2011-08-04T16:02:18.267
0
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<p>Okay, with the exception of StarCraft I, every game I've installed with with Wine will not run (I've tried C&amp;C 3, Worms Armageddon, and Rome Total War). All the games install fine, but when I try to run them (from the winefile), the screen flickers a bit (like it's trying to close out winefile) and then stops. A...
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2016-11-15T05:45:40.777
None of my games are working in Wine
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of to help you i need some more information:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Have you checked AppDB from Wine if these games are running fine ? \nsee: <a href=\"http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=1308\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://appdb.winehq.org/obje...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of to help you i need some more information:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Have you checked AppDB from Wine if these games are running fine ? \nsee: <a href=\"http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=1308\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://appdb.winehq....
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55847
1
55888
2011-08-04T17:35:50.683
4
10906
<p>On my Lenovo w520, xorg/xrandr (with intel driver) detects the native resolution of my LCD panel, but doesn't seem to detect any 16:9 intermediate resolutions:</p> <pre><code>Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192 LVDS1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x ...
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2012-02-16T20:29:34.653
2012-02-16T20:29:34.653
xrandr not listing modes in xorg.conf
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It isn't enough to list the resolutions in the <code>Screen</code> section of <code>xorg.conf</code>. If the monitor doesn't advertise that mode, then it will ignore the mode.</p>\n\n<p>Looking at the log file, you can see the mode that the video driver has queried the display for t...
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55848
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2011-08-04T17:38:11.210
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<p>If I downloaded the <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-se-jdk-7-download-432154.html">latest JDK from Oracle</a>, do I just download the <code>.tar</code> file and extract it to <code>/usr/lib/jvm/</code>? </p>
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2014-01-31T20:14:38.030
2014-01-31T20:14:38.030
How do I install Oracle Java JDK 7?
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2013-10-10T05:35:52.443
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55851
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2011-08-04T18:13:35.157
1
1025
<p>Using Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, I recently upgraded to the latest samba and smbfs via apt-get, and when I mount our windows share via SMB, I'm getting this kind of error:</p> <pre><code>root@orbital testsmb/test# mkdir "spaces test" root@orbital testsmb/test# ll total 5 drwxr-xr-x 3 nobody nobody 0 Aug 4 17:32...
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2012-05-07T14:54:50.953
SMBFS/CIFS - can't navigate to paths with spaces
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You have a broken alias setup for the cd command that is trying to do something involving <code>dirname</code> and <code>su</code>. Fix or remove the broken alias.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T22:22:28.270", ...
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55854
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55860
2011-08-04T19:16:19.627
0
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<p>After browsing random old answered questions on this site I found the method to install KDE Plasma Desktop 'on-top-of" the standard Ubuntu Gnome Desktop. (I don't think I've worded that right :-))</p> <p>My Laptop worked 100% OOTB with Ubuntu 11.04 and I have not had many problems with the hardware apart from issue...
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2011-08-04T21:06:49.313
Wireless works under Gnome but not under KDE on the same Laptop
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T19:43:23.037", "id": "63101", "postId": "55854", "score": "0", "text": "Are you using NetworkManager in KDE? You might need to install the NetworkManager KDE applet.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21845" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Check if you have the plasma-widget-networkmanagement installed, if so, try adding it to the plasma desktop and it should work.</p>\n\n<p>If it don't, then after starting KDE open a terminal and run nm-applet, that's the Network Manager used on Gnome, so if it worked in gnome it shou...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Check if you have the plasma-widget-networkmanagement installed, if so, try adding it to the plasma desktop and it should work.</p>\n\n<p>If it don't, then after starting KDE open a terminal and run nm-applet, that's the Network Manager used on Gnome, so if it worked in gnome...
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55859
1
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2011-08-04T20:40:52.847
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<p>I have a Samsung N150 Plus net book which works great with Ubuntu, but can't use Nokia's PC Suite application to keep my Nokia E63 updated? Any ideas please?</p>
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2011-08-04T22:29:15.920
2012-04-07T07:24:41.423
Is there a way to install Nokia PC Suite onto my netbook?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-04T22:33:59.773", "id": "63127", "postId": "55859", "score": "0", "text": "obviously nokia doesnt have a linux version - can I suggest, add to your question, what capabilities/functionality from the PC suite do you want ubuntu to do? e.g. just a mass storage device or ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is a <a href=\"http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/09/12/nokia-e-series-sync-with-evolution-via-bluetooth-in-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow\">howto on syncing other Nokia E-Series phones with evolution</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The other alternative is to try <a href=\"http://appdb.winehq.or...
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55861
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55877
2011-08-04T21:09:30.047
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<p>This is a rather basic question, when I install something from the Ubuntu Software Center, I have to look around a bit to find it. For example, I just installed but I cannot locate it. For some programs its obvious, for example Dropbox and Skype can be found in <code>Applications&gt;Internet&gt;</code> but for some...
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2011-08-04T21:19:31.317
2011-08-05T08:30:01.450
Where can I find the files I just installed from the software center?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-05T03:58:59.120", "id": "63157", "postId": "55861", "score": "1", "text": "The pre-11.04 version of Software Centre was showing the location of the application - something like \"After installation you will find it in Applications > Internet\". In the recent Ubuntu thi...
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2011-08-04T21:28:55.477
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<p>I attempted to install 11.04 on a Dell PowerEdge-R610 that has a LSI SAS1068E-based hardware RAID setup (I think). Installer finishes without a hitch, but upon reboot, it appears that Grub can't find the boot partition and drops to the busybox shell.</p> <p>Here is the partition table on the RAID device.</p> <pre...
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2011-08-19T16:52:17.937
Grub can't find RAID partition in fresh install of 11.04
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After baning my head against this server for a few days, it turns out the magical incantation was simply to add \"rootdelay=90\" to the kernel command in the Grub menu. It simply wasn't waiting long enough for the RAID controller to initialize.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comm...
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2011-08-04T21:32:27.967
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/44400/how-to-preview-windows-of-a-specific-application-in-unity">How to preview windows of a specific application in Unity?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>In Windows 7, if you have more of the same window open at the sa...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:08.000
2011-08-07T20:51:47.367
Ubuntu 11.04 launcher... with tabs?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes, you'll find that behavior available with Unity as well. Launcher icons will have multiple small arrows to the left of them when multiple windows of the same application are open. Click that application's icon again to change between individual windows.</p>\n\n<p>You can ...
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2011-08-08T05:46:51.373
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2011-08-04T21:34:19.230
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<p>I'm having serious problems installing the Broadcom drivers for Ubuntu. It worked perfectly on my previous version, but now, it is impossible. </p> <p>What are the steps to install Broadcom wireless drivers for a BCM43xx card?</p> <p>I'm a user with no advance knowledge in Linux, so I would need clear explanations...
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2018-05-02T16:59:41.953
2023-06-14T19:22:07.637
Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Finally I've solved the problem myself, but I'm not sure how. I was about to compile the driver with the source from broadcom.com and instructions provided in <a href=\"http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_sta/README.txt\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://www.broadcom.com/docs/linux_s...
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2011-08-04T22:15:28.070
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<p>I've got a 2TB external HD just for personal use, with an 8GB primary FAT32 partition (I made it there from the beginning just in case I wanted to install Ubuntu at a later moment)</p> <p>Now I could probably figure out how to set it up using a Live CD, but unfortunately my DVD drive broke last week, and ATM I don'...
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2011-08-04T22:59:14.000
Installing Ubuntu to and running from an external HD without Live CD
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Wubi will install Ubuntu right from inside Windows. You don't need a new partition because it will install as files on your Windows drive. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi</a></p>\n", "commentCou...
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2011-08-04T23:45:05.813
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<p>I do some trivial modifications to my KDE desktop such as changing wallpaper and adding a few widgets. After I logout and then login again all my modifications are lost. </p> <p>Additionally, the panel is missing and no windows is displayed for the started applications (only a rectangle of the window is shown when ...
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2011-08-06T13:03:05.287
All desktop settings are messed after logout
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After further research I solved the problem by </p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Turning on \"Start with empty session\" from System Settings -> Startup and Shutdown -> Session Management</li>\n<li>Deleting all plasma-related files (~/.kde4/share/config/plasma*)</li>\n<li>Log out </li>\n<li>Log in ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After further research I solved the problem by </p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Turning on \"Start with empty session\" from System Settings -> Startup and Shutdown -> Session Management</li>\n<li>Deleting all plasma-related files (~/.kde4/share/config/plasma*)</li>\n<li>Log out </li>\n<li...
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<p>Is there any location where i can download the 64bit driver for my Brother MFC-7420 Laser- printer?</p> <p>I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 since a few weeks. I searched many places and tried a lot of downloads, but nothing will work properly.</p>
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2011-12-31T21:26:42.640
2011-12-31T21:26:42.640
Where could I find 64bit drivers for my Brother MFC-7420?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-05T03:29:17.960", "id": "63152", "postId": "55881", "score": "0", "text": "This site (http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public/us/us/en/dlf/download_top.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=mfc7420_all) certainly has Linux drivers for your printer, but I don't see any ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Brother's site is a little wonky. They have a great page for drivers but I can never find it from the main site. The page you want is here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_scn.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://welcome....
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2011-08-05T03:15:44.140
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<p>Is it possible to adjust settings such as TTL, Rwin, and Max Connections on Ubuntu? I am having connectivity issues on Ubuntu with my wireless card. I experience the same issue on Windows XP, at least until I change those settings using TCP Optimizer. I figure if it works for Windows, it may work for Ubuntu as well<...
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2011-08-05T03:37:53.567
How can I adjust internet settings such as TTL, Rwin, and Max Connections?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The IPV4 settings are accessible through proc filesystem at /proc/sys/net/ipv4</p>\n\n<p>Example: to read the current TTL value:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_default_ttl\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>To set a new TTL:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo su\necho 255 &gt; /proc/sys/net/ipv4/...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The IPV4 settings are accessible through proc filesystem at /proc/sys/net/ipv4</p>\n\n<p>Example: to read the current TTL value:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_default_ttl\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>To set a new TTL:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo su\necho 255 &gt; /proc/sys/n...
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2011-08-05T03:59:41.070
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<p>Correct me if I'm wrong (I'm still a newb, tried Ubuntu last year), but I made a fresh install of Natty. Is there an Ubuntu site where it has the *.deb files of restricted plugins? i.e. gstreamer, freepats, and the like for a specific Ubuntu distro. My net speed sucks most of the time, just for backups or something....
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2011-08-05T04:05:14.357
2012-05-09T15:21:12.160
Ubuntu Plugins (gstreamer, freepats, etc) DEB Archive?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes, <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://packages.ubuntu.com</a> . Choose your Ubuntu version, search the package, then on the right choose your download.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-05...
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2011-08-05T04:32:15.690
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<p>When I try to install Ubuntu on my Shuttle SS30g2 the video has vertical lines down it that show a different part of the screen. I'm at my wits end how to fix it. I have a SS30g1 and it shows the same video corruption.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/a3anm.jpg" alt="Corrupt video display when running U...
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2011-08-05T09:51:44.090
How can I get video working properly on my Shuttle ss30g2?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>SIS Graphics for a very long time have been poorly supported under linux.</p>\n\n<p>Various workarounds have been suggested - here are mine.</p>\n\n<p>During boot from your live CD - choose (or add) <code>xforcevesa</code> to your boot option. If necessary, also add <code>nomodeset<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>SIS Graphics for a very long time have been poorly supported under linux.</p>\n\n<p>Various workarounds have been suggested - here are mine.</p>\n\n<p>During boot from your live CD - choose (or add) <code>xforcevesa</code> to your boot option. If necessary, also add <code>no...
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2011-08-05T07:17:03.697
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<p>I have a Fujitsu laptop and all was working fine until I ended teamviewer. On the keyboard it has a numberpad on some of the letters which you press the Fn button to use. The system is acting like I have the Fn key pressed and I get numbers shown when it should be letters. If I press the Fn key the numbers go to let...
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Acting as though the laptop Fn key is pressed
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <kbd>Fn</kbd> key is generally handled via the ACPI BIOS rather than directly by the operating system, so there is unlikely to be anything that Ubuntu itself can do.</p>\n\n<p>One possibility is that you've turned on the <kbd>NumLock</kbd>, which might cause those keys to default...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <kbd>Fn</kbd> key is generally handled via the ACPI BIOS rather than directly by the operating system, so there is unlikely to be anything that Ubuntu itself can do.</p>\n\n<p>One possibility is that you've turned on the <kbd>NumLock</kbd>, which might cause those keys to...
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