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57237 | 1 | 57253 | 2011-08-15T20:38:10.743 | 8 | 775 | <p>Just tried out Fedora 15 and noticed the pre-installed firewall application that I found much easier to use than any other previously tried out firewall manager.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/DnOdB.jpg" alt=""></p>
<p>Definitely miss it at my Ubuntu workstation, so how can I get it?</p>
| 8236 | null | null | 2011-08-16T00:52:27.190 | Getting Dynamic firewall from Fedora 15 into Ubuntu? | [
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57238 | 1 | null | 2011-08-15T20:40:26.030 | 10 | 8031 | <p>When I boot my computer and login the volume level is always <strong>way</strong> too loud. Unfortunately the only way to change it is a physical knob on my speaker.</p>
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57240 | 1 | 57244 | 2011-08-15T21:25:17.080 | 2 | 2333 | <p>So i edited the <code>/etc/fstab</code> file, and added this line</p>
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57242 | 1 | null | 2011-08-15T21:44:05.847 | 0 | 174 | <p>I just installed ubuntu on my laptop and I must have spelled my username and or password wrong because I cannot login now. I tried shuting down my computer manually by holding down the power button and now all I see is a blinking dash. What can I do?</p>
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57245 | 1 | 57251 | 2011-08-15T22:22:19.573 | 1 | 127 | <p>Menus in the file manager and desktop, both controlled by Nautilus, don't have shadows behind them when other GTK menus do? I'm running the proprietary nVidia drivers with Compiz, by the way.</p>
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"body": "<p>This is a known issue with the RGBA window transparency support in Nautilus Elementary.<br />\nThe solution is to disable it:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p><em>Edit ➜ Preferences ➜ Tweaks ➜ Uncheck 'Enable rgba transparency'</em></p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/D6AM8.png\" alt=\"ent... | [
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57247 | 1 | 118694 | 2011-08-15T23:17:53.593 | 0 | 186 | <p>when i upload a file in ubuntu one it just show me this:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cXZDL.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
<p>and wait on this for hours</p>
<p>whats the problem?</p>
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57248 | 1 | 57266 | 2011-08-15T23:28:07.773 | 4 | 1245 | <p>I often use Places > Connect to server... and always connect with SSH.</p>
<p>The Connect to Server dialog box always selects Service type as Public FTP by default.</p>
<p>Is there a way to change this so Service type always defaults to SSH?</p>
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57249 | 1 | null | 2011-08-15T23:33:10.763 | 2 | 216 | <p>I am trying to find a solution to sharing my /home directories between my home computers. I have one desktop, with a 1TB disk, and a laptop with a 500GB disk. I also have a home server, which has a 1TB disk. The server's disk is completely usable for the solution.</p>
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57254 | 1 | 57262 | 2011-08-16T01:19:48.083 | 1 | 553 | <p>Power management like: suspend, hibernate, open/close LID, optimal ("healthy") disc activity, internal modem, backlight control, FN keys etc. Will it be fully supported by Ubuntu out of the box? So the average user could just use the laptop not worrying about it? I know there's Voria's PPA but that should be OOTB su... | 23348 | null | null | 2011-08-16T11:54:22.290 | Will Samsung laptops be fully (OOTB) supported by Ubuntu? | [
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57259 | 1 | null | 2011-08-16T02:06:26.957 | 4 | 195 | <p>I just started reading the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuArchitecture" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu Architecture wiki</a> which outlines the overall architecture of Ubuntu. Got to the section that discusses the Ubuntu Policy Manual and that it is derived from the Debian Policy Manual.</p>
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57264 | 1 | 57389 | 2011-08-16T02:47:41.850 | 11 | 33343 | <p>I've been reading as much as I can online, but none of it seems to work (i.e. changing <code>~/.config/awesome/rc.lua</code>). </p>
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57272 | 1 | null | 2011-08-16T04:29:08.253 | 5 | 1316 | <p>I know how to modify xorg.conf and get it to start at about 1024x768, but I can't get it to start at 1600x1200. It is quite an inconvenience to have to go and manually start them up each time. We are using these servers as automation agents. We are browser testing using sikuli so we can't go headless.</p>
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57277 | 1 | 57278 | 2011-08-16T06:25:38.390 | 6 | 1159 | <p>I have all machines connecting to the internet through a wireless router (occasionally I plug a machine into the router via cable). I have installed the ssh package and can access one Ubuntu machine from another using, for example, "ssh 10.0.0.2". However, the local IP addresses change as machines are switched off a... | 7146 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:29.370 | 2011-08-16T21:56:27.787 | How do I access machines on the home network with their machine name? | [
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57292 | 1 | 57328 | 2011-08-16T08:24:19.947 | 7 | 8479 | <p>I spend my days hopping between VPN connections in Ubuntu 10.10 and this is becoming severely annoying. What happens is that every once in a while - typically several times a day - when I click on the networking icon in the top bar, the nm-applet's VPN Connections flyout menu is gone. (Said menu item is still there,... | 23365 | 33305 | 2012-04-29T20:38:08.337 | 2013-06-19T12:34:20.847 | NM-applet's VPN menu disappears | [
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57297 | 1 | 57302 | 2011-08-16T09:08:03.233 | 72 | 31446 | <p>From the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/TechnicalOverview#Upgrades">technical overview of Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric</a>:</p>
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57298 | 1 | 57313 | 2011-08-16T09:30:28.947 | 8 | 2246 | <p>I have Ubuntu 11.04 installed on my machine and I would like to install windows 7 as well. I heard that Windows 7 creates an additional partition along with the normal one and I was afraid that this might overwrite some of my ext3 partitions.</p>
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57299 | 1 | 57391 | 2011-08-16T09:35:58.240 | 3 | 6287 | <p>I currently use individual application launchers to create something like below for the apps I commonly use</p>
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<p>They are tedious to create/modify as I have to move/modify 1 by 1 - Is there a better way?</p>
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57305 | 1 | 57308 | 2011-08-16T10:26:55.057 | 3 | 1953 | <p>Can someone provide a script that can fetch package information (name, depends, etc.) from the Packages repository file(s)?</p>
<p>Or can someone tell what the naming convention is for the Packages file?</p>
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57307 | 1 | 57321 | 2011-08-16T10:46:29.070 | 1 | 274 | <p>I just installed U1 on Windows Vista (Spanish language) and when I ask it to "open synced folders" it opens "user"/Documentos but there is no "Ubuntu One" folder. Should I create it? I'm worried about U1 uploading my whole Documentos (My documents in Spanish Windows).</p>
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57309 | 1 | 57312 | 2011-08-16T11:03:03.217 | 5 | 867 | <p>I need a Ubuntu compatible Video grabber for USB, composite/S-Video + analog audio. Most has compatibility with Windows/MacOS listed on the manufacturer/retailers homepage but I need to check if Ubuntu is supported before I buy.</p>
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57314 | 1 | 57368 | 2011-08-16T11:55:20.187 | 2 | 1817 | <p>So I have a Logitech Webcam Pro 9000 under 10.04 and I am trying to get it to work with Motion.</p>
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57316 | 1 | null | 2011-08-16T12:26:30.807 | 2 | 1493 | <p>I followed the <strong>approach</strong> for <strong>Ubuntu 9.10</strong>, to install java 5 but it is saying after executing the command update,</p>
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57319 | 1 | 57323 | 2011-08-16T13:09:36.680 | 13 | 18330 | <p>My speakers use a digital input, but my headphones use an analog input. I have them both plugged in, and when I want to use the headphones I just turn off the speakers and switch on the headphones. I know that simultaneous output on digital and analog is supported by the hardware, because it worked fine in Windows... | 21350 | 21350 | 2011-08-17T00:34:21.587 | 2023-08-19T07:41:56.460 | Analog and digital audio output at the same time | [
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57324 | 1 | null | 2011-08-16T13:39:20.360 | 3 | 360 | <p>I develop in Haskell privatly, but for school I have to use Delphi (I am allowed to use Lazarus though). To speed up linking in GHC (The compiler for Haskell) I installed <code>binutilus-gold</code>. But now, when I try to install <code>lazarus</code>, I get a conflicting package: <code>binutils-gold</code>. Does an... | 1676 | 10616 | 2011-08-16T14:35:51.297 | 2015-06-30T17:27:23.977 | Why can't I install FreePascal and the Gold linker at the same time? | [
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57326 | 1 | 57333 | 2011-08-16T13:52:29.727 | 26 | 33798 | <p>I have added three PPAs.
How do I backup their configuration?</p>
<p>Where is the PPA config file?</p>
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57336 | 1 | 57340 | 2011-08-16T15:03:42.947 | 17 | 29107 | <p>I've been thinking a lot about this lately and haven't been able to find any good documentation online that explains this:</p>
<p>When installing Ubuntu Server, I can choose between <strong>Minimal system</strong> and <strong>Minimal virtual machine</strong> by hitting the F4 button at the install screen.</p>
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57339 | 1 | 57409 | 2011-08-16T15:15:32.310 | 200 | 295405 | <p>I have two VPNs setup on my Ubuntu machine, one using vpnc and one using PPTP. These were both setup using the GNOME network manager interface and work great. However on occasion I need to access this machine remotely - is there a way to connect or disconnect to these VPNs from the command line?</p>
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57341 | 1 | 57355 | 2011-08-16T15:42:23.633 | 3 | 3340 | <p>I have used the instructions given in the following link to fix the slow Hyper-V console of a Ubuntu Server box.</p>
<p><a href="http://solyaris.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/ubuntu-10-04-on-intel-driver-and-server-frame-buffer/" rel="nofollow">http://solyaris.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/ubuntu-10-04-on-intel-driver-and-se... | 1639 | null | null | 2011-08-16T18:09:11.653 | How do I disable the vga16fb module during Ubuntu Server setup? | [
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57342 | 1 | null | 2011-08-16T15:57:05.467 | 9 | 2079 | <p>Being a compulsive computer user, I am in front of it all day. I sometimes lose track of time when I am working on my comp. I need a notification service to alert me of the current time, either by a popup notification or a sound being played or both.</p>
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57346 | 1 | 57578 | 2011-08-16T17:07:03.873 | 2 | 8896 | <p>New to Ubuntu. In <strong>other software sources</strong> I have "Debian 4.0 eth" officially supported "non-us.debian.org/"; etc ... "ppa.launcpad.net" and installing applications has stopped working.</p>
<p>I think i first came across this problem after installing Blender 2.58 </p>
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57348 | 1 | 57386 | 2011-08-16T17:12:39.737 | 1 | 457 | <p>Can we bind folders with their directories described with the drive names? For example:</p>
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"body": "<p>No, you can't do that. <code>/dev/sd*</code> are devices. But you can always mount your partition automatically by placing a line like this one below in your <code>fstab</code> and using its <code>/dev/sd*</code> name:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/dev/sda4 /media/sda4 [... options ...]\n... | [
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57350 | 1 | 57353 | 2011-08-16T17:17:58.330 | 12 | 4440 | <p>I generally watch lot of lengthy videos on YouTube. I always experience a problem because the screensaver is activated every 5 minutes.</p>
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57359 | 1 | 57494 | 2011-08-16T19:03:46.710 | 2 | 1906 | <p>I salvaged good old T60 machine, with ATI X1400 and hi resolution screen (1600x1200). My problem is that Ubuntu does not detect higher resolutions than 1024x768. I can that radeon driver is sed (xserver-xorg-video-radeon). When I install fglrx drivers, the systems seems not to see 3d acceleration at all, legacy gnom... | 23391 | null | null | 2013-02-06T15:25:15.337 | High resolution in Thinkpad T60 with ATI X1400 | [
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57360 | 1 | 57367 | 2011-08-16T19:07:23.400 | 2 | 3580 | <p>I installed 11.0`4 via wubi on my new Acer Aspire 7551G-7606. When I boot it up it cannot detect wifi. As a matter of fact, the "Enable Wifi" checkbox in the dropdown is disabled and when I enable it I cannot see any wifi networks even though they are there (I'm on one right now)</p>
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57363 | 1 | 57366 | 2011-08-16T19:38:09.823 | 0 | 631 | <p>In Windows 7 when I tap my touch pad three times my browser navigates backwards.</p>
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57364 | 1 | 57372 | 2011-08-16T19:42:48.453 | 2 | 2224 | <p>How can I install Xubuntu (Xfce) in Ubuntu without uninstalling the Ubuntu-Desktop component. The same way as installing Kubuntu but having the option to change between desktops (KDE or Gnome). If I try to install xubuntu-desktop it tells me it wants to remove ubuntu-desktop and the notify-osd.</p>
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57369 | 1 | null | 2011-08-16T20:02:37.110 | 3 | 2446 | <p>I have a <em>big</em> (multi-gigabyte) CSV file, which I am viewing with a puny computer.</p>
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57375 | 1 | 58219 | 2011-08-16T20:56:10.830 | 8 | 4945 | <p>I have been running Ubuntu inside a VM for the past 6 months or so, but I am struggling to get great performance out of it. My goal is to be able to setup a dual boot of Windows and Ubuntu, so that when I really need performance I can just boot into Ubuntu, but for other times when I need to use Windows, I can still... | 11708 | 235 | 2011-08-16T21:43:11.630 | 2022-01-09T08:54:38.387 | Can I use a Dual Boot and VM with the same installation? | [
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57379 | 1 | 58156 | 2011-08-16T21:26:23.043 | 1 | 767 | <p>Can I find anywhere a dockmanager helper (for use with DockbarX, docky and awn) for Thunderbird?</p>
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57381 | 1 | 656474 | 2011-08-16T21:31:46.270 | 94 | 120408 | <p>Currently, my MySQL server starts on every server boot. For a couple reasons, this is undesirable behavior. Is there a way to disable this behavior?</p>
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57385 | 1 | null | 2011-08-16T22:09:05.053 | 2 | 225 | <p>I have managed to get quick list showing for chrome, however I would like to add a link which opens chrome and goes to a certain website. How can this be achieved?</p>
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57395 | 1 | null | 2011-08-16T23:48:38.913 | 3 | 492 | <p>I've been experiencing problems with my squid3 recently, I am using 10.04.3 LTS. Configured squid as always have been configuring since 8.04.04, but its not working as it should be. </p>
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57398 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T00:19:04.187 | 0 | 314 | <p>Im using a logitec webcam for notebooks deluxe, I want to know why on some sites, I cannot go cam to cam with other host, they don't see or hear me. I haven't tried skype, but cam works fine with windows 7, but i rather use ubuntu, much faster video with webcam.
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57403 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T01:56:28.047 | 3 | 2213 | <p>My windows partition got infected with a virus so I can't boot in Windows. I am trying to recover some documents from the windows partition by booting Ubuntu on my dual boot system. I was successful in easily recovering some files from my desktop. However, I can't get the files from my pictures folder. Here's what I... | 14527 | 14527 | 2011-08-17T09:21:13.827 | 2016-04-01T04:39:54.027 | Recovering "My Pictures" folder on Windows using Ubuntu | [
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57405 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T02:38:55.477 | 1 | 1364 | <p>I am having horrible problems with my 2D performance on my Radeon HD 4550 using the fglrx driver(the open source is somewhat better, but I need fglrx support for 3D).</p>
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57407 | 1 | 57860 | 2011-08-17T03:04:21.803 | 0 | 1096 | <p>Whenever I close my lid, or manually suspend, Ubuntu won't go back to normal and the caps lock key randomly blinks. How can I fix this? I really want to be able to close my lid without leaving my laptop on.</p>
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57420 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T05:35:35.270 | 2 | 367 | <p>I've tried a few different mice and all exhibit the same issue:</p>
<p><strong>Only about two fifths of the "ticks" from each mouse's scroll wheel actually do anything.</strong></p>
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57421 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T06:05:24.720 | 5 | 4336 | <p>Trying to compile Awesome Window Manager on 11.04, I've done <em>apt-get build-dep awesome</em> but still get errors about missing dependencies:</p>
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-- ln -> /bin/ln
-- grep -> /bin/grep
-- git -> /usr/bin/git
-- hostname -> /bin/hostname
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57422 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T06:21:57.143 | 15 | 4078 | <p>I have tried many ideas from the net, but none of them work.</p>
<p>This looks correct and in good order</p>
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57423 | 1 | 57681 | 2011-08-17T06:28:20.577 | 3 | 363 | <p>This is a problem that started very recently: every time I turn my computer on, Ubuntu boots into a classic GNOME desktop session instead of Unity, which is set to the default login option. Also, the GNOME desktop loads a resolution of 1024x768 instead of 1280x1024, which is my default resolution. There is no option... | 23450 | 211 | 2011-08-19T08:38:21.150 | 2011-08-19T08:38:21.150 | Classic GNOME desktop appears instead of Unity? | [
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57425 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T06:33:07.673 | 2 | 356 | <p>I have a HP dv6190 that originally ran windows seven which the fingerprint reader worked fine with. Does anyone know any software I can download to use it with. Also if you could tell me the step by step process as I'm still new to Linux as a whole. Right now I'm running Ubuntu 11.04.</p>
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57426 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T06:46:21.357 | 3 | 3020 | <p>I am using Nokia C7 phone. Is that possible to connect it with Ubuntu One folder?
If possible can any one suggest how to do that?</p>
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57429 | 1 | 57438 | 2011-08-17T08:10:05.190 | 1 | 1543 | <p>I already compiled I already compiled libfreenect for natty and now I am trying to install kinect mouse: <a href="https://github.com/Ooblik/Kinect-Mouse/" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/Ooblik/Kinect-Mouse/</a>
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57433 | 1 | 57435 | 2011-08-17T08:33:43.743 | 5 | 1555 | <p>I have written a small backup script with <code>rsync</code>. I would like to monitor its progress by comparing the total file sizes on the source and destination directories. <code>du</code> Is inaccurate because it measures the disk usage, not the file size, and the disk usage varies between file systems.</p>
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57434 | 1 | 58671 | 2011-08-17T08:41:15.220 | 6 | 462 | <p>It has been said that <a href="http://glandium.org/blog/?p=1975" rel="nofollow">Firefox 6 will perform better</a> than previous version because it compiles with a newer version of GCC, version 4.5, and aggressive optimization.</p>
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57437 | 1 | 136524 | 2011-08-17T08:54:58.953 | 11 | 6625 | <p>I wanted to establish a TCP connection between my java-supported Nokia X2-01 and my Ubuntu Desktop. I read several guides but they seem to be pretty old (Ubuntu ~8,9). Mainly the issue is with my bluetooth network not providing a DHCP server for my phone, so it does not get assigned an IP address.</p>
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57440 | 1 | 58653 | 2011-08-17T09:16:53.460 | 2 | 1337 | <p>I have a PC connected to the Internet using an Ethernet connection. Using Ubuntu I am able to resolve domains using nslookup, but if I try to open an internet page, or use wget it doesn't work.</p>
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57441 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T09:28:00.017 | 2 | 232 | <p>I installed the Ubuntu One Files Android app to my phone(Samsung I5800). I have tried to register a number of times however, each time after signing in using my phone's browser I see a "We couldn't find that page" notification with no instructions on how to register.</p>
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57443 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T10:25:20.460 | 1 | 457 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/51272/resize-partition-with-gparted">Resize Partition with gparted</a> </p>
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57444 | 1 | 57467 | 2011-08-17T10:42:34.507 | 0 | 548 | <p>I have a Thinkpad x220i. I'm using Natty. The touchpad works ok, but the pointer is "shaky" which is really distracting. </p>
<p>I tested the Oneiric Alpha 3 and there the Touchpad works fine out of the box. The synaptics package in the Oneiric Repos is 1.4.1, in natty it is 1.3.99. </p>
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57445 | 1 | 57457 | 2011-08-17T11:27:17.387 | 4 | 1924 | <p>My <code>natty</code> laptop is attached to an external monitor. When working with dual monitors, the "main" monitor (with the gnome menu) is always on the laptop.</p>
<p>Is there a way I can set my external monitor as the main one?</p>
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57448 | 1 | 1315154 | 2011-08-17T11:43:11.187 | 6 | 2520 | <p>I'd like to make a screencast that records both mic (audio input) and system sounds (audio output) at the same time. For example, so that I can capture a screencast while talking to someone on Skype and capture both sides of the conversation. How can I do this? (I'm using Natty if it matters.)</p>
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57449 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T11:50:56.163 | 3 | 667 | <p>I'm new to Linux and recently switched to Ubuntu 11.04 due to my project requirement. My laptop has been freezing and going to black screen of death when I run anything related to display (Share desktop, stream video, etc). Today I went through the <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RadeonDriver" rel="nofoll... | 23438 | 235 | 2011-08-27T17:57:03.867 | 2012-05-04T11:14:51.670 | Display Driver Issue on an hp TX2-1160ea Notebook | [
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57458 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T13:31:09.740 | 0 | 1302 | <p>I have <a href="http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10521&cs_id=1052103&p_id=8081&seq=1&format=2" rel="nofollow">this device</a>. It is connected to my router and allows the Windows PCs in my house to use printers, USB speakers, external HDs, etc... that are plugged into... | 9617 | null | null | 2012-05-04T14:14:53.490 | Printing to a printer attached to a network USB hub | [
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57459 | 1 | 57462 | 2011-08-17T13:31:39.700 | 16 | 104056 | <p>Is there a way (preferrable via GUI, but may be via command line) to extract a zip file and delete the zip after extracted, all in a single command?</p>
<p>(I remember I saw someone doing something like this in the command line one day)</p>
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57463 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T14:38:01.400 | 2 | 999 | <p>I know Natty comes with the Snap feature like Windows 7 does, but is that part of Unity or Natty itself? Basically, if I switch to Gnome 2 instead of Unity will I still have window Snap?</p>
<p>(If anyone would like to recommend a compiz setting to mimic it, go right ahead)</p>
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57465 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T14:42:08.047 | 2 | 993 | <p>Previously I have found that Ubuntu would not suspend if an SSH session was open, but on a new laptop install of Ubuntu 11.04 I find that the laptop will go into suspend according to it's normal schedule, even though there was an open SSH connection. Suspending means the connection is closed, and tasks taking place ... | 23446 | null | null | 2011-08-17T15:00:09.493 | Prevent suspend if logged in via ssh to another machine | [
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57466 | 1 | 57471 | 2011-08-17T14:42:59.147 | 2 | 5791 | <p>As far as I understand, LibreOffice Writer should be able to open .doc files. Mine is not working. It says "File type OLE2 compound document storage (application/x-ole-storage) is not supported". How do I fix this?? Please help!!!</p>
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57473 | 1 | 57475 | 2011-08-17T15:38:02.800 | 6 | 1791 | <p>When I try to use tab completion with <code>rake</code>, only files are suggested:</p>
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57476 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T15:51:40.950 | 2 | 2839 | <p>I am using 11.04 with Synaptic Package Manager (Ver 0.70). When I select <strong>Status</strong> and try to delete packages from the <strong>Not Installed (residual config)</strong> option, although I can select these old applications (such as Banshee and Evolution which I don't use) and <strong>mark for removal</st... | 23451 | 527764 | 2017-03-03T07:18:48.100 | 2023-08-22T08:50:15.447 | Unable to remove 'residual config' packages in Synaptic Package Manager | [
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57477 | 1 | 57480 | 2011-08-17T16:06:28.510 | 30 | 64060 | <p>Consider the following <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nohup" rel="noreferrer"><code>nohup</code></a> execution:</p>
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57478 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T16:06:55.903 | 2 | 603 | <p>I installed dict-freedict english-french from Ubuntu Software Center. Synaptic Package Manager shows it installed in Section: Word Processing (universe) but I cannot locate it. Thank you. </p>
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57479 | 1 | 57637 | 2011-08-17T16:08:00.670 | 2 | 809 | <p>I am using 64 bit version of Ubuntu 11.04, under Ubuntu Classic, using ATI proprietary driver 11.5. </p>
<p>I had absolutely no issue with previous versions of Firefox, until I did an upgrade, and the entire window of Firefox stops rendering properly, as seen in screen cap below.</p>
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57493 | 1 | 112872 | 2011-08-17T17:11:50.563 | 11 | 26209 | <p>At my work, I print through a print server.</p>
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57495 | 1 | null | 2011-08-17T17:15:57.710 | 6 | 3122 | <p>I installed Ubuntu on my laptop and it was successful. I liked it so much that I wanted to install it on my desktop. </p>
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57502 | 1 | 57521 | 2011-08-17T18:18:33.587 | 5 | 6084 | <p>I want to set up a vncserver on my machine. I need each remote user to start separate session - so they see the login screen after connecting, log in, and so on - without interrupting another users.</p>
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57506 | 1 | 57508 | 2011-08-17T18:39:58.190 | 3 | 445 | <p>hello i have tried adding some quicklists to the unity launcher i added some to the gnome-terminal and they work fine added some to the nautilus-home but cannot get them to display here is my .desktop file</p>
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57510 | 1 | 57513 | 2011-08-17T19:02:46.760 | 9 | 9024 | <p>With the switch to GTK+ 3.x, most theme engines no longer work, and I personally only know of 3 (Adwaita, Unico, and Solidity).</p>
<p>What engines are available for use with GTK+ 3.x?</p>
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57511 | 1 | 57531 | 2011-08-17T19:05:45.853 | 3 | 674 | <p>I managed to successfully install VMWare Workstation 6.5.5 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 10.04 (64-bit). It works in principle but there is one issue that forced me to stick with Ubuntu 8.04 (for now):</p>
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57512 | 1 | 89050 | 2011-08-17T19:08:19.897 | 1 | 4321 | <p>I'm trying to use Aqemu and I'm trying to figure out how to just have the network in the virtual machine connected to a tap device on the real machine. How do I set this up? Do I need to make the tap device before hand? What should I set in Aqemu?</p>
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57514 | 1 | 57527 | 2011-08-17T20:06:49.303 | 0 | 3352 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/26851/should-i-install-64-bit-ubuntu-if-my-hardware-supports-it">Should I install 64-bit Ubuntu if my hardware supports it?</a> </p>
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"body": "<p>You should definitely go with 64-bit. 2 Years ago I would have cautioned against this due to lack of support for certain applications and hardware devices but now this is almost a non-issue. When you use a 64-bit OS, you can use 16GB RAM, which is great for actualization (running mul... | [
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57517 | 1 | 57523 | 2011-08-17T20:16:49.520 | 0 | 522 | <p>I have a Lenovo G550, I want to activate the scrolling (right border) of my touchpad.</p>
<p>It works with Windows, but in Ubuntu I can't find the way to do it.</p>
<p>I see "Mouse config", Scrolling is activated but it doens't work.</p>
<p>Any idea?</p>
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57519 | 1 | 57520 | 2011-08-17T20:46:17.603 | 3 | 2708 | <p>I noticed just about all the file system modules are loaded by default on boot - filesystems I'll never use. These include atleast:</p>
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57526 | 1 | 57530 | 2011-08-17T21:25:45.553 | 16 | 61850 | <p>If I had two computers running ubuntu server (or just one) could I "hook" the two machines together to double processing power? How would that work?</p>
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57528 | 1 | 57529 | 2011-08-17T21:49:44.720 | 2 | 521 | <p>If I install ubuntu, can I install the server afterwards? Like, I install ubuntu on one partition then use apt-get or something similar to get the server?</p>
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57533 | 1 | 57570 | 2011-08-17T23:11:21.910 | 1 | 1487 | <p>I want to run <code>R</code> in a virtual console and <code>RCommander</code> in a separate virtual console. Or maybe I want to run a game in a virtual console and shut off the desktop. Or maybe I want to pipe an <code>ssh -x</code> terminal to a virtual console.</p>
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57538 | 1 | 57542 | 2011-08-18T01:24:18.160 | 0 | 1189 | <p>I have fiddled with the wrong drivers (it was working fine before) and now I'm where many have been, where the system doesn't boot.</p>
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57540 | 1 | 57543 | 2011-08-18T02:02:01.567 | 4 | 3589 | <p>So I'm doing a test. I've installed Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04 side-by-side. Now, I'd like to be able to launch the Ubuntu install from within Windows using VirtualBox. I was following the instructions <a href="http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/784138-howto-boot-existing-ubuntu-partition-using-virtualbox-inside-wind... | 10946 | 15811 | 2011-08-18T05:42:57.890 | 2022-01-09T08:51:21.683 | How to create Grub boot disk? | [
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57541 | 1 | 58812 | 2011-08-18T02:12:58.800 | 0 | 738 | <p>I use screen rtorrent and it always works fine by itself. However if I also open another instance of screen then the rtorrent session freezes! Maybe I am not opening multiple screens correctly? here is an example:</p>
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57545 | 1 | 57566 | 2011-08-18T02:58:23.160 | 2 | 1678 | <p>I wrote this simple script it works too but shows an error</p>
<pre><code>clear
echo Enter 1st number
read n1
echo Enter 2nd number
read n2
echo MUlti is `expr $n1 \* $n2`;
if [$n1 -lt $n2]
then
echo $n1 'is bigger than' $n2
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57556 | 1 | null | 2011-08-18T05:05:27.010 | 2 | 261 | <p>We have a mail server running Debian 5.0. It is one year old now but we want to deploy a new server with Ubuntu Server 10.04. The problem is that we want to transfer all the user mails and settings to the new mail-serverl. So all their usernames and passwords should be the same, all their mails should be transferred... | 8207 | 235 | 2011-08-19T22:09:08.873 | 2011-08-19T22:09:08.873 | Transferring mails and user setting to new mail server | [
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57557 | 1 | null | 2011-08-18T05:16:29.847 | 4 | 608 | <p>I'm wondering that is there any differences between Gnome-Global menu and Appmenu-indicator? Or are they just only one? Which one is still being developed?</p>
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57572 | 1 | 57580 | 2011-08-18T08:22:44.197 | 242 | 206081 | <p>Is there a way to make sure that a deleted file can not be recovered? </p>
<p>As you know, deleting a file by pressing shift-del or using trash doesn't mean that file is gone forever. It resides somewhere in the computer.</p>
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57579 | 1 | null | 2011-08-18T08:51:37.117 | 1 | 895 | <p>Are there any alternatives to Ubuntu landscape as I want to manage ubuntu desktops of different version 10.04,11.04 and 11.10</p>
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57588 | 1 | 57601 | 2011-08-18T10:02:14.997 | 3 | 521 | <p>I'm wondering how I can add new group to Empathy's contact list?</p>
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57589 | 1 | null | 2011-08-18T10:06:18.457 | 1 | 360 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/40844/indicators-do-not-accept-mouse-clicks">Indicators do not accept mouse clicks</a> </p>
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57590 | 1 | 58216 | 2011-08-18T10:06:27.337 | 1 | 5926 | <p>On Machine A, I start Remmina (0.9.3) and create a VNC Incoming Connection profile. I picked port 5900, with a username and password. No changes under advanced or SSH. I start the profile and it says "Listening on port 5900 for an incoming VNCI connection..."</p>
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"body": "<p>It seems that the protocol option <code>VNC - Incoming Connection</code> is not what you expect.</p>\n\n<p>Remmina's <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/remmina/index.php?title=Main_Page#VNC\" rel=\"nofollow\">wiki page</a> talks about <code>reverse VNC connection</code> ... | [
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57602 | 1 | null | 2011-08-18T11:40:48.677 | 1 | 3009 | <p>I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my HP pavillion ZX500 with the Ati Radeon 9200 Graphics card. It works fine right now but the only problem is that the Unity desktop doesnt come on. It makes me have to use the classis one and the only reason I installed linux is to use unity. Does it need hardware acceleration for U... | 23503 | 40166 | 2013-06-23T05:26:24.737 | 2013-06-23T05:26:24.737 | How do I enable Ati Radeon 9200 drivers so I can use Unity? | [
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57603 | 1 | 57606 | 2011-08-18T11:46:53.660 | 79 | 235843 | <p>How do I list all the files in a directory and their recursive file sizes?</p>
<p>---edit</p>
<p>I want to see the sizes 'rolled up' to the parent directories in the directory listed. I don't want to see the child directories or their contents or sizes. </p>
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