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2011-08-18T12:21:58.010
11
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<p>I want to remove any and all activity logs for SSH remotely. How do I get to it?</p> <p>My account on the remote server doesn't have admin privilege, and as such I just want to remove user to user connection records.</p>
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814
2011-08-18T14:43:04.753
2011-08-18T14:50:21.330
How do I SSH and remove all previous SSH activity history?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The answer to this lies in <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man5/sshd_config.5.html\">sshd.conf</a> and <code>sshd_config</code> (server) and <code>ssh_config</code> (client). Depending on the log level it logs to <code>/var/log/syslog</code> (default) and/or <code...
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57612
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2011-08-18T12:22:42.433
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<p>I've just received a M6600 and tried to install Ubuntu 11.04 on the machine with some pretty poor results. </p> <p>By default the Radeon driver is used for the graphics card however it appears to run very poorly (screen re-drawing visible, tearing of dialogs while moving them). </p> <p>I installed, through Jockey,...
23504
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2012-08-02T05:47:16.533
Dell M6600, AMD Firepro M8900, Graphics Driver and Power issues
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have Ubuntu 10.04 generic PAE\nI used the below link to install video driver</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystOpenGL42BetaLinux.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalystOpenGL42BetaLinux.aspx</a><...
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57614
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57616
2011-08-18T13:09:15.863
1
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1813/is-gparted-a-good-tool-for-resizing-an-ntfs-partition">Is gparted a good tool for resizing an NTFS partition?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have a backtrack 5 distribution which is based on ubuntu. During the in...
23507
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:26.567
2023-08-25T10:12:07.530
ubuntu partitioner
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2012-01-03T19:52:42.770
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57620
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57622
2011-08-18T13:55:06.213
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<p>I am logging in to my Ubuntu Server using my username. Once I am logged in I am typing <code>passwd</code> command. Entering a new password but a second after getting following error messages:</p> <pre><code>passwd: Authentication token manipulation error passwd: password unchanged </code></pre> <p>What is wrong h...
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2013-12-15T14:22:11.567
2022-11-24T11:14:31.003
Getting an "Authentication token manipulation" error when trying to change my user password
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you insert the wrong passwd</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ passwd\nChanging password for rinzwind.\n(current) UNIX password: \npasswd: Authentication token manipulation error\npasswd: password unchanged\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>you get this error. If you are sure that you inserted the correct on...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you insert the wrong passwd</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ passwd\nChanging password for rinzwind.\n(current) UNIX password: \npasswd: Authentication token manipulation error\npasswd: password unchanged\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>you get this error. If you are sure that you inserted the co...
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57621
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57624
2011-08-18T14:04:27.620
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<p>Yesterday I finally got around to upgrading from 10.04 to 11.04 (I'm very forgetful about such things). I did an upgrade through the update manager, first to 10.10, then to 11.04. Unfortunately, I've run into an issue, stemming primarily (I believe) from the fact that my hardware doesn't seem to support Unity.</p> ...
23395
23395
2011-08-18T14:18:18.220
2011-08-18T15:34:37.940
System not reaching login on GUI
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-18T14:12:15.217", "id": "65512", "postId": "57621", "score": "0", "text": "can you clarify the upgrade procedure - was it a new install of 11.04, or did you upgrade 10.04 --> 10.10 --> 11.04. Please also add details of your graphics card to your question.", "userD...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A couple suggestions to try:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>xorg.conf - possibly you had installed a nvidia driver, but through the upgrade it has been replaced by the open-source variant. Try via SSH <code>sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup</code></li>\n<li>KMS issue - possibly...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A couple suggestions to try:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>xorg.conf - possibly you had installed a nvidia driver, but through the upgrade it has been replaced by the open-source variant. Try via SSH <code>sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup</code></li>\n<li>KMS issue - ...
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57633
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2011-08-18T15:10:22.233
1
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<p>I'm new to Linux. I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on a partition and I love it, but Ubuntu One does not work. I created a free account and a directory Ubuntu One appeared automatically, as expected. I copied there some files and a couple of directories, just text files, therefore very light. U1 tries to sync, but fails and...
23515
15811
2011-08-18T15:12:54.697
2011-12-12T23:46:06.527
Ubuntu One does not sync: firewall settings?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Looks like it's using SSL. I launched Ubuntu One on my system and then ran tcpdump and egrepped on 'Ubuntu' and attached a screenshot of the output. It may be possible your firewall does not support SPI to remember the SSL state as Ubuntu One is making connections back to you...
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57654
1
57658
2011-08-18T18:04:11.230
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 64bit and am currently using Ubuntu One file sync for all of my files and devices. I just discovered Deja Dup and was wondering if it was a good idea to use it in addition to Ubuntu One?</p>
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2011-08-19T13:28:49.363
Is there any value to using Deja Dup in addition to Ubuntu One file sync?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ubuntu-One is an excellent tool to synchronise files and folders between multiple machines using the \"ubuntu\" cloud as storage. Synchronisation is done automatically when it detects a file change.</p>\n\n<p>However, Deja-Dup is another versatile tool in that you can backup &amp; r...
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57655
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2011-08-18T18:11:06.717
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<p>I was using TB 5.0 then the system requested to upgrade to v 6.0 I tried to installed from the .tar.bz2 file, extracted the files but was not be able to make it run. Then tried to install it through Synaptic Package manager and Ubuntu Software center but I can't find Thunderbird. Is not under "applications" "interne...
23528
23528
2011-08-18T18:47:04.250
2011-08-18T19:19:03.450
Can 't find Thunderbird
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think the easiest way is to get it from the Thunderbird-stable PPA:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable</code></p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get update</code></p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install thunderbird</code></p>\n", "commentCount...
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57656
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57718
2011-08-18T18:16:23.763
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<p>I have an IMG file that I'd like to copy into an empty USB and boot from it, how do I go about doing it?</p>
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2012-04-27T03:11:26.887
How do I set up GRUB in a USB to boot into an IMG?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Format the usb as vfat, or if you want a persistant partition let me know and I'll add those instructions too later:</p>\n\n<pre><code>fdisk /dev/sdb #if the usb is listed as sdb\n d\n n\n p\n 1\n &lt;enter&gt;\n &lt;enter&gt;\n t\n c\n w\nmkfs.vfat /dev/sd...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Format the usb as vfat, or if you want a persistant partition let me know and I'll add those instructions too later:</p>\n\n<pre><code>fdisk /dev/sdb #if the usb is listed as sdb\n d\n n\n p\n 1\n &lt;enter&gt;\n &lt;enter&gt;\n t\n c\n w\nmkfs.vfat...
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57659
1
57663
2011-08-18T19:02:09.387
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<p>I'm planning to turn my old PowerPC G4 into a wordpress website. I'd like to use the server edition of ubuntu 10.04, install a GUI (to set up wordpress) then uninstall the gui.</p> <p>Would I be able to do that?</p>
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705
2011-08-18T19:41:31.583
2016-09-15T13:50:54.577
Server, gui, then uninstalling the gui
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-18T19:53:22.727", "id": "65548", "postId": "57659", "score": "5", "text": "you dont need a gui to install wordpress - just follow a good-guide such as this ubuntu-geek blog: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/installing-wordpress-3-0-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx.html", "user...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can install the GUI you want on the server edition by typing:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install [xk]ubuntu-desktop</code>, </p>\n\n<p>where <code>ubuntu</code> installs Gnome,\n<code>kubuntu</code> installs KDE and <code>xubuntu</code> installs XFCE.</p>\n\n<p>You can later un...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can install the GUI you want on the server edition by typing:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install [xk]ubuntu-desktop</code>, </p>\n\n<p>where <code>ubuntu</code> installs Gnome,\n<code>kubuntu</code> installs KDE and <code>xubuntu</code> installs XFCE.</p>\n\n<p>You can ...
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57661
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57688
2011-08-18T19:17:07.180
1
2325
<p>Bumblebee is refusing to work due to unable to finding the nvidia kernel module (I think) but I do have others.</p> <pre><code>junke@1215N:~$ modprobe nv # tab tab :) nvidia-current nvidiafb nvram nv_tco </code></pre> <p>Should I just create a symlink to nvidia-current (and where?) or will this m...
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null
null
2012-02-09T16:05:31.373
kernel module nvidia with bumblebee
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like you've installed the PPA version from ppa:mj-casalogic/Bumblebee. You're possibly seeing something like:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_current (.../nvidia-current.ko): No such device</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>This is caused by executing ACPI met...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like you've installed the PPA version from ppa:mj-casalogic/Bumblebee. You're possibly seeing something like:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>FATAL: Error inserting nvidia_current (.../nvidia-current.ko): No such device</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>This is caused by executing ...
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57676
1
57683
2011-08-18T20:04:36.510
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<p>I have a powerpc, 800mhz 832mb of ram. Currently running Mac OSX tiger.</p> <p>I have tried Ubuntu 10.04 and it's way too slow. Xubuntu is also too slow for regular usage (gui elements lag a lot).</p> <p>Which Ubuntu desktop flavor should I use? </p>
23272
14356
2011-08-18T20:30:10.980
2011-08-18T20:49:15.290
What flavour of ubuntu desktop should I use?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can try <a href=\"http://lubuntu.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lubuntu</a>, designed to be lightweight and not resource heavy.</p>\n\n<p>You might need to work a little to install it on a PPC architecture though. <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1454430\" rel=\"nofoll...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can try <a href=\"http://lubuntu.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lubuntu</a>, designed to be lightweight and not resource heavy.</p>\n\n<p>You might need to work a little to install it on a PPC architecture though. <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1454430\" rel=...
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57682
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2011-08-18T20:18:10.943
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<p>I usually prefer to fix a Linux system than to reinstall from scratch. My computers have seen many distribution upgrades and a list of PPAs or third-party repositories. APT usually makes sure that everything works in the end. However, the fact that the package manager thinks that all required packages are 'installed...
23530
24621
2014-04-08T12:46:27.017
2023-11-13T04:37:46.133
Find (and reinstall) packages with corrupted files (without breaking anything)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The question has been answered elsewhere:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/57704/is-there-a-ubuntu-sanity-check\">Is there a Ubuntu sanity check?</a>: package debsums can compute MD5 hashes and compare against the deb package.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu....
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Using the dpkg program along with some Bash scripting should be able to this for you. The only caveat would be if someone replace \"clean\" versions of the files with \"malicious\" ones. For that you would need to get valid MD5 checksums from a pristine package. Anyways, here...
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2011-08-18T20:21:27.290
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<p>I tried to install Ubuntu 11.04 side-by-side with my Windows on my HP Pavillion g6, but it caused me a lot of different troubles.<br /> So I tried to reinstall Ubuntu on all of the disk memory with a live-boot CD, but every time I use the CD it takes me to a login-screen for Ubuntu (with no users to choose from) and...
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2022-01-30T13:50:39.617
2022-01-30T13:50:39.617
Installation CD takes me to a login-screen for Ubuntu with no users to choose from
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try <code>ubuntu</code> as the username with a blank password.</p>\n\n<p>More info can be found <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD#Troubles%20with%20a%20LiveCD\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwne...
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57692
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2011-08-18T20:22:52.330
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5031/what-if-i-run-a-virus-trojan-windows-exe-on-ubuntu-with-wine">What if I run a virus/trojan Windows EXE on Ubuntu with Wine?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>If I run a program that's windows (exe) on a linux system, ...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2011-08-18T20:56:40.613
I'm whining about wine, windows and linux
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2011-08-18T21:05:46.830
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2011-08-18T20:37:45.327
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<p>Is there a standard procedure to 'unit test' an Ubuntu system against the deb packages?</p> <p>Assume, a system has ubuntu-desktop installed according to the package manager. Can I find out, whether the file system has all the files in ubuntu-desktop and dependencies? </p> <p>related question: <a href="https://ask...
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175814
2017-12-18T21:36:50.433
2017-12-18T21:36:50.433
Is there a Ubuntu sanity check?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For the most part, deb packages come with a md5 file containing signatures of all files in the package. These files are located at <code>/var/lib/dpkg/info/$pkg.md5sums</code>.</p>\n\n<p>To simplify the periodic check of all installed packages, the <code>debsums</code> package can be...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For the most part, deb packages come with a md5 file containing signatures of all files in the package. These files are located at <code>/var/lib/dpkg/info/$pkg.md5sums</code>.</p>\n\n<p>To simplify the periodic check of all installed packages, the <code>debsums</code> packag...
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57725
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2011-08-18T20:53:59.837
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<p>Assume, I have a system with all the packages installed, which I want, and all configuration files set up as desired. However, the files on the file system could have become corrupted or missing due to some mistake in the past or hardware error. The corrupted files would be replace if the package in question was rei...
23530
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.983
2011-08-21T23:39:35.723
Is there a safe way to reinstall via the package manager?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A good way to deal with file corruption is to use `debsums' (see <a href=\"http://arthurdejong.org/recovery.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">these instructions</a>, and also <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/57704/is-there-a-ubuntu-sanity-check/57728#57728\">this great answ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would not suggest to do so, because it could be a very long and for the most part un-useful operation. Moreover configuration files and personal configuration files are not involved in the simple reinstall, and the problem could be just there.</p>\n\n<p>It is better to try ...
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57732
2011-08-18T21:20:17.103
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<p>I'm at a library, and all of the computers are Windows based. I'm sshing into my Ubuntu box somewhere else. The terms of service says "You may not make any changes to system files." However, when I ssh into my Ubuntu box, it might "look" like I'm hacking, since I've had a few people (including I presume the library...
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23272
2016-09-02T18:40:40.407
2023-09-30T06:31:43.077
Is there a web based terminal/ssh client?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If the Library is using Firefox and has the ability to install add-ons, try <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firessh/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">FireSSH</a> - its a javascript based SSH client.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/OZPEt.png\" alt=\"enter i...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If the Library is using Firefox and has the ability to install add-ons, try <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firessh/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">FireSSH</a> - its a javascript based SSH client.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/OZPEt.png\" alt=\...
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57735
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2011-08-18T22:41:37.013
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<p>I tried remove the installer itself, but the fonts are still there..Is there away to <strong>COMPLETELY REMOVE</strong> the fonts?</p>
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2014-05-06T22:35:57.370
How to remove ttf-mscorefonts completely?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Because of the way the fonts are allowed to be distributed, the package downloads installers and extracts them into their own directory in <code>/usr/share/fonts/truetype/</code>.</p>\n\n<p>To clean up those extracted files, just run this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo rm -rf /usr/s...
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1
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2009-02-03T03:55:30.480
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<p>Trying out Ubuntu Intrepid, I have discovered that <kbd>RightAlt</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd> doesn't take me to tty13. </p> <p>I've exhaustively tried every option presented to me in <code>dpkg-reconfigure console-setup</code>, the best I've been able to manage thus far has been to have both <kbd>Alt</kbd> keys behave the ...
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2013-03-29T05:13:37.427
2022-01-28T14:24:55.083
What keypress will take me to tty13?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After a lot of attempts to fix this various ways, I finally figured out how to use <code>dumpkeys</code> and <code>loadkeys</code> to modify the kernel's \"keyboard translation table\". Here are the <code>loadkeys</code> strings to set <kbd>RightAlt</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd> through <kbd>R...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In Debian, I would just edit <code>/etc/inittab</code>, but Ubuntu uses Upstart.</p>\n\n<p>Apparently, you're supposed to edit <code>/etc/default/console-setup</code> and set the <code>ACTIVE_CONSOLES</code> variable to be <code>/dev/tty[1-13]</code> in your case.</p>\n\n<p>B...
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57747
1
57787
2011-08-19T00:59:40.067
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<p>I'm absolutely new to packaging, so forgive me if I am asking something obvious for an experienced packager...</p> <p><strong>How can I be sure that mentioned all the dependencies correctly in my package?</strong></p> <p>Say that my application make use of lib <code>library-xyz</code> which is not installed by def...
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2011-08-19T22:01:11.150
2011-11-11T15:18:05.597
Is there a way to test packages I build for correct dependencies?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <code>lintian</code> program runs after building a package using <code>debuild</code> and should warn you for missing libraries when building a binary package. The <code>ldd</code> command can be used to check which libraries are needed for a package.</p>\n\n<p>I use the below sc...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <code>lintian</code> program runs after building a package using <code>debuild</code> and should warn you for missing libraries when building a binary package. The <code>ldd</code> command can be used to check which libraries are needed for a package.</p>\n\n<p>I use the ...
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2011-08-19T03:13:09.563
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<p>It seems that Compiz support forum is used for spam, and as I noticed similar questions answered here, I thought it'd be best for me to ask here</p> <p>I'm on Ubuntu 11.04 and window manager uses Compiz</p> <p>While on Windows I got used to this feature which I'll try to explain:</p> <p>Imagine simple drag&amp;dr...
23539
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2011-08-19T21:58:51.590
2017-10-04T12:09:18.093
Don't raise window on click (while hold)
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'll answer this question myself, in case someone else looks for this feature. As said, I was unable to make it work with Compiz, then for some other reasons I decided to remove Compiz and install Unity 2D with Metacity. Good move for me, as now I found that while holding <kb...
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57753
1
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2011-08-19T03:19:54.480
12
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<p>I've been having enough problems with Unity that I've actually installed Xubuntu fresh on my laptops.</p> <p>Unfortunately, my main desktop was upgraded over the net from Ubuntu 10.04 to 11.04 and, even though I've gotten gnome-panel up and running (and disabled as much as possible of the Unity shortcuts), I still ...
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2011-11-20T11:38:00.890
How to convert Ubuntu to Xubuntu
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It all depends on how you want your system If you just want bare xfce as your desktop and run all the applications you have been running. You can just do</p>\n\n<p><code>apt-get install --no-install-recommends xubuntu-desktop</code></p>\n\n<p>and remove those unity and gnome related ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>Is there a way to switch from Ubuntu to Xubuntu (or Unity to XFCE) without having to go through all the backup/install/restore stuff?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Yes, there's a way:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>First, install Xubuntu:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get instal...
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57756
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2011-08-19T03:38:39.677
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<p>I'm planning to make an ubuntu server (with load balancing to a few offstage computers) and have thin clients connect to it. Unfortunately, I don't know how to make a thin client, or the setup involved. I really like virtualization and servers and stuff like that.</p> <p>Basically, I'd have a resource pool of com...
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2011-08-19T21:57:07.070
2011-08-19T21:57:07.070
What do I need to get started with thin clients?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use X2Go for thin clients, both on the server and on the clients. You'd probably network the servers to add a shared storage using nfs or similar, and LDAP for users and groups. Then you install the software you need on all the computers. That means your user can log onto any...
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2011-08-19T05:01:50.057
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<p>I log in and now my Dropbox and network indicators are on the bottom panel just right of center. Instead of the top panel just left of the time. I do not know why they moved or how to put them back. Even if I wanted them on the lower panel, I would not want them nearly centered. Clicking or right clicking or att...
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2011-08-19T05:26:03.783
My dropbox and network indicators moved to the bottom panel
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Basically the applet you are looking at is <code>notification-area-applet</code> try right clicking somewhere in space aound the icons[you may see a separator line near icons try right clicking on that rather than icon itself] and see it will give you option to remove it. I use unity...
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2011-08-19T06:15:11.857
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<p>I get normally pissed off when chrome automatically renders google search results of addresses before I even finish typing. How do I turn this off in Chrome 13?</p>
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2011-08-19T06:29:14.100
How to turn off automatic pre-rendering of pages in Google chrome
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>click the little wrench icon top right</p>\n\n<p>choose <em>preferences</em></p>\n\n<p>under the search section de-select <em>Enable instant...</em></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2...
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2012-03-31T14:20:17.370
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2011-08-19T06:41:20.037
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<p>There are similar issues to this raised before, and in general many about multiple monitors since Unity, but not this precise one, and no complete answers. I have a couple of Dell Precision laptops (most recently M4600 - with nvidia quadro 2000M gpu), which have <kbd>Fn</kbd>+<kbd>F8</kbd> as the dynamic display swi...
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2011-08-19T09:56:27.760
2011-11-09T05:25:54.323
Dynamic display output switching
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could try the Disper utility and the Disper-indicator. It won't (yet?) work with the keyboard shortcuts. Instead it gives you an indicator icon from which you can choose the desired monitor setup.</p>\n\n<p>The Disper utility works with both the XRandr backend and the pro...
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2011-08-19T07:21:32.393
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<p>When I open my computer and want to use Ubuntu 10.04 I find Update Manager every week displayed on my computer asking for installation.</p> <p>Do I need to install whenever it is being asked, or I can ignore it? How many times in a month do I need to install it?</p>
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2011-08-19T08:32:26.863
2012-05-27T06:48:55.267
Do I need to install Update Manager whenever it is displayed?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Every time would be the best. But I don't do that either, only when I see security updates I will update immediately otherwise I update when I have the time to do so.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "C...
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57778
1
57780
2011-08-19T07:35:38.667
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<p>by default the xorg.conf doesn't exist in /etc/</p> <p>I could generate it by Xorg -configure. However in order to do this. I need to stop xserver. I can't do it at the moment.</p> <p>So is it possible to get xorg's content or at least on option which is</p> <blockquote> <p>Section "Device" (the driver line)<...
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2014-06-29T07:03:28.037
xorg.conf to get current "Section "Device" content
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Usually you want need to set the <code>xorg.conf</code> file yourself since settings are automatically determined.</p>\n\n<p>Most options can be guessed from the Xorg log at <code>/var/log/Xorg.0.log</code> (<code>0</code> is the display number). If you've an i5 or i7 processor, you'...
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57788
1
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2011-08-19T10:36:10.770
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<p>The gtk3 theme in Oneiric has seen some improvements: dark toolbars and those awesome scrollbars I just discovered (when not using the overlay scrollbars). Are these improvements also coming to the gtk2 theme so we have consistency between gtk2 and gtk3 applications?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LP0Ji...
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2011-08-19T14:11:53.457
2011-08-19T14:47:47.170
Are the dark toolbars also coming to gtk2 applications?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can already have that in Natty. It is unlikely that it will be an official 'backport' since that's not Ubuntu's way.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>All credits go to James Schriver/<code>Dashua</code> from launchpad.</li>\n<li>Only for Natty.</li>\n<li>From <a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk...
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57789
1
57796
2011-08-19T10:43:58.910
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<p>I tried to use <code>sudo cd name_of_dir</code> but am getting the error message: </p> <pre><code>sudo: cd: command not found </code></pre> <p>Is there any other way to enter a directory owned by another user which has 700 permission?</p>
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2017-12-10T23:03:33.737
2020-01-31T20:47:54.797
How to enter a directory with the 'cd' command if it has 700 permission and is not owned by me?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>sudo cd</code> won't work because the <code>cd</code> command is built into the shell. So you are saying become root and then run this command. You become root and then the command after sudo is searched for but there is no <code>cd</code> command to find. </p>\n\n<p>The method...
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57793
1
57794
2011-08-19T11:02:26.250
2
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<p>I need one really important package from oneiric to be installed (upgraded) on natty.</p> <p>How can I extract just single deb file? (64 bit).</p> <p>Should I use backports? if yes, can you please tell me how to set the backports from oneiric?</p>
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2011-12-22T05:31:48.200
2011-12-22T05:31:48.200
Get only one package from 11.10 to install on 11.04
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think this is not good idea. Oneiric is still alpha version and many packages are broken or unstable. You can also have many problems with dependecies.</p>\n\n<p>Which package do you need? Maybe there is a PPA with newer version.</p>\n\n<p>General howto for backports -- <a href=\"h...
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57797
1
57798
2011-08-19T11:44:29.227
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<p>Way back when Ubuntu 10.04 was released Canonical changed the branding of Ubuntu to the orange/purple combination which I kind of like so why more than one year later the <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ubuntu Forums</a> still look like this:</p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/T4...
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2013-10-31T23:51:32.853
2013-10-31T23:51:32.853
Why is the Forum Design lagging behind?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There appear to be several technical issues impeding the progress of the new Ubuntu Forums theme. From a <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1518451\" rel=\"nofollow\">thread back in 2010</a> an Ubuntu Forums staffer <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=953...
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57801
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2011-08-19T12:32:28.427
1
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<p>The Unity interface never appeared on my laptop (Natty - Intel 945GME).</p> <p>Though, according to the <code>unity_support_test</code> script it sould work:</p> <pre><code>/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test -p OpenGL vendor string: Tungsten Graphics, Inc OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) 945GME GEM 2010033...
20125
20125
2011-08-19T15:14:51.500
2011-08-19T15:14:51.500
Unity does not work - Segmentation fault
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need to ensure you have CompizConfig Settings Manager installed and the unity plugin activated as below.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/GbZvL.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>You can find CCSM in the software centre, just search for co...
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1
57811
2011-08-19T13:30:15.490
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<p>I'm installing ubuntu server at the moment, and noticed it in the configuration phase.</p> <p>What does this package do, what is it for?</p>
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2011-08-19T16:25:13.533
2011-08-19T16:25:13.533
What is the 'popularity-contest' package for?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It sends information about installed packages (but this is disabled by default, you can enable it using <code>sudo dpkg-reconfigure popularity-contest</code>) for package popularity/usage statistics.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuPopularityContest\">http...
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2011-08-19T13:32:19.153
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<p>I was trying to get IEC958/SPDIF optical out working on my ASUS P8P67PRO V3 motherboard running Natty and I seem to have wiped out a crucial part of my sound setup. </p> <p>Here is the output from some relevant commands (I hope): </p> <pre><code>sudo aplay -l aplay: device_list:240: no soundcards found... ls /...
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2022-08-04T21:31:27.577
How to fix "No Soundcards Found"
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had the same problem. I solved it by running the following command</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo modprobe snd-hda-intel\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Inside a terminal window (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> to open one).</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ ...
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57813
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2011-08-19T13:42:23.857
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<p>I know it is simple to download and install but so are many other applications such as phpmyadmin, drupal and Zend Framework and they are all just an apt-get away.</p> <p>Why is there no package for magento in the repositories or apparently from anywhere else?</p> <p>Is it a licensing issue? The software is dual l...
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2016-09-08T07:05:55.833
2016-09-08T07:05:55.833
Why is magento not packaged for Ubuntu?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have a look at the list of all applications that need to be included in the repositories: <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=needs-packaging\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=needs-packaging</a> There is more than 2k entries. I think ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have a look at the list of all applications that need to be included in the repositories: <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=needs-packaging\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=needs-packaging</a> There is more than 2k entries. ...
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2011-08-19T13:46:32.640
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<p>I'm trying to use skype in ubuntu 11. But it fails. It seems something is wrong with my speak driver, how can i fix it? It's ok in Windows.</p>
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2011-08-19T14:24:58.190
2011-08-19T15:00:00.363
How to test your speaker?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you can test it using gstreamer properties just press alt-F2 then enter</p>\n\n<pre><code>gstreamer-properties\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>it should look like this just press test on default output</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/5PcQc.png\" alt=\"enter image descript...
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57816
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58025
2011-08-19T13:47:28.170
2
806
<p>Every time I start an application that is using fullscreen mode in KDE my gnome desktop background is loaded before starting the program. This is aesthetically diturbing and I suspect there is a waste of ressources when the gnome system is somehow started in the background. </p> <p>Affected are: </p> <ul> <li>win...
3275
3275
2011-08-31T11:56:27.880
2011-08-31T11:56:27.880
How to prevent KDE from loading the Gnome desktop for fullscreen applications?
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1
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T21:41:53.280", "id": "65809", "postId": "57816", "score": "0", "text": "Hmmm...never heard of t9his happening before. Does it also happen when you use gdm? Could you also post the output of `ps aex | tee`? That will output a list of running commands.", "userDisp...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Almost without a doubt I can be sure you are running Dropbox, which starts Nautilus under KDE no matter what you do. If you want nautilus to go away, you can run <code>killall -9 nautilus</code>. You can even add this to KDE startup applications and have it run only in KDE.</p>\n", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Almost without a doubt I can be sure you are running Dropbox, which starts Nautilus under KDE no matter what you do. If you want nautilus to go away, you can run <code>killall -9 nautilus</code>. You can even add this to KDE startup applications and have it run only in KDE.</...
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57824
1
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2011-08-19T14:44:04.683
0
584
<p>I'm using encrypted home directories, and in my day to day activities, I have two user accounts I switch between, one for personal stuff, one for work stuff. However, it's fairly common that I need to access personal files for work stuff, or vice versa.</p> <p>So, how can I set up automatically mounting the other d...
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2011-08-19T14:55:07.087
2011-08-19T15:45:39.060
auto-mount another user's encrypted /home at login
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>i believe the encrypted home is unlocked with your login password but only through the gnome-keyring the actual password for the home folder is a rather long randomly generated password</p>\n\n<p>i've never done it but it should be able to unlock it using this long password a...
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57825
1
57827
2011-08-19T14:44:39.567
3
961
<p>I had VirtualBox running just fine but on the update to 11.04 it choked. I am running:</p> <ul> <li>dkms <em>version 2.1.1.2-5ubuntu1</em> </li> <li>virtualbox-ose-dkms <em>v. 4.0.4-dfsg-1ubuntu4.1</em> </li> <li>virtualbox-ose-qt <em>v. 4.0.4-dfsg-1ubuntu4.1</em> </li> <li>virtualbox-ose <em>v. 4.0.4-dfsg-1ubu...
13049
25863
2012-02-05T22:22:16.933
2012-02-05T22:22:16.933
VirtualBox choking
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're possibly missing the kernel headers, you can install these by running:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you've a kernel update available, but do not wish to install the new kernel, install the headers matching the loaded kern...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're possibly missing the kernel headers, you can install these by running:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you've a kernel update available, but do not wish to install the new kernel, install the headers matching the loa...
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57832
1
57835
2011-08-19T15:11:05.077
2
123
<p>I have a new Laptop on which I installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (dual boot with preinstalled Windows 7) since about a month. However there are three consistent problems that I have not been able to get rid of, no matter where I look on the internet. The primary reason is that it is difficult to explain and diagnose such p...
17663
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.590
2012-06-20T19:49:13.270
Repair and consulting service for home-users?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T15:16:42.280", "id": "65698", "postId": "57832", "score": "0", "text": "There is [canonical](http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/desktop) at $105/desktop, which is decent, but I think they're targeted to businesses.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found Canonical's Ubuntu Desktop Service useful last year. Friendly, prompt response.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/desktop\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/desktop</a></p>\n\n<p>Currently $105/ year</p>\n", "commentCount":...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found Canonical's Ubuntu Desktop Service useful last year. Friendly, prompt response.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/desktop\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/desktop</a></p>\n\n<p>Currently $105/ year</p>\n", "comm...
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57833
1
1270049
2011-08-19T15:13:40.017
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<p>I have two monitors. The left monitor is set as primary, but the Unity Launcher appears on the right monitor.</p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZjDSY.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZjDSY.jpg" alt="dual screen issue"></a></p> <p>How can I move it to the other monitor?</p>
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2011-08-19T16:22:06.113
2023-03-09T00:25:53.127
How to move Unity Launcher to a different monitor?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In Ubuntu 20.04, it's under Settings &gt; Appearance &gt; Dock &gt; Show on:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/VVh8g.png\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/VVh8g.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of Settings/Appearance window\" /></a></p>\n", "commentCount": "...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It isn't configurable in 11.04, but it is a known issue and I think I've read that it's fixed in 11.10. Not sure though.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-08-19T...
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57840
1
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2011-08-19T15:50:38.023
0
462
<p>I want to extract the ip addresses and the hostnames from the dns server list (100 ips) and put it in a file. What would be the best command to use? I tried using <code>cut</code> but due to varying lengths of hostnames, the ips and hostnames do not come out together.</p>
9302
114
2011-08-19T16:15:09.463
2011-08-19T16:15:09.463
How do I extract DNS IPs using a script?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T16:05:04.143", "id": "65715", "postId": "57840", "score": "0", "text": "You should show at least a chunk of your input file, and probably you should consider using `awk`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2647" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T16...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To redirect output to a text file, add this to end of commmand you are using to view dns:</p>\n\n<pre><code> &gt; textfile.txt\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>will output to textfile.txt</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "conte...
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57851
1
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2011-08-19T16:13:35.330
2
1286
<p>I bought Neuro-Programmer 3. Can anyone tell me how to run it on Ubuntu 11.04? I installed wine and it said to:</p> <blockquote> <p>Please set registry key HKLM\software\microsoft.NETFramework\installroot to point to the .Net Framework install location </p> </blockquote> <p>I am new to Ubuntu, any help would be ...
23566
114
2011-08-19T16:18:10.020
2014-01-22T17:54:52.067
Running Neuro-Programmer 3 with Wine
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To access the registry type \"wine regedit\" without the quotes in terminal<br><br></p>\n\n<p>Use Winetricks to install .Net if you have not already</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-21T13:06:59.593", "id": "66...
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57855
1
57864
2011-08-19T16:49:43.173
13
7590
<p>I have two computers and both have exactly the same behavior. I have the option "load last used session" selected, but every time, Kate starts a new session. What could be causing this?</p> <p>Here are the permissions of <code>~/.kde/share/apps</code></p> <pre><code>mike@mike-laptop:~/.kde/share/apps$ ls -l &lt;.....
22338
15811
2011-08-19T17:20:31.517
2021-01-04T12:46:22.883
How do I get kate to restore last used session?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T17:27:56.473", "id": "65749", "postId": "57855", "score": "0", "text": "If it makes a difference, both computers also have Gnome installed.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "22338" }, { "creationDate": "2021-02-19T10:57:34.160", "id": "224380...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open <code>~/.kde/share/config/katerc</code> and verify if these are in there: </p>\n\n<pre><code>[General] \nLast Session=mysession.katesession \nRestore Window Configuration=true \nSession Exit=save\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>There has been a long outstanding bug where sometimes some of ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open <code>~/.kde/share/config/katerc</code> and verify if these are in there: </p>\n\n<pre><code>[General] \nLast Session=mysession.katesession \nRestore Window Configuration=true \nSession Exit=save\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>There has been a long outstanding bug where sometimes ...
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57857
1
57859
2011-08-19T16:52:46.430
7
503
<p>I have 97 processing running, that's what top reports. I only have the base install + apache2 and php5. Could it really add that much stuff? Or does the ubuntu-desktop have like 300 processes?</p> <p>I am running it on an old G4 powerpc.</p> <pre><code>UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD root ...
23272
23272
2011-08-19T21:53:31.090
2011-08-19T21:53:31.090
Is 97 processes on an Apache2 server normal?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T16:56:47.277", "id": "65732", "postId": "57857", "score": "1", "text": "have a look at the services and see if any are unneeded. add in a screenshot of top (maybe it's something obvious)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15811" }, { "creationDate...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have ten apache threads running to provide faster multi-threaded response time.</p>\n\n<p>You have six terminals running.</p>\n\n<p>I, personally, don't see anything egregiously wasting process space.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "201...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have ten apache threads running to provide faster multi-threaded response time.</p>\n\n<p>You have six terminals running.</p>\n\n<p>I, personally, don't see anything egregiously wasting process space.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "cre...
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57869
1
57873
2011-08-19T18:42:14.293
7
876
<p>When I try to install updates <sup>(via either <em>Update Manager</em> or <code>apt-get upgrade</code>)</sup> the usual apt upgrade process is stopped as it shows me some changelogs, for example:</p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/SOKNG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/SOKNG...
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2012-09-25T12:25:20.857
2012-09-25T12:25:20.857
Why is Update Manager getting stuck unless I hit 'q'?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://launchpad.net/apt-listchanges\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">apt-listchanges</a> is a package that does exactly what you describe:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>apt-listchanges is a tool to show what has been changed in a new version of a package, as compared to the version ...
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57872
1
null
2011-08-19T18:57:24.573
2
944
<p>I'm trying to remove libavcodec52 package but it won't work. If I try through Software Central it just tells me it didn't work and to check my internet conection. </p> <p>If I try it at the terminal, this is what I get</p> <pre><code>Souljacker Ahab @: ~ $ sudo apt-get remove libavcodec52 Reading package lists ......
23572
9701
2011-08-19T19:18:31.000
2011-08-19T19:31:24.077
I can't remove a package - what should I do?
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2
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T19:00:21.417", "id": "65768", "postId": "57872", "score": "1", "text": "`LANG=C apt-get ...` will print the message in the default language (English, technically C is for POSIX). This makes it easier to discuss the problem in an international forum.", "userDispl...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Edit: <code>apt</code> is also part of the problem, but DoR is right, the main problem is with connection to Brazilian mirror, so change of mirror will solve this problem as well.</p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p>There are some packages depending on libavcodec52 (in my system I've found mpl...
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57874
1
null
2011-08-19T19:04:30.117
3
1065
<p>This question is cross posted from Stack Overflow: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7113768/stripping-ubuntu-10-04-server-down-to-jeos-like-setup">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7113768/stripping-ubuntu-10-04-server-down-to-jeos-like-setup</a></p> <p>I am setting up a web application to run on clou...
23573
-1
2017-05-23T12:39:49.137
2012-01-19T19:30:45.060
Stripping Ubuntu 10.04 Server down to JeOS like setup?
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2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T21:17:34.390", "id": "65806", "postId": "57874", "score": "0", "text": "Actually, aptitude and apt-get (and also dpkg) will not let you remove critical packages, such as bash, upstart, etc. I've also needed a stripped down install of Ubuntu Server before, but I just...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Turnkey Linux ha a couple minimal versions, one of which is called literally '<a href=\"http://www.turnkeylinux.org/bootstrap\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bootstrap JEOS</a>', based off 10.04 LTS server. Might be worth looking into, although their '<a href=\"http://www.turnkeylinux.or...
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2012-02-24T09:56:01.620
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57875
1
null
2011-08-19T19:07:07.020
2
1784
<p>I've set up a server with Ubuntu 11.04 and Nginx + PHP-FPM + Varnish + APC + MySQL + Memcached + WordPress. Everything runs pretty nice, but there is a tiny problem with the PHP-FPM service. Install goes OK after the usual</p> <pre><code>apt-get install php5-fpm </code></pre> <p>But when you start the service, there...
22913
1157209
2023-10-16T18:11:59.690
2023-10-16T18:11:59.690
php5-fpm incomplete install - no config file
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1
0
CC BY-SA 4.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From the OP:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Looking for more config files I've finally found the one that allows me to set the right parameters. It is</p>\n<pre><code>/etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/www.conf\n</code></pre>\n<p>There you can find most of the parameters needed to restart PHP-FPM w...
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57879
1
57880
2011-08-19T19:37:35.020
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<p>I'm setting up a Linode server, and connecting to it via SSH with PuTTY.</p> <p>When I bring up a man page, and don't want to go through the whole thing, I'm used to doing a <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> on the Unix boxes I've worked with. This doesn't do anything for me in this situation, and I end up having to cl...
23576
114
2011-08-19T19:56:39.247
2013-12-16T19:06:48.143
Ctrl+C won't close man pages
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T19:40:20.320", "id": "65777", "postId": "57879", "score": "0", "text": "Why don't you use **q** key to close man \"environment\"?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6861" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T20:34:04.073", "id": "65786", "post...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can quit <code>man</code> (which uses <code>less</code>) by pressing <kbd>q</kbd>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-08-19T19:41:03.150", "id": "57880", "lastActivityDate"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can quit <code>man</code> (which uses <code>less</code>) by pressing <kbd>q</kbd>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-08-19T19:41:03.150", "id": "57880", ...
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57881
1
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2011-08-19T20:08:43.453
5
19769
<p>I have a 8gb memory stick pro duo that is refusing to format or be read correctly. While deleting a file off of it from my Playstation Portable, the battery got accidentally knocked out. Now, nothing is able to read it. I get this message when i try to format it:</p> <pre><code>Error creating file system: helper e...
23578
6005
2012-06-26T00:03:49.767
2021-10-05T13:35:08.197
Memory stick not formatting?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T21:03:09.553", "id": "65802", "postId": "57881", "score": "0", "text": "copy in a link to a screenshot and someone can edit it in please.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15811" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T21:11:11.993", "id": "65804", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>With the stick connected to the PC try to give the following command (and if the rest of my answer is not helpful) add the output to your question:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo fdisk -l\n</code></pre>\n<p>Search for the device name of this 8 Gb stick. Let's assume it is <code>sdc1</c...
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57882
1
57940
2011-08-19T20:17:48.047
1
462
<p>last time I let my Ubuntu 11.04 to upgrade all its packages, I think a new kernel was also downloaded. Since then keyboard stopped working so that I can press Enter button on the login screen, but after I get the desktop ready I cannot type. The kernel version is 2.6.38 but if I boot with 2.6.35 nothing changes. I c...
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2016-01-13T12:30:05.683
2016-01-13T12:30:05.683
Cannot type after Gnome login since last update
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T20:35:28.063", "id": "65787", "postId": "57882", "score": "0", "text": "Find out, whether the upgrade went all right. Login at a text console (if GUI is not working) and look what aptitude says.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "23530" }, { "crea...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>OMG, somehow \"Slow keys\" got enabled, I don't know how. After disabling it keyboard is OK. What a terrible feature. <a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/1924\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/1924</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>OMG, somehow \"Slow keys\" got enabled, I don't know how. After disabling it keyboard is OK. What a terrible feature. <a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/1924\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/1924</a></p>\n", "commentC...
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57891
1
57898
2011-08-19T21:33:16.800
1
109
<p>Is there a place to poll Ubuntu users other than www.ubuntuforums.org? </p> <p>Suppose for instance one wants to ask subjective questions like: <em>Which media player do you use?</em> or <em>Are you satisfied with Ubuntu on the latest Dell notebook?</em> etc. etc.</p>
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2011-08-20T00:03:52.563
Is there a site where one can poll Ubuntu users?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T00:11:33.407", "id": "65835", "postId": "57891", "score": "1", "text": "You didn't precise language (English only?). There are forums in a lot of languages, for example [Ubuntu-fr](http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/) for French.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId":...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want to want to hold long-term discussions (that couldn't be quickly satisfied in our chat or IRC), Ubuntu Forums is the right place for it.</p>\n\n<p>The system here isn't designed for polling/subjective questions while UbuntuForums has a built in module for asking a poll que...
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57892
1
57904
2011-08-19T21:35:51.813
3
5099
<p>I'm trying to install <em>all but one</em> of the R packages which are currently in the Ubuntu repositories:</p> <p>However, when I go to do so <code>sudo apt-get install 'r-cran-*'</code> I get an error:</p> <pre><code>Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situa...
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2011-09-29T16:10:12.740
How do I ignore a conflicting package on a regex match in apt-get?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-19T21:44:16.217", "id": "65810", "postId": "57892", "score": "0", "text": "Ps. There are 149 such packages. I *do not* want to enter them by hand!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2696" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/aptitude\" rel=\"noreferrer\">aptitude</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/aptitude\" rel=\"noreferrer\"></a>, start the full-screen text mode interface, then select all the <code>r-cran-</code> packages. Most R packages are in the <code...
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57899
1
57901
2011-08-19T22:35:31.813
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<p>When there are multiple instances of the same application running, each with its own window, the Unity launcher shows one icon for all of them. Then you have to click on that icon to go the "first" of those windows and click again to choose any other. So far so good.</p> <p>What is annoying to me is that this "fi...
23582
null
null
2012-04-25T08:08:13.337
How can I change the order of cycling windows in Unity launcher?
[ "unity", "launcher", "customization" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T22:05:51.773", "id": "67948", "postId": "57899", "score": "0", "text": "This bug has been driving me nuts. When 11.04 first came out it worked correctly. But shortly afterward an update came out that introduced the new annoying behavior.", "userDisplayName": n...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Those things are getting massive attention for 11.10, but in 11.04, that's not configurable and won't be fixed. Luckily, 11.10 is only a couple of months away :)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "crea...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Those things are getting massive attention for 11.10, but in 11.04, that's not configurable and won't be fixed. Luckily, 11.10 is only a couple of months away :)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-...
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57908
1
57922
2011-08-20T00:20:34.080
97
178060
<p>On a non GPT partition table I can do</p> <p><code>sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb</code>.</p> <p>But <code>sfdisk</code> doesn't support GPT partition tables. What can I use instead?</p> <p>I'm looking for a one or two command solution, not just using GNU parted to output the partition sizes and then manual...
17739
50665
2012-10-22T14:33:58.223
2020-09-09T10:31:52.687
How can I quickly copy a GPT partition scheme from one hard drive to another?
[ "partitioning", "hard-drive", "raid", "gparted" ]
5
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2015-03-01T17:01:22.213", "id": "822353", "postId": "57908", "score": "3", "text": "The util-linux partitioning tools (including `sfdisk`) were rewritten to include GPT support for util-linux 2.26. `sfdisk` differs from `gdisk` in that it doesn't support putting a small boot ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/amd64/gdisk/0.6.14-1\" rel=\"noreferrer\">gdisk</a> which is available in the Ubuntu Universe repositories.</p>\n\n<p>Then use the <code>sgdisk</code> command (<a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/man8/sgdisk.8.htm...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/amd64/gdisk/0.6.14-1\" rel=\"noreferrer\">gdisk</a> which is available in the Ubuntu Universe repositories.</p>\n\n<p>Then use the <code>sgdisk</code> command (<a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/oneiric/man8/sgdi...
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57909
1
57910
2011-08-20T00:32:48.360
154
357447
<p>I know about the <code>update-rc.d SERVICE OPTIONS</code> command to add and remove services from startup, but how do I use it to get a list of all the services that are currently configured to start at startup? </p> <p>Is there some other way to get this list?</p>
23576
23576
2011-08-20T00:38:54.030
2016-09-26T16:55:07.610
How do you get a list of all starting services?
[ "10.04", "startup", "services" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See the attached link. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBootupHowto\">UbuntuBootupHowto</a></p>\n\n<p>The command is</p>\n\n<pre><code>service --status-all\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T01...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See the attached link. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBootupHowto\">UbuntuBootupHowto</a></p>\n\n<p>The command is</p>\n\n<pre><code>service --status-all\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ { "creationDate"...
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57914
1
57916
2011-08-20T01:02:02.450
7
1940
<p>At first I apologize if the subject was in the wrong place The reason is that I do not speak English And enlisted Google to translate can I register and add this topic</p> <p>I have a question:</p> <p>I use Ubuntu 11.04 and I want to put lock screen icon in launcher:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lKd...
23585
235
2011-08-20T01:17:03.703
2013-05-08T04:01:34.077
How can I put a "lock sreen" icon on the launcher?
[ "unity", "launcher", "lock-screen" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That is easy! </p>\n\n<p><strong>1)</strong> Right click on the Desktop and choose \"Create Launcher\". </p>\n\n<p><strong>2)</strong> For the name you choose what you want. \"Lock Screen\" for example. </p>\n\n<p><strong>3)</strong> At command you paste this: <code>gnome-screensa...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That is easy! </p>\n\n<p><strong>1)</strong> Right click on the Desktop and choose \"Create Launcher\". </p>\n\n<p><strong>2)</strong> For the name you choose what you want. \"Lock Screen\" for example. </p>\n\n<p><strong>3)</strong> At command you paste this: <code>gnome-...
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57915
1
57938
2011-08-20T01:12:24.890
64
143345
<p>As example to my question, my <code>~/.bashrc</code> file contains this lines:</p> <pre><code>export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/intel/mkl/lib/ia32:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH export LD_PRELOAD=/opt/intel/mkl/lib/ia32/libmkl_core.so </code></pre> <p>so that Numpy (Python) could find libraries that it needs to run, as it's build wit...
23539
158442
2015-04-30T08:50:35.780
2016-03-12T17:51:43.610
Environment variables when run with 'sudo'
[ "command-line", "sudo", "environment-variables" ]
5
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Environment variables can be simply passed after <code>sudo</code> in form ENV=VALUE and thay'll be accepted by followed command. It's not known to me if there are restrictions to this usage, so my example problem can be solved with:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/intel/...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The <code>-E</code> option you mention seems to work just fine:</p>\n\n<pre><code>enzotib@host:~$ export DUMMY=dummy\nenzotib@host:~$ sudo -E sh -c 'echo $DUMMY'\ndummy\nenzotib@host:~$ sudo -E env | grep DUMMY\nDUMMY=dummy\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "3", "com...
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57919
1
null
2011-08-20T01:26:48.043
3
1797
<p>I'm using VLC, which can open all kinds of files without problem, but how can I associate all video files (avi, mpg, wmv, flv, etc.) to be opened with VLC by default?</p>
23400
2079
2011-08-20T01:32:48.353
2011-08-20T01:42:06.677
How to open all video files with VLC
[ "multimedia", "vlc" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T01:36:39.877", "id": "65847", "postId": "57919", "score": "0", "text": "I removed the first sentence of your question about Banshee crashing, because I don't think it will affect the answer. However, if you want to help make Banshee better, I'm sure the developers ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can right click at the desired video file then choose \"Proprieties\" > \"Open with\" the \"VLC\". </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/9pXjI.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Also you can edit <code>mimeapps.list</code> at <code>~/.local/s...
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57926
1
57927
2011-08-20T02:43:58.067
6
313
<p>I've been wondering why canonical releases a *.04 release (ubuntu), advertises that it is supported for three years, and then a *.10 release comes out and isn't supported for three years.</p> <p>My question: what's different about the *.10 release?</p>
23272
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null
2012-09-15T12:51:32.000
Why are the *.04 releases supported for three years and the *.10 releases aren't?
[ "10.04" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Canonical has <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Long Term Support</a> releases that are supported for three years on the desktop and 5 years on servers. These are released every two years on even numbered April releases. (So your comment about April ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Canonical has <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Long Term Support</a> releases that are supported for three years on the desktop and 5 years on servers. These are released every two years on even numbered April releases. (So your comment abou...
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57929
1
null
2011-08-20T03:31:41.190
2
155
<p>Ubuntu detects a DVI monitor even if I don't have any. I only have a VGA monitor plugged. This is a problem because the game I play crashes when I have two monitors. But I only have one monitor plugged in. This only applies to Ubuntu 11.04, and Linux Distros with the latest Linux Kernel for some reason. The graphics...
23591
null
null
2011-08-20T13:27:03.047
Ubuntu detects another monitor when I don't have any other monitor
[ "11.04", "intel-graphics", "monitor" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-03-16T16:40:05.297", "id": "134183", "postId": "57929", "score": "0", "text": "This question appears to be abandoned, if you are experiencing a similar issue please [ask a new question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) with details pertaining to your problem. If you fe...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If it is only with the latest kernel, it may be a defect in the kernel, or drivers for the GPU may be a bit buggy with this kernel. Try rolling back to kernel and see if that does anything.</p>\n\n<p>Good luck!</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communi...
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2012-03-16T16:40:42.447
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57930
1
null
2011-08-20T03:31:41.517
0
1483
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16256/how-can-i-load-the-vsftpd-daemon-at-system-boot-but-have-it-start-in-a-sto">How can I load the <code>vsftpd</code> daemon at system-boot, but have it &ldquo;start&rdquo; in a &ldquo;stopped&rdquo; state?</a> </p...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-08-20T12:00:40.910
How to make the vsftpd not to start automatically?
[ "vsftpd" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try the update-rc.d tool. This is from it's man page:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<pre><code>...\nExample of disabling a service:\n update-rc.d -f foobar remove\n...\n</code></pre>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, ...
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2012-01-01T12:35:52.877
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user8260
57936
1
57939
2011-08-20T08:05:31.287
2
2578
<p>First the situation:</p> <p>I have a server that I want to shutdown automatically at night (00:00), but I need to make sure no one is logged via ssh in still. If they are, then I will allow up to another hour for a second shutdown attempt (01:00) at which time the server goes down no matter what.</p> <p>I figure I...
23599
null
null
2011-08-20T10:27:45.687
Check If Users are Logged In, Check Condition, Shutdown Automatically at Set Time
[ "10.04", "server", "ssh", "samba", "shutdown" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can check for active connections with:</p>\n\n<pre><code>netstat -an | grep ESTABLISHED | grep \":[portname] \" | wc -l\n</code></pre>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Port 22 is for ssh connections.</li>\n<li>Port 445 is for samba connections.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>So add this to a bash script and add ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can check for active connections with:</p>\n\n<pre><code>netstat -an | grep ESTABLISHED | grep \":[portname] \" | wc -l\n</code></pre>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Port 22 is for ssh connections.</li>\n<li>Port 445 is for samba connections.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>So add this to a bash script ...
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57937
1
null
2011-08-20T09:06:19.347
9
31023
<p>An update for Ubuntu was available today and it installed the generic kernel 2.6.38.11.26.</p> <p>After doing so networking is no longer functioning correctly. My Acer Aspire 4520 has an Nvidia Network card and an Atheros wireless chipset which was functioning properly before the update.</p> <p>Now when I boot nei...
23600
6005
2012-06-22T13:28:09.880
2013-02-12T00:09:15.000
How Can I Roll Back a Kernel Update?
[ "networking", "kernel" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T09:16:40.303", "id": "65878", "postId": "57937", "score": "0", "text": "Here is a simple method to pin the kernel back to the previous until you find an answer to make your wireless work with the latest kernel: http://askubuntu.com/questions/40780/how-to-remove-ign...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>New kernels do not delete the older ones.<br>\nThe last one (i guess 2.6.38.10) should still be there in your grub menu.<br>\nJust reboot and select that.</p>\n\n<p>You might also want to install <code>startupmanager</code> which can be seen at fossfreedom's link, which will ...
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57943
1
118635
2011-08-20T11:35:46.160
6
348
<p>In cleaning up <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/57926/why-are-the-04-releases-supported-for-three-years-and-the-10-releases-arent/57927#57927">an answer</a> today, I noted the following:</p> <ul> <li>LTS desktops get updates for three years</li> <li>LTS servers get updates for five years</li> <li>An Ubuntu ...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:29.370
2014-07-07T21:44:24.587
Does an LTS desktop get any updates after three years?
[ "release-management" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1>12.04 LTS and future releases</h1>\n\n<p>12.04LTS and further LTS releases are planned to have upgrades <strong>both for the desktop and server version</strong> for 5 years after release date.</p>\n\n<p>You can read in the <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS\">Ubuntu LTS wiki page...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes, an LTS desktop gets upgrades for server packages after three years. If you have openssh-server installed on your desktop, for instance, then that will be supported for five years because it is a server package. Desktop applications still gets unsupported after three year...
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57949
1
57951
2011-08-20T12:18:48.433
3
57
<p>I have a branch to be merged here:</p> <p><a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~headbangerkenny/ubuntuone-android-music/branch/+merge/71364" rel="nofollow">https://code.launchpad.net/~headbangerkenny/ubuntuone-android-music/branch/+merge/71364</a></p> <p>I got told what I needed to fix and did that, do I need to se...
1685
6005
2011-08-20T12:21:16.600
2011-08-20T15:03:19.627
What do I do once a branch is marked as 'Needs Fixing'
[ "launchpad", "bazaar" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Looking at your merge request, you need to leave a comment saying \"I did what you asked, it's ready now\". Then the person at the other end who is the maintainer (or is otherwise in charge of merge requests) will take a look and say \"Yes, this is what we asked you to fix\" or \"Hey...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Looking at your merge request, you need to leave a comment saying \"I did what you asked, it's ready now\". Then the person at the other end who is the maintainer (or is otherwise in charge of merge requests) will take a look and say \"Yes, this is what we asked you to fix\" ...
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57956
1
57959
2011-08-20T13:24:10.423
1
1207
<p>Currently I am personalizing my Ubuntu installation and i want to write a small applet to add it in the top left corner of the screen. This should be a "main menu" like in Mac OS X where i have a menu that opens when i click the (Apple/"Tux") logo and offers me to run the updater, the software center, etc. With this...
23607
235
2011-08-20T15:38:08.687
2011-08-20T15:38:08.687
How do I get started writing an applet for the panel?
[ "11.04", "gnome-panel", "programming", "applet" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Gnome-panel is deprecated and will no longer be available in Ubuntu from 11.10. It is based on infrstructure that is no longer being used by anyone.</p>\n\n<p>If you like that type of setup, then I would recommend you have a look at Xfce. I think xfce4-panel is much better than gnome...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Gnome-panel is deprecated and will no longer be available in Ubuntu from 11.10. It is based on infrstructure that is no longer being used by anyone.</p>\n\n<p>If you like that type of setup, then I would recommend you have a look at Xfce. I think xfce4-panel is much better th...
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57960
1
108288
2011-08-20T14:09:43.663
1
190
<p>I'm writing some applications and tools that are meant to make use of Ubuntu One, but since the CouchDB sync service has been down for months, I haven't been able to test it or demonstrate how it will work in practice. This is very limiting to me, so I would like to setup a temporary CouchDB service to replace Ubunt...
19779
19779
2011-08-20T14:22:14.203
2012-02-27T19:36:39.933
How can I replace the CouchDB server for Ubuntu One?
[ "ubuntu-one", "couchdb", "desktopcouch" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>CouchDB can sync to other servers</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://guide.couchdb.org/editions/1/en/replication.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://guide.couchdb.org/editions/1/en/replication.html</a></p>\n\n<p>You can use futon ('web' interface)</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://guide.couchdb.org/edit...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>CouchDB can sync to other servers</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://guide.couchdb.org/editions/1/en/replication.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://guide.couchdb.org/editions/1/en/replication.html</a></p>\n\n<p>You can use futon ('web' interface)</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://guide.couchdb....
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57962
1
57965
2011-08-20T14:25:16.867
1
1599
<p>As the title says, after I reboot I need to restart smbd to get printers to show up over smb. My thought was that maybe smbd is set to start before cups and gets messed up? This is with 11.04, how I do I check the startup order of startup dependencies? Thanks,</p>
23252
null
null
2011-08-21T18:36:29.383
After boot, need to restart smbd to get printer sharing to work. Is it starting before cups?
[ "samba", "printing" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T14:39:58.120", "id": "65914", "postId": "57962", "score": "0", "text": "If that is the case I would consider it a bug... Please try my answer and if it is not a solution to your problem you need to have another look at your problem ;)", "userDisplayName": null, ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In <code>/etc/init/cups.conf</code> you can add a line where you tell upstart it needs to wait for samba to be loaded. This is the relevant part:</p>\n\n<pre><code>start on (filesystem\n and (started dbus or runlevel [2345])\n and stopped udevtrigger)\nstop on runlevel [016...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In <code>/etc/init/cups.conf</code> you can add a line where you tell upstart it needs to wait for samba to be loaded. This is the relevant part:</p>\n\n<pre><code>start on (filesystem\n and (started dbus or runlevel [2345])\n and stopped udevtrigger)\nstop on runle...
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57963
1
null
2011-08-20T14:27:19.410
2
295
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jj6Gv.jpg" alt="http://www.box.net/shared/static/uu1g1bexf2ovkn36smnv.jpg"></p> <p>And what does it mean - exactly? </p> <p>And - although I strongly suspect it's not the drive's fault and also that there isn't one - anyone know how to return drives to their original geometric s...
13006
15811
2011-08-20T14:32:24.473
2013-12-23T20:58:48.063
18 billion GB extended partition showing in GParted - how was this done?
[ "partitioning", "gparted", "encrypted-partition" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T14:34:31.050", "id": "65913", "postId": "57963", "score": "0", "text": "I have no idea. The capacity is shown as a negative value. Perhaps that has something to do with it. But I suspect this question will attract a few viewers, so hopefully someone will have a good...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It looks like the partition table might be corrupted somehow. You can try to create a new one, but that will remove all the data from the disk. I don't know how or if you do that in Palimpsest (the application you're using), but in gparted, it's easy. Just select the drive an...
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57966
1
null
2011-08-20T14:40:20.040
4
1385
<p>Do we have any Aqua like borderless themes for GNOME 3 ?? </p> <p>When I say Aqua like i don't mean the whole traffic light buttons and stuff like Mac4Linux, rather a theme with 0px borders and larger window shadows.</p>
14412
1992
2011-08-20T15:16:34.060
2011-08-20T16:08:04.720
Do we have a borderless theme for GNOME 3?
[ "gnome", "themes" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes, the new Ubuntu Ambiance and Radiance themes are just like that.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/VasM2.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"><br>\nEpiphany 3.0</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/7JlyY.png\" alt=\"enter image description her...
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57967
1
58217
2011-08-20T14:40:44.653
5
8288
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/27305/fonts-totally-unreadable">Fonts totally unreadable</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have this problem: I see rectangles in the places where should be text. This happens, for example in <code>Code::Blocks</code> in...
23608
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:10.143
2011-08-22T15:16:11.543
Rectangles instead of text
[ "11.04", "fonts", "text" ]
1
7
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T15:42:03.327", "id": "65935", "postId": "57967", "score": "0", "text": "What locale do you use? If it is something unique like Japanese or something, you may be missing fonts or language support packages.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" }, { ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Solved!\nI reinstalled the Ubuntu fonts with this command:<br>\n<code>apt-get install --reinstall ttf-ubuntu-font-family</code> </p>\n\n<p>Then I rebuilt the font information files with this command:<br>\n<code>fc-cache -f -v</code> </p>\n\n<p>And Solved the problem! :)\nI found th...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Solved!\nI reinstalled the Ubuntu fonts with this command:<br>\n<code>apt-get install --reinstall ttf-ubuntu-font-family</code> </p>\n\n<p>Then I rebuilt the font information files with this command:<br>\n<code>fc-cache -f -v</code> </p>\n\n<p>And Solved the problem! :)\nI ...
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2011-08-22T17:40:47.747
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57969
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2011-08-20T14:45:32.063
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<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/QyeQi.jpg" alt="http://i.imgur.com/uqRyL.jpg"></p> <p>Trying to log back in, init greets with messages like <code>Failed to spawn encryptfs-utils-save</code> (I don't care for encryption and my drives are never encrypted....at least, not by me - so who or what is encrypting [or t...
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2011-08-20T15:36:16.177
2011-08-20T15:55:46.440
Can someone explain what these messages are REALLY telling me?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T14:52:44.800", "id": "65918", "postId": "57969", "score": "0", "text": "is this the same disc: http://askubuntu.com/questions/57963/18-billion-gb-extended-partition-showing-in-gparted-how-was-this-done\nif so ... fix your disc and the errors will be gone. The encry...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>init: Failed to spawn hwclock main process: unable to execute: No such file or directory</code> will show up when your disc is seriously messed up. </p>\n\n<p>I found 2 ways of getting this to happen:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>When you use <code>rm -r</code> in your root directo...
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2012-02-01T19:33:22.100
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2011-08-20T16:10:03.563
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<p>As Ubuntu and Gnome gets modernized, Xfce begins to look like a natural replacement for the "conservative Gnome" that many are used to. And even if the modern desktops are nice, some people will prefer the old ways. But can you simply switch from Gnome 2 to Xfce4 or are there things to consider? I am asking this as ...
19779
25863
2012-11-21T22:21:55.913
2012-11-27T19:27:32.550
What should I consider when moving from Gnome to Xfce?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Xfce4-panel can use Gnome panel applets if you install the package xfce4-xfapplet-plugin. Not all applets will make as much sense though. The session applet, for instance, will attempt to log you out of Gnome 2, which isn't running, so it will do nothing. The same goes for applets th...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Xfce4-panel can use Gnome panel applets if you install the package xfce4-xfapplet-plugin. Not all applets will make as much sense though. The session applet, for instance, will attempt to log you out of Gnome 2, which isn't running, so it will do nothing. The same goes for ap...
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57981
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2011-08-20T16:52:32.917
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<p>I keep forgetting all the corresponding extract commands for every compression format.</p> <p>So I was thinking about writing a script that merely maps file extensions to the appropriate extract command. But I guess something like this already exists, I just can't find it.</p> <p>I would be happy with something li...
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2013-08-29T13:42:49.170
2014-03-11T10:43:53.007
Command line archive manager / extracter
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A couple of suggestions:</p>\n\n<h2>unp</h2>\n\n<p>unp (available from software-center) is a small perl module that will decompress a wide variety of archives into the current folder. Use <code>unp -s</code> for the archive formats it supports</p>\n\n<p>By default, it decompresses a...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What kind of formats do you need to deal with? One way is to write a shell script, which checks the extensions of its argument. Or, if all you deal with is variations on .tar.*, simply doing <code>tar -xf</code> will deal with most of those automatcially. (I therefore only...
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2011-08-20T17:37:52.763
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<p>My laptop was running 8.04 LTS (hardy), using network manager I believe, and the wireless worked fine. I do not believe I was using ndiswrapper, as the original version of Ubuntu I installed (edgy) just auto-detected everything. I did an upgrade to 10.04.3 LTS (lucid) and when I rebooted wireless networking stopped ...
23538
23538
2011-09-07T22:24:57.443
2011-09-07T22:24:57.443
Upgrading to 10.04 broke my TrueMobile 1150 wireless
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Running the following command appears to have fixed the issue.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo dpkg-divert --rename /lib/firmware/agere_sta_fw.bin\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I did this per <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/498336/comments/93\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://b...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Running the following command appears to have fixed the issue.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo dpkg-divert --rename /lib/firmware/agere_sta_fw.bin\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I did this per <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/498336/comments/93\" rel=\"nofollow\">h...
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57990
1
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2011-08-20T17:52:51.103
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<p>I would like the the applications I launch as root to look differently from the application launched as a normal user.</p> <p>This can be done by using a theme that does not come from <code>usr/share/themes</code> but I haven't found a way to modify the default theme the root applications use.</p> <p>Can this be d...
22537
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2017-10-29T21:39:46.807
Set a specific theme for root launched applications
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found a hack to get get a system wide change :)</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>From the <strong>Appearance Preferences</strong> choose a theme you have installed in ~/.themes</li>\n<li>Make a <strong>.themes</strong> folder in <strong>/root</strong> : </li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><code>sudo mkdir /root/.t...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You are right when you found out that applications launched as root adopt the theme of the user that invokes them.</p>\n\n<p>However there are few applications only that make sense to be launched as root. Fortunately for me these are three applications only:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>...
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2011-08-20T17:57:02.400
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<p>Offical source says it's not possible and also couldn't find anything more about setting it up apart from OS X or Windows manuals.</p>
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2013-10-25T16:48:37.590
Is there any way I can setup AirPort Express from Ubuntu?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T18:11:00.833", "id": "65966", "postId": "57991", "score": "1", "text": "If there's a Windows application to configure the base station, maybe it'll [run under Wine](http://askubuntu.com/questions/9372/how-can-i-run-windows-applications-in-ubuntu/56057#56057).", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm running an Airport Express wireless AP. I can configure it with a Java app, called <code>AirportBaseStationConfigurator</code>, which is part of a Java source package called <code>AirportAdministration</code>, written by J. Sevy. I forget where I got it, but I recall that...
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2011-08-20T18:33:27.727
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<p>I'm using Ubuntu 11.04 and I want to free up some space in my root directory, which is overloaded. I especially want to change the path used for installing applications (they are getting installed directly to the root drive).</p> <p>Another consideration is that I'm working on a MySQL database server. The server is...
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2012-08-19T14:54:42.680
2022-04-26T18:00:56.070
Root drive is running out of disk space. How can I free up space?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You cannot change the path where the package manager install applications. Most application files are saved to <code>/usr</code>. If you want to recover space on the root partition, moving <code>/usr</code> to a different partition is a possible solution.</p>\n\n<p>From comme...
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57995
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2011-08-20T18:45:11.017
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<p>@enzotib mentioned the following command</p> <pre><code>sudo mount -o remount,rw /cdrom </code></pre> <p>Does this imply I can mount a CD or DVD in rw mode and use like a (real) filesystem? Does this work with the popular ISO-9660 filesystem, which is read-only by design? Will this create a multsession CD with one...
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2012-11-27T09:59:26.380
Can CD-RWs and DVD+/-RWs be mounted rw?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T18:53:38.397", "id": "65974", "postId": "57995", "score": "1", "text": "In that context it was a Live USB pendrive, that by default is mounted on `/cdrom`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2647" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T18:59:52.613", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use UDF file system as packet writing and it effectively works as USB drive (or as diskette). See <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDF_File_System\" rel=\"nofollow\">this link</a>.</p>\n\n<p>For example, BluRay discs as well as DVDs are usign UDF file system.\nYou just...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>No they cannot.</p>\n\n<p>To give a quick example why they cannot be mounted <code>rw</code> imagine mounting a blank cdr/cdrw, there is no file system on a blank cd, how do you specify one on mount then? How do you mount something to write on that has no valid file system?</...
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57997
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2011-08-20T18:53:24.000
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<p>Edit: it fixed itself, but I have no idea how...</p> <p>I have a new laptop running Ubuntu 11.04. If I have certain USB devices (a wireless mouse, or my camera, but not a USB flash drive) plugged in to any of the computer's USB ports, Ubuntu won't boot. (They work fine as long as I plug them in once I can see an ...
23614
23614
2011-09-14T04:10:40.043
2011-09-14T04:10:40.043
Won't boot if USB stuff is plugged in?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T22:20:29.593", "id": "66025", "postId": "57997", "score": "0", "text": "Did you check logfiles for errors? (`/var/log/boot.log` and `/var/log/boot` for instance). Re-installing `grub` might be an option.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15811" }, { ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could do the folllowing: You could disbale the USB ports until the boot ends and then activate the USB ports: I think you could do this via vim.</p>\n\n<pre><code>cd /etc/default\nsudo vim acpi-support\nChange the module line the following:\nMODULES=\"usbcore\"\n</code></...
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2012-02-26T22:11:36.153
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57998
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2011-08-20T18:55:10.983
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<p>On my ThinkPad W520 laptop, after a short period of inactivity (eg. no mouse movement) on battery, the screen dims for power saving. When I move the mouse (ie. , the screen lights back up, but not at the same level (darker) than it was before.</p> <p>I've seen some code a while ago with X managing the dimness (?) b...
23470
23470
2012-04-27T18:22:49.203
2012-04-27T18:22:49.203
Screen intensity before and after inactivity
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[ { "creationDate": "2012-04-27T18:16:10.227", "id": "151128", "postId": "57998", "score": "0", "text": "The question wasn't about turning off inactivity dimming, but how to gain back the same light intensity after moving the mouse, coming back from inactivity.", "userDisplayName": null, "...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h3>For 11.04 and earlier:</h3>\n\n<p>This is done (screen dimming) as a part of power savings while on battery power.</p>\n\n<p>You can change this in \"Power Management\" in System settings.</p>\n\n<p>Unselect \"Dim display when idle\" on the On Battery Power tab.</p>\n\n<p><i...
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2011-08-20T19:07:23.130
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<p>The Archive Mounter feature in recent Ubuntu editions is great: you just use it on any *.iso file and it mounts it as if you'd put a CD in the drive ... well, almost.</p> <p>If you want to just read the data, it's great, but if you want to actually execute any programs on it (for instance, to run an old game in win...
23621
29112
2012-01-11T08:01:28.730
2012-01-11T08:13:50.833
How do you make the contents of ISOs mounted by the Archive Mounter Executable?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T21:03:26.700", "id": "66004", "postId": "58001", "score": "0", "text": "possible duplicate of [Setting execute permisions on a mounted image](http://askubuntu.com/questions/50426/setting-execute-permisions-on-a-mounted-image)", "userDisplayName": null, "user...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I tried to look if gvfs-fuse-daemon uses some kind of \"defaults\" file to no avail. I know it's not a \"gvfs\" soluction, but, if it's a problem of exec- property in the mount, you can try the old good command line: </p>\n\n<pre><code>mkdir /tmp/try\nsudo mount -o loop,ro,ex...
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2011-08-20T19:09:28.243
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<p>I would like to use Compiz in Xubuntu (under xfce obviously).</p> <p>I have seen this tutorial: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2010/07/11/run-compiz-with-xfce4/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ghacks.net/2010/07/11/run-compiz-with-xfce4/</a></p> <p>Firstly, this didn't work well for me, because when trying <code>compiz...
21982
14356
2011-09-04T09:01:03.247
2011-12-03T03:00:54.980
How do I enable Compiz in xubuntu?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-20T20:16:45.463", "id": "65991", "postId": "58002", "score": "0", "text": "I removed emerald, and now it just complains about not finding it (no segfault after all), but still no window decorations.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "21982" }, { "cre...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well, turns out that just trying to run emerald by itself ends with a segfault, and apparently this is a known bug. </p>\n\n<p>Solution:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:malteworld/compiz\nsudo apt-get update\nsudo apt-get upgrade\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ww...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>ccp is a name of a plugin. If you don't have it installed, then you can't load it. Try compiz --replace instead.</p>\n\n<p>Also, if you run compiz that way, you should use the nohup command. Otherwise, when you close the terminal, compiz will also be closed. So instead, you'l...
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2011-08-20T19:37:03.480
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<p>How can I make the Image viewer fit all images to width?</p>
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2023-08-28T07:06:11.990
View images fit to width in Image Viewer
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li><p>Install the <a href=\"https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=eog-plugins&amp;searchon=names&amp;suite=all&amp;section=all\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">eog-plugins</a> package.</p>\n<pre><code> sudo apt-get install eog-plugins\n</code></pre>\n</li>\n<li><p>Open Image V...
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2011-08-20T19:53:42.840
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<p>I am looking for an easy to use <strong>light</strong> presentation software.</p> <p>The main features I need are :</p> <ul> <li><strong>Light</strong> (on dependencies and resource consumption)</li> <li>Easy to use</li> <li>Align &amp; Distribute information on slide</li> <li>Use pictures</li> <li>Offline editor<...
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2011-08-22T21:07:59.833
2020-03-05T07:09:07.377
Light easy to use Presentation software
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From what I've heard, <a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/ease-clutter-presentation-app-linux-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Ease\">Ease</a> is lightweight and simple. The link includes a PPA for installation. I'm unsure if it meets all of the features you want t...
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2011-08-20T19:58:22.110
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<p>Where is the bookmarks icon file located for Firefox 9.0a1 in Ubuntu 10.04? I want to change it to the default Humanity bookmarks icon. Doing <code>locate bookmarks</code> and <code>locate bookmarks.png</code> has turned up no useful results.</p> <p>Here is the icon that I'm looking for to change. I just need to kn...
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2011-08-20T20:18:43.910
2011-08-20T22:07:57.263
Where is the bookmarks toolbar icon located?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Thanks to help from @Jo-Erlend Schinstad, I've learned that Firefox uses a sprite for some of its toolbar icons, including the icon it uses for the Bookmarks menu. The image can be found by navigating to <code>/usr/lib/firefox-*/</code> (* representing the version) and opening <code>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You should always say which version of an application you're using when you ask for help. Is there any good reason why you were looking for bookmarks.png, or was it just a guess? :) </p>\n\n<p>In order to find out which files that is installed with a package, use <code>dpkg -...
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2011-08-20T21:00:32.150
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<p>I have windows 7 installed. The Hard disk is composed of C: for windows 7, D: recovery; E: HP tools. I want to install Ubuntu on a different partition to be safe in case I need to remove either windows or Ubuntu without any problems. </p> <p>Another question: Does the dual boot using automatic partition by Ubuntu t...
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2011-08-20T21:22:07.200
2011-08-20T21:29:56.233
How to install 11.04 on a different partition?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>When you boot to the graphical installer (not the installer in Windows) then you'll be able to choose which harddisk to install it on. If you already have Windows installed there, then you can choose how much disk space each operating system shall have. It's just a slider fro...
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2011-08-20T21:19:58.293
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<h3>Problem</h3> <p>No picture appears on the second, externally, connected monitor.</p> <p>All used to work perfectly until a week ago or so. I always used nvidia-settings + TwinView/Clone to clone my laptops view, but now nothing happens and Ubuntu freezes, gets garbled and unresponsive when I try to clone it.</p> ...
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19490
2011-09-19T20:22:45.697
2012-02-04T20:08:17.650
"Failed to set DisplayPort power" - Dual Head freezes OS
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2011-08-20T22:25:52.300
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<p>I have LightDM installed and can start it with <code>sudo start lightdm</code>. But at boot, GDM is still the default. How can change this so LightDM is loaded automatically at boot instead of GDM?</p>
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2011-08-20T22:33:16.063
2021-05-20T04:06:54.887
How can I make LightDM the default display manager?
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2011-08-20T22:55:46.193
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<p>I built my Banshee DB from scratch and am now facing the issue, that none of my albums shows cover art unless I start playing one of its songs. All the album folders contain a cover file <em>cover.jpg</em> and I don't want anything to be downloaded from the internet.</p> <p>I guess one workaround would be to play o...
3037
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2012-03-16T18:27:24.483
Automatically add/scan existing cover art in Banshee?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This has been a <a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=647898\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug</a> which is now resolved.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-05T18:15:42.100"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To quote Banshee maintainer Bertrand Lorentz's <a href=\"http://banshee-media-player.2283330.n4.nabble.com/Is-there-a-way-to-make-Banshee-2-0-or-later-resume-downloading-Album-Cover-Art-tp3734955p3750898.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">post on the mailing list</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote...
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2011-08-20T23:11:32.490
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<p>How can I add a hibernate option to the GDM 3 menu? I only have suspend there but I need hibernation as it does not eat the battery. (Just to make sure - I am talking about the menu in the greeter, not in the gnome-shell itself - the system is multi-user and every user is supposed to switch to greeter and hibernate ...
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2011-08-21T20:33:38.300
2012-09-30T12:33:00.613
Hibernate option in login screen menu?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I found a partial solution - creating a hibernation keyboard shortcut working in GDM.\nFirst I ran the following commands to enable login for gdm user:</p>\n\n<pre><code>chsh -s /bin/bash gdm\npasswd gdm\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>followed by the password. The I logged in as gdm us...
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2011-08-20T23:42:13.157
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<p>Apparently the isc-dhcp-server is started too early in the boot sequence, it states that it has nothing to do. If I just log directly in as root and start it using the init.d-script, it starts normally.</p> <p>My setup is basically an utterly standard router, with an eth0 on the inet side, and an eth1 on the lan si...
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2013-12-24T23:33:51.490
2017-01-14T02:51:50.137
DHCP-server doesn't start at boot because of wrong startup order
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Network interfaces are up only after the <code>networking</code> task is done in the upstart sequence.You can see at the configuration of the task in <code>/etc/init/networking.conf</code> that the only thing that it does is running <code>ifup -a</code>.\nI fixed the startup sequence...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had exactly the same problem. </p>\n\n<p>I fixed it by editing <code>/etc/init.d/isc-dhcp-server</code> and adding a <code>sleep 10</code> at the top.<br/>\nI tried <code>sleep 5</code> but it wasn't enough. </p>\n\n<p>Hopefully it will work for you too.</p>\n", "comme...
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<p>I installed Ubuntu alongside Windows but GRUB doesn't show up during boot and Windows starts instead.</p> <p>I used a liveCD and followed <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair" rel="nofollow noreferrer">these instructions on the Ubuntu help wiki</a>, but they didn't help.</p> <p>I use the standard...
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How do I fix grub so that it shows up during boot?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-21T03:39:12.500", "id": "66041", "postId": "58034", "score": "0", "text": "You don't see the menu because Grub is not in the MBR, and nothing apparently points to it. What bootloader do you use to boot Windows? Have you install EasyBCD?", "userDisplayName": null, ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The problem is probably due to the wrong partition being booted when the computer starts.</p>\n\n<p>To fix this boot from a live CD</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open <strong>system -> administration -> gparted partition editor</strong></li>\n<li>Check which partition is flagged with <str...
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2011-08-21T00:06:43.570
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<p>I removed all gnome panels and have created a beautiful desktop using "Docky" and "Slingshot" only. It sounds stupid but I'm a neat freak and panels in classic and Unity just didn't do it for me. I do not have access to my system settings, however. Is there a way I can add a real quick shortcut to the desktop so I c...
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2011-08-21T07:24:41.510
How do I add a system preferences shortcut to desktop?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can create a .desktop file or simple bash script that runs <code>gnome-control-center</code>. Either that or you can drag and drop that launcher from Slingshot.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC ...
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/982/how-are-release-codenames-chosen">How are release codenames chosen?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm not sure if there is a particular naming convention with Ubuntu. To give an example, Apple uses big cats, Micros...
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2012-02-03T02:05:45.213
How are releases named?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The names are a combination of an adjective and an animal name with the same first letter. The names are alphabetical, so after Natty Narwhal (11.04) comes Oneiric Ocelot (11.10). After that comes P.P, which is scheduled for release in April 2012, and will therefore get the version n...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There's a good article about it at this link - <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames\" rel=\"nofollow\">https&#58;//wiki.ubuntu.com/DevelopmentCodeNames</a> - which explains the system, such as it is, and which includes a list of the names that have been give...
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2011-08-30T22:02:03.983
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<p>Suppose I want to associate PPT files to be opened with a bash script that converts it to PDF then opens it with the approperiate PDF editor. How do I do that? </p> <p>Conversion will be done with uniconv as I learnt from <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11130/how-can-i-convert-a-ppt-to-a-pdf-from-the-comma...
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2013-10-29T21:01:06.843
Bash Script: How to get file name/path
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do you mean that the script will be called with (for example) <code>presentation.odt</code> as an argument? The argument is available as <code>\"$1\"</code> in the script (the double quotes are required if the file name contains characters like spaces which the shell would otherwise ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In a shell script, you can access command line parameters through the variable 1, 2, 3, ..., as in</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\n\necho \"$1\"\necho \"$2\"\necho \"$3\"\n# ...\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you need it, \"$0\" represents the script name itself.</p>\n\n<p>You can al...
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