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2011-08-21T03:31:30.603
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<p>I have an Eee PC 1005PEB that I want to install Ubuntu on. I've tried hitting <kbd>ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>alt</kbd>+<kbd>t</kbd> on the Express gate screen but nothing happens. I've also tried to boot from a live CD on a usb, but nothing seems to work, I've tried it on the left &amp; the right side ports.</p> <p>I'm not t...
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2011-08-21T06:17:26.800
2018-05-23T23:50:39.480
Opening a terminal on Eee PC
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't think opening a terminal will do much good if you haven't installed Ubuntu yet. You want to get to the BIOS menu; I don't know what it is on the Eee PC, but often you must press F2 or F12 while it boots up. The correct key is probably in a manual somewhere or displa...
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58045
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2011-08-21T03:32:26.827
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<p>For example, when I type following command, </p> <pre><code>echo line | (cat &gt;/dev/null; vi) </code></pre> <p>even wrapped in another shell,</p> <pre><code>sh -c 'echo line | (cat &gt;/dev/null; vi)' </code></pre> <p>and returned from Vim, now it won't display carriage return any more.</p> <p>How can I do to...
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2011-08-21T03:36:17.433
2012-03-01T09:31:35.437
Why won't the terminal display new lines?
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[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>try one or both of these:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>type <code>ctrl+c</code>, then type <code>reset</code>, then press <code>enter</code>.</li>\n<li>type <code>ctrl+c</code>, then type <code>stty sane</code>, then press <code>enter</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>the <code>ctrl+c</code> is ...
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2011-08-21T06:37:35.050
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16827/ubuntu-one-dashboard-shows-14-5mb-used-and-files-folder-shows-nothing">Ubuntu One, Dashboard shows 14.5mb used and files folder shows nothing</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>My Ubuntu One account is empty but the U...
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2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2011-08-21T08:35:00.300
My Ubuntu One account is empty but I'm still using 8.7 MB?
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2011-08-21T11:36:04.423
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2011-08-21T07:53:57.067
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<p>I have the choice of the Nvidia 185 driver and the experimental one. My Laptop is an Acer aspire 5750G with intel sandyBridge i5.<br></p> <p>I just installed Bumblebee.Then I enabled the Card, and ran "nvidia-settings". A window saying: </p> <blockquote> <p>You do not appear to be using the NVIDIA X driver. Plea...
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2011-08-21T16:22:51.443
2012-02-09T16:00:10.863
Which driver do I need to Install for my gt540M if i want to use bumblebee?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The current nvidia driver (<code>nvidia-current</code>) in Natty is version 270.41.06 which does <a href=\"ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/270.41.06/README/supportedchips.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">not support your GT 540M</a>. 280.13 <a href=\"ftp://do...
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58059
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58063
2011-08-21T08:55:16.227
3
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<p>I have a laptop with Intel integrated drivers running on battery and I would like to force the screen to remain in maximum brightness even when it's idle, for example, when reading a document without using the keyboard or touchpad.</p> <p>Is there a way to temporarily set the brightness to maximum even when there i...
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2011-08-21T13:31:24.750
how can I force the screen to stay at maximum brightness in a laptop running on battery?
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[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See Power Management Preferences:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/8LMt0.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>It might also be handy to put 'put computer to sleep when inactive for' to 'never'</p>\n\n<p>If you want to do this as a command line s...
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58060
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2011-08-21T09:04:03.707
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<p>Why is the font size in google-chrome smaller than the font size in firefox when displaying exactly the same web page (for example, wikipedia) in the same Ubuntu 11.04 system? How can I make both use the same fonts as the ones in Firefox?</p>
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2011-08-21T16:21:43.847
2011-08-21T16:21:43.847
Why is the font size in google-chrome smaller than firefox on the same system?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Each browser can fix the default font size.</p>\n\n<p>In Firefox you will find these settings in <strong>Preferences -> Preferences -> content -> Fonts &amp; Colors</strong></p>\n\n<p>In chrome (<a href=\"http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=968...
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58065
1
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2011-08-21T09:49:07.040
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<p>USB "data transfer rate" on Ubuntu 11.04 is 13MB/sec. This should be about 5x that for USB 2.0.</p> <p>Anyone have a clue why I am getting USB 1.0 speed out of a modern mainboard with zero USB 1.0 ports and only USB 2.0?</p>
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2012-01-07T17:15:45.947
2012-01-07T17:15:45.947
USB data transfer rates lower than expected
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Do not rely on the \"theorical speeds\". They will never be accomplished by somebody unless they are in the perfect conditions. The perfect conditions include:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Correct altitude (How high or low you are influences)</li>\n<li>Position (If you are in a city next...
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58066
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2011-08-21T10:12:05.547
1
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<p>I had a desktop Sony Vaio JS VGC-JS15G with a 320GB hard disk... I tried to install Ubuntu recently in this machine but it always stuck during the installation process.. I had open disk utility and at the overall assesment it say Disk has bad sector. What should I do? Should I buy a new hard disk?</p>
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2011-08-21T19:11:32.737
What to do if my hard disk has bad sectors?
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58069
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2011-08-21T10:24:23.280
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<p>I want to add an applet to my panel, which would count down time for one event in the near future - ~12 days from today. Standard timer-applet does not work - it is not possible to set timer to more than 48 hours.</p> <p>Is there a ready applet for this?</p> <p>Or if there is no such applet, is it hard to write on...
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2011-08-21T16:28:53.963
Countdown applet, capable of counting down long periods of time?
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58072
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2011-08-21T10:55:29.493
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<p>Been playing with live discs since 10.10 but now have gone ahead and dual booted.</p> <p>I have a Acer 5742z with a Nplify 802.11b/g/n wireless connection.</p> <p>The install went well and drivers seem to be working.</p> <p>BUT, although wireless detects some local networks it doesn't find mine.</p> <p>I have WP...
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2011-08-21T16:16:22.110
2012-05-10T06:30:49.910
Can't find ALL wireless networks, just my neighbours
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2011-08-21T08:10:36.553
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<p>During the installation process I was asked to set a password. I chose a password (a strong one) and everything goes smoothly every time I log in. Problems arise whenever I resort to "sudo" or "su" commands ...</p> <p>I mean, if I type "sudo or "su" I'm compelled to provide a password and whenever I type the passw...
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2011-08-21T11:35:49.100
2011-08-21T11:35:49.100
sudo, su problems
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Maybe the error comes from the way you use sudo.</p>\n\n<p>Sudo should be used by your regular (non-root) user the following way: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo command\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>When prompted for a password, you should enter your user's password or in other words, the pa...
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2011-08-21T12:26:25.640
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<p>Is is possible to set Mac's Time Machine to use Ubuntu One? There's no info on Mac Help. </p>
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2011-09-09T21:12:23.630
Can Ubuntu One work with Mac Time Machine?
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2011-08-21T12:33:21.147
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<p>This is my biggest issue with Linux and the main reason I don't use it as my main working OS.</p> <p>Whenever I use caps lock to write something in upper case and disable it in order to keep writing the next letter AFTER I've disabled it is written in upper case.</p> <p>So, my text comes out weird, as SOMETHING *<...
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2014-02-22T22:47:33.520
2022-05-18T03:47:10.317
Why does turning Caps Lock off take such a long time to work?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try with a different keyboard on that computer and also try the faulty keyboard on another computer, with a Linux OS. </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>If the new keyboard works, probably your keyboard lacks compatibility with Linux.</li>\n<li>If the new keyboard has the same problem, or som...
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2011-08-21T12:57:29.793
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<p>I installed Ubuntu 11.04 (Command Line System via Alternate CD) then packages I need including <code>ubuntu-desktop --no-install-recommends</code>. I find that I can't tile windows side by side by dragging a window to the side anymore. I guess I'm missing a package?</p> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: I am Ubuntu Class...
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2012-02-10T19:04:34.363
2012-02-10T19:04:34.363
What do I need to be able to "dock/tile" windows side by side
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2011-08-21T13:04:01.267
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13958/vlc-is-set-to-open-the-folders-home-desktop-documents-etc-in-the-places-menu">VLC is set to open the folders (Home, desktop, documents etc) in the Places menu. How to reset this?</a><br> <a href="https://askubu...
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2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-08-21T13:04:01.267
Wrong app starts (VLC) instead of Nautilus while opening a directory (Ubuntu One personal Cloud, Documents)
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2012-01-06T12:06:51.887
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2011-08-21T13:06:50.780
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<p>I recently installed kubuntu on a very old iMac (self contained unit, no tower, G2?) 800mhz.</p> <p>The xubuntu installation went well from the mini cd. I installed the kubuntu desktop package (at the installer window). I restarted and I see a black screen with white text, asking if I want to boot off Linux or th...
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2011-08-21T13:19:59.870
2011-08-23T14:12:51.573
Xubuntu black screen, no login window, fresh install
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2011-08-21T13:28:16.537
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<p>I'd like to change the <kbd>super</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> that opens the trash to open the terminal, as i see the <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> un-needed because i hardly use the trash as much as i use the bash</p>
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2011-08-21T17:02:45.157
2022-07-28T12:14:47.823
Change super+t to open a terminal
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>For that you will have to disable the <kbd>super</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> shortcut in compiz settings in the unity section then change the terminal shortcut in keyboard shortcuts to <kbd>super</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "c...
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2011-08-21T13:41:23.907
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu Server 10.10 on VMware Workstation and I would like to update it since I see, that it offers new release 'natty', but I have a lot of important files there and I don't know is it possible to run <code>do-release-upgrade</code> safely. What would be suggested as best practice?</p> <p><strong>UPD:<...
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2011-08-21T14:03:28.720
2011-08-21T21:21:10.537
What would be safe way to update server?
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2011-08-21T13:43:49.253
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<p>I have an old laptop running as a server (It runs Ubuntu Natty).</p> <p>When I SSH into the box, it often takes a long time to log on, if it's been a while since last time I logged on. I suspect the reason to be that the SSH daemon is put to sleep somehow, and has to be woken before I can log on. Can anyone explain...
23660
23660
2011-08-21T13:50:57.637
2011-08-23T02:42:30.550
SSH Daemon readiness problem
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58097
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2011-08-21T14:34:08.527
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<p>On ubuntu server, how can I avoid the screen being cleared just before the login screen pops?</p> <p>I'm trying to read an error message on one of the services and I get this annoying clear screen and I cannot scroll up with shift-pageUp.</p>
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2011-08-21T15:30:00.270
2016-06-04T20:33:39.293
how can I remove the clear screen before login
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>Viewing the last screen of messages that appeared during boot</strong></p>\n\n<p>When Ubuntu Server boots, the messages you see are typically written to tty7 (the seventh virtual console). When booting completes, you are switched to tty1, where you are prompted to log...
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58098
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58099
2011-08-21T14:41:42.230
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<p>I really love the interface at <a href="http://pad.ubuntu.com">http://pad.ubuntu.com</a> . It seems to be a great notepad when you want to do notes with other people.</p> <p>However, the main page says 'Ubuntu Developer Summit'. Does it mean it's meant to be used exclusively for UDS? If not, can I use it with my fr...
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2023-05-16T19:21:08.697
Is pad.ubuntu.com available for everyone?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The link you posted is actually only for UDS/Ubuntu but the software used is <code>etherpad</code> and you can use it yourself on <code>localhost</code> with a browser. </p>\n\n<p>Etherpad was bought by Google and they open source'd it (<a href=\"http://etherpad.com/\" rel=\"nofollow...
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58101
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58103
2011-08-21T15:41:42.273
6
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<p>I've bought the HP LaserJet Pro P1102w. </p> <p>I want to use it with Ubuntu Lucid (10.04), but it is not in the list of supported printers. How can I install this printer on Lucid?</p>
23667
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2011-12-31T21:19:11.467
2017-03-20T10:37:29.893
How do I install drivers for an HP LaserJet Pro P1102w?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your particular printer is supported via the hplip library. Unfortunately, the version by default in lucid is too old for your printer - lucid has version 3.10.2 and you require at a <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/news/index.php?group_id=149981&amp;limit=5&amp;offset=5\" rel=\"nof...
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58115
1
58118
2011-08-21T16:48:35.047
4
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<p>I want to add Hamster applet to my Ubuntu 11.04 installation, I am not able to right click panel and add applet to it.</p> <p>Please let me know the exact method.</p> <p>Sorry, But I am novice to linux.</p> <p>Mandar</p>
23670
235
2011-08-21T17:41:47.820
2012-11-05T18:59:45.450
How do I install the Hamster applet?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unity Panel (<a href=\"http://unity.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Unity</a> is new interface for Ubuntu 11.04 with new top panel) doesn't support applets for GNOME Panel.</p>\n<p>You can use Hamster Indicator (package <code>hamster-indicator</code>) from Alberto Milone's PPA repos...
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58116
1
58120
2011-08-21T17:03:17.170
1
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<p>I have a 2006 Acer Aspire 5630 running Ubuntu 11.04. recently it started to have these symptoms:</p> <ol> <li><p>Random restarts</p></li> <li><p>Restarts whenever I move the lid forward or backward by one inch.</p></li> <li><p>Restarts the most when I perform a cold power on</p></li> <li><p>Sometimes it runs fine, ...
3087
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2011-08-21T17:14:10.603
2011-08-21T17:29:03.653
Laptop restarts sometimes when I move the lid
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just to make sure: please check your BIOS and confirm you did not put 'boot from LAN' as the 1st boot option. I assume it is not since moving the lid crashes your system.</p>\n\n<p>PXE errors are generated by the network boot ROM: the boot process is attempting a network boot (probab...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just to make sure: please check your BIOS and confirm you did not put 'boot from LAN' as the 1st boot option. I assume it is not since moving the lid crashes your system.</p>\n\n<p>PXE errors are generated by the network boot ROM: the boot process is attempting a network boot...
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58119
1
58122
2011-08-21T17:23:11.163
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<p>I'm using the Arduino IDE in Ubuntu, and am having issues with the serial port. It has worked in the past, but for reasons that may be unnecesary, I felt the need to change the ownership of some of the files from root ownership to my users ownership.</p> <p>This made the IDE work correctly, but I lost the ability t...
23519
71592
2012-08-22T22:57:02.633
2020-10-28T14:17:00.310
Changing permissions on serial port
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The issue with the permissions for <code>/dev/ttyACM0</code> can be permanantly solved by adding yourself to the <code>dialout</code> group.</p>\n<p>You can do this with:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p><code>sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER</code></p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Logout and then log back in fo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The issue with the permissions for <code>/dev/ttyACM0</code> can be permanantly solved by adding yourself to the <code>dialout</code> group.</p>\n<p>You can do this with:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p><code>sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER</code></p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Logout and then log ba...
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58124
1
58126
2011-08-21T17:49:26.083
3
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<p>I use Geany a lot for editing, but ultimately use <code>nano</code> far more often. While navigating <code>nano</code> I use <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>K</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>U</kbd> key combo all the time (Cut/Paste). Yes, I understand there is <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>C</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> but t...
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2011-08-21T17:58:41.960
Update Geany to use Nano shortcuts
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can changes keybinding in Geany from <code>edit</code>, <code>preferences</code>. The 2 you mention:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/RTFzX.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/iQpPS.png\" alt=\"enter image descr...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can changes keybinding in Geany from <code>edit</code>, <code>preferences</code>. The 2 you mention:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/RTFzX.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/iQpPS.png\" alt=\"enter ima...
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58129
1
58130
2011-08-21T18:16:17.630
2
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<p>I'm setting up Ubuntu for my grandfather, and he really likes Solitaire. I'm using Pysolfc because of its <em>Vegas-style</em> scoring, which other Linux solitaire apps don't have.</p> <p>However, whenever I resize the window, and then close and start it again, it doesn't keep the dimensions I previously set.</p> ...
5674
2732
2012-02-10T19:25:05.683
2012-02-10T19:25:05.683
How can I make Pysolfc stay resized?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>wmctrl</code> is such a package which will resize windows that are open.</p>\n\n<p>The following is a quick - but not really elegant - way to launch and resize an application.</p>\n\n<p>Create a file using your favourite text editor and add the following contents:</p>\n\n<pre><...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>wmctrl</code> is such a package which will resize windows that are open.</p>\n\n<p>The following is a quick - but not really elegant - way to launch and resize an application.</p>\n\n<p>Create a file using your favourite text editor and add the following contents:</p>\n...
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58131
1
58133
2011-08-21T18:45:19.853
11
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<p>I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on Virtual Box. It had poor performance (had low max resolution, cursor was choppy when going across the screen, none of the unity stuff was there), until I installed the Virtual Box Guest additions. After installing the guest additions, everything worked beautifully until I an update thro...
23675
23675
2011-08-21T18:54:41.040
2014-02-07T08:57:59.547
How do I keep guest additions working in virtual box after updates?
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3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-21T20:24:57.760", "id": "66160", "postId": "58131", "score": "0", "text": "Some update may have removed parts of the guest additions. If DKMS is not able take care of this peculiar (and hopefully singular) situation than there is no way other than to reinstall the GA. ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This should have been taken care of by dkms - this builds kernel support each time the kernel is updated.</p>\n\n<p>Ensure dkms is installed before the next time you run the VBoxGuestAdditions module</p>\n\n<p>i.e.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install dkms\ncd /cdrom\nsudo sh ./VBo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This should have been taken care of by dkms - this builds kernel support each time the kernel is updated.</p>\n\n<p>Ensure dkms is installed before the next time you run the VBoxGuestAdditions module</p>\n\n<p>i.e.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install dkms\ncd /cdrom\nsudo ...
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58132
1
58140
2011-08-21T18:50:08.107
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<p>There are several related questions, but I found none that really answered this detail:</p> <p><strong>Where is the reference to the current icon theme stored?</strong></p> <p>Since the icon theme can be changed, hence so too the path to its folder, it must be stored somewhere. I'm making an application and I wan...
15710
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:08.843
2011-08-22T07:03:19.890
Where is the reference to the currently used icon theme stored?
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3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A reference to the current icon theme can be found in <code>gconf-editor</code> at: </p>\n\n<p><code>desktop</code> > <code>gnome</code> > <code>interface</code> > <code>icon_theme</code></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q1Ta5.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have a look at <a href=\"http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg\" rel=\"nofollow\">PyXDG</a> (package <code>python-xdg</code> in Ubuntu). <code>xdg.IconTheme.getIconPath(iconname)</code> gets you the path to the give icon.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments":...
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58138
1
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2011-08-21T19:43:20.450
1
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<p>Ubuntu 11.04, Firefox 6.0, Shockwave Flash 10.3 r183. Every time I play a Youtube video, it starts playing the audio many times, so that I get many overlapping copies of the same audio at the same time. They play whether or not the video is paused. This doesn't happen on Vimeo, nor does it happen in Google Chrome...
23614
23614
2011-08-22T00:59:44.827
2011-08-22T18:38:18.563
Youtube playing audio many times
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2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Install this... let it do its magic and say yes to all its questions. Likely hood is that you'll get a newer/x64? version of flash and it will iron out bugs.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flash-aid/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://addons.mozill...
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58141
1
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2011-08-21T19:49:12.347
2
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<p>I'm currently using Natty (fully up-to-date) and there is one small issue that I can't quite figure out: My computer has an ATi Radeon Mobility HD 4xxx series card so I used the proprietary FLGRX driver (because I need the performance gain). This wouldn't be a problem except that all non-maximized windows in Unity d...
12558
12558
2011-08-21T22:46:33.883
2011-08-21T22:46:33.883
How to get window decorations to work correctly?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-03-05T15:49:20.150
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58143
1
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2011-08-21T20:04:20.790
1
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<p>How can I use an old (but in working condition) HP LaserJet 5N printer in Ubuntu OS when I no longer have the software and can't locate a driver to download?</p>
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2011-12-31T21:21:32.943
2011-12-31T21:21:32.943
How do I get a HP LaserJet 5N printer working?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try just adding the printer in Ubuntu; the Add Printer wizard may be able to find a driver for you.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-08-21T20:17:31.417", "i...
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58144
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58193
2011-08-21T20:11:06.943
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<p>I am trying to backup my Ubuntu workstation by the help of <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR">this guide</a> and are running into trouble as the tar command outputs </p> <blockquote> <p><code>Exiting with failure status due to previous errors</code>.</p> </blockquote> <p>Here's what...
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2011-08-21T20:52:35.723
2017-03-30T06:58:37.863
tar Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I suggest a command line as the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>tar -cvpzf sysbackup-20110821.tar.gz --one-file-system \\\n --exclude=/sysbackup-20110821.tar.gz \\\n --exclude=./run \\\n --exclude=./tmp \\\n --exclude='./home/*/.gvfs' ./\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>As you see, ever...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I suggest a command line as the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>tar -cvpzf sysbackup-20110821.tar.gz --one-file-system \\\n --exclude=/sysbackup-20110821.tar.gz \\\n --exclude=./run \\\n --exclude=./tmp \\\n --exclude='./home/*/.gvfs' ./\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>As you s...
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58147
1
244786
2011-08-21T20:20:47.053
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<p>When the Gnome desktop has focus, hitting <kbd>F1</kbd> brings up "Ubuntu Desktop Guide". How do I disable this keyboard shortcut?</p> <p><strong>UPDATE</strong>: This problem seems to be gone in Ubuntu 12.04 (hitting <kbd>F1</kbd> while the desktop has focus does nothing). I believe the question is specific to Ubu...
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2015-03-17T19:02:43.600
2021-11-30T09:55:18.490
How do I disable the Help F1 key?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1>For 12.10</h1>\n<p>You can disable the help browser by opening &quot;System Settings&quot; -&gt; &quot;Keyboard&quot; and switching to the &quot;Shortcuts&quot; tab, then under &quot;Launchers&quot; turning &quot;Launch Help Browser&quot; to &quot;Disabled&quot;.</p>\n<p><a href=\"h...
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58154
1
61745
2011-08-21T21:12:47.700
2
365
<p>In Lucid some irritating pop up windows on chrome come up and are hidden beneath the top panel. I have to close the whole bunch of chrome windows to get rid of them. What is a better way?</p>
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2011-09-16T21:38:00.573
Top of the window hidden beneath panel
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use Alt to grab them and pull them down to where you can close them.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-16T21:38:00.573", "id": "61745", "lastActivityDate": "2011-09-16T21:3...
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58155
1
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2011-08-21T21:18:09.930
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<p>Is there a way I can update (manage) podcasts on my iPhone4 from Ubuntu?</p> <p>What I especially want to do is: - check if new episodes of podcasts are available - download new episodes</p>
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2011-08-21T22:01:10.737
Update (manage) podcasts on iPhone4
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>GPodder</h2>\n\n<p>Use GPodder to manage your podcasts.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/HDPMO.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Depending on what sort of IPhone4 you have - use this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/994/can-i-sync-w...
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58157
1
null
2011-08-21T21:29:29.670
1
1497
<p>When using Hostapd in Ubuntu why can my wireless card change to the nl80211 driver that hostapd supports ?</p> <p>My wireles driver is Broadcom Corporation BCM43224 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 01) Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1509 Kernel driver in use: brcm80211 Kernel modules: brcm80211</p>
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2012-03-06T09:47:38.973
Hostapd in Ubuntu
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-21T21:54:23.017", "id": "66175", "postId": "58157", "score": "1", "text": "I don't understand. Are you asking why your wireless driver isn't working?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5674" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you want your wireless card change to the nl80211 driver that hostapd supports you need to use a different driver for your wifi-card. As you mentioned driver in use is brcm80211, it does not support nl80211. You need to use brcmsmac driver for your card which comes install...
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58160
1
58178
2011-08-21T22:41:36.567
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<p>I want to run my <code>webcit</code> service with the <code>-f</code> option, how do I put that in the service script (/etc/init.d/webcit)?</p> <p>The lines that look relevant are:</p> <pre><code>RUNDIR=/var/run/webcit PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin DESC="Citadel Groupware Webserver " NAME=webcit DAEMON=/usr/s...
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2011-08-22T03:01:29.830
Have a parameter applied to service for Upstart
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open the file <code>/etc/default/webcit</code> and change the first line to </p>\n\n<pre><code>export WEBCIT_APACHEFLAG='-f'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>then restart the service </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo service webcit restart\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "com...
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58161
1
58527
2011-08-21T22:44:49.423
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<p>Ubuntu 11.04 (PC-1) is connected to PC-2 (Windows XP) with LAN cable (crossover direct cable)<br> Internet access is through USB wireless modem accessing router in separate room</p> <p>If I boot in Windows 7 (PC-1 has dual boot) I have no problem to connect to PC-2, at the same time being connected to Internet, eve...
23539
23539
2011-08-22T01:02:37.290
2011-08-25T18:51:27.380
Connect Ubuntu to other PC with direct (crossover) cable
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2015-08-13T12:04:29.300", "id": "951817", "postId": "58161", "score": "1", "text": "possible duplicate of [How to Connect & Share your Internet Connection (Wired & Wireless)](http://askubuntu.com/questions/171914/how-to-connect-share-your-internet-connection-wired-wireless)", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>you need to go into network manager and change your ip4 settings to shared to other computers </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/XpO1J.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>here is the other method using ip tables</p>\n\n<p>this will set the ip of your et...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>you need to go into network manager and change your ip4 settings to shared to other computers </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/XpO1J.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>here is the other method using ip tables</p>\n\n<p>this will set the ip of...
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58162
1
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2011-08-21T23:31:14.900
7
3995
<p>I've installed the gstreamer set of codecs, logged out, reboot, but Banshee still doesn't play my m4a files. Specifically, i installed</p> <p>Gstreamer extra plugins Gstreamer plugins for mms, wavpack, quicktime, musepack Gstreamer plugins for aac, xvid, mpeg2, faad</p> <p>Am i missing something else? a step or p...
23685
235
2011-10-08T14:24:12.457
2012-09-06T13:44:14.447
Can't play m4a files with Banshee
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you tried <code>gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly</code>? After installing that and restarting Banshee, you might be able to play your files.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation...
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58168
1
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2011-08-22T02:03:00.013
5
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<p>I was having problems with Ubuntu 11.04 freezing up with Firefox, then it was freezing up with other applications as well. </p> <p>At login I tried Recovery Console and now I can't get out of it. Ubuntu 11.04 is installed on my desktop which is an Acer Aspire AM5100-E5401A with a AMD Phenom 64 Quad core.</p>
23690
185193
2015-08-13T00:50:46.547
2015-11-06T21:54:53.213
How to exit the recovery console?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Simply type <code>reboot</code>, and hit <kbd>Enter</kbd></p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T18:07:01.230", "id": "66317", "postId": "58182", "score": "0", "text": "Thanks mikewhatever...
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58172
1
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2011-08-22T02:19:47.887
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<p>I'm used to GNOME Classic and personally don't want to change to anything else, but it seems there is no more GNOME Classic in the Oneiric release. After apt-get installed gnome-session and all, though there comes back the GNOME Classic option in the session listbox, however, after logged in, it seems not the expect...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:27.110
2021-10-26T04:27:53.487
How to revert to GNOME Classic Desktop?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>11.10 Overview</h2>\n\n<p>The older GNOME 2.x experience has been retired in GNOME, however you can use the GNOME 3.x classic mode (as shown below) to make an approximation of the older experience. </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/rzyHy.png\" alt=\"enter image descrip...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h1>For 11.04</h1>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Log in with the classic GNOME session by selecting your username and then selecting <em>Ubuntu Classic</em>: </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/lFmMj.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/lFmMj.png\...
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58173
1
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2011-08-22T02:40:34.603
1
505
<p>I have broadband connection,in windows it is working properly.In ubuntu 9.10 it is not working,So suggest me possible solution..</p>
23691
5674
2011-08-22T03:42:33.587
2011-11-10T11:30:06.107
How do I configure my broadband connection?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T02:46:24.083", "id": "66199", "postId": "58173", "score": "1", "text": "Ubuntu 9.10 is no longer supported. You should consider upgrading to a new release.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5674" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you are talking about 3g/4g mobile broadband like an aircard install the \"usb_mode_switch\"..so you would need to be connected to the internet to be able to install it.what type of card are you using?</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "cre...
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58174
1
58231
2011-08-22T02:42:55.807
1
793
<p>I've added some of my sftp to nautilus but there is no option to change the icon of the marker, since nautilis adds directly to the places section. I searched for a gconf config but didn't found.</p> <p>Example (INF-UFG SFTP is the folder/marker icon that I want to change):</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.c...
5950
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2011-09-01T20:12:25.457
Change manually the icon of a nautilus place item
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T03:45:16.063", "id": "66203", "postId": "58174", "score": "0", "text": "These are not stored in gconf I believe. Also I don't think you can change icons for entries that are automatically added in that manner.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" } ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>you will have to change the icon in the system folder and name your new one the same as the old it would be a good idea to keep your old icon incase you wanted to change it back</p>\n\n<p>icons are stored in </p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/share/icons/\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>then there are a f...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>you will have to change the icon in the system folder and name your new one the same as the old it would be a good idea to keep your old icon incase you wanted to change it back</p>\n\n<p>icons are stored in </p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/share/icons/\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>then there...
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58176
1
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2011-08-22T02:58:56.087
1
1221
<p>Hello I was wondering if anyone is having this same issue as I am, I am currently unable to change my brightness level on my laptop using the keyboard combinations to change the brightness level but I am able to do so with the slider with power manager settings (while using Gnome as DE the brightness applet won't wo...
23692
23692
2011-08-22T03:41:05.440
2012-02-07T07:10:23.120
Brightness keys won't work
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T04:28:11.017", "id": "66207", "postId": "58176", "score": "0", "text": "So, you've been trying to change your brightness on your laptop on you Ubuntu with your brightness keys on your keyboard. Your info is good, but it would be helpful to mention your model of your...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu Oneiric has better support for brightness function keys, you may want to try that.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-10-11T14:40:52.660", "id": "65292...
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58179
1
58185
2011-08-22T03:15:07.603
64
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<p>I've been trying to follow <a href="http://www.citadel.org/doku.php/faq:installation:apacheproxy">these instructions</a>, so that I could get the Citadel mail server to work alongside Apache, but I get an error when I try to restart Apache:</p> <blockquote> <p>Invalid command 'ProxyPass', ...</p> </blockquote> <...
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229879
2015-08-08T10:18:03.023
2016-05-26T08:44:11.263
Install mod_proxy to get ProxyPass to work
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In the end I guessed that the module <code>proxy_http</code> in the <code>mods-enabled</code> directory might work, and used the command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>a2enmod proxy_http\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>My Proxy statements work now.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "commun...
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58184
1
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2011-08-22T05:03:39.990
3
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<p>It's very helpful that browsers and various document readers remember their pre-crash states, but is there a way for ubuntu to do this? If I have a bunch of apps open, is that "app state" stored anywhere?</p>
23697
15811
2011-08-24T09:40:29.680
2011-08-24T09:40:29.680
Is there an application or a log that tracks apps/processes that were running just before an unexpected shutdown
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-24T09:44:48.893", "id": "66634", "postId": "58184", "score": "0", "text": "Not sure but have a look at this: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man5/core.5.html I think those get created when there is a crash but I never got to play with these under Linux so I a...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>No, the list of running apps/processes is stored on memory and lost with the shutdown.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-24T09:42:55.947", "id": "66633", "postId": "58190", "score": "0", ...
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58191
1
58200
2011-08-22T08:29:29.890
28
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<p>I have 5 unused locales on my system. How can I remove them via command line? I have use <code>localepurge</code> but it didn't work.</p>
23702
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2022-11-02T06:48:10.440
How can I uninstall a locale via command-line?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can list locales with</p>\n<pre><code>localedef --list-archive\n</code></pre>\n<p>or with</p>\n<pre><code>locale -a\n</code></pre>\n<p>Corresponding file size is given by</p>\n<pre><code>ls -lh /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive\n</code></pre>\n<p>To remove unused locales you can do<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can list locales with</p>\n<pre><code>localedef --list-archive\n</code></pre>\n<p>or with</p>\n<pre><code>locale -a\n</code></pre>\n<p>Corresponding file size is given by</p>\n<pre><code>ls -lh /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive\n</code></pre>\n<p>To remove unused locales you...
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58196
1
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2011-08-22T10:56:17.607
2
1167
<p>I have a few machines running Ubuntu and often I need to run an application from one machine on another. So I use ssh to do this as I already have it set up and it is simple to do.</p> <p>For example</p> <pre><code>ssh -X netbook liferea </code></pre> <p>This works well for me as I don't have to sync files or ins...
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2011-08-22T11:32:17.407
Can I launch Tomboy Notes over ssh
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T11:28:03.697", "id": "66237", "postId": "58196", "score": "0", "text": "Maybe you can use [tomboycli](http://code.google.com/p/tomboycli/).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19053" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As a quick hack, launch <code>dbus-launch tomboy</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T15:28:49.753", "id": "66283", "postId": "58201", "score": "0", "text": "I get `ssh netbook d...
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58197
1
58204
2011-08-22T11:07:18.133
3
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<p>Does anybody know where to find the mono icons described <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/06/ubuntu-mono-icons-for-hamster-time-tracker-indicator-applet/" rel="nofollow">here</a>? The download links are broken.</p>
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-1
2013-02-01T16:25:42.340
2013-02-01T16:25:42.340
Project Hamster indicator: mono icons
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can find them on the project's github page (which is linked from the article). More specifically you can find them at <a href=\"https://github.com/tseliot/hamster-appindicator/tree/master/data/icons\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://github.com/tseliot/hamster-appindicator/tree/master/da...
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58202
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58207
2011-08-22T11:34:07.010
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<p>I'm trying to install <a href="http://wb.mysql.com/">MySQL Workbench</a> on my Ubuntu box (11.04). The website has a Ubuntu .deb available for download (for 10.10 and 10.04 so I chose 10.10). </p> <p>However, </p> <pre><code>sudo dpkg -i mysql-workbench-gpl-5.2.34-1ubu1010-amd64.deb </code></pre> <p>yields:</p> ...
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2022-07-09T11:56:30.547
2022-07-09T13:07:53.253
How to automatically fetch missing dependencies when installing software from .deb?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can install a package and get dependencies from repositories with</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo gdebi package.deb\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you already installed the package with missed dependencies, you can dowload and install dependencies automatically with</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-ge...
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58206
1
58209
2011-08-22T11:59:44.493
2
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<p>How to convert from from ubuntu desktop 11.04 to ubuntu server 11.04</p> <p>What does the below command do?</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install linux-headers-server linux-image-server linux-server </code></pre>
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17722
2012-08-14T14:12:10.907
2012-08-14T14:12:10.907
How to convert from from ubuntu desktop 11.04 to ubuntu server 11.04
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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58208
1
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2011-08-22T12:06:25.890
1
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<p>When my Screen saver is due to start I just get a blank screen. I have recently installed Compiz, before the screen saver worked as normal. I don't get locked out or any major problem but I just see a blank screen rather than one of the pre-installed screen-savers.</p>
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2012-04-07T01:15:41.970
2012-04-07T01:16:44.260
I get a blank screen rather than a Screen Saver
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><em>(OP states issue resolved)</em></p>\n\n<p>Problem seems to have gone away. Screensavers now start with the settings to 5mins (not less). I still get a blank screen if I set settings to 1 or 2 mins. – motoringeek Aug 23 '11 at 22:15</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "co...
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58223
2011-08-22T13:04:11.347
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<p>Running skype on AMD64 : <strong>linux32 skype</strong>. If I use a normal account to connect skype, it crashes upon connecting, at the exact moment it is trying to play a sound file. My console then displays Aborted.</p> <p>When I launch it as root user, I have no problem in connecting, and I can chat (text) and r...
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2011-08-22T14:27:24.743
Skype crashes if run with normal user - no problem with root
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T13:22:00.067", "id": "66259", "postId": "58212", "score": "0", "text": "Thanks for your answer. Dumb me, last time I installed skype on 64bit, there was no 64bit version available. Now, I can see one at skype.com. Downloading and installing...", "userDisplayName...
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58332
2011-08-22T13:49:18.353
1
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<p>I originally asked this question over the Ubuntu forums, but I'm not really sure where the best place to get help is. Anyway...</p> <p>I've had Ubuntu 11.04 installed on my desktop since it's release. Up until an hour ago, it was working fine. I clicked on an update from the update manager, now booting into a graph...
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23711
2011-08-23T08:16:44.040
2011-08-23T08:16:44.040
Gnome failure after update
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Alright, so I managed to solve this issue. The trouble was that I wasn't using the Ubuntu packaged graphics driver, so after a kernel update the kernel was expecting a particular graphics driver, but was actually linked against a newer version. Re-installing the driver seems to have ...
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58221
2011-08-22T14:04:42.223
3
662
<p>I am looking to buy a new development machine and would like to run Ubuntu natively. I have been looking at the Dell 15z, but it looks like there are some <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1776254" rel="nofollow">compatibility problems</a>. However, I also saw a an <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ha...
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2011-08-22T14:58:42.473
2011-08-22T14:58:42.473
How supported is a Dell 15z?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Ubuntu Forums thread gives you a recent and fairly accurate picture of what the current status is. There appear to be several ongoing issues with this laptop (wireless, optimus grapihcs, trackpad). All are getting viable workarounds but none of them seem to amount to full fixes.<...
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2011-08-22T14:09:51.107
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<p>I've got one of the few USB Sticks with hardware read only switch (Trekstor). I'd like to use a bootable Linux with it, e.g. to fix problems with Windows PCs without danger of infecting or changing the stick's contents.</p> <p>However, for installing updates or new software on it in a safe environment, it should be...
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2011-08-22T22:10:30.950
Live-USB with read-write stick
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Live USBs are not intended for installing updates and new software. Their main purposes are hardware testing, software evaluation and the system installation. Some persistent storage is offered as an option for saving personal files and settings. You really don't need a USB s...
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2011-08-22T14:25:36.433
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<p>As we are going toward Gnome 3, I would like to know what to expect. May be a more responsive desktop, faster startup of apps? Or should I start to thinking in another DE if performance is a concern? </p> <p>I am wondering about a <strong>Gnome-3 vs Gnome-2</strong> comparison, <em>not Gnome Shell vs Unity</em>.<...
12943
12943
2011-08-22T16:13:07.063
2011-08-28T14:11:45.863
Is Gnome 3 lighter than Gnome 2?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>GNOME3 is currently unsupported in Ubuntu 11.04 (at the moment). And like GNOME, it is not the lightest Desktop Environment. It will break things :P If you need a lighter desktop environment, XFCE or LXDE (or whatever the acronym is) are two of the lightest Desktop enviro...
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58226
1
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2011-08-22T14:39:31.247
3
9553
<p>I would like to install Ubuntu server at my church to start testing a few options (to eliminate Microsoft usage). Some PCs use Windows XP, and some use Ubuntu.</p> <p>I would like the Ubuntu server to be a Domain Controller so that any user account will be able to log on to either a Windows or Ubuntu desktop.</p> ...
23715
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2011-08-22T15:44:43.167
2014-01-10T12:23:11.563
Can Ubuntu act as a Domain Controller for multiple OSes?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu can be a \"Domain Controller\" for Windows hosts via samba. This certainly works for XP. For newer client OSs, your samba version may have some minor limitation compared to the latest Windows server. You will easily find a tutorial online. If not, ask another question....
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58227
1
59787
2011-08-22T14:45:17.923
1
350
<p>Why while viewing PDF files on ubuntu on Chrome no spaces are shown? </p> <p>Is it my problem or it's same for everyone? </p> <p>If I open that file in Firefox it asks me to download it, but I can't see it without downloading.</p> <p>EDIT: maybe anyone knows how to make it automatically download like in Firefox?<...
11540
11540
2011-09-02T22:01:07.207
2012-11-24T14:56:51.577
PDF files shown on Chrome have no spaces
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can disable Chrome builtin PDF viewer. Open <code>chrome://plugins/</code> in your address bar and click disable.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-02T22:07:08.917", "id"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try using this Extension: <a href=\"https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nnbmlagghjjcbdhgmkedmbmedengocbn\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nnbmlagghjjcbdhgmkedmbmedengocbn</a></p>\n\n<p>It will open up the PDF in Google Docs Viewer.</p>\n", ...
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1
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2011-08-22T16:06:44.833
0
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<p>I have formatted one of my partitions from Ubuntu as ntfs, and now when I try to restore my windows OS to that partition, the restore utility (which resides in the first partition, fails saying that it was unable to locate "C:" drive.</p> <p>Is there a way in Ubuntu to assign the drive letter to a partition when I ...
11084
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2011-08-22T16:29:21.093
How to assign MS Windows drive letter to a formatted partition?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>No there isnt. There's no way to assign a Windows drive letter to a partition from Ubuntu. You'd have to run a Windows installation CD to repair the install of Windows.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T16:54:09.0...
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58238
1
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2011-08-22T16:34:54.787
2
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<p>I am an iOS user and use an app called PlainText to sync my notes with Dropbox. I noticed with Tomboy Notes you can sync to a local directory - upon setting this to the PlainText directory in Dropbox (the area where PlainText syncs to my Dropbox) I expected to see Tomboy recognize the plain text files in that direct...
23720
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2011-08-22T17:14:43.810
2014-10-27T18:40:31.540
Can Tomboy import notes from a directory (eg Dropbox)?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T16:48:40.100", "id": "66293", "postId": "58238", "score": "0", "text": "Tomboy notes are not plain text, they are XML. So Tomboy will only read notes in its format.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19053" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T16:54:4...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><em>Answered in a comment and approved as a fix by the OP:</em></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Tomboy can be started with <code>tomboy --note-path /some/path</code> and grab\n notes from there. But note filenames will look like this:\n <code>109629e3-e99c-4db2-8776-ad6a7fc3adc8....
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58242
1
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2011-08-22T17:36:19.607
1
529
<p>I had some issues with my wireless at my school. I had tried everything almost and usually it did not want to connect, or when it connected, it disconnected again a few minutes later.</p> <p>Someone suggested that I could install Windows Wireless drivers. I did that and had better luck connecting, but still disconn...
23533
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2011-08-22T21:13:15.793
After I installed wicd my wireless network interface disappeared. How do I fix it?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In the end I just reinstalled ubuntu and it works now. I had gone through all the ubuntu wireless troubleshooting guides out there. Nothing worked.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "...
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58244
1
58245
2011-08-22T17:45:36.033
4
11143
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5018/is-it-possible-to-upgrade-from-a-32bit-to-a-64bit-installation">Is it possible to &quot;upgrade&quot; from a 32bit to a 64bit installation?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I would like to know if it is possible to u...
22035
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:17.760
2011-08-22T18:00:07.777
Upgrade from 32 bit to 64 Bit?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think this is not possible. You would have to reinstall the whole system, because you need to \"change\" all packages in your system from 32-bit binaries to 64-bit binaries.</p>\n\n<p>Why do you need a 64-bit system? If you have 4 GB RAM (or more), you can just install <a href=\"ht...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think this is not possible. You would have to reinstall the whole system, because you need to \"change\" all packages in your system from 32-bit binaries to 64-bit binaries.</p>\n\n<p>Why do you need a 64-bit system? If you have 4 GB RAM (or more), you can just install <a h...
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2011-08-22T19:13:31.243
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58248
1
58251
2011-08-22T18:12:54.387
1
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<p>What is the proper way to install, for example, the Debian Squeeze libre kernel in Ubuntu Natty?</p> <p>Is it safe to do so?</p>
4011
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2011-08-22T18:18:10.960
2011-08-22T18:29:55.077
What is the proper way to install a free/libre kernel?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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58249
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58268
2011-08-22T18:27:02.850
2
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<p>I stuck an SD card in the card reader, imported my photos with Shotwell, deleted the photos from the card (again, with Shotwell), then right-clicked on the desktop icon and safely removed the card.</p> <p>I then physically removed the card and inserted another. The computer is ignoring it. How can I tell Ubuntu tha...
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2011-08-22T18:32:11.017
2012-06-05T19:47:24.613
Do I need to reboot my computer to read data from two SD cards?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T18:51:46.947", "id": "66324", "postId": "58249", "score": "0", "text": "I too have some problem with SD cards. I run `tail -f /var/log/syslog` in a terminal and insert and eject manually the card a couple of times, until the log file show it is seen.", "userDisp...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a similar <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks/+bug/743303\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">report on launchpad</a>.</p>\n\n<p>For those affected, the suggestion in the report is not to use \"Safely Extract Drive\" (Natty) or \"Safely Remove\" (Precise) (a...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a similar <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks/+bug/743303\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">report on launchpad</a>.</p>\n\n<p>For those affected, the suggestion in the report is not to use \"Safely Extract Drive\" (Natty) or \"Safely Remove\" (Pre...
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58250
1
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2011-08-22T18:28:00.820
2
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/12611/application-for-slicing-video">Application for slicing video</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I just need to cut some parts from a video that is too long. What would be a good (GUI) app to do that?</p> <p>All the o...
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2017-04-13T12:23:29.370
2012-09-05T21:00:56.947
What is an easy video editor?
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2013-01-03T04:10:24.870
null
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58256
1
58284
2011-08-22T18:58:50.567
1
1075
<p>After some trial and error, I've managed to backup my Ubuntu 10.04 workstation and it's time for my Laptop. It also runs 10.04, but has an encrypted <code>/home</code> folder. </p> <p>Running the below snippet as <code>root</code> clearly doesn't work well with encryption, so how should I do this?</p> <pre><code>s...
8236
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2011-08-22T22:45:49.557
tar: Backing up an encrypted /home folder?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/man7/ecryptfs.7.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">ecryptfs man page</a>, try to mount it somewhere as a regular folder, and then execute your tar command.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -i\nmkdir /mnt/usermount 2&gt;/dev/null\ncd /\nmount...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/intrepid/man7/ecryptfs.7.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">ecryptfs man page</a>, try to mount it somewhere as a regular folder, and then execute your tar command.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -i\nmkdir /mnt/usermount 2&gt;/dev/null\ncd ...
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58259
1
58267
2011-08-22T19:06:17.307
2
716
<p>I have a desktop machine with 11.04. It has ATI/Radeon graphics:</p> <pre><code>john@john:~$ lspci | grep VGA 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS880 [Radeon HD 4250] </code></pre> <p>I was attempting to run some programs on Wine on it. It suggested using the proprietary driver if a had pro...
5179
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2011-08-22T20:00:15.473
Why isn't my computer sending input to my monitor?
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2
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T19:22:28.570", "id": "66326", "postId": "58259", "score": "0", "text": "Do any of the status LEDs on the keyboard blink? (That typically indicates a kernel panic.)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5" }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T19:25:17.463...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>My suggestion would be to check for alternative outputs on your videocard (such as HDMI / S-Video) and try hooking up something to them to see if anything gets displayed.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would suggest you to take a look at the answers on these questions, which may be helpful for you to find a clue on where to start.</p>\n\n<h1><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/56702/booting-to-no-display/56716#56716\">Booting to no display</a></h1>\n\n<p>Posted here...
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58260
1
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2011-08-22T19:06:41.227
3
1008
<p>I previously had emerald working with 11.04, as I had compiled from source. This morning, though, I updated a series of packages, and now emerald --replace doesn't work any longer. I know for a fact that it updated the kernel, but I can't seem to find a place where it will tell me what else it updated. (I blindly ac...
23728
15811
2011-08-22T19:24:43.373
2011-10-04T14:59:40.500
emerald --replace doesn't do anything
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You rebooted right? If so, use this tutorial: <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/get-emerald-to-work-in-ubuntu-1104.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/get-emerald-to-work-in-ubuntu-1104.html</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ ...
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2012-03-01T17:05:19.380
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58261
1
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2011-08-22T18:19:23.033
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<p>How can I create a private cloud computing environment using ubuntu; I have installed ubuntu desktop and tried converting to ubuntu-server.</p> <p>What commands or steps that i need to follow to setup a basic version of cloud computing that can be exposed to external users (internet)</p>
23706
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2011-08-23T09:31:34.903
2013-04-30T06:05:45.833
How can I create a private cloud?
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2014-07-01T15:28:06.007
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2011-08-22T19:25:29.163
1
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<p>First of all: I'm aware of this old question: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/6714/17789">iptables allow dyndns domain name and auto update rules</a> But somehow it doesn't help me.</p> <h2>The Problem</h2> <p>Iptables on my work pc are configured to <strong>drop all requests from the internet</strong> except for...
17789
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:11.537
2011-08-22T22:17:15.280
How do I add a dyndns alias to my Iptables?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Some times ago, I was faced to the same problem, and my solution was to create a <em>template</em> iptables files of rules, to modify on the basis of the current dyndns retrieved IP, then setup the tables with <code>iptable-restore</code>. The routine tested the IP periodically and u...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Some times ago, I was faced to the same problem, and my solution was to create a <em>template</em> iptables files of rules, to modify on the basis of the current dyndns retrieved IP, then setup the tables with <code>iptable-restore</code>. The routine tested the IP periodical...
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58263
1
58285
2011-08-22T19:43:02.860
5
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<p>I am new to SSH. I can connect to a remote computer. I can also launch an application on a remote computer and see its GUI on my screen.</p> <p>But I do not know how to launch an application without it producing output on my screen. </p> <p>I want to launch an application (eg. rhythmbox), and close the ssh connec...
14119
527764
2017-03-03T07:46:17.203
2023-09-01T07:32:49.077
Launch application via ssh
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T20:38:02.450", "id": "66351", "postId": "58263", "score": "2", "text": "Let me see if I've understood correctly. You want to connect from your laptop to your desktop, for instance, launch a music player which would then appear on the desktop and not on the laptop? I...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do you mean you want Rhythmbox to display onto the remote computer's screen? The screen onto which a GUI application is displayed is indicated by the <code>DISPLAY</code> environment variable. When you run <code>ssh -X</code>, <code>DISPLAY</code> is set to a value that indicates tha...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do you mean you want Rhythmbox to display onto the remote computer's screen? The screen onto which a GUI application is displayed is indicated by the <code>DISPLAY</code> environment variable. When you run <code>ssh -X</code>, <code>DISPLAY</code> is set to a value that indic...
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58265
1
58269
2011-08-22T19:47:50.250
3
1432
<p>I have a text file where each line has the format like this... </p> <p><code>25126 Akers, David</code> </p> <p>And I'm needing to put it in a format like this to insert into a database...</p> <pre><code>25126;Akers, David; </code></pre> <p>Only problem is there might be some with names having spaces like... </p>...
23733
23733
2011-08-22T20:25:46.297
2011-08-22T20:25:46.297
How can I rewrite lines in a txt file using grep [sed]?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T19:53:15.410", "id": "66336", "postId": "58265", "score": "0", "text": "Trying to make it clear:\n Does number always follow by space or can there be space in number as well?\n for e.g.\n 24 557 name, name\n \n Next does two names (fields) always separated by a comm...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>grep</code> is not suitable for such a task, because it is a search tool, but if I understand correctly the problem, you can use <code>sed</code>, as in the following example:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sed 's/^\\([0-9]\\+\\) \\(.*\\)$/\\1;\\2;/' input-file &gt;output-file\n</code></pre...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>grep</code> is not suitable for such a task, because it is a search tool, but if I understand correctly the problem, you can use <code>sed</code>, as in the following example:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sed 's/^\\([0-9]\\+\\) \\(.*\\)$/\\1;\\2;/' input-file &gt;output-file\n</co...
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1
118656
2011-08-22T20:21:54.253
2
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<p>This question is similar to others, but none of the answers was conclusive for my case.</p> <p>I have Windows XP installed on my laptop by default and later on I installed ubuntu 10.10. Grub2 is my bootloader and I can boot into both Windows and Ubuntu.</p> <p>However, recently I decided to give my Ubuntu partitio...
7361
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2012-04-03T20:00:44.170
GParted shows "unallocated" on my sda drive (parallel boot with Win XP)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T20:38:22.197", "id": "66352", "postId": "58272", "score": "1", "text": "I don't know if you've seen this, but [this person](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1038943) seems to have a suspiciously similar problem as you. Both of you have an end point one cylin...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Please follow this link <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1728998\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1728998</a>\nIn short just follow this steps:</p>\n\n<p>You need FixParts utility. You can either download the appropriate fixparts Debian fi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Please follow this link <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1728998\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1728998</a>\nIn short just follow this steps:</p>\n\n<p>You need FixParts utility. You can either download the appropriate fixparts D...
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2011-08-22T20:33:24.937
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<p>I've loaded everything suggested and almost all the multimedia apps available, and my DVD's will not play. The device is found, <code>/dev/sr0</code> as well as the required links to <code>/dev/dvd</code> (for some programs). Every lib...so has been found and installed. The codecs are current. Somethings missing ...
23736
44179
2014-03-07T21:23:07.030
2014-03-07T21:23:07.030
My DVD's Will Not Play?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-22T20:54:13.010", "id": "66356", "postId": "58274", "score": "1", "text": "can you confirm that you've tried this answer as well? http://askubuntu.com/questions/500/how-can-i-play-encrypted-dvd-movies", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14356" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had a similar problem with a DVD drive. Once I booted into Windows and played the DVDs, everything worked fine in Ubuntu. It was suggested that Windows set my drive's region, which is required to play DVDs.</p>\n\n<p>I don't know if this is the case for you, but it's easy t...
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2014-03-08T07:20:32.567
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1
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2011-08-22T21:07:16.993
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<p>There is a gedit plugin called <em>Modelines</em> and the plugin is described as</p> <blockquote> <p>Emacs, Kate and Vim-style modelines support for gedit.</p> </blockquote> <p>What are modelines? And how do they work in gedit?</p>
19490
19490
2011-09-15T18:03:02.483
2011-09-15T18:03:02.483
gedit modelines – What are they? How do they work?
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0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Modelines allow you to set preferences on a file-by-file basis, and allow you to mimic some of the preference-setting options of a few other popular editors (Vim, Emacs, and Kate).</p>\n\n<p>For example, if you have your gedit preferences set to use 4 spaces per indentation, you can ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Gedit modelines are described <a href=\"http://library.gnome.org/users/gedit/stable/gedit-plugins-modelines.html.en\">here</a>.</p>\n\n<p>In text file (in source code comments for example) you can add some configuration customization hints for the editor (like display tab as ...
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58283
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2011-08-22T21:18:23.473
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<p>Tiny yet strange issue:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ri9Q2.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>In the list of files/folders, notepad++ running in Wine completely ignores the last character. Other than that it works perfectly under Wine, so this is very strange to me. Also a quick google d...
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11481
2011-08-22T22:11:19.340
2011-08-22T22:38:58.350
why doesnt notepad++ in Wine display the filenames properly?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Possibly a corruption in your wine install.</p>\n\n<p>To test this, temporarily move your current wine folder to a backup and recreate a new wine folder</p>\n\n<pre><code>mv ~/.wine ~/.wine_backup\nwinecfg\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>then reinstall notepad++</p>\n\n<pre><code>wine n...
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2014-07-26T03:49:23.993
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2011-08-22T21:41:50.143
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<p>I have Ubuntu 11.04 on my Lenovo Edge 13 with i3-380UM processor (with integrated graphics). After sleep/hibenate video is really choppy. After reboot all playack is fine. Any ideas? Thank in advance.</p>
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2011-08-26T21:04:06.373
2012-07-21T03:23:53.610
Slow video after sleep on an Lenovo Edge 13
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-26T19:08:29.507", "id": "67070", "postId": "58286", "score": "0", "text": "I think it is lack of RAM, or lack of memory in the GPU. because it can't cache the whole playback.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10698" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've found solution - new drivers from <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/x-updates</a>. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/50554/does-11-04-support-sandy-brid...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Might be a compiz issue. Try pressing <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F2</kbd> and run <code>compiz --replace</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-25T17:01:28.580", "id": "66845", "postId": "58291", "s...
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2011-08-22T22:40:47.723
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<p>I'm currently testing Ubuntu 11.10 and I LOVE it. The only thing that really bugs me is how Banshee doesn't have a dark toolbar, yet Rhythmbox does. Imo it really integrates it much better..</p> <p>Rhythmbox:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AfHX4.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Banshee:...
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2011-08-22T22:45:53.033
2011-08-23T04:32:28.670
Why doesn't Banshee have a dark toolbar like Rhythmbox does?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Banshee's toolbar looks different because its toolbar color is hard-coded. This was initially coded in the days when it wasn't popular for gtk themes to set custom colors for the toolbar. It was done to help the resize grip widgets (and possible other custom icons and widgets) blen...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is not on official answer, but some creative guesswork on my part: Banshee uses Mono, which has always had issues integrating 100% with the GTK theme. Therefore, to get to to look right in the GTK2 days, it required an rc file (which is like a theme for one program). As ...
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58295
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2011-08-22T23:13:14.440
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<p>While I was importing photos from a SD card in Shotwell, my laptop has crashed (shutdown because of over-heating). Now, I can no longer launch Shotwell:</p> <pre><code>$ shotwell ** ERROR:x86_64-linux-gnu/db/VersionTable.c:104:version_table_construct: assertion failed: (res == SQLITE_OK) </code></pre> <p>If I move...
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2012-07-09T13:33:45.987
2012-07-09T13:33:45.987
How can I restore a corrupted Shotwell db?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Shotwell's database can be corrupted due to kernel panics and loss of power.</p>\n\n<p>With Shotwell 0.10 or above, the database is automatically backed up every time the program exits; in the worst case, you'd end up losing any work since you started the program.</p>\n\n<p>Unfortuna...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can check the integrity of your database with the following command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ sqlite3 photo.db\nSQLite version 3.7.4\nEnter \".help\" for instructions\nEnter SQL statements terminated with a \";\"\nsqlite&gt; pragma integrity_check;\nok\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If ...
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2011-08-22T23:49:53.197
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<p>I am setting up a LAMP server, and am looking at using a spare 32bit box I have.</p>
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2011-08-23T04:16:01.453
Would the 32bit version of server be any more or less stable than the 64bit version?
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[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-27T22:57:58.093", "id": "126988", "postId": "58297", "score": "0", "text": "This is subjective, but no. I run all my Ubuntu servers as 32, since I don't have a 64 machine I can use as a server.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6005" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>no difference in stability. it theoretically won't have access to as much memory (but running it on 32 bit hardware means you don't have that much anyway) and slightly slower for programs optimised for 64 bit architectures, but a lamp stack will run fine.</p>\n\n<p>i only jus...
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2012-02-27T22:58:02.460
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2011-08-22T23:58:14.103
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<p>I just upgraded my computer to: AMD x4 955, Mobo: MSI 970a-G45 AM#3+ socket, GPU: XFX ATI 6870. </p> <p>After I upgraded I reinstalled 11.04. Now whenever I go to any live streaming media site like justin.tv or ustream for example, it is never a good stream. It is constantly choppy and stalls. I've run speed ...
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2011-09-19T20:24:28.003
2011-09-19T20:24:28.003
After computer upgrade streaming media is choppy
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>30 kb/s or even 30 kB/s is not enough speed to stream videos continuously. You will have to pause a video as soon as it starts buffering and wait for it to buffer for a while before you play it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": nu...
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2011-08-23T00:06:23.070
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<p>I just want a "guru's opinion" on the best way to deal with those pesky little "singleton" debs that you don't get out of any APT repo. For example google-chrome (I know they finally made a repo), virtualbox, and unstable WINE. I'm actually using debian testing (wheezy) now, and I particularly miss wine and emerald....
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2011-08-24T00:17:50.690
What is the best way to deal with local DEB packages (i.e. ones not installed from repos)?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The answer is, APT repositories are the elegant solution. If a distributor does not have an APT repository, yes, you will need to script fetching each package and generate the packages.gz file for the local directory repository. The biggest issue is fetching the package - since there...
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2012-01-03T17:16:02.597
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2011-08-23T00:16:35.923
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<p>I have a little problem, I touched something related to alsa on the software center, becuase there was a corrupted package that I tried to install (alsa-conexant... or something like this)</p> <p>After removing it, the sound stop working, now at the taskbar it does not show the sound notification.</p> <p>I can ace...
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2014-10-28T21:02:16.500
Sound stop working
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may have removed a package or two too many. Make sure the ubuntu-desktop package is installed, and if not, install it.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-08-23T16:02:51....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may have removed a package or two too many. Make sure the ubuntu-desktop package is installed, and if not, install it.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011...
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58302
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2011-08-23T00:37:41.740
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<p>I have just set up my new system by creating three partitions on a whole hard disk (<code>/boot</code>, <code>/home</code>, <code>swap</code> and <code>/</code>). I saw <a href="http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/05/04/manual-disk-partitioning-guide-for-ubuntu-11-04/"><strong>this</strong></a> article and now I am getti...
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2014-09-14T15:19:19.890
2014-09-14T15:19:19.890
I get a "serious errors while checking the disk drives for /boot" error while booting
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The message says some errors were found on the filesystem which <strong>fsck</strong> is afraid to fix automatically, so you need to do it manually. To do this, press <strong>M</strong> when it prompts you - this will drop you into a emergency root console. From there you'll be able ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The message says some errors were found on the filesystem which <strong>fsck</strong> is afraid to fix automatically, so you need to do it manually. To do this, press <strong>M</strong> when it prompts you - this will drop you into a emergency root console. From there you'll ...
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2011-08-23T01:22:14.980
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<p>I have downloaded over 7000 ebooks from Project Gutenburg, but I have an issue. Each book has been placed in its own zip file, and each zip file has been given its own folder. My problem is that I do not want to have to go through each file and unzip them and put the ebooks in one place manually. If I can get the zi...
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2012-02-29T16:53:19.240
2015-02-21T09:10:48.860
retrieving contents of multiple subfolders, and move them into single folder
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Do you have experience using wildcards? you could do something like</p>\n\n<pre><code>mv common_part_of_folder_name*/*.zip .\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>where the asterisk symbol basically means \"anything\". If you only have the gutenberg in your directory, you can just run</p>\n\n...
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2011-08-23T03:06:37.970
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<p>How can I download a specified directory and all it's files from an FTP server (requiring username+password)?</p>
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2015-08-04T18:37:08.430
Download remote FTP directory
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>My personal preference is <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/filezilla\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><code>filezilla</code></a>.</p>\n\n<p>You can install it from the repositories by typing <code>sudo apt-get install filezilla</code>.</p>\n\n<p>It's quite stable and with plenty of fea...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>My personal preference is <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/filezilla\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><code>filezilla</code></a>.</p>\n\n<p>You can install it from the repositories by typing <code>sudo apt-get install filezilla</code>.</p>\n\n<p>It's quite stable and with plent...
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63061
2011-08-23T04:22:55.590
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<p>I installed versions 2.6.38~10 and 2.6.38~11 of the Linux kernel via <code>apt-get</code> and unfortunately neither one boots at all. As soon as I select the kernel in GRUB, the kernel panics and the CAPS LOCK key flashes. The latest version of the kernel that I have that boots is 2.6.38~8.</p> <p>I have tried edit...
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2011-09-26T12:36:22.777
My kernel won't boot. What steps should I take?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I had something similar to your case. Try the following:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Boot 2.6.38~11 with recovery mode.</li>\n<li>From the recovery menu, choose \"drop to shell with i-net access\" (or something similar)</li>\n<li>type in the terminal: <code>telinit 3</code> to switch to runlev...
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2011-08-23T04:47:32.323
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<p>I want to build the Empathy in Ubuntu 11.04. When I follow the build process,</p> <pre><code> ./autogen.sh </code></pre> <p>The shell said to me that </p> <pre><code>libtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4' checking for autoconf &gt;= 2.53... testing autoconf2.50... not found. testing autoconf... found 2.67 c...
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2012-03-13T05:17:50.053
2013-10-21T16:56:36.700
How do I install glib?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I recommend you search for available ppa's if you want to just checkout the newer empathy than you have. I think this <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~telepathy/+archive/ppa\" rel=\"nofollow\">ppa</a> is the best bet Or just do this</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa...
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2011-08-23T06:13:22.307
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<p>How I can safely upgrade gcc compiler v 4.4.3 to 4.6.1 under Ubuntu 10.04? </p> <p>I tried:</p> <pre><code>$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyrin...
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2017-03-20T13:04:07.023
2017-03-20T13:04:07.023
How I can update gcc from v 4.4.3 to 4.6.1?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The particular PPA you have pointed to in your question will update your GCC compiler from v4.4 to v4.5.</p>\n\n<p>N.B. You need to run <code>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get upgrade</code> to uplift to this later version.</p>\n\n<p>On launchpad I have found this <...
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2011-08-23T06:50:37.957
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<p>I have a newest generation hp dm4 (the trackpad and mouse buttons are separate, unlike in the previous generation). The trackpad works fine in windows, but in Ubuntu the mouse is erratic and non responsive. By going up and down on the trackpad, I can sort of get the cursor to go left and right, and thats it. I think...
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2011-09-19T20:24:29.843
2015-10-08T06:44:40.013
trackpad non functional for newest hp pavilion dm4
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you tried changing any of the mouse settings? You can read some of the info here and see if it helps <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticsTouchpad\" rel=\"nofollow\">Synaptics Touchpad</a> or if that doesn't help there's some more advanced debugging techn...
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2011-08-23T07:05:04.437
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<p>On trying to clean my system of unneeded packages via sudo apt-get autoremove it prompts me to remove kdelibs-data. I'm obviously running Kubuntu, Natty that is, and am wondering if this isn't a bug since from what the package manager tells me this is a very much necessary package for many other packages in Kubuntu/...
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2011-10-12T19:23:37.837
System suggests removal of kdelibs-data on sudo autoremove
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The kdelibs-data /1/ is/was part of the KDE 3.5 desktop. If you have installed \"old\" applications that need the support of the KDE 3.5 then you need the kdelibs-data.</p>\n\n<p>If you are only using the KDE 4 apps then you don't need the kdelibs-data.</p>\n\n<p>The KDE 4 is...
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2011-08-23T08:01:52.257
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<p>I have a NTFS partition, and I want to share a folder, but I want to manage the access of the subfolders, for example this folder contains 20 subfolders, the desktop users have access to only 10 subfolders. How can I manage this? How can I control a NTFS partition at all?</p>
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2011-08-23T08:16:01.960
2011-08-24T06:26:33.137
NTFS file-system sharing control
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can mount the NTFS partition with read-write permissions for root only</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mount -o fmask=0177,dmask=0077 /dev/sdaX /media/root-view\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>where <code>/dev/sdaX</code> is the NTFS partition device, and <code>/media/root-view</code> is a mountpoin...
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2011-08-23T08:15:52.823
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/247/whats-your-recommendation-on-drive-partitioning-schemes-for-a-desktop-and-home-s">What&#39;s your recommendation on drive partitioning schemes for a desktop and home server?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>This threa...
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2017-04-13T12:23:29.370
2011-08-23T08:56:21.317
standard partitioning scheme for ubuntu home user
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>two primary partitions as follows:</p>\n\n<p>1) main, including root, boot and home\n most of the disk used except the space for the swap in (2)\n ext4\n this should be set as bootable and root</p>\n\n<p>2) swap partition\n i've used double the amount of ram for my machine (e...
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2011-08-25T13:04:43.193
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2011-08-23T08:43:30.847
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<p>I've recently installed Guake and like it a lot. I'd like to set it as my preferred terminal application. That is, when I right-click on a bash script file, click "Open", and choose "Run in Terminal", I want it to open in a new Guake tab.</p> <p>I'm not sure where to set Guake as the preferred app for "Run in Termi...
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2017-04-13T12:24:11.537
2014-11-09T18:45:32.853
How to set Guake as preferred terminal emulator for "Run in Terminal"?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could probably enjoy running <code>gconf-editor</code> — or maybe even <code>dconf-editor</code> since 12.04, — and navigate directly to the <code>org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal</code> key:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/FE4yf.png\" alt=\"...
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2011-08-23T09:03:51.227
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<p>I'm trying to generate a configuration file for xfce4-xkb-plugin from source and I get this error:</p> <pre><code>alex@alex:~/Repos/xfce4-xkb-plugin$ sudo ./autogen.sh Preparing package directory /home/alex/Repos/xfce4-xkb-plugin... Running glib-gettextize --force --copy... Copying file mkinstalldirs Copying file ...
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2011-08-23T11:53:04.343
2011-08-23T22:57:40.680
Failed to generate a configuration file for xfce4-xkb-plugin from source
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can safely ignore the \"Please add...\" message. It is benign.</p>\n\n<p>The important bit is the last message. Confirm that /usr/share/aclocal/intltool.m4 exists and that the m4 local directory exists.</p>\n\n<p>As an aside, it's unusual to run autogen.sh with sudo, though tha...
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2011-08-23T09:17:42.097
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<p>We have an app in node.js , we are using startup for starting and stoping. but we want to implement monit for monitoring the app. so what i have done is</p> <p>Installed Monit. Changed configure file . </p> <p>here is my config file .</p> <pre><code>check host statupprogramwith address 68.178.232.100 start "...
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2011-08-23T09:35:16.873
2011-08-23T09:35:16.873
how to check node.js application with monit
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2011-08-23T11:04:35.360
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<p>I am on a 32bit Ubuntu System and as we know there is a memory limitation of 3.5GB at most. Is there a possibility to take advantage of the rest of the memory on my system (I have 8gb) by running vmware player and giving like 3gb to the system running in the player?? </p> <ul> <li>My cpu is AMD Phenom II X6 1090T</...
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2011-08-23T13:54:35.407
2011-08-23T16:34:03.970
Memory limitations of 32bit systems
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may use PAE version of linux kernel to access more than 3.5GB of memory on 32-bit system.</p>\n\n<p>For this, you need to install \"linux-generic-pae\" package either from synaptic or by issuing the following command in terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install linux-gener...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may use PAE version of linux kernel to access more than 3.5GB of memory on 32-bit system.</p>\n\n<p>For this, you need to install \"linux-generic-pae\" package either from synaptic or by issuing the following command in terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install lin...
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2011-08-23T11:15:54.123
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<p>After a tip from OMG!Ubuntu! I added a PPA and installed a programmes. I'm very happy with the programme and would like to review it in the Software Centre. Unfortunately, I get the message 'Failed to submit review' all the time (I have a working internet connection).</p> <p>Hence my question: Is it possible to rev...
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Can I review programs from PPAs in the Software Center?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've tried to review program installed from PPA and got same error.</p>\n\n<p>I've also found this bugreport: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/792017\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cannot review software updated from PPA</a> </p>\n\n<p>A notable qoute from...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've tried to review program installed from PPA and got same error.</p>\n\n<p>I've also found this bugreport: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/792017\" rel=\"nofollow\">Cannot review software updated from PPA</a> </p>\n\n<p>A notable qo...
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