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2011-08-31T01:17:44.000
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<p>We are a small company and we have a help desk service to support our clients. We want to use Skype to provide voice live support. This is the easy part. What we need also, is to be able to record some of the conversations for training purposes.</p> <p>What is the best way to implement such solution? We have a low ...
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2015-08-02T14:34:41.833
2018-03-22T13:42:46.203
How can I record Skype conversations?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://atdot.ch/scr/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Skype Call Recorder.</a> It can</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Record calls to MP3, Ogg Vorbis or WAV files</li>\n<li>Automatic and manual recording</li>\n<li>Configure automatic recording on per-caller basis</li>\n<li>Split stereo reco...
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2011-08-31T01:23:46.047
1
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<p>I sometimes find that when I run a process that I know uses up a great deal of system resources, it terminates unexpectedly. Is this because it becomes unresponsive, or is it because Ubuntu can't cope with the demands? Is there a way to circumvent this, for example, by increasing the virtual memory? If so, how?</...
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2011-08-31T08:22:33.763
Premature Termination of Processes
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's likely the resources issue: out of memory. When Ubuntu runs our of memory, the OOM killer kicks in and kills some processes until it has enough memory again. If your program consumes loads of memory, perhaps there is a bug in it. (e.g. it would not make sense to take 500MB for r...
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59356
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2011-08-31T01:52:45.087
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<p>How do I configure Ubuntu to input Chinese?</p>
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2012-08-09T16:28:39.040
2021-12-28T15:39:17.100
How do I get Chinese input to work?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<ol>\n<li><p>click dash home, search for \"language support\"</p></li>\n<li><p>click \"install/remove language\" and add Chinese</p></li>\n<li><p>click dash home, search for \"keyboard input method\"</p></li>\n<li><p>under \"input method\",add Chinese input method</p></li>\n<li>...
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59358
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2011-08-31T02:28:40.043
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<p>Due to some issues I've had with VirtualBox, I recently switched to using Qemu, with the Qemulator GUI, and all has been well when playing with Linux virtual machines.</p> <p>However, due to needs from my very-Microsoft-married school, I need to install Windows 7, but I'm having a problem. The Win7 installer is onl...
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2013-04-27T04:27:09.980
Windows 7 and Qemulator
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't know about your problem, but I successfully installed Win7 on qemu with this command:<br></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n win7 -r 2048 --vcpus=2 -f\n win7.qcow2 -s 30 -c\n win7.iso --vnc --noautoconsole\n --os-type windows --os-variant wi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't know about your problem, but I successfully installed Win7 on qemu with this command:<br></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>virt-install --connect qemu:///system -n win7 -r 2048 --vcpus=2 -f\n win7.qcow2 -s 30 -c\n win7.iso --vnc --noautoconsole\n --os-type windows --os-va...
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59359
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59376
2011-08-31T02:42:01.333
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<p>I tried to dual boot Ubuntu and fedora, but now I am unable to boot into my Ubuntu installation. Here is the situation I had Ubuntu installed already on <code>/dev/sda2</code> and I resized it to create another partition <code>/dev/sda3</code> . I installed fedora 15 on <code>/dev/sda3</code> . Now I can boot into f...
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2011-08-31T06:50:27.713
Unable to boot into Ubuntu after Ubuntu-Fedora Dual Boot
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Fedora 15 still uses grub legacy for boot, and it overwrites Ubuntu's Grub 2 boot loader and menu. And Grub legacy does not find Ubuntu install out-of-the-box.</p>\n\n<p>To restore Ubuntu's boot, all you have to do is <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/27155\">re-install grub2...
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59360
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2011-08-31T03:09:54.753
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<p>I think that I would prefer to use Unity 2d. Is there a way during a clean install to choose 2d instead of the 3d even though my hardware would support 3d? My main applications that I use are for graphic design and photography and need all the resources I can when working with large files and/or large number of phot...
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2011-10-23T00:17:10.410
Install Unity 2d as default to save much needed resources
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2011-08-31T04:56:20.853
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<p>I have one admin account and recently I have accidentally added myself to a single group (<code>usermod -G</code> without <code>-a</code>). </p> <p>So, I am not in the sudoers file any more. However, it is not possible to log in to root by default on Ubuntu. Do I <a href="http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/resetpassw...
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2014-01-29T12:08:46.377
2021-04-10T15:18:38.513
I accidentally removed myself from sudoers, how can I fix this?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No need to reset root password (well, technically, Ubuntu's root does not even <em>have</em> a password). Do this:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Reboot your PC</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>In Grub's OS selection screen, choose &quot;Ubuntu xxxx - <em>recovery mode</em>&quot;</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Now you hav...
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2014-10-20T03:34:09.483
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2011-08-31T05:33:32.403
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<p>Recently, one of my ISPs DNS servers got into trouble. To quote the support desk personnel it "wasn't completely down so connections were just infinitely slow". My application was down for a couple of hours, as it couldn't connect to critical services on other machines.</p> <p>While I have redundant DNS servers in ...
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2013-02-14T18:57:45.000
Protecting against (infinitely) slow DNS servers
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can try changing your DNS servers with Google's ones. It might be unfeasible if your ISP blocks external DNS queries, though.</p>\n\n<p>I suggest you install a local DNS forwarding/caching nameserver such as <code>pdnsd</code>, which is highly configurable. Then you put <code>nam...
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2011-08-31T05:56:59.070
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<p>I bought a new desktop and installed Windows 7 first. I am now trying to instal Ubuntu 11.04, but it doesn't see my partions corectly.</p> <p>Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.</p> <p>Here is the windows setup: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/pw1sB.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>What live ...
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2012-06-25T16:13:31.253
2012-06-25T16:13:31.253
Ubuntu doesn't see my partitions correctly
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your harddisk is using the <em>Dynamic Disk</em> Format, which is not compatible with Linux and some Windows Version (Home Editions). Windows allows you to convert every disk to a <em>Dynamic Disk</em> but not back to a <em>Basic Disk</em>. <em>Dynamic Disk</em> format is used to pro...
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2011-08-31T06:07:34.763
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<p>When I'm specifying arguments to the <code>mv</code> or <code>cp</code> commands at the command line and I hit <code>tab</code> to autocomplete the argument, it lists the argument without special characters escaped. For instance, it lists <code>ajax-loader(1).gif</code> literally when it should list it as <code>ajax...
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2011-08-31T06:16:53.313
2011-12-08T01:39:04.350
Command line autocomplete no longer escapes special characters on certain operations
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2011-08-31T06:33:21.740
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<p>My wireless USB keyboard is not recognised by GRUB loader, but I use to wait for 10 seconds and Ubuntu was started since it is default in the boot menu.</p> <p>This morning, no 10 seconds countdown was performed and I was unable to boot, I just stuck in the GRUB menu.</p> <p>I took PS2 keyboard, connected it and b...
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2012-03-06T05:25:26.177
GRUB loader and USB keyboard
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>OP answered the question in a comment</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>I turned USB keyboard support in my BIOS and now keyboard works in GRUB</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": "2012-03-06T05:25:26.177", "contentLicense...
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2011-08-31T06:38:43.553
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<p>I see a lot of material about it, but mostly very much outdated regarding a Tracker plugin for Thunderbird. There definitely does not seem to be anything official.</p> <p>What is the best/recommended way, if there is any, to get Tracker to search my Thunderbird mail?</p>
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2011-08-31T06:38:43.553
Tracker search for Thunderbird mail?
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<p>My home directory is encrypted with <code>ecryptfs</code>. I booted and logged in straight into root. Root see my home directory before I log in, but it shouldn't, and it wasn't that transparent.</p> <p>However, when I check <code>/home</code>, the <code>/myusername/.ecryptfs</code> folder is there normally, and so...
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2017-01-31T14:14:10.397
2017-01-31T14:14:10.397
Why encrypted $HOME files showing to root, how to make it hidden again?
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2011-08-31T07:30:01.777
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<ol> <li><p>I encrypted my swap with ecryptfs, but sometimes when I boot during the splash screen it says the swap is not encrypted, then it disappears. How can I check if it is encrypted?</p></li> <li><p>Only my $HOME files are encrypted. What can be done about the information that leaks into system directories like /...
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2011-08-31T08:58:46.123
2012-02-17T16:49:34.560
Ensure swap encryption, add /var encryption, full HD encryption
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59383
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2011-08-31T07:36:24.653
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<p>If I have a video, normally avi, but could be any, and I want to create another one in the same format but just a part, the position <em>i</em> seconds to <em>f</em> seconds into the video, what is the one-line command to do this?</p>
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2011-09-01T09:34:45.843
2020-12-07T05:38:09.353
Extract part of a video with a one-line command
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2011-08-31T07:42:51.793
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<p>Is there any advantage in converting all mp3 to ogg, besides ogg being an open format? Any disadvantages? Is all metadata kept during conversion?</p> <p>Edited, because of @N.N. suggestion. Here are the links to the separate questions:</p> <p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/59391/what-is-the-maximum-audio...
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2017-04-13T12:23:44.520
2013-09-02T14:04:35.887
Advantages of mp3 to ogg
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2011-08-31T07:55:21.017
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<p>I'm using Oneric and I was rather impressed by the Unity modal dialog addon. After a few upgrades it was gone. Where did it go? Or is there any way of getting it back?</p>
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2011-09-01T08:09:35.563
2011-09-01T08:09:35.563
Where did the Unity modal dialogs go?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It has been decided that the Unity dialogs are not ready for prime time. They won't ship in Ubuntu 11.10 (see <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/1:0.9.5.0-0ubuntu2\" rel=\"nofollow\">this changlog</a>).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityO...
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2011-08-31T08:33:41.343
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<p>How can I extract text from images?</p> <p>I am not talking about scanned files, but garden variety images, such as when you take a high-def picture of a blackboard at class, and it is nicely handwritten; or when you photograph a page from a recipe book and want the recipe in text format.</p> <p>Any free and open ...
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2020-08-03T08:07:22.927
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How can I extract text from images?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The act of extracting text from images is called <code>OCR</code> and Ubuntu has a wiki page dedicated to <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OCR\">OCR</a>. From that page:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Available OCR tools</strong></p>\n\n<p>The Ubuntu Universe repositories contain the f...
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59390
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59397
2011-08-31T08:45:26.207
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<p>Short and precise: I would like to install and activate the most recent proprietary NVIDIA drivers from the repositories without using Jockey. How can I do that?</p>
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2011-10-14T17:52:27.423
How to install and activate NVIDIA drivers without Jockey?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In terminal you can install nvidia drivers by typing the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install nvidia-current\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-08-31T09:09:...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In terminal you can install nvidia drivers by typing the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install nvidia-current\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": ...
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59391
1
59400
2011-08-31T08:46:45.373
4
18484
<p>Some audio bitrates go as high as 256kbps. But I have listen to very very clear music with 92kbps. I became suspicious that beyond a certain bitrate of x kbps the average human ear cannot tell the difference at all. What is x? </p> <p>Though the question is not ubuntu specific, it came up because of a ogg open-form...
24168
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:20.177
2019-12-09T01:36:35.500
What is the maximum audio bitrate humans can distinguish?
[ "sound", "music" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2016-09-11T13:23:41.283", "id": "1251058", "postId": "59391", "score": "0", "text": "MestreLion has provided a good answer to your question already, however he focuses more from the IT perspective, therefore neglecting the other determining factor - it also depends a lot on wh...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Bit rate <em>per se</em> is not distinguishable because it's not a measurement of the audio information that we hear. It's the size of information <em>after</em> the encoder removes what it considers inaudible (and thus, \"disposable\" with no or minimum perceived quality loss).</p>\...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hydrogenaudio's forum</a> has done several ABX tests on this issue. Most people can't <em>consistently</em> tell the difference between uncompressed source material and compressed files in the ~160kbps VBR rang...
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2011-08-31T14:09:34.430
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59392
1
59410
2011-08-31T08:52:24.403
4
4721
<p>I can save space by reducing bitrates of songs to x*, the value beyond which humans don't discern any difference. If so, how to reduce the bitrates with CLI:</p> <pre><code> 1. mp3 to mp3 conversion 2. during mp3 to ogg conversion 3. ogg to ogg conversion </code></pre> <p>Of course, if the original bitrate is in...
24168
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:38.577
2011-08-31T20:22:44.953
Reducing bitrate in conversion of mp3 and ogg
[ "sound", "music", "mp3" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T10:54:11.677", "id": "67827", "postId": "59392", "score": "0", "text": "Are you aware of the difference between (1) quality loss due to lower bitrate, and (2) quality loss due to reenconding transcoding? The difference is great and the quality loss of the latter is ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do not do this. Transcoding from a lossy format to another lossy format will <em>only decrease</em> quality. You won't save any meaningful space. No matter if it is from mp3 to mp3, ogg to ogg or mp3 to ogg. You <em>will</em> lose quality. They are called <em>lossy</em> formats for a...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Do not do this. Transcoding from a lossy format to another lossy format will <em>only decrease</em> quality. You won't save any meaningful space. No matter if it is from mp3 to mp3, ogg to ogg or mp3 to ogg. You <em>will</em> lose quality. They are called <em>lossy</em> forma...
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59404
1
59405
2011-08-31T10:00:29.767
2
6239
<p>I am trying to run a test case via automation testing (sahi) , so I am running it repeatedly after 1 hour (via crontab).<br> What I want is that <strong>whenever my test case fails i should receive the email otherwise not.</strong> Right now I am receiving mail whether it passes or fails.<br> In short, can I send ma...
24170
24170
2012-04-01T20:12:20.130
2012-04-01T20:12:20.130
How to control output from crontab?
[ "command-line", "cron" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Pipelineing works in cron just as well as in bash. You could pipe the output to a script, that examines it and sends the mail. Or even easier use grep:</p>\n\n<pre><code># in /etc/crontab\n\nMAILTO=a.b@c.de\nSHELL=/bin/bash\n\n# m h dom mon dow user command\n30 * * * * co...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Pipelineing works in cron just as well as in bash. You could pipe the output to a script, that examines it and sends the mail. Or even easier use grep:</p>\n\n<pre><code># in /etc/crontab\n\nMAILTO=a.b@c.de\nSHELL=/bin/bash\n\n# m h dom mon dow user command\n30 * * * ...
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59408
1
59412
2011-08-31T10:37:24.403
2
1620
<p>I have workstation with 160GB HDD capacity.<br> I have partitioned it with: </p> <ol> <li>40GB -- for OS(Ubuntu) Installation </li> <li>40GB -- for my personal data, and </li> <li>80GB -- for all other (public) data. </li> </ol> <p>I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 on 1st partition. </p> <p><strong>Confusion :</...
24177
134729
2013-03-18T20:11:32.480
2013-03-18T20:11:32.480
How to make secondary partition accessible to me (and root) only
[ "security", "users", "accessibility" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's rather easy to do: set the directory where your disc is mounted to your username and usergroup. Only users that are that username or are part of that usergroup and of course <code>root</code> will have access. So lets assume you gave this disc (during installation) a mountpoint ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's rather easy to do: set the directory where your disc is mounted to your username and usergroup. Only users that are that username or are part of that usergroup and of course <code>root</code> will have access. So lets assume you gave this disc (during installation) a mou...
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59409
1
null
2011-08-31T10:41:50.153
2
3026
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/58767/keyboard-sticks-randomly">Keyboard sticks randomly</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>My laptop keyboard has gone crazy. When I type something on it, it's like I hammered the keys. Example: hello myyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy n...
24178
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:08.843
2011-08-31T23:13:38.480
Laptop keyboard has gone crazy
[ "keyboard" ]
1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Since there are now <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/58767/keyboard-sticks-randomly\">two related posts on this</a> I'm guessing it's a bug. A simple workaround would be to turn off repeated key presses. </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <ol>\n <li>Click the icon at the very...
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2011-09-01T02:01:12.940
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59411
1
null
2011-08-31T11:34:12.810
1
866
<p>I want to add a starter for the <em>gnome-control-center in Docky</em> (This is possible in Linux Mint by default. The gnome-control-center behaves like an app.)</p> <p>However, I'm using Ubuntu 10.04.3 &amp; Docky v2.2.0. I can only open the gnome-control-center via terminal.</p> <p>Is there a GUI I can install? ...
24181
14356
2011-08-31T18:20:52.293
2011-08-31T21:00:00.910
Adding a starter for gnome-control-center in docky
[ "10.04", "gnome", "gui", "docky" ]
1
6
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T11:38:19.873", "id": "67841", "postId": "59411", "score": "0", "text": "Start gnome-settings-manager via the terminal - this will appear as an icon in Docky. Right click the icon and pin it to docky. Am I missing some understanding in your question?", "userDis...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The version you have indicated for Docky probably has come from the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~docky-core/+archive/ppa\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Docky Developers PPA</a>.</p>\n\n<p>As the developers them-selves say - this is unstable - and what you have found is a b...
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59416
1
59417
2011-08-30T11:35:27.563
3
84
<p>I have a low-end PC am tired of Windows so I tried to install Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat on my system. I really don't know what's wrong.</p> <p>After I booted my system with the LiveCD that I got from shipit, my system froze and after almost 5 minues, its default wallpaper comes an error comes right on the face!...
22512
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2011-08-31T12:31:56.307
2011-08-31T12:31:56.307
Cannot install Maverick Meerkat
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1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-30T12:19:43.523", "id": "67857", "postId": "59416", "score": "0", "text": "Have you tried running memtest86+ to see if your RAM is good?", "userDisplayName": "sbtkd85", "userId": null }, { "creationDate": "2011-08-30T19:58:31.803", "id": "67858", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you look at <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements</a> you will see that recommended minimum system requirements of Ubuntu are 512 MiB of system memory (RAM)</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you look at <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements</a> you will see that recommended minimum system requirements of Ubuntu are 512 MiB of system memory...
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Amin Ajani
59419
1
null
2011-08-31T12:47:04.387
1
1203
<p>I am trying to change the path in whole lot of m3u files. I know I can do it with regexxer f.e. but I'm trying to learn bash.</p> <p>This is the command I figured out, but it is not working.</p> <p><code>grep -lr -i -e 'M:\\' * | xargs -0 sed -i 's/M:\\/T:\\/g'</code></p> <p>I suspect, but only suspect, it is due...
24139
24139
2011-09-04T08:14:54.093
2012-02-24T07:21:52.337
how to use grep in a conditional search previous to a sed text replace command
[ "bash", "grep", "special-characters", "filename", "sed" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T16:45:53.310", "id": "67909", "postId": "59419", "score": "0", "text": "First of all `-0` option to `xargs` is wrong here, because it means the `grep` should send filenames separated by a NUL, which is not true (ok, it could be obtained by some grep option). Second,...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This did the trick:</p>\n\n<p>to change the windows path <code>M:\\</code> to the mount point in Ubuntu <code>media/MODERNE MUZIEK</code></p>\n\n<pre><code>find -iname '*.m3u' -print0 | \n xargs -0 sed -i 's/M:\\\\//\\/media\\/MODERNE\\ MUZIEK\\//g'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>to...
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59425
1
59453
2011-08-31T14:08:32.340
11
10807
<p>I'd like to use <code>badblocks</code> to check my new drive for bad blocks, but I'm not sure how to choose the values for block size and number of blocks to test in parallel. The man page just says:</p> <blockquote> <p><code>-b block-size</code> Specify the size of blocks in bytes. The default is 1024.</p> <p><cod...
3037
-1
2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2017-11-27T13:30:55.173
How do I choose the right parameters when using badblocks?
[ "hardware", "hard-drive" ]
2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T14:46:50.867", "id": "67890", "postId": "59425", "score": "1", "text": "Just as an estimate, I've run a badblocks scan on my 2TB drive with default options and it took about 6 hours. Hopefully someone will help you cut that down.", "userDisplayName": null, "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since your drive has a 4096 byte physical sector size, you want to use <code>-b 4096</code>. I don't think the -c argument makes much difference, so just leave it alone.</p>\n\n<p>Also the drive's internal SMART test is better and faster than badblocks, so using smartmontools or the...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since your drive has a 4096 byte physical sector size, you want to use <code>-b 4096</code>. I don't think the -c argument makes much difference, so just leave it alone.</p>\n\n<p>Also the drive's internal SMART test is better and faster than badblocks, so using smartmontool...
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59426
1
59430
2011-08-31T14:22:47.967
3
2356
<p>I've had a problem for quite some time now. When I boot up my Ubuntu 11.04 it just won't load X. It works when I first load in failsafe mode and then restart X, however this is a quite annoying procedure to go through every time I start my computer. </p> <p>What I've found in my Xorg.1.log that looks suspicious is ...
24192
14356
2012-06-05T20:24:06.990
2012-06-05T20:24:06.990
black screen when booting whereas failsafe mode works
[ "11.04", "nvidia", "xorg" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would have expected the log <code>Xorg.0.log</code> to be used for trouble-shooting.</p>\n\n<p>Here is a suggestion. Try moving to one-side the xorg.conf file and rebooting.</p>\n\n<p>Then rerun nvidia-settings.</p>\n\n<p>i.e.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would have expected the log <code>Xorg.0.log</code> to be used for trouble-shooting.</p>\n\n<p>Here is a suggestion. Try moving to one-side the xorg.conf file and rebooting.</p>\n\n<p>Then rerun nvidia-settings.</p>\n\n<p>i.e.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /...
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59431
1
61133
2011-08-31T15:07:58.983
2
313
<p>Half of the time when I boot up my laptop it enters Gnome Classic fallback mode and all 3d graphics are disabled. If I log out and log back in, then it will enter Unity properly and 3d effects will be returned to normal. </p> <p>Some notes:</p> <ul> <li><p>This seems to occur slightly more often on a cold boot, bu...
13498
527764
2017-05-22T21:45:15.837
2017-05-22T21:45:15.837
System boots in fallback mode half of the time
[ "unity", "nvidia", "graphics", "11.04" ]
1
6
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Solution was to upgrade my Nvidia graphics driver to a more recent version. I don't suggest this unless you are experiencing this problem, however the new driver is working perfectly for me and seems to have fixed this issue. </p>\n\n<p>To properly add a more recent nvidia driver:</p...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Solution was to upgrade my Nvidia graphics driver to a more recent version. I don't suggest this unless you are experiencing this problem, however the new driver is working perfectly for me and seems to have fixed this issue. </p>\n\n<p>To properly add a more recent nvidia dr...
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59432
1
null
2011-08-31T15:39:38.563
11
49187
<p>I have a file containing my personal details (.txt). How can I via the terminal copy only a few details from the file and put those into a new <code>.txt</code> file?</p> <p>For example, if this is the content of the file:</p> <pre><code>name : farah age : 23 phone number : 0123 education : degree </code></pre> <...
24193
527764
2018-04-27T16:28:02.453
2018-04-27T20:17:57.137
How to selectively copy details from a file and paste them into a new file?
[ "command-line", "text-processing" ]
5
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T17:04:59.300", "id": "67913", "postId": "59432", "score": "2", "text": "It depends on what you want copied to the new file. Do you want the first few lines, the last few, lines containing a string, not containing a string, lines between two strings? There are tool...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://man.cx/grep\" rel=\"nofollow\">grep</a> to search for a <a href=\"https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Regular_expression\" rel=\"nofollow\">regular expression</a> in <em>details.txt</em> and redirect the result to the new file.</p>\n\n<...
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59434
1
null
2011-08-31T15:50:25.613
1
108
<p>With sudden failure of power supply in the remote machine makes the local machine desktop to a complete dead state, meaning I'm not able to kill the current remote desktop connection that was established from local machine. I believe the connection is no more, but the fullscreen mode prevents me to do any other task...
23706
-1
2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2014-06-27T01:52:12.817
Failure of Power Supply during Remote Desktop Connection makes the local Machine unusable?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try using <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd> to switch from graphical desktop to virtual terminal. After logging in there, you will be able to enter commands. </p>\n\n<p>You may try killing the <code>rdesktop</code> process from there (or investigating the problem a...
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59439
1
59464
2011-08-31T16:43:45.403
1
499
<p>Ever since I installed Ubuntu 10.10 I've been getting this error when trying to install ANYTHING via software center and have only been able to install software via Synaptic and apt-get. I 'm sure neither Synaptic or aptitude are running. What is this?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CzcGf.png" alt="ente...
6997
114
2011-08-31T17:16:24.647
2011-08-31T19:39:26.237
Ubuntu Software Center Error: Failed to lock the package manager
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T19:40:01.477", "id": "67928", "postId": "59439", "score": "0", "text": "I'm glad that it worked ;-)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12943" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like apt-get are running so paste this on terminal to stop it before using Software Center: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo killall apt-get\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like apt-get are running so paste this on terminal to stop it before using Software Center: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo killall apt-get\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", ...
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59443
1
229663
2011-08-31T17:17:54.973
24
8510
<p>I mistakenly enabled the <em>Pre-release updates (natty-proposed)</em> repository and then upgraded all packages.</p> <p>How can I undo this?</p> <p>Here are the <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/680766/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">test results</a> from <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/59443/how-can-i-revert...
1859
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:00.167
2019-01-04T10:07:16.790
How can I revert back from an upgrade to the Proposed repository?
[ "11.04", "upgrade", "repository", "uninstall" ]
6
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2013-08-23T08:30:21.073", "id": "428340", "postId": "59443", "score": "1", "text": "The test results pastebins are dead.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2647" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here's a more general way to revert from locally installed packages, proposed and backports packages to the stable+updates channel. While the other answers are correct and work in a similar way, I think this is a more elegant approach.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Make sure you removed the entri...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In synaptic you can disable the repository for proposed and update your sources. Then you'll see than all the packages than have been updated appears as locally installed (since they're not in the repos anymore).</p>\n\n<p>Now you'll have to \"downgrade\" those packages. Sele...
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59444
1
null
2011-08-31T17:18:20.030
4
1004
<p>Everytime my gpu crash and i have to reboot, after the boot appears:</p> <ul> <li>the window to report the gpu crash bug</li> <li>when I try to report it, apport-gpu-error-intel.py crashes</li> <li>another window appears suggesting me to report the crash of apport-gpu-error-intel.py</li> <li>then i try to report it...
19079
19079
2011-08-31T23:57:49.080
2012-06-11T07:06:45.957
How can i report a bug about apport-gpu-error-intel.py crashing?
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3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can go \"manually\" to launchpad at <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+filebug\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+filebug</a> and file this bug. </p>\n\n<p>It seems like it has happened before, see <a href=\"http...
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59446
1
null
2011-08-31T18:11:03.287
3
731
<p>I have a remote worker who's got a Ubuntu 10.04.3 machine, running KDE. She was using KVPNC until she did an update over the weekend (I don't have the details on the update, she may have been using an older version of Ubuntu). Now KVPNC doesn't work - I've checked logs on our end and it isn't connecting to our VPN s...
24198
235
2011-08-31T18:13:30.937
2012-04-30T12:12:58.180
What's the preferred method for connecting to a PPTP VPN under KDE?
[ "10.04", "network-manager", "kde", "vpn", "pptp" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-15T23:07:42.487", "id": "70591", "postId": "59446", "score": "0", "text": "KDE huh? I'll tinker with it and see what I can dig up.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6005" }, { "creationDate": "2011-09-16T01:47:07.213", "id": "70606", "postId...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From Network-Manager, select VPN connections, then click Configure VPN. On the next screen click Add and then Create to configure the PPTP VPN options. With my setup I had to ensure that I went into the Advanced area and selected Use Point to Point encryption and then turned ...
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59448
1
59451
2011-08-31T18:20:56.553
13
30125
<p>I am totally new to C++ programming on gcc. I wanted to add color to my text on the output on the console. Since there is no conio.h on linux, I researched and found that ncurses.h could do the trick. Now the only problem is that I do not know how to download it and then add the library. Can someone please describe ...
14002
62483
2013-02-16T04:36:07.937
2013-02-16T04:36:07.937
How to add the ncurses.h to a C++ program compiled on gcc?
[ "gcc", "c++", "ncurses" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>on ubuntu:</p>\n\n<p>install ncurses library (packages for developers has \"-dev\" postfix)</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>for each package, in <code>/usr/share/doc/{package name}/</code> you can find documentation.</p>\n\n<p>Open this URL...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>on ubuntu:</p>\n\n<p>install ncurses library (packages for developers has \"-dev\" postfix)</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>for each package, in <code>/usr/share/doc/{package name}/</code> you can find documentation.</p>\n\n<p>Open ...
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59449
1
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2011-08-31T18:23:33.493
10
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<p>I use Ubuntu Oneiric and I would like to know what is the account named Other for? It does not appear in the user manager. How can I remove it?</p>
24199
235
2011-10-02T18:17:14.083
2011-10-02T18:17:14.083
What is the "Other" account in LightDM?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><em>Other</em> actually isn't an account, but an item that will allow you to explicitly type in a user name. Sometimes you don't want to show users in the greeter, but you still want to be able to log in with them. That's when you'd choose <em>Other</em>.</p>\n\n<p>About remo...
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59450
1
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2011-08-31T18:27:31.353
5
523
<p>While writing reports for school (using Writer or Impress), I often play a playlist of instrumental music in the background. It is distracting to have the NotifyOSD pop up every time the song changes. NotifyOSD pops up to show the Artist, Song, etc. It distracts me from my work. I'd like for the playlist to play wit...
24200
24200
2011-08-31T19:19:28.563
2011-08-31T19:27:26.120
How do I turn off NotifyOSD display of music information? It distracts me from my work
[ "notify-osd" ]
3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T18:31:47.240", "id": "67920", "postId": "59450", "score": "0", "text": "Can you edit your question to tell us which music player you use?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In rhythmbox, if that's what you are using, <code>Edit &gt; plugins &gt; status icon / tray icon</code> (can't tell you the exact name, my ubuntu is not configured in english) and in configure you can disable the notifications completely, or set it to only appear when the mai...
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59454
1
59465
2011-08-31T19:00:02.077
2
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<p>I installed updates, GNOME3, xampp, netbeans and a set of drivers. I went to restart the machine, and when coming back on, it hangs on a purple screen trying to turn back on. When I try to tap escape in order to get into the "safe" mode, it still hangs on the purple screen then eventually displays <code>^[^[^[^[</co...
13358
3037
2012-01-26T17:34:21.950
2012-01-26T17:34:21.950
Went down for restart, won't come back up
[ "boot" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T22:48:41.157", "id": "67951", "postId": "59454", "score": "0", "text": "\"and a set of drivers\"... I'm guessing this is the problem if you've already purged gnome3 with no luck.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4456" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Third</strong><br>\nGnome-3 installed from ppa is know to cause bugs for some people. Let's revert to Gnome-2 and after we have a functional Graphical environment then you may re-install Gnome-3, what do you think? </p>\n\n<p>Run these commands at terminal successively one b...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Third</strong><br>\nGnome-3 installed from ppa is know to cause bugs for some people. Let's revert to Gnome-2 and after we have a functional Graphical environment then you may re-install Gnome-3, what do you think? </p>\n\n<p>Run these commands at terminal successive...
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59458
1
59517
2011-08-31T19:09:43.280
965
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<p>When I run <code>sudo</code> the terminal is stuck for a few seconds and then outputs an error message. My terminal looks like this:</p> <pre><code>ubuntu@(none):~$ sudo true sudo: unable to resolve host (none) </code></pre> <p>What can I do to solve it?</p>
6955
6955
2018-12-16T08:47:25.870
2019-05-21T06:45:25.247
Error message "sudo: unable to resolve host (none)"
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CC BY-SA 4.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T20:24:53.123", "id": "67939", "postId": "59458", "score": "12", "text": "Please post the contents of `/etc/hostname` and `/etc/hosts`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9340" }, { "creationDate": "2012-08-18T11:09:29.023", "id": "219702", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Two things to check (assuming your machine is called <code>my-machine</code>, you can change this as appropriate):</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>That the <code>/etc/hostname</code> file contains just the name of the machine.</p></li>\n<li><p>That <code>/etc/hosts</code> has an entry for <code>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sorry I can't help you much but, since it says \"can't resolve host\" try running:</p>\n\n<pre><code>hostname\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And see if the output is the hostname of the machine. If not, the problem is the host configuration, not sudo.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", ...
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59459
1
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2011-08-31T19:12:56.787
0
23947
<p>I am trying to implement account lockout in ubuntu using pam_tally. I have tried adding the follwing lines in <strong>/etc/pam.d/common-auth</strong> </p> <pre><code>auth required pam_tally.so deny=3 account required pam_tally.so </code></pre> <p>The failures are getting logged but account is not getting loc...
24163
3037
2011-09-03T07:15:59.403
2023-01-11T22:24:34.667
How do I enable account lockout using pam_tally?
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3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-28T05:58:11.537", "id": "127165", "postId": "59459", "score": "0", "text": "Hello, this question has no information and activity for a very long time. I am voting to close it for now. If by any reason you think this question is still viable or useful in anyways or that...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It has been a while since I looked at this, but</p>\n\n<p>I think you need to edit <code>/etc/pam.d/common-auth</code></p>\n\n<p>Add this at the <strong>top</strong> of the file (order of rules matters).</p>\n\n<pre><code>auth required pam_tally.so per_user magic_root onerr=f...
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59468
1
null
2011-08-31T20:01:20.087
2
765
<p>My laptop has integrated Mobile Broadband so it can get internet from cell phone waves when I'm away from home. It also has WiFi so it can get internet by connecting to my wireless router when I'm at home.</p> <p>I have a Lenovo laptop and when I first got it it had Windows installed. Using Windows I was able to se...
24200
null
null
2012-02-17T12:58:28.247
Way to turn on WAN antenna (mobile broadband) while leaving LAN antenna (wifi) off?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>yes! I just discovered this recently myself - <code>rfkill</code> lets you manage switching all your various radio devices</p>\n\n<p><code>rfkill list</code></p>\n\n<p>to show devices, and their on/off (aka \"block/unblock\") status</p>\n\n<p><code>rfkill unblock wwan</code>...
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59474
1
61607
2011-08-31T20:19:31.967
8
16549
<p>The title says everything about what I'm looking for. Basically it should be an software that collects all styles of a website so I can edit them and save them.</p> <p>Please read the question carefully, because I want all mentioned conditions to be met.</p> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> I want to be more clear here o...
19053
-1
2017-05-23T12:39:47.820
2014-02-14T14:04:58.697
CSS editor with real-time preview and selector localization
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T21:45:47.143", "id": "67947", "postId": "59474", "score": "2", "text": "[Firebug](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/firebug/) and [Web developer toolbar](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/) can both edit CSS directly, the latt...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ok, everbody listen! <a href=\"http://www.geany.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>Geany</strong></a> is just AWESOME! It has a plugin that adds a browser preview. You can place it in the sidebar, in the \"bottombar\" or in an extra window. And now the <strong>two</strong> ex...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Aptana Studio is a great IDE but if I'm not wrong, it doesn't have Real-Time Preview.\nAnyway, if u r interested: <a href=\"http://www.aptana.com/products/studio3\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.aptana.com/products/studio3</a></p>\n\n<p>P.S: It has a Hot-Key set for Preview so ...
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59475
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387271
2011-08-31T20:20:42.740
11
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<h1>Hardware</h1> <ul> <li>Asus K8N4-E Deluxe Mobo</li> <li>Sil 3114 fake raid, onboard</li> <li>2 Seagate 250 gb hd, hosting my /home</li> <li>A backup on a separate hard disk of /home</li> </ul> <h1>What I have so far</h1> <p>I've made the raid using the Sil 3114 firmware. I'm using raid level 1. I have a bash scr...
8515
169736
2013-12-07T01:15:01.810
2015-10-23T16:55:04.577
How do I automount a fake raid?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I believe @ppetraki is correct about this being a bug in the version of ubuntu this was about. A good workaround is:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Write an upstart service that runs <code>dmraid -ay</code> when the system boots.</li>\n<li>In fstab, mount the devices by their UUID</li>\n</ol>\n", ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>try this in fstab:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/dev/mapper/sil*1 /home reiserfs user,nosuid,exec,nodev 0 0 \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then do <code>sudo mount -a</code> or reboot </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-11-10T14:32:38.90...
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59477
1
59482
2011-08-31T20:32:37.903
4
19471
<p>So, I was trying to add a repository using add-apt-repository and I got this error:</p> <pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gijzelaar/opencv2 [sudo] password for foo: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 8, in &lt;module&gt; from softwareproperties.SoftwareProperties...
24208
24208
2011-09-01T18:39:20.443
2011-09-01T18:39:20.443
apt-get install python-software-properties dependency problems
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1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T20:39:43.770", "id": "67941", "postId": "59477", "score": "0", "text": "This seems rather serious: \"ValueError: /usr/bin/python does not match the python default version. It must be reset to point to python2.7\". How did you get to this? It would be interesting to ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You must have done something else to change the version of the default Python interpreter.</p>\n\n<p>The command <code>ls -l /usr/bin/python</code> should show something like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-05-12 23:59 /usr/bin/python -&gt; python2.7\n</code></pre>\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You must have done something else to change the version of the default Python interpreter.</p>\n\n<p>The command <code>ls -l /usr/bin/python</code> should show something like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2011-05-12 23:59 /usr/bin/python -&gt; python2.7\n</code>...
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59480
1
77288
2011-08-31T21:30:01.757
4
2779
<p>Further, if it is available, will it be integrated into the indicators by default?</p> <p>I need my google calendar offline, so is it back to evolution?</p>
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2011-09-02T18:46:21.077
2017-03-05T08:00:53.447
Will the Lightning calendar app be available in 11.10?
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3
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T01:33:13.610", "id": "67971", "postId": "59480", "score": "2", "text": "Do you actually want to know what the default app will be, or do you just want to know if lightning will be available? Or do you want examples of offline calendar apps? Between your title and bo...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Calendar Extension for Thunderbird</strong></p>\n\n<p>Install this plug-in: <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/xul-ext-lightning\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">xul-ext-lightning</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/xul-ext-lightning\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Google calendar will be available as an offline html5 app by the end of this week.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/31/googles-new-html5-chrome-apps-for-gmail-calendar-and-docs-give-users-offline-access/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Google offline chromium apps<...
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59485
1
59521
2011-08-31T21:59:52.237
3
5644
<p>I'm trying to use SLiM instead of GDM as a login manager, but I fail miserably when creating the proper .xsession / .xinitrc file needed by SLiM.</p> <p>How would a proper .xession file look like to start the Xubuntu-Session? There are great guides about setting up custom Desktop Environments, but I am missing some...
3962
3962
2013-10-07T20:54:16.980
2013-10-07T20:54:16.980
How do I create a .xession / .xinitrc file to launch the default Xubuntu-Session?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could do something like this in your <code>slim.conf</code></p>\n\n<p><code>login_cmd exec ck-launch-session /bin/bash -login /etc/X11/Xsession %session</code></p>\n\n<p>or in your .xinitrc</p>\n\n<p><code>exec ck-launch-session /usr/share/xubuntu/session.sh</code></p>\n\n<p>refe...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could do something like this in your <code>slim.conf</code></p>\n\n<p><code>login_cmd exec ck-launch-session /bin/bash -login /etc/X11/Xsession %session</code></p>\n\n<p>or in your .xinitrc</p>\n\n<p><code>exec ck-launch-session /usr/share/xubuntu/session.sh</code></p>\n\...
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59486
1
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2011-08-31T22:03:46.180
0
1270
<p>I have a problem here with mouse sensitivity. I open mouse settings to increase the sensitivity to maximum and the mouse is slower. I make it minimum sensitivity (through the slider) and the mouse is incredibly fast.</p> <p>Is this a bug or do I just not get it?</p>
24214
17739
2011-08-31T22:31:03.207
2011-08-31T22:34:58.640
How does mouse sensitivity work?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think this makes sense, but it's just unintuitive. Let's imagine you move the mouse 1 cm. During that time, the mouse takes a series of readings about it's location which then determine where the mouse should move on the screen.</p>\n\n<p>If the mouse sensitivity is very hi...
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59487
1
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2011-08-31T22:21:24.177
24
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<p>I have recently installed ubuntu server 11.04 with the full lvm encryption(installed from the setup) . I wish now to use a key file to do automatic unlock. I have tried to follow this guide <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=837416">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=837416</a></p> <p>I generat...
24206
236
2014-02-12T09:17:05.397
2019-05-20T13:03:22.843
How to configure LVM & LUKS to autodecrypt partition?
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4
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T01:36:42.793", "id": "67973", "postId": "59487", "score": "0", "text": "Do you mean decrypt without entering a passphrase? If the boot process could do that, then the keys necessary to decrypt the volume would need to be on the system somewhere accessible during bo...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've just been through this on my new home server, it took a lot of googling and guessing, but I've got it working. I'll attempt to reproduce the steps here. I'm using Ubuntu Server 11.10, and started with a pretty much standard install using encrypted LVM, so I'll just rel...
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59488
1
59495
2011-08-31T22:24:18.200
1
1102
<p>I have installed two Ubuntu partitions and they appear to be using two different swap partitions. Is this a safety thing or is it a waste of space? If the latter, how do I set up one Ubuntu to use the other's swap partition?</p>
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2011-08-31T22:56:37.370
Two Ubuntu partitions with different swap partitions
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-31T23:06:41.767", "id": "67955", "postId": "59488", "score": "0", "text": "What do you mean with 'Ubuntu-partitions'? A partition normally holds a file system or a swap space, but on Ubuntu you can choose between many different file systems. But those aren't Ubuntu-fil...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's a waste of space - when installing the second Ubuntu you could've just pointed it to the existing swap partition. Actually, I even think the installer automatically configures an existing swap partition to be used if it can find one.</p>\n\n<p>To fix the situation (well, if you ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's a waste of space - when installing the second Ubuntu you could've just pointed it to the existing swap partition. Actually, I even think the installer automatically configures an existing swap partition to be used if it can find one.</p>\n\n<p>To fix the situation (well,...
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59489
1
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2011-08-31T22:26:09.903
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<p>I have a Samsung NP-QX411. It has two graphics cards, Intel and nVidia. The Intel drivers were quickly found and is fully functional. But nVidia, I have tried installing several drivers in different ways. But I can not run it without success. I do not understand how Ubuntu has by default the switch Hybrid Graphics o...
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169736
2014-03-16T13:00:47.650
2014-03-16T13:00:47.650
How to switch between hybrid Graphics Intel/nVidia?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try ironhide (forked from bumblebee) for simultaneously using the intel and nvidia cards:</p>\n\n<h3>For ironhide (Ubuntu Natty/Oneiric instructions):</h3>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get remove bumblebee\n</code></pre>\n\n<h3>reboot</h3>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install dialog\...
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2014-01-05T00:50:50.900
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59490
1
59508
2011-08-31T22:29:40.800
4
1991
<p>I'd like to have this as my homepage: </p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/OlUd1.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Do I have to replace some files or link to a page, could anyone please tell me?</p>
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14356
2011-08-31T22:32:52.030
2011-09-01T04:06:54.830
How to get Firefox' about:home page look like the one on Windows?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Disable the ubufox extension and it will return to the default Firefox home page (namely that).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-01T00:55:47.717", "id": "59508", "lastActi...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Look under Windows, what is set up as your home page, and enter the same url under Linux. </p>\n\n<p>Edit: Settings: First tab: Homepage: ....</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creat...
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59493
1
59496
2011-08-31T22:46:32.397
3
2238
<p>With GDM removed in Oneiric, what command can I replace from the old command?</p> <pre><code>sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop </code></pre> <p>I need to install an nvidia .run file and cannot figure out how to stop the server.</p>
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2011-08-31T23:43:27.700
2011-08-31T23:43:27.700
How to stop the login server?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Strictly speaking the natty method was</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo service gdm stop\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>For oneiric lightdm has replaced gdm - therefore to stop you would use</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo service lightdm stop\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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user6658
59494
1
89483
2011-08-31T22:54:13.770
9
7704
<p>I recently got some FLAC files with embeded cue sheet. Though, the info of the sheet file doesn't seem to show up in Rhythmbox; Banshee; Amarok or Audatious. Which media players support this kind of file?</p>
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12303
2011-08-31T23:12:06.767
2020-12-31T14:03:49.500
What players do support flac files with embeded cue sheet?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2015-01-05T14:11:06.050", "id": "784436", "postId": "59494", "score": "0", "text": "this is an old question and the before-mentioned players might already support this. please comment if so.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12303" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>xmms2 suite of software supports this partially. You must extract the cuesheet</p>\n\n<p><code>metaflac --export-cuesheet-to=myfile.cue myfile.flac</code></p>\n\n<p>and then you can do</p>\n\n<p><code>nyxmms2 addpls myfile.cue</code></p>\n\n<p>flactag also has support for creating t...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is perhaps not the answer you would to ear. </p>\n\n<p>There is a Windows player that supports that, and it works well under Wine. It is <a href=\"http://www.foobar2000.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">foobar2000</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communi...
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59502
1
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2011-08-31T23:29:07.287
4
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<p>I'm writing an application that potentially uses quite a few windows. It would be nice if I could make at least some of those windows get their own Unity launcher entries. How do I do that? </p>
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2011-09-01T01:00:11.540
How do I make my apps windows get their own Unity launchers?
[ "unity", "launcher", "python", "gtk", "pygtk" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can create multiple .desktop files that launch the individual windows separately. You can either use <code>python filename.py</code> or write a wrapper script for the command line argument.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate":...
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59519
1
null
2011-09-01T04:56:24.633
13
23741
<p>I have a laptop (Dell Inspiron 11z) and and SSD (Samsung 128GB) on order. On my current laptop, I have a spinning HDD and use LVM and LUKS encryption.</p> <p>I would like to use LUKS on the SSD but from doing a bit of research I am not sure if this is desirable/possible. It seems that LUKS (possibly???) may prevent...
24222
3037
2011-09-03T07:24:58.530
2015-07-02T03:33:37.607
Do you recommend LUKS encryption on a SSD (TRIM support)?
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4
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-03T07:24:14.380", "id": "68389", "postId": "59519", "score": "0", "text": "Just FYI: the absence of TRIM commands doesn't affect all SSD in the same way, eg. SandForce controller based SSD don't take a big hit if there's no TRIM.", "userDisplayName": null, "use...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>TRIM does not work for LUKS encrypted partitions because the data being written on the disk is encrypted, even if a block is \"empty\" according to the filesystem. From cryptsetup 1.4 and later (supplied with 12.04 Precise) and Linux 3.1 (not supplied with Precise), TRIM <em>...
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59520
1
59522
2011-09-01T05:26:09.187
20
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<p>How to convert wav to ogg and to mp3 with VBR and excellent end quality?</p> <p>If possible, using <code>soundconverter</code> or <code>ffmpeg</code>.</p> <p>Incidentally, I tried to see whether <code>soundconverter</code> uses VBR and there is nothing about it in the GUI preferences, so it is not clear. Does it? ...
24168
137127
2016-01-19T01:28:50.833
2022-04-28T21:11:22.353
How to convert wav to ogg and mp3 using VBR
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For MP3, I strongly suggest using <a href=\"https://lame.sourceforge.io/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Lame</a><a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/lame\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install Lame\" /></a>, considered by many (includin...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For MP3, I strongly suggest using <a href=\"https://lame.sourceforge.io/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Lame</a><a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/lame\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install Lame\" /></a>, considered by many (...
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59524
1
null
2011-09-01T07:02:04.710
2
7087
<p>I've heard that if there are computers interconnected via LAN (as we have in our college labs), I can chat with other friend of mine, who is probably 2-3 rows ahead of me. </p> <p>I did some Google on this &amp; came to know that all this could be done via terminal, using commands-- wall, talk, write etc . I tried ...
24224
235
2012-03-11T03:56:54.627
2012-03-11T03:56:54.627
How can I chat in the terminal on a local LAN?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Many such solutions are there, I experimented with <a href=\"http://cryptcat.sourceforge.net/info.php\" rel=\"nofollow\">cryptcat</a> a bit. First install it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install cryptcat\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>In the first machine use</p>\n\n<pre><code>crypt...
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0
2016-09-22T19:57:58.740
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59530
1
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2011-09-01T08:14:13.180
2
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<p>My prefered way to launch programms in Natty was to hit Super+a and type a few letters. This does not work in Oneiric anymore. I have to use the mouse which is really cumbersome.</p> <p>Alt+F2 is not a good replacement. Is it possible to activate the Super+a shortcut or will it be back until Oneiric release?</p>
4871
235
2011-09-01T16:28:02.030
2011-09-01T16:28:02.030
How can I get back Super+a/Super+f?
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1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T16:32:27.873", "id": "68076", "postId": "59530", "score": "1", "text": "Please see this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" }, { "creationDa...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Check out GNOME Do. <a href=\"http://do.davebsd.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://do.davebsd.com/</a></p>\n\n<p>I use it all the time and I love it!</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T08:23:50.707", "id": "68000...
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2011-09-03T19:41:53.237
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59531
1
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2011-09-01T08:15:34.387
0
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<p>ubuntu-bug warns me about including gdm log files since they may contain sensitive information. Can you be more specific what kind of sensitive information these files may contain?</p>
21005
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2011-09-01T10:55:39.690
What kind of sensitive information gdm log files may contain?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>These logs store output of <em>X server</em> (which provides a basis for graphical user interfaces) and <em>gdm-binary</em> itself (which launches sessions), so the only sensitive information is probably just your username(s).</p>\n\n<p>The best way would be to open those log...
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59534
1
null
2011-09-01T08:21:33.423
3
786
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/32667/how-do-i-configure-unity-2d">How do I configure Unity 2D?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is it possible to resize the Unity 2D launcher?</p> <p>Is it possible to change the reveal mode from the left edge with del...
4871
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.983
2012-01-17T09:33:41.807
How can I configure the launcher in Unity 2D?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Do you mean this?</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/04/video-how-to-change-the-size-of-the-unity-launcher-in-ubuntu-11-04/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/04/video-how-to-change-the-size-of-the-unity-launcher-in-ubuntu-11-04/</a></p>\n", ...
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2012-02-19T11:29:15.950
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59535
1
59561
2011-09-01T08:36:07.573
1
1065
<p><strong>tl;dr</strong> </p> <p>Installing Wubi 11.04 over Win7Pro (64-bit) on a Dell Latitude E5520 has now taken over an hour to reach the halfway mark in the "Copying files..." stage. The hard drive appears inactive for long periods No network connection, Wifi is on and networks available, system is responsive. B...
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24226
2011-09-01T08:55:03.667
2012-02-29T20:41:03.307
Why is Wubi copying files so slowly, mostly with no hard drive activity? (11.04)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Following the advice in the comments, it seems that disabling the Wifi sped things up. I don't know if the system kept trying to connect to one of the networks instead of copying files or something.</p>\n\n<p>Alternatively, if the Wifi wasn't what helped, then just keep trying. For m...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Following the advice in the comments, it seems that disabling the Wifi sped things up. I don't know if the system kept trying to connect to one of the networks instead of copying files or something.</p>\n\n<p>Alternatively, if the Wifi wasn't what helped, then just keep tryin...
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59537
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65374
2011-09-01T08:51:18.760
2
21742
<p>I have an Ubuntu 11.04 install for which I can't seem to get the correct (UK English) keyboard mapping set on. Running setxkmap produces an error: </p> <p>"<em>XKB extension not present on :10.0</em>".</p> <p>If go to <em>System -> Keyboards -> Layouts</em> and select the only layout installed "English Keymap" and...
24227
225694
2014-07-05T16:25:25.830
2014-07-05T16:25:25.830
Keyboard layouts failing to apply
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To make your own keymap</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Log onto the console</li>\n<li>Run setxkbmap with the parameters that correspond to your layout</li>\n<li><code>xrdp-genkeymap filename</code></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>so in my case I did</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>setxkbmap –model pc104 –layout us –vari...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To make your own keymap</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Log onto the console</li>\n<li>Run setxkbmap with the parameters that correspond to your layout</li>\n<li><code>xrdp-genkeymap filename</code></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>so in my case I did</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>setxkbmap –model pc104 –layout ...
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59539
1
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2011-09-01T09:29:44.143
36
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<p>I'm working on a desktop machine with plenty of screen real-estate, so I don't need my windows' title bars to merge with the global menu bar when the windows are maximised. Moreover, I'm working on a dual-screen set-up, so the fact that a window is maximised doesn't mean that it's the only window visible.</p> <p>Be...
10439
10439
2012-02-01T12:15:46.500
2014-01-07T18:09:56.187
Is there any way to stop a window's title bar merging with the panel when maximised?
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8
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T09:38:16.120", "id": "68010", "postId": "59539", "score": "0", "text": "Is using the classic Gnome 2 desktop not a better option perhaps?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15710" }, { "creationDate": "2011-11-03T10:49:20.957", "id": "84963", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>ctrl + alt 5 seems to be your best bet as of right now. Sorry. Perhaps to remove temptation you could remove the maximize button in Ubuntu-Tweak but as of right now if you maximize the window, it simply <em>will</em> merge the titlebar with the menubar</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can disable window maximize to title bar when a titlebar is dragged near to the Unity Top/Superior bar.</p>\n\n<p>Visit: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743309\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1743309</a>\n( Note post #6 by...
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59540
1
59544
2011-09-01T09:35:18.027
26
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<p>Sometime I need to run an application from terminal for debugging. If I am sure the bug will occur short after launching the application, I can run this application from the Terminal.</p> <p>However, bugs occur unexpectedly, and then only I need to monitor the buggy application from the Terminal (to see its output)...
15710
15710
2011-09-01T10:21:43.413
2011-09-07T20:11:53.293
Can one pick up a running application from terminal?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-02T08:13:06.320", "id": "68219", "postId": "59540", "score": "0", "text": "I eventually picked up Michał Šrajer's answer because it was the most instructive. But all your answers were just good and appreciated too. Cheers.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Each process in linux has a special directory <code>/proc/{pid}/fd/</code>. 0 is stdin, 1 is stdout and 2 is stderr. So, assuming you are only interested in diagnostic output you can determine the process pid, and then in the terminal do:</p>\n\n<p>to see stdout:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ca...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can attach with <code>gdb</code> to a running process. </p>\n\n<p>The syntax is </p>\n\n<pre><code>gdb program pid\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Ok, you cannot see source code, if debug information are stripped, which is the default for deployed applications. But you can probably ...
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59546
1
null
2011-09-01T10:05:25.497
17
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<p>I know you can't use Quick filter in Synaptic after purging apt-xapian-index, but is there something more severe?</p> <p>I know there are some performance issues, when you have it:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/apt/+bug/363695">https://bugs.launchpad.net/apt/+bug/363695</a></li> <li><a href="htt...
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235
2011-09-01T18:31:34.513
2013-02-18T08:36:00.570
What kind of harm there is from removing (purging) package apt-xapian-index?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There isn't anything severe. You might lose some functionality (see the description below), but if you don't need it, you can remove the package (just be careful it doesn't uninstall any other packages). If you later find out that it was a mistake, you can install it back aga...
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59547
1
59549
2011-09-01T10:19:51.373
3
6717
<p><code>echo "xxx" &gt;&gt; file_a</code> is similar to what I want.</p> <p>But it always attach string with a new line.</p> <p>If I just want to attach string without a new line,</p> <p>How to do it?</p> <p>Thank you~</p>
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null
2017-02-06T03:29:44.317
How to add string to the end of a file without '\n'?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use the <code>printf</code> builtin bash function</p>\n\n<pre><code>printf \"xxx\" &gt;&gt; file\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>or the <code>-n</code> option to <code>echo</code>, that suppress the newline.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use the <code>printf</code> builtin bash function</p>\n\n<pre><code>printf \"xxx\" &gt;&gt; file\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>or the <code>-n</code> option to <code>echo</code>, that suppress the newline.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDat...
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59551
1
60430
2011-09-01T10:47:03.750
254
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<p>I want to burn a Windows ISO to a USB device in Ubuntu. How do I do this? </p> <p>I know how to burn a Ubuntu ISO into a USB device, but with a Windows ISO it's not the same.</p>
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4066
2015-07-22T10:13:35.357
2019-09-29T15:52:30.920
How to burn a Windows .iso to a USB device?
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>UNetbootin should work: <a href=\"http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/\">http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/</a></p>\n\n<p>Or you could try a bit-by-bit copy:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Insert the USB device and then open Disk Utility (in 10.10 and older, \nSystem -> Administration -> Disk Utilit...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu can mount .iso files from nautilus in Natty. </p>\n\n<p>Have you tried copying the contents of the .iso to the desired USB drive? </p>\n\n<p>From there you should be able to tell your PC to boot from the USB with no problems. </p>\n\n<p>If that Fails to work you can us...
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2015-11-28T11:22:56.060
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59556
1
59602
2011-09-01T11:30:45.360
11
9645
<p>I've got an Ubuntu installed on an USB-drive for portable use. It's a regular install and not a live USB. Needless to say, it's a Flash-based storage and only 16 GB. What can I do to extend its life?</p> <p>N.B. Currently my main PC is missing a HDD so the USB-drive is in regular use. I'm afraid that I've already s...
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19490
2011-09-01T14:06:10.050
2011-09-01T17:40:59.700
Optimize Ubuntu install on USB-drive for longer life
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since the life of SSD is more affected by writes (than by readers) I would recommend two things: </p>\n\n<p>1) Do not use a swap partition, </p>\n\n<p>2) Edit the fstab to ad noatime for the mounted partitions:<br>\n<code>gksu gedit /etc/fstab</code> </p>\n\n<p>It should looks lik...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>ToRam</h2>\n\n<p>Probably the easiest way to prolong the USB stick life is to use the \"toram\" feature of a Live Environment boot.</p>\n\n<p>This will boot the entire live CD/USB into RAM and therefore reduce/eliminate further USB disk accesses.</p>\n\n<p><strong>to-do</str...
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59559
1
59569
2011-09-01T11:58:41.117
17
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<p>I have moved from Maverick to Oneiric and my workspace configuration changed from one row of five workspaces to two rows of two workspaces each.</p> <p>It looks like in Oneiric there was a migration for gconf since gconf-editor is not installed.</p> <p>Is there a way to add or configure workspace layout in Oneiric...
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25798
2012-06-19T13:30:43.163
2015-06-02T13:51:05.917
How to configure workspace layout?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install the <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Compizconfig Settings Manager</a> with</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Then open it and find the \"General Options...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install the <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Compizconfig Settings Manager</a> with</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Then open it and find the \"General...
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59560
1
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2011-09-01T12:28:39.133
3
1434
<p>I'm trying to install an FTP server on Ubuntu 11.04. I've installed vsftpd, but I had no success in getting it to work with virtual users. I want to be able to have give fake users and direct them to some directory.</p>
23751
19490
2011-09-01T12:39:12.737
2011-09-01T14:11:28.640
Install FTP server with support for virtual users
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This chapter will show you how to convert your Linux box into an FTP server using the default Very Secure FTP Daemon <strong>(<a href=\"http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_%3a_Ch15_%3a_Linux_FTP_Server_Setup#Introduction\">VSFTPD</a>)</strong></p>\n"...
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59562
1
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2011-09-01T12:31:49.237
3
483
<p>I have been using my USB Headset with no problems up to about a week ago.</p> <p>Ubuntu registers that the device is plugged in and I can select it in the sound menu for output or in PulseAudio Volume control, However I hear nothing.</p> <p>I have messed with just about every setting going, in the sound menu and t...
23525
null
null
2012-03-31T20:09:49.950
USB Headset Output Suddenly Stopped
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1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-03-31T13:29:34.627", "id": "139422", "postId": "59562", "score": "0", "text": "We need more hardware information to help you, can you look at [this question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/14008/i-have-a-hardware-detection-problem-what-logs-do-i-need-to-look-into) and the...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Problem was solved with a fresh install</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>I would love to provide, however the problem went away after a fresh install. Something I was meaning to do anyway, not because of the sound issues. You can't close questions right?</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "...
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59563
1
59659
2011-09-01T12:39:14.390
7
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<p>The default python version on my ubuntu system is 2.7, but 2.6 is still present.</p> <p>I've installed headers (<code>apt-get install python-dev</code>), since it's needed to compile and install python packages, for current version.</p> <p>However, some of my projects still run on a 2.6 virtual python environment....
24238
17739
2011-09-01T12:51:59.767
2011-09-02T00:41:37.650
How to install a different version of python-dev?
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3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try installing python2.6 and python2.6-dev.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-02T10:16:40.307", "id": "68221", "postId": "59659", "score": "0", "text": "tnx allot! it was simply a matter of use the correct apt-...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>My instinctual response would be you'd need to install python from source, typically this installs to different target locations on the drive so you should be fine. I found a link a that might help you compile from source.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://diveintopython.org/install...
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59566
1
59568
2011-09-01T12:46:33.770
30
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<p>I liked the shortcut for opening a terminal and if I remember correctly it was <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> that opened a terminal window. </p> <p>Now with a later version of Ubuntu this shortcut is no longer predefined, I must add it myself from the shortcut settings.</p> <p>Do you know why this sh...
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2015-03-10T19:40:39.207
2015-03-10T20:17:52.513
Terminal shortcut key
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The shortcut is still there for what I know.</p>\n\n<p>There is perhaps some other application hiding that shortcut?</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-01T12:51:21.157", "id":...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The shortcut is still there for what I know.</p>\n\n<p>There is perhaps some other application hiding that shortcut?</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-01T12:5...
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59567
1
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2011-09-01T12:46:35.143
3
4158
<p>I have a Samsung N150 Netbook and I try Ubuntu 11.10. In Natty backlight changing does not work at all. In Oneiric it does, but I can only switch between 100% and minimum.</p> <p>If I boot in battery mode the backligth is "blingking" continously. </p> <p>How can I fix that?</p>
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2011-12-09T15:51:03.320
Samsung N150 backlight issue
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-12-09T21:29:57.353", "id": "98387", "postId": "59567", "score": "0", "text": "This has been answered *so* many times on this website and others. Please run this search. There are two options: use PPA for the `samsung-backlight` package or edit a udev script. Seriously, cl...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have a Samsung N150 too. I love it.</p>\n\n<p>Add the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~voria/+archive/ppa\" rel=\"nofollow\">Voria repository</a> to your list of sources and everything will work perfectly.</p>\n\n<p>If you'd rather not do this I wrote a script to change the...
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2011-12-09T21:30:22.127
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59577
1
59608
2011-09-01T14:00:29.640
10
25842
<p>I have recently <code>apt-get remove</code>'d xscreensaver and <code>apt-get install</code>'d gnome-screensaver. This appears not to have worked because when I press the Lock Screen menu item, nothing happens. I have tried putting gnome-screensaver in the list of autostart applications but this doesn't help (must it...
5846
5846
2011-09-01T18:50:17.413
2013-03-28T10:03:52.597
Replace xscreensaver With gnome-screensaver (Xubuntu)
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2016-04-28T07:10:16.670", "id": "1141011", "postId": "59577", "score": "0", "text": "Is there an \"outdated\" tag for questions? light-locker should take care of this use-case in Xubuntu if all you want is screen blanking (except for on those systems where it's buggy, see bugs...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Installing</h2>\n<p>When you have removed <code>xscreensaver</code> and installed <code>gnome-screensaver</code> you will need to logout and login for the XFCE lock-screen menu item to work</p>\n<h2>Setting your screen saver</h2>\n<p>Installing gnome-screensaver also installs <code>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Installing</h2>\n<p>When you have removed <code>xscreensaver</code> and installed <code>gnome-screensaver</code> you will need to logout and login for the XFCE lock-screen menu item to work</p>\n<h2>Setting your screen saver</h2>\n<p>Installing gnome-screensaver also install...
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59585
1
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2011-09-01T15:07:50.543
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<p>No player seems to support the Real Media codecs I need. I have even tried VLC and movie player, both of which failed.</p>
23957
7035
2012-02-17T06:12:25.670
2012-02-20T14:39:14.460
How do I play a real media '.rm' file
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3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>MPlayer plays most MPEG, VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV,\n QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, <strong><em>RM</em></strong>, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, FILM, RoQ, PVA files,\n supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and Win32 DLL codecs. It\n can also play VideoCD, SVC...
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59587
1
59596
2011-09-01T15:09:57.857
4
3545
<p>I have Ubuntu 11.04 on Thinkpad X41 and have been using it for a couple of months. From time to time System Update used to run and show me a list of recommended updates. Finaly, yesterday I accepted all of them and after some time I had it all 'updated'. </p> <p>Today, after I restarted my laptop, I realized that m...
24246
null
null
2018-01-31T07:42:51.983
Encrypted LVM not accepting my passphrase anymore
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Intel AES-NI instructions are not present in all CPUs. That warning shows up on my LVM every time I boot and is not the reason, why your LVM cannot be unlocked.</p>\n\n<p>Do you have a custom keyboard layout defined? Not sure, whether this also applies to LVM, but TrueCrypt alway...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Intel AES-NI instructions are not present in all CPUs. That warning shows up on my LVM every time I boot and is not the reason, why your LVM cannot be unlocked.</p>\n\n<p>Do you have a custom keyboard layout defined? Not sure, whether this also applies to LVM, but TrueCry...
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59593
1
59599
2011-09-01T15:54:37.677
13
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<p>I have decided to set up a virtual console on my laptop to be able to test stuff like other distros. I have never attempted such things before so I'm a bit hesitant and therefore I need a complete step by step guide for such an operation using the <code>virtualbox.deb</code> I have downloaded. Any other tips is also...
12846
1067
2011-09-01T19:31:41.323
2011-12-13T04:10:51.910
How to set up a virtual machine with VirtualBox
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T18:03:23.403", "id": "68099", "postId": "59593", "score": "2", "text": "You may also find these answers helpful: on [Unity](http://askubuntu.com/questions/17937/how-can-i-run-unity-in-a-virtual-machine/18556#18556), on [Guest Additions](http://askubuntu.com/question...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To begin with, you can simply double-click the DEB file you've downloaded to open the Software Center. Then simply click the 'Install' button to install the package:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/s6Fx6.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Once the pa...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To begin with, you can simply double-click the DEB file you've downloaded to open the Software Center. Then simply click the 'Install' button to install the package:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/s6Fx6.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Onc...
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59594
1
59674
2011-09-01T15:57:42.647
5
3880
<p>I know there is a command line solution here: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/10622/how-can-i-enable-ctrlaltbackspace">How can I enable Ctrl+Alt+Backspace?</a></p> <p>However, I am looking to enable it the way you used to on previous versions (the settings are not there in GNOME 3.2 it seems).</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-10-27T00:40:57.580
How do I enable the ctrl+alt+backspace shortcut in 11.10 (gui)?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well... I feel a wee bit stupid.</p>\n\n<p>The latest GNOME Control Centre update brought the option back:\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/EmMxZ.png\" alt=\"bam!\"></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/8tfuq.png\" alt=\"bam!!\"></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.im...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well... I feel a wee bit stupid.</p>\n\n<p>The latest GNOME Control Centre update brought the option back:\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/EmMxZ.png\" alt=\"bam!\"></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/8tfuq.png\" alt=\"bam!!\"></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i....
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2011-09-03T19:44:33.230
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59597
1
null
2011-09-01T16:14:44.203
2
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/196136/what-is-a-good-mongodb-gui-client">What is a good MongoDB GUI client?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Are there any good Mongodb GUI clients for Ubuntu? (Preferably that will run on Ubuntu 11.04.) I found one <a h...
23706
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:08.843
2012-10-04T07:15:53.400
Are there any good Mongodb GUI clients?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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0
2012-10-04T07:16:20.823
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59600
1
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2011-09-01T17:26:00.430
2
3375
<p>I'm trying to install a game for Linux called Myth 2. Autorun doesn't run when I insert the CD. When I double-click or right-click and the select "Open" on the Setup file, a box appears saying that it's an executable file, and what I want to do. I click on "Run", but nothing happens after that. I checked the permiss...
22645
null
null
2012-04-03T23:21:33.300
Double click executable file and nothing happens
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8
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T17:29:28.263", "id": "68085", "postId": "59600", "score": "0", "text": "What version of Ubuntu are you running? Natty? Is it 32 or 64 bit? If you goto a Terminal and type the name of the executable it should give some additional error messages. Need more information...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What your system needs it to run the game using a Windows type environment.</p>\n\n<p>To get this follow this instruction here:</p>\n\n<p>To install Wine in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, open Terminal and run the following commands:</p>\n\n<p>For the latest Wine 1.3.xx (Most re...
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59603
1
61009
2011-09-01T17:57:30.503
4
2543
<p>I have just downloaded the latest version of Blender from the website on to my Xubuntu machine, when I open it, I get this: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1yU60.png" alt="screenshot"> The screenshot below is a zoomed in version of the top left of the screen, as you can see, the <code>(i)</code> icon is displaye...
5846
5846
2011-09-11T21:58:40.897
2016-09-05T04:36:33.873
Blender Distorted UI
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14
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T18:07:01.063", "id": "68100", "postId": "59603", "score": "0", "text": "What is \"distorted\"? The characters? Did you checked the language option?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12943" }, { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T18:14:17.527", "id":...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The question mentioned that blender was installed from <em>the website</em> - I presume this means that it was compiled. It could be a compilation/incompatibility through this method of installation.</p>\n\n<p>Installing from <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~cheleb/+archive/blender-...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Blender has various options in the user preferences dialogue that might be able to help you. If all else fails, it might be a bug with your graphics card/chip/drivers.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/ci9s9.png\" alt=\"blender preferences opengl\"></p>\n\n<p>Thi...
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59606
1
59688
2011-09-01T18:23:20.377
5
3113
<p>What are some of the benefits of installing Squid Proxy in an Ubuntu Server that is sharing its Internet connection to a group of PCs in a LAN.</p>
7035
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2011-09-02T13:34:39.083
Benefits of using Squid proxy in Ubuntu Server
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>You can use Squid for caching. This means the contents of site A are saved locally at your Squid. When a second user requests site A Squid will deliver the content. So the user has it somewhat faster.</li>\n<li>You can control the traffic for malicious content and if found, re...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>You can use Squid for caching. This means the contents of site A are saved locally at your Squid. When a second user requests site A Squid will deliver the content. So the user has it somewhat faster.</li>\n<li>You can control the traffic for malicious content and if f...
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59611
1
59730
2011-09-01T19:42:45.173
6
3283
<p>I am wondering if there's any kind of predefined or downloadable themes or templates for text formatting styles (Default, Heading 1/2/etc), predefined colors (palettes), bullet styles, etc., in LibreOffce.</p> <p>If there are, where do I find them and how can I apply them?</p>
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1992
2011-09-17T16:38:29.687
2011-09-17T16:41:32.913
Are there any sort of format and style themes/templates in LibreOffice?
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3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Right click on the bullets or on a blank part of the page, choose bullets and numbering, then choose graphics.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/dmVEB.png\" alt=\"libreoffice bullet graphics\"></p>\n\n<p>For other things, go to tools>gallery.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:/...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>Format → Styles and Formatting</strong> (or <strong>F11</strong>)</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/BAG6c.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"> <img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/MPQbX.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "comme...
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59612
1
110006
2011-09-01T19:54:32.127
1
480
<p>I have Ubuntu Lucid with kernel 2.6.35 on a Thinkpad T61. In the power management settings I set it up to blank the display after 2 minutes. This works right after I log in, but after a few hours of active use, closing applications and then walking away from the computer, the display won't ever blank until I log out...
3559
235
2012-03-07T23:03:46.493
2012-03-09T14:29:34.193
Display does not blank on a Thinkpad T61
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've searched for hours and found two ways: </p>\n\n<p><strong>Bash Scripts</strong>: Here is a thread that has 2 ways. Post #7 is when the answers begin: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=11738584#7\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1173858...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could start by checking that gnome-screensaver is still running:</p>\n\n<pre><code>[user@host] ~&gt; ps ax |grep screen\n 1939 ? Ss 0:06 gnome-screensaver\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If it is running kill it with '<code>kill [pid]</code>' and restart it with '<code>gn...
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59621
1
88499
2011-09-01T20:52:17.760
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<p>How do I change the monitor's refresh rate in Oneiric? </p> <p>There is no option to do it in the Displays dialog now. By default it's 60Hz, but I need 75Hz on my monitor.</p> <p>In previous releases there used to be such an option in the Displays dialog.</p> <p><strong>Edit - Half baked solution</strong></p> <p...
24259
24259
2011-12-17T18:01:32.427
2018-01-04T20:05:40.637
How to change the monitor's refresh rate?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>So my solution is, which seems to work well on my system:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>I opened up <em>Startup Applications</em></p></li>\n<li><p>I clicked <em>Add</em></p></li>\n<li><p>I typed a name and the following in the command field:</p>\n\n<p>xrandr -s 1280x1024 -r 75</p></li>\n</ol>\...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The refresh rate for a monitor is automatically detected by Compiz.</p>\n\n<p>If you wish to change it, install <code>compiz-settings-manager</code> you can do that with the command below.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager\n</code></pre>\n\...
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59623
1
74727
2011-09-01T20:57:38.500
1
7068
<p>I've got a Dell Latitude E6520 and I'm using the E Port dock to get a DisplayPort output to plug into a Dell U2711 monitor.</p> <p>The native resolution of the monitor is 2560x1440 and I'd really like to get it to that resolution.</p> <p>I'm using the Nvidia X settings thing and I the highest resolution listed is ...
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null
2011-11-02T11:28:01.237
Why can't I get my Dell Latitude to output to an external monitor at 2560x1440
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>When I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10 I was able to select the full resolution in the nVidia settings dialogue and everything worked perfectly.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-11-02T1...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From what I understand, \"Optimus\" is the technology, which decides, when to use the dedicated Nvidia graphics card and when to use the on-board intel graphics chip.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Nvidia_Optimus\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://...
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59629
1
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2011-09-01T21:22:59.737
4
3363
<p>I've made impulse to correct my speakers response, and would like to use it in my Ubuntu 11.04.</p> <p>The only possible (in common sense) way seems to be through Jack and the jack_convolver plugin. As not all applications communicate with Jack, nor do I run it all the time, I would like to know if there are any al...
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2015-12-15T02:13:42.537
2016-06-03T23:33:06.327
Impulse convolution options in Ubuntu
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-09T07:14:09.967", "id": "69311", "postId": "59629", "score": "0", "text": "What if you try to use a real time kernel\nfor this?.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4203" }, { "creationDate": "2011-09-09T10:04:55.227", "id": "69326", "postId":...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'll post my last comment as answer as I give up from expected solution</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>I found Steve on github and it turned out that format of this impulses included in his plugins source as header files is simple single channel normalized PCM data array.<br>\nI replaced o...
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59631
1
59684
2011-09-01T21:52:04.247
3
1242
<p>In my infinite wisdom, during a system upgrade, I somehow managed to remove 'ubuntu-desktop' and several other key packages. As a consequence, my desktop is now gone - I only see a standard X terminal window on login.</p> <p>Any suggestions for how I might rectify this situtation (short of full reformat and reinsta...
24262
24262
2011-09-02T00:25:05.197
2011-09-02T06:29:41.550
How to recover from uninstall of ubuntu-desktop?
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5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-01T21:58:13.987", "id": "68148", "postId": "59631", "score": "0", "text": "can you connect via ethernet not wifi? from a TTY you could just reinstall the ubuntu desktop package i.e. `sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop`", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>'ubuntu-desktop' and several other key packages</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>As it may be possible to reinstall all removed packages this is a time consuming process, even more so as we obviously <strong>don't exactly know what packages and how many were removed</strong>....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>'ubuntu-desktop' and several other key packages</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>As it may be possible to reinstall all removed packages this is a time consuming process, even more so as we obviously <strong>don't exactly know what packages and how many were removed</...
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59632
1
59636
2011-09-01T21:58:07.917
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<p>I've used Windows for many years, using Dreamweaver as my editor as it had a file tree which is based on a project (via Local, FTP or SFTP).</p> <p>I need a web development IDE with the following functionality:</p> <ul> <li><p><strong>syntax highlighting</strong> for <em>PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript</em> </p></li> <...
24263
196255
2013-12-11T13:13:49.717
2022-07-25T01:52:28.413
Basic Web Development IDE/Editor like Dreamweaver?
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-15T11:03:45.203", "id": "7307", "postId": "59632", "score": "2", "text": "Have you considered running Dreamweaver itself under Wine ?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2321" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-16T04:05:43.097", "id": "7505", "post...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Even when I added the accepted answer at the question mentioned by @fossfreedom, more precisely at <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/38343/dreamweaver-alternative-in-ubuntu/48808#48808\">Dreamweaver alternative in ubuntu?</a>, in the comments of your question. I must accept t...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would probably have to recommend <a href=\"http://www.kompozer.net/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">KompoZer</a>, which is an unofficial bug-fix release of the popular application, <a href=\"http://net2.com/nvu/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Nvu</a>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur....
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59634
1
59682
2011-09-01T22:15:49.107
3
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/41407/what-virtualization-software-can-i-use">What virtualization software can I use?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Well as the title reads, are there any other virtualization softwares in the mould of virtualbox be it...
12846
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:23.123
2011-09-02T06:21:54.707
Any alternatives to Virtualbox for virtualization
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>KVM is Ubuntu's \"official\" virtualization platform.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Will get that installed for you. Or read the instructions in Synaptic to see if you machine qualifies (most ordinary PC's will).</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>KVM is Ubuntu's \"official\" virtualization platform.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Will get that installed for you. Or read the instructions in Synaptic to see if you machine qualifies (most ordinary PC's will).</p>\n", "commentCoun...
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2011-09-02T07:50:15.047
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59635
1
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2011-09-01T22:26:57.263
2
7185
<p>I've searched the posts and can't find the exact answer I need. I've installed Ubuntu to my hard drive completely, and wiped my Windows 7. I do not want Ubuntu anymore; I want Windows 7 back. But when I put in my CD to reinstall Windows 7, it said my disk partition needed to be in ntfs format. I can't format my driv...
24265
1992
2011-10-27T00:13:13.643
2015-07-28T09:16:41.140
Can't format hard drive back to Windows 7 after fully installing Ubuntu
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-02T14:14:05.320", "id": "68242", "postId": "59635", "score": "3", "text": "I think you're in the wrong place ... you need the \"Ask Windows\" community :)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "213" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm pretty sure Windows installer has an option to delete partitions/use entire disk/something similar, though the last time I used it it was WinXP, not Win7.</p>\n\n<p>At any rate, it's not a problem for Ubuntu to be concerned with, it's a problem/defect of the Windows insta...
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59638
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74896
2011-09-01T22:36:20.473
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<p>I am setting up a light weight VM, following the guide in the <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/LowMemorySystems" rel="noreferrer">Ubuntu Documentation</a></p> <p>What I want to be able to do is launch a GUI application. I don't need / want anything on the desktop.</p> <p>First I installed xo...
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2011-11-02T18:49:09.407
Do I need a desktop to run a GUI?
[ "xorg", "gui", "window-manager", "xfce" ]
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I asked this question over at <a href=\"https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/23059/5048\">unix.SE</a>, and got the following answer:</p>\n\n<p>If you build the VM and use it as a server, then ssh with x11forwarding (e.g. <code>ssh -X</code>), then the system does not need a desktop or wi...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>why you don't install gnome it is easier !!!</p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p>Or if you still want xfce :\n<a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/01/install-xfce-4-8-in-ubuntu-10-10-ppa/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/01/install-xfce-4-8-in-ubuntu-10-10-ppa/</a></p>\n...
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59640
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59711
2011-09-01T22:44:03.977
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<p>I wanted a window manager, so I installed xfce4. I used </p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install xfce4 </code></pre> <p>to do this. To remove it, I used</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get remove --purge xfce4 </code></pre> <p>which didn't work, and neither did</p> <pre><code>sudo dpkg purge xfce4 </code></pre> <p>as ev...
2487
-1
2016-01-07T05:22:08.837
2023-03-24T05:57:40.613
Why removing the xfce4 package doesn't remove the XFCE desktop environment?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>xfce4</code> itself is a meta-package that will install a default configured xfce desktop environment.</p>\n\n<p>In most cases the base files that comes with xfce4 are: xfconf, xfce4-utils, xfwm4, xfce4-session, thunar, xfdesktop4, exo-utils</p>\n\n<p>So you can do</p>\n\n<pre>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think you should try aptitude. </p>\n\n<p>Install it: <code>sudo apt-get install aptitude</code> </p>\n\n<p>Maybe you will have first to install again xfce4: <code>sudo aptitude install xfce4</code> </p>\n\n<p>Now purge it: <code>sudo aptitude purge xfce4</code> </p>...
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59641
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59644
2011-09-01T22:46:17.200
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1043
<p>Can someone please tell me how I can establish connection to my WiFi network from the command line? (My desktop GUI <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/59631/how-to-recover-from-uninstall-of-ubuntu-desktop">is fried</a>.)</p> <p>I've tried the following:</p> <pre><code>sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid NETWORK_NAME s...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2013-12-24T18:53:44.967
How to establish wireless connection from command line?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I can connect with this command even from the true (not emulated) terminal: </p>\n\n<pre><code>nmcli con up id 'my.net.work'\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-01T23...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I can connect with this command even from the true (not emulated) terminal: </p>\n\n<pre><code>nmcli con up id 'my.net.work'\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDat...
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59651
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2011-09-02T00:22:23.720
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<p>First off I did something stupid. I downloaded a Nvidia driver even though I have an integrated chipset. After installation my unity was still working. However, when I restarted my computer I got an error message saying that I can't run unity. </p> <p>I uninstalled the Nvidia driver.</p> <p>I restarted my computer...
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2011-09-02T00:26:11.967
2012-01-28T15:45:48.567
How do I get Unity working again after installing the wrong video driver?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Logout and, before log back in, make sure to choose <strong>Ubuntu</strong> instead of <strong>Ubuntu Classic</strong>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "10", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-02T00:41:31.227", "id": "68163", "postId": "596...
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2012-02-24T14:09:31.627
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59660
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59661
2011-09-02T00:57:53.127
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<p>So this is the first version of Ubuntu that stops the sound from coming out of my speakers when I plug in headphones. Unfortunately it also stops the sound altogether... I would like to submit a bug report but I can't remember how, nor what program I should submit it for?</p>
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2014-05-27T01:15:41.110
2014-05-27T01:15:41.110
How to report a bug for no sound through headphones?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-beta-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do\">This question</a> should have all the information you need about issues with alpha and beta releases.</p>\n\n<p>In particular, <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/quest...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-beta-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do\">This question</a> should have all the information you need about issues with alpha and beta releases.</p>\n\n<p>In particular, <a href=\"https://askubuntu.c...
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2013-12-16T13:29:27.093
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59663
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2011-09-02T01:47:36.200
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<p>I asked <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/14202/how-to-use-an-input-language-different-from-the-keyboard-layout-country-and-from">the same question when I used Maverick Meerkat</a> but I can't make that solutions work on Unity. I want to use the keys <kbd>´</kbd> followed by <kbd>c</kbd> and the output should...
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2017-04-13T12:23:55.970
2024-03-26T15:48:24.253
How to type "ç" when using USA intl as the keyboard layout?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Edit <code>/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/2.10.0/gtk.immodules</code> \nModify the line where you can find \"cedilla\" add \":en\" at the end</p>\n\n<p><code>\"cedilla\" \"Cedilla\" \"gtk20\" \"/usr/share/locale\" \"az:ca:co:fr:gv:oc:pt:sq:tr:wa:en\"</code></p>\n\n<p>Edit <code>/etc/environment</c...
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