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<p>For example:</p> <p>I open some file with Evince (in default workspace 1) then I right-click on window titlebar and select "Move to workspace 2"</p> <p>What happens is that Evince window disappears from workspace 1, but it can't be found in any workspace. Process is running, as I can confirm with System Monitor.</...
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2011-09-06T21:29:51.033
2011-09-06T22:28:02.063
Why do my windows disappear when I move them to different workspaces?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After browsing some answers like this one <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/34572/how-can-i-reduce-or-increase-the-number-of-workspaces-in-unity\">How can I reduce or increase the number of workspaces in Unity?</a>, I checked general options in my CompizConfig and noticed tha...
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60317
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2011-09-06T21:34:49.737
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<p>I installed gnome from a kubuntu 11.04 installation using apt-get</p> <p><code>$ apt-get install gnome-desktop-environment</code></p> <p>Everything was working just fine until I decided to change the panel format. Then a tried to fix it following both those instructions, with no success:</p> <p><a href="https://a...
24516
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.590
2011-09-07T00:02:55.367
How do I reset GNOME to the defaults?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As suggested in the first question you're linking to, removing Gnome directories from your home directory should definitely reset it to its default settings.</p>\n\n<p>Can you double-check that the following folders <strong>in your home folder</strong> are indeed being delete...
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60324
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2011-09-06T22:41:05.137
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<p>The solution provided for <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6267/how-do-i-synchronize-a-palm-pda-with-evolution-2-30">10.10 and Evolution 2.30</a> doesn't seem to work because the '–enable-pilot-conduits' option is no longer recognized:</p> <p><code>configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-pilot-co...
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2017-04-13T12:24:11.537
2011-09-06T23:05:35.963
How to synchronize a Palm PDA with Evolution 2.32.2
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I believe the <a href=\"http://osdir.com/ml/evolution-list/2011-05/msg00032.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">PDA sync support</a> was moved out of Evolution 2.32 into the <code>gnome-pilot</code> package.</p>\n\n<p>If you install this package it should enable your PDA to connect and p...
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60329
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2011-09-07T00:19:44.263
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<p>I have one folder set to sync automatically, and only a select number of the files are available via cloud. Also the files that are available have a green check-mark on them, whereas the ones that aren't available have a looping set of arrows (green and yellow) when I look back at the folder content. Any reason why ...
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2011-09-07T01:37:20.887
Not all files are available after sync
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your files are still being uploaded to the server, the time it takes to complete the process depends on the total size of your files and your Internet speed. Here is what the emblems over the files mean <a href=\"https://edge.one.ubuntu.com/help/tutorial/install-and-setup-fil...
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2011-09-07T01:06:08.727
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<p>I want to install the Unity 3-d web player on Ubuntu 11.04. I would like to use it on different sites such as <a href="http://firecraft.games2be.com/play">http://firecraft.games2be.com/play</a>. Is it possible?</p>
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2012-07-03T01:34:59.567
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How do I install Unity 3-D web player?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://unity3d.com/webplayer/\">Their website</a> says the plugin is only available for Windows and MacOS X:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p><strong>Unity Web Player</strong></p>\n \n <p>The Unity Web Player is not currently compatible with the operating\n system that ...
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60337
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2011-09-07T03:32:40.557
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<p>I have multiple playlists (about 2k songs) in Banshee that I want to sync with my Android smartphone (Motorola Milestone). The sync worked flawlessly from the start to the end but after looking at the result I noticed that some songs were missing on the Android device. After looking closer to the problem I saw that ...
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2011-09-14T12:30:07.440
Not all songs synching on my Android smartphone when using Banshee
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is not just a Banshee problem, most syncing programs - rsync for example - also chokes when certain special characters exist within file names. And that's the issue, it's filenames, not song names that cause problems - song names are recorded in metadata. Knock up a sh...
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60338
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2011-09-07T03:42:34.720
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<p>Im a newbie to Linux and today I installed gnome-shell and I had previously installed nvidea current drivers provided by Ubuntu. After reboot it shows ubuntu splash screen and then stays there and doesn't do anything. I then went in CLI mode using <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd> and from there I ran command <code>start...
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2011-09-10T16:01:44.427
2011-09-10T16:01:44.427
Why does my system get stuck at the splash screen after updating to Gnome 3?
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2011-09-07T03:51:35.823
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<p>I am running 11.04 Desktop 64bit on my Thinkpad X220 which is brand new. I ran Windows on it for a few days and that seemed to run fine. It's still on there on a separate partition. </p> <p>Ubuntu installed OK, with no major issues except that my screen gets garbled at irregular intervals. The way in which it gets ...
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2011-09-08T03:53:00.027
2015-10-12T09:39:24.590
Why does my Thinkpad X220 screen get garbled after a while?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Long time ago I had very similar problems with some videocards - both times it turned out to be a symptom of the videocard dying. It was Windows 98 and then XP, but the picture was very similar.</p>\n\n<p>As I remember, a temporary fix for this was to switch display to text m...
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2011-09-07T05:26:12.993
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<p>Any have good link to how to for SmokePing that is upto date for 10.10 or 10.04(aka mint11)?</p>
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2011-09-07T12:43:51.393
2011-09-07T12:43:51.393
How to install and setup SmokePing?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here you can find detailed info <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man7/smokeping_install.7.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">How to install and setup SmokePing</a> on Ubuntu 10.10, 10.04, and for older versions as well. Hope it should cover your needs. </p>\n", ...
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2011-09-07T06:03:12.710
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<p>When I first installed Ubuntu 11.04 I marked <strong>NOT</strong> to ask password in login. Then, ofcourse, it didn't ask me password on login. But now I want the OS to ask login password as I have many critical datas stored. I changed the settings to <strong>Password: Asked in Login</strong> but it doesn't work. M...
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2014-03-11T06:18:45.133
My PC does not ask password in Login even if I set it to ASK on login
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This tutorial explains <a href=\"http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-disable-password-prompts-in-ubuntu.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">How to disable password prompts in Ubuntu</a>. \nIn case if you want to enable password prompts, try to do that vice versa</p>\n", "commentCount": ...
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2011-09-07T07:02:00.757
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<p>I have had problems connecting with ssh through the terminal to different machines around my workplace and my home.</p> <p>The three last lines is (if I run ssh with -vvv):</p> <pre><code>debug3: load_hostkeys: loaded 0 keys debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer </code></p...
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2017-04-13T12:14:52.490
2012-03-13T13:52:58.877
Putty works but ssh from terminal fails after SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/33605/can-i-move-the-unity-launcher">Can I move the Unity launcher?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have searched the net and found out that the Launcher is not movable. With widescreen format it makes perfect sense to...
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2017-04-13T12:24:11.537
2011-09-07T12:44:54.983
Ubuntu 11.04 Launcher
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Our sabdfl, <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/668415/comments/2\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mark Shuttleworth has spoken</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>I'm afraid that won't work with our broader design goals, so we won't\n implement that.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>There...
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2011-09-07T15:29:44.887
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2011-09-07T07:29:09.797
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<p>Is there any way to alter the mouse pointer's action region? </p> <p>I have a circle pointer with a dot in the center, and I want the mouse to start the action click from there, not from the top left corner, is there anyway to setup this behavior?</p>
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19490
2011-09-07T07:37:57.117
2011-09-07T07:54:13.983
Set mouse click action in the center of the mouse pointer, not the top left corner
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2011-09-07T08:14:38.043
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<p>For some reason I'm plagued by especially rare bugs. This time my middle mouse button ceased to work in <strong>firefox</strong> exclusively. I can use it to copy stuff in terminal or to start another instance of a program clicking on the program's icon on the unity launcher bar. </p> <p>But I <strong>can't use my ...
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2012-06-12T15:32:08.537
2012-06-12T15:32:08.537
Why did my middle mouse button stop working in firefox exclusively?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Purging Firefox removes global settings only, not the Firefox profile itself. To check whether it's an issue related to your Firefox profile settings, try creating a new, clean one:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mkdir /tmp/firefox-test\nfirefox -profile /tmp/firefox-test -no-remote &amp;\n</code...
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2011-09-07T08:20:46.710
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<p>I was trying to make a VNC server in my Ubuntu 11.04, which can allow me to login even system reboots. Therefore, I have tried as following, but from vncviewer I can't connect.</p> <h1>Server listening</h1> <ol> <li><p>Install</p> <pre><code>$ sudo -s # apt-get install vnc4server xinetd </code></pre></li> <li><p>...
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2013-08-14T20:34:01.537
2013-08-14T20:34:01.537
How do I set VNC Server so that on system reboot it is auto started?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You might want to try x11vnc - a very powerful, relatively easy to use solution.</p>\n\n<p>Please <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/10232/currently-vnc-doesnt-work-with-compiz-will-you-fix-this-before-unity-is-releas/18176#18176\">see my previous answer</a> on a similar topic...
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<p>I use a lot of terminal windows (at least three, up to 5 or 6). </p> <p>If I am working in one of them, and switch to another app via the unity launcher (say the web browser), and then come back to the terminal windows by clicking on the terminal icon in the Unity launcher, the window that had focus and was raised ...
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2011-10-30T23:28:24.320
2011-10-30T23:28:24.320
Is there a way that Unity can remember which terminal window had focus and was raised?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>IMHO this is a bug in Unity. The last used window in an application group should be the one raised and with focus when I come back to this group by clicking on it's button in the launcher</p>\n\n<p>I won't report any more unity UI bugs, though, given the treatment that obvious UI sho...
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2011-09-07T10:09:12.953
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<p>I want to run a remote X session in windowed mode. I cannot find any help in the Manual of X, nor in the internet.</p> <p>Does anyone know how to do that? By now I'm doing: <code>X :2 -query hostname</code></p> <p>Thanks in advance</p>
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2011-09-07T12:43:00.690
Can I run a remote X session in windowed mode?
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2011-09-07T11:08:28.543
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<p>Is there any possibility to see in nautilus or nautilus elementary which videos in my video folder have already been watched?</p>
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2012-01-26T22:56:29.143
See in nautilus which videos have already been watched
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Right click on the file and add a note via the Properties. With any text therein, the file icon gets an overlay image resembling a note (which in your case cud mean that this video is watched).</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate":...
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2011-09-07T11:17:41.920
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<p>There are pictures of animals that are popping up randomly on my computer. When I move the mouse over the animal it turns into a a sword icon, and when I click it, the animal disappears but after a few minutes another animal comes up. I think it may be related to Chromium but I'm not sure.</p> <p>What is this and...
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2011-10-25T06:35:31.733
2016-08-02T18:22:42.427
Animals popping up randomly
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2011-09-07T12:36:30.413
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<p>I want to combine these two commands:</p> <pre><code>rvm use 1.9.2 </code></pre> <p>and </p> <pre><code>redcar </code></pre> <p>and combine them to run as a standalone program. But when i created a launcher with these two commands inputted, separated by semicolon, it just doesn't work.</p> <p>How to implement t...
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2015-09-29T20:31:00.927
How to combine two commands as a launcher?
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2011-09-07T12:51:37.323
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<p>I have </p> <pre><code>$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1f:d0:99:ea:a9 inet addr:192.168.1.130 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21f:d0ff:fe99:eaa9/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:309399...
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2011-09-08T08:42:41.767
2011-09-08T08:42:41.767
How do the ifconfig settings work?
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<p>Any suggestions for list of ubuntu supported streaming server; </p> <p>I looked at some like </p> <ol> <li>zeya</li> <li>red5</li> <li>gstreamer</li> <li>ffmpeg </li> <li>icecast-server / icecast2</li> </ol> <p>I wanted know list of all robust or lightweight multi-user streaming server for video and audio.</p>
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2011-09-07T15:25:30.607
2011-09-07T16:01:24.703
Any suggestions for list of supported streaming audio/video server?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>try <a href=\"http://www.gnu.org/s/gnump3d/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GNUMP3d</a>... it has a web based UI which has list of files ready for streaming..!!</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "...
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60389
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2011-09-07T13:10:49.137
3
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<p>Each time I start up, I get a blue popup-like blue window with an exclamation mark giving me what looks like an error message. It does not stay long enough for me to write it down.</p> <p>It says something like:</p> <pre><code>Avahi does not support ".local".. something about network? </code></pre> <p>But a lot m...
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2014-01-14T08:23:03.800
Avahi error on startup
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2013-11-16T09:56:16.830
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2011-09-07T13:15:33.393
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<p>How to setup a cloud with a bunch of computer running Ubuntu server connected in a LAN.. is it possible to access the cloud outside the LAN through internet..?</p>
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2019-05-03T03:32:46.077
How to setup a cloud with a bunch of computers running ubuntu server?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found the answer to my question.. \n<a href=\"http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3858961/Grow-Your-Own-Cloud-Servers-With-Ubuntu.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/3858961/Grow-Your-Own-Cloud-Servers-With-Ubuntu.htm</a> has the inf...
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2011-09-07T14:08:53.817
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<p>I cannot find saslauthd on my Ubuntu 11.04, and I did not find any package to install it. How to install, which package contains it?</p>
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2011-09-07T14:16:30.503
2011-09-07T16:26:51.827
How can I download and install saslauthd?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You are probably looking for <code>sasl2-bin</code>. You can install it via synaptic or by using the terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install sasl2-bin\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You are probably looking for <code>sasl2-bin</code>. You can install it via synaptic or by using the terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install sasl2-bin\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense"...
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2011-09-07T14:25:46.657
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<p>I'm trying to mass convert a handful of <code>.tif</code> files. I found phatch could look like a good candidiate but I'm running Ubuntu 11.04. Looks like they don't have a <code>.deb</code> for my version.</p> <p>Anyone have any alternatives to phatch or any other recommendations as to quickly batch convert <code>...
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2020-08-03T05:43:30.093
2021-09-22T16:42:57.013
Batch processing tif images? Converting .tif to .jpeg
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Easy. Install <strong>imagemagick</strong>:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo apt install imagemagick\n</code></pre>\n<p>Its simplest usage is:</p>\n<pre><code>convert File.tif File.jpg\n</code></pre>\n<p>It is smart and goes by your file extension.</p>\n<p>Now, for doing batch conversions, we sh...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.imagemagick.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">Imagemagick</a> should be able to convert them. It is a package of commandline programs, if you are OK with that.</p>\n\n<p>Part of that is <strong>convert</strong> - </p>\n\n<p>man convert: </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>co...
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60403
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2011-09-07T14:37:02.700
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<p>I'd like to be able to upload files like a Windows version of VNC's. How can I upload files using VNC? I have tried tigerVNC, default VNC, but with none can I do that.</p>
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2011-09-07T14:51:23.643
2011-09-07T20:19:05.497
How do I use UltraVNC?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may want to take a look a <a href=\"http://www.nomachine.com/select-package.php?os=linux&amp;id=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">NoMachine NX</a>. Not VNC, but very robust and excellent performance.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLice...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may want to take a look a <a href=\"http://www.nomachine.com/select-package.php?os=linux&amp;id=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">NoMachine NX</a>. Not VNC, but very robust and excellent performance.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, ...
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user25165
60404
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2011-09-07T14:39:35.503
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<p>Is there a decent GUI for building Flash movies in Ubuntu? An easy-to-use API would be fine, too. I did find <a href="http://www.libming.org/" rel="nofollow">Ming</a> (API for creating .swf files) and am going to check that out.</p>
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2011-09-07T15:24:25.617
2011-09-10T00:08:43.157
How do I author Adobe Flash movies?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gimp\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Gimp</a> with <a href=\"http://my.opera.com/area42/blog/flash-swf-export-for-gimp\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">swf plugin</a>. </p>\n\n<p>Download the plugin to your folder ~/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins and mar...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gimp\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Gimp</a> with <a href=\"http://my.opera.com/area42/blog/flash-swf-export-for-gimp\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">swf plugin</a>. </p>\n\n<p>Download the plugin to your folder ~/.gimp-2.6/plug-ins...
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60405
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60425
2011-09-07T14:43:14.597
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<p>How do I install rtlinux in Ubuntu? If I get it to install will it make software work abnormally?</p>
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2014-10-20T07:30:11.103
2014-10-20T07:30:11.103
Can I install rtlinux?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From : <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RealTime\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RealTime</a> , [...]The -preempt and -rt kernels are no longer being developed due to lack of support[...]</p>\n\n<p>I've come across some posts on Ubuntu forums (dated 2008), that mentioned ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From : <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RealTime\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RealTime</a> , [...]The -preempt and -rt kernels are no longer being developed due to lack of support[...]</p>\n\n<p>I've come across some posts on Ubuntu forums (dated 2008), that me...
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60406
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2011-09-07T14:43:34.707
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2263/chkconfig-alternative-for-ubuntu-server">Chkconfig alternative for Ubuntu Server?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>In Fedora I can do </p> <pre><code>$ chkconfig --list | grep ssh Note: This output shows SysV servi...
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2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2012-08-29T16:48:17.290
How can I do chkconfig like in Fedora?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Even if Ubuntu uses Upstart, not all services have been migrated to it yet and hence the old System-V style init scripts (files in <code>/etc/init.d/</code>.)</p>\n\n<p>According to the manual page of <a href=\"http://linux.die.net/man/8/chkconfig\" rel=\"nofollow\"><code>chkconfig</...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>chkconfig is for sysv init system and Ubuntu uses upstart, to list all services and their status type <code>initctl list</code>. Currently there is no tool to enable or disable services in upstart so you have to manually rename the file in /etc/init so it doesn't end with .co...
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2011-09-09T13:28:00.570
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user25165
60409
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60412
2011-09-07T15:10:42.983
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<p>Ubuntu 11.04, how can i change the Windows close/minimize/maximize buttons on top left corner to somewhere else like: bottom left corner, bottom right corner? If it's not possible, then I would like to put top right corner. Example as following window:</p> <pre><code>+---------------- + - [ ]--+ | ...
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2017-04-13T12:23:08.843
2012-11-21T22:50:53.013
How to make the window manager to show the X - [ ] not on left top corner but bottom left or bottom right corner?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Depending on your window decorator I am sure you can, in example, using emerald to create your own theme which will allow you to define where do you wish to place these controls.</p>\n\n<p>Anyway, <a href=\"http://ubuntu-tweak.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Ubuntu Tweak</a> will ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Depending on your window decorator I am sure you can, in example, using emerald to create your own theme which will allow you to define where do you wish to place these controls.</p>\n\n<p>Anyway, <a href=\"http://ubuntu-tweak.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Ubuntu Tweak</...
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user25165
60416
1
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2011-09-07T15:49:28.300
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<p>I recently migrated from snow leopard to Ubuntu, but I forgot to make a backup of some of the info in my old mac. I have my time machine prepared HDD, but when I connect the drive to Ubuntu it tells me I do not have permission to see the content of the folders, any Ideas to open the drive and extract the info?</p>
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2012-05-21T14:22:17.367
unlock Mac Time machine HDD in Ubuntu
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think the time machine volume is journaled. As I know Ubuntu cannot write on journaled format without some stuff. If you have your Mac available, plug in the Installer DVD/USB into and run the Disk Utilities from there and disable journaling on your time machine. Maybe this...
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2013-03-14T15:31:00.103
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60421
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60428
2011-09-07T16:31:02.930
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2605
<p>When i start my Ubuntu its connected to my monitor. How can i always default start in rotate mode? (not the default one that we use daily). I was trying to make it -90 or -180 or -45 but cant make it yet.</p>
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2011-09-07T22:33:12.593
2011-09-07T22:33:12.593
How can I start my screen in rotate mode 90/-90 or 180/-180 or 45/-45 angle?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've come across a script that does what you want to do:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/sh\n rotation=`xrandr -q | grep \"Current rotation\" | cut -d\"-\" -f2`\n if [ $rotation = \"normal\" ] ;\n then\n xrandr -o left &lt;-------- change it to whatever you want\n else\n xrandr ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've come across a script that does what you want to do:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/sh\n rotation=`xrandr -q | grep \"Current rotation\" | cut -d\"-\" -f2`\n if [ $rotation = \"normal\" ] ;\n then\n xrandr -o left &lt;-------- change it to whatever you want\n else\n ...
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user25165
60426
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2011-09-07T16:55:09.290
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<p>I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop. However, very often things get VERY slow and windows start blinking with gray color. The system is then almost unresponsive... This goes on and off in about 5 minutes interval. When I run the <code>top</code> command it looks like the Xorg command is using most of the CPU ...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2011-09-07T19:34:33.947
Why does my screen go gray?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-07T17:40:35.490", "id": "69094", "postId": "60426", "score": "0", "text": "i Would suggest you use Unity-2D if your system can't handle the 3D version.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4203" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your system is more than capable of running ubuntu with all the 3d stuff. I have the same graphic card with an old celeron processor and less memory and everything works. I'd suggest you install the drivers for your card:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo aptitude reinstall xserver-xor...
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60429
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2011-09-07T17:08:55.203
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<p>I have a Dell N5010 15R with a 64-bit i3 processor, Intel HD graphics, 320GB hard drive and integrated network card. I wanted to know which Ubuntu version to install in order to have the capacity to use the HD integrated graphics card's full potential. </p> <p>I want to get in Ubuntu and stop using Windows 7, but w...
24566
18612
2011-09-08T01:22:42.083
2011-09-08T01:22:42.083
Can I manage to install on a Dell 15R with all my laptop's features?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-09T16:16:03.933", "id": "69408", "postId": "60429", "score": "0", "text": "also, i forgo to ask, do i have to install the 32 bit version of ubuntu or the 64 bit? im curious because the 64 bit v of ubuntu says is only for amd processors...", "userDisplayName": null,...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The hardware should work nicely with Ubuntu. You're mentioning Windows applications, and those will not normally run in Ubuntu at all. However, there is something called Wine, which can be used to use Windows applications on Ubuntu. Not everything will work, and not everythin...
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60431
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2011-09-07T17:18:05.890
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<p>I have a dual boot setup with Ubuntu and Windows 7. I need to shrink my root Ubuntu volume in order to get some free space to create a new partition. Are there any Windows based tools that will do this for me? I tried booting up in gparted to do this but I cannot tell which partition is which since I cannot find the...
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2011-09-07T19:34:21.263
2019-08-09T02:46:11.283
How do I resize root partition?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-07T17:51:29.523", "id": "69095", "postId": "60431", "score": "0", "text": "Windows 7 comes with it's own resizing Tool but can only resize NTFS volumes as Windows 7 doesn't \"see\" ext4 (or other Filesystems besides FAT) by the way you shouldn't resize stuff while you'...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can burn the Parted Magic OS into a CD and boot from that. That OS includes a very basic graphical interface as well as <a href=\"https://gparted.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">GParted</a> and other graphical tools. It should make a job like resizing any partition rea...
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60435
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2011-09-07T17:33:40.943
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<p>I have had this bug for a long a time and have been unable to research a solution. If not a solution, some ideas of what other methods I could take to determine the exact cause would be helpful.</p> <p><code>Laptop: Dell lat 6520 running ubuntu 10.10, GNOME 2.32.0</code></p> <p>The bug: every so often while I'm ty...
24568
235
2011-09-19T20:21:31.157
2011-12-10T23:45:37.977
"Sticky key"-like bug, KeyPress/Release events repeat indefinitely
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2013-03-12T22:01:22.887
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60438
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60458
2011-09-07T18:01:52.913
1
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<p><strong>UPDATE 1</strong></p> <p>Output of <code>sudo fdisk -l</code></p> <pre><code>ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O si...
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1646
2011-09-07T18:53:35.513
2012-10-03T05:52:04.450
Boot mounts failing after power outage
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Seeing your fstab I think you have windows in your sda1, im I wrong? The problem is sometimes after a power outage the ntfs gets damaged. If your boot sda1 device were Linux and the ntfs were in sda2, fdsk would repair it automatically during boot. But since the boot is in the same d...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>Boot Repair</h2>\n\n<p>If you are confident that you have a good backup, I would try <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Boot-Repair</a></p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/gfYcM.png\" alt=\"enter image description...
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60439
1
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2011-09-07T18:25:52.507
1
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<p>On my computer, I replaced windows XP with Ubuntu 11.04. When I start up my computer, I get the message 'Can not display this video mode - optimal resolution 1280 60Hz', in a black screen. After a few minutes, I can login. After this, there appears a colored screen with only a mouse cursus, and I can't do any more!<...
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3037
2012-01-25T19:00:35.180
2012-01-25T19:00:35.180
"Can not display this video mode" error during boot, followed by empty desktop
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T01:21:10.120", "id": "69148", "postId": "60439", "score": "0", "text": "This sounds similar to a [problem I have](http://askubuntu.com/questions/54880/plymouth-and-grub-do-not-show-at-all) with my desktop. Perhaps you can try looking at some of the answers there.", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is a message from your monitor, not your computer.\nOpen <code>/etc/default/grub</code> with gedit (root privileges required) and set <code>GRUB_GFXMODE</code> to <code>1280x800</code> (or <code>1280x1024</code> it's not widescreen), and save the file. After that, open a...
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60443
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60464
2011-09-07T18:50:26.953
1
1005
<p>Whenever something happen which require notification (connecting to a wireless network or low battery status) Ubuntu (unity) gives a nice floating message which (usually) vanishes after several seconds. Is there a way to produce my own floating notification?</p>
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2011-09-07T20:38:51.160
2012-09-15T19:11:03.837
Where can I find documentation for notify-osd?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>notify-send \"whatever you want to say :)\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You can put it in your scripts to notify you about almost anything happens in your system. To see more options like setting title, icons, time, etc...</p>\n\n<pre><code>man notify-send\n</code></pre>\n", "comm...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you checked out the ubuntu wiki yet?</p>\n\n<p>There's a few examples here\n<a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDevelopmentGuidelines\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotificationDevelopmentGuidelines</a></p>\n\n<p>More general info about it here\n<a href=\"https://wi...
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60444
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2011-09-07T19:00:15.580
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<p>Can i set default config dir in home folder?<br></p> <p>I dislike:<br></p> <pre><code>/home/user/Documents /home/user/Music /home/user/.progconf1 /home/user/.progconf2 </code></pre> <p>I want:<br></p> <pre><code>/home/user/Documents /home/user/Music /home/user/.config/.progconf1 /home/user/.config/.progconf2 </c...
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2015-04-04T11:03:08.563
Set default config files directory
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That depends on each program more than on the system. In some cases you can launch them with shortcuts to specific configurations. ie:</p>\n\n<pre><code>conky -c /home/user/.config/.conkyrc\n\ndosbox /home/user/.config/.dosbox/\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Those comands would save th...
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60448
1
60453
2011-09-07T19:15:25.910
1
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<p>I need a little help from some friends. I installed GIMP-2.7 via PPA when I already had GIMP-2.6 installed via software center, and then I wanted to use 2.6 again. I am using Ubuntu 11.04. I removed the PPA for 2.7 let software centre update, closed and even logged out and then back in. But 2.7 was still there. So I...
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2021-01-26T01:33:38.177
GIMP Package dependencies cannot be resolved
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try <code>sudo apt-get autoremove</code> into the terminal(if u deleted correctly the PPA, this one should work).\nThen make a <code>sudo apt-get update</code>\nand then <code>sudo apt-get install gimp -y</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try <code>sudo apt-get autoremove</code> into the terminal(if u deleted correctly the PPA, this one should work).\nThen make a <code>sudo apt-get update</code>\nand then <code>sudo apt-get install gimp -y</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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60457
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60460
2011-09-07T19:46:36.080
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<p>Here is the thing. I got new SSD and want to run clean install of Ubuntu 11.04 on it. I have install usb which I made right after 11.04 was released. And my question is - should I now download again iso image to avoid lots of updates or this is the same version as it was before an I will have to update anyway?</p>
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2011-09-07T20:21:09.443
2011-09-07T20:21:09.443
Should I download the ISO image again for the latest version?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Even if you download it again, you'll have to update anyway (there's updates almost every day so if the iso you download now was created some weeks ago, you'll have to update).</p>\n\n<p>What you should do is install with your usb, and when it asks you if you want to download the lat...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>No, you can update. And you can compare md5 of disk images</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-07T19:49:37.247", "id": "60459", "lastActivityDate": "201...
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2011-09-07T20:45:15.190
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<p>I'm following <a href="http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2011/04/introducing-ecryptfs-recover-private.html" rel="nofollow">these instructions for 11.04</a> to decrypt my /home/torben folder of my old drive so that I can copy it onto my new drive. It seems to succeed:</p> <blockquote> <p>INFO: Success! Private data ...
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2011-09-08T07:37:17.100
Where is my encrypted home folder?
[ "11.04", "ecryptfs" ]
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-07T21:12:03.087", "id": "69124", "postId": "60466", "score": "0", "text": "What is the output of `cd /tmp/ && ls`? What is inside /tmp/ when you open it with nautilus `nautilus /tmp/`?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12943" }, { "creationDate": "2...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Apparently the new decrypt tool for 11.04 didn't work correctly on my system. With Marco Ceppi's help in the chat room, we walked through the manual steps instead, and that worked. </p>\n\n<p>The steps have been updated and can be found in this answer:<br>\n<a href=\"https://askubunt...
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2011-09-07T20:57:54.360
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<p>I'm currently using <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/dvd-slideshow" rel="nofollow">dvd-slideshow</a> to create video files containing slideshows with sound, transitions and titles, and I'm quite fond of the command line approach for this kind of task. Is there any good alternatives to dvd-slideshow for this...
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2016-12-19T02:19:23.603
Alternatives to dvd-slideshow
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1>photofilmstrip</h1>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/ly6o3.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\" /></p>\n<p>The version in Software Center is v1.4.1. v1.5 is available from the <a href=\"http://www.photofilmstrip.org/4-1-Download.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">auth...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imagination\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Imagination</a> is a lightweight and simple DVD slide show maker for Linux and FreeBSD written in C language and built with the GTK+2 toolkit.</p>\n\n<p>To install:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo...
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2011-09-07T21:05:16.690
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<p>I am unable to create a working executable file by running the make command in a tree previously built on an i386 machine. I'm getting an error message in the form of </p> <pre><code>me@me-desktop:~$ make /usr/bin/ld: i386 architecture of input file `../.. /Lib/libProgram.a(something.o)' is incompatible with i386...
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2013-07-02T03:10:03.027
2013-07-02T03:10:03.027
Error message when running "make" command: /usr/bin/ld: i386 architecture of input file is incompatible with i386:x86-64 output
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are a some possibilities:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>need to run ./configure before make (if copied over from 386-machine)</li>\n<li>need to run ./autogen.sh (if checked out from version control with no configure script given)</li>\n</ul>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { ...
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60471
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2011-09-07T21:26:07.980
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<p>I like elementary' s Slingshot, but as you can see from <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/C36ao.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this screenshot</a>, it doesn't correctly show all of my applications (you can see Synaptic on the Unity Launcher but not in Slingshot; generally all the apps in the Administration and Pref...
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2012-05-20T07:24:42.773
2012-05-20T08:32:41.240
What's a good fullscreen launcher for the Gnome2 desktop?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T01:02:47.437", "id": "69146", "postId": "60471", "score": "0", "text": "Are you sure it needs to be fullscreen? If not, I'd recommend something like Synapse or GNOME Do.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "18612" }, { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T07...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>gnome-do is a great tool, but like you said not quite what you're looking for? The only other things like you describe that I have seen are applets/plugins for docks such as Avant Window Navigator and Cairo Dock.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "commu...
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60472
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2011-09-07T21:36:45.227
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<p>Friend's old laptop running ubuntu has 'died' (too old to be worth repairing), but he wanted to save some family photos from the hard drive, so I took the drive out and connected it to my laptop(running ubuntu 11.04) with an IDE-to-USB adapter.</p> <ol> <li>How do I get permissions to access all the files on the fi...
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2011-09-07T22:37:56.473
2011-09-07T23:33:36.890
Getting root access to a hard drive connected via USB?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-07T22:13:24.220", "id": "69130", "postId": "60472", "score": "0", "text": "I have some questions: Could you describe what *died* exactly means? What happend when you connected the drive to your computer? Was it mounted automatically or did you mount it? It would be hel...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You'll have to set the filesystem permissions on the filesystem, not the block device. So, you'll run <code>chmod</code> on <code>/media/mountpoint</code>, not on <code>/dev/sdx</code>. In any case, root always has complete access to everything, so if you run <code>gksudo nau...
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60474
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2011-09-07T21:46:06.027
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<p>I'm trying to configure my system to run headless and access the desktop via VNC when necessary. It seems everytime I unplug the monitor while ubuntu is running, the system freezes and I am forced to do a hard shut down. </p> <p>If I start the computer up without a monitor it won't boot up all the way and I am stil...
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2011-09-07T22:32:24.780
2012-03-22T10:41:44.447
How do I set up a headless server via VNC?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is a fairly common question. However, I personally believe that VNC is a poor solution for this kind of usage. I would recommend having a look at X2Go. It is much, much, faster tha VNC and it forwards audio using PulseAudio, etc, over SSH. It is quite easy to setup and y...
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60481
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2011-09-07T23:12:59.207
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<p>I got two screens(extended desktop) and the second is widescreen standing on its side, so i told ubuntu that its vertical, it works fine, but the wallpaper area of the first horizontal smaller one, goes all the way down to the size of the vertical one. The problem is the icons on my desktop get in the hidden area, w...
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2012-11-21T21:51:24.147
2012-11-21T21:51:24.147
How do I resize the desktop on my second monitor?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T01:53:05.640", "id": "69152", "postId": "60481", "score": "2", "text": "A screenshot would help here tremendously.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "11736" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Can you configure using xrandr? I'm not sure how you should configure it - as display names can vary, but i <em>think</em> this might work:</p>\n\n<p><code>xrandr --output VGA 900x1440 --right-of --output LVDS 1280x800</code></p>\n\n<p>you might want to look into how xrandr's...
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60483
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60521
2011-09-07T23:40:28.320
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<p>A few days ago, about when Firefox was updated to 3.6.21, <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+click stopped opening links in a new tab. How do I restore this functionality?</p>
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2015-02-27T05:52:25.967
2015-02-27T06:29:36.833
Ctrl + click no longer works in Firefox
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yup.\nUpdated GreaseMonkey to 0.9.11 and that solved the problem.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-11T00:11:31.137", "id": "69624", "postId": "60521", "score": "0", "text": "Not sure what caused it to resume w...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yup.\nUpdated GreaseMonkey to 0.9.11 and that solved the problem.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-11T00:11:31.137", "id": "69624", "postId": "60521", "score": "0", "text": "Not sure wh...
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2011-09-07T23:47:03.710
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<p>This happens in both 11.04 and 11.0. I read in some place that this apps are “blacklisted” to explicitly not use overlay scrollbars, but why?</p> <p>EDIT (17 Sep): Now Update Manager has been whitelisted and it uses overlay scrollbars (<a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/overlay-scrollbar/0.2.11-0ubuntu1"...
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2012-01-28T19:57:35.053
2012-01-28T19:57:35.053
Why do Synaptic and Update Manager not use overlay scrollbars?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T01:00:33.417", "id": "69145", "postId": "60484", "score": "0", "text": "possible duplicate of [Enable Overlay Scrollbars In all Applications](http://askubuntu.com/questions/35770/enable-overlay-scrollbars-in-all-applications)?", "userDisplayName": null, "use...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It has possibly something to do with the fact that they are applications requiring root access. If you run synaptic without administrative privileges, synaptic will join the appmenu. If you run it with admin privileges, it will not. My guess is that these parts of the Ayatana...
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2011-09-07T23:57:47.400
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<p>I've been looking at gaming keyboards to use on Ubuntu system.</p> <p>Microsoft has a few popular ones (e.g., Sidewinder X4, X6), but the programmable function keys appear to be unusable without the Windows software. (Though <a href="http://www.blog.project13.pl/index.php/fun/1333/1333/" rel="nofollow">here's a p...
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2013-09-03T16:59:35.700
2017-07-29T04:24:16.383
What gaming keyboard(s) will work with Ubuntu?
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[ { "creationDate": "2017-07-29T04:31:44.293", "id": "1493536", "postId": "60485", "score": "0", "text": "you can use windows inside a virtual machine with usb passthrough to configure the keyboard using its software", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "480305" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I tried a Razer Arctosa once, and it ran fine without any issues. It does not have any programmable keys, so I can't vouch for that, but the backlight &amp; the multimedia keys ran fine.</p>\n\n<p>I'm pretty sure that would be the case with other models as well. A little bit ...
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2011-09-08T01:09:22.143
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<p>Recently, after a few upgrades, I find that the power-management applet indicator has vanished, and the option of Suspend has suddenly changed to Power-off. I can still suspend through <code>sudo pm-suspend</code>, but pressing on the Power button blanks and locks the screen at best.</p> <p>Moreover, the options of...
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2011-09-08T01:36:12.717
2011-11-07T01:12:38.170
Unable to suspend - power manager vanished
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T01:28:59.920", "id": "69149", "postId": "60488", "score": "0", "text": "Can you attach screenshots?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "18612" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Update <code>upower</code> from the ubuntu packages page. It needs to be updated to version 0.9.13-1 and the system did not do that automatically. You can find that here: <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric/upower\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://packages.ubuntu.com/oneiric...
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2011-09-08T01:59:04.583
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<p>I have an jailbroken iPod Touch, and I have the afc2add package. When I plug it into my ubuntu laptop, it automounts my iPod's Media directory, as well as the app file sharing folders too. When I use Nautilus to transfer a file into the Media folder, it peaks at about 5MB/s. However, when I use a terminal to cop...
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2011-09-08T15:04:59.610
2013-07-30T06:41:05.947
Why it is over half slower to cp a file instead of using Nautilus's GUI copy? (AFC protocol)
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T02:22:54.060", "id": "69157", "postId": "60491", "score": "0", "text": "Can also post the total turn-around times in both the cases?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "101157" }, { "creationDate": "2013-09-06T01:53:43.403", "id": "437041", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Nautilus would be going through fewer layers of indirection, which could account for the difference.</p>\n\n<p>Nautilus is a native gvfs application, so it communicates with the gvfs backends directly. </p>\n\n<p>In contrast, <code>cp</code> is talking to the kernel via a <a href=\"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Nautilus would be going through fewer layers of indirection, which could account for the difference.</p>\n\n<p>Nautilus is a native gvfs application, so it communicates with the gvfs backends directly. </p>\n\n<p>In contrast, <code>cp</code> is talking to the kernel via a <a...
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1
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2011-09-08T03:17:18.697
1
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<p>I have a Harmony 650 remote I am using for XBMC. I have it set up as a MCE remote in lirc using an HP ir usb receiver. When I run irw, not all of the keypresses are being picked up. I can see the red light flashing on the receiver, but nothing in irw. The only keys it is picking up are Channel Up, Channel Down, OK, ...
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2011-09-08T04:11:46.483
irw isn't picking up all of my remotes keypresses
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T05:20:40.633", "id": "69163", "postId": "60497", "score": "0", "text": "I guess I can't answer my own question for five more hours, but this should be marked solved. I figured out my problem. When setting up the remote based off of the original remote (which came br...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had a similar problem trying to get a remote working with MythTV on Natty. It seems that the kernel in Natty has IR remote capability built in and this should work with many types of IR remote. However, the problem is that the kernel maps some of the keys to keycodes grea...
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1
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2011-09-08T03:59:35.637
0
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<p>I installed ubuntu through Wubi and once i rebooted I get no root file system defined error. here's the output of the boot_info_script.Could anyone point me out where the error is.</p> <pre><code> Boot Info Script 0.60 from 17 May 2011 ============================= Boot Info Summary: =========...
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2011-10-01T14:41:10.173
2012-03-22T10:02:21.053
No root file system is defined error after installation
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T08:40:26.873", "id": "69180", "postId": "60501", "score": "0", "text": "It looks like your Wubi installation is broken (see *sda1/Wubi* section). I would check the downloaded image of Wubi and reinstall it.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9340" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You seem to have a bogus/broken GPT. Unless you are supposed to be using GPT, then you should remove the bogus GPT and just use the standard msdos partition table. You should be able to use <code>gdisk</code> for this.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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60541
2011-09-08T03:59:36.057
2
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<p>I want to read mysql table data to an excel file. So I decide to install MyODBC in my Ubuntu 11.04 with these command lines:</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install iodbc sudo apt-get install libmyodbc </code></pre> <p>I start the iODBC Driver Manager GTK+ frontend and config ODBC drivers look like in the picture:</p...
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2011-09-08T10:51:00.023
MyODBC with MySql in Ubuntu 11.04
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've tried to connect to my database from Libre Calc and get the error :</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/c8R8C.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>So I changed the Server from \"localhost\" to \"127.0.0.1\" and it ran well though error still occured w...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've tried to connect to my database from Libre Calc and get the error :</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/c8R8C.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>So I changed the Server from \"localhost\" to \"127.0.0.1\" and it ran well though error still o...
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60504
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2011-09-08T04:43:33.473
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<p>I want to use the dvorak-fr-bepo keymap in the console (tty1 to 6) when I type <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F1</kbd>. In particular, I need the special characters as "Ê" or "ç" since there are some in my password.</p> <p>So directly when I installed Ubuntu, I chose for the Bépo layout when asked.</p> <p...
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5592
2011-09-26T23:53:00.410
2012-02-25T14:23:13.280
How to change the keyboard-layout in the console, with special characters?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T12:21:09.210", "id": "69213", "postId": "60504", "score": "0", "text": "I suggest to begin removig `console-data`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2647" }, { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T19:28:25.650", "id": "69259", "postId": "60504", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Install package <code>console-common</code>, then use commands <code>install-keymap</code> to install a default keymap from a <code>.kmap</code> file, or <code>loadkeys</code> to switch between layouts. Use <code>man</code> on these commands for more info.</p>\n", "commen...
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60505
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60538
2011-09-08T05:11:22.443
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<p>I've installed compiz setting manager. I interested in winodw management section, grid plugin. The short key for "put center" is KP5, i assumed that is Ctrl+Alt+5. But when I using this combination nothing changed. The num is on on the numpad. What exectly should I press to move window to the grid? Thanks.</p> <p>...
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2011-09-08T06:01:43.720
2011-09-08T10:33:33.690
What's they Key combination for the Compiz Grid Plug in?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T05:18:55.770", "id": "69162", "postId": "60505", "score": "1", "text": "Yes it is Ctrl+Alt+Numeric Keypad 0-9", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4203" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>1) Make sure the Grid plugin is enabled. </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/QfUjY.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>2) Click over the shortcut key combination and change it to what you want. </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/gSZAc.png\...
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2011-09-08T06:58:30.507
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<p>I'm building a .deb package for my latest game, <a href="http://sundaycoders.host-ed.net/download.html" rel="nofollow">http://sundaycoders.host-ed.net/download.html</a>.</p> <p>Everything is OK concerning files locations, menu entries and icon once deb package has been installed.</p> <p>The game files are installe...
24600
19490
2011-09-08T07:38:33.810
2011-09-08T09:20:03.827
creating .deb package but bad permissions into destination folder
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In Unix those things should go into user's home folder - something like $HOME/.marball/game.cfg etc.</p>\n\n<p>The user won't (and shouldn't) have permissions to modify files in /usr/whatever</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "...
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60509
1
65734
2011-09-08T07:17:18.837
7
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<p>I found a post on "<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/22108/how-to-control-fan-speed">How to control the fan speed on my laptop</a>" but nothing about the same thing on a desktop. I'd like to replicate the same thing on my desktop but till now I had not such luck. </p> <p>I tried to do the same thing on that ...
24499
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:36.870
2015-10-04T19:14:39.137
How to control fan speed on my desktop?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>On a desktop, I'd be more inclined to look at controlling the CPU fan speed in the BIOS rather than through the OS. From what you've written, it looks like your Motherboard doesn't support software control of the CPU fan anyway. In most Bios setups, there is an option to change the h...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>On a desktop, I'd be more inclined to look at controlling the CPU fan speed in the BIOS rather than through the OS. From what you've written, it looks like your Motherboard doesn't support software control of the CPU fan anyway. In most Bios setups, there is an option to chan...
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60524
1
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2011-09-08T09:06:16.130
6
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<p>Im trying to buy 2x20G of storage but when I try it says "Sorry something went wrong".</p>
24608
19490
2011-09-08T09:30:29.223
2011-09-18T12:55:15.957
Why can't I buy more storage?
[ "11.04", "ubuntu-one", "cloud", "storage" ]
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>We had a bug on our website where buying more than one 20-pack of storage wasn't working. We fixed it, now. Sorry!</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-10T09:40:...
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60525
1
63375
2011-09-08T09:13:20.997
3
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<p>I use netbeans in Ubuntu Natty. I have added it in the launcher and it works. But there is an issue. When I start netbeans it shows two Icons. One is for the launcher and the other for the active netbeans (the latter's icon is with little white triangle). Is there a workaround?</p>
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2011-09-08T14:21:19.010
2022-07-06T08:59:36.983
Netbeans shows two icons on Launcher
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T14:21:31.647", "id": "69238", "postId": "60525", "score": "0", "text": "Might be related to this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bamf/+bug/754334", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" }, { "creationDate": "2011-09-09T11:10:41.887", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found it is a bug in unity described here:\n<a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bamf/+bug/751909\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bamf/+bug/751909</a>\nI will keep an eye on the ticket and see if it is fixed. If they wont fix i...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found it is a bug in unity described here:\n<a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bamf/+bug/751909\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bamf/+bug/751909</a>\nI will keep an eye on the ticket and see if it is fixed. If they wo...
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60528
1
60535
2011-09-08T09:34:36.503
3
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<p>I have set up a virtual machine running windows XP (as guest) on an Ubuntu 11.04/64bit machine. The virtual host is using <code>qemu-kvm</code>. Accessing the virtual windows using <code>virt-manager</code> is possible, but way to slow. Using <strong>rdp</strong> with <code>tsclient</code> is much better, but still...
24489
3037
2012-01-26T17:09:47.370
2012-01-26T17:09:47.370
Best way to access a Windows-XP virtual machine
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3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T17:27:37.707", "id": "69253", "postId": "60528", "score": "0", "text": "Which video driver are you using in the VM?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "23382" } ]
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[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want something that really rocks, you'll probably want to have a look at SPICE, which works with KVM and the newest virt-manager. It really is something else. The last time I played with it on Ubuntu, it was a little difficult to get up and running, but it was definite...
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60529
1
60530
2011-09-08T09:45:31.740
2
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<p><strong>I'm looking for a program that will grab media files (photos <em>and videos</em>) from my camera (or cell phone) via USB and download <em>and rename</em> them.</strong></p> <p>As a benchmark, I'm comparing against <a href="http://www.nabocorp.com/cam2pc/" rel="nofollow">cam2pc</a> which has some crucial fea...
5786
null
null
2011-11-15T19:35:56.227
Linux alternative to `cam2pc` photo/video downloading tool?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>While preparing to re-write the shell script and looking at Launchpad.net, I came across <strong><a href=\"http://damonlynch.net/rapid/features.html#generate\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rapid Photo Downloader</a></strong> which on first view looks to be an exact match.</p>\n\n<p>Update:<br>\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>While preparing to re-write the shell script and looking at Launchpad.net, I came across <strong><a href=\"http://damonlynch.net/rapid/features.html#generate\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rapid Photo Downloader</a></strong> which on first view looks to be an exact match.</p>\n\n<p>Updat...
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60533
1
60534
2011-09-08T10:09:50.390
10
6427
<p>I've got a <code>xls</code> file with exactly 167 images that I must save and post on a website. The sheer number itself is painful, but what complicates things is that you can't directly save images from Calc - you need to copy it to Writer first and then save. </p> <p>This isn't the way I would like to do things,...
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2011-09-08T10:28:52.290
2013-01-29T10:41:37.980
How do I save all images from .xls file?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>Open the xls file in OpenOffice or LibreOffice</li>\n<li>save it as a open document (<code>.ods</code>). </li>\n<li>rename file to have <code>.zip</code> extension</li>\n<li>uncompress that zip file</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>All images should be in a <code>Pictures/</code> directory ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>Open the xls file in OpenOffice or LibreOffice</li>\n<li>save it as a open document (<code>.ods</code>). </li>\n<li>rename file to have <code>.zip</code> extension</li>\n<li>uncompress that zip file</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>All images should be in a <code>Pictures/</code> di...
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60540
1
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2011-09-08T10:40:14.880
3
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<p>My top bar looks normal up to the point where the indicators appear. The theme and icons don't apply there and it looks like this<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1eXaq.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>I don't know why but that little part of the bar with indicators never changes to the look it's s...
24003
18612
2011-09-08T13:16:01.490
2011-09-08T14:19:20.443
Panel theme reverts to standard GNOME in indicator area
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you tried reapplying the theme?</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T20:47:40.967", "id": "69268", "postId": "60567", "score": "0", "text": "like 50 times and nothing", "use...
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2012-02-25T00:25:03.323
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60543
1
60544
2011-02-09T21:34:53.857
2
1832
<p>I have a directory of .deb files which I copied from the cache folder of apt. There are many applications and Ubuntu updates among them. but there's no dependency failure because they were all downloaded by 'add/remove applications' and 'update manager' automatically. </p> <p>Now I have installed the same version o...
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2011-09-08T14:17:20.220
2011-09-08T14:17:20.220
Installing a group of .deb files
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Eureka!</p>\n\n<p>All I had to do to install a group of .deb files automatically was:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p><code>cd deb-files-location</code></p></li>\n<li><p><code>sudo dpkg -i *.deb</code></p></li>\n</ol>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-0...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Eureka!</p>\n\n<p>All I had to do to install a group of .deb files automatically was:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p><code>cd deb-files-location</code></p></li>\n<li><p><code>sudo dpkg -i *.deb</code></p></li>\n</ol>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creati...
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p00ya
60547
1
60552
2011-09-08T11:33:23.327
11
12686
<p>I am reading a PDF document in Ubuntu 11.04 using the default "Document Viewer". The document is more than 500 pages and it takes a while to complete a "Find ..." for a particular text. Is there a way to index the PDF documents on the above mentioned platform? I am looking for a functionality inbuilt into the reader...
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2011-09-08T14:18:18.423
2013-04-11T22:42:24.260
How to index a pdf document?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm not sure any of the pdf readers support text indexing - probably because the indexing itself would be rather expensive and pdf files opened and closed 'ad-hoc'</p>\n\n<p>However, I've done some testing and can see that okular - the default viewer from KDE - has much faster search...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm not sure any of the pdf readers support text indexing - probably because the indexing itself would be rather expensive and pdf files opened and closed 'ad-hoc'</p>\n\n<p>However, I've done some testing and can see that okular - the default viewer from KDE - has much faste...
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60551
1
60559
2011-09-08T11:59:00.417
2
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<p>I have some runnable-jar files. I want to run them at regular intervals and also kill those processes after some time. I am a newbie when it comes to Ubuntu or linux in general. Can anybody suggest me the best practice to achieve it?</p>
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2011-12-14T12:33:34.350
How to start and kill the procedure?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use something like</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\njava -jar &lt;name-of-the-jar-file&gt; &amp;\njavapid=$!\nsleep &lt;some-time-in-seconds&gt;\nkill $javapid\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>in a file, make it executable (chmod +x ) and run it using</p>\n\n<pre><code>./&lt;filename&gt;\n</code><...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The best way would be to create a shell script that runs the the executable, retrieves the PID of the process then kill it after a certain amount of time. </p>\n\n<p>You can then add this as a job in your crontab to launch it at regular intervals. </p>\n", "commentCount":...
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60557
1
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2011-09-08T11:31:34.687
4
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<p>I don't know how, but somehow the <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> keys on my keyboard have messed up. Left <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> key is opening a help window and right <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> key prints the "x" character. I tried setting/re-setting keyboard shortcuts and rebooting the system but that didn't help.</p> <p>Any suggestions?</p>
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18612
2011-09-08T13:15:32.567
2011-09-26T20:48:25.283
Left Ctrl key opening help and right Ctrl key prints "x"
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1
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T11:36:37.797", "id": "69214", "postId": "60557", "score": "0", "text": "Sounds like your keyboard has been re - mapped, try mapping it to the defaults, I know this can be done on windows but not sure about Ubuntu", "userDisplayName": "Bali C", "userId": null...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could try going to <strong>System Settings</strong> (in Unity, from the indicator menu on the top-right), then click <strong>Keyboard</strong> from Hardware section, and click button <strong>Restore default</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>If it does not work, check the selected keybo...
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2012-02-27T23:32:59.110
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Rahul
60558
1
60561
2011-09-08T12:26:52.967
5
11138
<p>I want to start XAMPP Apache server but it terminal it says that another web server daemon is already running. So I want to find out how to turn off it or so. </p> <p>When I go to localhost I get following message:</p> <blockquote> <p>It works!</p> <p>This is the default web page for this server.</p> <...
11540
11540
2011-09-08T12:46:46.057
2013-03-19T13:11:31.220
How I can turn off unknown webserver (Apache probably)?
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3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well XAMPP is an all in one package which brings its own apache with it. But Ubuntu has all these packages in its main repository, so I would suggest you opt to use Ubuntu packages to setup your server (There are How-To's online, e.g. <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Apach...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<pre><code>sudo service apache stop\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You might try to remove the apache package.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T12:47:27.693", "id": "69217", "postId": "60560", "score": "...
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60564
1
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2011-09-08T13:28:34.420
11
1893
<p>My music collection is on a separate partition and not under <code>/home/username/Music</code>. How do I get the music lens in Unity on Ubuntu 11.10 to search in a different location?</p>
24625
17739
2011-09-08T13:44:51.813
2011-09-08T20:36:02.723
How do you change the search location of the Music Lens?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It shows what is inside Banshee's database so you could update this. <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/41413/how-to-register-downloaded-podcast-mp3-in-banshee\">How to register downloaded podcast mp3 in Banshee?</a> probably answers how to do that.</p>\n\n<p>You can ...
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60566
1
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2011-09-08T14:02:51.580
6
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<p>I just can make it readable, don't know how to make it writeable</p> <pre><code>[root$] path = / create mask = 0755 valid user = myname browsable = yes </code></pre> <p>P.S. what's the create mask ? and I'm using ubuntu server 11.0</p>
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2013-06-13T21:11:29.517
I want to share my "/" in samba. How to make it editable in windows networking?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T14:50:11.070", "id": "69241", "postId": "60566", "score": "10", "text": "Sharing the root of your filesystem of any operating system, Windows, Unix, Mac, BeOS.. is a huge security issue and could potentially cause problems later on. You're allowing anyone with the g...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>By default, your Samba users are not going to have write access to the filesystem root. The easiest way to do this is to force a user. (Samba users will access the share using the local user's privileges.) Make sure that the user you specify has ownership and/or appropriate...
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60569
1
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2011-09-08T14:46:41.670
2
807
<p>welcome, i have install Kernel 3.0 on ubuntu 11.04 natty, but i got an black screen during login to ubuntu. this screen appear on login screen, but i enable num-lock and type my password and hit enter (without seeing login window) to login to ubuntu.</p>
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2011-09-08T15:53:48.520
black screen after installing Kernel 3.0
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T15:17:06.787", "id": "69246", "postId": "60569", "score": "0", "text": "please expand your question - why are you using kernel 3.0? What graphics card are you using? Are you using any graphics drivers? What is your grub boot options?", "userDisplayName": null,...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Take a look at this answer: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/56702/booting-to-no-display/56716#56716\">Booting to no display</a> It seems that you aren't getting video display during the boot, as mentioned in the <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troubleshooting/Bl...
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2012-03-18T09:00:06.087
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60570
1
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2011-09-08T15:26:47.450
2
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<p>I picked up a motion computing m1400 for cheap and was successful in getting 11.04 installed on it but have run into trouble getting the touch screen to work. This is one of the older tablet pcs that need a special pen for the touch screen. There are instructions out there for older versions of Ubuntu but they usual...
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2012-04-08T23:09:03.370
How can I get the touch screen working on a motion computing m1400
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As long as the xserver-xorg-input-wacom driver is installed, you should be able to use xinput. On my Motion tablet (LE-1600), to get the right click working it is:</p>\n\n<p><code>xinput set-button-map \"Serial Wacom Tablet\" 1 3 2</code></p>\n\n<p>I just put that as a start-...
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60571
1
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2011-09-08T15:28:07.673
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/58080/caps-lock-bug-makes-turning-it-off-too-slow">CAPS LOCK bug makes turning it off too slow</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm not a shifter. When I use upper-case characters I use the caps lock. However on Ubuntu wh...
24263
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:08.843
2011-09-08T15:28:07.673
Caps lock problem
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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2011-09-08T19:42:42.917
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60575
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2011-09-08T16:23:19.697
0
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<p>An application I use requires me to hold LMB pressed for very long time. This may be uncomfortable. Is there any way, to get mouse button stay pressed event though I have released? A toggle-like behavior would be okay.</p>
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2011-09-08T18:15:35.933
Is it possible to use mouse buttons as toggles?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't think I know of any tools that does exactly that, but you can use xdotool mousedown and xdotool mouseup . So I suppose you'd want a script that sets mousedown or up when run, and then run that script by pressing another mouse button or something. </p>\n", "commentCount": "...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't think I know of any tools that does exactly that, but you can use xdotool mousedown and xdotool mouseup . So I suppose you'd want a script that sets mousedown or up when run, and then run that script by pressing another mouse button or something. </p>\n", "commen...
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60577
1
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2011-09-08T16:56:37.073
3
153
<p>In Natty swap does not work. It has been corrupted and even gparted does not recognize its type. Maybe it is due Oneiric daily that I installed in the same computer and it uses the same partition as encrypted swap. (I have encrypted /home folder in both distributions.) Can Oneiric use this as encrypted swap, if I re...
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2011-09-10T01:38:13.183
Can the same partition be used for both plain text swap and encrypted swap?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>See the attached link as I think it might be a solution that you are looking for.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EncryptedFilesystemHowto3\" rel=\"nofollow\">EncryptedFilesystemHowto3</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communi...
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60579
1
60598
2011-09-08T17:15:40.757
3
10379
<p>I was previously running 10.10 on my Acer Aspire laptop. It has Intel GMA 4500M integrated graphics and worked just fine. Great display, sharp, crisp, etc.</p> <p>I decided to do a fresh install of 11.10 Oneiric and now am having problems. Originally I was getting the dreaded blank screen where the brightness was t...
13480
74307
2012-11-11T11:16:14.377
2012-11-11T11:16:14.377
Intel GMA 4500M screen resolution problem
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Problem solved. Hope it helps someone out there!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1840959\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1840959</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-11-11T11:09:0...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Problem solved. Hope it helps someone out there!</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1840959\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1840959</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "20...
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60581
1
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2011-09-08T17:34:27.463
2
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<p>How do I use Ubuntu One to backup files belonging to three different user accounts on my laptop - mine, my wife's and our business files, each of which has its own login account and therefore own copies of Documents, etc. </p> <p>When I try to backup (say) my business files, my own <em>personal</em> Ubuntu One acco...
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2011-09-08T17:49:12.507
2011-09-08T18:07:53.397
How can I back up files from multiple accounts?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You should use more accounts, yes. It's not a good practice to share accounts in any case. It's better to share documents and folders between the users. I'm not sure what happens if you share the folder both on Ubuntu One and locally. I don't think it should cause any problem...
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60586
1
60593
2011-09-08T18:21:28.043
18
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<p>Title says it all. <code>pgrep Xvfb</code> only does half of the trick. It will not tell me the display number.</p>
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2011-09-08T20:26:27.200
How to check if Xvfb is (already) running on display :0?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish, but you can check whether a X Display is available by running \"x display info\":</p>\n\n<pre><code>xdpyinfo -display :0 &gt;/dev/null 2&gt;&amp;1 &amp;&amp; echo \"In use\" || echo \"Free\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Note: if you cannot acces...
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60591
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2011-09-08T20:00:00.800
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<p>I tried to use SPICE with qemu to use with a Windows XP virtual machine on Ubuntu 11.04/64 bit. I followed these instructions:</p> <p><a href="http://docs.cslabs.clarkson.edu/wiki/SPICE">http://docs.cslabs.clarkson.edu/wiki/SPICE</a></p> <p>I ended with these Problems:</p> <ul> <li>the newly compiled version of q...
24489
17739
2011-09-08T20:07:24.093
2011-10-20T07:36:52.517
How to use SPICE?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Another topic? Just use Xen ; the explanation is in the post you made a few hours ago: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/60528/best-way-to-access-a-windows-xp-virtual-machine\">Best way to access a Windows-XP virtual machine</a>\n<br><br>\nBut anyway, if you want SPICE speci...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Another topic? Just use Xen ; the explanation is in the post you made a few hours ago: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/60528/best-way-to-access-a-windows-xp-virtual-machine\">Best way to access a Windows-XP virtual machine</a>\n<br><br>\nBut anyway, if you want SPI...
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60596
1
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2011-09-08T20:43:31.873
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<p>I've installed the package <code>nautilus-gksu</code> in order to open files on the mac partition via right-click.</p> <p>However, I <strong>cannot manage to copy files from my Macintosh HD to my ubuntu desktop</strong>!</p> <p>It appears as if I can only copy to the directory <code>/root</code>. However It is not...
24650
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2014-01-28T23:11:29.303
2014-01-28T23:11:29.303
How do I copy from a Mac OS X partition to my Ubuntu desktop via root access?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The problem is with permissions. You need to have enough permissions to copy files from your MAC partition to your Ubuntu. If your HFS+ partition(Mac's filesystem) is mounted during boot, you can edit <code>/etc/fstab</code> to suit your needs. Take a look at <a href=\"https:...
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60599
1
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2011-09-08T21:13:57.743
1
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<p>Apologies for cross-posting this from the ubuntu forums, but it feels like questions often go completely unanswered there.</p> <p>I've had this problem a few times now, and it's really worrying me, as it means I have to hard reset. Normally Ubuntu is so stable!</p> <p>I have samba set up on an Ubuntu server (11.04...
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2012-01-24T17:27:01.680
Machine becomes totally unresponsive whilst modifying files via samba
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've experienced a lot of issues running anything on 11.04. The latest version introduces a lot of overhead. I've found that running 10.04 LTS is much more stable. I'm currently running a Samba file server on Ubuntu Server 10.04 and it runs like a dream.</p>\n", "commentC...
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60600
1
60615
2011-09-08T21:21:34.347
2
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<p>I have some problem. I have installed gnome 3, and now I have gedit 3.0.6 version. I need to replace it by gedit 2.30.4 version. Any suggestions?</p>
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2011-09-09T08:19:25.347
2012-02-10T16:04:40.843
How do I replace gedit 3.06 with gedit 2.30.4?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-08T22:50:57.840", "id": "69282", "postId": "60600", "score": "0", "text": "gedit 2.30 is gtk2+ based - you've upgraded to gtk3+ libraries. I think you going to struggle to do this since gedit has large dependencies on gtk2+ libraries. It might just be easier to run a...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As it has been pointed out, gedit 2.x uses GTK2 and gedit 3.x (supposedly) uses GTK3 so I wouldn't expect it to be easy to downgrade gedit and make it work without uninstalling Gnome 3 and installing Gnome 2 libraries.</p>\n\n<p>Technically, you may be able to download Gnome 2 source...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As it has been pointed out, gedit 2.x uses GTK2 and gedit 3.x (supposedly) uses GTK3 so I wouldn't expect it to be easy to downgrade gedit and make it work without uninstalling Gnome 3 and installing Gnome 2 libraries.</p>\n\n<p>Technically, you may be able to download Gnome ...
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60601
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2011-09-08T21:24:21.397
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<p>After entering the correct passphrase at the command <code>ecryptfs-mount-private</code>, I am getting this error:</p> <pre><code>torben@torben-nettop:~$ sudo ecryptfs-recover-private INFO: Searching for encrypted private directories (this might take a while)... INFO: Found [/media/0f417b42-11a0-4539-9cae-e11ce3b28...
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2017-04-13T12:23:53.673
2019-04-16T18:51:38.363
Unwrapping passphrase and inserting into the user session keyring failed
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-11T13:55:27.913", "id": "69692", "postId": "60601", "score": "0", "text": "I'm not familiar with this area - hence the comment not an answer - have you tried the steps by \"1awsomeguy\" in this linked post? http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1471961.html", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Updated</strong>: <em>19 June 2018</em></p>\n\n<h2>Summary</h2>\n\n<p>I was recently getting the a similar error, when trying to decrypt some data from an external drive. Every time the error message was from an invalid password, I can duplicate this all day long. Instead u...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><em>This is an attempt to fix it myself:</em></p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Dustin Kirkland <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/283477#11\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">wrote in 2008</a>: </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>[...] you're trying to unwrap the m...
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2011-09-08T22:33:01.990
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<p>I just found some cool boot-up video and audio file, and I want to make a custom boot-up animation in Ubuntu 11.04. Any suggestions?</p>
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2011-11-15T10:12:56.070
2011-11-15T10:13:04.680
How to make a custom boot-up splash animation
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The startup splash is displayed by Plymouth in Ubuntu. There is an <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Documentation/Plymouth\" rel=\"nofollow\">extensive documentation</a> on Plymouth scripting and creating custom plymouth themes in Ubuntu wiki.</p>\n", "commentCou...
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60639
2011-09-08T22:57:30.143
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<p>How can i have system-config-network-tui or all those system-config-* text user interfaces so that i can use or configure my Ubuntu box using SSH terminal or Serial console terminals.</p>
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2011-09-08T23:57:02.143
2011-09-09T08:25:27.103
How can i have Fedora like system-config-*, system-config-network-tui in Ubuntu 11.04?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no TUI interfase in debian-like systems for system configuration (except for package configuration).</p>\n\n<p>You have to edit config files. Most of them are very well commented. You can learn a lot just by reading them. Also, you can do much more. GUI interfaces are usuall...
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2011-09-08T23:42:18.520
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<p>In the <a href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/">TeX - LaTeX</a> group of Stack Exchange, I posed a question about the <a href="https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/27721/versions-of-texlive-under-ubuntu">versions of TeXLive under Ubuntu</a>. As I have installed the latest version of TeXLive under Ubuntu, I want ...
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2017-04-13T12:36:10.473
2013-01-07T19:52:12.943
Downloading and Installing Latest Version of KILE
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kile\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">source page</a> for kile, 11.04 shipped with <code>1:2.1.0~svn1112278beta4-2ubuntu2</code>, and <code>1:2.1.0~svn2010122beta5-1ubuntu1~natty1</code> is available as a backport.</p>\n\n<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kile\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">source page</a> for kile, 11.04 shipped with <code>1:2.1.0~svn1112278beta4-2ubuntu2</code>, and <code>1:2.1.0~svn2010122beta5-1ubuntu1~natty1</code> is available as a backport.<...
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60613
1
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2011-09-09T00:10:47.100
1
1425
<p>for some reason Virtualbox keeps saying it has trouble opening its own .vdi images </p> <pre><code>exit code: 1 Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) Component: Machine Interface: IMachine {5eaa9319-62fc-4b0a-843c-0cb1940f8a91} </code></pre> <p>/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup</p> <pre><code>root@VAIO-VPCEB23FM:...
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2011-10-11T21:13:30.917
2012-01-19T02:41:29.160
Virtual box has trouble opening its own .vdi images
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Check your /etc/init.d directory to see if there's anything related to vboxdrv. Googling shows it sometimes getting renamed to vboxdrv.dpkg.bak; others report that they have /etc/init.d/virtualbox-ose and that running</p>\n\n<pre><code>/etc/init.d/virtualbox-ose start\n</code...
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60616
1
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2011-09-09T00:44:29.413
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<p>I installed rvm, like you're supposed to do (apparently), avoiding apt-get to handle my ruby installations (as @btelles points out here: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2225881/passenger-installation-with-nginx-fails">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2225881/passenger-installation-with-nginx-fails</a...
20155
-1
2017-05-23T12:39:45.440
2011-09-14T10:37:30.127
RVM is not showing up except when I log in remotely
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>/usr/local/</code> isnt the default binary path in Ubuntu. I think it's a path problem, somehow your SSH connected shell has a different path variable. </p>\n\n<pre><code>echo $PATH\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationD...
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60619
1
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2011-09-09T02:17:03.883
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<p>I have many more games in /usr/games than show up in Unity's Dash. If i do a search for games using Unity, a lot of mine are skipped. How does Unity decide what category a piece of software belongs to?</p>
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2011-09-17T08:39:18.893
Why doesn't Unity's Dash recognize all games on my system?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2013-02-08T17:53:55.567
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60620
1
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2011-09-09T02:44:22.397
1
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/17381/unity-doesnt-load-no-launcher-no-dash-appears">Unity doesn&#39;t load, no Launcher, no Dash appears</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I am using Ubuntu 11.04. Last time I just installed Compiz and <code>ccsm</code> f...
24663
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:00.547
2012-01-29T05:06:19.173
Panel and launcher disappeared after using ccsm and resetting to defaults
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-02-03T00:29:30.620
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60628
1
60638
2011-09-09T06:44:13.340
2
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<p>I'm unable to successfully make a file when I do the following command</p> <pre><code>make /home/me/Desktop/folderWithMakefile </code></pre> <p>However an executable is created when I do the following</p> <pre><code>cd /home/me/Desktop/folderWithMakefile /home/me/Desktop/folderWithMakefile make </code></pre>
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15811
2011-09-09T07:27:24.000
2011-09-09T08:13:52.100
Why do some commands execute properly only when the file being called is inside the working directory
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <code>make</code> command looks for the <code>Makefile</code> in the current directory by default. For the first command you listed to work, you would need a <code>Makefile</code> in the current directory that contained a <code>/home/me/Desktop/folderWithMakefile</code> target.<...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The Makefile contains relative paths, which are relative to your current directory. When you aren't in the directory where the codefiles are, the commands will not find the files needed...</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "201...
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60636
2011-09-09T07:38:29.620
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<p>When viewing large PDFs with small print where one has to zoom in to be able to read even on fullscreen, it would be nice to be able to move the 'paper' with the drag of the mouse (hand cursor type). </p> <p>Is there also a solution for dragging left--right using the touchpad?</p>
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2011-09-09T12:05:37.970
2021-02-15T06:19:49.960
How to scroll in any direction with evince PDF viewer using mouse dragging
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-09T08:30:24.440", "id": "69318", "postId": "60633", "score": "1", "text": "right-click, `Autoscroll`?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "24012" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can drag using middle mouse button in evince to scroll the document.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/hIZuC.png\" alt=\"middle mouse button\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-09T08:26:12.073", "id": "69315", ...
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60634
1
60645
2011-09-09T07:52:16.543
1
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<p>I just installed the <a href="http://code.enthought.com/projects/envisage/documentation.php" rel="nofollow">envisag</a> 3.x plugin from the Ubuntu Software Center, My question is, how can I update this to envisage 4.x.</p> <p>I'm using <code>python 2.6</code> and <code>Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64bit</code> </p>
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2011-09-09T09:43:39.700
2011-09-09T09:43:39.700
How do I update envisage v3 to envisage v4
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The package has renamed, Ubuntu Oneric is currently with 4.0.0 for \"envisage\" and 3.2.0 for \"envisagecore\":</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-envisage\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-envisage</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"htt...
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60646
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2011-09-09T09:07:25.087
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<p>I am about to buy an Android-phone to myself and another one for my son. The "killing application" is this offer form Ubuntu one: "Music Streaming Enjoy your music anywhere and get 20GB of storage for just $3.99 per month". I just need to know: </p> <p>With such a deal, can I use two (or more) phones? </p> <p>Best...
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2011-09-10T09:43:03.740
Stream music from Ubuntu One to several phones?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>if you and your son are willing to use a single ubuntu one account and thus <strong>have the same music library (and also share all shared files)</strong> then you should be...\nelse you will have to pay 3.99 for yourself and your son...</p>\n\n<p>do note that <strong>you sti...
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60649
1
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2011-09-09T09:33:46.737
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<p>Is there an easy way to decrease the disk volume on a Ubuntu server?</p> <p>I run a virtual environment and need to decrease my disk volume since I'm running out of space in my non virtual environment. </p>
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14356
2011-09-12T19:32:42.873
2012-05-29T22:46:08.267
How do I resize the partition of a Ubuntu-server?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Beside resizing your partition using a LiveCD and <code>gparted</code> you could change the amount of space reserved by root (in percent):</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo tune2fs -m 10 /dev/sda1\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>But this only affects non root user!</p>\n\n<p>You can also create qu...
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