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2011-09-16T11:33:09.293
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/73576/appearance-does-not-change-on-switching-the-theme">Appearance does not change on switching the theme</a> </p> </blockquote> <p><strong>Prorouge</strong> <em>:( Naughty Me haz launched unity-greeter (lightdm) ...
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2017-04-13T12:23:54.290
2011-09-17T03:19:36.627
Tragedy after login Unity from unity-greeter (lightdm) launched from processing unity
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2011-09-16T11:51:36.183
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<p>I'm looking to understand what are the customisation options available for the unity launcher in 11.10. </p> <p>Is it possible to modify?:</p> <ul> <li>size of launcher, (smaller than 32 px? bigger than 64?)</li> <li>position of the launcher</li> <li>color and opacity</li> <li>item organization, (move items freely...
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2011-09-16T12:21:48.043
2017-03-03T16:03:05.497
What customisation options are available for the new unity launcher?
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61674
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2011-09-16T11:54:22.990
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<p>Ubuntu 11.04</p> <p>vncserver 4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37ubuntu2</p> <p>My .vnc/xstartup ends with <code>gnome-session</code>.</p> <p>When I select 'logout' from the window on the upper right, gnome deletes all its bits, from the screen, but the session remains in existence. I wish that vncserver would get -kill-ed. Is th...
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2012-03-15T19:44:25.117
2012-04-05T05:17:28.650
How can I make 'logout' really work for vnc session
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2012-04-05T21:11:14.257
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2011-09-16T12:07:30.440
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<p>Before putting effort into configuring and trying to use a complex open source component, it is useful to have some idea as to whether bug reports or support requests are likely to get a response. I have a reasonable clue for how to do this for the original upstream source of something in ubuntu.</p> <p>However, wh...
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2012-01-23T15:42:37.360
2012-01-23T15:42:37.360
How can I evaluate the community behind an Ubuntu package?
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61679
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2011-09-16T12:36:12.580
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<p>I know a similar question was asked by EmyrB <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/60564/how-do-you-change-the-search-location-of-the-music-lens">How do you change the search location of the Music Lens?</a>, but the answer says that the lens uses Banshee, but I don't use Banshee, I use Clementine. Is there a way ...
24642
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2011-12-21T07:57:59.807
How to change the search location of Unity's Music Lens with Clementine instead of Banshee?
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61682
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2011-09-16T12:48:14.647
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<p>How can I collect kernel panic crash reports. I have a relatively new <em>Asus X53E</em> system running 11.04. I am experiencing system crashes regularly with caps lock light flashing and kernel panic screen but I do not know how to collect crash reports so as to report them. I do have a picture of it but do not kno...
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2012-07-09T14:01:54.783
2012-07-09T14:01:54.783
How to collect kernel panic system crash reports?
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2012-02-01T19:33:59.947
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61683
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2011-09-16T12:54:34.043
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<p>On windows I used BitComet torrent client which has great feature - download files in preview mode so I can see movies right away. </p> <p>uTorrent declared to be able to download files in preview mode but in real it doesn't.</p> <p>Which torrent client has real preview mode?</p>
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2011-11-27T00:21:17.027
2015-05-24T11:48:59.600
Which torrent client has preview mode?
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2011-09-16T12:58:53.100
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<p>When trying to burn a DVD it sometimes happens that growisofs will fail with:</p> <pre><code>$ sudo growisofs -speed=8 -dvd-compat -Z /dev/scd0 -J -r . Executing 'genisoimage -J -r . | builtin_dd of=/dev/scd0 obs=32k seek=0' I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings) 0.23% done, est...
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2011-09-23T19:02:07.867
growisofs fails with unable to O_EXCL /dev/scd0: someone was in time to remount?
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61690
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2011-09-16T14:11:27.930
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<p>I'm trying to open <code>xterm</code> on my remote server (Ubuntu Server 10.04) with ssh:</p> <pre><code>ssh -X name@machine xterm </code></pre> <p>but the error returned is:</p> <pre><code>xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0` </code></pre> <p>I googled and tried everything I found. Still getting this erro...
25092
64957
2012-09-04T21:02:28.107
2023-03-17T22:07:51.777
ssh -X "Xt error: Can't open display: :0.0"
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61691
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2011-09-16T14:12:52.917
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 and using Ubuntu One to sync my docs. I have about 500 <code>.doc</code> files, and I edit them constantly. I'm having problems with the appearance of <code>.u1conflict</code> files.</p> <p>I have only one computer synced. <strong>Please edit the following, it's incomprehensible</strong>: H...
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18612
2011-09-17T16:10:06.407
2013-10-08T13:20:11.880
Ubuntu one: u1conflict
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2011-09-16T14:19:49.713
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<p>Today I wanted to test Quickly. I normally used: quickly create ubuntu-application appname to create the files of my aplication. It takes a long time and after a time it says Dbus Exception. Here the output:</p> <blockquote> <p>sebi@sebi-desktop:~/Dokumente$ quickly create ubuntu-application dropmind Creating ...
24914
3037
2011-10-09T21:22:32.293
2011-10-09T21:22:32.293
DBUS Exception when using Quickly
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61693
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2011-09-16T14:29:17.610
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<p>How do I select text using the keyboard?</p> <p>After selecting text, I click on <strong>Edit</strong>. It shows <code>Copy &lt;copy&gt;</code>.</p> <p>How do I copy text using the keyboard?</p>
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2017-06-11T19:12:51.360
2017-06-11T19:12:51.360
How do I select and copy text in Emacs using the keyboard?
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61705
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61731
2011-09-16T15:40:06.960
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<p>I pressed <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd> and logged in, and realized if I type <code>pkill l</code> and then tab twice, it will show me all the processes starting with <code>l</code>. So I went to <code>gnome-terminal</code> in X, and tried it, but I got nothing [besides filenames]. </p> <p>Why doesn't it work?</p...
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2012-10-17T15:32:35.050
2012-10-17T15:32:35.050
why does pkill autocomplete on alt+f1 terminal, but not on a regular X terminal?
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2011-09-16T16:28:50.453
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<p>How can I hibernate or sleep my Ubuntu 10.10 desktop and have it "wake up" the next day?</p> <p>I have seen software that can do this on windows, so it can't be hard on Ubuntu!</p>
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2011-09-17T17:58:04.393
2024-01-02T22:18:57.147
Automatically sleep and wake-up at specific times
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2011-09-16T16:40:40.843
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<p>I use Ubuntu Natty, urxvt (with 256 colours), and Imagemagick (display -window root [...]) to set the root window to a picture. When I use the transparancy (-tr) option on urxvt, I get the Ubuntu X login screen background (The pink/purple one) and not the image that is currently on the root window. See picture at th...
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2017-04-13T12:37:16.607
2012-03-22T11:55:24.753
Terminal transparency (urxvt) , Imagemagick, and X11 root window problem
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61710
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2011-09-16T16:40:53.860
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7079/how-do-you-configure-desktop-for-a-static-ip-address">How do you configure desktop for a static IP address?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm trying to be able to access my <code>localhost</code> from any computer...
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2017-04-13T12:24:11.537
2011-09-16T17:34:38.240
Configuring a persistent static IP address
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2011-09-16T18:42:54.353
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2011-09-16T17:05:35.190
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<p>I have a HP Compaq Presario F500 (an F579WM). I replaced the 1GB(2x512MB) of RAM in it with 2GB(2x1GB). Since this upgrade the computer will switch to a text screen, with what looks like a backtrace or something. It often says something about a double fault or null pointer dereference. It does this rather unpredicta...
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2011-09-19T04:44:17.533
2011-09-19T04:44:17.533
Computer crashes (segfaults?) after upgrading from 1GB RAM to 2GB
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2011-09-16T18:37:06.110
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<p>I was wondering why the software center doesn't download all the requested apps and install one by one as they finish to download. Or instead why the software center doesn't download an app while the other is installing</p>
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2012-06-18T17:49:23.263
2016-01-17T08:54:19.637
Why the software center doesn't allow multiple downloads?
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2011-09-16T18:41:00.160
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<p>My netbook is running Ubuntu 10.04.03 LTS (lucid) and everything was working perfectly till yesterday. It was connected to the Internet through my Thompson router and when I woke up, my WI-FI was visible but it could not connect to it (kept prompting me for password which was obviously correct). I restarted the mach...
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2011-09-16T22:08:16.997
Cannot find any wireless networks - Networking service failing
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>2) I can see the wlan0 interface in the ifconfig + iwconfig commands</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Ensure you have not disabled wireless by pressing some key combination on your particular netbook.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": ...
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61723
1
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2011-09-16T18:58:47.667
2
1507
<p>I cannot enable desktop effects from system>preferences>appearance. There also seems to be a big problem with my graphics in general, because many times I get a blank screen on booting. I have to reboot in recovery mode, and choose the "run in failsafe graphic mode" or "resume normal boot" and do my work in a simple...
17663
6969
2011-09-16T19:32:19.413
2011-09-16T19:32:19.413
Graphics issues: black screen
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You seem to have a nVidia GT 555M graphics card. This is an Optimus laptop which is not supported by Linux systems (to be precise, only Windows 7 supports it, so Vista and before won't be able to use it too).</p>\n\n<p>Your black screen is related to the nvidia driver which d...
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2013-04-20T01:27:41.927
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61725
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61737
2011-09-16T19:20:33.080
14
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<p>I found the source in launchpad for 11.04 and 10.10 but I don't know how to install or compile it.</p>
107449
14356
2012-03-04T11:58:57.320
2014-01-02T12:21:19.973
How do I install BURG?
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3
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Update: The PPA mentioned below doesn't currently provide packages for 13.10/saucy and newer releases. You could try to install the 13.04/raring packages by modifying the corresponding sources.list file in <code>/etc/apt/sources.d/</code> but that is not a recommended workaround.</p>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First, install it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/burg \nsudo apt-get update \nsudo apt-get install burg burg-themes\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now, actually install it (replace hd0 with the device to install it to):</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo burg-install \"(hd...
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61736
1
null
2011-09-16T20:03:05.060
3
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<p>I am trying to get multiple monitors (I believe Xinerama is the current solution?) set up and working with Enlightenment.</p> <p>However, I noticed that (1) it's hard to find current information and (2), my xorg.conf file disappeared, (now it's xorg.conf.d/?), and I don't seem to have an xorg.conf.d/ file for my mo...
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2012-10-24T14:43:58.137
2012-10-24T14:43:58.137
Configuring multiple monitors (with xinerama?)
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0
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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2013-03-13T19:31:01.573
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61738
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2011-09-16T21:10:10.417
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<p>Google Desktop save index file in home folder. Index file is too large for home folder, so i need to move the file and also set new path for index file. How could i do this in google desktop? There is a way in window but i did not find any post for linux. Is it really possible to define google desktop index file pat...
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2011-09-17T06:42:34.353
Google Desktop index path
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>Rename the directory <code>repo</code> in <code>~/.google/desktop/</code> to something else.</li>\n<li>Create a directory in the destination location.</li>\n<li>Move everything from the renamed directory into the destination directory.</li>\n<li>Create a symlink to the...
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61744
1
61746
2011-09-16T21:36:46.520
2
1749
<p>In Ubuntu 11.04 when I right click on a file in Nautilus and chose "open with" I could select application and tick on check box to make it default application for certain file type</p> <p>In 11.10 there is no such option, so I'm wondering what's alternative to it now?</p>
23539
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2011-10-25T10:31:41.000
How to make file association (not with CLI tool/command)?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, there is. Right click the file and select open with. Or right click and select properties, open with and select the application you want to associate with.</p>\n", "commentCount": "12", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-16T21:44:49.283", "id": "70795",...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, there is. Right click the file and select open with. Or right click and select properties, open with and select the application you want to associate with.</p>\n", "commentCount": "12", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-16T21:44:49.283", ...
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61750
1
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2011-09-16T22:30:20.363
3
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<p>I have an Hp pavilion dv2000 and it has a pretty nice blue buttons over the keyboard, some are for multimedia (which work perfectly), and other two are for launch a DVD application and a multimedia center on Windows, however, those doesn't work for anything on Ubuntu, because they are not even recognized as keyboard...
107449
40166
2013-06-23T05:18:05.187
2015-10-06T07:10:06.617
How to enable the Hp QuickPlay buttons?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-16T22:58:34.347", "id": "70804", "postId": "61750", "score": "1", "text": "Strange as my dv6700 worked out of the box. I was amazed as I didn't have to install anything. Which version of Ubuntu are you using?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12846" }, ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you are running an old version of Ubuntu (9.xx?) then you should try upgrading.</p>\n\n<p>If you are on Ubuntu 10.04 and up, go the System>Preferences>Keyboard Shortcuts, and add new short cuts for your multimedia keys (they will almost definitely be detected). In fact, th...
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61751
1
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2011-09-16T22:51:55.663
2
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<p>I am currently using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty. Can I update, or upgrade, just the Unity Compiz plugin? </p>
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2011-09-16T22:57:18.700
2011-09-16T22:57:18.700
Is it possible to update just the Unity plugin in Compiz to the latest/greatest for testing?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In short, no.</p>\n\n<p>Unity consists of more than just a compiz plugin, and depends on several libraries that would require you to upgrade your system (unless you want to risk breaking everything).</p>\n\n<p>I would suggest creating a Live CD or USB, or even testing 11.10 o...
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61756
1
61757
2011-09-16T23:12:34.007
1
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<p>Usually the textsize adapts to fit the slide, but on one slide it doesn't work. There aren't any spaces at the end and if I disable the bullets the text scales fine. Is this a bug or intended and is there a workaround? I use version 3.4. Screenshot: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/nozmd.png" alt="enter image des...
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2011-09-16T23:53:48.620
Impress text autoscaling broken?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This almost definitely a bug, though the screenshot being so small, and you not being in normal view makes it hard to tell what you are seeing there.</p>\n\n<p>I would suggest reporting a bug.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This almost definitely a bug, though the screenshot being so small, and you not being in normal view makes it hard to tell what you are seeing there.</p>\n\n<p>I would suggest reporting a bug.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null...
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61767
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2011-09-17T05:30:37.380
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<p>I have a Shuttle XS fanless computer with a double usb hard drive. It gets quite hot and the usb stack crashes in Ubuntu 11.04. This causes usb disks to eject, I'd like to make the computer remount usb drives after a certain amount of time.</p> <p>How is this possible?</p>
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2011-09-17T09:48:14.677
Automatically Remounting a USB Drive after USB errors
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The only way I can think about is by making a script that unmounts USB drives.</p>\n\n<p>A tip: you can unmount usb drives by doing:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo umount /dev/sdb1\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><code>/dev/sdb1</code> should be replaced by your USB drive location.</p>\n", "commentCo...
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61775
1
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2011-09-17T07:17:50.793
3
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6302/how-can-you-remove-unity">How can you remove Unity?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>How can i uninstall or purge the unity desktop completely from Ubuntu11.04, <strong>not disable it</strong>, exactly remove it?</p>...
25025
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2017-04-13T12:25:03.983
2011-09-17T07:40:38.640
how to uninstall unity in ubuntu 11.04, not disable it
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2011-09-20T14:32:05.050
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61777
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2011-09-17T07:45:04.947
1
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<p>Long story short: I was a happy user of the first generation (screen resolution: 1024x576), with a 8GB SSD. But SMART warned me about a forthcoming disk error, so I had purchased one OCZ Vertex Plus 60G SSD, and planned to do a fresh install, download Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.6.3.exe and 11.04 image, create my in...
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2012-06-25T23:17:03.687
2012-06-26T00:22:36.097
SSD install problem on Dell Mini 10v
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm having the exact same trouble as you have. Tried a fresh install on 11.10 but upon first reboot im getting the grub rescue> prompt. </p>\n\n<p>From what I can google - Dell mini v10 sports the Intel 945 chipset. There are apparently issues with this chipset and the Vertex plus SS...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm having the exact same trouble as you have. Tried a fresh install on 11.10 but upon first reboot im getting the grub rescue> prompt. </p>\n\n<p>From what I can google - Dell mini v10 sports the Intel 945 chipset. There are apparently issues with this chipset and the Vertex...
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61780
1
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2011-09-17T08:59:39.167
4
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<p>I have a lot of folders that I need to merge. I know that if I drag the content from all of them over another one I can merge them. But with so many folders it will take me hours.</p> <p>So, I need a way of merging all the folders inside a directory, with a bash script, or a program that does that.</p> <p>EDIT As ...
25119
25119
2011-09-17T09:49:21.197
2019-06-25T05:50:04.887
How to merge a lot of folders into one?
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5
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would suggest doing a search in the parent folder for <em>.</em> and include all subfolders. This will let you select all the files and then move them into another folder. This will merge all the contents into the new folder. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments"...
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61785
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61786
2011-09-17T10:33:04.857
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<p>I just installed the ubuntu 11.10, and I want to install a <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gedit-fileset/">plugin for gEdit</a>. </p> <p>I unpacked the plugin to the following folder: <code>~/.gnome2/gedit/plugins</code> but in the gedit doesn't show up the plugin. </p>
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2012-06-06T17:09:53.727
2023-01-24T16:32:22.850
How do I install a plugin for gEdit v3?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>gEdit 3</h2>\n\n<p>The version of gEdit in Oneiric &amp; above is v3 built using gtk+3 libraries. The plugin folder locations are slightly different than from gEdit v2.</p>\n\n<p>Every plugin needs at least two files. </p>\n\n<p>One file (pluginname.plugin) is to tell <code>gedit</...
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61787
1
61788
2011-09-17T10:53:52.567
1
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<p>First, I tried installing Ubuntu Server 11.04 on an older PC of mine in order to make it a file/ftp and web server. The installation went fine, but when I tried booting I only got a bunch of white lanes splashed across the display. It isn't frozen, since I can see the HD is showing signs of life during boot and afte...
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2011-09-17T11:02:23.397
Ubuntu 11.04 displays white lines when falling to prompt
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are a couple of boot options you should try:</p>\n\n<p><code>nomodeset</code> and <code>xforcevesa</code> - you can try each individually or together.</p>\n\n<p>See my linked answer below on how to add a boot option to grub.</p>\n\n<p>Linked Question:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\...
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61789
1
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2011-09-17T11:29:30.800
2
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<p>When I try to log on to the ubuntu one files app on my samsung galaxy tab I get the response</p> <pre><code>org.apache.http.client.httpresponseexception: UNAUTHORIZED </code></pre> <p>I'm trying to log on using my wifi, the app works on my android mobile, the tab shows under my applications page on the webpage and...
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15811
2011-09-17T16:24:00.153
2012-06-28T22:43:47.957
unable to login to ubuntu one files with samsung galaxy tab
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I did as user25188 said. And now it works without any problem.</p>\n\n<p>Solution:\nUpload a picture from the gallery from the tab to make the\napp work normally.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "cre...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I did as user25188 said. And now it works without any problem.</p>\n\n<p>Solution:\nUpload a picture from the gallery from the tab to make the\napp work normally.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY...
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61790
1
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2011-09-17T11:36:24.103
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<p>Since Ubuntu 11.04 has removed the session save feature, is it possible to write a script to open certain applications in specified workspaces and set their position? Please provide an example (for terminal, browser and etc.).</p>
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2011-09-17T15:57:26.307
2012-02-25T04:20:01.777
Startup script for starting applications in certain workspaces and positions
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could do a script like</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/sh\nfirefox &amp; disown\ngnome-terminal &amp; disown\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and put that somewhere. Then go into Settings, there is some Startup Items menu. Just add your script and that should do.</p>\n", "commentCount":...
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61792
1
61796
2011-09-17T11:43:48.663
12
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<p>I am running ubuntu 11.04 at my asus laptop.</p> <p>Laptop specs:</p> <pre><code>CPU: i5-2410M @ 2,3GHz RAM: 4GB GPU: nvidia gforce GT 520M / (also the cpu has a bult-in graphics processor) </code></pre> <p>I am getting this error when I am trying to access the X server settings: </p> <p><a href="https://i.stac...
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2017-03-16T09:50:48.260
2017-03-16T09:50:48.260
"You do not appear to be using the nvidia x server"(screenshot included)
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2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T15:49:03.183", "id": "70896", "postId": "61792", "score": "0", "text": "I couldn't help but notice that it looks like you are using Unity 2D. I'm thinking you not only can't access your X settings, but you're not able to run 3D as well.", "userDisplayName": null...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The GT 520M is a nVidia Optimus laptop which is unsupported in Ubuntu. There are ways to get program to run on the nvidia card though which is described in <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/36930/6969#36936\">Is a NVIDIA GeForce with Optimus Technology supported by Ubuntu?</a></p>\n\...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you tried running in the terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo nvidia-xconfig\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and then rebooting? That should take care of it all for you.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T12:36:01.507", ...
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61794
1
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2011-09-17T12:33:35.797
2
751
<p>When attempting to run the ubuntu 11.04 live CD on my wife's laptop, I consistently get a black screen with multicolored vertical bars - no video. </p> <p>This happens only when using kernel mode setting. When i boot with modesetting off, it boots without problems. However, I'm not really interested in using natty ...
25125
25125
2011-09-18T20:30:42.567
2012-01-14T08:08:07.330
Black screen on a Dell inspiron 1501 with a Radeon Xpress 200M
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-19T00:44:15.640", "id": "71147", "postId": "61794", "score": "0", "text": "Well that happens because it doesn't support it, the AMD driver doesn't support it and if the other choice which is the RadeonHD open source driver for 3D accel. doesn't work you're out of luck....
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I solved this today for my laptop containing the same Radeon Xpress 200M video chipset.</p>\n\n<p>The trick is to force the radeon kernel driver to load early in the boot process.</p>\n\n<p>Add 'radeon' to the file <code>/etc/initramfs-tools/modules</code></p>\n\n<p>Run <code...
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2012-02-28T13:43:56.690
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61797
1
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2011-09-17T13:05:20.233
1
2697
<p>I've got a D-Link DIR-655 router and a laptop with a Intel WiFi Link 5100 network card. </p> <p>I'm running Ubuntu 11.4 x64 - <code>uname -a</code>:</p> <pre><code>Linux fraekkert 2.6.38-11-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 29 19:02:55 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux </code></pre> <p>I've configured the rou...
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615
2011-09-17T21:28:29.563
2011-09-17T22:34:17.590
No Wireless N on Intel 5100
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T15:19:41.113", "id": "70887", "postId": "61797", "score": "0", "text": "please can you add the output of `rfkill list`. thanks.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14356" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think I see MSI there somewhere--I think your laptop's probably MSI, so...</p>\n\n<p>I have an MSI x400, and it has also an Intel WiFi Link 5100. The first time I installed Ubuntu 11.04-amd64 (beta 2), the wi-fi also didn't work. I think, back then, it didn't tell if the ha...
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61798
1
67254
2011-09-17T13:05:26.977
3
2472
<p>I know how to switch the audio out device using the speaker menu item, but how does one do this from the command line? I'd like to write some shell scripts around this functionality.</p>
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2011-10-16T01:56:19.463
How do you switch the audio out from the speakers to a USB speaker from the command line?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T14:28:07.627", "id": "70880", "postId": "61798", "score": "0", "text": "see also: http://askubuntu.com/questions/14077/how-can-i-change-the-default-audio-device-from-command-line/14083#14083", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3940" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This works as a script for me in Ubuntu 11.10:</p>\n\n<p>pacmd \"set-default-sink alsa_output.usb-Plantronics_Wireless_Audio_Plantronics_Wireless_Audio-00-Audio.analog-stereo\"</p>\n\n<p>pacmd \"set-default-source alsa_input.usb-Plantronics_Wireless_Audio_Plantronics_Wireless_Audio-0...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have a look at the wiki page for <a href=\"http://pulseaudio.org/wiki/CLI\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">command line Pulseaudio</a> and these 2 commands:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/pacmd\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>pacm...
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1
61802
2011-09-17T13:26:26.453
12
8868
<p>I want to batch convert images (jpg, png, etc.) to PDF. Converting them directly to PDF is easy with:</p> <pre><code>convert in.jpg out.pdf </code></pre> <p>However I need some more options, such as setting the output page size, margins and rotation between landscape and portrait format. After some trial and error...
4547
169736
2014-04-05T00:13:29.027
2014-04-05T00:13:29.027
How to batch convert an image to a PDF?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>One workaround is to split the image generation and the PDF conversion. First convert the images via <code>convert</code> to A4@300dpi (i.e. 3508x2479), then use sam2p to convert them to PDF and then use sam2p_pdf_scale to convert them to A4.</p>\n\n<pre><code>convert -rotate \"90&gt...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>One workaround is to split the image generation and the PDF conversion. First convert the images via <code>convert</code> to A4@300dpi (i.e. 3508x2479), then use sam2p to convert them to PDF and then use sam2p_pdf_scale to convert them to A4.</p>\n\n<pre><code>convert -rotate...
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61801
1
61806
2011-09-17T13:28:52.600
8
5522
<p>I'm looking for big XML reader, I tried XML Copy Editor, but it can't handle the big xml files (20-50MB) I have. I don't want to edit the XML, only browsing that.</p>
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15811
2011-09-17T14:05:32.787
2011-09-27T12:50:38.793
XML reader for my big files
[ "software-recommendation" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T14:27:35.590", "id": "70879", "postId": "61801", "score": "0", "text": "I have yet to find a GUI xml editor quicker than xml copy editor so my answer is solely based on command line ;)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15811" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>XML Copy editor (like most of the similar programs) try to read in the XML in 1 go. Depending on the formatting of the XML this might take some time. What you are looking for is <code>byte-stream</code> editor (these load only part of the file before showing you it).</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>XML Copy editor (like most of the similar programs) try to read in the XML in 1 go. Depending on the formatting of the XML this might take some time. What you are looking for is <code>byte-stream</code> editor (these load only part of the file before showing you it).</p>\n\n<...
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61805
1
61810
2011-09-17T14:07:49.357
0
265
<p>When I installed Ubuntu on my USB flash drive (a proper permanent install, not a live cd with casper), the installer recognized the operating system on the host computer, a laptop, and made an entry in grub for it. Now, I want to use this USB thumb drive on any computer I go to, so the Vista entry will be useless on...
16253
null
null
2011-09-17T15:14:16.797
How to install a limited bootloader
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1
5
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T14:33:03.293", "id": "70881", "postId": "61805", "score": "0", "text": "I don't understand the question... why not remove the entries in your current bootloader and only leave the one you need?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15811" }, { "creat...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If I understand you correctly, you currently have the following setup:</p>\n\n<pre><code>BIOS -&gt; GRUB2 -&gt; Boot USB\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>However, when you installed Ubuntu to the USB drive, you should make sure that you install grub to the USB drive, not the host hard drive, e.g...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If I understand you correctly, you currently have the following setup:</p>\n\n<pre><code>BIOS -&gt; GRUB2 -&gt; Boot USB\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>However, when you installed Ubuntu to the USB drive, you should make sure that you install grub to the USB drive, not the host hard dr...
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61808
1
null
2011-09-17T14:52:35.067
3
1047
<p>How to I find my printer and stop print jobs that were not completed in Ubuntu with the Unity desktop?</p>
25129
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null
2011-09-17T15:31:13.587
Working with printers in Ubuntu with the Unity desktop
[ "unity", "printing" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Search Unity for \"Printing\". You will find a list of your printers. If you double-click to open a selected printer, you can manage the print jobs including canceling jobs.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicen...
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61817
1
61819
2011-09-17T15:37:33.637
8
225
<p>I've joined the Ubuntu Font Family Interest Group and I'd like to provide feedback on the mono beta font, or, at least see if other people have reported the same issue I'm seeing.</p> <p>What's the best way to engage with the ubuntu font folks?</p>
3692
null
null
2011-09-17T15:46:03.900
How do I submit feedback on the ubuntu font?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you are reporting a bug or problem with the font, you should file it <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+filebug\" rel=\"nofollow\">in Launchpad</a>. Otherwise, you could <a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+addquestion\" rel=\"nofollow\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you are reporting a bug or problem with the font, you should file it <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+filebug\" rel=\"nofollow\">in Launchpad</a>. Otherwise, you could <a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-font-family/+addquestion\" rel=\"n...
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61826
1
61827
2011-09-17T16:09:18.233
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<p>How do I check the SHA1 hash of a file?</p>
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169736
2014-07-11T19:27:19.857
2021-10-13T17:45:43.443
How do I check the SHA1 hash of a file?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/en/man1/sha1sum.1.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">sha1sum</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Print or check SHA1 (160-bit) checksums. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<pre><code>sha1sum {file}\n</co...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/en/man1/sha1sum.1.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">sha1sum</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Print or check SHA1 (160-bit) checksums. With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<pre><code>sha1sum {fil...
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61830
1
61832
2011-09-17T16:17:42.030
3
557
<p>Can I pick up any android phone and connect it to my ubuntu laptop via a usb cable and tether to the internet using the data allowance on my phone contract? I already know that my contract allows tethering at no additional charge.</p>
1646
40955
2012-04-06T17:36:47.840
2012-04-06T17:36:47.840
Do all Android phones tether?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>All android devices tether, its only the provider that block's it .It'd probably work Plug-n-play, it will display as a mobile internet connection on network manager</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T18:20:17.217", "id": "709...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>All android devices tether, its only the provider that block's it .It'd probably work Plug-n-play, it will display as a mobile internet connection on network manager</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T18:20:17.217", ...
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61831
1
61837
2011-09-17T16:18:21.797
2
1833
<p>I want to directly transfer a file from a friend's PC running Windows to my Ubuntu box over the internet. </p> <p>What are my options? For security reasons, I don't want to use a third-party server.</p> <p>Hopefully, it's something not something complicated or command line based that requires a learning curve sinc...
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2011-09-17T17:23:11.977
2020-02-14T21:06:37.640
Cross-platform direct file transfer across the internet
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T16:34:21.190", "id": "70907", "postId": "61831", "score": "2", "text": "Locally or remotely?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15811" }, { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T17:03:07.593", "id": "70912", "postId": "61831", "score": "0", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li><p>Install <a href=\"http://winscp.net/eng/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">winscp</a> on the windows PC (it uses <code>sftp</code> which is part of <code>ssh</code>) and set up <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/ssh\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>ssh</c...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would try installing <a href=\"http://www.itefix.no/i2/copssh\" rel=\"nofollow\">CopSSH</a> on your friend's machine. It is a SFTP server implementation for Windows (with a GUI) that enforces per-user authorisation and uses a normally port-forwarded port 22 as S stands for ...
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61839
1
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2011-09-17T17:11:07.980
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<p>I have changed my system to Unity-2d, I believe it's called, and would like to get back to Ubuntu Classic but don't know how. </p> <p>Can someone help?</p>
25058
14356
2011-09-17T17:30:48.660
2011-09-17T17:30:48.660
How do I swap between Unity-2D and Ubuntu Classic?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sure.\nFirst logout. Then as shown below in image, select Ubuntu Classic instead Ubuntu 2D</p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu 11.04</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/57uPs.jpg\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu 11.10 </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.img...
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61843
1
null
2011-09-17T17:36:24.553
4
462
<p>I have read here, <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/40004/changing-email-application-in-preferred-applications">Changing email application in Preferred Applications to GMail?</a>, how to access <code>mimeapps.list</code> but I cannot figure out what needs to be entered for Claws Mail to act as preferred. I ha...
25138
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:00.547
2011-09-17T18:34:40.760
How can I make Claws Mail the preferred email client?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You are using the version of Claws-mail from the repositories (ie. 3.7.8-1ubuntu4)? <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/claws-mail/3.7.9-1ubuntu1\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Version 3.7.9-1</a> has amongst others this bugfix:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Include x-scheme-h...
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61845
1
null
2011-09-17T18:02:16.137
2
3386
<p>I recently installed Ubuntu Desktop on an older machine, and the performance isn't what I'd like. I'd like to switch it over to Server (server kernel, drop the GUI, etc) with minimal hassle. What's the simplest way for me to do this, preferably without re-installing from CD?</p>
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25863
2012-11-21T22:35:25.237
2012-11-21T22:35:25.237
How can I switch from Desktop to Server without reinstalling via CD?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-18T09:53:49.063", "id": "71029", "postId": "61845", "score": "0", "text": "Have you considered using another desktop environment such as LXDE? `sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop` - this is a great GUI environment for older machines.", "userDisplayName": null, ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It can be done with either one of these</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get --purge remove gnome-desktop-environment\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>or</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get --purge remove gnome-*\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And there are probably even more methods. Re-installing, without ...
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61859
1
61866
2011-09-17T19:34:45.653
1
776
<p>I have just installed Ubuntu and I am very pleased, however I have two problems:<br> I don't have Unity so ran the test and I have been told:</p> <pre><code>Not software rendered: no GLX texture from pixmap: no Unity supported: no </code></pre> <p>I really want Unity but due to this I am unaware on what to do.</p>...
25144
2647
2011-09-18T07:37:51.950
2011-09-18T07:37:51.950
New to Ubuntu but have two problems
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T20:00:03.230", "id": "70945", "postId": "61859", "score": "0", "text": "where do i find the additional drivers?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "25144" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have a look at <code>additional drivers</code> and see if there is a driver that you can install/activate. Always choose the suggested one to start with.</p>\n\n<p>System -> Admin -> Additional drivers.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/dhS2t.png\" alt=\"enter image desc...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have a look at <code>additional drivers</code> and see if there is a driver that you can install/activate. Always choose the suggested one to start with.</p>\n\n<p>System -> Admin -> Additional drivers.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/dhS2t.png\" alt=\"enter im...
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61861
1
null
2011-09-17T19:39:30.397
4
2537
<p>I've been trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 from a USB flash stick and each time I try to boot from the USB key one of two things happen:</p> <p>A) The screen that asks you what you would like to do (e.g. run Ubuntu from the USB key or install it) shows up and the countdown to the default option starts to count down b...
25142
18887
2012-02-26T04:40:34.353
2012-09-29T15:12:21.427
Ubuntu 11.04 and 10.04 hang with black screen while installing from USB disk
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2
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-17T20:54:38.487", "id": "70955", "postId": "61861", "score": "0", "text": "If you create your own answer then we can upvote you - you will also be able to accept your own answer (if not immediately then in a few hours time). Well done.", "userDisplayName": null, ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><em>Answered by the <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/users/25142/bill\">OP</a> by an edit to his question</em></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>I just answered my own question so in case anyone else is having this\n same problem using similar hardware, do the following:</p>\n \n <...
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61862
1
61864
2011-09-17T19:44:24.930
3
7385
<p>I recently upgraded to Oneiric Beta 1, and now I need to use avidemux to convert some video files. It seems that it's been removed and when I try to install it, I receive the following:</p> <pre><code>Package avidemux is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing...
25145
235
2011-10-17T01:14:50.017
2011-10-17T01:14:50.017
How to install avidemux?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-11-24T10:24:47.533", "id": "93019", "postId": "61862", "score": "0", "text": "This seems to be solved when last I upgraded to `3.0.0-13-generic #22-Ubuntu`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "25145" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Oneiric is in beta - as such some packages have not been successfully built or some other change has caused a build problem.</p>\n\n<p>Please track this on Launchpad - <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avidemux/+bug/831096\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Oneiric is in beta - as such some packages have not been successfully built or some other change has caused a build problem.</p>\n\n<p>Please track this on Launchpad - <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/avidemux/+bug/831096\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.lau...
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2014-04-23T17:22:59.993
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61863
1
61868
2011-09-17T19:52:35.217
1
352
<p>I was on my 10.04 machine this evening when I decided to run an update. The packages were from the flexiondotorg ppa which is for backports of Shotwell. Shotwell had an update 2days ago so I was surprised to see more. They were for libglib2.0 and libc-bin. After logging out I got the blank screen. Could these h...
10837
63025
2012-07-03T17:44:52.407
2012-07-03T17:44:52.407
Black screen where once there was a login screen after installing Shotwell
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm assuming that you have used this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/60846/how-do-i-upgrade-to-the-latest-version-of-shotwell\">AU question and answer</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The easiest way to confirm this is to either boot into recovery mode or <kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>ALT</kbd>+<kbd>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm assuming that you have used this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/60846/how-do-i-upgrade-to-the-latest-version-of-shotwell\">AU question and answer</a>.</p>\n\n<p>The easiest way to confirm this is to either boot into recovery mode or <kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>ALT</kb...
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61869
1
61883
2011-09-17T20:17:35.290
3
3808
<p>Couldn't find it in Synaptic nor in help.ubuntu</p>
24829
235
2011-09-17T21:46:54.633
2011-09-17T21:48:07.797
How do I install the Frutiger font?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Frutiger isn't a free font and so (as far as I know) isn't included in any Ubuntu packages, nor can you use <code>ttf-mscorefonts-installer</code> (which johanvdw alluded to) to install it. </p>\n\n<p>If you can get your hands on a copy of the font, installing it is really easy. If o...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Frutiger isn't a free font and so (as far as I know) isn't included in any Ubuntu packages, nor can you use <code>ttf-mscorefonts-installer</code> (which johanvdw alluded to) to install it. </p>\n\n<p>If you can get your hands on a copy of the font, installing it is really ea...
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61872
1
null
2011-09-17T20:26:56.263
3
214
<p>Where do I find Orca in Ubuntu Classic?</p>
25058
1992
2011-09-17T20:56:25.433
2011-09-17T21:02:03.507
Where do I find Orca in Ubuntu Classic
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It should be under <code>Applications&gt;&gt;Universal Access&gt;&gt;Orca Screen Reader</code>.</p>\n\n<p>To run it manually:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Press <kbd>alt+f2</kbd> and type Orca, then press <kbd>enter</kbd>.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>If it is not in your menu:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Rig...
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61874
1
null
2011-09-17T20:34:28.597
0
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<p>Ok, I think I already know the answer to this one, but it's important I try a bit more.</p> <p>I have been using a wubi installation of xubuntu for about a month, keeping my windows installation for some data I needed.</p> <p>It's been working fine until this morning when I got to the usual boot menu, but trying t...
24723
null
null
2011-09-17T20:54:09.873
Wubi - Installation deleted?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had this issue once. The files got sent to the found.id (e.g. found.000) directory. Does it exist (check that there is no hiding enabled)? If yes, some recovery software might be able to restore the files. If not, try running chkdisk and look again. Is it there now? If not...
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61878
1
61880
2011-09-17T21:00:34.820
56
34310
<p>Whenever I adjust the volume there's a popping sound to indicate when the volume is changing. I find it really annoying. </p> <p>Is there any way to change/disable this behaviour? </p>
16566
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2018-01-23T21:48:04.050
2020-02-01T16:19:08.113
How can I disable the "popping" sound when adjusting the volume?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You would have to turn the Notification sounds to off, or delete the specific sound that is played (but this would affect other event sounds and is not advised).</p>\n\n<p>Screenshot:\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Kz2I.png\" alt=\"I like pie, to be honest.\"></p>\n", "comm...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You would have to turn the Notification sounds to off, or delete the specific sound that is played (but this would affect other event sounds and is not advised).</p>\n\n<p>Screenshot:\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/9Kz2I.png\" alt=\"I like pie, to be honest.\"></p>\n",...
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user47206
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61884
1
68800
2011-09-17T21:28:39.300
2
735
<p>My laptop crashes (<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/61713/computer-crashes-segfaults-after-upgrading-from-1gb-ram-to-2gb">which is another question</a>) and when it does so it swiches to a text console and outputs an error which is too long to type (<a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/691805/" rel="nofollow nor...
9308
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2017-04-13T12:23:10.263
2011-12-31T18:46:16.987
How do I save error message from console?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In the end, I was able to get this specfic error by ssh'ing in and running </p>\n\n<pre><code>tail -f /var/log/syslog\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-10-1...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you can restart X, then it is X that's crashing, not the computer. Look at your X logs in <code>/var/log/Xorg*</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-10-05...
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61890
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2011-09-17T21:48:36.677
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<p>I have a computer that has 10.04 installed on it. When I download something off the internet, NotifyOSD displays to say the download is complete (Firefox is using NotifyOSD).</p> <p>I'm using 11.04 on another computer. When Firefox finishes downloading something it displays the "Firefox notifier" that pops up in t...
25148
1992
2012-02-14T14:47:25.827
2013-07-17T08:47:51.280
How to make firefox use notifyOSD?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The notify-osd functionality was provided by the third-party extension <code>xul-ext-notify</code>. </p>\n\n<p>The firefox maintainers have <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/742475\" rel=\"nofollow\">discussed this on launchpad</a>.</p>\n\n<p>I...
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61891
1
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2011-09-17T21:50:36.760
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<p>After installing oneiric with testdrive, how do I bring it under aqemu or kvm?</p>
25147
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2011-09-17T23:55:17.667
how do I bring a vm created with testdrive under kvm or qemu?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>On my system testrive puts the image files in <code>~/.cache/testdrive/images</code>. You can just use normal kvm to launch any of those images, for example:</p>\n\n<pre><code>kvm -m 2048 -hda ~/.cache/testdrive/images/testdrive-disk-SauBO5.img\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Launches t...
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61893
1
61897
2011-09-17T22:12:27.530
4
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<p>I see from the <code>ssh_config</code> man page that you can share connections to <code>host@user</code> using <code>ControlPath</code> and <code>ControlMaster</code>.<br> Is there any way to do this opportunistically for each combination of local user, remote user, and remote host? So that the first connection to <...
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9308
2011-09-19T21:06:38.450
2011-09-19T21:06:38.450
Share first ssh connection to user@host opportunisitically using ControlMaster
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the <code>ssh_config</code> man page:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ControlMaster\n ...\n Two additional options allow for opportunistic multiplexing: try\n to use a master connection but fall back to creating a new one if\n one does not already exist. These options are: “auto”...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the <code>ssh_config</code> man page:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ControlMaster\n ...\n Two additional options allow for opportunistic multiplexing: try\n to use a master connection but fall back to creating a new one if\n one does not already exist. These options are...
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61895
1
62533
2011-09-17T23:01:31.403
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<p>My ubuntu 11.04 is only booting in terminal.</p> <p>From the terminal when I enter command </p> <pre><code>startx </code></pre> <p>I see the following:</p> <blockquote> <p>The NVIDIA GPU at PCI:1:0:0 is not supported by the 173.14.30 NVIDIA Driver Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device! Screen(s) ...
25069
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2011-09-22T13:50:05.547
How to stop booting into terminal mode?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To answer your original question:</p>\n\n<p>You go to terminal mode because your graphics chipset isn't supported by the version of the proprietary driver you've installed. This nvidia driver should be removed first, use purge and make sure you delete the file it creates in /etc/X11/...
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2011-09-18T01:16:08.897
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<p>My music collection is stored on a media server (11.04 + MythTV). My <code>~/Music</code> folder is mapped to a NFS share on the media server, but Ubuntu One will not synchronize to the mapped drive (probably no surprise there). Nor is the music folder located under a home/ folder on the server (it's <code>/var/lib/...
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2011-09-18T01:24:16.060
2011-09-18T01:31:33.670
Sync music to Ubuntu One from media server?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I know, NFS does not support inotify, which is likely used heavily for filesync with Ubuntu One. I also seem to remember that Ubuntu One doesn't sync files and folders from outside your home directory.</p>\n\n<p>Your suggestion sounded best to me. Do I get an upvote...
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61903
1
61991
2011-09-18T02:35:48.750
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<p>I have two one-liner scripts that write IP address and SSID to files in my Dropbox; I would like my Android phone to sync to Dropbox and read the IP and SSID and do stuff via Tasker if it's on the same network.</p> <p>That said, I am looking for a way to execute the scripts whenever I'm connected to wifi.</p> <p>T...
10731
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2011-09-18T19:14:00.373
Execute script when [dis]connected to wifi?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I had to add the following to my <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>auto wlan0\niface wlan0 inet dhcp\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then place a script in <code>/etc/network/if-up.d/</code> and check if <code>\"$IFACE\" = \"wlan0\"</code>.</p>\n", "commentCoun...
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2011-09-18T02:36:50.393
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<p>Well this happened when I upgraded to Natty. Not only seems I can't change my resolution to higher than 1024x768 but it appears at the left and using only 70% of the monitor's width. </p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6QQZv.png" alt="Could not apply the stored configuration for monitors"></p> <p>I tried l...
16646
16646
2012-07-05T01:48:57.997
2012-07-05T01:48:57.997
Could not apply stored configuration for monitors
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try to delete the file </p>\n\n<pre><code>~/.config/monitors.xml\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I had the same problem and this worked for me.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-25T16:48:40.500", "id": "72276", "p...
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61905
1
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2011-09-18T02:41:16.793
1
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<p>This error occur both in Synaptic and via terminal so I can't update or install new packages:</p> <pre><code>LANG=en_US;sudo dpkg --configure -a dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gens:i386: gens:i386 depends on libc6. gens:i386 depends on libgcc1. gens:i386 depends on libglib2.0-0 (&gt;= 2.4.0)....
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19269
2011-09-18T18:45:09.863
2011-09-21T15:21:18.067
Error during update and installation of new packages
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've found and removed the .deb with </p>\n\n<pre><code>LANG=en,us sudo dpkg -r gens:i386\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now I've to resolve the other cdemu/gnome issue (look above).</p>\n\n<p><strong>Finally I found a solution (I hope will help someone):</strong></p>\n\n<p>In a termin...
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61907
1
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2011-09-18T03:04:49.473
0
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<p>I am using the stock "Remote Desktop" VNC server in Ubuntu. Ubuntu is on a 2nd machine, and my primary machine is a 3-monitor Windows 7 setup.</p> <p>I can VNC into Ubuntu, however I would like to disable screen updates or at least limit the update rate. Too much CPU is being used on Ubuntu when all I really need i...
13128
13128
2011-09-18T03:19:54.037
2012-03-30T01:51:10.217
limit / disable VNC display updates
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly, but <a href=\"http://synergy-foss.org\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Synergy\">Synergy</a> might be what you want. It supports Windows, Linux and MacOSX. Only slight lag on heavy network usage. Also copy&amp;paste is supported...
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61909
1
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2011-09-18T04:17:33.653
1
1642
<p>Is there a GNOME application with a GUI that enables one to verify a PGP signature, something equivalent to Kleopatra for KDE?</p>
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2011-09-18T15:14:28.813
2011-09-18T15:14:28.813
Is there a GNOME application with a GUI for verifying PGP signatures?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.tech-faq.com/gnupg-shell.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">GnuPG Shell</a> should do it</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-03-05T13:47:03.573", "id": "129859", "postId": "61910", "score":...
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61911
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2011-09-18T04:37:01.873
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<p>System:</p> <pre><code>DELL 1558 Laptop (64-bit) 4 GB RAM 320 GB HDD </code></pre> <p>Have installed Ubuntu (11.04?) alongside Windows 7 (Dual boot). Both OS's working fine. My concern is that when I am in Ubuntu the fan seems to be running all the time, making the system noisier. Is there any solution to this? Wi...
25159
15811
2011-09-18T04:48:17.993
2011-11-24T13:04:59.240
Ubuntu noisier than Windows 7
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It seems that you've installed motherboard drivers in Windows but not in Ubuntu. I not sure is there a chance to get motherboard drivers for Ubuntu.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-18T23:02:55.293", "id": "71...
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61912
1
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2011-09-18T05:08:10.737
2
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<p>Can I/How do I sort titles by resolution in VLC, mplayer, or similar app, i.e., sort videos by their pixel count?, e.g., a 1920x1080 vid followed by a 1280x720 vid, etc, ascending or descending.</p>
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2011-09-18T05:08:10.737
Can I/How do I sort titles by resolution in VLC, mplayer, or similar app?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-03-30T18:43:02.533
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61914
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2011-09-18T06:37:56.637
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<p>I'm trying to upload a folder of about 1.5 GB to Ubuntu One. Everything seems to be set up correctly, and Ubuntu One says "File sync in Progress".</p> <p>However, all it does is use about 3.3 GB of RAM (!) and 100% of one core, without sending anything on the network (as reported by system Monitor).</p> <p>It's be...
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2011-09-18T09:54:18.780
2012-04-10T18:58:54.023
Ubuntu one uses lots of system resources, but does nothing
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is known bug in Ubuntu One. On some systems (SSD harrdrives, from my experience) it tends to happen. Right now, I think best solution is to uninstall Ubuntu One, and replace it with something similar, like Dropbox.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ ...
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61915
1
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2011-09-18T06:53:54.297
1
387
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21686/how-do-i-install-and-switch-to-the-unity-2d-desktop">How do I install and switch to the Unity 2D desktop?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I installed ubuntu natty on my friends laptop and it was all working fine ou...
22863
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:00.547
2012-02-03T21:52:04.910
Hardware does not support unity after reboot
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Installing Unity-2D by running the following commands may help you:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/21686/how-do-i-install-and-switch-to-the-unity-2d-desktop\">How do I install and switch to the Unity 2D desktop?</a></li>\n</ul>\n", "commentCoun...
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2012-02-23T18:13:36.613
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61937
2011-09-18T07:43:32.810
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<p>The Snort version available for Lucid is 2.8.5.2, for which snort rules are not available anymore. Is there a ppa for the updated version of snort or are there any good tutorials for installing snort from source.</p>
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2017-12-06T05:36:55.027
2017-12-06T05:36:55.027
Is there a newer version of snort available?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Install via PPAs</h2>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~ebf0/+archive/gamelinux?field.series_filter=lucid\" rel=\"nofollow\">linked PPA</a> has snort v2.9:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ebf0/gamelinux\nsudo apt-get update\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>From my reading...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Install via PPAs</h2>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~ebf0/+archive/gamelinux?field.series_filter=lucid\" rel=\"nofollow\">linked PPA</a> has snort v2.9:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ebf0/gamelinux\nsudo apt-get update\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>From my...
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1
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2011-09-18T08:29:37.410
1
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<p>Sequence of operations:</p> <ol> <li><a href="https://github.com/l0b0/minecraft-scripts/blob/master/install-Minecraft-shortcut-GNOME.sh" rel="nofollow">install</a> a GNOME menu shortcut.</li> <li>Click <kbd>Windows</kbd> to get the Unity search interface.</li> <li>Type in the first few characters of the shortcut na...
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2011-09-20T21:29:35.137
Unity menu search doesn't find manually installed shortcut
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Installed means:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>It is in the software repositories accessible by the software\ncenter. </li>\n<li>A desktop file exists under /usr/share/applications or\n/usr/local/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>The script you use however instal...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Installed means:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>It is in the software repositories accessible by the software\ncenter. </li>\n<li>A desktop file exists under /usr/share/applications or\n/usr/local/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>The script you use howeve...
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61928
1
62078
2011-09-18T09:10:10.187
1
5479
<p>I have installed Bugzilla 3 through the software center.</p> <p>After a successful result, what is the next step?</p> <p>I can't see an installation directory anywhere.</p> <p>I tried:</p> <pre><code>http://localhost/bugzilla </code></pre> <p>There is nothing there.</p> <p>Adding information:</p> <ul> <li><p>I ins...
21037
-1
2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2011-09-20T08:21:44.247
How to launch bugzilla after installation?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Answer is located here <a href=\"http://www.askubuntu.com/questions/61935/how-do-i-install-bugzilla\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.askubuntu.com/questions/61935/how-do-i-install-bugzilla</a> </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLice...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Answer is located here <a href=\"http://www.askubuntu.com/questions/61935/how-do-i-install-bugzilla\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.askubuntu.com/questions/61935/how-do-i-install-bugzilla</a> </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, ...
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61930
1
61932
2011-09-18T09:34:08.720
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<p>For example:</p> <p>The following command will install all packages that match it's pattern:</p> <pre><code> sudo apt-get install k3b-* </code></pre> <p>If I want to use that instruction but don't want to install one specific package with broken dependencies, how do I do that?</p> <p>I have tried this but not w...
23864
23864
2011-09-18T10:12:12.337
2018-11-06T02:07:50.197
How to use apt-get to install packages without one specify package?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can do</p>\n\n<pre><code>list=$(apt-cache --names-only search ^k3b-* | awk '{ print $1 }' | \\\n grep -v bad-pkg)\nsudo apt-get install $list\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creati...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can do</p>\n\n<pre><code>list=$(apt-cache --names-only search ^k3b-* | awk '{ print $1 }' | \\\n grep -v bad-pkg)\nsudo apt-get install $list\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA...
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1
61933
2011-09-18T09:43:02.407
4
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<p>My installation failing log:</p> <pre><code> sam@/home/sam/code/ros/ai/cram/roslisp_repl$ sudo apt-get update Get:1 http://packages.ros.org maverick Release.gpg [198B] Ign http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Rel...
23864
23864
2011-09-18T10:14:42.257
2014-01-20T23:15:27.133
How to install libnss3-dev?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're missing the <code>maverick-updates</code> and <code>security.ubuntu.com</code> repositories. Edit <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> and add:</p>\n\n<pre><code>deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main universe restricted\ndeb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ub...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're missing the <code>maverick-updates</code> and <code>security.ubuntu.com</code> repositories. Edit <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> and add:</p>\n\n<pre><code>deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick-updates main universe restricted\ndeb-src http://archive.ubunt...
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61935
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2011-09-18T10:27:53.277
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<p>I would like to use Bugzilla on my own computer to track and trace bugs in our own software. How do I set this up?</p>
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2014-07-09T14:09:28.070
2017-03-03T20:15:33.123
How do I install Bugzilla?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For Bugzilla you need...</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Perl (5.8.1 or above)</li>\n<li>MySQL</li>\n<li>Apache2</li>\n<li>Bugzilla</li>\n<li>Perl modules</li>\n<li>Bugzilla using apache</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Some remarks up front:</p>\n\n<p>If any of these are already installed just keep an eye on set...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For Bugzilla you need...</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Perl (5.8.1 or above)</li>\n<li>MySQL</li>\n<li>Apache2</li>\n<li>Bugzilla</li>\n<li>Perl modules</li>\n<li>Bugzilla using apache</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Some remarks up front:</p>\n\n<p>If any of these are already installed just keep an ey...
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61938
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61940
2011-09-18T10:47:35.070
3
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<p>I am trying to build my own greeter for Ubuntu 11.10 and amd looking for all the folders that are being used by lightdm. So far i have located the .conf files and the unity-greeter folder but it seems that i haven't located all the files/folders</p>
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2011-09-18T11:14:24.910
Where can i find the lightdm folders and and images
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>dpkg -L lightdm \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>lists you all the files installed by the <code>lightdm</code> package.</p>\n\n<p>If you want to have a look at the source code of lightdm use</p>\n\n<pre><code>apt-get source lightdm\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments":...
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61939
1
61972
2011-09-18T10:56:13.017
1
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<p>I have a 1TB drive and installed Windows 7 on a 128GB partition.</p> <p>When I now try to install Ubuntu 11.04 it does not recognize the Windows partition but offers the complete 1TB drive to install Ubuntu on instead. It displays:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PVcnY.png" alt="enter image description ...
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2014-06-04T20:33:13.453
2014-06-04T20:33:13.453
Ubuntu installation does not recognize drive partitioning
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-18T13:33:41.417", "id": "71060", "postId": "61939", "score": "0", "text": "That is very strange. Can you provide more details? The installer does recognize NTFS and I haven't come across any problems with it.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19779" }, ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I can proudly announce that I now have a working Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04 running. </p>\n\n<p><code>fixparts</code> actually did the trick:</p>\n\n<p>Download <code>fixparts</code> and run it with</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo fixparts /dev/sda\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><code>fixparts</code> t...
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61941
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62056
2011-09-18T11:38:58.347
1
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<p>Following instructions on <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/61935/can-i-use-my-own-version-of-bugzilla">How do I install Bugzilla?</a> I am getting Perl errors when trying to install the missing modules.</p> <p>The script:</p> <pre><code>cd /var/www/bugzilla/ sudo ./checksetup.pl --check-modules </code></pr...
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2017-04-13T12:23:45.630
2014-02-25T12:17:39.880
Error when install perl modules for bugzilla 4.0,2
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>One thing that I found missing was: <code>sudo cpan App::cpanminus</code> - Once that was installed, most errors have dissappeared.</p>\n\n<p>Only errors left are for optional modules.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": ...
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61942
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2011-09-18T11:43:57.843
2
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<p>I have sometime problem with select mode in the mouse. The cursor is stuck in select mode, so I can not click anything , to solve that I need to reboot my laptop</p> <p>my laptop is :</p> <ul> <li>sony vaio </li> <li>model : VGN-CS320j </li> </ul> <p>I note that problem since ubuntu 11.04 , and it still happens ...
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2011-10-01T14:43:01.523
2020-09-17T03:01:27.610
Cursor stuck in select mode
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From the above thread</p>\n\n<p>Edit <code>/etc/default/grub</code> , you may need to boot to recovery mode to make the edit.</p>\n\n<pre><code># Command line \nsudo -e /etc/default/grub\n\n# Graphical\ngksu gedit /etc/default/grub\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Edit the \"GRUB_CMDLINE...
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2011-09-18T12:32:50.587
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<p>How do I install the Google talk plugin so I can use gtalk and Google Plus?</p>
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2012-12-06T07:02:26.163
2017-03-20T15:57:23.807
How do I install the google-talkplugin?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Starting in Ubuntu 11.10 multi-arch is used for applications that formerly used <code>ia32-libs</code>.</p>\n\n<p>gtalk &amp; Google plus are the same plugin. They are are comprised of a 64-bit plugin plus a 32-bit daemon - and use the deprecated ia32-libs, it will be up to Google to...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is a hacky way to handle this:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Download the 64-bit .deb from: <a href=\"http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/res/talkvideo/hangouts/\">http://www.google.com/tools/dlpage/res/talkvideo/hangouts/</a> </li>\n<li><p>Create a tmp dir:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mkdir t...
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61945
1
63436
2011-09-18T13:05:54.837
1
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<p>I've enabled Pidgin helper in Docky. But it really doesn't do anything.. There's no difference at all whether it's enabled or not.. I really don't know why but it doesn't do what it should like in the screenshot in it's page</p> <p><a href="http://wiki.go-docky.com/index.php?title=Pidgin_control_Helper" rel="nofo...
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2011-09-18T13:21:23.657
2014-04-29T08:45:34.030
Docky Pidgin helper is enabled but not working
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2014-04-29T08:45:34.030", "id": "601986", "postId": "61945", "score": "0", "text": "Installed it and it says its running...now where are the controls??", "userDisplayName": "user275752", "userId": null } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've found the solution .. </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install python-dockmanager\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-28T17:35:17.903", "id": "63436", "lastAct...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From your debug is it clear that the helper is crashing:</p>\n\n<p><code>[Info 15:01:22.465] [Helper] pidgin_control.py has exited (Code 0).</code> </p>\n\n<p>I would suggest you <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/docky\" rel=\"nofollow\">report</a> this bug to the develop...
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2011-09-18T13:46:08.937
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<p>When I log in using Unity all I get is the wallpaper - no icons, no launcher, no apps, nothing. I can only get ubuntu classic to work (GNOME as far as I know) because I'm new to Ubuntu and I only like Unity. I hope someone can help me to get it working.</p>
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2011-09-18T19:33:20.807
2011-11-01T07:21:34.143
Unity shows no icons or launcher, I get only the wallpaper
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-18T14:38:08.997", "id": "71067", "postId": "61947", "score": "1", "text": "Try `unity --replace` from the command line and see if that works..Also are you sure you installed unity correctly? and did you update correctly (post-installation)?", "userDisplayName": nul...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you can reset the unity by running:</p>\n\n<pre><code>unity --reset\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and</p>\n\n<pre><code>unity --reset-icons\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>i hope it be useful</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense...
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61951
1
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2011-09-18T14:21:02.373
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<p>My wife doesn't want to have any kind of login on her unity. She wants it to go directly to her home directory, when she press the "on"-button without asking for any code to be typed. How do I make it do that ?</p>
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2011-09-18T14:38:52.123
How to log in without code of any kind
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-18T14:31:56.023", "id": "71065", "postId": "61951", "score": "1", "text": "If you have an encrypted /home you can't do this.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "19490" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>type account in dash and you should see a result like \"Login Windows\" (i'm not sure because i use a different language) and from there you can set the autologin</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-09-18T14:34:22.470", ...
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61956
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2011-09-18T15:15:55.797
1
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<p>I have Oneiric running in Virtualbox with Unity (3D), it's up todate as of now. When I go to the Dash to find an app I have to click a small arrow to show all the apps in that category.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ch3RE.png" alt="Dash - Show more apps"></p> <p>Once I click it, it shows all the apps ...
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2012-04-05T19:27:36.570
How to always show all apps in Dash?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is not possible at least for now ,it is hardly coded in unity ,To it you have to create a patch for unity</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2012-04-05T19:27:36.570...
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2011-09-18T15:16:59.877
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<p>I've read the Upstart features and it says nothing about concurrency. I also read old advices to set <em>CONCURRENCY</em> value in the <code>/etc/init.d/rc</code> But there is a comment:</p> <blockquote> <p>Specify method used to enable concurrent init.d scripts. Valid options are 'none', 'startpar' and 'makefi...
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2011-09-18T17:18:07.323
2011-09-18T17:52:39.943
Do newer Ubuntu releases benefit from multicore processors at boot time?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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61958
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2011-09-18T15:23:18.637
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<p>Used win 7 and got resolution 1280x1024 and when i installed Ubuntu 11.04 got resolution of 1152x864(made that possible by changing from the advanced option in the nvidia xorg file)went to system settings and got 'monitor unknown'.Using a nvidia 8400GS and using 173 version of driver.</p> <p>xrandr o/p:</p> <pre><...
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17739
2011-09-20T15:17:57.717
2011-09-23T14:16:55.017
How do I set my screen resolution to the maximum supported resolution?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Increasing the line HorizSync in xorg.conf like this</p>\n\n<pre><code>HorizSync 28.0 - 120.0\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>used to help in days of yore with 19\" CRTs. (60hz * 1280 columns + some traceback equals a minimum of 78 kHz, not 55.)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments"...
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61960
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2011-09-18T15:41:38.797
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2520
<p>I already have Ubuntu 11.04 (which I installed with WUBI) and Windows 7.</p> <p>I also want to install Ubuntu 11.10 Beta.</p> <p>When I boot with the Ubuntu USB, I get the error: <code>Multiple active partitions</code>.</p> <p>Then, I get redirected to the boot options.</p> <p>I think I should also mention that ...
25176
235
2011-09-18T18:15:13.940
2015-10-10T06:19:01.570
"Multiple active partitions" error
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Write the image with the <em>last</em> version of Ultra ISO.</p>\n\n<p>I had this problem with every Ubuntu release.</p>\n\n<p>Unetbootin didn't help, only the latest versions of Ultra ISO at the moment.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwned...
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61961
1
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2011-09-18T15:54:45.783
3
8766
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/59919/how-do-i-change-fonts-icons-in-a-theme">How do I change fonts &amp; icons in a theme?</a><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/60044/how-do-i-change-the-font-dpi-settings">How do I change the font DPI s...
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2017-04-13T12:24:11.537
2011-09-18T18:48:18.210
How can I change the system font sizes?
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2011-09-18T21:40:03.560
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61963
1
61969
2011-09-18T16:01:45.930
1
5928
<p>I have to log in to my school's Linux server for homework. I would like to be able to make a script or something for my desktop to save a bit of time (using Ubuntu desktop).</p> <p>Currently I log in using the following: <strong><em>SSH verylongname0434@linux.myschoolslongurl.net</em></strong></p> <p>Would there b...
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2011-09-19T19:26:42.233
Can I create an SSH login script?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could also setup a password-less SSH login with <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/46930/how-can-i-set-up-password-less-ssh-login\">this question here</a>. And then <em>alias</em> a command and put it in the <code>.bash_aliases</code> file. Something like:</p>\n\n<p><code>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could make a file with the following contents:</p>\n\n<pre><code>[Desktop Entry]\nName=School Server\nComment=Login to school server using ssh\nExec=ssh verylongname0434@linux.myschoolslongurl.net\nTerminal=true\nType=Application\nCategories=Development;\nStartupNotify=tr...
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61967
1
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2011-09-18T16:14:19.523
3
2132
<p>I am using Ubuntu 11.10 beta 1. The "power cog" (the button at the top right corner of the screen) seems to have disappeared. I am not sure what caused that because it was there when I installed 11.10 beta 1. So I do not quite remember. The main thing is that I suspect the problem is either gnome-session or cairo do...
22859
18953
2011-09-18T16:35:08.233
2011-09-20T09:22:16.247
The "power cog" has disappeared
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is called a beta for something. This has happened to me as well several times (11.10 beta 1).</p>\n\n<p>You could search on Launchpad if this bug has already been reported (it'd surprise me if it hasn't been reported yet), and if it hasn't been reported yet, you could repo...
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2011-09-20T15:22:12.170
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61970
1
62321
2011-09-18T16:27:34.573
3
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<p>Several symptoms:</p> <ul> <li>No splash screen, just a console</li> <li>No TTYs available (CTRL+ALT+F1 etc..), just random coloured bars</li> </ul> <p>A while ago, I've used a tutorial to fix Plymouth bootsplash resolution and changed settings I don't quite recall now. What is the proper way to reinstall and rese...
2385
2385
2011-09-18T17:09:45.673
2013-08-13T05:23:14.697
How to properly reset all grub/boot settings?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Did you try undoing each of the steps in <a href=\"http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\">that tutorial</a>?</p>\n\n<p>Like, <em>(Note: This is just an undoing of whatever that was done in that tutorial...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Did you try undoing each of the steps in <a href=\"http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\">that tutorial</a>?</p>\n\n<p>Like, <em>(Note: This is just an undoing of whatever that was done in that ...
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61975
1
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2011-09-18T17:05:34.587
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<p>Because <a href="http://archive.ubuntu.com" rel="nofollow">archive.ubuntu.com</a> hasn't any IPv6 endpoints, an IPv6-only Ubuntu machine is quite unusable: no package management, no updates, etc. </p> <p>Is there any way to overcome this problem without enabling IPv4?</p>
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5
2011-10-15T00:15:40.637
2020-12-30T09:40:27.613
How to access archive.ubuntu.com from an IPv6 only machine?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The main archive server, and many mirrors don't support IPv6 so going IPv6 only is very cutting edge of you but... most of the rest of humanity probably will join you when we are well into 2012 (if not 2015) or when it becomes really unavoidable.</p>\n\n<p>That being said...</p>\n\n<...
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2011-09-18T18:36:21.933
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<p>I am watching quite often DVDs in VLC on Ubuntu while surfing. As my screen isn't very big, I don't want to waste screen space. But I can't resize the window exactly to the size of the video. Changing the aspect ratio didn't help.</p> <p>Here is a screenshot to make clear what I mean: <img src="https://i.stack.imgu...
10425
10425
2011-09-19T06:37:09.560
2016-01-15T00:57:32.170
How can I get the full screen space in a video?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2016-06-15T14:56:34.810", "id": "1182171", "postId": "61986", "score": "0", "text": "Answer here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/25745/vlc-will-sometimes-have-issues-displaying-video-in-fullscreen", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "329591" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>By changing the Aspect Ratio. Press the <kbd>A</kbd> key when playing the video to change its aspect ratio. You can also <em>right-click -> Video -> Aspect Ratio</em> and then choose the appropriate aspect ratio that suits your needs.</p>\n\n<p><em>Before: (Notice the gap on ...
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61988
1
61990
2011-09-18T18:58:28.880
2
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<p>I had isntalled dvd:rip and trying to finish setup, but while checking dependencies I found out that missed rar, and it's necessary to install old version (min 2.71 and max 2.99). By default I could install only 4.0 version through Software center(or Synaptic). </p> <p>Could somebody help me to find and install ra...
20809
20809
2011-09-21T06:56:08.360
2014-01-16T13:55:56.657
How to finish setup of dvd::rip?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you go through the documentation on the dvd::rip site you'll be able to find the package there itself and instructions as well.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/install.cipp#inst_rar\" rel=\"nofollow\">SOURCE</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p><em><strong>1.3.4 rar ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you go through the documentation on the dvd::rip site you'll be able to find the package there itself and instructions as well.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/doc/install.cipp#inst_rar\" rel=\"nofollow\">SOURCE</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p><em><strong>1....
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<p>At my laptop I have one HDD with 2 partitions (OS and DATA).<br> Each time Ubuntu starts I have to mount it firstly so that I have access to it.<br> I want it to be automatically mounted.<br> How can I do that? And why it isn't by default? </p>
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Have to mount the "data" partition every time
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can do that by editing your <em>/etc/fstab</em> file.</p>\n\n<p>Excerpt from <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab\" rel=\"nofollow\">SOURCE</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p><strong>A root filesystem:</strong></p>\n\n<pre><code>UUID=30fcb748-ad1e-4228-af2f-951e8e7b56df ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can do that by editing your <em>/etc/fstab</em> file.</p>\n\n<p>Excerpt from <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab\" rel=\"nofollow\">SOURCE</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p><strong>A root filesystem:</strong></p>\n\n<pre><code>UUID=30fcb748-ad1e-4228-af2f-951e8...
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<p>As I recall there was something like netsend on windows that allowed simple messages to be sent over the local network. I especially like this because one doesn't need to install extra client soft (hello skype). </p> <p>Is there something dead simple like this on Linux?</p> <p>Just to clarify I'm looking for a ba...
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chat over lan from linux to linux?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You actually can do this with <code>netcat</code>, I believe it is already installed in most cases on linux, and it's dead simple.</p>\n\n<p>On PC 1, type: <code>nc -l 55555</code></p>\n\n<p>On PC 2, type: <code>nc $IP 55555</code>, where <code>$IP</code> equals the local IP address ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can do this with <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/finch\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">finch</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/finch\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install finch\"></a>, the command-line equivalent...
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