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<p>I use Hotspot Shield (Free VPN) on the Windows. Do anyone know of a similar tool or service for Ubuntu?</p> <p>that:</p> <ul> <li>Would not require me to have any server.</li> <li>would hide my IP.</li> <li>Would effectively tunnel all my connections in Ubuntu.</li> <li>have free plans</li> </ul> <p>please explai...
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Is there a free VPN service that works on Ubuntu?
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<p>I have a Samsung Clx2120N multi-functional (scanner, printer and copier) and this is connected to router (home office), I have two computers and one notebook in the network, but no has a server printer, all equipment send jobs for print direct, they have a network printer configured. I tried several times to install...
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2010-10-15T16:03:43.587
2010-10-23T13:47:11.843
How to use network scanner (Samsung Clx 2160n)
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>System -> Administration -> User and Groups and add 'cupsys' user to the 'shadow' group.</p>\n\n<p>Get the <a href=\"http://www.samsung.com/us/support/supportDownloadCenter.do?prd_ia_cd=N0000189&amp;prd_mdl_cd=CLX-2160N&amp;prd_mdl_name=CLX-2160N\" rel=\"nofollow\">driver fro...
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<p>I'm a hobbyist musician; for quite a while, I used a program for Mac's called 'Logic Pro', apparently this is the industry standard application for music creation. (Indeed, at my College if you don't have it at home you can't do any music courses)</p> <p>So, is there anything like it for Ubuntu? </p> <p>Please ple...
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2010-10-14T01:04:44.477
2017-02-12T21:35:52.497
Is there software like Mac's 'Logic Pro'?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sounds like you're looking for a synthesiser. Ubuntu Studio (the version of Ubuntu that's for doing audio, video, animation, etc) has a list of synthesisers on <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/PackageList\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/PackageLi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sounds like you're looking for a synthesiser. Ubuntu Studio (the version of Ubuntu that's for doing audio, video, animation, etc) has a list of synthesisers on <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/PackageList\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/P...
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<p>Is there any way to get an analogue clock in the panel?</p> <p>I'm not interested in docks, only the the gnome panel, like recent versions of Mac OS support.</p>
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2010-11-03T01:49:41.140
2010-11-03T01:49:41.140
Basic analogue clock for the GNOME panel?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The default clock does not support an analogue mode. However, I did find this <a href=\"https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2008-November/164121.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">email</a>. It suggests an application called <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gpe-clock\" re...
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2010-10-13T16:29:46.520
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<p>For some reason I've recently been getting a profile error on chromium:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dRrxH.png" alt="alt text"></p> <p>I can't seem to see what the problem is, is it associated with the fact that chromium thinks it hasn't been shut down properly (and even then, I can't see how else I'...
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2011-03-22T21:40:27.863
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Chromium profile "could not be opened correctly" errors
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2010-10-13T16:53:17.200
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<p>Has anyone got Lightroom 3 working under wine? As with most posts out there, I have successfully completed the install, but where the photos should be (in grid view, loupe view or edit view) there are only gray squares.</p> <p>I have run <code>winetricks vcrun6 colorprofile corefonts vista gdiplus</code> already, n...
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2010-10-13T17:48:42.940
2010-10-20T04:26:19.577
Adobe Lightroom 3 in Wine
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Not really an answer to your question, but you might also want to have a look at <a href=\"http://darktable.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">DarkTable</a>. It's a native linux application that is still in development, but is already useable, and intended to be a (partial) replace...
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2010-10-13T16:54:57.830
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<p>Am relatively new to Ubuntu. Currently running 10.10, which was an upgrade from 10.4, which was an upgrade from 9.10, which was a fresh install.</p> <p>Have never compressed anything in Ubuntu, but because I wanted to use the contents of a large folder on a Windows machine, I installed 7zip. Using Places, I navigat...
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2011-01-18T10:18:14.710
2015-09-01T09:35:04.760
Places Folders Open in Archive Manager
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2010-10-13T17:05:55.280
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<p>Is it possible to set the GPU fan speed using the default free ati driver?</p> <p>My card (X1900) was deprecated in the fglrx drivers a while back.</p> <p>The free drivers seem to work with 3D, Compiz and such, but running graphics intensive programs makes my GPU heat up and produce artifacts, while the GPU fan ne...
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Setting GPU fan speed using free ATI driver?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ok because no one else is willing to say anything. lm-sensors is the package in ubuntu that will help with your quest the first thing to find out is whether lm-sensors detects your gpu temperature sensor as this is what will probably control the speed of the GPU cooler fan. T...
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2010-10-13T17:06:43.780
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<p>Hello to all (K)Ubuntu users,<br> I installed Kubuntu 10.10 after it's release. (I used to use ubuntu, I want to try kubuntu now) </p> <p>Now I can't login in Kubuntu:<br> When(/if) I login with my username and password, KDE loads(I mean the splashscreen),<br> but if it's ready nearly, the screen becomes dark and...
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2012-02-09T08:56:01.990
2012-02-09T08:56:01.990
Can't login, kde loads, then back to kdm
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try removing the kde configurations for the user by moving the <code>.kde</code> directory in the users home directory to a different name and see if you can then log in.</p>\n\n<p>Often these problems are incompatibilities or something that is reminiscent from a crash that c...
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<p>Empathy worked pretty fine until last updates, now it refuses to connect to Facebook account. All other accounts work fine, except Facebook.</p> <p>My username and password are 100% correct. I'v tried to remove and add FB account, but it doesn't solve the problem.</p> <p>Please help :)</p>
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2012-11-13T10:52:25.330
Empathy doesn't connect to Facebook account
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think you are just being affected by facebook platform outages. Empathy is working fine for me with facebook right now, but I get email notifications from the facebook platform team for outages. I have gotten a bunch today, some of which talk about interuptions in the chat servic...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>hmm, i used to have the same problem with Adium on OS X but it was fixed eventually. One thing i could recommend is downgrading to an older version of Empathy and see if that fixes the problem. Have you tried other IM's? Did they work?</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "co...
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<p>I like very much the option "Roll up" in Preferences/Window/Title bar Action but it is not there anymore in 10.10.</p> <p>There are a way to get it back?</p>
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2011-09-15T06:27:00.303
What happened to "Roll up" option in Preferences/Window/Title bar Action?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>open up the <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/17249/how-do-i-use-the-gconf-editor\">gconf-editor</a> and go to <code>apps/metacity/general/action_right_click_titlebar</code> and change it to <code>toggle_shade</code></p>\n\n<p>of course you need metacity running as yo...
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1148/what-is-the-best-place-to-install-user-apps">What is the best place to install user apps?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I've downloaded a <code>.tar.gz</code> and ran <code>sudo sh install.sh</code>. It's asking m...
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2017-04-13T12:24:11.537
2022-09-25T12:35:33.800
Where to install programs?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all which Application are you installing? It is always preferable to install through the native Package Management as the Package Manager will handle the location, updates, paths and the launchers (shortcuts) for you. Also updates would be handled. You should ideally search ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all which Application are you installing? It is always preferable to install through the native Package Management as the Package Manager will handle the location, updates, paths and the launchers (shortcuts) for you. Also updates would be handled. You should ideally...
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2010-10-13T18:43:17.053
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<p>I want to keep my /etc/apt/sources.list clean and I'm looking for a way to look for a package in a repository <strong>before</strong> adding it to my system. Thanks in advance.</p>
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2010-10-13T18:45:00.683
2010-10-13T18:49:50.957
Can I list a repository content before adding it to search for a package?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can browse the link to the repository in your browser. if you look there for the Packages files (usually Packages.gz and Packages.bz2) in the correct folder under <code>dists</code>, you can download that file and uncompress it. It contains a list of all the packages of the archi...
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<p>I see other questions about this, no answers and no one with a completely similar question.</p> <p>I work for a place with an Exchange 2007 server. There is an <a href="http://owa.ourserver.com">http://owa.ourserver.com</a> that is accessible from anywhere. I've tried every combo I can think of for Evolution -> Mic...
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2010-10-13T19:06:17.330
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Exchange with Evolution or any other mail client
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>OWA is Outlook Web Access for Exchange. To setup up Evolution to work with exchange you will need the Exchange server addresses not the Web Access front end.</p>\n\n<p>My suggestion is to check with your IT/SysAdmin for the Exchange addresses. Some companies have Exchanged...
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2010-10-13T19:24:00.810
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<p>So here's my situation. I have a dual boot windows7 and Ubuntu 10.04.1 on a run-of-the-mill hard drive. In a day or two I will get a new 64GB SSD in the mail and want to boot from that for obvious reasons. I was wondering if there was an easy way to transfer both OS's from my current hard drive to my SSD. I would no...
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2010-10-13T19:50:04.647
2012-09-15T13:06:48.687
Is there an easy way to transfer an OS from one hard drive to another?
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[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can set up your new drive with partitions the same size as your old one. Then you can copy the partitions from the old harddrive to the new using the command <code>dd</code> using the block devices in <code>/dev</code> (i.e <code>dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdb2 bs=1024</cod...
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<p>I already have windows he installed on my computer in a separate partition. I would like to be able to use this with <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/" rel="nofollow">VirtualBox</a>, but I'm unsure how to do this. Since my computer came with windows installed, I do not have a windows instillation disc. Is there a ...
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2010-10-13T20:59:25.380
If I already have windows as separate partition, is there a way to run this with VirtualBox?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I am not sure if it is possible to virtualize a real partition using vbox or vmware but I am pretty sure there is a program installed in your windows partition that will make recovery discs for your notebook. Every notebook, that has windows preinstalled, also has an applicat...
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2010-10-13T19:27:54.357
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<p>How can I get two clocks in my Gnome panel with one being in my local time and the other being in UTC?</p>
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2011-10-25T02:21:34.657
Is there any way to display time in UTC on the panel?
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2010-10-13T19:51:02.473
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6078/are-the-ralink-rt3090-drivers-incompatible-with-ubuntu-10-10">Are the Ralink RT3090 drivers incompatible with Ubuntu 10.10?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have an issue with my wireless network,so that the connec...
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2017-04-13T12:24:27.937
2011-12-17T20:54:43.697
Wireless network unstable and often WPA2 protected networks just don't work
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2235/how-to-make-hibernate-sleep-work-on-laptops-where-default-setup-isnt-working">How to make hibernate/sleep work on laptops where default setup isn&#39;t working?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>When I choose to hiber...
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2017-04-13T12:23:44.677
2012-10-08T04:25:43.243
How to enable hibernation on my netbook?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The official Ubuntu wiki provides information on how to <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelSuspendHibernateResume#Debugging%20Hibernate\" rel=\"nofollow\">triage and debug</a> suspend failures. There also is a helpful page on <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Un...
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2010-10-16T19:30:06.467
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2010-10-13T20:16:36.527
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<p>Hello I need to find out how to enable a system wide proxy in xubuntu 10.10</p>
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2010-10-13T20:19:27.690
2013-05-31T08:50:24.627
How can a proxy be set for the whole xubuntu system?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Add to following lines to your ~/.bashrc file:</p>\n\n<pre><code>export http_proxy=\"http://user:password@proxyserver:port\"\nexport https_proxy=\"http://user:password@proxyserver:port\"\nexport ftp_proxy=\"http://user:password@proxyserver:port\"\n</code></pre>\n", "comme...
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2010-10-13T20:25:44.433
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity-relationship_model">ER</a> diagram software for Ubuntu?</p>
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2011-05-23T15:06:51.830
2023-02-25T09:35:53.200
ER diagram software
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-13T20:31:15.187", "id": "6846", "postId": "6946", "score": "2", "text": "Could you please explain what is lacking in Dia, so that we can answer with the most suitable alternatives?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "667" }, { "creationDate": "2020-06...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Dia</h2>\n<p>Dia is a GTK+ based diagram creation program for GNU/Linux, Unix and Windows released under the GPL license. For more information visit <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20130929012736/https://projects.gnome.org/dia/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" title=\"Dia project...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://umbrello.kde.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Umbrello</a> can also create ER-Diagrams besides most other UML diagrams. In addition it allows you to export the Diagrams in form of code (i.e. in this case SQL).</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
2010-10-17T21:33:45.637
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1
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2010-10-13T20:32:20.423
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<p>Continuing my question in <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6800/install-ubuntu-or-kubuntu">Install Ubuntu or Kubuntu?</a></p> <p>I have tried Kubuntu (KDE), and it was very cool as cool as Ubuntu (GNOME). but there is little problem with its user interface when we start Java application (LimeWire, Netbeans,...
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2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2014-08-11T12:45:04.020
How to run Java application in KDE with Qt-like UI?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-13T20:41:18.640", "id": "6851", "postId": "6948", "score": "3", "text": "OpenOffice is not built in java, some underlying functionality uses java.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-13T20:42:43.287", "id": "6854",...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Using those Qt bindings is no solution (it requires that the whole application's GUI has to be rewritten).</p>\n\n<p>And OpenOffice.org is written in C++ mostly, with some parts written in other languages like Java. It also has its own GUI toolkit that can mimic Gtk or Qt (partially...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Using those Qt bindings is no solution (it requires that the whole application's GUI has to be rewritten).</p>\n\n<p>And OpenOffice.org is written in C++ mostly, with some parts written in other languages like Java. It also has its own GUI toolkit that can mimic Gtk or Qt (p...
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6951
1
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2010-10-13T20:40:58.140
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<p>I listen to music almost any time I am on my computer. I often accidentally unplug my headphones. This has resulted in disturbing others around me. Does any one know of a way to mute the speakers (and potentiality pause VLC) when headphones are unplugged?</p> <p>I would like to do this on my Laptop. It is an Acer A...
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2010-10-14T22:31:16.223
2016-09-29T12:36:36.217
Automatic Mute Speakers When Headphones are Unplugged
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-13T21:32:56.553", "id": "6861", "postId": "6951", "score": "0", "text": "Maybe you should also give info about your speakers & headhones (e.g. how they are connected).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "935" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>My original answer was simply &quot;Just click on sound preferences, and choose to use &quot;analog headphones&quot; in the &quot;output&quot; settings. Let me know if this doesn't help.&quot;</p>\n<p>EDIT/UPDATE: okay, this may not work nicely if you have your alsa configured so tha...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I'm informed there is no default option on order to resolve this matter. You could try the following:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Default mute the speakers.</li>\n<li>If this doesn't work then you could disable the speakers output to prevent this from happening.</li>\n</ol>\n\...
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2010-10-13T21:02:28.793
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<p>I've had this problem for a long while...</p> <p>First the computer goes into screensaver. Then when it resumes the currently focused window cannot receive keyboard events <strong>of any kind</strong> until focus is lost and then gained again.</p> <p>Anyone seen something like this/knows why it happens?</p> <p>As...
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2011-10-20T09:19:22.497
On resume from screensaver, gnome cannot accept keyboard input
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-25T13:56:27.643", "id": "9392", "postId": "6957", "score": "0", "text": "Do you use xneur? If yes, purge it and check the bug.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2026" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-25T21:04:31.980", "id": "9496", "postId": "6...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It`s a famous bug on launchpad. It only remains to wait for the decision :(\n<a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/586528\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/586528</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1",...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It`s a famous bug on launchpad. It only remains to wait for the decision :(\n<a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/586528\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/586528</a></p>\n", "commentCo...
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2010-10-13T21:33:29.670
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<p>In Ubuntu 10.10 I changed KDE applications fonts settings on «systemsettings» (I enabled anti-aliasing, I think this is the problem), and all fonts in Chromium Browser do not render as they would, they look ugly. I restored default settings and all remained ugly. So I purged all KDE applications and all remained the...
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2010-10-13T22:06:12.340
2010-10-14T17:34:50.440
Chromium fonts are buggy
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Oh! I solved it. As I enabled anti-aliasing and I couldn't disable it manually I only had to create a new <code>.fonts.conf</code> (well, I deleted the old one only) in my home folder.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Check your home directory for a file like <code>.gtkrc-2.0-kde4</code> or <code>.gtkrc-2.0</code>. Also check under <code>.kde/share/</code> as this is where KDE hides its configurations for applications and fonts.</p>\n\n<p>Often these are used for integrating GTK apps into...
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6965
1
6979
2010-10-13T21:41:05.093
8
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<p>When developing an application for a Windows system, there is a registry entry you can make on the client machine that sets a 'protocol handler' in the system. In the same way that mailto links work you can have it launch your application when a specific url (ie. myapp:) is put into a web browser address bar.</p> <...
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2015-05-12T14:54:47.487
System wide browser protocol handlers?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Not system-wide. But the Gnome registry thingy has entries for that. Use gconf-editor and edit sub entries for <code>/desktop/gnome/url-handlers</code>. See also here <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=710780&amp;postcount=6\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/sh...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Not system-wide. But the Gnome registry thingy has entries for that. Use gconf-editor and edit sub entries for <code>/desktop/gnome/url-handlers</code>. See also here <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=710780&amp;postcount=6\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforum...
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6967
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6970
2010-10-13T22:01:50.443
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<p>I've noticed screenshots of 10.10 with these rather <em>cooler</em> looking square icons. However when I upgraded my machines I didn't receive and icon upgrade. Is this because it wasn't a fresh install and is retaining old style data - or is this a custom addition?</p>
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2010-10-13T23:02:10.893
2011-05-19T22:16:14.313
Reset the icons after upgrade
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're not missing anything. These icons are not the new default, but a new third party theme, the <a href=\"http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Faenza?content=128143\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>Faenza</strong></a> icon theme. You can grab them from GNOME-Look or the <a ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're not missing anything. These icons are not the new default, but a new third party theme, the <a href=\"http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Faenza?content=128143\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>Faenza</strong></a> icon theme. You can grab them from GNOME-Look or...
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2010-10-13T22:05:32.450
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<p>I was curious seeing as how my work uses it, so will it run? or is there a way of getting it to run?</p>
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2014-05-09T15:48:48.290
2014-05-09T15:48:48.290
Is it possible to run Microsoft Office 2010?
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2014-05-13T16:09:52.300
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6982
2010-10-13T22:10:21.663
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<p>What is the best way to get a critical bug noticed by the right people, so it can be fixed ASAP?</p> <p>There is a bug with GVFS which is preventing developers, like myself, from using IDE's in 10.10. We need to downgrade to 10.04 to use our IDE software. I'd call it a critical bug.</p> <p>We've reported it in the...
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2010-10-14T04:24:33.827
2015-07-14T05:58:54.927
How to get a bug noticed
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is not about the particular bugs you've filed, but general good practice for getting bugs dealt with in a timely manner: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Make sure you've filed the bug report in the correct source package. Bug triagers and developers tend to be subscribed to the bug mail of...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>maybe check #ubuntu-bugs on freenode? somebody there is usually willing to help.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-13T22:16:09.093", "id": "6973", "la...
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2010-10-14T00:01:03.360
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<p>I'm not sure what kind it is, it doesn't use a propriety driver, it runs out of the box. In 10.04 it worked fine, in 10.10 it'll work, but randomly lose connection, though it won't state it, then it'll work again, and then stop working, very on-and-off behavior. </p> <p>The laptop is an HP Pavilion dv6. </p>
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2013-06-23T05:22:41.393
2013-06-23T05:22:41.393
Wireless Card Behaving Oddly on an HP Pavilion dv6
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-14T04:09:53.093", "id": "6941", "postId": "6992", "score": "1", "text": "Can you please run an `lshw` and add it to your question so we can get more information about your hardware? Thanks!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sounds like a problem I had with my Dell laptop, and according to the HP web site it is mostly a Intel based 802.11 ABGN wireless card which my Dell had. </p>\n\n<p>My Dell laptop had a problem with it losing connection with a wireless access point using 802.11n. This problem is a kn...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sounds like a problem I had with my Dell laptop, and according to the HP web site it is mostly a Intel based 802.11 ABGN wireless card which my Dell had. </p>\n\n<p>My Dell laptop had a problem with it losing connection with a wireless access point using 802.11n. This problem...
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2010-10-14T00:02:30.797
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<p>I have an internal microphone in my laptop. I think it uses Intel High Definition Audio. But I can't get it to work with Ubuntu. It doesn't work with either the Sound Recorder or Skype.</p> <p>On the Input tab in 'Sound Preferences', I just see Internal Analog Input Device... </p>
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2022-09-06T05:57:05.813
Internal microphone not working
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[ { "creationDate": "2013-03-13T13:26:29.800", "id": "334991", "postId": "6993", "score": "0", "text": "I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and after this the in built microphone did not work. An external microphone was fine. I tried adding the extra line \"options snd-hda-intel model=auto\" to the \"/etc/mo...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Add this line to your <code>/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf</code> file:</p>\n<pre><code>options snd-hda-intel model=dell-vostro enable=1 index=0\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-08T19:17:35.530", "id": "12628", ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I know this might sound crazy, but go to the sound preferences, under input, and make sure the check mark for mute is unchecked, it is checked by default....</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-14T01:03:25.380", ...
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6994
1
7705
2010-10-14T00:02:52.947
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<p>I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 and it does not work, it hasn't worked since the beta I believe, any ideas? By the way this is a clean install, and it does not work on my older install either.</p>
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2010-10-14T17:46:16.057
2014-04-02T01:58:53.260
Gwibber will not allow me to log into facebook
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-14T01:08:14.083", "id": "6905", "postId": "6994", "score": "0", "text": "I can confirm this and found no solution. Shotwell Facebook and Empathy Facebook work fine. In Gwibber no matter what you do (even if successfully authorized) it will not show up in the list of ac...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This worked for me, thanks to this user on Ubuntu Forums.\n<a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9980897&amp;postcount=15\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9980897&amp;postcount=15</a></p>\n\n<p>Go to your home folder and show hidden files, open .co...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Login to your facebook account and click: Account > Application Settings. Remove the link to gwibber by clicking the X on the right hand side. Go back into gwibber and try adding your account again. </p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creati...
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2014-04-02T02:11:15.987
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2010-10-14T00:08:46.167
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<p>I have a series of Ubuntu 10.04 servers and each one has ufw firewall enabled. I have allowed port 22 (for SSH) and 80 (if it's a webserver). My question is that I am trying to enable icmp echo response (ping reply). </p> <p>ICMP functions differently than other protocols--I know it is below the IP level in a t...
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2013-09-04T16:36:30.630
2021-02-21T05:04:49.047
How to enable ufw firewall to allow icmp response?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>ufw does not allow specifying icmp rules via the command line interface command. It does allow you to adjust your ruleset via its rules files, which are iptables-restore style files.</p>\n\n<p>ufw does allow certain icmp traffic by default including icmp echo reply, and this is alrea...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is a help document that discuesses how to enable/disable ping et al responses.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW\" rel=\"nofollow\">UFW help</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicen...
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6996
1
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2010-10-14T00:09:07.510
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<p><a href="http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/etckeeper/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Etckeeper</a> is a great tool for keeping track of changes to your configuration files in <code>/etc</code>. A few key things about it really stand out. It can be used with a wide variety of VCSs: git, mercurial, darcs, or bzr. It also does...
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2017-12-13T17:27:43.230
2017-12-13T17:28:50.997
How to keep "dot files" under version control?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-14T00:51:35.193", "id": "6897", "postId": "6996", "score": "4", "text": "Related discussion at Unix Stack Exchange: [Tips for putting ~ under source control](http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/1875/tips-for-putting-under-source-control). It doesn't answer your que...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Can't you add the <code>dot files</code> to the repository used in Etckeeper?</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-14T02:08:56.710", "id": "6917", "postId": "7005", "score": "1", "text": "H...
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1
7000
2010-10-14T00:15:45.767
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<p>When upgrading from Lucid to Maverick using the update manager, at one point it lists the packages that are no longer supported (i.e. f-spot). It does not say that it's going to uninstall them. After the upgrade is complete, they are still there. How can I get rid of them?</p>
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2017-08-29T21:44:46.937
How do I get rid of the unsupported packages mentioned during the upgrade from Lucid to Maverick?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In most cases you don't particularly have to remove those packages. That notice only means that those packages are no longer in Ubuntu's <em>main</em> component, and have been demoted to <em>Universe</em> (see <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/project/about-ubuntu/components\" rel=\"no...
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2010-10-14T00:48:12.837
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<p>I can't enable the sound os HDMI in Maverick with a ECS GT240. Why this not work "out of the box"?</p>
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235
2011-02-13T22:18:02.603
2011-02-13T22:18:02.603
How to enable the hdmi sound on a ECS GT240?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open the Sound dropdown (from the panel), select <strong>Sound Preferences...</strong>, click the <strong>Output</strong> tab, and select the radio button next to the HDMI Audio out device you require audio out on. </p>\n\n<p><em>However if your HDMI device is not listed then...
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2010-10-14T00:56:30.417
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<p>I am about to set up box to basically be a file server. I plan on having multiple drives in the box, and would like to set them all up so that they appear to be a single drive. So I could essentially have it mounted at say /media and not really care which drive gets used. I am not sure what the correct terminology f...
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2010-10-14T01:12:58.593
2020-10-05T14:34:19.437
How to set up multiple hard drives as one volume?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You'll probably want to use <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_%28Linux%29\" rel=\"noreferrer\">LVM</a>. You can find some guides <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation#LVM_Installation_Guides\" rel=\"noreferrer\">here</a>.</p>\n", "comm...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You'll probably want to use <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Volume_Manager_%28Linux%29\" rel=\"noreferrer\">LVM</a>. You can find some guides <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation#LVM_Installation_Guides\" rel=\"noreferrer\">here</a>.</p>\n",...
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2010-10-14T01:16:22.873
2
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<p>The title pretty much says it all: in your experience, which widget engine is most compatible (stable) when used in conjunction with the Compiz Widget Layer?</p> <p><a href="http://wiki.compiz.org/Plugins/Widget" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.compiz.org/Plugins/Widget</a> lists Screenlets, GDesklets, XDesklets, SuperK...
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2010-10-14T04:00:48.207
Widget Engine Compatibility with Compiz Widget Layer
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The best in my opinion, are plasma widgets. But that needs KDE.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-14T01:27:40.807", "id": "6910", "postId": "7008", "score": "0", "text": "seen some comme...
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2010-10-14T01:21:40.400
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<p>I don't use dock apps, just KDE panel with task manager. I want to know if it is possible to change the browser task icon to match the site favicon instead of the browser icon?</p> <p>I use Firefox 4, KDE 4.4 and Ubuntu 10.04</p>
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2011-01-31T16:28:40.167
Is it possible to dynamically change the task manager icons?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-23T13:56:48.170", "id": "9038", "postId": "7007", "score": "0", "text": "Thought I'd link to a duplicate Super User question, not that anyone has answered it over there either: http://superuser.com/questions/93322/make-firefox-use-the-favicon-as-window-icon-under-linux...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What you are trying to do may be possible to do with a firefox extension (try mozilla addons), but I don't believe this is possible without some complex changes to firefox or a very complex script, as the favicons are saved in your cache and it would be some what difficult to...
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2010-10-14T01:36:52.337
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<p>I have cloned Ubuntu installation to multiple machines by following <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5938/how-can-i-do-mass-installs-on-multiple-computers">this guide</a>. The cloning works well. But if there are some custom installed apps in the originally installed machine, after cloning the clones don't s...
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2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2010-10-14T03:55:36.500
Applications disappear from Gnome Panel after cloning to machines with the same hardware
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>there is the possibility of the folder /usr/share/applications and $HOME/.local/share/applications out of sync. That two folders are used to place 'launcher.desktop' of all the applications you install.\nfirst of all try to compare both the folder:</p>\n<p>1.get local dir1 md5sum</p>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>there is the possibility of the folder /usr/share/applications and $HOME/.local/share/applications out of sync. That two folders are used to place 'launcher.desktop' of all the applications you install.\nfirst of all try to compare both the folder:</p>\n<p>1.get local dir1 md...
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2010-10-14T01:41:01.363
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<p>I am trying to undervolt my ubuntu 10.10, using the info from the following link: <a href="http://openmindedbrain.info/09/05/2010/undervolting-in-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lts/" rel="nofollow">http://openmindedbrain.info/09/05/2010/undervolting-in-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lts/</a></p> <p>But i can't install the undervolt module...
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2012-07-08T16:27:58.760
2012-07-08T16:27:58.760
Undervolting with a 2.6.35 kernel?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What hardware are you trying to undervolt? If you're able to dial down the voltage in BIOS that's preferable to doing it in software.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-24T11:23:36.737", "id": "9140", "p...
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2010-10-14T01:41:56.870
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<p>I'm chatting with a friend and I'd like to save the video to see the conversation again later. How can I do that?</p>
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2010-10-14T02:34:27.293
2010-10-14T23:30:25.270
How can I save a video conversation in Empathy?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm not aware of any empathy based recoding feature or plugin, but this task might be accomplished by a screen recorder/capturing. I personally use gtk-recordmydesktop.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": ...
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2010-10-14T01:56:43.007
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<p>I do not want to change my main mouse's settings. I just want to change the properties for the Magic Mouse.</p> <p>I would prefer to use udev rules. Can anyone tell me how to do it?</p> <p>So far I have the following info:</p> <pre><code>/dev/input$ xinput list-props 12 Device 'Magic Mouse': Device Enabled (1...
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41
2010-10-14T02:47:35.820
2010-10-18T13:11:22.987
How do I set the acceleration, scrolling rate, and other properties of my Magic Mouse?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That's maybe what you don't mean, but you could try \"Mouse Preferences\" from System-> Preferences-> Mouse</p>\n\n<p>You can't set there scrolling rate, but as Ubuntu supports it as a usual mouse, it should be quite difficult, if possible, to set a scrolling rate.</p>\n", ...
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2010-10-14T02:05:25.983
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<p>I am following Linux CBT tutorials for RHEL to learn some LINUX basics. </p> <p>If I want to know if a particular package is installed in ubuntu, I usually type dpkg -l and grep the needed name. Such as </p> <p><code>dpkg -l | grep cron</code></p> <p>Is it same as using </p> <p><code>rpm -qa | grep cron</code></...
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2010-10-14T02:23:38.280
2010-10-14T02:23:38.280
Alternatives to rpm -qa and rpm -ql in ubuntu
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>dpkg -l &lt;packagename&gt;</code> gives you the status of the package</p>\n\n<p><code>dpkg -L &lt;packagename&gt;</code> gives you a list of files including their locations</p>\n\n<p>see also the <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/en/man1/dpkg.1.html\"...
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bcrawl
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1
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2010-10-14T03:07:52.713
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<p>Is there any application for Ubuntu that can convert CHM files to ebook compatible with kindle?</p>
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2023-02-26T09:26:04.203
Convert CHM to ebook for kindle 3
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>Calibre</h2>\n<p>I've been using Calibre for converting formats to my Kindle. I've not actually tested with a CHM, so please leave a comment with your results.</p>\n<p>To install calibre in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu open the terminal and type:</p>\n<pre><cod...
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Ajex
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1
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2010-10-14T03:08:04.733
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/56313/how-do-i-reset-gnome-to-the-defaults">How do I reset GNOME to the defaults?</a><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/17610/how-do-i-reset-my-unity-configuration">How do I reset my Unity configuration?</...
3902
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:17.760
2011-08-08T17:16:18.027
How can I reset the defaults settings in Unity?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just delete the configuration files/folders of unity in your home folder,. seems like .unity or .local/share/unity</p>\n\n<p>and probably the the unity gconf setting. Search in .gconf folder.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null,...
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2011-08-08T17:09:16.520
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7027
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7032
2010-10-14T03:09:54.910
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3378/my-processor-is-64-bit-does-that-mean-i-need-the-amd64-image">My processor is 64-bit - does that mean I need the amd64 image?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>And should I be reluctant to try and install it on a lapt...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:32.903
2010-10-14T03:34:34.203
Why is the 64bit 10.10 ISO labeled amd64.iso?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>amd64 is a description of the chip architecture, like x86 (or i386) was for 32-bit architectures. AMD developed and released 64-bit chips before intel, and iirc, intel actually liscensed the AMD technology to use in their chips.</p>\n\n<p>In short, this is the correct version for you...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Nothing to worry about. Is just because AMD was the first to build processor with 64bit architecture, hence the name amd64. It is the correct version for 64bit Intel processors too.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17...
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2010-10-14T04:01:42.880
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2010-10-14T03:39:21.233
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<p>What is the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit Ubuntu? I've heard the 64-bit platform performs better and can detect more than 4GB of RAM. Also, while some apps haven't ported to 64-bit yet, <code>ia32-libs</code> lets a 64-bit machine run them.</p> <p>If so, why not promote 64-bit over 32-bit?</p>
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2016-05-25T15:17:56.213
2020-04-27T04:31:52.480
What are the differences between 32-bit and 64-bit, and which should I choose?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I believe the main question when choosing between 32 and 64 bits is not \"Does my processor support 64 bits — if so then I should use 64 because that's twice as good\", but <strong>\"How much memory do I have?\"</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>64-bit programs use about 50% more memory then their...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>32-bit and 64-bit refer to the size (or width) of a chunk of memory or more accurately, the memory registers in a computer's CPU - this defines how much data the processor can handle in a single operation. 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the size (or width) of a chunk of memory or...
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2010-10-14T04:13:10.980
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<p>I've created a simple indicator in python using the appindicator module. However, it always shows up to the left of the existing indicators. Is there some way to control what position the indicators appears in?</p> <p>For example, it currently displays like so...</p> <p>my indicator, volume indicator, messaging ...
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2011-10-10T17:08:57.757
2011-10-10T17:08:57.757
How do I control the position of an indicator created with appindicator.Indicator?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's the indicator applet's default to group application and system indicators separately, and place application indicators to the left of system indicators, so you'd probably need a modified host applet to do that.</p>\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTea...
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2010-10-14T04:15:16.383
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<p>I installed <a href="http://linux.die.net/man/1/quota" rel="nofollow">quota</a> using apt-get and followed some of the tutorials online. </p> <p>I ran <code>sudo edquota username</code> which opened <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_nano" rel="nofollow">nano</a> and gave a chart for me to edit. What does th...
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2014-06-22T09:12:18.953
2014-06-22T09:12:18.953
Using 'quota' for disk limits
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is a quick and easy tutorial for setting up disk quotas. It also defines the differences of hard quota and soft quota. It also shows how to set a grace period.</p>\n\n<p>It is generic and should work under any version of Ubuntu.</p>\n\n<p>Hope this helps!</p>\n\n<p><a ...
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7054
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7058
2010-10-14T05:42:51.410
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<p>Can I make a shell script trash files instead of delete them?</p> <p>In the past I used <code>gvfs-trash</code> but this doesn't appear to exist in Ubuntu 10.10.</p>
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2017-12-13T17:22:24.003
How can I trash a file from the command line?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Please refer to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/6698/can-files-directories-deleted-from-terminal-be-restored/6703#6703\">this answer</a>. It outlines the way to do it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Make sure you have the <code>gvfs-bin</code> package installed. <code>gvfs-trash</code> is part of it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2010-10-14T05:46:52.720", ...
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2014-09-17T06:05:51.490
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2010-10-14T05:55:37.177
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<p>I wonder, why Kubuntu team does not use Kubuntu Icon in KDE Start menu just like Ubuntu?</p>
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2014-08-06T20:39:56.330
why Kubuntu KDE default Start Menu Icon not using Kubuntu icon just like Ubuntu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To <a href=\"http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2010/10/10/%23kubuntu-devel.html#t20:07\" rel=\"nofollow\">quote</a> Jonathan Riddell:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>I'm very happy with the upstream KDE artwork and don't see any reason to change it</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Since Riddell and other ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I believe the Kubuntu team likes to keep KDE fairly.. KDE. I believe there is an icon somewhere it is just not enabled by default.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2...
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7059
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2010-10-14T05:57:23.963
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<p>I have a cron job which runs a script to unrar all files in a certain directory (/rared for argument's sake) and place the expanded files in /unrared. I would like to change this script so that it deletes the original rar archives from /rared <strong>only if they successfully extracted</strong>. </p> <p>This does n...
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2023-03-24T03:28:57.423
Script / App to unRAR files, and only delete the archives which were sucessfully expanded
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A friend of mine has been working on a bash shell script to do this which is on github here.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://github.com/arfoll/unrarall\">https://github.com/arfoll/unrarall</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicens...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is the script I have so far, it first checks if there is a current <code>unrar</code> operation running, and exits if there is (don't want to swamp the disk with heaps of read/writes). It then unRARs all files in /rared which have not already been unRARed, placing extrac...
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7062
2010-10-14T06:27:50.303
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<p>Does Ubuntu One look for sources of files it needs to download on the LAN before it goes off and grabs them from the cloud? I live in Australia, and we have download limits here, so I'm nervous that having Ubuntu One installed on a few computers could burn my available downloads pretty fast.</p> <p>I know it is pos...
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2012-09-28T17:07:03.883
Syncing Ubuntu One from LAN
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Apparently not at the moment. There's <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/+bug/375302\">a bug report requesting this</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Here are the notes from the UDS-O session:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-o/meeting/desktop-o-ubuntuone-lan-s...
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2010-10-14T07:07:28.247
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<p>I have some systems running on Ubuntu in the private IP range 192.168.2.0-255 . These systems are connected to a switch and the switch is connected to the ISP's modem. </p> <p>Neither the switch nor the modem support firewall options. I don't have any firewall device and I'm not willing to individually configure f...
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2011-02-22T04:41:33.823
2017-03-14T20:25:00.880
Is it possible to configure Ubuntu as a software firewall?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>AFAIK almost every distribution can be set as a firewall. And also there are some distro specifically built for this purpose such as <a href=\"http://www.zentyal.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">zentyal</a>, <a href=\"http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/overview.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">cl...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can install <a href=\"http://gufw.tuxfamily.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Gufw</a></p>\n\n<p>It's an easy to use free application to configure Ubuntu's internal firewall (Netfilter).</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "...
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2010-10-14T07:23:30.397
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<p>I wonder if <code>diff</code> can ignor differences in lines with a specific word (example: <code>CET</code>).</p> <p>Example:</p> <pre class="lang-bsh prettyprint-override"><code>9c9 &lt; &lt;set name="ti_zone"&gt;CET&lt;/set&gt; --- &gt; &lt;set name="time_zone"&gt;CET&lt;/set&gt; </code></pre> <p>In th...
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2017-12-13T17:18:26.313
2017-12-13T17:19:50.803
Ingore lines with a specific word with diff
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>diff</code> can do this with the <code>-I</code> option:</p>\n\n<pre><code>diff -w -I CET file1 file2\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2010-10-14T08:05:34.547", "id...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just pipe the output through grep.</p>\n\n<p><code>diff .... | grep -v CET</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-14T07:27:56.933", "id": "7069", "l...
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2010-10-14T07:48:16.163
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<p>I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 from 10.04.</p> <p>90% of the upgrade was ok but my Ubuntu-apache2-postgres-8.4 - mediawiki1.16 does not work anymore.</p> <p>Is there a bug in the postgres client or in php5 pg?</p>
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395065
2015-04-05T09:21:29.327
2015-04-05T09:21:29.327
After upgrade to 10.10, mediawiki on postgres is broken
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>A search of Google revealed that you're not the only one having this issue, but I'm personally not aware of any specific issues. If you're using the machine as a webserver, then you shouldn't be using a pre-release on it anyway. It is much better to use a release that is know...
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2010-10-14T07:49:55.113
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<p>I want to "try" ubuntu-netbook off the livecd on my Dell Mini1010 (Poulsbo Intel GMA 500 graphics card). It tells me that there is:</p> <pre><code>"No required driver detected for unity. You will need to choose the Ubuntu Desktop session once you select your user name. If you are on Ubuntu live CD, the username is...
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3923
2011-01-22T08:54:48.160
2011-01-22T08:54:48.160
"No required driver detected for unity" on Dell Mini 1010
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The GMA500 (codename: Poulsbo) chipset is the main Intel graphics card without open-source drivers¹. As such, we can't support them on the LiveCD, and these drivers are consistently problematic and are hence not available in the official Ubuntu archives.</p>\n\n<p>Sadly your card ha...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your graphics card seems to be under the minimal requirements for Unity - as per <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/UnityHardwareRequirements\" rel=\"nofollow\">this page</a>.</p>\n\n<p>However, try this. Install UNR (on the HDD). Install <a href=\"https:...
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2010-10-14T08:05:05.277
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<p>Whenever I try to plug in my optical mouse after my Ubuntu 10.04 has booted, the OS doesn't seem to Hotplug my mouse. For using the mouse I would need to reboot the OS. Is there any script which can activate my mouse?</p> <p>The output of lsusb command is </p> <pre><code>Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foun...
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2010-10-15T03:45:18.540
2010-10-15T03:45:18.540
HotPlug my USB mouse
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It should work out of the box… i think you should report this as a bug on launchpad.net.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-14T08:13:26.577", "id": "7078",...
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2012-03-01T18:13:43.633
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M.Ravi
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2010-10-14T08:19:44.907
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<p>By default Ubuntu uses DHCP and Gnome NetworkManger to configure interfaces. This is not optimal in many cases.</p> <p>How to configure a desktop machine for a static IP address that applies to all users?</p> <p><strong>Additional background</strong>: For 99.9% of users a static DHCP entry is probably the easiest ...
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2014-04-05T13:07:31.027
2016-10-20T10:46:01.113
How do you configure desktop for a static IP address?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Right click nm, choose <em>Edit connections...</em> find your interface, click <em>Edit...</em>, click <em>IPv4 Settings</em>, choose <em>Manual</em> and configure your interface.<br>\n<br>\nAn alternative would be to edit <em>/etc/network/interfaces</em>. an example configuration wo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Right click nm, choose <em>Edit connections...</em> find your interface, click <em>Edit...</em>, click <em>IPv4 Settings</em>, choose <em>Manual</em> and configure your interface.<br>\n<br>\nAn alternative would be to edit <em>/etc/network/interfaces</em>. an example configur...
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7081
1
11072
2010-10-14T08:21:12.387
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<p>I am behind a web proxy server at work (no authentication) and I have set it up in Gnome (configuration applied system-wide).</p> <p>It works fine for accessing internet with a browser, but numerous applications do not make use of this setting (<strong>Empathy</strong>, <strong>Gwibber</strong> or <strong>Ubuntu On...
3004
3004
2011-10-31T17:25:04.143
2015-09-30T02:32:55.553
Ubuntu One behind a proxy, how to make it work?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As of the version 3 of the Ubuntu One client (currently in 12.04, soon to be released for Windows and backported to older Ubuntu versions), connecting through a proxy should work in most situations. In Ubuntu you need to ensure <code>ubuntuone-client-proxy</code> is installed (it isn...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In the network proxy settings (System > Preferences > Network Proxy) after you enter your proxy, hit Apply System-Wide.</p>\n\n<p>It should work, I never tried it, but I remember fixing such an issue with my friend.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { ...
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7088
1
7092
2010-10-14T09:13:26.833
4
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<p>I have a download limit in my home PC so cannot download games from my home. Can you recommend few games that comes in a .deb package so that I can download them outside and bring them home to download.</p> <p>Games <em>like</em> Max Payne or NFS (not exactly Max payn or NFS) for ubuntu. which I can download as .de...
2910
449
2010-10-14T10:12:16.883
2021-06-25T07:01:48.400
How to download Games
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A good choice is playdeb repo with a lot of games for ubuntu. You can go to website of playdeb find the game that you want and go to home page and download it.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.playdeb.net/welcome/\">PlayDeb</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "commun...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is an example of a game that runs well on Ubuntu. Just finished playing it recently: <a href=\"http://machinarium.net/demo/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://machinarium.net/demo/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "con...
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7093
1
7106
2010-10-14T09:40:55.753
6
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<p>Please help, I can't uncheck "Manage Windows Without Launcher" of the docky.</p>
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235
2011-02-11T19:47:21.663
2011-03-18T22:09:25.063
I can't uncheck "Manage Windows Without Launcher"
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Docky can have multiple docks, on the side, top or bottom of the screen, but it requires at least <em>one</em> of those docks to manage those windows that don't have a launcher on any dock. So you will have to select the dock you want to \"Manage Windows Without Launcher\" and check ...
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7097
1
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2010-10-14T09:55:49.680
1
2122
<p>The ASRock ION330HT nettop computers (for use as a home theatre PC) come with a Nuvoton brand infrared remote control. They apparently work with Ubuntu, but the .deb files on the ASRock web site are out-of-date, fail to install, and the documentation is poorly written.</p> <p><a href="http://www.asrock.com/nettop/...
2798
235
2010-10-14T13:29:01.970
2010-10-15T08:54:08.660
How do I get the Nuvoton infrared remote control working?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have it working 100%. It requires building a custom kernel with Jarod Wilson's Nuvoton driver patch, see <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9972151\" rel=\"nofollow\">this</a> thread.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDa...
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7099
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2010-10-14T10:00:35.163
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<p>I have to open up a group of ports.</p> <p>Adding the single ports to (g)ufw was easy enough but I can't work out how to open the range <code>11200</code>-<code>11299</code>. </p> <p>How do I do that?</p>
3436
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2017-04-28T03:04:54.807
2018-12-11T11:53:06.993
How can I open a range of ports in ubuntu using (g)ufw
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I believe you can specify the range in the last tab of new rule, tick the checkbox at the bottom of the window to add more options (just to be safe). The range can be specified as 1000:1010 to open ports 1000-1010.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { ...
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user383919
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7107
1
7108
2010-10-14T10:41:38.177
1
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<p>I am installing ubuntu on multiple laptops by following <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5938/how-can-i-do-mass-installs-on-multiple-computers">this guide</a>. I did it successfully on 23 laptops but on 2 laptops it freezes. When I boot it up, after login the desktop shows up, and after some time it freezes....
2968
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:17.760
2012-07-27T09:07:39.233
While installing on multiple pcs, ubuntu freezes on some pcs
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try running a <code>memtest</code> on the failing laptops - it can be invoked from the Ubuntu installation CD if you hold down <code>shift</code> as it boots up. It's likely to be a failing RAM more than anything, if the laptops are identical.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "commen...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try running a <code>memtest</code> on the failing laptops - it can be invoked from the Ubuntu installation CD if you hold down <code>shift</code> as it boots up. It's likely to be a failing RAM more than anything, if the laptops are identical.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1",...
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2010-10-14T11:07:32.577
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<p>I've found myself in dire need of a web traffic capture tool (specifically for XML debugging). I was using Fiddler on Windows, but I don't know what to use in Ubuntu. </p>
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8844
2011-04-07T06:09:51.347
2011-04-07T06:09:51.347
Please recommend an XML traffic capture and web debugging tool
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You say \"Fiddler\" but then link to a \"comparison of packet analyzers\".</p>\n\n<p>If it is just packet analysis you need, wireshark is the only one I've used, heard, or seen written about. If you need the \"man in the middle\" packet alteration of Fiddler, I can't advise y...
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Tatarsky
7113
1
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2010-10-14T11:13:04.100
10
13197
<p>can someone provide a step by step for vnc setup on ubuntu 10.10 desktop. I have ssh access to it at the moment with root user.</p> <p>I tried installing vnc4server package, then after that did a vncpasswd with root and setup a password of 7characters and once of 6characters.</p> <p>Then forwarded vnc ports via ss...
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2010-10-14T13:25:19.800
2016-11-24T23:21:07.360
VNC Setup over SSH
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't bother with any of the server jazz. I install <code>x11vnc</code> on the remote computer, connect to it by ssh, forwarding back the port and then just connect locally (to the forwarded port).</p>\n\n<p>Here's the SSH command I use:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh oli@192.168.0....
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7114
1
null
2010-10-14T11:14:16.673
19
33971
<p>When I shutdown/restart get a black (shell-like) full-screen with some large text saying stuff like:</p> <pre><code>ubuntu 10.10 [129.171175] Restarting system. eco nds ... [OK] ... Unmounting weak filesystems ... [OK] will now restart </code></pre> <p>Then nothing happens and I have to physically hit the reset b...
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65926
2012-11-30T16:46:25.420
2014-01-30T08:42:48.947
Why can't I restart/shutdown?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sometimes the restart doesn't quite work properly. For example, when using Ubuntu on Apple computers, you must add <code>reboot=pci</code> to your boot flags to reboot properly, without hanging on the reboot message like your computer is. I'm not saying that your computer is ...
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7116
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2010-10-14T11:23:34.417
4
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<p>Are there any applications similar to Login Screen GDM2?</p> <p>It's only supported till Ubuntu Lucid, is the Splash Screen after login available for MavericK?</p>
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2011-07-02T15:01:25.483
2011-07-02T15:01:25.483
Tweaking Login Screen
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yep, Ubuntu-tweak can help you with that.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa\nsudo apt-get update\nsudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Once installed it will be in Applications->System Tools. You'll be able to tweak many things of y...
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1
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2010-10-14T11:29:35.990
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<p>I am setting up a box to be a file server at the house. It will mainly be used to share music, pictures, movies with other linux boxes on the network, and one OS X machine. From what I have read NFS and samba would work in my situation, and as such I am not sure which to choose. What is important to me is the speed ...
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2018-12-20T21:53:29.587
2023-09-08T09:15:46.620
Which to use NFS or Samba?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In a closed network (where you know every device), NFS is a fine choice. With a good network, throughput it disgustingly fast and at the same time less CPU intensive on the server. It's very simple to set up and you can toggle <code>readonly</code> on shares you don't need to be wri...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>NFS (version 3) will give higher performance and is quite easy to set up. The main problem is the complete lack of decent security.</p>\n<p>NFS (version 4) gives security</p>\n<p>Samba will probably be a bit slower but is easy to use, and will work with windows clients as wel...
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7121
1
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2010-10-14T11:44:42.440
2
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<p>I am new to ubuntu (I am old time windows user and now want to shift my box).</p> <p>I want to setup my new dev box. I have selected following config for the PC</p> <ul> <li>Processes - Atom D410, 1.6 Ghz, (512K cache) </li> <li>RAM - 2 GB (667Mhz FSB)</li> <li>HDD - 250 GB (7200 rpm)</li> </ul> <p>Is that ok to ...
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6130
2011-12-22T19:53:16.333
2011-12-22T19:53:16.333
Server on Atom D410?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It'll run, but it may not run fast! I run Ubuntu server on a <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus_Eee_PC#Specifications\" rel=\"nofollow\">EEE 701</a>. It takes a couple of seconds to process a login, and I wouldn't want to be running a database server with any real am...
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mahesh
7131
1
7133
2010-10-14T12:34:02.250
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<p>I have scheduled a cron job to backup mysql databases on ubuntu9.10. I used the following entries in the cron file.</p> <pre><code>37 4 * * * root /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root -p&lt;mysql-password&gt; --all-databases &gt; /usr/backup/mysqlbkup/all-databases.sql </code></pre> <p>It backs up all the databases puts in ...
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null
2015-04-01T16:30:21.887
Backup mysql from terminal
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I suggest you read: <a href=\"http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html\">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html</a></p>\n\n<p>You can dump different databases with: mysqldump [options] --databases DB1 [DB2 DB3...]</p>\n\n<p>You just have to add a cronjob f...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I suggest you read: <a href=\"http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html\">http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysqldump.html</a></p>\n\n<p>You can dump different databases with: mysqldump [options] --databases DB1 [DB2 DB3...]</p>\n\n<p>You just have to add a c...
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7135
1
7137
2010-10-14T12:48:54.940
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<p>Okay, even though the title says a different thing, this does mostly only affect my Ubuntu Installation.</p> <p>I have a dualboot setup for Windows XP and Ubuntu, Windows had been installed first, then Ubuntu, etc. Now I want to "upgrade" my Windows XP Installation to Windows 7. I don't care whether I lose my Windo...
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2011-04-29T05:07:28.390
Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>simply install windows 7 on the windows xp drive, then boot from Ubuntu Live CD and do tutorial from the link: <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows</a></p>\n", "...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>simply install windows 7 on the windows xp drive, then boot from Ubuntu Live CD and do tutorial from the link: <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows</a></p>...
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user2817
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1
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2010-10-14T12:59:04.743
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<p>How to change the screen resolution?</p> <p>I tried with this command:</p> <pre><code>rdesktop &lt;server_ip&gt; </code></pre> <p>But the screen does not appear large.</p>
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488375
2021-08-14T17:07:41.443
2022-08-13T07:04:23.827
How to change the screen resolution when using RDesktop?
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I found the answer to my question.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>-k de</code>: set keyboard layout</li>\n<li><code>-g 1500x1150</code>: set resolution of the rdesktop window</li>\n<li><code>-r disk:mydisk=/home/soma</code>: share your home directory with the remote machine</li>\n</ul>...
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Thiago Rodrigues
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1
7187
2010-10-14T13:10:19.117
1
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<p>I have a Magic Trackpad, it's configured as described <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5907/apple-trackpad-multitouch-configuration/5987#5987">here</a>. The following works: </p> <ul> <li>1 finger Tap = Leftclick</li> <li>2 finger Tap = Rightclick</li> <li>3 finger Tap = Middleclick</li> <li>2 finger Drag ...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:44.677
2010-10-22T20:43:17.527
Multitouch in PyMT-Demo under Maverick with Magic Trackpad
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since you've configured your MT to use the <em>synaptics</em> driver, it's working in a kind of \"touchpad emulation\" mode. My understanding is that the true multitouch and gesture functionality requires the <em>evdev</em> driver, which unfortunately doesn't provide the same basic p...
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7145
1
7147
2010-10-14T13:28:32.530
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<p>I am setting up an ubuntu-server in order to host the virtuoso server.</p> <p>I want to setup a simple user (without sudo) account that will (only) be able to run</p> <p><code>/etc/init.d/virtuoso-opensource-6.1 [start|stop|restart]</code></p> <p>(to be able to administer the virtuoso server, but not other syst...
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41
2010-10-15T16:41:45.157
2010-10-15T16:41:45.157
Start / stop init.d script without root access
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can customize which commands the user can run via sudo in <code>/etc/sudoers</code> (using visudo):</p>\n\n<pre><code>username: ALL = /etc/init.d/virtuoso \n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5"...
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7152
1
7158
2010-10-14T13:40:59.900
4
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<p>I want to try switching to either Fluxbox or Blackbox as my window manager, but I'm not sure how to go about it.</p> <p>What are the steps to configuring Ubuntu to use a different window manager?</p>
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2011-01-03T15:17:20.617
2011-01-03T15:17:20.617
How to configure Ubuntu 10.x to use a different window manager?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li>Install your Window Manager (ie Flubox from the Universe Repository)</li>\n<li>Log out</li>\n<li>In the GDM, Fluxbox should appear in your session menu</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Each time you want to change your window manager, just log out and open a new session with the new one.</p...
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7153
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2010-10-14T13:46:44.927
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<p>I'm considering switching to either Fluxbox or Blackbox as my window manager, but I'm not really sure which one to go with. </p> <p>Are there any major differences between the two ?</p>
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2010-10-14T14:01:35.420
2010-10-14T15:01:22.597
What are the major differences between Fluxbox and Blackbox?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The most important difference is probably that Fluxbox is still actively developed, while Blackbox's last cvs commit seems to have been in 2005.</p>\n\n<p>Another important difference is that Fluxbox has various features that Blackbox does not - most notably:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>You can...
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2010-10-14T13:50:58.290
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<p>I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on my laptop. (Toshiba Satellite A 210) It has a AMD Turion 64 x2 cpu. Whenever I put my system into standby, it freezes after returning from standby. Can anybody help me. This also happened in 10.04 but not in 9.10. </p>
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6005
2012-06-12T19:09:12.717
2015-10-02T19:15:24.320
System freezes after standby
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is a common bug, and a plague of Ubuntu as far as I can understand.</p>\n\n<p>I've been with ubuntu for 2 years now, and this is the first system I've had where I can reliable suspend and restore without any issues.</p>\n\n<p>Your best bet for getting an answer is to sea...
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2010-10-14T13:51:55.820
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<p>Lifehacker tells me about a neat tool called Audiogalaxy that would let me stream all my music from my box to my Android. This would be handy, since I regularly need to swap audio in and out for it to still fit. Not to mention being able to run it from my work computer. :)</p> <p>However, it seems that Ubuntu is no...
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2011-09-13T07:14:39.177
2011-09-13T07:14:39.177
Audiogalaxy on Ubuntu
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This question set may help.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/6431/how-can-i-stream-music-from-my-home-machine-to-mobile-devices\">How can I stream Music from my home machine to mobile devices?</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "co...
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2010-10-14T14:00:01.653
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<p>I want to disable the touchpad while I type on my Aspire one netbook. If I issue the command syndaemon the synaptics driver is not detected:</p> <blockquote> <p>Unable to find a synaptics device</p> </blockquote> <p>So, I added the following to my xorg.conf file:</p> <pre><code>Section "InputDevice" Identifier...
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2012-02-15T16:00:34.090
2017-02-18T21:26:52.050
How to Disable touchpad while typing on Aspire One
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>On my Aspire One netbook, I can just use <code>Fn+F7</code> to disable and enable the touchpad.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-14T14:06:55.957", "id": "7040", "postId": "7165", "score": "0", ...
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2010-10-14T14:40:57.690
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<p>What should be the normal temperature be for an Acer Aspire One 751h with a 9 cells battery running Kubuntu 10.10? The plasmoid indicates temperatures from 53º C up to 63º C (isn't this too high?)</p>
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2011-04-07T06:12:01.580
2011-04-07T06:12:01.580
What's the normal temperature of a AAO751h?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I assume that is CPU temperature. That seems in line with other processors of its type. 75ºC should be the upper limit to what you ever see. </p>\n\n<p>If it's getting above 80ºC for extended periods, you might have a problem. Above 100-110ºC and you need to turn it off and g...
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Gordin
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2010-10-14T14:41:09.433
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<p>Whenever I play music in Banshee, it gets to the end of a play queue or album then starts playing a seemingly random album.</p> <p>For example, if I double click an album then it starts playing. At the end, it starts playing the play queue.</p> <p>On the other hand, if I create a play queue and play through it, at...
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2012-08-21T13:56:21.307
How do I stop Banshee from playing random tracks when it finishes a playlist/album?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have the same problem. I haven't found a fix and I'm pretty sure I logged a bug against this over a year ago (no idea where it is now).</p>\n\n<p>However I have found a workaround. I call it that (rather than a fix) because it's a pain in the bottom.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Restart Banshe...
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<p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>C</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>V</kbd> are supposed to replace the normal <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>C</kbd> and <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>V</kbd> in <code>gnome-terminal</code>. </p> <p>Sometimes they work, but usually they have no effect. What are some pot...
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Why does pasting sometimes not work in gnome-terminal?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a bug in gnome-terminal, the bug report is here with a patch:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600876\">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600876</a></p>\n\n<p>Gnome has not fixed the problem though.</p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu has fixed it independ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't know why, but I ever use the <code>Menu</code>-Key(=on the right between <code>Super</code> and <code>Ctrl</code>) for copy&amp;paste.<br>\nI hope that's a help for you ;-)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-14T...
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2010-10-14T15:31:08.487
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<p>I created the following <code>~/.Xmodmap</code> file as per <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/185345/why-wont-my-xmodmap-command-run-on-startup-login/185374#185374">this answer</a>.</p> <pre><code>keysym Delete = Menu keysym Menu = Delete clear Lock keycode 0x42 = Escape </code></pre> <p>In other words, sw...
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Why won't my ~/.Xmodmap file load on login?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is, perhaps a better answer then: <a href=\"http://cweiske.de/howto/xmodmap/ar01s06.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://cweiske.de/howto/xmodmap/ar01s06.html</a></p>\n\n<p>You may have to tweak it a little bit to work for you but the instructions are all there.</p>\n", "c...
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<p>anyone else notice this on their laptops, or is it just mine? Ubuntu 10.10 by the way...</p>
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I have a HP Probook 4510s and everytime I plug it in, the monitor dims
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Launch Gconf with <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F2</kbd> and type in <code>gconf-editor</code>\nFrom there you'll search for apps > gnome-power-management > backlight and you'll be able to edit the working/idle dim time. Check the value set when your computer is plugged to AC.</p>\n", "comme...
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<p>I'm trying to get a second gen ipod shuffle to work with Ubuntu 10.10. As far as i understand Rhythymbox should support this. When I plug the ipod in it shows up under the devices section of the menu, but after that I am unable to do anything with it. </p> <p>I can't see the songs that are already on it, I can't ad...
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2011-02-04T16:32:19.457
2011-03-06T04:29:03.130
Second gen ipod shuffle not working with rhythmbox
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In fact, I got into many troubles when I tried to force rhythmbox to work with iPods (many different generations). Eventually, I got into conclusion that rhythmbox is simply unable to work with them properly. I tried out some ipod-dedicated software, but most turned out to be an usel...
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2010-10-14T16:17:54.037
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<p>Has anyone figured out how to get bluetooth working on a Macbook Pro 6,2 under Ubuntu 10.10? </p>
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How to get bluetooth working on Macbook Pro 6.2
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can get bluetooth support by install the btusb-dkms module from the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~mactel-support/+archive/ppa\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Mactel PPA</a>:</p>\n\n<p>To add the PPA:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mactel-support &amp;&amp; sudo ap...
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2010-10-14T16:19:41.700
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<p>I want to exit a process using the command line, but I can't recall the command to look up the process's ID. Does anyone know it?</p>
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What's the terminal command for finding out a process's id
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The command to find out a process's id (given its name) is <code>pidof</code>. However since your intention is to kill the process, there are better/easier ways than using <code>pidof</code> to find its pid first:</p>\n\n<p>Assuming the process you want to kill is uniquely identified...
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2010-10-14T16:22:22.253
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<p>After installing Ubuntu 10.10, the battery indicator worked fine (both percent remaining and estimation on time). I then installed and configured some software (Skype, Pidgin, Thunderbird, removed Empathy and Evolution, ect) and the battery meter, when clicked, always says "(estimating...)"</p> <p>I've tried runnin...
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2021-07-27T14:22:28.300
Battery indicator is stuck on "estimating"?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is known bug that affects HP, Compaq, Dell and other manufactures. This is because of a change made in gnome-power-manager where by the estimate is done on time remaining, rather than percentage. This change does not play nice with some hardware and is why you are seeing (estima...
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2010-10-14T16:39:22.003
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<p>Accidentally, removed the entry from "ubuntu one" entry from the startup applications, means I wont automatically get synced on startup.</p> <p>Please help.</p> <p>Goto your <strong>system > preferences > startup applications</strong> Now look for the entry saying 'Ubuntu One'. click edit from the right pane, you...
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Ubuntu One in startup applications
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2010-10-14T16:53:27.823
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<p>I have a USB sound device that used to work back when I ran other versions of Ubuntu. Now I can only partially see the device. I have tried many things I saw in Google searches, but none solve my problem.</p> <p><code>cat /proc/asound/cards</code> sees the device as card 0 </p> <ul> <li>aplay -l shows C-Media ...
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2010-10-23T17:59:44.063
2012-08-14T18:06:07.270
USB sound device not recognized
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<p><code>mount</code> says this about the drive in question:</p> <pre><code>/dev/sdb1 on /media/3433-3231 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1001,gid=1002,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush) </code></pre> <p>This is the response I get when trying <code>zcat</code> on the boot image to the unm...
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zcat fails to make a boot image for Ubuntu USB
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think this one is the crucial error message:</p>\n\n<pre><code>bash: /dev/sdb: No medium found\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>So it seems that <code>/dev/sdb</code> is no longer connected to the system when you try using it; if you unmounted it using Nautilus' menu, it's likely that the whol...
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<p>Is there an easy way to organize all my music files by artist, album etc. ?<br> I would like to organize all the music files in <code>~/Music</code> in folders by their metadata.<br> So the directory structure would look like this: </p> <pre><code>Music/ Artist name/ Album name/ Song.mp3 </code></pre> ...
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Sort music by metadata
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<p>Does anyone know what libraries I have to install to play .swf files?</p>
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How do I play .swf files?
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37434/how-do-i-add-applications-to-the-unity-launcher">How do I add applications to the Unity launcher?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Hi, I have some applications installed which don't have a "Keep in Launcher" option ...
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No "Keep in Launcher" command in launcher menu for some applications
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2010-10-14T18:29:59.477
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<p>I use Google Earth and Skype since version Jaunty, and so far emulation Qt theme for GNOME runs perfectly, but when I use the default theme Ambiance and Radiance in Maverick, both applications look bad. Qt theme is not integrated with GTK. Especially for the Equinox engine (it's cool theme).</p> <p>To outsmart, I s...
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Google Earth and Skype theme
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>For Skype, you can <a href=\"http://playbreakfix.blogspot.com/2010/04/getting-skype-menus-to-work-nicely-with.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">change the theme</a> it uses.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-15T06:11:49.423", ...
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<p>I'm trying to use Axis2/Java to consume web services. In particular, I'm trying to generate Java skeleton code from a WSDL file.</p> <p>I installed the libaxis-java package, but the package doesn't contain the WSDL2Java.sh script I was expecting. I tried to generate the Java code by doing:</p> <pre><code>java -cp ...
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2010-10-16T22:09:32.073
Using Axis2/Java to generate code from WSDL
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<p>Selecting the encryption option at install time to encrypt the home partition. Does this enable encryption of the swap partition or is the swap partition unencrypted. If the swap partition is unencrypted, how do I encrypt the swap and home partitions.</p>
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2010-10-24T14:39:54.053
Is the swap partition encrypted?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>By default, selecting the “Encrypt my home directory” option at install time <em>will</em> encrypt your swap space¹ as well - at least in Ubuntu 10.04 and newer (I don't know when this was implemented, so it could well be earlier).</p>\n\n<p>Technically, it uses the <code>ecryptfs-se...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>No, data written to the swap partition is done so in cleartext. If you're looking to encrypt your swap partition, then you may find <a href=\"http://www.saout.de/misc/dm-crypt/\" rel=\"nofollow\">dm-crypt</a> useful. <a href=\"https://www.antagonism.org/privacy/encrypted-swap...
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