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7256 | 1 | 7263 | 2010-10-14T19:02:26.293 | 3 | 10104 | <p>I'm an Ubuntu user since Hardy Heron and even in other distros, I've never been through such thing. I can't install Ubuntu 10.10 on my notebook, because I simply can't even start the Live CD... I always get the following message:</p>
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<p>Kernel panic - not syncing attempted to kill init!</p>
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<p>See the complete message in this pic:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/DsL1C.jpg" alt="https://i.stack.imgur.com/uzTS2.jpg"></p>
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7257 | 1 | null | 2010-10-14T19:03:13.700 | 3 | 1580 | <p>I can't connect my Ubuntu client on a Wi-Fi ad-hoc connection. I tried Windows XP and 7 on server, no success. I can't use Linux on server, only Windows. Thanks.
Realtek RTL8187B.</p>
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7264 | 1 | null | 2010-10-14T19:15:34.000 | 3 | 1349 | <p>Hello first of all and <strong>sorry if my english is hard to understand</strong> hehe</p>
<p>I've been using Ubuntu since 9.04 and I used the 3d effects.
But since the 9.10 version, the drivers stop working. I have a Nvidia GeForce 5200fx and everytime I download and install the driver
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resolution doesn't change, but anyway I can't use the 3d effects).
I know that my video card is very old, but is there a way to make it work?</p>
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7269 | 1 | 7272 | 2010-10-14T19:25:35.497 | 19 | 2228 | <p>I'm about to install wine on my new ubuntu 10.10 installation, however I can't determaine if I should install Wine or PlayOnLinux. I've already read over the following page <a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/PlayOnLinux">http://wiki.winehq.org/PlayOnLinux</a>, however the differences are not very clear and I don't understand if I just have to install Wine or both or just PlayOnLinux.</p>
<p>Also could someone tell me if PlayOnLinux is an add-on for Wine or not? If it is then it would certainly clear a lot for me. And do I need winetricks?</p>
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7273 | 1 | 7361 | 2010-10-14T19:44:26.613 | 44 | 7995 | <p>So since I started using askubuntu.com I've spent entirely too much time here answering other people's questions. Now maybe someone could help me with that by answering this one. I'm looking for time management software for Ubuntu.</p>
<p>There are a number of these programs floating around for Windows. <a href="http://www.rescuetime.com/">RescueTime</a> is one that is very popular. The key features that I'd like to see in a linux app that RescueTime has are:</p>
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<li><p>Reports and graphs on your time usage.</p></li>
<li><p>Notifications for when you have spent too much time on "distractions."</p></li>
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<p>While RescueTime doesn't officially support linux, there is an open source <a href="https://edge.launchpad.net/rescuetime-linux-uploader">RescueTime Linux Uploader</a>. Unfortunately, it seems to only support Firefox and Epiphany for website tracking. I'm a Chromium user.</p>
<p>The other major drawback to RescueTime is that it is a web service. <em>I'd much rather not upload detailed information about how I spend my time to some third party.</em> Google already knows too much about me as it is.</p>
<p><a href="http://projecthamster.wordpress.com/about/">Project Hamster</a>, a GNOME time management app, comes so close. Sadly, it does not <em>automatically</em> track what you are doing. If I had enough discipline to manually report to an applet what I was up to, I doubt I'd need this. (How cool would it be if they provided some Zeitgeist integration to handle that part?)</p>
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7274 | 1 | 7287 | 2010-10-14T19:47:33.013 | 2 | 327 | <p>I'm about to do a fresh install of 10.10 Desktop on my work PC.</p>
<p>I previously had 10.04 and I had the <code>/home</code> of our main server mounted to <code>/mnt/home</code>. I remember back then I had to change my local user id to match that used on the id of my user on the remote server, so I will have the correct permissions to all my files.</p>
<p>My question is whether I can set this id during the setup or must I do it post installation (effectively changing the automatically assigned id).</p>
<p>Also, is that the best practice to work on a mounted location or is there anything more elegant?</p>
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7277 | 1 | 7281 | 2010-10-14T19:57:00.063 | 8 | 466 | <p>I've got a Toshiba a505 laptop and tried the live CD with great results.</p>
<p>However, I haven't found any reports on this PC working 100% OK on Ubuntu 10.10 yet. I do have seen (and tried installing myself) some reports that 10.04 didn't work (without some dirty hacking).</p>
<p>In regular circumstances, is it OK to assume that a new install will work if the live CD works?
Are there any tools I can run to check compatibility?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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7278 | 1 | 7336 | 2010-10-14T19:59:37.440 | 2 | 3718 | <p>I have a Compaq Presario CQ60-307EA Laptop which has the Synaptics touchpad. It works fine, but one thing that's never worked is the disable button above it, which should completely turn off the touchpad. But when the disable button is pressed nothing happens, the light changes to orange like it should, but it isn't disabled and is still active.</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone had got their Synaptics touchpad disable button to work. I find it strange as my friend has a Compaq Presario CQ61 which is a slightly different model, but still has the Synaptics Touchpad and his disable button worked fine, yet mine doesn't.</p>
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7283 | 1 | 7284 | 2010-10-14T20:10:59.783 | 34 | 13216 | <p>Vim 7.3 is out, but not available in the sources. Where can I get an installation package for the 7.3 version? I don't want to install it manually.</p>
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<p>When I upgrade to 10.04 "Lucid Lynx", I was unable to connect. I borrow back the monitor and I plug it. I was seeing nothing so I do a restart by ssh. When it restart, I was able to vnc without an issue. I removed the monitor and worked like that for a few week, but when I installed some update, I needed to restart. After the restart, the vnc is not available. When I to a ps -aux by ssh, the xserver does not seem to be running.</p>
<p>How could I tell xubuntu 10.04 to automatically start the xserver when no monitor is plug, just as 8.04?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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7288 | 1 | 7291 | 2010-10-14T20:38:28.713 | 9 | 13049 | <p>How do you modify the default Fluxbox menu?</p>
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7290 | 1 | 7298 | 2010-10-14T20:49:34.180 | 9 | 5061 | <p>I'm looking to get rid of rhythmbox as my primary music player. Preferably something that allows multiple folders for the music library and has support for the new sound indicator.</p>
<p>Mostly I want more playback options that Rhythmbox lacks like a related suffle or mood shuffle type of thing. Also, auto rating based on listening habits would be nice (like Rhythmbox used to have).</p>
<p>I have tried Exaile and Banshee. But I couldn't add more than one folder to my library.</p>
<p>Let me know what you all have experienced with various different players. Even some good rhythmbox plugins to add these types of features would be great.</p>
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7295 | 1 | 7299 | 2010-10-14T21:12:15.510 | 30 | 36667 | <p>Is there a way to turn off the display (enter power saving mode) using a command?</p>
<p>For example, when the computer is inactive for a specific interval, the screen turns off to conserve energy. Is there a way to manually turn off the screen, yet keep the computer running normally?</p>
<p>This is a notebook, so there's no 'power-off' button on the monitor itself.</p>
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"text": "Sometimes the Enter keypress as you execute the command can be enough to immediately wake the computer back up again. I usually go with `sleep 0.2s && xset dpms force off` just to be safe. Also, this makes for a nice replacement for locking your screen: `gnome-screensaver-command --lock && sleep 2s && xset dpms force off`",
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7321 | 1 | 7327 | 2010-10-14T22:57:56.597 | 3 | 2001 | <p>I've been trying out a few different music players recently and noticed that some (a lot) of my music would be missing from the library. It turns out that at some point, a plethora of my music files lost their .mp3/.ogg/.flac file extensions. I'm honestly not sure how this happened, but I'm confident it was something I did mistakenly (or maybe I thought it wouldn't matter since file extensions are mostly cosmetic anyway).</p>
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<p>I've also looked at EasyTag. However, it also recognizes music files based entirely on their file extensions. So the music I want to fix doesn't even show up. Brilliant.</p>
<p>Any thoughts on how to do this? I certainly don't mind some command line, I'm just not sure which tools would be best and I also suck at regex.</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4428/how-to-create-a-screencast">how to create a screencast?</a> </p>
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<p>What are the best video screen capturing programs for Ubuntu as far as reliability, performance, and ease of use go?</p>
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7347 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T00:34:56.410 | 3 | 1541 | <p>I have Pinnacle PCTV HD PCI card . I am able to view and hear ATSC/QAM channels with this card using Kaffeine.</p>
<p>I can also view all of the analog channels. The problem is that there is no sound in tvtime.</p>
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<p>If I do this:</p>
<p>"arecord -D hw:1,0 -f dat | aplay" </p>
<p>I get sound but the volume control in tvtime doesn't work. I can however adjust the volume with the alsa-plugin device in pulseaudio.</p>
<p>What I want is for tvtime to work as it should.</p>
<p>Thanks </p>
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7351 | 1 | 7360 | 2010-10-15T00:58:59.153 | 6 | 4613 | <p>I was wondering is there a way to play movies in the desktop,like a background?or is it not possible?</p>
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7353 | 1 | 7355 | 2010-10-15T01:01:43.197 | 3 | 818 | <p>My laptop has been stolen and it contained highly sensitive data. I did have a password that was required to login, but I am unsure if my data is safe. (at this point the data is more valuable than the laptop, so it's a big concern for me)</p>
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7354 | 1 | 7381 | 2010-10-15T01:02:26.763 | 4 | 7913 | <p>I just did a fresh installation of Ubuntu 10.10 64-bits on my notebook. Downloaded the Opera 10.63 .deb package (http://www.opera.com/browser/download/) and installed it.</p>
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7372 | 1 | 7402 | 2010-10-15T02:38:51.193 | 6 | 5393 | <p>I'm using the Ubuntu 10.10 with both VLC player and MPlayer and already installed the ATI drivers. I watched the same videos on Windows 7 and Ubuntu. But on Ubuntu the images have a lot of tearing. I tried some newbish-configs on my ATI config tool, but nothing changed.</p>
<p>I tried videos in mkv, avi, rmvb... and in all kinds of resolutions. I would love to see some tips or maybe a solution to this problem.</p>
<p>(I have searched for similar questions but I didn't find any :/ )</p>
<p><em>The english is not my primary lang so sorry for my mistakes.</em></p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
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7373 | 1 | 20685 | 2010-10-15T02:39:38.417 | 32 | 13295 | <p>On 10.10 how do I get rid of Openoffice.org, and install LibreOffice without borking my system?</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/59632/basic-web-development-ide-editor-like-dreamweaver">Basic Web Development IDE/Editor like Dreamweaver?</a> </p>
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<p>I used Adobe's Dreamweaver for working on web pages and various text editors. I already have a few favorite text editors but couldn't find a good replacement for Dreamweaver? Is there any recommended HTML WYSIWYG editors? Thanks!</p>
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7403 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T04:26:01.703 | 2 | 2106 | <p>I installed gstreamer-vaapi from this PPA :</p>
<p>ppa:guido-iodice/video</p>
<p>sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-vaapi libgstvaapi-x11-0 libgstvaapi0</p>
<p>but, if I run totem movie player (via terminal) it's show this error :</p>
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<p><code>(totem:3383): GLib-GObject-WARNING **:
g_object_set_valist: object class
'TotemScrsaver' has no property named
'reason'</code></p>
<p><code>(totem:3383): GLib-GObject-WARNING **:
value "10752000" of type 'guint' is
invalid or out of range for property
'connection-speed' of type 'guint'
libva: libva version 0.31.0 Xlib:
extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on
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Trying to open
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<p>It's seems I get wrong nvidia_drv_video.so. What should I do?</p>
<p>If I uninstall it, it's work fine, but I want to use this vaapi backend for my video decoding via GPU while I run gstreamer based apps.</p>
<p>PS :</p>
<p>I use Ubuntu Lucid 64bit and MSI CR 400 Notebook :</p>
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7409 | 1 | 7414 | 2010-10-15T04:50:44.737 | 10 | 17118 | <p>Ok, so when I run the command:</p>
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+5 Voltage: +5.17 V (min = +4.50 V, max = +5.50 V)
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<p>What would the command be if I just wanted to see this:</p>
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<p>or better yet, just this:</p>
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7411 | 1 | 7415 | 2010-10-15T05:03:49.797 | 7 | 2233 | <p>Under XFCE, I had option to set my keyboard media keys to run particular programs or scripts. I understand the options to adjust the Keyboard Shortcuts under Gnome, but how do I change the default programs that the keys use.</p>
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7417 | 1 | 7572 | 2010-10-15T06:07:54.763 | 5 | 3259 | <p>I've Ubuntu 9.10 cloud <strong>servers</strong> running. I'll be using server administering gui tool 'webmin' for backing up resources like apache configuration files, mysql, cvs, the directory /var/www, and the entire webmin configuration files. Sometimes these are not backed up and I will check them with their date of modification.</p>
<p>Is there a best way to backup all the above resources without any flaw with any other tool or from command line?</p>
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7418 | 1 | 7420 | 2010-10-15T06:13:43.070 | 8 | 2077 | <p>I am currently using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and when I run the update manager it doesn't show the new release.</p>
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<p>but it still doesn't show, and I can't find an answer on Google.</p>
<p>I turn to you, <strong>Help!</strong></p>
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7426 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T07:29:57.977 | 1 | 3863 | <p>I need to install another kernel(2.6.34) into my fedora/ubuntu machine(x86) and I need to show the old and new boot up options in the boot menu(both new and old kernel)</p>
<p>I have downloaded the new kernel and I need to compile it and need to build it.</p>
<p>How can I complete this from start to finish?</p>
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7427 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T07:31:40.580 | 12 | 7860 | <p>Gnome and KDE seem to be pretty straightforward and certainly seem to be the most user friendly in terms of getting setup and running quickly with anything the average user would want to do.</p>
<p>I am working on implementing Fluxbox on my current install of Ubuntu 10.04 and keep running into gotcha's that require a lot of time to research and then configure. In light of my experiences with Fluxbox, I'm posting a list of questions (much in the spirit of <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/315911/git-for-beginners-the-definitive-practical-guide">this question</a> from stackoverflow. </p>
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<li><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7427/beginners-guide-to-fluxbox/7431#7431">How to install Fluxbox?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7288/how-to-configure-fluxbox-menu/7291#7291">How do I edit the menu?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7427/beginners-guide-to-fluxbox/7432#7432">How to lock my screen?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7427/beginners-guide-to-fluxbox/7435#7435">How to configure fluxbox to work with two screens?</a></li>
<li><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7427/beginners-guide-to-fluxbox/7434#7434">How to configure my keyboard shortcuts</a>?</li>
<li>How to enable automounting of devices?</li>
<li>How to install new fonts?</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Recommend Guides / Tutorials</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=878781" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Ubuntu Forums Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="http://fluxbox-wiki.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Fluxbox Wiki</a></li>
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7430 | 1 | 7922 | 2010-10-15T08:01:29.487 | 7 | 33747 | <p>My video card is working fine, I have no screen problem.<br>
I am trying to generate an xorg.conf so I did:</p>
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<p>But this last command segfaults:</p>
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Release Date: 2010-03-17
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-27-server i686 Ubuntu
Current Operating System: Linux nico 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:26:08 UTC 2010 i686
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-25-generic root=UUID=7447ab16-3406-442d-81e5-bb6a2d795205 ro quiet splash
Build Date: 21 July 2010 12:47:34PM
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.3 (For technical support please see http://www.ubuntu.com/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.16.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Oct 15 16:06:11 2010
List of video drivers:
i740
ark
geode
siliconmotion
mach64
s3
r128
apm
intel
neomagic
vesa
trident
chips
s3virge
fglrx
sis
savage
rendition
i128
tseng
ztv
mga
openchrome
radeon
ati
nv
v4l
vmware
cirrus
tdfx
nouveau
sisusb
voodoo
fbdev
(EE) Can't load FireGL DRM library (libfglrxdrm.so).
Backtrace:
0: X (xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x80e938b]
1: X (0x8048000+0x61c8d) [0x80a9c8d]
2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0x34d410]
3: X (xf86CallDriverProbe+0x182) [0x80b82d2]
4: X (DoConfigure+0x1c8) [0x816b898]
5: X (InitOutput+0x1da) [0x80b98aa]
6: X (0x8048000+0x1ebbb) [0x8066bbb]
7: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xe6) [0x467bd6]
8: X (0x8048000+0x1e961) [0x8066961]
Segmentation fault at address (nil)
Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
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<p>Note the line <code>Can't load FireGL DRM library (libfglrxdrm.so)</code></p>
<p>Note: I do have file <code>/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so</code></p>
<p>It is strange that it segfaults whereas I can use Gnome with no problem but well...<br>
Might be related: I tried to install the driver from ATI's website recently, and from then glxgears crashes at start.</p>
<p>How can I generate xorg.conf in those conditions?<br>
<i>It might or might not involve solving the segfault problem.</i></p>
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7436 | 1 | 8347 | 2010-10-15T08:26:15.280 | 7 | 10563 | <p>When I mount the Truecrypt file on my USB drive it shows up as truecrypt1. </p>
<p>The volume is FAT, using mtools to rename a volume label involves <code>e2label /dev/sdbx</code>, however truecrypt1 does not map to a physical partition. <code>fdisk -l</code> does not show the volume partition (only the physical USB device), and <code>df -h</code> lists the volume path as <code>/dev/mapper/truecrypt1</code>.</p>
<p>Finally, using the Nautilus 'Rename' context action, gives the error: "Sorry, could not rename "truecrypt1" to "towel": Operation not supported by backend".</p>
<p>Apparently this <a href="http://www.advpc.net/encrypt14.html" rel="nofollow">can be done in Win</a>, but how can I rename this volume in Ubuntu?</p>
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<p>As Nicolas said, specifying the mount point names the partition the same. The truecrypt GUI does not remember the mount point I set, so I specify the mount points in a script which I placed in my main menu.</p>
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7443 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T08:57:54.017 | 4 | 1281 | <p>I need to preseed a dual boot installation of Ubuntu 10.04. I want partman to use all already existing Linux partitions and all free space (like the option when installing Fedora 13).</p>
<p>What would that recipe look like?</p>
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7444 | 1 | 16722 | 2010-10-15T09:03:52.193 | 6 | 1288 | <p>Thanks for taking the time. </p>
<p>I have a problem I've never had after an upgrade. One of my hard drive, a 1TB NTFS drive connected with the marvell SATA connector (88sx or smth like that ) to my Asus P5Q-E motherboard is not seen, and therefore unmountable in Ubuntu.</p>
<p>The problem isn't with the drive or other hardware, because windows 7 sees it fine (in dual boot). Plus it worked just fine before I upgraded. And so for nearly a year.</p>
<p>The problem isn't with NTFS libs, because Ubuntu sees the win7 NTFS partition just fine.</p>
<p>So I can only guess that the problem is with ubuntu. Because the 10.10 live CD doesn't see it iether. The 10.04 LiveCD ,however, does see it and mounts the drive, which means it really is 10.10's problem. What should I do?.... Downgrading excluded :-) ! See images for proof.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RjuH4.png" alt="alt"></p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jXPcI.png" alt="alt"></p>
<p>I've tried updating grub (someone suggested it might work...), installing all the ntfs libs, adding it to fstab (as it was before, in 10.04),...but all that failed. Grub update did Nothing, niether did the ntfs libraries. The fstab edit just caused the boot time to take hours, and come back with errors saying it couldn't mount the drive, but not really saying why.</p>
<p>Any idea for resolving my bug?
Thanks.</p>
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<li>Another point would be the wallpaper. At the moment, I'm using a wallpaper that's 1920x1980 (I use 1920x1080 and 1440x900 in a vertical alignment) and set the display mode to "stretch", so it covers both desktops. Any easier methods? Don't want to doctor around my wallpapers with gimp all the time.</li>
<li>As to window window management, I'm currently using compiz and docky. Docky is placed on the top side of the bottom (laptop) monitor so it stays where it was even when the top monitor isn't plugged in. </li>
<li>what about window placement? My current setup involves using Google Chrome on the top monitor, taking up half of my screen width and being used for regular browsing. Next to it is another Google Chrome window, with the usual "app tabs" of GMail, Facebook, Google Reader and Twitter. Auxilliary stuff goes to the bottom monitor.</li>
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<p>So, how are you guys using your dual monitor setup? Any awesome programs I'm missing out on? Maybe one that activates different "configurations" (wallpaper, panels, etc), depending on how many screens there are?</p>
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7461 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T10:14:18.067 | 8 | 2189 | <p>I'm new to linux, I got myself an Ubuntu 10.04</p>
<p>I think that the audio drivers aren't working well, since the sound is not as good as before (on windows).
I also think the graphic drivers aren't working well, since the pc freezes after ubuntu login, if I set the "visual effects" on anything higher than "none".</p>
<p>I have a 945gct-m2 motherboard with the built-in graphic card and audio card.</p>
<p>How do I know if i have the right drivers, or check if the hardware is working correctly?</p>
<p>PS: remember that I'm new to ubuntu so I don't have all the knowledge required.</p>
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7470 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T11:07:48.283 | 113 | 294936 | <p>In my office i want to update and download through (wget) and here they are using proxy?</p>
<p>How can i do this by commandline?</p>
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7475 | 1 | 7487 | 2010-10-15T11:51:32.403 | 0 | 1209 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5320/tab-completion-for-commands">Tab completion for commands</a> </p>
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<p>Aptitude command is missing from Ubuntu 10.10. I just installed it using apt-get install aptitude but it doesn't support autocompletion as it was doing in the previous version of Ubuntu. And as a relatively new user i find aptitude with autocompletion of packages names is way easier to use. So how to bring autocompletion back to aptitude on 10.10</p>
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7477 | 1 | 7484 | 2010-10-15T12:02:45.507 | 972 | 3352984 | <p>After I add a user using <code>adduser</code>, I can't see it via <strong>System > Administration > Users and Groups</strong> unless I log out and then log in again. Is that normal?</p>
<p>Also, can I set a newly added user as a <code>sudo</code>er or do I have to change that only after adding it? How can I do that via the shell?</p>
<p>Finally, can I delete the original user that was created upon initial installation of Ubuntu, or is this user somehow 'special'?</p>
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"text": "@Dziamid I'm not sure what the `sudo` group is for. [Let's find out.](http://askubuntu.com/questions/43317/what-is-the-difference-between-the-sudo-and-admin-groups)",
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7479 | 1 | 149827 | 2010-10-15T12:13:00.873 | 27 | 13238 | <p>As I use the Docky Skype indicator, and the green Skype icon doesn't look good next to all the grey ones -- it would be nice to remove the icon from the system tray. </p>
<p>Is this possible? How can I do it in Ubuntu 12.04 -- or other earlier versions?</p>
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"text": "The problem is that \"Use apparmor to prevent Skype from loading sni-qt\" does not work with Skype installed from default Ubuntu repositories. When trying to run 'skype' I just get information that for /usr/bin/skype permission is denied. Another thing is that there is no icon for this application. \nUsing Ubuntu 13.04. \nCan I get any help?",
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"text": "After updating the application the Skype do not start because of permission again: `/usr/bin/skype: 8: exec: /usr/lib/skype/skype: Permission denied`. And this icon problem seemed to be just temporary bug, it's ok now, sorry.\nHelp still needed. Thanks.",
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"text": "What helped me was to remove sni-qt:i386 from my 64-bit system. It's needed by Skype, but not by - for example - Spotify. Anyway it's another option of dealing with this problem, but different then this suggested by izx, which seems to be the best.",
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"text": "\"Please see here for a more complete Skype AppArmor profile\" The link provided is no loner associated with said information. I am not sure if it would be possible to get a more permanent link for this info?",
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"body": "<p>As of what I know, you can't remove Skype from the systray but what you can do is either to remove the systray if you haven't any software that use it or replace the icon of Skype which is here : <code>/usr/share/icon/skype.png</code> by what you want.</p>\n",
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7480 | 1 | 7501 | 2010-10-15T12:18:47.467 | 3 | 221 | <p>I'd like to know how to change some entries makes in 'second button list', that list of programs associated with a file icon.</p>
<p>Some I would like to remove and others I would like to put in.</p>
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7483 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T12:34:55.373 | 13 | 6930 | <p>I'm a student right now, and later in life I'd like to get really involved in the Linux ecosystem. However I recognize the need to put bread on the table, so my question is:</p>
<p>How can I make money from Ubuntu/Linux?</p>
<p>The situation right now is that my College can offer me Windows Certification, or Apple Engineer certification; both of these do not enthrall me as I'd like to stick mostly to Linux.</p>
<p>What job types normally deal with it, what training/certification should I be looking for?</p>
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7485 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T12:37:23.553 | 7 | 18686 | <p>As the title say my laptop battery is not detected in maverick.
I'm using ubuntu since ever and I've never come across this problem.
I have a msi ms-171f vr705 series and everything is working fine except for the battery.</p>
<pre><code>cat: /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info: No such device
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7489 | 1 | 7494 | 2010-10-15T12:47:52.503 | 24 | 14352 | <p>A while ago Spotify (the streaming music service) came out with a preview for Linux of their client.</p>
<p>So what should I do?</p>
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"text": "Edited this to use `apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4E9CFF4E` as in the [official instructions](http://www.spotify.com/fi/download/previews/). (The gpg commands didn't work for me; apparently wwwkeys.de.pgp.net didn't respond.)",
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"text": "`spotify-client-gnome-support` wouldn't install on my 11.04 (\"Depends: spotify-client-qt (= 1:0.5.2.84.g6d797eb-1) but 1:0.6.2.291.gcccc1f5.116-1 is to be installed. E: Broken packages\"), but even without it Spotify works great (at least the main thing about it: music). +1 for the instructions!",
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7498 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T13:18:52.447 | 140 | 230180 | <p>I want to install Skype, but I can't locate it in Software Center or by using Synaptic Package Manager. Can anyone help me?</p>
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7502 | 1 | 7507 | 2010-10-15T13:29:20.777 | 4 | 1454 | <p>When a GUI program malfunctions in some way (crashes, etc.) I often use the trick of running it from the command line (instead of from the menu). That way I see the messages it outputs to <code>stdout</code> and <code>stderr</code> which sometimes gives me a clue as to what went wrong (or at least a message I can Google to take me further down the "solution path").</p>
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7509 | 1 | 7525 | 2010-10-15T13:50:17.973 | 4 | 1694 | <p>I'm using Gedit to write C++ code, and have applied my custom syntax colour scheme which works (and looks) great with the exception of the <code>string</code> type, which, for both my custom style and the various bundled styles, is the same colour as the rest of the text. I am able to access the xml files that contain the style settings and there is no setting for defining the colour of <code>string</code>. Does anyone know how I can do this?</p>
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7510 | 1 | 7514 | 2010-10-15T13:52:43.600 | 7 | 2353 | <p>I use Gnome. I want to change the appearance of KDE applications such as Amarok.
The colors in Amarok don't match the rest of my applications. How can I customize them?</p>
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7512 | 1 | 7513 | 2010-10-15T13:54:58.217 | 0 | 770 | <p>I have used 10.04 for a while using the wubi installation with Windows XP.</p>
<p>I then uninstalled it and gave Fedora 13 a try (on its own partitions).</p>
<p>Now I would like to completely get rid of Fedora and install ubuntu 10.10 (not using the wubi, but the real thing this time), so I will have a dual boot with my XP.</p>
<p>What's the best way to do that? </p>
<p>The only caveat is that I don't have the XP CD in hand (I know it's needed sometimes to run <code>fixmbr</code> from recovery console to get rid of grub). I can ask for the CD from our admin but it would take a couple of days.</p>
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<p>I've just learn that this is possible in mac: <a href="http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2004062902195410">http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2004062902195410</a></p>
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7516 | 1 | 7531 | 2010-10-15T14:09:35.297 | 9 | 822 | <p>I guess it's also a matter of personal taste, but since I'm starting with a fresh 10.10 install I thought maybe this time I'll keep my system more organized.</p>
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<p>I have some stuff I get using <code>git</code> (e.g. <code>bioperl</code>), there are some apps I simply download and extract to some place (e.g. <code>eclipse</code>) and obviously I install software using <code>apt-get</code>.</p>
<p>Where is the conventional place to put all of these?</p>
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7517 | 1 | 7524 | 2010-10-15T14:11:29.503 | 22 | 22742 | <p>I may have the wrong idea here, but I thought that: </p>
<p><strong>MIME types</strong> are identifying codes, embedded <strong>inside</strong> a file.<br>
<strong>File .extensions</strong> are idenifying codes, suffixed to the file's <strong>name</strong>. </p>
<p>I thought, from something I heard in the dim dark ages, that Linux was .extension agnostic... ( maybe it was in the early days, and things have changed since then...? )</p>
<p>I've recently come from the Windows world, where, at the <strong>Operating-System level</strong>, a file .extension is the only way (as far as I know) to associate it with its relevant Application program. </p>
<p>Because I don't know <strong>why</strong>, I find it a bit disconcerting that a file named "fred" <strong>and</strong> a file named "fred.txt" both open up in a Text Editor. </p>
<p>Is there a clear-cut hierarchy at work here? </p>
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7519 | 1 | 7527 | 2010-10-15T14:20:18.900 | 3 | 353 | <p>I have a Google Apps acount where I work at, and we use Google Talk to communicate.</p>
<p>Any help or ideas would be appreciated.</p>
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7520 | 1 | 7530 | 2010-10-15T14:25:26.470 | 3 | 9116 | <p>I have a nVidia 9800 video card and I previously setup my screen through the nVidia X Server Settings tool. But when I switch from Gnome to Fluxbox, it appears that my two monitors are treated as a single screen.</p>
<p>How do I configure my screens so that I can mouse between them and have separate background images, etc? </p>
<p><b>UPDATE: </b> Here is my current xorg.conf file:</p>
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# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildd@yellow) Fri Apr 9 11:51:21 UTC 2010
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
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Option "Xinerama" "0"
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EndSubSection
EndSection
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7529 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T14:42:38.037 | 2 | 7921 | <p>I've recently bought a Toshiba Satellite C655. It came with Windows 7 preinstalled. I've never had a notebook before, but as a desktop user, I was a Ubuntu user since 2 years, and I've never had a problem with drivers, wifi, etc.</p>
<p>When I tried to install the Ubuntu 10.04, and also the new and fresh 10.10, in my new laptop, I experienced some troubles with some of the componentes of my computer. For example, I was not able to activate my wi-fi card, although I know the kernel recognizes it correctly, because when doing "lspci" at the terminal, it was listed. </p>
<p>Anyhow, I'm not able to "activate" the wifi, or whatever it's necessary to do in order to be able to search for public networks available, and to connect with them. </p>
<p>The wifi-card the laptops brings is the (the lspci output):</p>
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Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) [168c:002b] (rev 01).</code></p>
<p>It's anything in you can help me? Thanks a lot in advance!</p>
<hr>
<p><em>Edit</em></p>
<p>Neither solution seems to work. In first place, i've tried installig what hhlp told me. After the installation, nothing seems to change: on right-clicking the wireless icon, it seems to recognize the card, because the option "Enable wifi" was ticked. But, once again, i was not able to "turn the wi-fi" on.</p>
<p>In second place, i didn't try installing the drives, because the card is already recongnized. The issue is that i cannot seem to turn it on!</p>
<p>One thing i've probably missed is that the Toshiba cames with a windows sofntware that allows you to enable / disable the wifi tools. So, it does not have an external "button" to turn it off. I don't know if that's the problem, but i have the feeling that the issue may be aroud there: in how to turn ON the wifi-signal (or to verify if it's on or off) in my ubuntu.</p>
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7533 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T14:59:36.640 | 3 | 194 | <p>Is there software, or a utility, available on Ubuntu that I could use to benchmark (performance test) traffic and throughput on networking equipment (specifically Cisco switches or routers)?</p>
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7537 | 1 | 7553 | 2010-10-15T15:19:17.653 | 70 | 33677 | <p>To be more clear, right now the volume and brightness keys are used and I have to hold <kbd>Fn</kbd> in order to execute an <kbd>F1</kbd>, <kbd>F2</kbd>, <kbd>F3</kbd>, <kbd>F4</kbd>, <kbd>F5</kbd>... command. Can I reverse this so it's function key by default and holding <kbd>Fn</kbd> enables the volume and other special controls?</p>
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7539 | 1 | 7546 | 2010-10-15T15:34:21.427 | 9 | 14176 | <p>I use my laptop with Ubuntu-desktop to do all my work, but I also have a low-end desktop over at my office just sitting there. I've decided I'm going to install Ubuntu-server on it and use it to mirror my entire laptop home folder, to make things easier when I decide to format my laptop's hard-disk.</p>
<p>Whenever I'm at work, both machines are connected to a network and communicate easily (and high-speed) via ssh. When I'm not at work, the desktop is still accessible via ssh. Ideally, the syncing would take place automatically in the background, whenever I change something. It only needs to be one way: the changes I make on the laptop have to be synced over to the server, but the inverse is not necessary.</p>
<p>I know there's software for this out there, my question is: <strong>What software can I use to achieve the above objectives and also take full advantage of local-network speeds when I'm at work?</strong> Since I'll sometimes deal with large files, the syncing process needs to realise that the two computers are sharing a local network, and then take advantage of that (instead of always syncing through the internet). </p>
<p>Just to be clear, over-the-network syncing is actually more important to me here than over-the-internet syncing. I ideally the software would check if the former is available and, if not, try the latter; but if that's not possible, the first case is my priority.</p>
<p>Hope this isn't too long. Thanks in advance.</p>
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7543 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T15:42:38.073 | 31 | 56042 | <p>Are there any Nero Burning Softwares for Ubuntu ? The most important is to able burn Mp3 or songs files into the CD/DVD =)</p>
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7545 | 1 | 7599 | 2010-10-15T15:45:54.107 | 0 | 868 | <p>I see the following on-screen for a brief moment when entering or leaving suspension:</p>
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7552 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T16:10:36.860 | 2 | 1256 | <p>Since installing 10.10, my Dell Inspiron was able to suspend both when I closed the lid or chose to suspend from the menu. At least it was until yesterday. Now if I close the lid the computer freezes. If I open the lid, the screen is black and will remain black until I force shut-down the computer. Trying to suspend from the menu also does not work, the screen goes black and the system freezes. A bit of googling brought up a bug that might be a possible cause? <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/522998" rel="nofollow">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/522998</a> </p>
<p>It says: "When the XHCI module is loaded the system cannot suspend.</p>
<p>Manually unloading XHCI will allow suspend to complete normally.</p>
<p>If SUSPEND_MODULES="xhci" is added to /etc/pm/config.d/unload_module then the system can suspend normally.</p>
<p>Looking in /etc/pm/config.d/ I see an empty dir. Does anyone know if this could be a solution, how to implement it if it is (make a new file unload_module and add the line in question?), and, if not, other ideas on where to go, or hardware tests to run? </p>
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7558 | 1 | 7564 | 2010-10-15T16:31:17.173 | 0 | 1131 | <p>I recently upgraded to 10.10 from 10.04. I got the Netbook version. I like the new interface but it is a bit slower that the older version. Is there anyway to revert the current looks back to the another layout that does not consume as much resources? How do I change the layout so that I get rid of the launcher, bring back taskbar, etc?</p>
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7561 | 1 | 7581 | 2010-10-15T16:37:43.500 | 3 | 5580 | <p>I managed to change the selection color from orange to light gray which is very nice.</p>
<p>Now I'd like to change the text color of inactive/disabled menu items which are in black as you can see "Available" "Away" and "Busy", the text is black. I'd like it to be gray for example.</p>
<p>How to change the color of that text?</p>
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7569 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T17:12:55.980 | 2 | 15577 | <p>I have BURG installed with GRUB2 to provide nice GRUB themes on my GRUB loader. I have it all setup right but I want to know if it's possible to change the order of my menu icons. As of now, I currently have the Ubuntu Icon first and then Windows. I would like to switch them around, so Windows is first and then the Ubuntu icon. I know I can change te BURG config to make Windows be selected as the one to boot if no keyboard input is committed during the timeout, but I'd like to be able to control the order of the icons.</p>
<p>If it helps the BURG theme I'm using is <strong>refit</strong></p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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7575 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T17:46:16.157 | 2 | 2353 | <p>What is the hard disk drive partition naming convention in Linux (for example : [hd0,0] etc...)? What does it actually mean?</p>
<p>What is the significance of this when I need to install multiple operating systems on the same machine?</p>
<p>How can we relate it to Windows partitioning (example: C:\ drive or D:\ drive) ?</p>
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7576 | 1 | 7582 | 2010-10-15T17:52:26.460 | 13 | 1490 | <p>Not sure what Linux software I would use for this. I'm looking for something like Acronis True Image for Windows, but for Linux. The rule is that we are keeping Windows out of the equation, I want to be able to rely solely on Ubuntu to handle the management and restoration of backup images.</p>
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7578 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T17:58:59.930 | 12 | 3658 | <p>When I have "automatic login" activated, the "Unlock the Gnome Keyring" box asks for my password. But this happens three times. There are three boxes asking me for my password. In 10.04 the box appeared one time.</p>
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7585 | 1 | 7650 | 2010-10-15T18:04:06.580 | 10 | 30155 | <p>Will setting up dual monitors on a decent-but-not-too-powerful machine significantly slow down my system?</p>
<p>For specifics to my system, this is a 2GHz Intel Dual-core laptop with 4GB RAM and a decent integrated video card, has no problems running multiple applications with Compiz and effects. </p>
<p>The monitors in question are integrated 1366x768 laptop screen and external 1200x800 monitor, nothing fancy or outrageous. </p>
<p>So, in your experience / knowledge, will running dual-monitors significantly detriment operation speed?</p>
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7587 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T18:17:25.500 | 1 | 12571 | <p>On my Dell Studio XPS 16, I sometimes accidentally hit this key. Wireless becomes disabled, and hitting it again does not re-enable wireless. I have to hit it an odd number of times, then restart my computer to re-enable wireless.</p>
<p>I can't imagine a situation in which I would want to disable wireless from my keyboard. Is it possible just disable the key all-together, so I can avoid this problem?</p>
<p>On a related note, what package do I file the bug against? I'm happy just disabling the key, but that's really just a workaround.</p>
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7605 | 1 | 7613 | 2010-10-15T19:42:51.220 | 47 | 32177 | <p>I spend a lot of time at the command-line during the workday and at home too since I run Ubuntu exclusively.</p>
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"text": "tmux for me is the most efficient .. i tried terminator and.. well tmux splitting windows is a shortcut away really.. if you're on terminator.. try tmux for a few days..just to give it a go.. i don't think you'll go back to terminator :)",
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7617 | 1 | 7621 | 2010-10-15T20:13:46.127 | 1 | 499 | <p>I try to install cardapio but i saw tha is unstable. Is any stable release and if not when wil be stable. In cardapio launchpad theres is not any schedule. </p>
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7624 | 1 | 7626 | 2010-10-15T21:16:59.737 | 10 | 2030 | <p>To install programs from launchpad, you can add a repository to the software sources list...</p>
<p>I know how to look at a launchpad page and add the repository & public key through the "Software Sources" GUI page, but I'd rather use the add-apt-repository command as this finds the key for me.. and I'm too lazy to grab it from the launchpad page, save it, then import it.</p>
<p>My problem is that I have no idea how to figure out the right command for a particular project??</p>
<p>For instance, Cardapio uses the command:</p>
<p><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cardapio-team/unstable</code></p>
<p>But I can't see <code>cardapio-team/unstable</code> written on the launchpad page: <a href="https://launchpad.net/cardapio">https://launchpad.net/cardapio</a> ??</p>
<p>is it possible, or is this address completely separate to launchpad?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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7629 | 1 | 7630 | 2010-10-15T21:44:21.860 | 6 | 269 | <p>I have two versions of ubuntu installed on my laptop 10.04 and 9.10. They are installed on separate partitions (let's say /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 respectively), but I forgot which is which. I'm now booting through liveCD (I'm troubleshooting a grub issue), but I need to know which partition contains the lucid install.</p>
<p>I have full access to the contents of each partition, so it must be easy to find out. I just don't know which file to look into.</p>
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7636 | 1 | 7670 | 2010-10-15T22:01:05.973 | 5 | 902 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 with the 2.6.35-22.34-generic kernel and have the latest Vmware player installed, but each time I run Vmware Player it says it needs to load some modules into the running kernel. It does this every time I run Vmware player. It seems to install the modules OK as Vmware player runs after it's apparently installed the modules, but the modules aren't saved as it constantly keeps saying it needs to load modules.</p>
<p>Is there anyway to fix this, other than trying to go for a reinstall?</p>
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7643 | 1 | 7646 | 2010-10-15T23:14:52.973 | 1 | 374 | <p>I know downloading softwares from ubuntu tweak usually installs the latest stable, but does it also adds the ppa of the respective software?</p>
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7644 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T23:29:04.357 | 12 | 1124 | <p>Even though aptitude and synaptic are both front-end to the APT (and I myself
stick only with apt-get), peculiarities in each of the available dpkg/APT
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interchangeably. Beginners especially -- who tend to do copy & paste more
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<p>Please list the possible problems that might arise when they are mixed up and
tips to avoid when one has to rely on multiple packaging managers.</p>
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7645 | 1 | null | 2010-10-15T23:38:42.480 | 3 | 4402 | <p>So far, suspending to ram and waking up from it works. My laptop's external display (connected via HDMI) works, too.</p>
<p>However, what doesn't work is the sound, which works before suspending, of course. I'm using my external monitor's speakers and have made the corresponding settings in Ubuntu's sound menu (switched to "Digital Stereo (HDMI) Output + Analog Stereo Input" in "Hardware" tab).</p>
<p>What can I do to fix it?</p>
<p><strong>Edit</strong>: when I ran ubuntu-bug, it tested sound output with and without using pulse. Without pulse, it worked, however I still heard the noise. With pulse it was only noise.</p>
<p><strong>Edit</strong>: works fine with natty and oneiric now. Updating to latest Ubuntu solves the problem.</p>
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7648 | 1 | 7651 | 2010-10-15T23:54:36.767 | 44 | 7519 | <p>My system has 132 directories whose names end in <code>.d</code><br />
There are also two scripts whose names end in <code>.d</code></p>
<p>Aside from the two wayward scripts (<code>/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d</code>, <code>/usr/sbin/update-rc.d</code>), I assume that <code>.d</code> means directory... (but I do wonder why those scripts are so named).</p>
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<p>Is there some mystical Linux rationale to this naming style?</p>
<p>Is it a deeply entrenched naming convention, or is it about as absolute as 'foo' and 'bar'?</p>
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7653 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T00:37:01.430 | 1 | 414 | <p>OK. I installed Ubuntu 10.04 a week or so ago over an old Ubuntu partition - no problem. Grub went on fine (it had previously been overwritten by windows).</p>
<p>Then, after remembering how much I like Ubuntu and using a terminal I thought I'd upgrade to 10.10 and increase the size of my Linux partition (the ntfs partition on that drive was barely used).</p>
<p>After doing this I continued the Ubuntu installer... all was fine until near the end when I was told that it had failed to install Grub... I attempted to install it on any of my other partitions and they all failed with the same message (though I'm not convinced they even tried). I then went back to the 10.04 CD and tried that again, same error, grub wouldn't install anymore.</p>
<p>Is this due to grub already being in the MBR or have I broken something when I partitioned?</p>
<p>Partition table is below:</p>
<p>Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xdeb64491</p>
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/dev/sda2 24352 38560 114130859+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 38560 38914 2839553 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 38560 38914 2839552 82 Linux swap / Solaris</p>
<p>***Please note that I've since installed grub manually and have Ubuntu setup the way I like it, so I don't want to overwrite the whole install again if it's unnecessary. If I need to test any of these answers is it possible to do without reinstalling the system files?</p>
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<p>Is there anything special I need to keep in mind for installation (i.e. that could be new or unique to 10.10)? </p>
<p>Are there any suggested walkthroughs that I could follow along with?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
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7659 | 1 | 7669 | 2010-10-16T01:19:35.283 | 16 | 8373 | <p>Though its nearly a year since I started using Ubuntu, I have not attempted installing software from source. I didn't actually find the need to do so. But now I am working on a software which is at the release candidate stage in the repositories but the latest stable version's source code is available at the software home page.</p>
<p>I learnt that installing from source code may be difficult if the software has many dependencies. However if I tackle that, I can be happy with the latest version. But I keep wondering if such a software can automatically update itself or will I have to run some scripts to update the package. Or still worse will I have to reinstall each update from scratch?</p>
<p>Also I am eager to know if there is any specific advantage of installing from source other than the above.</p>
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"body": "<p>It is best to note that a software's dependencies rarely change. If you have successfully compiled the software once, any subsequent versions <strong>should</strong> be easy to compile - all dependencies <strong>should</strong> be satisfied already.</p>\n\n<p>If you compiled from source, there is no <code>.deb</code> or similar package that you would be able to use to update, <strong>unless</strong> you wait for the distribution to include that software into their repositories, or wait until the developers' PPA is updated.</p>\n\n<p>Simply put, someone has to compile it first to make it into a deb. Compiling an old version would not give you the ability to update automatically, you still have to go through the whole \"download-configure-compile-install\" process.</p>\n\n<p><strong>However</strong>, if you want to install the same version on multiple computers, it would make sense to package your compiled version as a <code>.deb</code> (or similar) and distribute it to those computers. If done right, the dependencies would be pulled into automatically.</p>\n\n<p>As to the advantages of installing from source, the only two I can think of are:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>You get access to the latest revision of the code, and you have a choice of a stable version or the cutting-edge version (usually called nightly builds, latest revision, etc.)</li>\n<li>Ubuntu/other-distribution might not want to include the software into their repositories. In that case, you're stuck with the source code or packages provided by the developers or the community. That is, you have no choice but to use the sources.</li>\n</ul>\n",
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7662 | 1 | 7667 | 2010-10-16T01:47:33.897 | 52 | 3364 | <p>As Linux continues to grow and develop, and the more we use Linux, the greater the threat from viruses.</p>
<p>We also know that a virus/threat in Linux (if any) would have difficulty running or spreading when it is running as a normal user, but it is a different story if the virus/threat is running as the root user. </p>
<p>An example of this danger would be if a virus is tucked inside a PPA (intentionally or unintentionally) or if an application has an intentionally planted backdoor (e.g., pidgin could secretly send passwords to a particular address).</p>
<p>If we add software from a Launchpad PPA, is there any guarantee that software is from free viruses/backdoor threats?</p>
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"body": "<p>Every package's install script has root access to your system, so the mere act of adding a PPA or installing a package from one is an implicit statement of trust on your part of the PPA owner.</p>\n\n<p>So, what happens if your trust is misplaced and a PPA owner wants to be naughty?</p>\n\n<p>In order to upload to a PPA, a package must be signed by a GPG key unique to the launchpad user (indeed, the same key they signed the code of conduct with). So in the case of a known malicious PPA we would simply ban the account and shut down the PPA (affected systems would still be compromised, but there's no good way fix them at that point anyway).</p>\n\n<p>To some extent Launchpad's social features can be used as a bit of a preventative measure of bad users -- someone who has a history of contributing to Ubuntu and some established Launchpad karma, for instance, is less likely to be setting up a trap PPA.</p>\n\n<p>Or what if someone gains control of a PPA that isn't theirs?</p>\n\n<p>Well, this is a bit tougher of a threat scenario, but also less likely since it requires an attacker getting both the launchpad users's private key file (generally only on their computer) as well as the unlock code for it (generally a strong password not used for anything else). If this happens, though, it's usually fairly simple for someone to figure out their account has been compromised (Launchpad will for instance email them about the packages they're not uploading), and the cleanup procedure would be the same.</p>\n\n<p>So, in sum, PPAs are a possible vector for malicious software, but there are probably much easier methods for attackers to come after you.</p>\n",
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"text": "I personally follow a \"is the person/team a dev?\" rule. That is, are they either the original upstream author or an Ubuntu Developer? If the answer to both of those is \"no\" I wouldn't give it much trust unless I knew the person (for example, if I was mentoring them toward becoming a dev).",
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7663 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T02:06:14.773 | 0 | 228 | <p>I've read about a bug in the first versions of kernel 2.6.35 that causes the temperature to increase above the normal. Does anyone knows if it is already corrected?</p>
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7664 | 1 | 7668 | 2010-10-16T02:14:40.447 | 1 | 152 | <p>I have a partition <code>/data</code> which supposed to store data and its format is ext4. Since it not in home folder and I forget to format it as FAT at the beginning, I cannot copy any file into here unless I use root access. Eventually I decide to umount it.</p>
<p>After that, I always get the prompt <code>/data is not mounted. Press S to skip, or press M to manually recover</code> at booting screen. It is a bit annoying to me. If I manually recover by mount command, I can see <code>/data</code> visible but for just only that time. The next time the message appear again.</p>
<p>Anyone give me some suggestions? </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>BTW, how could I change the partition format from ext4 to FAT? I am using Ubuntu 10.04.</p>
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"body": "<p>Try running <code>fsck -n /data</code> (after it is mounted), and note if there are any errors present. If you want to fix them, re-run it without the <code>-n</code> flag.</p>\n\n<p>To format it to FAT32, you will have to copy your files from <code>/data</code> elsewhere, something like <code>~/data</code> is a good idea (<code>~</code> is the home directory, make sure there is enough space). Then fire up the <code>Disk Utility</code> (located under <code>System->Administration</code> menu), select the <code>/data</code> partition and format it as FAT32.</p>\n\n<p>Alternatively, if you want to keep <code>ext4</code>, and make it user-writeable, you can run <code>sudo chown USERNAME:users /data -R</code>.</p>\n",
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7674 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T03:46:25.670 | 2 | 2227 | <p>I do not have data on my phone, and I was wondering if anyone out there knew how I would go about sharing my laptop's internet connection with my Symbian s60v5fp3 phone. How can I do such a thing?</p>
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