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<p>I get the following error at early boot stage:</p> <pre><code>ipconfig: eth0: SIOCGIFINDEX: No such device ipconfig: no devices to configure /scripts/init-premount/dropbear: .: line 32: can't open /tmp/net-eth0.conf </code></pre> <p>I have uninstalled/purged dropbear, but I still get the error. As I had the comple...
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init premount script error from dropbear
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<p>If I create a script and then place it in this folder (/etc/cron.hourly), will my system run this script hourly? Or does my script need to begin with a command as well?</p>
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Function of /etc/cron.hourly
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yep, you got it.</p>\n\n<p>Just start it with a <code>#!/bin/bash</code> like you normally would. And make sure you <code>sudo chmod +x /etc/cron.hourly/yourscript</code> because it won't run without execute permissions.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOw...
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2010-10-16T06:23:22.507
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<p>At present I have several machines on the home network which are a mixture of static desktops and laptops. Its getting unmanageable for me and impractical for all of them to have local home directories, settings and security so I am considering using LDAP for common user management and NFS for shared home directorie...
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2010-10-16T15:23:45.430
What happens to LDAP user authentication and NFS home directory shares when away from the network?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Neither NFS nor LDAP support disconnected operation: i.e., when the\nlaptop cannot reach the servers, it will not be able to access any\nNFS-mounted directories, nor will it be able to perform user lookups.\nBasically, it will be stuck.</p>\n\n<p>A couple of workarounds could...
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2010-10-16T06:33:58.703
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<p>There are several questions regarding plymouth :</p> <p>1.Is it safe with Ubuntu Maverick 10.10?</p> <p>2.Is it reversible?</p> <p>3.If thing goes wrong , what are the effects?</p> <p>4.Will it clash with Burg??</p> <p>Thanks ^^</p>
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2010-10-16T14:11:36.827
2011-01-14T21:50:56.877
About Plymouth on 10.10
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<p><code>lshw -C network</code> shows</p> <pre><code> *-network description: Wireless interface product: AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0 logical name: wlan0 version: 01 serial: 00:1f:3...
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2010-10-16T14:35:44.297
2010-10-16T14:35:44.297
Cannot connect through wireless interface on a server?
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2010-10-16T08:33:07.537
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<p>After upgrading to 10.10 Maverick, my NFS root is not mounted correctly during boot. What is the correct method?</p> <p>10.04 and earlier I had my <code>/etc/fstab</code> setup to use <code>/dev/nfs</code> as my root device, but it looks like that no longer exists. Is anyone else using 10.10 for NFS boot?</p>
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How to Mount NFS Root in Maverick
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6135/does-ubuntu-have-an-alternative-to-os-xs-spotlight">Does Ubuntu have an alternative to OS X&#39;s Spotlight?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Wondering what people are using to index and search their file systems. I'...
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<p>I use the Dell Vostro 3300 und Ubuntu Lucid 10.10. The VGA for the external monitor is flickering. The problem seams to be the Intel Graphics.</p> <p>lspci / grep “VGA” says: VGA compatible controler: Intel Corporation Core Prozessor Integrated Graphics Controler (rev 18)</p> <p>Dell told me on the telephone it is...
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2010-10-19T00:54:22.363
2011-05-17T05:20:40.387
GMA 5700 MHD Dell Vostro 3300 externel vga monitor is flickering
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<p>My <code>syslog</code> is constantly filled with messages like this:</p> <pre><code>Oct 16 11:48:35 my-laptop kernel: [61470.980078] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2 Oct 16 11:48:35 my-laptop kernel: [61471.192079] hub 3-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2 </code></pre> <p>The only...
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2010-12-27T12:52:34.160
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Unable to enumerate USB device
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<p>For some reason I have two entries for the same copy of Windows 7 in burg (and before I installed burg, there were two in the grub menu as well). They are on different partitions but they boot into the same Windows. I think one is the recovery partition maybe. But they are both the same. I would just like to remove ...
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2010-10-16T15:26:48.417
Remove an Extra Entry for Windows 7 in BURG or GRUB?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think you can try this post :</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/7569/how-to-change-the-menu-order-of-burg\">How to change the menu order of BURG</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": ...
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<p>I tried a Google search on the subject; however I came up with nothing. Is there a way I can enable this option so I can enable good 3d performance while using Unity?</p>
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2010-10-22T21:06:43.743
2010-10-30T03:26:12.147
Can I configure Mutter to unredirect fullscreen windows?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your best bet might be to just use compiz instead of mutter. They way you can do that is to install ubuntu-tweak, find the session-control and replace mutter with compiz --replace.</p>\n\n<p>Make sure you have compiz and compizconfig installed. In the compiz config settings, ...
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2010-10-16T11:32:50.583
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<p>I'm trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition on my Lenovo S10-3. According to the release notes, there is a bug in the kernel that forces me to add</p> <pre><code> intel_idle.max_cstate=0 </code></pre> <p>to the kernel parameters. I did this when booting the install CD and I was able to install Ubuntu. Durin...
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Installing on a Lenovo S10-3
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've installed 10.10 Netbook addition without any modifications on my <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenovo_IdeaPad_S10\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lenovo S10e</a> and it works fine. I didn't do the modification you mentioned and chose not to do updates <em>during</em> the in...
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<p>I get very low-volume sound in Ubuntu, and when I raise the volume, it's crackling and noisy. In Windows it works fine. </p> <p>I've got a Realtek ALC800 soundcard, intel ich6 controller. </p> <p>I have tried everything, from changing the alsamixer configuration to installing the newest alsa drivers, and changing ...
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Low and crackling sound with Reaktek ALC800
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In alsa some cards are not meant to be \"maxed out\" in volume. I would leave the mixers around 95% or so. If it is still quiet try moving some mixers and not others. This may or may not help you.</p>\n\n<p>Try turning volume down in alsa a bit so it does not crackle and turn...
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<p>Usually in Gnome and KDE it is only possible to define shortcuts with the <kbd>Super</kbd> key in combination with another key. But is it possible to use <em>only</em> the <kbd>Super</kbd> key as a shortcut, and how could I achieve this?</p>
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2012-10-18T17:24:59.933
Can I use (only) the Super key as a shortcut?
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<p>I can't seem to find an inbuilt way to have Rhythmbox fetch album art for tracks -- stock plugins also don't help. Is there any external package that could do that, or am I maybe missing something?</p>
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How can I have Rhythmbox download album art for tracks?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It would be useful to know what version of Ubuntu you are using. I use Ubuntu 10.04. In my Rhythmbox the cover art wasn't shown, too. But in the Plugins dialog there is a cover plugin. Initially it was checked. I unchecked it and checked it again. And then the area of the alb...
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<p>Is there any way to set appliactions sound (separately by application) in the new sound indicator applet like in the "sound preferences" window?</p> <p>Thanks!</p>
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2010-10-16T13:14:51.547
Set volume levels by application in sound indicator applet?
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<p>Just installed a fresh copy of Maverick, and went from my two monitors working perfectly to broken in seconds.</p> <p>As usual I configured the monitors in the display applet, this worked fine. I also hit Make Default which gave me no problems. I then restarted and the monitors had gone back to Mirror Screen. I cha...
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<p>I'd like to run the new Unity interface from Ubuntu 10.10 inside of a VirtualBox VM (host is Ubuntu 10.04). Is that possible? Thanks!</p>
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2010-10-17T15:48:46.463
2010-12-28T15:39:57.060
How to create a Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 Unity VM under VirtualBox
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<p>Although there is supposed to be a monospace font in the family, the default package doesn't come with it. I tried getting ttf-ubuntu-monospace but there aren't any packages with that name. How/where can I get the monospace font?</p>
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2011-02-13T12:41:42.493
2021-03-16T16:22:02.183
Where can I get the 'Ubuntu Monospace' font?
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2010-10-16T15:45:32.720
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<p>My laptop is ThinkPad Edge, Intel platform. My internal microphone stopped working after I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10.</p> <p>Internal audio analog stereo is checked in Sound Preferences->Input. When I run Sound Recorder - Input Level in Sound Preferences is not changing.</p> <p>What should I do to fix this?</p>
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2010-10-16T15:49:56.963
2010-10-16T18:52:11.767
Internal microphone is not working after upgrade
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<p>In my home , I am have 3 machines and all are in LAN. Out of 3 , one machine is windows loaded and i need to get the shared folders from windows from my Ubuntu 9.10.</p> <p>Previously i had accessed the windows shared files(through smbclient) from my Ubuntu 8.10, but in newer version i can't able to do that.</p> <...
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7035
2011-06-07T15:24:02.530
2011-06-07T15:24:02.530
Shared folder access in LAN between Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows XP
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Personally I just stick <code>smb://windows_address/share_name</code> in Nautilus's address bar (click the pencil or press control+l)</p>\n\n<p>You can also browse the available network through Places -> Network.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { ...
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7742
1
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2010-10-16T16:58:18.877
2
2022
<p>I have dual screen setup for my Ubuntu 10.10 machine,</p> <p>But whenever I try to move an application to another screen by dragging it, it moves to another workspace in my primary monitor instead of second screen.</p> <p>Am I missing something here? Is there any way to drag my application to another screen instea...
4188
4188
2010-10-17T05:10:14.030
2010-10-17T05:10:14.030
Move application between monitors in dual screen setup
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-16T17:49:47.173", "id": "7585", "postId": "7742", "score": "1", "text": "It might be useful to include what graphics driver (and maybe special configuration) and what window manager you are using, or if you don't know the WM, what desktop environment (GNOME, KDE, ...) ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It sounds very much like you have a dual-xscreen setup. There are a few dual-monitor setups:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Twinview</li>\n<li>Dual xscreen</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>Twinview is the setup where you can drag windows between monitors. In this setup, both monitors are part of what we ...
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7749
1
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2010-10-16T17:17:57.660
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<p>I would like to boost the Core frequency, shader clock, and memory clock on an eVGA GTX 480 I have in my development box running 10.04. <em>Is it possible to overclock a recent graphics card from within Ubuntu?</em> I tried the <a href="http://linuxgamingtoday.wordpress.com/2008/01/30/how-to-overclock-nvidia-video...
2696
292500
2021-02-11T04:41:16.520
2021-10-12T18:23:25.613
How can I overclock a graphics card from within Ubuntu?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-16T17:28:03.147", "id": "7577", "postId": "7749", "score": "0", "text": "Note: if you copied the code straight off that coolbits explanation, you would have copied curly-quotes, not straight `\"`s. That might explain why it didn't work for you.", "userDisplayName":...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You almost had it. Coolbits is the way. Here's my device in <code>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Section \"Device\"\n Identifier \"Device0\"\n Driver \"nvidia\"\n VendorName \"NVIDIA Corporation\"\n BoardName \"GeForce GTX 260\"\...
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7752
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7910
2010-10-16T17:22:04.207
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<p>I switched my wife's notebook from Ubuntu 10.10 to Kubuntu 10.10 (by installing kubuntu-desktop), but sometimes (not always) after filling in username and password, Kububtu hangs in the post-login splash screen (as if it would take forever to bring up the desktop).</p> <p>CPU usage is not high. I have no idea why ...
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17722
2012-08-18T06:30:10.100
2012-08-18T06:30:10.100
Kubuntu hangs in the splash screen after login
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This problem always happened due to bad drivers for me.I fixed it by disabling Compositing.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-17T13:50:05.343", "id": "7772", "postId": "7910", "score": "0", "text": "Thanks! How...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This problem always happened due to bad drivers for me.I fixed it by disabling Compositing.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-17T13:50:05.343", "id": "7772", "postId": "7910", "score": "0", ...
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7757
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2010-10-16T18:01:49.407
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<p>Maybe a non-geek that knows of the existence of a firewall is already some kind of a nerd. If you have been a windows-user then it was rather easy to set up a firewall (I don't know if it was a good one!): enable a firewall with maximum protection. Then for each program that tried to make an internet-connection a no...
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2023-02-26T09:31:09.993
How can a non-geek set up a proper firewall?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-16T18:35:34.243", "id": "7596", "postId": "7757", "score": "0", "text": "For most people those questions are quite useless, as they don't know what to answer to them (e.g. they don't know how to find out if an application is really what it pretends to be).", "userD...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>gufw</h2>\n<p>gufw is an easy and intuitive way to manage your Linux firewall. It supports common tasks such as allowing or blocking preconfigured, common p2p, or individual port(s), and many others. To install gufw in all currently supported versions of Ubuntu open the term...
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7760
1
7785
2010-10-16T18:13:53.843
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<p>Background: I have never used Rhythmbox on this computer.</p> <p>I just accidentally opened Rhythmbox while my MP3 player was plugged in. Without asking me or explaining what it was doing it started "Importing..." with high disk IO activity in my home folder. I exited the program to stop it, but not before it reach...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:36.527
2010-10-16T19:24:11.937
What does Rhythmbox do the first time it is run?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't think that Rhythmbox copies music files from MP3-players if the user hasn't told it to do so.</p>\n\n<p>What you saw was Rhythmbox scanning your Music folder. It is default behaviour of Rhythmbox to watch that directory and make sure all music files in that directory are in i...
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7762
1
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2010-10-16T18:18:16.953
1
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<p>I'm securing my ssh server with <a href="http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/index.html" rel="nofollow">DenyHosts</a>, and decided to dig into DenyHosts' configuration to make sure things looked good. There's an option called SERVER_SYNC, that makes an xmlrpc call and seems to crowdsource securing an SSH server by usin...
3301
235
2010-10-19T00:45:24.327
2011-10-20T03:15:46.263
DenyHosts SERVER_SYNC option, call for anecdotal reports
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I certainly am using it. </p>\n\n<p>It works as you'd expect it to and it is probably denyhosts best feature.</p>\n\n<p>I have a bunch of servers each one is set up using </p>\n\n<pre><code>SYNC_SERVER = http://xmlrpc.denyhosts.net:9911 \nSYNC_INTERVAL = 1h\nSYNC_UPLOAD = YES\nSYNC_D...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I certainly am using it. </p>\n\n<p>It works as you'd expect it to and it is probably denyhosts best feature.</p>\n\n<p>I have a bunch of servers each one is set up using </p>\n\n<pre><code>SYNC_SERVER = http://xmlrpc.denyhosts.net:9911 \nSYNC_INTERVAL = 1h\nSYNC_UPLOAD = YES...
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7766
1
7772
2010-10-16T18:31:40.570
2
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<p>This might be a rubbish question for AskUbuntu but I'm getting a hardware itch and I think the cheapest way to alleviate it is by chucking another Nvidia GTX 260 in my box and strapping it to my existing one...</p> <p>But I use Twinview (that is two monitors coming out my one card) showing a single screen. I also u...
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2011-09-08T15:04:43.873
2012-08-23T14:31:10.120
Does TwinView work with Nvidia SLI?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well I found this post: <a href=\"http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=153283\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=153283</a></p>\n\n<p>And the people there are somewhat less than happy with SLI performance on Linux. Some of the posts are qu...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well I found this post: <a href=\"http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=153283\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=153283</a></p>\n\n<p>And the people there are somewhat less than happy with SLI performance on Linux. Some of the post...
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7768
1
7786
2010-10-16T18:38:08.700
3
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<p>On <a href="http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?s=cfac626f1c9f948db9d106a33789cbff&amp;showtopic=182896&amp;pid=1131119&amp;st=0&amp;#entry1131119" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this page</a> the final post mentions Xvfb as a way to run a fake Xserver.</p> <p>Is it possible to tie this directly to a specific card as if ...
2696
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:31.777
2010-11-15T19:44:40.933
How can I run a fake X server & link it to a specific GPU?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should ask Nvidia for overclocking support outside the X driver (e.g. in that nvidia-smi tool).</p>\n\n<p>Using a graphics driver that is not for your GPU is not useful, as it doesn't know anything about the hardware, and nvidia-settings only knows about the nvidia driver.</p>\n"...
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7769
1
7807
2010-10-16T18:39:42.143
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<p>Is there a standard or conventional keyboard shortcut for pasting the primary selection?</p> <p>I'd like to select some text and go to another app to paste <em>without</em> trashing my clipboard contents. I'd rather keep my fingers on the keyboard than move to the mouse, find the pointer, position it where I want,...
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1067
2010-12-27T13:51:11.023
2022-03-07T09:24:46.207
Keyboard shortcut for pasting the primary selection
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sending virtual keypresses doesn't work for me (see <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/7775/1273\">comments</a>), but that answer inspired me to look for similar solutions. Sending a &quot;text&quot; event with <code>xvkbd</code> ignores the current state of your physical keyboard:</...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can get this with the combined use of the programs\n<a href=\"http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">xdotool</a> \n(<a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/xdotool\" rel=\"noreferrer\">click to install</a>) and \n<a href=\"http://www.kfish.org/softwa...
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Roger Pate
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1
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2010-10-16T18:44:27.923
4
7987
<p>In windows there is a very good program which block inappropriate sites called K9 web protection I was wondering is there a program like that or a good option to block inappropriate sites?</p>
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2010-10-16T19:33:24.873
2017-04-03T14:51:45.710
K9-like program that blocks websites?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The answers to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/647/parental-controls-with-different-settings-for-different-users\">this question</a> might help you.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA ...
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7776
1
7780
2010-10-16T19:04:07.397
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<p>How can I lock my desktop screen from the command line?</p>
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2011-06-23T03:46:27.607
2018-11-21T15:40:53.540
How do I lock the desktop screen via command line?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2015-01-02T18:31:03.663", "id": "782864", "postId": "7776", "score": "1", "text": "For newer versions of Ubuntu, you can try: http://askubuntu.com/questions/457204/how-can-i-lock-the-screen-using-the-new-lockscreen-from-the-command-line", "userDisplayName": null, "user...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can lock the computer by running <code>gnome-screensaver-command</code> with the <code>-l</code> flag like so:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gnome-screensaver-command -l\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>However this will only work if you have Gnome Screensaver running for your session (should be - unles...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>gnome-screensaver-command --lock</code> will do it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-16T19:08:15.360", "id": "7778", "lastActivityDate": "2010-...
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7788
1
7814
2010-10-16T19:39:23.780
3
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<p>I use docky and GLX cairo dock, I really love dock but one thing that really keeps me from using dock is the fact that none of these give you the option to completely hide them while you an option to hide them completely while you are working on a maximized window, so it gets annoying when you want to click somwhere...
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2018-04-22T23:57:11.063
Is there any way I can completely hide docks while working on a maximized window
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you mean fullscreen windows (like media players, games, etc.) then I'm afraid there is no way for it to work like in Windows. From what I have read there is no way to programatically check if a fullscreen app is running or not. (Thus it's also impossible to have your IM status go ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you mean fullscreen windows (like media players, games, etc.) then I'm afraid there is no way for it to work like in Windows. From what I have read there is no way to programatically check if a fullscreen app is running or not. (Thus it's also impossible to have your IM st...
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7789
1
7873
2010-10-16T19:40:20.080
5
1070
<p>I would like to keep only the original copies of my music on my computer, and then optionally transcode them if necessary when transferring them to my MP3 player. What can I use to accomplish this?</p> <ul> <li>Which media players have this ability built-in?</li> <li>Can I set up a transcoder to watch a folder for ...
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2023-02-16T08:33:39.947
What can I use to transcode and transfer music to my digital audio player at the same time?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Rhythmbox already has this functionality. All you need to do in order to use it is to describe your device for Rhythmbox to know its capabilities. Quote from <a href=\"https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Rhythmbox/FAQ\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Rhythmbox/FAQ</a> :</p>\n\n...
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10109
2010-10-16T20:22:37.223
3
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<p>I feel like hacking into Unity and spent a couple of minutes looking for development documentation, source code, components, the stack of aplications used, etc. It all seems to be buried in the results. Can't find anything related. </p> <p>Can anyone point me a good direction?</p>
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2012-01-05T22:23:49.730
2012-01-05T22:23:49.730
Which is the preferred environment to start hacking unity?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"http://unity.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Getting Involved with Unity</a> is where this documentation will all eventually be documented.</p>\n\n<p>There is an <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unity?action=AttachFile&amp;do=view&amp;target=Unity_Architectu...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Unity's project page <a href=\"https://edge.launchpad.net/unity\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://edge.launchpad.net/unity</a> is a good place to start. You can download source code (mostly Vala with some C as far as I remember) from <a href=\"https://code.edge.launchpad.net/unity\"...
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7798
1
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2010-10-16T20:25:51.753
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<p>Is there some equivalent of Windows' "Tile Windows" in Ubuntu?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/QgDg3.jpg" alt="alt text"></p>
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2011-08-14T08:15:38.867
2022-08-08T10:37:45.653
How do I arrange my windows automatically?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think you can use wmtile for your case: <a href=\"http://ostatic.com/wmtile/home/1\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ostatic.com/wmtile/home/1</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creatio...
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2010-10-16T21:18:17.713
3
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<p>When i try to reactivate my notebook after it went to standby or suspend mode the screen stays black. The only solution i have is to reboot the notebook by pressing the shutdown button. Anyone has any idea to fix the problem? </p>
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2010-11-18T10:10:08.893
2011-09-23T11:27:05.760
No resume after Hibernate or Standby
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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2012-02-01T18:45:20.860
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7811
2010-10-16T21:58:06.030
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<p>If I want to make a backup of my entire OS (including but not just my home directory), how do I go about this? </p> <p>Is it as simple as backing up everything in <code>/</code> and then when if I suffer a crash, just copying the files back over?<br> Will this cover grub, and how do I actually do this when the sys...
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2014-11-28T04:34:31.833
2022-12-24T22:13:51.780
How to back up my entire system?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>FILES</strong></p>\n<p>Refer to this howto: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087</a></p>\n<p>In simple terms, the backup command is:</p>\n<pre class=\"lang-bsh prettyprint-override\"><code...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>FILES</strong></p>\n<p>Refer to this howto: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=35087</a></p>\n<p>In simple terms, the backup command is:</p>\n<pre class=\"lang-bsh prettyprint-override...
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1
7820
2010-10-16T22:54:43.967
3
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<p>I'm not here to criticize pulseaudio, but I find it immature and unnecessary. It eats system resources, causes confusions, and complicates the system by adding an extra layer without seemingly clear benefits, and I'm not the only one who thinks this way. (In fact, for more "real" complaints, refer to this link: <a h...
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3175
2010-10-16T23:05:20.607
2010-10-16T23:26:52.613
Why does Ubuntu use Pulseaudio?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here is <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Specs/CleanupAudioJumble\" rel=\"nofollow\">the WIKI page</a> that will make you understand why Ubuntu switched to Pulseaudio.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here's a good resource for using ALSA/OSS instead of PulseAudio: <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/how-to-switch-to-alsa-or-oss-instead-of.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.webupd8.org/2010/03/how-to-switch-to-alsa-or-oss-instead-of.html</a></p>\n\n<p>As to \"why\" th...
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2010-10-16T23:30:18.157
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1
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2010-10-16T23:54:10.447
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<p>I want to purchase the Fluendo DVD player using the Ubuntu Software Centre. If I reinstalled Ubuntu, would I have to purchase the software again? </p>
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2014-02-16T16:27:33.950
2014-02-16T16:27:33.950
Do I need to re-purchase software in the Ubuntu Software Centre if I reinstall?
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2010-10-17T01:34:12.313
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<p>Ever since I installed 10.10, the network applet stays with a red exclamation point for about 10 seconds. I don't know why this is happening. Please help me, this is very annoying! I didn't have this problem when I was with 10.04. <strong>EDIT:</strong> I should maybe mention the indicator appears, but it says that ...
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Why is my network manager so slow to start?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I believe this may be an inadvertent feature of Ubuntu 10.10 by where the loading of the wireless driver is done <strong>after</strong> the GUI to decrease bootup time. If you'd prefer you can think of it as either everything takes 30 seconds to startup, or the GUI appears in...
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2010-10-17T01:41:58.740
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<p>I have had <a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxgames" rel="nofollow">Crossover Games</a> (also called CX Games) recommended to me as a time-saver for installing Windows-native games on Linux. I have also come across another package called Cedega. These apps make it easier to run games by supplying the cor...
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2010-10-17T05:13:00.187
2011-07-27T15:16:32.373
Is it worth paying for Crossover Games or Cedega?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would say, no. There is already enough documentation for each game, and the most well-known games will work well by default anyway. As said in your edit, PlayOnLinux works, so you could try that. </p>\n\n<p>I don't know about CXGames, but if you really want to you could try...
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2010-10-17T01:50:26.480
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<p>System information:</p> <pre><code>Ubuntu SMP Thu Sep 16 16:05:42 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux </code></pre> <p>Virtual Marchine:</p> <pre><code>VirtualBox 3.1.6_OSE r59338 linux.amd64 </code></pre> <p>I wanna to install a virtual system with x86-64 in Virtual Box,But it seemed that it is impossible to do this.</p>...
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2010-10-19T05:08:28.040
2010-10-19T05:08:28.040
About the architecture of Virtual-Machine
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2010-10-17T03:12:27.153
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7225/sort-music-by-metadata">Sort music by metadata</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is there any way I can automatically organize my Music folder? Banshee (at least I think it was banshee) moved tons of stuff out of thei...
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2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2010-10-17T03:18:47.333
Organize Music Folder Automatically
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2011-06-05T19:22:07.163
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2010-10-17T03:53:01.250
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<p>Is there any other way of removing the "Set Up Mail" and other entries from the message indicator short of uninstalling Evolution? I prefer to use GMail directly through the browser. It's beginning to annoy me since I keep on clicking it by accident then that window pops out.</p>
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2013-12-11T15:06:57.353
2013-12-11T15:06:57.353
How can I remove "Set Up Mail" and other entries from the message indicator?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Note: as per Ted and pydave's comments, my original answer below is not the ideal solution. Refer to the <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/7850/remove-set-up-mail-from-message-indicator/7855#7855\">other</a> <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/7850/remove-set-up...
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2010-10-17T04:44:38.517
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<p>I used to have a perfectly good working DropBox account on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS computer. Somewhere along the chain of "sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade" over the past year, my DropBox suddenly stopped working. Instead, I see Ubuntu One stuff on the menus in Nautilus instead of DropBox.</p> <p>So, I did "ap...
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2011-12-24T05:24:45.143
Ubuntu One Eating My Dropbox
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to issue a <code>dropbox start</code> or possibly a <code>dropbox start -i</code>, it seems as though your daemon is not running.</p>\n\n<p>It will automatically do everything for you, and nautilus extension will be enabled once the daemon starts.</p>\n", "commentCount": "...
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2010-10-17T04:55:42.920
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<p>I was feeling Ubuntu was running a bit sluggish, and then I went to see the processes running on it, and found one which was using something like 50% of CPU called <code>ksoftirqd/0</code>. </p> <p>Does anyone know what this process does, why it is using so much CPU and how to make it less CPU-intensive?</p>
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2013-12-13T14:52:36.293
2020-03-16T15:24:37.197
Why is ksoftirqd/0 process using all of my CPU?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your computer communicates with the devices attached to it through IRQs (interrupt requests). When an interrupt comes from a device, the operating system pauses what it was doing and starts addressing that interrupt.</p>\n\n<p>In some situations IRQs come very very fast one after the...
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2010-10-17T05:00:04.137
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<p>I'm not looking for recommendations on what music player I should use. I would simply like to know which Music players use Ubuntu's new sound menu. The only two I know of for sure are Banshee and Rhythmbox. Maybe Amarok does too? Are there any outside of these?</p>
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2011-02-17T20:23:39.290
2011-02-17T20:23:39.290
Which music players use the SoundMenu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Players need to have <a href=\"http://www.mpris.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">MPRIS</a> support and register themselves on the sound menu as <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoundMenu#Music%20player%20integration\" rel=\"nofollow\">described</a> on the sound menu specification to place th...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>By default it's Banshee and Rhythmbox as you said but Banshee needs a plugin to work with it. I'm sure there's others that work but they might need a plugin. Amarok and Xnoise seem to work as well. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoundMenu\" rel=\"nofollow norefe...
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2010-10-17T05:22:36.447
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<p>I just customised Ubuntu 10.10 using Remastersys using 'dist' option. But, when I booted the custom iso image to pendrive &amp; booted using it, the live desktop is showing up. But, how can I install it? There is no installer in the desktop. Can anyone help?</p>
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2010-10-18T18:00:44.643
2015-10-06T07:02:08.507
No installer icon in Desktop when customized Ubuntu 10.10 using Remastersys
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The install command should still be the forth item down in the Admin menu. Remaster doesn't pick up anything from the desktop but the command should still be in the menu.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense...
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Alan
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2010-10-17T05:33:29.020
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<p>I would like to install a 32-bit deb package on AMD64. It is not anything system critical, would it cause problems? Is there a better way to install?</p>
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2010-10-17T06:29:20.577
Is it ok to force install an 32-bit Debian Package on AMD64?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could do it with</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>sudo dpkg -i --force-all [package.deb]</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>After that you can install needed dependencies with</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>sudo apt-get -f install</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Note that this would probably not work because of non-inst...
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2010-10-17T05:43:41.250
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<p>I was following this guide: <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/set-windows-as-default-os-when-dual-booting-ubuntu/">http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/set-windows-as-default-os-when-dual-booting-ubuntu/</a> in order to make windows the default os when I boot the computer but the problem is that the fi...
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2010-10-17T05:51:38.147
2012-09-14T12:50:14.277
How do I make Windows 7 the default OS instead of ubuntu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Run this: <code>sudo apt-get install startupmanager</code>. Then you can launch <code>startupmanager</code> which gives you a GUI to change many settings, including default OS to boot.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": ...
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2010-10-17T06:32:46.937
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<p>I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit on my PC with my USB Flash disk. I then installed an NVIDIA driver through <strong>Additional Drivers</strong>. Unfortunately, I forgot the driver's version, but I think it's nvidia-185. </p> <p>And I rebooted my PC an ugly splash screen appeared, and I can't pass the login scre...
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2018-10-08T07:58:14.657
2018-10-08T07:58:14.657
Ubuntu crashes and I can't log in after installing NVIDIA driver through Additional Drivers
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need to reconfigure xorg. See <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=690760\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">this thread on Ubuntu Forums</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 4.0"...
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Sabiq
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2010-10-17T06:55:38.390
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<p>I have installed Ubuntu Server 10.04 as a guest operating system under VirtualBox 3.2.10. My host system is Ubuntu 9.04</p> <p>I have configured two network adapters for the guess (a NAT one and a host-only one)</p> <p>The NAT one is recognized without problems by the guest, but in order to recognize the host-only...
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2010-10-19T00:51:31.523
2021-01-08T10:24:08.023
Server does not recognize second VirtualBox Adapter
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>have you got the interface configured in <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code> ? if not add the lines</p>\n\n<pre><code> auto eth1\n iface eth1 inet dhcp\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and restart</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-0...
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2010-10-17T06:57:11.663
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<p>I want to use DropBox instead of Ubuntu One. But I like the idea of buying MP3s for 88 cents from Ubuntu One because it can help contribute cash to the Ubuntu project.</p> <p>I have disabled and uninstalled Ubuntu One client on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS workstation. Is there a way that I can still purchase and download M...
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2010-11-04T19:28:11.610
How Do I Purchase Ubuntu One Songs Without Using Ubuntu One File Sharing?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you buy the music via searching for it using the Amazon search in the firefox search bar, your purchase will support Canonical, and you won't need Ubuntu One.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/T8dLg.png\" alt=\"screenshot of Amazon search in the firefox search bar\"><...
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1
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2010-10-17T07:18:24.843
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<p>I have been using Ubuntu for quite some time but, I have no idea what the X server is? I hear it quite often.</p> <p>I would like to know what the X Server is and what it does. How <code>~/.xinitrc</code> file is used and knowing what the x.org does in the realm of X Server?</p>
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2017-05-10T04:22:29.037
2018-10-12T05:49:02.253
What is the X server?
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chetan
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2010-10-17T07:23:25.907
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<p>In Nautilus, the Properties of a <strong>single</strong> item shows the size as:<br> a value <strong>rounded to one decimal place</strong>... nn.n KB, MB, GB...<br> followed by an <strong>exact byte count</strong> </p> <p>For <strong>non-single</strong> items, Nautilus onlys show a <strong>rounded</strong> size.</...
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2670
2010-10-18T06:04:49.863
2010-10-18T06:04:49.863
Can the Nautilus Properties page show size in bytes for multiple-selects, and for directories?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The value displayed is called by the function <a href=\"http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/2.15/glib-Miscellaneous-Utility-Functions.html#g-format-size-for-display\">g_format_size_for_display</a> of GLib. You have to edit the source code of nautilus to change this behaviour by just ...
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2010-10-17T08:06:16.880
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4103/panel-items-look-weird">panel items look weird</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>How do I fix this error? I know this can be done by restarting the panel, but this is not convenient because every time you boot you nee...
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2017-04-13T12:23:23.123
2010-10-17T17:49:01.637
How to fix the panel indicator display errors?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is a bug for this one already:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/660877\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/660877</a></p>\n\n<p>It doesn't have any other people saying anything in it...
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2010-10-17T22:29:52.623
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user4226
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2010-10-17T08:17:13.987
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<p>Hopefully an easy one, I have just installed docky on my media center and it refuses to display the correct icon for nautilus when I have it open. Instead I get an ugly grey box. Anyone know how to fix this?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yr37E.png" alt="alt text"></p>
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2010-10-17T13:00:36.197
2011-03-09T12:10:34.603
Docky is not showing the correct icon
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to a few questions on Launchpad (<a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/do/+question/35584\" rel=\"nofollow\">1</a>, <a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/do/+question/75926\" rel=\"nofollow\">2</a>, and <a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/do/+question/116151\" rel=\...
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2010-10-17T08:34:48.200
1
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<p>I have 2 monitors (laptop + monitor). One of them 1280*800, second - 1366*768. Now i have 3 problems:</p> <ol> <li>How can i do that all ubuntu panels be only on laptop (first) display?</li> <li>On notebook resolution is 800, on display 768. Of course i have "blind" zone, where i cant see cursor. Nvidia settings sh...
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2010-10-17T15:41:04.173
Dual monitors in ubuntu 10.10
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>How can i do that all ubuntu panels be\n only on laptop (first) display?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>In your panel's preferences, disable streching across the whole screen temporarily. Now you can drag your panel to your laptop's screen and re-enable streching. ...
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7890
1
7896
2010-10-17T09:07:59.263
2
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<p>I installed the Adobe Flash plugin from the software center. Installation took a long and never finished.</p> <p>After a reboot the package is marked as installed but Firefox still says its missing this plugin. I tried uninstalling it from the software center but it just says 'removing" for ever.</p> <p>What can I...
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1363
2010-10-17T09:25:53.743
2010-10-17T09:28:33.050
Can't install Adobe Flash Plugin in 10.10
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-17T09:09:42.000", "id": "7726", "postId": "7890", "score": "0", "text": "Could you open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal) and tell us what happens if you enter `sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer` (you will need to enter your password)", "use...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is that flashplugin-installer actually downloads the flash tar.gz from Canonical's partner repository (even if is not enabled). It seems that repository is down frequently lately. Is not the first time I see this problem. Get the deb file from Adobe directly <a href=\"htt...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is that flashplugin-installer actually downloads the flash tar.gz from Canonical's partner repository (even if is not enabled). It seems that repository is down frequently lately. Is not the first time I see this problem. Get the deb file from Adobe directly <a hr...
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7891
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8029
2010-10-17T09:12:50.467
4
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<p>I have an existing install of Ubuntu 10.10, I have installed using ext4 as my filesystem. I want to change to btrfs. </p> <p>1) Is this sane? If a reinstall is really the only sane way to do this, please let me know.</p> <p>2) What is the safest way to do this?</p> <p>I have enough space on the HDD to create anot...
3739
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2011-02-18T08:48:54.193
Changing the filesystem of the root partition after install
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-17T09:14:12.617", "id": "7729", "postId": "7891", "score": "0", "text": "If I use the spare space as a temporary holding-space for my data, copying it there, reformatting the original root partition to btrfs and copying my files back to the partition they started on, w...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>btrfs is marked as experimental, so it's not recommended. But it's your machine... I'd make sure I have backups of everything I cared about. </p>\n\n<p>If it's just system data that you have ( ie from packages) then a fresh install is the way to go. You can keep your existing config...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think you will find a fresh install is the most hassle free way to do this. Bear in mind GRUB cannot currently boot from btrfs so you will need an additional ext3/4 partition for <code>/boot</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creatio...
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7892
1
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2010-10-17T09:14:15.393
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<p>I would like to use Ubuntu as my main operating system but I get too many xruns when I run jack. I tried several solutions I found online but I could not solve the problem. I am very happy with the audio settings in puredyne. Is there a way to compare audio settings in puredyne with the settings in ubuntu? which con...
4088
235
2010-10-24T00:54:02.933
2010-10-24T00:54:02.933
Copying default puredyne audio settings?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I know the only options for JACK are passed from command-line, when the daemon is started. The only config file I know is ~/.jackdrc (i guess it is used by qjackctl) which stores the command that is used to run JACK, with all the arguments. So for example my ~/.jack...
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7895
1
7913
2010-10-17T09:17:48.377
4
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<p>Well, the title is pretty much it.</p> <p>When I start my system I always get the same user on the login screen (this is the original user created when the system was first installed). How can I change that so I won't have to type in the actual username I use everyday each time?</p>
1363
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2016-01-29T09:32:35.250
How can I change the default user shown in the login screen?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yep that is easy :</p>\n\n<p>Open the GDM custom configuration file :</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksudo gedit /etc/gdm/custom.conf\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Should have a lot of comment and at the end look like this :</p>\n\n<pre><code>[daemon]\n\n[security]\n\n[xdmcp]\n\n[gui]\n\n[greeter]\n\n[ch...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Go to (gdmsetup): System -> Administration -> Login Screen</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-17T10:58:38.750", "id": "7743", "postId": "7906", "score": "0", "text": "In the `login as ......
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7907
1
7917
2010-10-17T10:44:05.453
2
1179
<p>Here is my issue:</p> <p>I have an old 1.6 GB hard drive that has been sitting in the basement for a while. It actually booted up with Windows 95/98 and the when I explored the hard drive it looked like data was still there.</p> <p>I took out the hard drive and put it in an external hd enclosure and hooked it up t...
2240
2240
2010-10-17T11:06:59.737
2010-10-17T11:12:51.130
How to get Ubuntu to recognize an old Windows 95/98 partitioned hard drive?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-17T18:17:03.597", "id": "7831", "postId": "7907", "score": "0", "text": "That can mean 2 things: either the drive is broken or there is something wrong with your external drive enclosure.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "935" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should run Testdisk on the drive to fix its partition table. You can install Testdisk by typing :</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install testdisk\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Start testdisk with sudo :</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo testdisk\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And follow the Step-by-Step instr...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try instructions here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions\" rel=\"nofollow\">ubuntu help</a></p>\n\n<p>scroll down to the FAT32 and FAT16 section.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null,...
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7924
1
7987
2010-10-17T12:09:28.280
6
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<p>Is it possible to assign <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Tab</kbd> to the control key on the right?</p>
4236
25798
2011-11-26T17:04:20.527
2011-11-26T17:04:20.527
Assign shift+tab to the control button on the right?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In X11 jargon, the name for a key is called its <em>keysym</em> (short for:\nkey symbol). The keysym generated by <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd>\nis <code>ISO_Left_Tab</code>. So, in theory, one could just assign the\n<code>ISO_Left_Tab</code> keysym to any key (which you can do w...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In X11 jargon, the name for a key is called its <em>keysym</em> (short for:\nkey symbol). The keysym generated by <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd>\nis <code>ISO_Left_Tab</code>. So, in theory, one could just assign the\n<code>ISO_Left_Tab</code> keysym to any key (which you ...
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7925
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7929
2010-10-17T12:16:58.953
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<p>Ubuntu 10.10 warns me about low disk space even when there are about 2 GiB free. For me "low disk space" is 50 MiB or less as I use to use my disks at 100% capacity. The warning could be useful for me if it was warning only when I am really running nearly OUT of space. Can this be configured?</p>
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2017-09-08T19:58:06.353
2020-01-17T16:41:05.457
Can I configure low disk space warning to a lesser threshold?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The notification is part of the gnome-settings-daemon, you can change its behaviour in gconf-editor. To do so:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Press <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F2</kbd> and enter <code>gconf-editor</code></li>\n<li>Go to apps > gnome_settings_daemon > plugins > housekeeping</li>\n<li>Cha...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The notification is part of the gnome-settings-daemon, you can change its behaviour in gconf-editor. To do so:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Press <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F2</kbd> and enter <code>gconf-editor</code></li>\n<li>Go to apps > gnome_settings_daemon > plugins > housekeeping</li>\...
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7926
1
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2010-10-17T12:17:02.573
6
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<p>How can I make the indicator applet show my online friends from empathy? Is it even possible with the current indicator?</p>
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2010-10-17T13:56:54.500
2010-10-17T13:56:54.500
Show contacts in Indicator applet
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Unfortunately no, this is not currently available for the indicator applet.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-17T12:23:53.167", "id": "7927", "lastAct...
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7928
1
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2010-10-17T12:26:09.170
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<p>My laptop's hard drive heats up quite badly. The regular operating range hovers around 42-44 Centigrade. It gets even worse when the screen is locked with temperatures shooting up to 50C. The casing next to the track pad gets ridiculously hot and at this point I am really worried that continuous high temperatures i...
2321
2321
2010-10-17T15:44:11.700
2015-05-17T00:13:25.620
Hard drive overheating badly
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-12-11T06:20:37.997", "id": "98906", "postId": "7928", "score": "0", "text": "Mine hovers around 56° C., so 50° doesn't sound too bad :) Truthfully, laptop hard drives are designed to withstand higher temperatures.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I know this might be kind of obvious, but have you tried dusting out your laptop? I had the exact same problem on my Acer Ferrari, and once I cleaned all the dust out it cooled down quite nicely.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate...
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7930
1
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2010-10-17T12:39:52.727
1
4707
<p>I was following the <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX" rel="nofollow">instructions</a> but got this:</p> <pre><code>$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freenx-team Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb....
1363
235
2010-11-16T20:15:49.517
2010-11-16T20:15:49.517
How can I install FreeNX server?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-17T14:27:05.343", "id": "7778", "postId": "7930", "score": "0", "text": "@hhlp: I didn't get it. Should I just wait for a ppa? What can I do in the meanwhile? I really need my freenx server running.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1363" }, { "crea...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you can do it yourself </p>\n\n<h1>Add this PPA to it's own list file</h1>\n\n<p>sudo bash -c \"echo 'deb <a href=\"http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ppa/ubuntu\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ppa.launchpad.net/freenx-team/ppa/ubuntu</a> VERSION main\ndeb-src <a href=\"http://pp...
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7931
1
7961
2010-10-17T12:50:53.877
5
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<p>Given the fact <code>shred</code> will not be effective on ext3, I wonder what are the available alternatives right now.</p> <pre><code>$ man shred ... CAUTION: Note that shred relies on a very important assumption: that the file system overwrites data in place. This is the traditional way to do thin...
3575
41
2010-10-17T12:58:17.217
2010-10-17T15:51:22.823
Shred alternatives EXT3?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>shred</code> is fine if you want to shred an entire partition, and most will probably be destroyed if you shred a single file, but possibly not all. If you shred the entire partition then you work below the level of the filesystem (and will have to recreate a filesystem after t...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I can tell there are no alternatives to shred for journaled file systems. However you can turn your ext3 partition into ext2 temporarily, though it can be a pain. For more information take a look at <a href=\"http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/shred_and_sec...
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7933
1
7934
2010-10-17T13:19:20.730
5
1061
<p>I had to do a hard reboot on my computer while installing mysql-admin and now I get an error when trying to install it.</p> <p>Here is the error message: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dC3Xq.png" alt="alt text"></p> <p>How can I "repair this" ?</p>
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2014-02-13T02:23:15.033
2014-02-13T02:23:15.033
How to repair a failed install?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I launched \"synaptic\" which told me how to fix it.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>sudo dpkg --configure -a</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-17T13:23:49.097", "id...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I launched \"synaptic\" which told me how to fix it.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>sudo dpkg --configure -a</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-17T13...
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7936
1
7938
2010-10-17T13:31:58.167
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<p>I can mount my remote server home using:</p> <pre><code>mount servername:/home /mnt/home </code></pre> <p>but this only lasts until reboot.</p> <p>I added the following the the end of <code>/etc/fstab</code>:</p> <pre><code>servername:/home /mnt/home </code></pre> <p>but I get an error while restarting saying m...
1363
null
null
2010-10-17T13:42:26.090
Can mount using mount but not using /etc/fstab
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Entries in <code>/etc/fstab</code> normally have four to six fields; I'm not sure if omitting the third field (filesystem type) and fourth field (options) will work. Try</p>\n\n<pre><code>servername:/home /mnt/home nfs auto\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>In fact one problem I can foresee is...
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7937
1
7940
2010-10-17T13:39:54.027
2
374
<p>In maverick, I get the login sound when my computer starts up and I auto-login.</p> <p>The happens despite the fact that I've turned off the "play login sound" on the administration > login screen dialog.</p> <p>How can I turn off the login sound playing?</p>
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2010-10-17T13:45:20.287
2010-10-17T13:53:23.590
Login sound still plays despite disabling from administration login screen
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The login screen dialog dictates what happens when GDM (The login screen loads) The sound you're likely referring to is actually the GNOME Login Sound which can be disabled in the Startup Applications windows under</p>\n\n<p>System > Preferences > Startup Applications</p>\n\n<p><img ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Maybe try <strong>Preferences > Startup Applications > Gnome Login Sound</strong>, and disabling it.</p>\n\n<p>EDIT: I would also like to add that you change the sound to your whim: you could put any 10-second sound when Ubuntu starts up.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", ...
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7944
1
7945
2010-10-17T13:58:44.527
6
3779
<p>I guess some of the screensavers in Ubuntu are nice. But I'd really like more. Is there a website with screensavers for Ubuntu? </p> <p>Also, I am particularly looking for a screensaver that looks a bit like Mac's ribbon ribbons of light thing.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dHnAz.jpg" alt="alt text"><...
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527764
2017-03-10T06:37:07.580
2023-02-19T08:27:06.783
How can I add screensavers?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>sudo apt-get install xscreensaver-gl-extra\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>There's a nice once called Flurry but it's quite intensive on the computer and not a very energy-efficient method of <strong>not</strong> using your computer.</p>\n\n<p>Here's what it looks like:</p>\n\n<p><img s...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>sudo apt-get install xscreensaver-gl-extra\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>There's a nice once called Flurry but it's quite intensive on the computer and not a very energy-efficient method of <strong>not</strong> using your computer.</p>\n\n<p>Here's what it looks like:</p>\n\n<...
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7949
1
7953
2010-10-17T14:32:02.560
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<p>I have a local server running Ubuntu 10.04 headlessly. When I ssh to the server I get some core information about the system, such as </p> <pre><code>System load: 0.0 Processes: XXX Usage of /: 2.5% of 452.69GB Users logged in: 0 Memory usage: 10% IP address for lo: ...
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2014-06-09T17:07:00.093
2020-05-01T07:48:35.723
Where does the System Information information come from on login?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The command is</p>\n\n<pre><code>landscape-sysinfo\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>it is run from <code>/etc/update-motd.d/50-landscape-sysinfo</code> when you have installed the package landscape-common.</p>\n\n<p>As of Ubuntu 12.04 (perhaps earlier), update-motd is run at login time by the PA...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The command is</p>\n\n<pre><code>landscape-sysinfo\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>it is run from <code>/etc/update-motd.d/50-landscape-sysinfo</code> when you have installed the package landscape-common.</p>\n\n<p>As of Ubuntu 12.04 (perhaps earlier), update-motd is run at login time b...
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7950
1
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2010-10-17T14:44:40.643
3
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<p>I recently installed Ubuntu Server on an old machine, to set up a website with family photos etc. It is connected to the Internet via my home router (WRT160Nv2). I set the connection up with a static IP address (192.168.1.200), set forwarding rules on the router (for port 80). Apache2 is set up to listen on port 80 ...
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2010-10-17T15:52:31.103
How to open ports for outside traffic?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Oh, I feel stupid now.\nIt was a typo in network configuration (/etc/network/interfaces), wrong default gateway.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-17T15:52:31...
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2011-12-09T21:32:30.250
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Jan K
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1
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2010-10-17T15:26:14.837
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1308/unity-launcher-is-it-available-as-a-separate-package">Unity launcher &mdash; is it available as a separate package?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is it possible just to get the unity launcher - JUST be the unity <...
2877
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2010-10-29T13:26:15.740
Unity launcher in Desktop Edition?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T12:17:54.370", "id": "9610", "postId": "7955", "score": "0", "text": "Just for clarity: 11.04 Desktop edition will use a desktop version of unity's current interface. But you're probably correct in that it will have the dock. I looking forward to this, just hope it'...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could use the <a href=\"http://bigrza.deviantart.com/art/Unite-for-DockbarX-165172732\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Unite theme</a> for <a href=\"https://edge.launchpad.net/dockbar\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">dockbarx</a> that is intended to replicate Unity. Dockbarx is <a href...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>An alternative to the unity dock is the dockbarx applet, make sure you install the extra themes so get the unity themes (assuming you are using Ubuntu 10.10, an <code>'apt-get install ubuntu-netbook'</code>)</p>\n\n<p>This is the PPA link:\n<a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~do...
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2010-10-29T14:36:03.063
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7960
1
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2010-10-17T15:45:19.780
2
574
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6784/is-it-possible-to-make-indicator-appmenu-ignore-a-specific-application">Is it possible to make indicator-appmenu ignore a specific application?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I recently installed the Indicator Appl...
4248
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:56.577
2010-10-17T15:45:19.780
How to disable Indicator Applet Application Menu for Eclipse
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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2010-10-17T16:14:09.263
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7968
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2010-10-17T16:30:54.480
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<p>I'm having trouble installing <code>libunrar.so</code>. It's required for <a href="http://calibre-ebook.com/">Calibre</a> to convert CBR files.</p> <p>Anyone an idea on where to get it (package or source)?</p>
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3550
2010-10-18T18:33:01.170
2020-08-11T23:43:58.833
libunrar.so not found
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>download calibre</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/calibre/files/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://sourceforge.net/projects/calibre/files/</a></p>\n\n<p>select your system :</p>\n\n<p>64 bits : calibre-x.x.xx-x86_64.tar.bz2</p>\n\n<p>32 bits : calibre-x.x.xx-i686.tar.bz2</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>download calibre</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/calibre/files/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://sourceforge.net/projects/calibre/files/</a></p>\n\n<p>select your system :</p>\n\n<p>64 bits : calibre-x.x.xx-x86_64.tar.bz2</p>\n\n<p>32 bits : calibre-x.x.xx-i686.t...
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2010-10-17T17:00:39.560
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<p>I have around a 150gb hard drive that I had fully allocated to Ubuntu 10.10. I fired up the gparted live cd and reduced it by 47gb for a small ntfs partition for Windows. </p> <p>When it was completed, I rebooted and Ubuntu seemed to load up fine, however, I get the following error at the gdm login screen:</p> <bl...
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2013-03-16T10:37:44.133
Disk is full after runing gparted?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have had this exact problem before, and believe it or not, the answer is rather simple. If you have a livecd/usb, run a disk check on the disk from the terminal and allow it to fix and problems found, and voila, problem solved.</p>\n\n<p>Just for a heads up, to expand on why this h...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have had this exact problem before, and believe it or not, the answer is rather simple. If you have a livecd/usb, run a disk check on the disk from the terminal and allow it to fix and problems found, and voila, problem solved.</p>\n\n<p>Just for a heads up, to expand on wh...
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2010-10-17T17:04:13.280
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<p>I have a gigabit network set up in my house and a few Ubuntu based boxes. Out of complete curiosity I would like to check the speed between the two boxes.</p> <p>I am not having any problems with speed or anything, it really is just the geek in me that is curious. Plus maybe the results will let me know if there is ...
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2023-05-06T06:56:05.987
2023-05-06T06:56:05.987
How do you test the network speed between two boxes?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I use <code>iperf</code>. It's a client server arrangement in that you run it in server mode at one end and connect to its from another computer on the other side of the network.</p>\n\n<p>One both machines run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install iperf\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>We'll ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I use <code>iperf</code>. It's a client server arrangement in that you run it in server mode at one end and connect to its from another computer on the other side of the network.</p>\n\n<p>One both machines run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install iperf\n</code></pre>\n\n<...
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7979
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2010-10-17T17:22:10.470
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<p>Background: I cannot figure out how to make Rhythmbox scan ONLY the folder with my music in it. I want to delete all of its settings and start over.</p> <p>What do I have to do to make Rhythmbox think it's never been run before?</p>
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2021-08-16T16:26:09.420
How can I reset all Rhythmbox preferences and library information?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Remove these folders: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>~/.local/share/rhythmbox</code> </li>\n<li><code>~/.cache/rhythmbox</code> </li>\n<li><code>~/.gconf/apps/rhythmbox</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can use your file browser to do this or run this command from the terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Remove these folders: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>~/.local/share/rhythmbox</code> </li>\n<li><code>~/.cache/rhythmbox</code> </li>\n<li><code>~/.gconf/apps/rhythmbox</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>You can use your file browser to do this or run this command from the terminal:</p>\n\...
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2010-10-17T17:24:31.997
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<p>Just found something strange after updating from 10.04 to 10.10. I've set up my screensaver to lock the account when activated.</p> <p>When I log back in, I see my desktop for a second and then the screensaver starts again and I have to re-login. I checked my process list in gnome system monitor, and I have two gno...
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2010-10-17T18:07:33.593
2011-01-16T13:27:16.157
Screensaver + lock double login problem after Maverick upgrade
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As suggested by DoR, a restart seems to have resolved the issue permanently.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-20T22:36:01.310", "id": "8576", "lastActivityDate": "2010-10-...
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1
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2010-10-17T19:34:21.017
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<p>I'm trying to compile an application (peekabot) from source on a clean install of 10.10 (this is under VirtualBox on OS X, but I don't think that this is a problem). When it performs a linking step it fails because of a missing static library:</p> <pre><code>libtool: link: cannot find the library `/usr/lib/libgdk_p...
4263
4263
2010-10-17T19:55:07.167
2011-04-06T12:47:12.570
What can I do about missing libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.la?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-18T14:29:16.020", "id": "7980", "postId": "7990", "score": "0", "text": "The developer of peekabot has now filed this as a bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtkglextmm/+bug/662572", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4263" }, { "creationDa...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>My fix for this was to open the files</p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/lib/libgtkglextmm-x11-1.2.la\n /usr/lib/libgdkglextmm-x11-1.2.la \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and replace any occurrences of</p>\n\n<pre><code> /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.la\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>with</p>\n\n<pre><code>-lgdk_pixbu...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Are you building a 32-bit application on 64-bit by chance? This question reminds me of <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/+bug/641056\" rel=\"nofollow\">this bug</a> which I'm not 100% sure we fixed this cycle.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", ...
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7993
1
8010
2010-10-17T19:48:19.933
19
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<p>I intend to use <code>mutt</code> to send automated emails via <code>cron</code> or <code>at</code> with attachments to my gmail address when particular events happen on my Ubuntu server. Currently, <code>mutt</code> cannot send email to external email addresses, I believe this is because I need to setup a Mail Tra...
1449
1449
2010-10-17T21:32:24.267
2014-11-11T08:33:44.143
How can I setup a Mail Transfer Agent?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-17T21:12:39.040", "id": "7864", "postId": "7993", "score": "1", "text": "You don't need mutt to have cron or at send mails to your gmail-account. Any properly configured MTA should be enough for that.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "935" }, { "cr...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are a few choices to be made when selecting an MTA to install;\nthe first one is whether you want a <em>send-only</em> MTA or you need a\nfully-fledged mail server.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/1449/lightweight-outgoing-smtp-server\">This Unix.SE...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would recommend <code>msmtp</code>. Setting up other mail systems, such as <code>sendmail</code>, is definitely quite a hassle. Once you have <code>msmtp</code> setup, you can use it with <code>mutt</code>, and you can also masquerade it as <code>sendmail</code> so that pro...
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7994
1
8073
2010-10-17T19:48:54.880
4
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<p>Basically, I want the new user to have only a few permissions -- can't read the normal users' home directories, can only read or write files to one directory (can only read or write <code>/home/user/</code>... can not read or write <code>/home/me/</code> or read or write <code>/home/someoneelse/</code>. That's a com...
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2010-10-18T18:21:40.503
How can I create a new user with the equivalent of a Windows guest-user's permissions?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-17T20:33:41.647", "id": "7850", "postId": "7994", "score": "1", "text": "Can you please elaborate this a little more? What you describe is the default behaviour.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1029" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't know anything about that other operating system's \"guest user permissions\" but for Ubuntu you can create users with any privileges you like. On the other hand, there exists a \"guest session\" which can be accessed from an already started session. Both are described <a href...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/en/man1/umask.1posix.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">umask</a> such that file permissions are set to only allow the file owners access to their files automatically.</p>\n\n<p>You could also use <a href=\"http://manpag...
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2010-10-17T19:49:52.890
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<p>When I plug in my digital audio player two prompts to run programs appear simultaneously:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7SKzP.png" alt="screenshot"></p> <p>How can I disable the prompt for the player's memory card so that only one prompt is displayed?</p>
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2010-10-18T21:54:30.320
How can I disable the prompt to run programs for my digital audio player's memory card?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-17T20:38:47.293", "id": "7854", "postId": "7995", "score": "2", "text": "You might want to file a bug report about this, it should be possible for the system to detect this situation. (And I don't have an immediate solution for this, except maybe hiding the memory car...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Right now, there is nothing you can do. Nautilus doesn't have the functionality to recognize that there are two storage devices in one player.</p>\n\n<p>As a workaround you can go to the nautilus settings and edit them so that no prompt at all is displayed. You still have the option ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Right now, there is nothing you can do. Nautilus doesn't have the functionality to recognize that there are two storage devices in one player.</p>\n\n<p>As a workaround you can go to the nautilus settings and edit them so that no prompt at all is displayed. You still have the...
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2010-10-17T19:51:53.727
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<p>I recently upgraded to 10.04, then to an ATI graphics card (I used the internal graphics port before) and now noticed that blender is behaving very strange. Menus don't work or very slowly, fragments on the screen and so on. I didn't try anything else because it's impossible to use.</p> <p>The card is an ATI Radeon...
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2011-01-30T16:11:19.183
2012-05-18T02:29:37.683
Problems with Blender3D and ATI graphics
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have an ATI Radeon HD 4350 with the open source drivers, and Blender seems to work fine on Ubuntu 10.10 (with visual effects enabled).</p>\n\n<p>You could try a 10.10 live CD to see if the problem still exists there for you.</p>\n\n<p>Another thing you can test, on your 10....
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2012-05-22T19:15:08.803
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2010-10-17T19:58:00.150
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<p>I have Ubuntu 10.10 and I have two users registered on it. Once User1 enters to the system and doesn't close his session and User2 enters to the system, User2 can't see Network Manager in his panel. So, he can not see list of available WiFi, etc. </p> <p>How can I solve this bug? </p>
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2012-08-25T05:44:19.247
2012-08-25T05:44:19.247
There is no Network Manager in the panel for the second user
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a well known upstream bug that appears to be unfixable. It has been open for over two years. You can see <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/284596\" rel=\"nofollow\">the bug report here</a>.</p>\n\n<p>In the event that you are logged in s...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Normally this means the second user isn't authorized to change NM settings.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Make common connections available system-wide.</li>\n<li>Give the second user the authorizations required from the Users configuration screen.</li>\n</ul>\n", "commentCount": "5",...
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2010-10-17T20:03:06.447
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<p>is there a tool that enables you to scroll by dragging the mouse with the right button pressed. I was using an app called "MouseImp" on Windows many years ago. The tool was quite handy, since you were able to scroll much faster than with the mouse-wheel e.g. on large pages. Moreover you were able to scroll horizonta...
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2010-10-19T15:34:54.233
MouseImp alternative on Linux (drag and scroll)?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have just found the tool that pefectly works! It is even better than MoueImp on Windows has been, and works globally, anywhere you have a scrollbar.</p>\n\n<p>It is called <strong>Gpointing</strong> and can be installed from the Ubuntu Software-Center or by typing</p>\n\n<pre><code...
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8001
1
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2010-10-17T20:06:39.550
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<p>I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed inside of Windows using <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/windows-installer" rel="nofollow">Wubi</a>. I am running out of space on my Ubuntu disk (currently 405.1 MB free). I have a 180 GB hard drive and when I installed Ubuntu I only allocated 10 GB to it. </p> <p>How...
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2010-10-17T20:21:55.990
How can I increase my disk space when Ubuntu is installed inside Windows?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The official Wubi page lists 2 options:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Using LVPM (but the site states that it wouldn't work with 10.04, so I guess it won't work with 10.10)</li>\n<li>Moving your /home to a new virtual disk using the <code>wubi-add-virtual-disk</code> script. You can insta...
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8002
1
8005
2010-10-17T20:18:35.530
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<p>Is <code>sudo aptitude purge ubuntuone?</code> sufficient to remove everything Ubuntu One-related from my system?</p>
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2010-10-17T20:35:16.543
How to remove everything Ubuntu One-related?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>this guide is great :</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22881/remove-ubuntu-one-from-ubuntu-10.04/\">http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22881/remove-ubuntu-one-from-ubuntu-10.04/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-03-10T1...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>this guide is great :</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22881/remove-ubuntu-one-from-ubuntu-10.04/\">http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22881/remove-ubuntu-one-from-ubuntu-10.04/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate...
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8006
1
8009
2010-10-17T20:36:21.110
4
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<p>After connecting to a local ftp server, how can I access the files through the terminal?</p>
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2018-12-27T11:06:32.253
2018-12-27T11:06:32.253
Accessing files in local ftp server files through terminal?
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After establishing the connection in GNOME, you can find your FTP files mounted under ~/.gvfs</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-17T20:48:56.693", "id": "8009", "lastActivit...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After establishing the connection in GNOME, you can find your FTP files mounted under ~/.gvfs</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-17T20:48:56.693", "id": "8...
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1
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2010-10-17T20:48:24.420
1
537
<p>At the moment,the main tool-bar is on the middle of the screen and there is no space on the tool-bar click-able to get it back to the stretched position </p> <p>thank you </p>
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235
2010-10-24T00:55:30.307
2012-07-17T10:40:49.783
How to make the toolbar go back to default?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If by the \"main toolbar\" you mean the top panel, try this: Alt-F2, then type gconf-editor in the textbox and execute that command (or run it from a terminal).</p>\n\n<p>In the GConf editor navigate to /apps/panel/toplevels/top_panel_screen0 (where \"/\" indicates a level in...
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Ignacio M Enriquez
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2010-10-17T21:08:24.010
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<p>What programs can be used for IRC (=Internet Relay Chat)?</p>
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2011-07-28T12:52:13.010
2016-08-31T02:01:31.763
What IRC clients are available?
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2010-10-17T21:16:11.653
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<p>Looking for a MySQL data modeling toll, that will actually fit on my netbook screen.</p> <p>The official Workbench needs a higher resolution, so the bottom bit is cut off. Really annoying.</p> <p>Is there an alternative out there? Or some 'trick' to make the workbench fit on my screen?</p>
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2019-11-02T20:56:12.410
2019-11-02T20:56:12.410
MySQL Data Modeling on netbook
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If by \"modeling tool\" you mean something similar to MySQL Workbench in respects of defining tables and columns with all kinds of MySQL properties, generating CREATE and ALTER scripts from the definitions or setting foreign key relations in table diagrams, automatically adding the n...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>dia is a very good program to make diagrams of all type.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install dia\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Try it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "201...
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2010-10-17T21:35:15.167
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<p>I have a ATI Radeon 3600 and I am kind of new to Ubuntu and Linux. I have read that proprietary ATI drivers aren't good enough and that open source drivers do work very well.</p>
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2010-10-18T01:10:07.357
2010-10-18T02:46:59.330
How can I enable ATI open source drivers?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>This document explains how to install\n and use the open-source radeonhd\n drivers on Ubuntu. This shouldn't be\n necessary... unless you're having\n problems with the open-source\n \"ati/radeon\" driver that comes\n pre-installed with Ubuntu.pre-installed with ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>This document explains how to install\n and use the open-source radeonhd\n drivers on Ubuntu. This shouldn't be\n necessary... unless you're having\n problems with the open-source\n \"ati/radeon\" driver that comes\n pre-installed with Ubuntu.pre-install...
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2010-10-17T21:41:21.280
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<p>I want to convert a large number of video files in various formats into <code>.mp4</code> files (container MPEG-4, codec H.264). I want to do this on an Ubuntu machine, using only command-line tools and I'm willing to install packages from <code>main</code>, <code>restricted</code>, <code>universe</code> and <code>m...
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2010-12-31T08:48:33.017
2016-02-04T01:40:40.993
Converting a video file in arbitrary file format into MPEG4/H.264?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You will need to install these :</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-unstripped-52 libavdevice-unstripped-52 libavformat-unstripped-52 libavutil-unstripped-50 libpostproc-unstripped-51 libswsclale-unstripped-0 x264\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>In Karmic, Lucid and Maveri...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You will need to install these :</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-unstripped-52 libavdevice-unstripped-52 libavformat-unstripped-52 libavutil-unstripped-50 libpostproc-unstripped-51 libswsclale-unstripped-0 x264\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>In Karmic, Lucid an...
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2010-10-17T23:27:56.027
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<p>Hey! I am having this really strange problem. I can't convert a file to utf8 it's always in us-ascii.</p> <p>I have tried this:</p> <blockquote> <p>iconv --verbose --output=test2 -t UTF-8 test</p> </blockquote> <p>(I have also specified the -f with iso-8859-1 and us-ascii) and when I do</p> <blockquote> <p...
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2010-10-17T23:33:51.523
2010-10-17T23:42:20.947
Unable to change encoding to utf8
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If your file does only contain characters that are part of (7-bit) ASCII there is no way to tell the difference between UTF-8 &amp; ASCII, so I'm not surprised <code>file</code> would say that file is ASCII then.</p>\n\n<p>If you want to serve those files as UTF-8, you better make it...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If your file does only contain characters that are part of (7-bit) ASCII there is no way to tell the difference between UTF-8 &amp; ASCII, so I'm not surprised <code>file</code> would say that file is ASCII then.</p>\n\n<p>If you want to serve those files as UTF-8, you better...
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2010-10-18T01:03:25.633
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<p>I have played around with PiTiVi a bit, but I could still use some help.</p> <p>Are there any good sites explaining how to use PiTiVi?</p>
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2022-03-24T12:06:10.187
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Any good sites explaining how to use PiTiVi?
[ "video-editor", "pitivi" ]
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Did you take a look at the <a href=\"http://www.pitivi.org/manual/\" rel=\"nofollow\">PiTiVi manual</a> ? </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-18T13:23:25.033", "id": "8109", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Did you take a look at the <a href=\"http://www.pitivi.org/manual/\" rel=\"nofollow\">PiTiVi manual</a> ? </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-18T13:23:25.033",...
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