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7675 | 1 | 7741 | 2010-10-16T03:46:31.880 | 0 | 5256 | <p>I get the following error at early boot stage:</p>
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7676 | 1 | 7678 | 2010-10-16T04:47:13.820 | 21 | 33095 | <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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7686 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T06:23:22.507 | 9 | 7235 | <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... | 4063 | null | null | 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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7687 | 1 | 7688 | 2010-10-16T06:33:58.703 | 2 | 616 | <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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7689 | 1 | 7692 | 2010-10-16T06:58:11.940 | 1 | 367 | <p><code>lshw -C network</code> shows</p>
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7695 | 1 | 7699 | 2010-10-16T08:33:07.537 | 5 | 1704 | <p>After upgrading to 10.10 Maverick, my NFS root is not mounted correctly during boot. What is the correct method?</p>
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7697 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T09:11:57.420 | 5 | 2957 | <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's Spotlight?</a> </p>
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7700 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T09:32:22.497 | 3 | 3193 | <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>
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7704 | 1 | 11090 | 2010-10-16T09:57:29.333 | 6 | 63845 | <p>My <code>syslog</code> is constantly filled with messages like this:</p>
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7707 | 1 | 7734 | 2010-10-16T10:52:40.260 | 2 | 5369 | <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 ... | 4170 | null | null | 2010-10-16T15:26:48.417 | Remove an Extra Entry for Windows 7 in BURG or GRUB? | [
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7709 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T11:28:54.783 | 3 | 2440 | <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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7710 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T11:32:50.583 | 4 | 6873 | <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>
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7711 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T11:54:44.903 | 3 | 855 | <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>
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7715 | 1 | 7722 | 2010-10-16T12:47:19.577 | 4 | 3243 | <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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7716 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T12:57:54.710 | 9 | 16096 | <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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7717 | 1 | 7720 | 2010-10-16T13:00:12.437 | 2 | 372 | <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>
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7723 | 1 | 61613 | 2010-10-16T13:19:44.737 | 3 | 1842 | <p>Just installed a fresh copy of Maverick, and went from my two monitors working perfectly to broken in seconds.</p>
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7724 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T13:21:01.220 | 7 | 6327 | <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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7726 | 1 | 7727 | 2010-10-16T13:29:49.197 | 18 | 32169 | <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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7737 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T15:45:32.720 | 3 | 1827 | <p>My laptop is ThinkPad Edge, Intel platform. My internal microphone stopped working after I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10.</p>
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<p>What should I do to fix this?</p>
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7752 | 1 | 7910 | 2010-10-16T17:22:04.207 | 0 | 1161 | <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>
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7757 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T18:01:49.407 | 11 | 2621 | <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... | 2191 | null | null | 2023-02-26T09:31:09.993 | How can a non-geek set up a proper firewall? | [
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7762 | 1 | 8678 | 2010-10-16T18:18:16.953 | 1 | 404 | <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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7766 | 1 | 7772 | 2010-10-16T18:31:40.570 | 2 | 1859 | <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>
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7769 | 1 | 7807 | 2010-10-16T18:39:42.143 | 48 | 14489 | <p>Is there a standard or conventional keyboard shortcut for pasting the primary selection?</p>
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7776 | 1 | 7780 | 2010-10-16T19:04:07.397 | 92 | 121673 | <p>How can I lock my desktop screen from the command line?</p>
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7788 | 1 | 7814 | 2010-10-16T19:39:23.780 | 3 | 2254 | <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... | 2910 | null | null | 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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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>
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7797 | 1 | 10109 | 2010-10-16T20:22:37.223 | 3 | 421 | <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>
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7798 | 1 | null | 2010-10-16T20:25:51.753 | 31 | 50650 | <p>Is there some equivalent of Windows' "Tile Windows" in Ubuntu?</p>
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7825 | 1 | 7826 | 2010-10-16T23:54:10.447 | 15 | 580 | <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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7834 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T01:34:12.313 | 4 | 4372 | <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.
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7836 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T01:41:58.740 | 3 | 1399 | <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... | 3739 | 235 | 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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7848 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T03:12:27.153 | 3 | 1104 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7225/sort-music-by-metadata">Sort music by metadata</a> </p>
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<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... | 693 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:07.557 | 2010-10-17T03:18:47.333 | Organize Music Folder Automatically | [
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7850 | 1 | 7851 | 2010-10-17T03:53:01.250 | 25 | 6705 | <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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7856 | 1 | 7857 | 2010-10-17T04:44:38.517 | 1 | 732 | <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>
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7858 | 1 | 7919 | 2010-10-17T04:55:42.920 | 86 | 257613 | <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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7859 | 1 | 7883 | 2010-10-17T05:00:04.137 | 6 | 496 | <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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7862 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T05:22:36.447 | 1 | 2391 | <p>I just customised Ubuntu 10.10 using Remastersys using 'dist' option. But, when I booted the custom iso image to pendrive & 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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7863 | 1 | 7869 | 2010-10-17T05:33:29.020 | 2 | 2072 | <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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7865 | 1 | 7866 | 2010-10-17T05:43:41.250 | 8 | 10826 | <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>
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7871 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T06:32:46.937 | 0 | 1953 | <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>
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7874 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T06:55:38.390 | 22 | 28197 | <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>
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7875 | 1 | 11401 | 2010-10-17T06:57:11.663 | 15 | 316 | <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>
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7881 | 1 | 7885 | 2010-10-17T07:18:24.843 | 63 | 122877 | <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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7882 | 1 | 7918 | 2010-10-17T07:23:25.907 | 5 | 1695 | <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>
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7884 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T08:06:16.880 | 4 | 403 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4103/panel-items-look-weird">panel items look weird</a> </p>
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7886 | 1 | 12243 | 2010-10-17T08:17:13.987 | 5 | 3654 | <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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7887 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T08:34:48.200 | 1 | 3552 | <p>I have 2 monitors (laptop + monitor). One of them 1280*800, second - 1366*768. Now i have 3 problems:</p>
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7890 | 1 | 7896 | 2010-10-17T09:07:59.263 | 2 | 2770 | <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>
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7891 | 1 | 8029 | 2010-10-17T09:12:50.467 | 4 | 6893 | <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>
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7892 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T09:14:15.393 | 1 | 185 | <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.
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7895 | 1 | 7913 | 2010-10-17T09:17:48.377 | 4 | 43213 | <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>
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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>
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7924 | 1 | 7987 | 2010-10-17T12:09:28.280 | 6 | 1349 | <p>Is it possible to assign <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Tab</kbd> to the control key on the right?</p>
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7925 | 1 | 7929 | 2010-10-17T12:16:58.953 | 9 | 5579 | <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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7926 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T12:17:02.573 | 6 | 243 | <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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7928 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T12:26:09.170 | 4 | 2806 | <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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7930 | 1 | null | 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>
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7931 | 1 | 7961 | 2010-10-17T12:50:53.877 | 5 | 4324 | <p>Given the fact <code>shred</code> will not be effective on ext3, I wonder what are the available alternatives right now.</p>
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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:
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7936 | 1 | 7938 | 2010-10-17T13:31:58.167 | 0 | 940 | <p>I can mount my remote server home using:</p>
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<p>but this only lasts until reboot.</p>
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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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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>
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7949 | 1 | 7953 | 2010-10-17T14:32:02.560 | 66 | 56390 | <p>I have a local server running Ubuntu 10.04 headlessly.
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1308/unity-launcher-is-it-available-as-a-separate-package">Unity launcher — is it available as a separate package?</a> </p>
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<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>
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<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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7968 | 1 | 7970 | 2010-10-17T16:30:54.480 | 7 | 7978 | <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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7975 | 1 | 10083 | 2010-10-17T17:00:39.560 | 2 | 491 | <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>
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7976 | 1 | 7977 | 2010-10-17T17:04:13.280 | 240 | 330254 | <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>
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7979 | 1 | 7982 | 2010-10-17T17:22:10.470 | 15 | 23250 | <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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7980 | 1 | 8576 | 2010-10-17T17:24:31.997 | 0 | 658 | <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>
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7990 | 1 | 33752 | 2010-10-17T19:34:21.017 | 4 | 3746 | <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>
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7993 | 1 | 8010 | 2010-10-17T19:48:19.933 | 19 | 34847 | <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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7994 | 1 | 8073 | 2010-10-17T19:48:54.880 | 4 | 839 | <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... | 2473 | null | null | 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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7995 | 1 | 8171 | 2010-10-17T19:49:52.890 | 0 | 128 | <p>When I plug in my digital audio player two prompts to run programs appear simultaneously:</p>
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<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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7996 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T19:51:53.727 | 2 | 1359 | <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>
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7999 | 1 | 12572 | 2010-10-17T19:58:00.150 | 6 | 402 | <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>
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8000 | 1 | 8296 | 2010-10-17T20:03:06.447 | 2 | 2776 | <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... | 4266 | null | null | 2010-10-19T15:34:54.233 | MouseImp alternative on Linux (drag and scroll)? | [
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8001 | 1 | null | 2010-10-17T20:06:39.550 | 2 | 1397 | <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>
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8002 | 1 | 8005 | 2010-10-17T20:18:35.530 | 18 | 1120 | <p>Is <code>sudo aptitude purge ubuntuone?</code> sufficient to remove everything Ubuntu One-related from my system?</p>
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8006 | 1 | 8009 | 2010-10-17T20:36:21.110 | 4 | 2757 | <p>After connecting to a local ftp server, how can I access the files through the terminal?</p>
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8008 | 1 | null | 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>
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8016 | 1 | 9051 | 2010-10-17T21:16:11.653 | 3 | 687 | <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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8019 | 1 | 8020 | 2010-10-17T21:35:15.167 | 7 | 13361 | <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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8021 | 1 | 8025 | 2010-10-17T21:41:21.280 | 6 | 2358 | <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... | 1179 | 866 | 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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8031 | 1 | 8032 | 2010-10-17T23:27:56.027 | 2 | 2090 | <p>Hey! I am having this really strange problem. I can't convert a file to utf8 it's always in us-ascii.</p>
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8039 | 1 | 8109 | 2010-10-18T01:03:25.633 | 4 | 1076 | <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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