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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13487/gnome-mplayer-failed-to-open-vdpau-backend-libvdpau-nvidia-so-error">GNOME Mplayer: &ldquo;Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so&rdquo; error</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Every time I play a video with...
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2017-04-13T12:23:31.777
2011-11-25T23:37:12.473
Annoying VDPAU error in MPlayer
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2011-03-30T04:23:31.763
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2010-10-18T02:32:25.627
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/37/when-installing-ubuntu-im-given-the-option-of-encrypting-my-home-folder-what">When installing Ubuntu, I&#39;m given the option of encrypting my home folder &mdash; what does this option do?</a> </p> </blockquote> ...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:17.760
2011-01-18T10:13:11.737
What is encrypted home directory?
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2010-10-18T03:09:52.530
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<p>I just came across this <a href="http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2010/10/17/shuttleworth-admits-it.html" rel="nofollow">post</a> via <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1800766" rel="nofollow">Hacker News</a> and wonder what is all the fuss about? Ubuntu will always be free, right? That is a promise no one is int...
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2010-10-18T08:12:52.967
2010-10-18T19:27:19.167
What is the Deal with the Copyrights Issue of Ubuntu and Canonical
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think there are two things here.\nFirst : Ubuntu is and will remain free. At least, that's what <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/project\" rel=\"nofollow\">they claim</a>.\nThis should answer some of your concerns.</p>\n\n<p>Then there is Canonical. This company is a for-profit comp...
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2010-10-18T04:50:56.960
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<p>Are there any graphical tools for creating ubuntu/debian packages?</p>
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Graphical tool for creating Deb packages
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, there's <strong><a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/ubucompilator/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Ubucompiler</a>:, but development has ceased:</strong></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/JUgwQ.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/JUgwQ...
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2010-10-18T05:14:18.437
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<p>I've got pretty much the same problem as <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=293883">this old 2006 thread on the <strong>Ubuntu forums</strong></a>: my old laptop's lid is a bit shaky, which causes the computer to wakeup/suspend if I just touch it the wrong way (e.g. lifting it up to move it).</p> <p>...
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2011-01-20T20:53:42.013
How to prevent resume from sleep/suspend on lid open?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What about changing it to Blank screen when laptop lid is closed. This is way you will not get suspended.</p>\n\n<p>System-->Preferences-->PowerManagement</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T04:38:57.467", "id...
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2010-10-18T06:10:43.130
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<p>I am trying to install the latest stable release of GRASS GIS from SVN. In the stage of running configure command I get the following error at the last stage. </p> <pre><code>checking for location of Tcl/Tk includes... /usr/include/tcl8.5 checking for tcl.h... yes checking for tk.h... no configure: error: *** Unabl...
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2010-10-18T07:06:37.773
2010-10-18T07:06:37.773
configure: error: *** Unable to locate Tk includes
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2010-10-18T06:13:45.587
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<p>I am very disappointed with some of the features of Unity. Not being able to hide the bar or even modify it with different shortcuts (favorites in 10.04 netbook remix). I have docky installed and I would prefer to just use that. But I want to still have the system administration programs somehow. What packages would...
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2010-12-15T15:49:40.647
2010-12-15T15:49:40.647
Alternatives to Unity for netbooks?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The 2D netbook interface from 10.04 is still there. You can use it if you install <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/ubuntu-netbook-efl-default-settings\" rel=\"nofollow\"><code>ubuntu-netbook-efl-default-settings</code></a> &amp; <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/netbook-launcher-ef...
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<p>I have an Acer Aspire one, with screen resolution of 1024x600. Standard monitor resolution that is closest to this is 1024x768. Is there a way to "compress" a programs output to the screen (assuming it wants to display on a 1024x768 screen) so that it is viewable on a non standard resolution (1024x600)</p> <p>The ...
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2012-08-25T15:05:04.823
Is there a way to change the screen resolution?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no fix AFAIK. But you can usually drag the window keeping ALT pressed, clicking on any place of the window and dragging the mouse. That way you can reach the part of the screen that are hidden. Not exactly a great solution, but useful for occasional use.</p>\n", "commentCo...
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2010-10-18T07:29:58.100
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<p>When I encounter a flash video in ubuntu I get an option to install 3 different swf players: </p> <ul> <li>Adobe</li> <li>Swfdec</li> <li>Gnash</li> </ul> <p>Which is the most stable and preferred player? </p>
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2012-04-12T19:42:42.950
2012-04-12T19:42:42.950
Best flash player on ubuntu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Adobe Flash.</p>\n\n<p>It might be slow but it's still the best of the lot still for feature compliance and stability.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-18T07:54:35.727", "id": "7923", "postId": "8071", "score": "0",...
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2010-10-18T07:40:08.353
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<p>I am using a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo L7310 laptop computer with an external monitor. I'm wishihg to use version 10.04.</p> <p>The problem is, when I plug my laptop into the external monitor with my laptop screen turned either on or off, I do not see the mouse cursor on the external monitor! The mouse cursor is still...
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2011-10-03T19:38:01.860
External monitor with NO mouse cursor
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2011-10-04T12:17:44.880
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Csaba Nyerges
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<p>I used to set the mouse scroll to hide the windows when scrolling on the title bar: alas, I can't remember how I did that...</p> <p>Can you please tell me how to achieve it?</p>
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2012-09-30T14:52:37.447
How to use mouse scroll to hide windows?
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2010-10-18T10:21:32.843
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<p>I have a printer queue called "Print_to_PDF". I don't know why and where from I have it, and also not how I can configure it. If I print using that printer, I cannot find the output file anywhere.</p>
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2011-11-16T22:54:06.617
How do I configure the "Print_to_PDF"-printer and where does it print to?
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2010-10-18T11:07:56.903
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<p>I was getting the error mentioned <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7675/init-premount-script-error">in this post</a> on Ubuntu 10.04. I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 through software update and again I'm getting this error.</p> <pre><code>mount: mounts none on /dev/pts failed: Device </code></pre> <p>Here is th...
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2017-04-13T12:23:56.577
2012-10-26T17:51:13.257
How to do a clean reinstall of initramfs
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2010-10-18T11:37:34.637
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<p>System info:</p> <pre><code>aggitan@moneque:~$ uname -a Linux moneque 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:05:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux aggitan@moneque:~$ 7z 7-Zip 9.04 beta Copyright (c) 1999-2009 Igor Pavlov 2009-05-30 p7zip Version 9.04 (locale=en_US.utf8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,2 CPUs) </code></p...
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2010-10-18T13:07:04.300
Extracting multiple file types while ignoring errors
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<p>Which packages need to be installed in order for system mail to be generated from for example a nightly rkhunter scan run by cron?</p>
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2010-10-18T12:46:39.103
2010-10-18T12:52:20.110
How can I read system mail?
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2724/best-way-to-clone-ubuntu-installation-copying-to-identical-hardware">Best way to clone Ubuntu installation (copying to identical hardware)</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I need to install Ubuntu on 180 servers.</p>...
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2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2010-10-18T13:27:33.510
Installing Ubuntu server on 180 machines - what tool(s) do I have (except clonezilla)
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<p>I did an <em>Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition</em> clean install (amd64 version) on a notebook <em>Medion Akoya E1311</em>. <strong>With AC adapter everything works fine, but using battery, it hangs after login screen</strong>. </p> <p>I can type login, password too, and I can press login button. But then I can see mou...
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2010-10-18T21:50:36.067
2012-02-01T15:08:11.197
Laptop works fine with ac adapter, hangs after login screen using battery
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<p>CC-02 kernel</p> <pre><code>[ 399.656733] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC= SRC=192.168.2.11 DST=192.168.2.22 LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64 ID=14158 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=47368 DPT=22 WINDOW=5840 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 </code></pre> <p>The output from <code>sudo ufw status verbose</code></p> <pre><code>Status: active L...
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2010-10-19T05:33:16.597
2013-10-04T21:09:36.143
What does this UFW log mean?
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<p>I need to be able to log the times that an Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop system is suspended and resumed.</p> <p>I can detect when the system is resumed via a DBus signal (org.freedesktop.UPower.Resuming()) but the corresponding "org.freedesktop.UPower.Sleeping()" signal is never fired. Ideally, I'd like to use DBus, but gi...
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2010-10-18T15:02:33.590
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How do I detect when the system suspends?
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2010-10-18T14:11:45.410
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<p>Is there a way (now or in the future) to install ubuntu-server-64 on a Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V?</p> <p>I tried this quide: <a href="http://www.panterlo.com/2010/10/10/ubuntu-10-10-and-hyper-v-r2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.panterlo.com/2010/10/10/ubuntu-10-10-and-hyper-v-r2/</a> but you're never sure if ub...
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How to install ubuntu on Microsoft Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>this guide should help you :</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/how-to-install-ubuntu-server-10-4-in-hyper-v.aspx\">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/how-to-install-ubuntu-server-10-4-in-hyper-v.aspx</a></p>\n", "...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>this guide should help you :</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/how-to-install-ubuntu-server-10-4-in-hyper-v.aspx\">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/how-to-install-ubuntu-server-10-4-in-hyper-v.aspx</a></p>...
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2010-10-18T15:05:52.640
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<p>I fat fingered a short-cut in Thunderbird and now the colours of all my application windows are inverted. I'm not sure what combination I hit (I was trying for Alt-1). How do I get my colour scheme back to normal?</p>
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235
2010-10-18T16:06:58.520
2010-10-18T16:06:58.520
Accidentally inverted the colour of all windows
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This happens with Compiz. Typically when you press either <kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>N</kbd> or <kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>M</kbd> Try pressing either of these combinations to de-negatize the desktop.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "content...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This happens with Compiz. Typically when you press either <kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>N</kbd> or <kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>M</kbd> Try pressing either of these combinations to de-negatize the desktop.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": nu...
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8121
1
8127
2010-10-18T15:10:54.657
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<p>I'm trying to get a sound card that will plug into a really new Mini-ITX board. That leaves me with PCIe or USB, and PCIe cards seem to be expensive, crappy, and they required expensive riser and extension cards for Mini-ITX boards. I have an old Sound Blaster Live 5.1 that sounds great, but new Mini-ITX boards don'...
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2011-04-15T00:25:12.883
2016-01-13T10:10:56.047
Are there any good USB 5.1 or 7.1 channel sound cards that work in Linux?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>X-Fis (even the USB ones) work. They didn't used to but ALSA added drivers for them over a year ago and <em>most</em> people now don't seem to have an issue with them. I know the first review of one on Newegg complains about Linux support but seriously, there used to be threads compl...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>X-Fis (even the USB ones) work. They didn't used to but ALSA added drivers for them over a year ago and <em>most</em> people now don't seem to have an issue with them. I know the first review of one on Newegg complains about Linux support but seriously, there used to be threa...
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8125
1
8139
2010-10-18T15:37:29.520
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<p>I have an install of Ubuntu Maverick on slicehost, that I'd like to replicate on a different machine (a kvm VM install).</p> <p>Is there a simple way of mirroring all it? I mainly care about installed programs, installations, mysql + postgres config/data. </p> <p>okay.. so I guess I mainly care about everything. ...
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2014-11-09T08:23:08.713
Clone Ubuntu Machine
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.remastersys.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Remastersys</a> is a free and open source program for Debian, Ubuntu-based, or derivative software systems that can:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Create a customized Live CD/DVD (a remaster) of Debian and its derivatives. </li>\n<li>Back u...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've never used SliceHost, but the following should work with any hosting provider that grants you full root access over SSH to your hosted machine.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, use <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/1/rsync\" rel=\"nofollow\">rsync</a> in \"archive\" mode.</p>\n\n...
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1
8138
2010-10-18T18:40:28.157
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<p>I know that asking for something like Visual Studio is too much but something that will let me write, debug and compile in a GUI instead of the command line is good enough for me. (Not that I'm lazy, but I don't have time to learn the necessary commands...)</p>
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2023-03-23T04:24:47.037
2023-03-23T04:24:47.037
C programming suites/IDEs
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Code::Blocks</h2>\n<pre><code>sudo apt install codeblocks\n</code></pre>\n<p><a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/TTNXt.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/TTNXt.png\" alt=\"alt text\" /></a></p>\n<p>Wikipedia: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
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8143
1
8169
2010-10-18T18:55:35.757
1
1210
<p>In Ubuntu 10.04 the os crashes frequently by displaying "Blank screen blinking with white stripes problem". This problem exists fpr Intel 8xx series chipset users. Now i want to know whether this issue is resolved in ubuntu 10.10 or not?</p>
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2011-01-03T15:21:09.237
2011-01-03T15:21:09.237
Is Ubuntu 10.04's “Blank screen blinking with white stripes problem” resolved in ubuntu10.10?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to the site below, the issue is largely resolved on Maverick but \"sadly there is a kernel-bug, which prevents showing the mouse-cursor on 855GM-based systems\". For these there is a quick fix dkms package that you can install. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://glasen-hardt.de/?p...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are workarounds for this issue listed on the relevant Launchpad bug reports.</p>\n\n<p>For i845 <a href=\"https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/541492\" rel=\"nofollow\">Launchpad bug report</a> and <a href=\"http://bugs.free...
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8148
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8151
2010-10-18T19:05:11.600
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<p>What's the best way to automatically apply security updates? Or any updates for that matter?</p>
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2010-10-18T19:11:53.077
2012-05-25T04:34:11.300
What's the best way to automatically apply server updates?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-18T19:08:07.640", "id": "8017", "postId": "8148", "score": "1", "text": "There is a package called unattended-upgrades which by default applies security updates automatically, I think it can also do any kind of updates with the right configuration (as long as the packa...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/9/how-do-i-enable-automatic-updates/204#204\">This answer</a> to the desktop upgrade question will apply to servers.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creatio...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/9/how-do-i-enable-automatic-updates/204#204\">This answer</a> to the desktop upgrade question will apply to servers.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA ...
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8149
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8842
2010-10-18T19:10:52.917
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<p>I'm setting up a new user account, and I want to allow access to only certain programs for just that account. How would I go around doing that?</p>
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2012-06-18T18:17:24.877
2017-08-06T19:04:38.173
How can I restrict program access to other users?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here is a quick way to do it with firefox as an example:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Create a group <code>webusers</code></li>\n<li>change the rights of the firefox binary to 750 (root:rwx, webusers:r-x) and the ownership to <code>root:webusers</code></li>\n<li>add all users who should be allow...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You might want to have a look at Pessulus and Gnome Nanny to lock down user accounts.</p>\n\n<p>To lock down specific programs you can use AppArmor. There is no simple configuration to accomplish what you want, but the official Wiki has a nice article on AppArmor:\n<a href=\"...
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8155
1
8167
2010-10-18T19:35:11.573
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<p>Does anyone have any good ideas as to native MySQL GUI clients for Ubuntu?</p> <p>So far I've tried <strong><a href="https://www.mysql.com/products/workbench/">MySQL Workbench</a></strong>, which never seemed to work properly, <strong><a href="https://www.phpmyadmin.net/">phpMyAdmin</a></strong> which I found a bit...
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2016-07-21T06:34:03.773
2023-03-15T06:45:24.623
MySQL GUI Tools
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Sadly, you can't find these in the Ubuntu Software Centre in later versions of Ubuntu any more. This is because <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20130119071439/http://dev.mysql.com:80/support/eol-notice.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">these two pieces of software have...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Sadly, you can't find these in the Ubuntu Software Centre in later versions of Ubuntu any more. This is because <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20130119071439/http://dev.mysql.com:80/support/eol-notice.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">these two pieces of softw...
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1
8688
2010-10-18T19:54:23.607
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<p>I know that Wubi is slower in disk IO, but I can't find anything about it online other than vague statements such as "slightly slower disk seeks". Has anyone done any benchmarks to quantify the speed difference?</p>
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2012-08-10T17:17:59.947
2015-03-12T19:43:57.727
What performance differences are there when installing with Wubi?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You've inspired an article on Phoronix, entitled <a href=\"http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=ubuntu_wubi_1010&amp;num=1\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">The Performance Impact Of Ubuntu's Wubi Windows Installer</a>, which on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th pages has a series o...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I found this on the forums, You can read it in it's original post <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=481219\">here</a> </p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Disk performance is slightly slower. You should not be able to notice any difference under normal circumstances. The pro...
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8163
1
8172
2010-10-18T20:55:43.243
1
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<p>How can I automatically redirect a website to an html page inside my computer? I need to do this everytime I try to access the website in my ubuntu. Thanks.</p>
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18127
2010-10-18T21:00:54.773
2010-10-18T22:33:09.160
Redirect http page to another inside my computer?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-18T21:22:53.777", "id": "8027", "postId": "8163", "score": "0", "text": "Could describe more specific what you are trying to do? Are you administering the foreign website? What webserver is running?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "236" }, { "creat...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You would need a webserver running on localhost so that when your host's modification points, to use your example, yahoo.com to 127.0.0.1, it would query the local webserver which would show the page.</p>\n\n<p>For a lightweight server, i'd recommend <a href=\"http://www.lighttpd.net...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You would need a webserver running on localhost so that when your host's modification points, to use your example, yahoo.com to 127.0.0.1, it would query the local webserver which would show the page.</p>\n\n<p>For a lightweight server, i'd recommend <a href=\"http://www.ligh...
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8173
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2010-10-18T22:10:16.970
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<p>Here's what I am trying to accomplish: I have a bunch of AVI videos between which I need to switch back/forth as songs play in the concert.</p> <p>The only requirements for the software are that:</p> <ul> <li>videos need to be seamless (no player GUI showing up on the projection)</li> <li>I can go to previous/next...
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2021-03-24T07:18:12.887
Simple VJ software for background video in live concert
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here are a few:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://freemix.forja.rediris.es/\" rel=\"nofollow\">freemix</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://freej.dyne.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">FreeJ</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://lives.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">LiVES</a></li>\n<li><a href=...
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8177
1
14466
2010-10-18T23:37:17.160
4
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<p>I like the functionality of <a href="http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/" rel="nofollow">Yahoo Pipes</a>, but don't want to leave the task of processing RSS feeds to a privately owned web service which might disappear tomorrow and I don't exactly trust my data with. I'd like to do this with software I can run locally (on ...
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2011-01-27T03:44:07.387
2011-01-27T03:44:07.387
Simple RSS feed manipulation software
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For my currently rather limited real use scenarios, I ended up using <a href=\"https://github.com/rubys/venus\" rel=\"nofollow\">Planet Venus</a>. There seems to be no general purpose tool in the lines of what I described, so I'll probably make my own.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you looked into Liferea. Seems the most commonly used rss feeder application in Ubuntu and it GTK.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install liferea\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T02:26:09.540", ...
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1
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2010-10-19T00:06:39.163
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<p>So I have heard that it needs to be resized and be a different file type I think. How can I do this in Ubuntu?</p> <p>Thanks! </p>
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235
2010-10-19T00:24:26.270
2023-03-16T09:10:25.773
How to put videos on a Sony Walkman NWZ-S545?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h1><a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/avidemux\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Avidemux</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/avidemux\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/WUOPx.png\" alt=\"Install avidemux\" /></a></h1>\n<p>(You need to enable the mu...
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8181
1
8220
2010-10-19T00:45:22.017
5
1061
<p>I'd like pointers/suggestions to any interesting applications that have been created for a laptop web cam beyond self recording and video chat.</p> <p>Specifically, I'd like setups that are ready to go rather than ideas for software that might developed in the future.</p>
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554
2010-10-20T16:13:55.277
2023-03-13T08:07:19.463
What are interesting uses for a web cam beyond video chat?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use your webcam to log into your machine. I haven't tried it, and it may not be that useful, but it sounds like it falls into the interesting category. Instructions are here: <a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/login-to-ubuntu-using-your-face/\" rel=\"nofollow\">ht...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>there are countless ways to make a security system... such as <a href=\"http://www.chriswpage.com/2009/05/setup-an-advanced-webcam-security-system-with-ubuntu-8-04-and-motion/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this</a> </p>\n\n<p>or at one time I even had my computer set up so when it detec...
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2017-03-10T13:37:52.850
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1
8273
2010-10-19T00:53:16.783
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<p>I have a NetGear wireless usb receiver in my desktop, that connects to my router (tried both DLink and Belkin) prefectly fine, however will simply disconnect after minutes, 10s of minutes, a couple of hours (no real pattern) at which time I will need to unplug and reinsert my usb receiver and reauthenticate to the r...
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2017-04-13T12:23:31.777
2010-10-20T09:02:57.983
Troubleshooting a wireless connection that drops out regularly
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have you consulted <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported\" rel=\"nofollow\">Community Documentation</a>?</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T21:37:11.420", "id": "8220", "postId": "82...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I use <a href=\"http://kuthulu.com/iwscanner/\" rel=\"nofollow\">IwScanner</a> to figure out channel usage in my neighbors, and my access point power in different location in my apartement. </p>\n\n<p>Anyway usual check could be :</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Bad wireless phone can disru...
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8184
1
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2010-10-19T00:58:22.460
4
11631
<p>I have ufw set up to allow samba connections, but this does not seem to allow files to be transferred through Ubuntu's "Personal File Sharing" using the Public folder. The share can be seen, but not accessed if the firewall is active. Are there extra ports that need to be opened?</p> <p>The default ufw profile open...
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1217
2010-10-20T11:28:32.977
2010-10-20T11:28:32.977
Firewall Settings for Personal File Sharing
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To allow samba with ufw you can issue the command <code>sudo ufw allow samba</code>. You can then do <code>sudo ufw status</code> to see what ports it has allowed and other useful information.</p>\n\n<p>Though I agree on an internal network a firewall may be entirely unnecess...
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8185
1
11833
2010-10-19T01:00:20.867
1
7545
<p>When I try to "Import Filmroll" into Darktable, I can't see how to tell it to include all subdirectories. Any tips?</p>
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2013-09-29T16:01:57.107
How to import a directory tree into Darktable
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Soo, current master includes a recursive adding a directory and its files, and a option for not including jpegs files, which is good if you shoot raw+jpeg...\nRelease 0.7 would include this and if you run unstable PPA you have this option now..</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comme...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In Darktable 1.1 when importing a folder, you can expand \"import options\" and check the \"import directories recursively\" option.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": ...
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8189
1
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2010-10-19T01:45:31.307
3
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<p>Just wondering is there a way to make the update manager display on screen automatically straight away after you do a <code>sudo apt-get update</code> or if it is does this it self. More often than not I always have to do a <code>sudo apt-get upgrade</code> instead?</p>
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2010-10-19T01:53:25.167
2011-10-28T18:19:52.477
Is there a way to make the Update Manager display more frequently?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you prefer to use Update Manager instead of apt-get, you can launch it from System -> Administration -> Update Manager.</p>\n\n<p>If you want it to launch for all updates immediately after the daily check for updates, you can set an option for that in GConf. Press <kbd>Al...
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Dean Thomson
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1
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2010-10-19T02:08:16.557
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<p>Does anyone know of an RSS reader for linux which will cache the pages that are linked to in the stories? Really handy for travellers who are often out or wifi range.</p>
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2010-12-30T20:52:32.963
2010-12-30T20:52:32.963
RSS reader which caches pages
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3
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://gnomefiles.org/content/show.php/Naufrago!?content=132322\" rel=\"nofollow\">Naufrago!</a> seems to be intended particularly for offline use.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T08:01:51.090", "id": "8086", ...
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2010-10-19T02:22:34.463
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<p>I've very recently started trialing VIM, and I like what it can do, but its unfamiliar keybindings and modes of operation are daunting. </p> <p>I want that sort of power in a Text-Editor... but if I don't need to change my keyboard habits so drastically, I'd be happier. </p> <p>I read that CREAM is built directl...
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2010-10-19T02:30:31.697
2010-10-19T02:35:39.770
Cream is a tweaked version of VIM. Does Cream lack any of VIM's power?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Cream is just a collection of configurations &amp; macros (or plugins or addins or scripts or whatever you want to call them) for vim. If you have too much time you can make vim do the same by tweaking you own vim configuration files.</p>\n\n<p>So if you run \"cream\", it actually j...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Cream is just a collection of configurations &amp; macros (or plugins or addins or scripts or whatever you want to call them) for vim. If you have too much time you can make vim do the same by tweaking you own vim configuration files.</p>\n\n<p>So if you run \"cream\", it ac...
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8200
1
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2010-10-19T03:10:44.443
1
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<p>I have 10.10 installed on a netbook with RT3090 hardware and the driver Ubuntu installed was of RT2800, it functions properly, but I decided to get the appropriate drivers, so I did the "make, make install" routine and restarted but the driver hasn't changed, and when I checked the "Additional Hardware" utility I se...
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2010-10-19T14:48:17.177
2013-02-06T14:45:18.217
Make use of newer wireless drivers which are activated but not in use
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The \"Additional Hardware\" utility (called jockey) sometimes doesn't behave correctly, when you compiled the drivers yourself. You can just deactivate the driver and then activate it again to accomplish what you want to do. After that, restart.</p>\n\n<p>What happens \"under...
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2010-10-19T03:22:26.763
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<p>I installed the <code>ubuntu-edu-primary</code> pacakage successfully, and went to start GCompris from the Education menu, but got nothing.</p>
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2012-06-18T18:17:19.510
2012-06-18T18:17:19.510
Can't start up GCompris
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T03:39:22.830", "id": "8059", "postId": "8201", "score": "2", "text": "Run it from the terminal and post the output so we can get an idea on what is going wrong.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "114" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-23T11:21:44.537"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think your problem is <a href=\"https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcompris/+bug/656888\" rel=\"nofollow\">this bug</a> which was marked as a duplicate of <a href=\"https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcompris/+bug/625301\" rel=\"nofollow\">this one</...
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wangvswang
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2010-10-19T05:25:00.623
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<p>How to view <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help">CHM files</a> in Ubuntu?</p>
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2014-05-08T22:22:05.570
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How to view CHM files?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>chmsee</code> is no longer available in Ubuntu, as it is no longer being maintained. Here is the announcement on the project site:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>ChmSee is no longer maintained.</p>\n<p>ChmSee is not being developed anymore.</p>\n<p>I haven't read CHM documents more than...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<pre><code>apt-cache --names-only search chm\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>gives several results.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T08:26:43.443", "id": "8092", "postId": "8206", "score": "15", "...
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2010-10-19T05:41:14.223
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<p>I want to write applications for Ubuntu. I do not know much about programming but I want develop for Ubuntu. I am trying to learn Python right now. What do you think is the best way to develop apps for Ubuntu? Can you point me to some resources that can help me get started with developing for Ubuntu?</p> <p>Related...
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What is the best way to develop apps for Ubuntu?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you want to develop applications then you need to learn some programming language (C, C++, Java, Python, C#)\nYou can also help in other ways e.g. Translations, Documentation, Testing etc.</p>\n\n<p>The following links will provide you some links regarding Ubuntu and Gnome...
2010-10-20T00:01:47.560
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10933
2010-10-19T07:44:40.240
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<p>I need to completely remove the indicator, no flags, no abbr. nothing! I was able to do it in 10.04 using a gconf key that has no scheme and I heard that a proper scheme will be available in 10.10 but I can't find anything.</p>
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2011-01-02T21:26:14.013
2011-03-28T08:59:18.303
Is there a way to completely remove the keyboard layout from the indicator?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/631989\" rel=\"nofollow\">known bug</a> </p>\n\n<p>the key I was talking about is: </p>\n\n<p><code>gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/peripherals/keyboard/general/disable_indicator -t bool true</code...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Press Alt+F2 and enter <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/17249/how-do-i-use-the-gconf-editor\"><code>gconf-editor</code></a></p>\n\n<p>Now navigate to apps-->gnome_settings_daemon-->plugins-->keyboard and uncheck active</p>\n\n<p>Restart.</p>\n", "commentCount": "...
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8227
1
8228
2010-10-19T08:00:41.687
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<p>I have a web application that outputs to a number of log files with performance information. One log file outputs code execution times and another outputs SQL timings. I have no control over the logger or the code that produces the log files, but I want to output the logs in one place.</p> <p>Currently I am doing s...
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4241
2010-10-19T12:53:43.437
2010-10-19T15:31:41.123
Tailing two log files
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/1/tail\">tail</a> outputs lines appended to all the files given on the command line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>tail -F sqlLogs.log perflogs.log | egrep '(sql-time|exec-time)'\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "crea...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/1/tail\">tail</a> outputs lines appended to all the files given on the command line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>tail -F sqlLogs.log perflogs.log | egrep '(sql-time|exec-time)'\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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2010-10-19T08:12:12.813
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<p>I read the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviews" rel="nofollow">application review process</a> and I' ve got a question. In the "What Apps Are Eligible" section there is something which I don't understand:</p> <ul> <li>No other software can depend on the application being submitted (e.g. development librarie...
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9781
2011-10-16T10:16:28.083
2011-10-16T10:16:28.083
What does "libraries not eligible" mean as part of the application review process?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's saying that applications reviewed by the Application Review Board have to be standalone in that they can be used (and therefore tested) straight away without needing to use them as part of another application.</p>\n\n<p>The Application Review Board is there to test softw...
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Pertu
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1
8267
2010-10-19T08:41:29.870
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<p>Can someone tell me how can I upgrade my ubuntu server 10.04 to ubuntu server 10.10?</p> <p>I try:</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install update-manager-core sudo do-release-upgrade </code></pre> <p>Output:</p> <pre><code>Checking for a new ubuntu release No new release found sudo apt-get dist-upgrade </code></pr...
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2010-10-19T12:21:29.120
2011-11-24T23:40:36.677
Can not upgrade Server Edition
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is you are in a LTS version and 10.10 is a normal version.</p>\n\n<p>Here are the steps:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Be sure that you apply all updates to your current version of Ubuntu before you upgrade:</strong></p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get dist-upgrade\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>No...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try <code>sudo do-release-upgrade</code> alone. If you are going to merge commands in one line, it should be like this: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Notice the two ampersands.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0"...
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2010-10-19T08:54:12.663
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<p>I installed Ubuntu to USB ext drive from CD from my desktop, where it boots perfectly from USB Hard drive. However, it does not boot from my laptop. Laptop hangs with a blinking cursor. Can you please help? Thanks.</p>
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2010-11-21T19:00:08.130
2011-10-19T09:50:29.370
Not booting from laptop when trying to boot from an external USB drive
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>1) check <strong>BIOS settings</strong> to enable booting from USB-drives</p>\n\n<p>2) make sure a <strong>bootloader</strong> (e.g. GRUB) is installed on the external boot-drive</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "content...
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shanko
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8275
2010-10-19T09:03:56.170
1
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<p>In Cream, I simply can't find the RegEx option mentioned on Cream's <a href="http://cream.sourceforge.net/featurelist.html" rel="nofollow">info page</a> </p> <pre><code>Basic Features * Find and Find/Replace dialogs use intuitive search, with Regular Expressions as an option (Ctrl+F and Ctrl+H). </code></pre> ...
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2010-10-19T19:44:23.353
2010-10-19T19:44:23.353
Is it possible to do a RegEx Find in Cream (VIM's derivative) via the dialogs?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Precede the search term with <code>\\m</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T18:54:14.010", "id": "8179", "postId": "8275", "score": "0", "text": "Yes, this certainly works... Thanks... but it does bri...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Precede the search term with <code>\\m</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T18:54:14.010", "id": "8179", "postId": "8275", "score": "0", "text": "Yes, this certainly works... Th...
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2010-10-19T09:27:58.723
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<p>What is the process for getting paid apps into the Ubuntu Software Center?</p>
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9781
2011-10-10T19:02:42.433
2016-02-12T19:35:22.800
What is the process for getting paid apps into the Ubuntu Software Center?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Paid (and open source) applications can be submitted to:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://myapps.developer.ubuntu.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">My Apps</a> in the <a href=\"http://developer.ubuntu.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu App Developer site</a></li>\n<li>Learn more about <a href=\"ht...
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1
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2010-10-19T09:42:16.993
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<p>Trying to understand how suspend works in 10.10.</p> <p><a href="http://git.webconverger.org/?p=home.git;a=blob;f=.bashrc;h=8ba57b877e31a03c5f0b1675b42f747d81dd31ad;hb=HEAD#l31" rel="noreferrer">http://git.webconverger.org/?p=home.git;a=blob;f=.bashrc;h=8ba57b877e31a03c5f0b1675b42f747d81dd31ad;hb=HEAD#l31</a></p> ...
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449
2010-10-19T10:18:52.710
2010-10-26T14:12:41.137
How does my computer suspend?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <code>gnome-power-manager</code> tool listens for suspend button events, and spawns <code>pm-suspend</code>. Extensive detail about how <code>pm-suspend</code> operates can be found in the <code>man pm-suspend</code> command output. The quick version:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><code>/etc/...
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1
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2010-10-19T10:23:04.610
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<p>I have problem with my <strong>Sony Vaio Z VPCZ1</strong>. It has physical selector of GPUs which Linux kernel does not detect. </p> <p>So after GRUB I see black display (I tried different distributions of Ubuntu and other Linux OS). I read in Ubuntu 10.10 was solve same problem with hybrid graphics but not in my c...
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2013-03-27T19:43:00.587
2013-03-27T19:43:00.587
Problems with graphics of Sony Vaio Z
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Finally I found solution in this web: <a href=\"http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.voip-x.co.uk/files/adam/</a> :D</p>\n\n<p>Thanks to \"gokulvarma\" -> with nomodeset I enter to console mode (tty). And I installed: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>linux-image-2.6.3...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Apparently there is a lot to deal with for getting it on a VAIO Z (I prefered running through VBOX), but I found some additionnal information here,\non page 6 there is apparently some bios patching recommended for avoiding the black screen issue.\nAnd the most recommended was...
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2010-10-19T10:36:06.223
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<p>I am trying to redirect all incoming traffic on UDP port 5060 to port 56790, and all outgoing traffic from 5060 to the port 56789. I used these iptables rules:</p> <pre><code>iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -p udp ! -s localhost --dport 5060 -j REDIRECT --to-port 56790 iptables -t nat -I OUTPUT -p udp ! -s localhost ...
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2011-03-10T11:38:36.427
Weird issue with iptables redirection
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you want to transparently redirect packets arriving to port 5060/udp\nto port 56790/udp, then you need two iptables rules for that: one for\nincoming packets, and one to map reply packets (which have source port 56790)\nback to remote destination port 5060:</p>\n\n<pre><co...
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2010-10-19T10:39:55.937
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<p>I was wondering what's the terminal command to open the default web browser.</p>
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2023-04-22T06:57:14.457
How to launch default web browser from the terminal?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>xdg-open &lt;URL&gt;</code> is the command you're looking for.</p>\n<p>Or:</p>\n<p><code>sensible-browser</code> but <a href=\"https://manpages.debian.org/testing/sensible-utils/sensible-browser.1.en.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">as per sensible-browser(1)</a>, it only works proper...
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2010-10-19T10:51:22.327
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<p>I got DSL 2000 (280k/bits down, 19 up to 40 k/bits up), now I want to stream me for example coding live, so at a low FPS rate. Would this be possible, and which tool / provider should I use for such low FPS rated streaming? (feel free to post Windows Tools, if there are no matching available for Linux)</p> <p>regar...
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2011-10-19T09:14:57.293
Streaming on low level DSL
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>why not give vlc streaming a try ? use lower bit rates and you should be good to go</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-24T17:52:30.673", "id": "15477", "postId": "9426", "score": "0", "te...
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2010-10-19T12:32:39.413
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<p>I've got two microphones. Both work well in Windows. However, in Ubuntu the first one (call it X) works fine, but the second one (call it Y) produces a lot of high-frequency noise. I know, the best thing to do is to buy a new microphone, but X is really old and the headset is broken, Y is almost new and works fine w...
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2016-02-09T16:43:53.803
2016-02-09T16:43:53.803
Microphone ALSA noise
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have just solved the problem: it is just a new kernel bug. \nYou can solve it by using: </p>\n\n<pre><code>options snd-hda-intel model=&lt;your_model_or-audo&gt; position_fix=2\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>In <code>/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "com...
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2010-10-19T12:44:23.210
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<p>How can i properly set up Compiz in Xubuntu?</p>
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2011-01-05T14:23:13.907
2014-04-11T17:54:33.867
How do I install Compiz in Xubuntu?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T15:01:29.593", "id": "21711", "postId": "8270", "score": "0", "text": "Are you sure you want to install compiz? For some simple compositing effects like transparency it is worthwile to just activate XFWMs own compositor. See, for instance: http://ubuntuforums.org/sh...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Compiz is not installed on Xubuntu for reasons of lightness but it can be installed:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-plugins-main compiz-plugins-extra\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Change to compiz:</p>\n\n<pre><code>compiz --replace\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Install C...
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nico
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2010-10-19T12:58:01.927
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<p>I asked this question on the <a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3256/weird-stuff-going-on-in-terminal-and-emacs-since-upgrade-to-ubuntu-10-10">unix/linux SE</a> and someone suggested I try my luck here. The problem is this: since upgrading to 10.10, the terminal has gone a little funny. Here's a pictu...
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2017-04-13T12:37:16.260
2011-10-28T18:20:56.220
Upgrading to 10.10 has made the terminal go crazy
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T13:42:15.423", "id": "8132", "postId": "8272", "score": "2", "text": "This is not an upgrade problem. I'm seeing it in a new 10.10 installation.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "211" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T15:40:01.663", "id": "814...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is clearly a bug. You should report the bug <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xterm/\" rel=\"nofollow\">against xterm</a> in Launchpad. </p>\n\n<p>You can also mark as affecting emac (using the \"Also Affects Distribution\" link once you have reported the bug)....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is clearly a bug. You should report the bug <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xterm/\" rel=\"nofollow\">against xterm</a> in Launchpad. </p>\n\n<p>You can also mark as affecting emac (using the \"Also Affects Distribution\" link once you have reported t...
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2010-10-19T13:41:25.717
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<p>In Gnome-shell we do not have compiz any more? In KDE4 we have the native desktop effects, I would like to know if the Gnome-shell we will need yet of compiz.</p>
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2012-04-01T17:47:56.243
2012-04-01T18:38:37.380
Compiz-like effects in Gnome shell?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Compiz compositing capability will be replaced by <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clutter_%28toolkit%29\" rel=\"nofollow\">Clutter</a>, which will be integrated into the next generation of Metacity window manager, called Mutter. This means you won't need Compiz. Since...
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8277
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2010-10-19T13:45:19.063
4
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<p>When I hibernated my computer and I fire him back up, my network connection is lost in about 50% of the cases. The network applet finds other networks, but it can't find the network I was connected to before the hibernate.</p> <p>I have this most of the time with a wired connection but it also happens with a wirele...
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2016-01-05T15:46:48.620
Losing network connection after hibernate
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2013-11-18T18:07:04.337", "id": "484077", "postId": "8277", "score": "0", "text": "possible duplicate of [Suspend problems in 13.10](http://askubuntu.com/questions/361991/suspend-problems-in-13-10)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "134729" }, { "creationDat...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is a bug that occurs on many systems (sorry I do not have the link to hand). I'm not sure there is a fix for it as yet, as previously it was solved (for me at least) but broken after some updates. Works for me on suspend right now though.</p>\n\n<p>If it is with wireless...
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2013-11-19T20:31:06.277
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2010-10-19T14:01:04.940
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<p>I'd like to keep a log over time, perhaps weekly, of my solid state drive's read rate as determined by a tool like System -> Administration -> Disk Utility -> Benchmark:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ErckC.png" alt="screenshot"></p> <p>Is there a way to archive the test data from Disk Utility, or can ...
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1859
2010-10-20T04:18:51.977
2012-07-15T11:04:59.653
How can I log my SSD's read performance over time?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>hdparm</code> can also do tests. These are somewhat simple compared to <code>bonnie++</code> but they'll run fast (<code>bonnie++</code> can be a resource hog when it runs) and don't need to write to the disk. That also means it's not testing the efficiency of the filesystem th...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Take a look at <code>bonnie++</code>. </p>\n\n<p>You'll need to <code>awk</code> and <code>grep</code> the hell out of it to get the numbers you want to log over time, but it should be possible to echo what you want in a comma-separated-value format to a new line of a log fil...
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2010-10-19T14:05:48.363
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<p>When empathy will have camera support? and I have problem to change files with it too. after 11.04 the next topic of canonical have to be to improve the empathy. the program is waek yet.</p>
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2014-01-08T23:14:51.147
2014-01-08T23:14:51.147
empathy with webcam
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T14:28:17.277", "id": "8140", "postId": "8280", "score": "1", "text": "Would you please edit the title and text to specify that this is a question about MSN camera support in Empathy? Also: what do you mean by \"I have problem to change files with it too\"?", "u...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It should have webcam support. I never tried it, but there is a webcam-symbol next to some people with the option to do video/audio calls. At least in ICQ.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T14:11:09.457", "i...
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2010-10-19T14:17:36.743
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<p>I'm trying to install <a href="http://downloads.vmware.com/d/info/datacenter_downloads/vmware_server/1_0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">VMware Server 1.0.10</a> (released 2009-10-26) on Ubuntu 10.04.</p> <p><sup>(Why not 2.0? Well, I've tried 2.0; didn't like its UI and had some other issues with it too, and I <em>know<...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2010-11-22T14:17:22.850
Can you get VMware Server 1.0.x to work?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-25T12:53:21.237", "id": "72245", "postId": "8285", "score": "0", "text": "Update: I have since switched from (any version of) VMware Server to **VirtualBox** [for my virtualisation needs](http://askubuntu.com/questions/43365/creating-running-windows-virtual-machines), ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In plain words, these old version of VMWare doesn't work with modern kernels. You can modify de interface source and recompile it following <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/8285/can-you-get-vmware-server-1-0-x-to-work-on-64-bit-ubuntu-10-04/8291#8291\">hhlp link</a>, but it'...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>follow this tutorial :</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1493522\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1493522</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC B...
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2010-10-19T15:02:39.007
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<p>Ubuntu-Tweak doesn't have the option <strong>Startup</strong> which includes</p> <ul> <li>Session Manager</li> <li>Session Control and few other options are not there. I am running the latest version available to download. I remember having all those menus in lucid.</li> </ul> <p>for a better difference compariso...
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2910
2010-10-19T20:40:23.883
2011-02-12T10:29:26.117
Ubuntu tweak not showing all the menus
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T15:30:14.577", "id": "8147", "postId": "8289", "score": "0", "text": "Hmm.. Really!.. Startup is missing.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2026" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T17:19:12.383", "id": "8164", "postId": "8289", "score":...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Figured out the problem, may be something wrong with the configuration files in the home folder's hidden files.\nDue to some other problem I had to empty my Home Folder and delete all the hidden files and after that Ubuntu Tweak is working fine with all the Options available.</p>\n",...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In the latest version (0.5.7) the startup menu has been removed, since it was a duplicate feature of the GNOME Session application.</p>\n\n<p>See the release notes:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2010/10/10/ubuntu-tweak-0-5-7-released-hello-ubuntu-maverick.h...
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2010-10-19T15:03:24.527
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<p>Are there good sources for learning how to write drivers for webcams, electronic devices and stuff for Linux? Besides reading the source code :P</p>
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2010-10-19T15:17:00.667
Writing drivers & stuff: sources for learning
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can check out some of the Questions on Stackoverflow.com (site based on the same engine as this one). Here is a <a href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/linux+driver\">link</a> to linux driver tags.</p>\n\n<p>This <a href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1629129/...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can check out some of the Questions on Stackoverflow.com (site based on the same engine as this one). Here is a <a href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/linux+driver\">link</a> to linux driver tags.</p>\n\n<p>This <a href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...
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2010-10-19T15:25:44.580
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<p>I have the package kdelicious installed (Maverick), and would expect to use its extensions in Konqueror. How do I enable it?</p>
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2010-12-10T19:40:06.553
How to enable kdelicious in konqueror?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>kdelicious: delicious for konqueror</p>\n\n<p>At last I managed to find a plugin for delicious in konqueror. The project is Called kdelicious (although There Are Several Projects That Are The Same Nearly extinct or name). The point is That There is no package to install so Th...
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2010-10-19T15:42:35.680
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<p>I am trying to boot a live CD into a live session or to use the installer. However, once it starts, it shuts down again to no signal. I know the ISO is good as I have checked it and it also runs correctly on other computers. </p> <p>Compaq sr 2014 2GB ram all rest stock. </p> <p>I can get other distributions to bo...
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2010-10-23T01:26:38.523
2010-10-23T12:20:17.113
Live CD installer shuts down
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>hmmm, try to boot from USB Flash, then test your RAM and check you HDD for bad sectors (with MHDD).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-19T17:48:25.730", "i...
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2010-10-19T15:52:14.440
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<p>I am writing a MIDI sequencer in C++ using asoundlib. Sometimes I would like my application to stop all voices, calling an All-Notes-Off event. I do it by calling a note-off to every note at every channel, since this is the only way I know, but for some reasons I am not really happy to send 16*128=2048 events in one...
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2010-11-12T04:33:05.930
2010-11-12T04:33:05.930
How to send All-Notes-Off ALSA MIDI Event?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to the <a href=\"http://www.skytopia.com/project/articles/midi.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">crash course on the midi specification</a> you simply send an event 'Z' with an all notes off which is explained as <code>00 B0 7B 00</code></p>\n\n<pre><code>00 to indicate no time delay...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to the <a href=\"http://www.skytopia.com/project/articles/midi.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">crash course on the midi specification</a> you simply send an event 'Z' with an all notes off which is explained as <code>00 B0 7B 00</code></p>\n\n<pre><code>00 to indicate no ti...
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2010-10-19T15:58:58.177
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<p>I use <a href="http://www.lyx.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">LyX</a> for creating documents and would like to be able to format the output of my documents so that they use the Ubuntu font. </p> <p>In the LyX document settings, it appears that there are only a fixed number of fonts available.</p> <p><img src="http...
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2014-03-29T16:45:44.720
2017-02-12T21:41:33.557
How can the Ubuntu font be used with LyX or LaTeX?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Converting a font in the true type format (like the Ubuntu font) to the format LaTeX understands is possible with tools such as <code>ttf2afm</code>, <code>ttf2pk</code> etc. but involves a lot of work. There are many howtos on the net (e.g. <a href=\"http://fachschaft.physik.uni-gre...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Since LaTeX/TeX uses fonts that are created with Metafont, I would think the Ubuntu font must be put into a format that Metafont can use and create its internal font information from. In turn you need to then use the Metafont created font files to create the dvi files from yo...
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2010-10-19T15:59:47.177
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<p>I'm using Maverick and this is the setup:</p> <p>Our router connects us to the company's VPN through which we can access some internal websites. I have to connect also to a customer's VPN in order to use remote desktop and their websites daily.</p> <p>This customer has a web interface to connect to its VPN, it lau...
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2010-11-01T22:56:15.373
VPN issues on web browsing
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What are the ip ranges the vpns are allocating for routing? It might well be that both are the same (i.e. 192.168.*) and because of that you can only access one at a time.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T18:06:39....
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2010-10-19T16:50:27.167
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<p>Yesterday I installed KDE through gnome in Ubuntu 10.10 and after some time I decided to uninstall kde manually through the Synaptic Package Manager. I completely removed all the packages which I thought were related to KDE and not critical for Gnome, but I was wrong as it turns out not only did I delete KDE I also ...
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2010-10-19T16:56:50.393
2020-06-25T06:07:33.973
Restore default packages
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Without a terminal of some form, it could just be one you get by switching to a tty (e.g. pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F6</kbd>) and a network connection you will struggle. </p>\n\n<p>If you have access to these two things you should type</p>\n\n<pre><code>sud...
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8318
2010-10-19T17:48:42.593
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<p>I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 and remove my existing Windows Installation. Ubuntu loads fine from the optical drive but then can't find a hard drive to install itself to. Both my optical / hard drive are SATA. I read somewhere that if my bios settings have my SATA Controller running in IDE mode that I shoul...
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2012-04-08T15:14:18.153
Ubuntu won't recognize my hard drive
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Setting the hard drive to AHCI but leaving the optical drive as an IDE did the trick. Installing now.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-19T17:55:27.980", "id": "8318", "la...
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2010-10-19T18:09:02.920
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<p>I'm using Ubuntu 10.10, but I find that this project is having issues with the version of mysql server that 10.10 installs. I have another machine running the same build of this project but it's running 10.04 and it doesn't have any problems. I found that the version are a little different (10.04 has 5.1.41 and 10.1...
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2010-10-19T18:24:36.693
Install old version of mysql in 10.10
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can do this using the \"Synaptic Package Manager\". You find the program under \"System > Administration\". Find the mysql-server package you have installed and select \"Package > Force version...\" as shown in the screenshot below.</p>\n\n<p>This will show you a list of the avai...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can do this using the \"Synaptic Package Manager\". You find the program under \"System > Administration\". Find the mysql-server package you have installed and select \"Package > Force version...\" as shown in the screenshot below.</p>\n\n<p>This will show you a list of ...
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2010-10-19T18:12:52.070
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<p>I have two notebooks (Notebook 1 with Ubuntu 10.04 and Notebook 2 with Ubuntu 10.10) in a home network and I want to share a folder on notebook 1 with samba. Notebook 2 should be able to read/write/delete content of the folder. </p> <p>I installed the packages samba and system-config-samba and I added a user and th...
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2010-10-20T16:23:16.247
2013-03-10T01:43:30.303
No write-access to samba share
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try to login to the share with a user which has read/write permissions on the system where the folder is shared. Also make sure that that particular user has rights to access the samba share.</p>\n\n<p>If possible, it is always a good idea to go for NFS sharing. As long as you do not...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try to login to the share with a user which has read/write permissions on the system where the folder is shared. Also make sure that that particular user has rights to access the samba share.</p>\n\n<p>If possible, it is always a good idea to go for NFS sharing. As long as yo...
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2010-10-19T18:21:17.690
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<p>I'd like to connect to a wireless <em>access point</em> from the command-line. Ideally, I'd only need the name of the AP. But the hardware-address would work as well.</p> <p>I know I can use <code>nmcli</code> to connect to a managed network connection, but in my case, the access point may not be configured for Net...
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2013-04-01T16:10:00.960
2017-11-11T08:23:39.017
Use Network-Manager to connect to a WiFi Access Point on the command-line
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://vidner.net/martin/software/cnetworkmanager/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>cnetworkmanager</code></a> for this.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Edit:</strong></p>\n\n<p>After some investigation it becomes clear that it is impossible to run two \"user configuration...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use iwconfig (wifitools) for wep encryption, or wpa_supplicant for wpa and wep, also you use wicd-curses if you're looking for something easier, good luck =)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T18:50:25.700", ...
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2010-10-19T18:33:44.920
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<p>My machine shut down unexpectedly today (laptop battery is crap) and when I rebooted it I lost all sound.</p> <p>I tried to go to Preferences->Sound but it just opens a little window saying "waiting for sound system to respond" and nothing happens. When my computer rebooted it did warn me of some errors in the file...
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2010-10-19T19:34:42.977
2010-10-21T22:04:04.070
How can one reinstall sound drivers?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This question was solved for me on Ubuntu forums\n1:0 forums vs. askubuntu :-)</p>\n\n<p>Link to thread:\n<a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1600845\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1600845</a></p>\n\n<p>Answer: (credit to Temüjin)</p>\n\n<b...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could use this nice script:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6589810\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6589810</a></p>\n\n<p>It should upgrade your sound drivers to the latest version and uninstall the older ones first...
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2010-10-19T18:39:27.827
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<p>I've been trying to get my integrated GOBI WWAN card to work under 10.10 for a while now. </p> <p>I was able to get the network manager to see the card after installing the gobi-loader package. I was able to setup the connection, but i cannot establish a connection to Verizon. </p> <p>Below is the output from /var...
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2010-10-23T20:42:33.980
2011-03-26T19:13:34.227
Problem getting GOBI 2000 HS to work
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I seem to have stumbled onto the next step. In the connection manager where it asks for the dialout number, you do not want #777, you want s=2. No one, not even Verizon knows exactly why this seems too work... but it does. After htis, I was presented with a dialouge box tit...
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2010-10-19T18:46:53.943
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<p>I am talking about a program that will show you all the changes you made to the system, in case I have to trouble shoot my system? A CLI one will be better, in case of worst case scenario</p>
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2014-05-02T00:49:28.177
2014-05-02T00:49:28.177
Is there a system journal that I can install?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I am not sure that you can trace all your changes except in looking at your log files ...</p>\n\n<p>If you want to \"backup\" changes you made to the system (to troubleshoot or reinstall) your can : </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Export the list of installed packages : dpkg --get-selections > ins...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>See this page about viewing logs in ubuntu:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-linux-gnome-system-log-viewer/\" rel=\"nofollow\">View log files in Ubuntu</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "content...
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2010-10-19T18:56:07.327
3
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<p><strong>Back Story</strong></p> <p>I tried out the latest Netbook Remix on my Dell Inspiron 600m and it was badly broken. So, I've been trying to downgrade to a usable system. I've managed to restore a 10.04 Netbook Remix and restore my home dir but I still have the issue of linux not coming back from suspend. </p>...
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2010-10-19T19:03:30.337
How can I keep an old linux version but upgrade to a new distribution?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would mostly say no. You could potentially install the old kernel from jaunty manually in a newer Ubuntu, or just keep upgrading and keep all the old kernel versions installed. The newer versions are designed and supported on a newer kernel though, and may not be compatible. You ca...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would mostly say no. You could potentially install the old kernel from jaunty manually in a newer Ubuntu, or just keep upgrading and keep all the old kernel versions installed. The newer versions are designed and supported on a newer kernel though, and may not be compatible...
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1
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2010-10-19T19:13:36.560
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<p>It acts like it wants to work, but all I get is the bar across the top with "activities", the time, my name, and the background. After that my computer will do nothing else.</p> <p>I installed it following the directions <a href="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/DistributionPackages" rel="nofollow">here</a>, detail...
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2010-10-19T19:45:37.227
2010-11-01T18:17:49.143
Trying to use gnome-shell but it will not work
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I fixed it by re-installing ubuntu... makes me wonder if I got rid of something it depended on by accident..</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11-01T18:17:49.143", "id": "10794"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This happens if you delete your hidden ~/.gnome* folder(s) and Gnome does not have what to show.</p>\n\n<p>Solution: start in Ubuntu live cd and copy the hidden ~/.gnome* folder(s) from the cd to your hard drive user folder.</p>\n\n<p>Alternatively copy from the root folder t...
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2010-10-19T19:18:00.417
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<p>I have a dark GTK theme installed in my Ubuntu 10.10 install and a persona installed for Firefox that I also like.</p> <p>The problem is that Firefox is using my dark GTK theme for items like buttons and text fields on common web pages, and this commonly creates unreadable menus, text areas, and buttons. (white te...
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2016-05-28T03:29:48.643
2022-12-09T23:40:06.000
How can one make Firefox ignore my GTK theme entirely?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Start Firefox with one of the following command:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>GTK3 Firefox 46+:</strong> <code>env GTK_THEME=Adwaita:light firefox</code></li>\n<li><strong>GTK2 Firefox &lt;46:</strong> <code>env GTK2_RC_FILES=/usr/share/themes/Simple/gtk-2.0/gtkrc firefox</code></li>\n</...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can add another theme to Firefox that you like from Tools -> Addons -> Themes. Then just use that theme instead of the default one.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-19T20:01:55.803", "id": "8194", ...
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2010-10-19T19:26:04.537
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<p>I'm trying to setup dual monitors on a new 10.10 installation. I have an LG w2040 and a Westinghouse l2610nw. The LG works, but the Westinghouse displays an "Out of Range" notice and nothing else. If I try to change the resolution in the NVIDIA X Server settings window and hit Apply the Westinghouse monitor stays...
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2010-10-19T19:27:00.763
2010-10-23T12:35:40.503
Out of range error with dual displays
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just so this doesn't hang here unanswered, The problem wasn't with dual monitors, but with the Westinghouse monitor itself. The system recognized it fine but could never get a picture to it. I had it plugged in with the HDMI to DVI cable that it shipped with. I swapped that out wi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just so this doesn't hang here unanswered, The problem wasn't with dual monitors, but with the Westinghouse monitor itself. The system recognized it fine but could never get a picture to it. I had it plugged in with the HDMI to DVI cable that it shipped with. I swapped tha...
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2010-10-19T19:48:12.880
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<p>I have problems changing my remotes keys. The rc has a joystick for controlling the mouse cursor. After connecting the rc to my computer everything works fine, but the shortcuts are made for Windows MCE and thus they don't fit for me.</p> <p>I tried to solve my problem with LIRC. This works so far as fine, but I ca...
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2010-12-12T06:29:56.317
change my remote controls keys
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>OK so your lirc configuration basically claims the mouse as a remote control input which means xinput can't then use it as a normal mouse. Without lirc claiming the hardware xinput would pick up the mouse and you'd see it when running <code>xinput list</code> from the command...
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8345
2010-10-19T20:10:26.023
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<p>I have a friend wanting to install Ubuntu 10.10 as a dual-boot with Windows through Wubi. Unfortunately, he has a wireless card with a Broadcom chipset, and needs to install the drivers. There is no other way for him to connect to the internet; he cannot connect via Ethernet or another Wi-Fi dongle/card.</p> <p>I g...
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866
2010-10-19T20:27:40.420
2011-11-18T06:39:32.417
Package dependency problem (offline install of wireless drivers)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the line <code>libstdc++6-4.4-dev depends on gcc-4.4-base (= 4.4.3-4ubuntu5); however:\n Version of gcc-4.4-base on system is 4.4.4-14ubuntu5.</code> I am 99% confident you are trying to install 10.04 (Lucid) packages on a 10.10 (Maverick) system. </p>\n\n<p>This is almost alw...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the line <code>libstdc++6-4.4-dev depends on gcc-4.4-base (= 4.4.3-4ubuntu5); however:\n Version of gcc-4.4-base on system is 4.4.4-14ubuntu5.</code> I am 99% confident you are trying to install 10.04 (Lucid) packages on a 10.10 (Maverick) system. </p>\n\n<p>This is al...
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2010-10-19T20:41:07.393
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<p>is there a clock application, </p> <ul> <li>that can be placed on your screen like a widget </li> <li>staying <strong>always on top</strong></li> <li>but automatically <strong>fades away on mouseover</strong></li> <li>enabling you to click through it on items below,</li> </ul> <p>(behaves pretty much <strong>like<...
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2012-11-21T21:28:03.350
2023-01-23T07:11:29.433
OSD desktop-clock that does not get in your way?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I wrote this bash line just to try, but it doesn't behave in the right way and has the disadvantage to clog the notification system queue.\nIt's a start, perhaps? </p>\n\n<pre><code>while true; do notify-send `date +%H:%M` -t 60000; sleep 60; done;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>you ne...
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2010-10-19T21:02:12.210
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<p>In Lucid, Tomboy Notes had a panel icon that, when clicked on, would show a list of the most recent notes. You could click the little pushpin icon next to a title to make it show up all the time, no matter how many notes had been added after it.</p> <p>Since upgrading to Maverick, the icon no longer displays the no...
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2010-10-19T21:17:06.640
2010-11-13T18:09:50.433
Tomboy Notes panel no longer shows note titles after upgrade from Lucid to Maverick
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is due to <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomboy/+bug/627744\" rel=\"nofollow\">a bug</a> with the notification area fallback of the new Tomboy indicator. You'll see the fallback if you've removed the indicator applet that hosts application indicators from yo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is due to <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomboy/+bug/627744\" rel=\"nofollow\">a bug</a> with the notification area fallback of the new Tomboy indicator. You'll see the fallback if you've removed the indicator applet that hosts application indicators...
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2010-10-19T21:03:55.047
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<p>I added a bunch of drives to an external enclosure and attached it to a server via eSATA and now need to get them ready for software raid. However they do not appear under <code>fdisk -l</code></p> <p>I've tried looking in <code>/dev/disk/by-path</code> and <code>/dev/disk/by-id</code>. The RAID card appears in dme...
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How do I list new drives so I can partition and format them?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try running the command <code>ls /dev/sd*</code>.</p>\n\n<p>This should list all drives on the system with their device names. Compare that to the output of <code>fdisk -l</code> which will show the current list if you don't know which are which.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "com...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try running the command <code>ls /dev/sd*</code>.</p>\n\n<p>This should list all drives on the system with their device names. Compare that to the output of <code>fdisk -l</code> which will show the current list if you don't know which are which.</p>\n", "commentCount": "...
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2010-10-19T21:04:22.707
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<p>Today I did my typical "update all" routine when the package manager GUI told me many things needed updating. It chugged along and needed some confirms. I rebooted because one of the upgrades had stripped all the chrome off my windows making them look old-school X. After the reboot I have a red triangle in my syste...
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2010-10-19T22:07:49.247
2010-10-19T22:07:49.247
How do I downgrade apt?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try this first :</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install --reinstall apt\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I tried it myself, no risk to your system.</p>\n\n<p>If it doesn't work, you'll have to get the package from <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?lang=en&amp;searchon=names&amp;keyword...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try this first :</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install --reinstall apt\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I tried it myself, no risk to your system.</p>\n\n<p>If it doesn't work, you'll have to get the package from <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?lang=en&amp;searchon=names&amp...
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2010-10-19T21:14:40.463
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<p>I made a shortcut to my home folder by dragging and dropping it to the panel.</p> <p>Is there a way that I can drag and drop files to that applet in order to save the file in the folder location?</p> <p>What I really want is to make a shortcut to one of my Ubuntu One folders, that when I drag and drop a file, sele...
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551
2010-10-19T22:41:39.233
2010-10-19T22:41:39.233
How to drag and drop files to a places applet. (Like trash can)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The following script will act according to your desciption. I believe this is not the best approach for this situation, but there is not an applet with the functionality described by you that I know of. </p>\n\n<p>Create a file in your home folder with the following content:</p>\n\n<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The following script will act according to your desciption. I believe this is not the best approach for this situation, but there is not an applet with the functionality described by you that I know of. </p>\n\n<p>Create a file in your home folder with the following content:<...
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2010-10-19T21:42:56.497
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<p>How to make the gnome panel clock show time in "fuzzy" format? E.g. "It's morning". I think it was present in KDE in the good ole times. Not sure about now.</p>
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2010-10-20T00:54:13.253
How to make clock applet show "fuzzy" time?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a separate fuzzy-clock applet by Troy Rennie </p>\n\n<p>Just two little problems I've noticed:\nNothing happens if you click on it, and it looks just <em>very slightly</em> wrong on ubuntu 10.10.</p>\n\n<p>But other than that, it's fine.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://code.googl...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Right click on the panel and go to Add Widgets. Go to the Date &amp; Time section, and there is a Fuzzy Clock widget available. Add that to your panel, then right click on the old clock to find the option to remove the non-fuzzy one.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "co...
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2010-10-19T21:50:21.203
1
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<p>When I'm running on battery, I prefer to use the TTYs instead of the full blown GUI as I can squeeze a <em>lot</em> more run time out this way.</p> <p>However, when I want to type in curly braces (<kbd>AltGr</kbd>-<kbd>Shift</kbd>-<kbd>è</kbd> and <kbd>AltGr</kbd>-<kbd>Shift</kbd>-<kbd>+</kbd> on my Italian keyboard...
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2022-01-11T10:59:56.680
2022-01-11T10:59:56.680
How can I type curly braces while using the TTY?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>My italian layout works out of the box.</p>\n\n<p>You could try <code>loadkeys it</code> but if your other keys are working I think that the italian layout is already loaded.</p>\n\n<p>Maybe you have some sort of uncommon keyboard and you need to create your own keymap.</p>\n...
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2010-10-19T22:08:37.870
3
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<p>I'm running on a clean install of 10.10 Server edition and have alsa-base, alsa-tools, alsa-utils, alsaplayer, and alsa-firmware-loader installed. At one point I installed pulseaudio, but I have since removed it.</p> <p>I've tried the following</p> <pre><code>lspci | grep audio 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller:...
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2010-10-19T22:11:16.280
2023-08-02T19:27:11.713
Setting Up Audio on a Server Install
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The first thing to check is that the snd modules are being loaded, please check and report on the output of this command:</p>\n\n<p><code>lsmod | grep snd</code></p>\n\n<p>If that was the problem, next you should check the audio device available from those with this command:<...
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1
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2010-10-19T22:18:36.540
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<p>Is there any way to get source diffs between a locally-installed package and its updated one? This will be useful to check exactly which parts have been fixed, changed or added.</p> <p>For example, say you have the linux-libc-dev package installed on your system and</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; su...
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3175
2010-10-21T22:17:20.560
2017-02-15T15:24:47.610
Diff'ing different versions of the same debian package
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here's another solution I hacked together: <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/whatchanged\" rel=\"nofollow\">whatchanged</a>. </p>\n\n<p>It takes the name of the binary package you're interested in as the only argument. To use a recent SRU as an example:</p>\n\n<pre><code>./whatchanged ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Afaik the only way to do this is to get the source and make the diff's your self. You can get the actual source used for compiling the packages with apt-get. fx:</p>\n\n<pre><code>apt-get source gwibber=2.30.2-0ubuntu3 gwibber=2.30.0.1-0ubuntu1\ndiff -rupN gwibber-2.30.0.1/ g...
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2010-10-19T22:44:42.097
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<p>How can I run notepad++.exe from terminal?</p> <p>It's located under <code>/home/jon/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe</code> but when I execute</p> <pre><code>sudo /home/jon/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe </code></pre> <p>it returns</p> <pre><code>sudo: /home/jon/.wine/dri...
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2021-10-08T17:06:39.560
Run notepad++.exe from terminal
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If the file you are trying to create or edit does not require root privilege, run this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>wine /home/jon/.wine/drive_c/Program\\ Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If it does require root permission at all, install the notepad++ with your root account ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If the file you are trying to create or edit does not require root privilege, run this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>wine /home/jon/.wine/drive_c/Program\\ Files/Notepad++/notepad++.exe\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If it does require root permission at all, install the notepad++ with your root ...
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2010-10-19T23:12:41.323
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<p>How can I disable empathy's notification balloon that shows up when someone sends me a message?</p>
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2010-10-19T23:29:26.320
2013-05-21T19:14:11.870
Disabling empathy balloon
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>When you see the contact list, click \"edit > preferences\". You should uncheck \"Enable bubble notifications\". The balloon will not pop up anymore. You can also customize which balloons you want to see and which not.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Y2TXe.png\" alt=\"...
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2010-10-19T23:19:19.067
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<p>System > Administration > Disk Utility</p> <p>What's the difference between "Unmount Volume" and "Safe Removal"? Say you insert a flash drive and open the Disk Utility UI, if you click on "Safe Removal" you receive an "Error Detaching Drive" notification, because it's busy. You must first click the "Unmount Volume"...
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2017-04-13T12:24:58.360
2012-01-18T18:33:11.027
Disk Utility: What's the difference between "Unmount" and "Safe Removal"?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>\"Unmount\" unmounts a filesystem. If your USB mass storage device (e.g. USB memory sticks or USB hard disks) contains more than one partition, this will only unmount the filesystem on the currently selected partition.</p>\n\n<p>\"Safe removal\" does the same as \"eject\" I suppose....
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2010-10-19T23:31:31.913
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<p>Only front right and left speaker work, and my 5.1 card, is recognized by Ubuntu 10.10, but I have no option for 5.1 in the profile combo <strong>Sound</strong> -> <strong>Hardware</strong> </p> <p>I have tried <code>default-sample-channels = 6</code> without success.</p> <p><strong>This is lshw output:</strong> ...
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2015-10-06T04:03:30.990
2015-10-06T04:03:30.990
5.1 Sound on Encore ENM232-6VIA
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you try unmuting the Rear, Center and LFE using the advanced volume or alsamixer ?</p>\n\n<p>In Ubuntu the only applications that I know to be able to use 5.1 channels are:</p>\n\n<p>Alsa - driver - needs to be unmuted</p>\n\n<p>Amarok - needs to be configured (in graphic...
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2010-10-19T23:35:18.227
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<p>Whenever I come back from suspend, the fan spins at full speed for about 2 minutes before it clams down. It will do this regardless of load on the cpu. And the laptop just came back from a (potentially long) suspend so it isn't hot. At all.</p> <p>After two minutes or so, the fan goes back to normal and then respon...
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2010-10-19T23:49:46.457
2012-06-12T00:45:29.790
Fans revs up after suspend
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is properly only one way... cut the wire feeding power to the fan.</p>\n\n<p>It is not Ubuntu who starts that fan but your BIOS/Mainboard, you may be able to do some tweaking in your BIOS but i doubt it will work for the out of suspend time.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "co...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is properly only one way... cut the wire feeding power to the fan.</p>\n\n<p>It is not Ubuntu who starts that fan but your BIOS/Mainboard, you may be able to do some tweaking in your BIOS but i doubt it will work for the out of suspend time.</p>\n", "commentCount": ...
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<p>Does anyone know about a way to get code folding in gedit? I've found <a href="http://code.google.com/p/gedit-folding/source/checkout" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this plugin</a> in google code, but looks like dead and doesn't work with the latest gedit.</p>
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Is there code folding for gedit?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Code folding in a good manner is stated to be difficult because the GtkSourceView component would need to be edited.</p>\n\n<p>Still there was this simple plugin that used to work until gedit 2.28...</p>\n\n<p>And it's on the <a href=\"https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/RoadMap\" rel...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Code folding in a good manner is stated to be difficult because the GtkSourceView component would need to be edited.</p>\n\n<p>Still there was this simple plugin that used to work until gedit 2.28...</p>\n\n<p>And it's on the <a href=\"https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gedit/RoadM...
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