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8710 | 1 | null | 2010-10-21T15:28:28.827 | 3 | 215 | <p>I don't want to navigate via the Networks --> workgroup/domain folder. I want to skip that step and directly access the share of a specific machine.</p>
<p>For example, in Windows you would type in Windows Explorer:</p>
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</code></pre>
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8712 | 1 | null | 2010-10-21T15:32:03.530 | 5 | 2174 | <p>In my ubuntu 10.10 after configure an external CRT on S-Video in cloning desktop, I've lost my desktop icon and right clicking on it does not show menu and menu bar too.</p>
<p>I've tried to resolve with following command:</p>
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8713 | 1 | null | 2010-10-21T15:32:54.700 | 2 | 132 | <p>I don't understand why I keep getting unsupported format errors when using the last.fm plugin in rhythmbox. It seems to happen every time I try to play a song only one or two tracks advanced.. if I try to play a song that's three or more tracks ahead it works fine.</p>
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8720 | 1 | 8732 | 2010-10-21T15:53:48.780 | 7 | 4380 | <p>Is there an equivalent to <code>yum history</code> command in ubuntu? Im aware that i can just look at the apt logs, but im looking for something that will list them all in the command line, and then enable me to target a specific installation and rollback / modify it</p>
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8726 | 1 | 10309 | 2010-10-21T16:25:57.133 | 3 | 2260 | <p>Ubuntu provides some good information on how to enable UFW and on how to enable IPv6 with miredo:</p>
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8729 | 1 | null | 2010-10-21T16:48:57.603 | 3 | 5524 | <p>I installed xampp with no problems, and then ran the command to set security. Apparently setting security locks you out of the directories even at the file system level, not just via FTP - when I look at the permissions tab of my htaccess folder, for example, the owner is set to the ftp username. I can FTP, but unfo... | 2664 | 235 | 2010-10-21T18:50:57.500 | 2010-10-21T18:50:57.500 | Having permission problems with XAMPP | [
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8733 | 1 | 8737 | 2010-10-21T17:06:20.607 | 6 | 3223 | <p>Changing the sidepane background color in Nautilus</p>
<p>Is it possible to change the sidepane background color for Places? I want it to blend, if i hit the dropdown above the sidepane and select information, this blends with the navigation toolbars. I'd like that same effect for the Places option.</p>
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8740 | 1 | null | 2010-10-21T17:39:54.877 | 6 | 705 | <p>My install was interrupted because of a power cut. I recovered from it, using the command</p>
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8741 | 1 | 9238 | 2010-10-21T18:04:36.693 | 4 | 7381 | <p>I have a TrueCrypt container on a Windows share that I'm trying to mount from Ubuntu. However, I consistently get a "Permission Denied" error.</p>
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8744 | 1 | null | 2010-10-21T18:34:13.343 | 2 | 1467 | <p>How do I do this all from Ubuntu? When I used Wubi there was a max size, and i ended up liking Ubuntu 10.04 so I kept it installed, but now i want to do just run W7 as a VM. I have around only 58GBs used and around 100GBs free, how can i move the 100GBs of just free space to Ubuntu with GParted or any other software... | 2490 | null | null | 2010-10-30T19:42:13.700 | Make W7 install as small as possible and increase Ubuntu size | [
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8747 | 1 | null | 2010-10-21T18:52:29.883 | 6 | 8355 | <p>I'm having a hard time finding reliable info on this subject, but I'm looking for a usb to vga ( or dvi ) adapter for a Ubuntu 10.10 installation on a laptop.</p>
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8755 | 1 | null | 2010-10-21T20:09:11.653 | 3 | 4196 | <p>I can't seem to find this anywhere but every other OS has this...</p>
<p>How can I just modify the color settings on my monitor, e.g. white balance, gamma, etc?</p>
<p>Also, just in case, i'm on a Lenovo ThinkPad.</p>
<p>Here is my graphics card specs:</p>
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8756 | 1 | 8757 | 2010-10-21T20:12:58.383 | 1 | 2171 | <p>I can't remember what directory this file is found in off hand. Does anybody know?</p>
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8758 | 1 | null | 2010-10-21T20:24:54.600 | 11 | 3468 | <p>What happens if I upload a revoke key to another keyserver different to the Ubuntu keyserver; will they be sync automatically?</p>
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8760 | 1 | 8766 | 2010-10-21T20:33:37.573 | 5 | 550 | <p>I've noticed an f(x) button in calculator's (gcalctool) advanced mode. The button opens a drop-down list with some predefined functions. Is it possible to define more? </p>
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8775 | 1 | 12944 | 2010-10-21T22:23:25.403 | 5 | 476 | <p>Looking for setup steps for gitosis after installing from <code>apt-get</code>.</p>
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8781 | 1 | 8874 | 2010-10-22T00:30:26.560 | 1 | 1331 | <p>I'm in need of an e-book reader, and considering it'd be yet another thing to throw into my student bag I want to look into tablet computing.</p>
<p>Now, I don't really have much love for Apple's stuff, so please do not recommend the iPad; iPad like, yes.</p>
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8783 | 1 | 8786 | 2010-10-22T00:56:56.387 | 4 | 209 | <p>I have a file in <code>~/.config/autostart/</code> that looks like this:</p>
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8785 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T01:04:32.130 | 1 | 990 | <p>I am looking to put together a new desktop computer. For the last couple of years I have been using a DELL laptop plus an external screen using Twin View and this has worked nicely.</p>
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8787 | 1 | 8795 | 2010-10-22T01:16:56.393 | 7 | 6890 | <p>As the title suggests. Selecting a background image, color or using the transparency sitting doesn't work with the Ambiance theme. </p>
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8792 | 1 | 8796 | 2010-10-22T02:29:41.560 | 15 | 8499 | <p>I have seen some ebooks/papers that were apparently scanned from their paper versions but the text in the ebooks/papers can amazingly be copied out. I suppose the directly-scanned versions must have been processed by some Optical Character Recognition software. </p>
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8794 | 1 | 8820 | 2010-10-22T02:44:38.570 | 2 | 687 | <p>I was trying to solve NetworkManager icon disappearence, and following some tips I executed this command:</p>
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<p>Not only it didn't worked, but windows decorations disappeared as well (title, close button, etc) and who knows what else that I didn't noticed.</p>
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8797 | 1 | 8806 | 2010-10-22T02:49:33.437 | 2 | 6959 | <p>I've created some packs of svg flag icons for the language indicator menu. I'm expanding it now, and have had a request for a flag for the "Latin American" layout of Spanish. But I can't figure out what two-character filename is linked to that layout. It's not ES (for spanish) and <a href="http://www.loc.gov/standar... | 2762 | 866 | 2010-10-22T14:20:23.783 | 2010-10-22T16:19:28.430 | What is the two-character language code for the Latin American keyboard layout? | [
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8801 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T02:59:22.767 | 4 | 1367 | <p>I have one partition with Ubuntu and one partition with Windows XP, I have also another NTFS Partition where I share my files.
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8803 | 1 | 8808 | 2010-10-22T03:36:23.287 | 9 | 1923 | <p>When I need to use Windows, I:</p>
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8804 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T03:40:51.527 | 0 | 2411 | <p>I click the icon, the splash screen will come up, and then about half way, it will disappear, I can't get it to work at all, any possible solutions?? I tried to get Terminal output, but I couldn't seem to get anything </p>
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8807 | 1 | 8835 | 2010-10-22T03:51:40.550 | 9 | 13944 | <p>Rhythmbox isn't seeing all of my files. I have a library of music over 24,000 tracks all MP3's.</p>
<p>Rhythmbox sees 11,500 of them only.</p>
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8811 | 1 | 8812 | 2010-10-22T04:33:33.377 | 7 | 550 | <p>When I click <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/9wptM.png" alt="Indicator Applet Session"> --> Restart, the following prompt appears:</p>
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<p>Can I cause this to appear from the command line?</p>
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8816 | 1 | 8817 | 2010-10-22T05:47:54.523 | 4 | 252 | <pre><code>/bin
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8819 | 1 | 8833 | 2010-10-22T06:07:25.940 | 8 | 12088 | <p>I have this portable hard disk with 4 partitions. When I need to safely remove the device I have to unmount each partition manually.
Is there a way I can unmount all at once? Or is it suffice to unmount one partition only and remove the disk?</p>
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8822 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T06:27:55.287 | 1 | 501 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/72023/why-are-letters-overlapping-in-the-terminal">Why are letters overlapping in the terminal?</a> </p>
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8824 | 1 | 8864 | 2010-10-22T06:51:25.357 | 5 | 6887 | <p>I use Thunderbird as my email client. For some reason fonts in the message area are so small that they are unreadable. This includes the Thunderbird welcome screen font. </p>
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8834 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T08:55:08.647 | 59 | 48362 | <p>When I log in Ubuntu, I would like all windows opened at previous session (terminal and Firefox mainly) to be re-opened automatically at the same size and position.</p>
<p>How to proceed?</p>
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8839 | 1 | 8841 | 2010-10-22T10:17:08.513 | 0 | 1757 | <p>This is a follow up question to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/8467/auto-login-to-console-as-root-no-xserver">my prior thread</a>.
This solution works very well. However, after booting up, I only see a blinking cursor. <kbd>Crtl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>FX</kbd>, where X=1..4 e.g. invokes a root Shell. I ... | 3485 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:31.777 | 2011-10-28T18:22:01.307 | Start with interactive console shell | [
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8845 | 1 | 180305 | 2010-10-22T11:06:37.780 | 14 | 11169 | <p>Is it possible to wake up Ubuntu from hibernation at a predefined time? It should not be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake-on-LAN" rel="noreferrer">WOL</a>, but rather Ubuntu waking itself up. For example, it should do what the app <a href="http://www.dennisbabkin.com/wosb/" rel="noreferrer">WakeupOnStandBy... | 2968 | 74809 | 2012-08-14T18:22:54.267 | 2012-08-25T13:24:07.703 | How do I schedule waking up from hibernation? | [
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8847 | 1 | 8892 | 2010-10-22T11:21:51.453 | 3 | 13670 | <p>In Ubuntu I have installed the KDE app <code>Konsole</code>.<br>
I want to change the default font size of the KDE menus and dialogs, etc... to be larger.<br>
(I don't mean the font in the Konsole's terminal window.)</p>
<p>How can I do this?</p>
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8848 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T11:28:21.503 | 7 | 1693 | <p>Is there a command I can run to launch gedit in fullscreen mode?</p>
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8854 | 1 | 8856 | 2010-10-22T12:34:27.793 | 8 | 2227 | <p>When a blank media inserted, the burning tool automatically started. Is there a way to disable that feature?</p>
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8860 | 1 | 8861 | 2010-10-22T12:59:39.337 | 2 | 865 | <p>I would like to disable crontab mail notification for one of my task...</p>
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<p>Can someone tell me if this is possible and how can I do this?</p>
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8865 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T13:58:11.290 | 12 | 6529 | <p>What is the best Linux Dock available? I'm looking for a Dock that I can customize to make it look the way I like. It needs to be theme-able and have lots of configuration options.</p>
<p><em>Please limit one dock solution per answer</em></p>
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8875 | 1 | 20259 | 2010-10-22T14:46:22.643 | 9 | 2930 | <p>I noticed that video performance on my Thinkpad X100e was very poor compared to Windows 7, so I installed the ATI fglrx proprietary drivers by using the "Additional Drivers" dialogue box. The system has an ATI Radeon Mobility HD 3200 chip.</p>
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8877 | 1 | 8879 | 2010-10-22T14:51:56.577 | 1 | 1139 | <p>Is there any way to integrate pidgin into the Me Menu, or any other chat applet?</p>
<p>My main problem is that everyone I know uses AIM, which Empathy jokingly supports.</p>
<p>Or is there a way to fix Empathy to make it show which AIM users are mobile?</p>
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8884 | 1 | 8895 | 2010-10-22T15:16:17.140 | 124 | 94214 | <p>When I run </p>
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8888 | 1 | 8897 | 2010-10-22T16:01:06.360 | 18 | 30376 | <p>Windows has this. Basically what I want is to record the state of the system either manually or periodically and then restore to that point if required. For example, before upgrading the distribution, or before installing a certain package.</p>
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8891 | 1 | 8958 | 2010-10-22T16:18:43.073 | 5 | 3911 | <p>I want to switch from Windows XP to Ubuntu and there is one thing that I'm heavily using in XP—an MP3 alarm clock. In the evening I turn the PC to hibernated mode. In the morning it wakes up (based on Windows' scheduler) and runs a special program that then runs media player with a defined playlist, starts mus... | 4591 | 25130 | 2012-02-01T18:43:20.303 | 2012-02-01T18:43:20.303 | How do I set up an mp3 alarm clock? | [
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8896 | 1 | 8903 | 2010-10-22T16:53:10.463 | 8 | 741 | <p>I'm going to install a ubuntu server to provide email, ftp and maybe webserver services too.
I dont want to install a gui for the server, but I'd like to administrate it remotely.
I was thinking in web administration or something else, is there a good package to make these tasks??</p>
<p>Regards,
Victor.</p>
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8900 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T17:06:48.493 | 2 | 966 | <p>When I try and set up my mobile connection through the connection wizard it doesn't work at all. There is no indication that my computer even recognizes it. Any pointers? This is a Verizon dongle.</p>
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8911 | 1 | 8914 | 2010-10-22T17:48:42.677 | 13 | 2641 | <p>How can i make the application, Shutter (takes screenshots) open at startup? I know about sys > prefs > statup applications, but after I go to add what do I fill out the form with? Shutter isn't a command, is it?</p>
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8912 | 1 | 8917 | 2010-10-22T17:50:48.300 | 2 | 637 | <p>The last panel on gnome is being a pain to delete. I've tried the gconfig editor or whatever and going to desktop -> sessions and deleting the required applet text. </p>
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8918 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T18:03:59.937 | 38 | 9030 | <p>How do I make Skype use the default Ubuntu notify-osd to display notifications (incoming messages, users connecting, etc.) instead of the Skype's own "ugly" message box?</p>
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8923 | 1 | 8965 | 2010-10-22T18:35:00.270 | 2 | 1233 | <p>What is the format for multiple emails in <code>/etc/apticron/apticron.conf</code>?</p>
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8925 | 1 | 8927 | 2010-10-22T18:40:16.577 | 5 | 4116 | <p>I removed all of my gnome-panel's in favor of the Avant Window Manager for a number of reasons, and would really like to not have to have a gnome-panel still just being hidden.</p>
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8926 | 1 | 9029 | 2010-10-22T18:48:16.547 | 0 | 462 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5911/video-editing-on-ubuntu">Video editing on Ubuntu</a> </p>
</blockquote>
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8933 | 1 | 8936 | 2010-10-22T19:24:54.910 | 11 | 13014 | <p>I tried running </p>
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8937 | 1 | 8943 | 2010-10-22T19:50:59.607 | 5 | 6532 | <p>Is it possible to kill a process running in an Ubuntu machine from a Windows(XP) machine remotely connected via LAN ?</p>
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8947 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T20:20:26.610 | 8 | 29051 | <p>Is there a player for the rtmp:// (flash streaming) protocol?</p>
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8952 | 1 | 8960 | 2010-10-22T20:40:58.483 | 8 | 20837 | <p>Is there a utility or terminal command to tell you what graphics device and driver you are using?</p>
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8964 | 1 | 8966 | 2010-10-22T21:34:27.013 | 6 | 15256 | <p>I have access to a box over SSH and there are some files I'd like to transfer to another machine, but those are only accessible under another account</p>
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8968 | 1 | 8972 | 2010-10-22T22:13:47.283 | 8 | 967 | <p>In my system it says I have "floppy0" mounted and I can't get rid of it. </p>
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8974 | 1 | 8984 | 2010-10-22T22:54:44.797 | 3 | 2429 | <p>In Nautilus tree-view, pressing <strong>*</strong> (asterisk) expands the selected directory structure by <strong>ONE</strong> level. </p>
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8976 | 1 | 10953 | 2010-10-22T22:56:26.323 | 4 | 3308 | <p>Is there a an app that allows me to create a Video from an MP3 file (as Audio stream) and one, or more Pictures, such as GIF, PNG, JPG (animated or not)?</p>
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8977 | 1 | 8982 | 2010-10-22T23:06:08.537 | 1 | 3953 | <p>I have mobile phone "Sony Ericsson C510", i can connect the phone via cable as modem and through Windows7 i can make it connect to internet via phone connection.
Can i do that in Ubuntu?
notice my phone have option when i connect them called "Other OS E.g Mac, Linux"</p>
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8980 | 1 | 8981 | 2010-10-23T00:21:51.973 | 3 | 3991 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4428/how-to-create-a-screencast">How to create a screencast?</a> </p>
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8985 | 1 | 8988 | 2010-10-23T00:45:02.867 | 7 | 245 | <p>As in the title, if I purchase software and install the next version of Ubuntu will I have to purchase it again?</p>
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8994 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T03:48:55.447 | 1 | 949 | <p>I don't use gnome nor kde desktops because my system isn't as fast as they require it to be, but even when I don't use them, a 'Desktop' folder is always in my home dir, I've delete it several times before but it's again there when I reboot the system, what do I need to do in order to delete it for ever?</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/43020/decrease-grub-timeout">Decrease GRUB timeout</a> </p>
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<p>For the larger part, the system seems to be working fine, apart from one key point, its internal monitor is not functional, only output to an external monitor works.</p>
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9012 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T08:16:49.007 | 12 | 7256 | <p>Native GIS software for Ubuntu (Linux)? The most famous is grass and qgis but it is not the only GIS software, is it?</p>
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9017 | 1 | 9021 | 2010-10-23T09:01:52.957 | 39 | 168437 | <p>I'm trying to install the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBeans">NetBeans</a> IDE in my Ubuntu and in the process it's asking for my root password which I don't remember. I know my <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudo">sudo</a> user password. How can I recover my root password?</p>
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9023 | 1 | 9032 | 2010-10-23T09:24:03.340 | 1 | 1606 | <p>I've noticed there is ALSA, OSS, and PULSEAUDIO. How do I know what I'm using?</p>
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9024 | 1 | 9026 | 2010-10-23T09:25:11.267 | 50 | 314733 | <p>I have installed Skype in Ubuntu, but I do not know where to start the installed the Skype application .Similarly I have installed Netbeans and other applications but their icons are not appearing in any menus.</p>
<p>Related: how to uninstall already installed applications?</p>
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9025 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T09:30:31.923 | 2 | 630 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/39922/how-do-you-select-the-fastest-mirror-from-the-command-line">How do you select the fastest mirror from the command line?</a> </p>
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9031 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T09:56:27.180 | 3 | 2626 | <p>After installing the native Nvidia drivers on my Ubuntu 10.10, my boot screen resolution has been reset to 640x480 or so...</p>
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9036 | 1 | 9039 | 2010-10-23T10:31:59.677 | 7 | 702 | <p>Why is it needed? can't I just give an address:port and just "connect"?</p>
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9037 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T10:32:29.210 | 1 | 835 | <p>That's what i know:</p>
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9038 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T10:36:16.527 | 5 | 832 | <p>I am setting up a laptop for a friend with Ubuntu 10.10. I turned on fancy visual effects and the "desktop cube" plugin as well. When I rotate the cube every window and even the wallpaper gets dark and desaturated. I tried looking into other plugins, even turning them off, other Gnome options, and I couldn't figure ... | 3382 | null | null | 2010-12-24T21:49:27.180 | Why does every window fade when I rotate the desktop cube? | [
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9040 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T10:39:48.987 | 3 | 7788 | <p>My speakers work correctly, but when I plug in my headphones, they don't work. I am running Ubuntu 10.04.</p>
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9047 | 1 | 9409 | 2010-10-23T11:21:01.723 | 6 | 12119 | <p>I'm having difficulty in adjusting brightness on my Acer Aspire 4740:</p>
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9048 | 1 | 9064 | 2010-10-23T11:22:41.727 | 22 | 24166 | <p>I have a <em>Logitech MX400 Laser Mouse</em> which has 5 buttons + 4 for vertical/horizontal scrolling. I would like it set up so instead of horizontal scrolling pressing right on the scrollwheel will send <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd> and left will send <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd>, which will a... | 2363 | null | null | 2023-01-27T13:19:00.063 | How to bind mouse buttons to keys? | [
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9050 | 1 | 9052 | 2010-10-23T11:31:15.553 | 5 | 1747 | <p>I have Ubuntu 10.04.1 , SSH server is running fine, but I wonder, why there are two sshd instead of one? Isn't one multithreades daemon enough? Is this an option?</p>
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9056 | 1 | 9482 | 2010-10-23T12:26:58.423 | 1 | 1533 | <p>I am running Ubuntu 10.10 64bit on a system with an AMD Phenom II X2 550 CPU overclocked to 3.5ghz (from the default 3.1ghz).</p>
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9060 | 1 | 9061 | 2010-10-23T12:49:59.117 | 4 | 361 | <p>I'm using oracle/sun virtual box3.2 on ubuntu 10.04 desktop. The ip is not assigned to the guest virtual system and the mode of network is bridged. I even tried 'dhclient' but it could not fetch.</p>
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9065 | 1 | 9068 | 2010-10-23T13:44:20.690 | 28 | 62159 | <p>How to connect to one’s Skype account with Pidgin?</p>
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9070 | 1 | 9121 | 2010-10-23T14:46:47.710 | 6 | 2899 | <p>Is there any easier way to install Covergloobus 1.6 in Ubuntu 10.10 ? PPA doesnt work , tried to compile it but failed , are there any other ways??</p>
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"body": "<p>The Lucid packages from the PPA work in Maverick, but you have to download them manually.</p>\n\n<p>Here are the direct download links from the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~gloobus-dev/+archive/covergloobus/+packages\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">PPA</a>: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a hre... | [
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9072 | 1 | 9076 | 2010-10-23T15:07:36.413 | 5 | 2349 | <p>My CD drive is broken and i am still on 9.4 and i want to update or clean install straight to 10.10. I do not care how I upgrade as long as i do not havew to use a CD drive or install the previous updates. I would also like to know if i can use a USB drive to install desktop edition? Thank You.</p>
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"body": "<p>You can upgrade and install Ubuntu by using a <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick\" rel=\"nofollow\">USB stick</a>. Do note that you cannot upgrade from 9.04 to 10.10 directly, you can move from 9.04 to 9.10 to 10.04 to 10.10 though. </p>\n\n<p>That ... | [
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9080 | 1 | 9082 | 2010-10-23T15:40:32.680 | 6 | 20761 | <p>I'm attempting to install Windows 7 inside a VMware Workstation virtual machine using a bootable USB stick, however the VMware BIOS does not detect the stick, and so I cannot boot from it. The stick works perfectly for installing Windows directly onto the HDD (which I've already done) so there's no problem there, an... | null | 3550 | 2010-10-23T16:05:09.053 | 2013-08-30T03:05:48.720 | Booting from USB inside VMware Workstation | [
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9084 | 1 | 9093 | 2010-10-23T16:47:06.257 | 8 | 4222 | <p>I have two laptops: Dell xps M1210 and Dell vostro 1400. On MS windows the output volume is so loud that I just need to set volume to around 20% to listen music and watch videos. I use Bose TriPort In-Ear Headphones most of the times. On ubuntu, even if I set 100% volume on the multimedia player, on the desktop volu... | 2968 | null | null | 2016-08-20T11:57:19.857 | Low output volume | [
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"text": "Does it help turning up the volume in windows before you reboot (go in to linux)??",
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"body": "<p>When your in the NCurses GUI of <code>alsamixer</code>, have you tried to see if any channels are muted or very low? If any are muted, unmute it using the <kbd>M</kbd> key and make sure every channel is around 100%, you can use the arrow keys to adjust them.</p>\n",
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9085 | 1 | 10849 | 2010-10-23T16:49:51.157 | 3 | 2789 | <p>I lost my Windows Vista while installing Ubuntu. Few people suggested me to use Photorec to recover the data. I already installed testdisk. The place where I am confused is: I attached an external drive, got an icon on the the desktop, but I am not able to run the exe file which unlocks the drive. The drive is showi... | 4627 | 1992 | 2012-02-11T17:47:38.973 | 2012-02-11T17:47:38.973 | Recover data using Photorec onto an External Drive | [
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"text": "1) What model and manufacturer is the drive? 2) What do you expect the executable to do? 3) What happens when you try to run the executable?",
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9089 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T18:10:11.020 | 15 | 15780 | <p>I would like to know where Empathy stores all my information, so as to be able to back it up and re-use on a different Ubuntu machine.</p>
<p>So far I have found only the conversation logs in <code>~/.local/share/Empathy</code></p>
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