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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>
<pre><code>\\MachineName
</code></pre>
<p>and it would open up the shares of that machine. How can I do this in Ubuntu?</p>
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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>
<pre><code>sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
sudo chown -R $ USER: $ USER /Scrivania
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<p>with following sequence of commands I've gotten again main menu but nothing to do for get back my desktop:</p>
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mv ~/.gconf/apps/panel ~/.oldpanel
gconftool-2 --shutdown
pkill gnome-panel
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<p>Have you any idea to resolve my problem?</p>
<p>I've also posted this question on: <a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3328/ubuntu-desktop-lost">https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3328/ubuntu-desktop-lost</a></p>
<p>thanks in advance
ciao
h.</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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<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IPv6" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IPv6</a></li>
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<p>But what is missing is information on how to properly configure UFW to let Miredo work, as as soon as I enable UFW IPv6 stops working:</p>
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PING ipv6.google.com(2a00:1450:8004::93) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 2a00:1450:8004::93: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=1886 ms
$ ufw enable
$ ping6 ipv6.google.com
PING ipv6.google.com(2a00:1450:8004::6a) 56 data bytes
ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted
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<p>So how do I properly configure both Miredo and UFW together that basic IPv6 is working, but with all other incoming traffic being blocked?</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 unfortunately no matter what I set my default remote directory to in my FTP program, it takes me inside my htdocs folder and won't let me go up one level.</p>
<p>Because this is a dev server installed on my local machine, I'd really like to be able to move files around at the file system level through my file manager, rather than having to FTP. How can I set the permissions on the folders in question, when my actual Linux username doesn't have write access to the folders? Is there some way I can do it in terminal with sudo? Does the sudo command override any permissions set on a folder or file that locks out the standard user?</p>
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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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<p>Now, I get a violet boot screen like normal, but the progress bar is shown as 4 dots, and Ubuntu is displayed in a simple font, reminiscent of the DOS era. What do I do to make it right? I have Nvidia drivers. Also, worth mentioning is that before showing the boot screen, I get a line of text saying:</p>
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<p>I use a <a href="https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M3N78EM/specifications/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Asus M3N78-EM</a>, AMD Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition, 4GB DDR2, Nvidia 9400GT 512 MB. </p>
<p>Thanks.</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>
<p>I am using <em>/home/kent/.gvfs/share on server/path/to/container</em> as the path. I have tried mounting with the default options, mounting as read-only, and mounting to a specific directory. I get the same error regardless.</p>
<p>If I copy the container to my local Ubuntu machine then I can mount it and access it without issue. On a Windows desktop, I can mount it over the network without issue.</p>
<p>How can I mount this container from Ubuntu over my network?</p>
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"text": "Just tried this and it worked perfectly, both in mounting my Windows 2003 share AND then mapping a working truecrypt volume on that share : sudo mount -t cifs //server/share /home/scaine/Network/Share/ -o credentials=/home/scaine/password.txt. The password.txt is just a two line file, username=<userid> on one line and password=<your_password> on the second line. This can then be set such that only root can read it, providing a little bit of security.",
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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?</p>
<p>Also, i've tried decreasing the size of the partion in W7 with 3rd party software as well as the included one, but both can't decrease it at all for some reason. Apparently it's some hidden fragmented file that the defrag and partition editors can't get too, thats why im asking how to do it all from Ubuntu...</p>
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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>
<p>I'm currently using the regular vga external port of my laptop so I have a dual video output but I'd like to a third monitor attached to this setup.</p>
<p>Note: The 2 monitor that I've got are wide resolution so the dualhead2go is not giving me enough workspace making the resolution really poor and uncomfortable.</p>
<p>Thanks for your comments,</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>
<p>Specifically, I'm looking for a touchscreen tablet that will be able to make use of Ubuntu/Jolicloud/whatever and allow me to browse the web, play music, watch videos and read books. Any suggestions? :)</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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<p>Unfortunately, it isn't working; the application is not starting when I log in. If I open a terminal and copy-and-paste the command listed in <code>Exec</code> above, then the application runs just fine.</p>
<p>What am I doing wrong?</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>
<p>Now I would like to move to a desktop with a 3 screen setup using 1 video card. Is this possible, if so what would be the best hardware (video card) to use?</p>
<p>If its not possible I can stick with a dual screen setup, but again my questions holds, what video cards would be recommended?</p>
<p>One caveat. I am a hardcore addict with compiz fusion. I can't live without out it So the setup has to work with compiz fusion.</p>
<p>Any input is greatly appreciated!</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>
<p>Sections of the panel will take the new settings, but many of the applets including the clock, Indicator Applet Session, Indicator Applet, Rhythmbox icon, Tomboy Icon, Separators and various others retain the Ambiance theme background. This carries over through restart.</p>
<p>Also you cannot resize the panel in Ambiance above 24 pixels as the background image doesn't scale.</p>
<p>Am I doing something wrong, is it a bug or is it meant to be like that?</p>
<p>I really like Ambiance, but am having a hard time using it because of these issues</p>
<p>Edit: It seems these issues carry over to Radiance and New Wave as well</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>
<p>So I would like to know what are the recommended Optical Character Recognition softwares? Especially those that are either for Ubuntu or free? If those for Windows are far more superior, please let me know as well.</p>
<p>I am particularly interested in those OCRs that can accept a scanned pdf file as input and still produce as output another pdf file that looks the same as the input one but with its text copyable.</p>
<p>Thanks and regards!</p>
<p><em>Please limit one software per answer</em></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>
<p>I found the <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5998/window-decorations-disappearedBlockquote">other question</a> about this issue, but I want a permanent solution... running <code>metacity --replace</code> fixes the issue until next login, and adding it to the startup commands sound lame. I want to undo the damage, not put duct tape over it.</p>
<p>Note: Ubuntu 10.10 with compiz</p>
<hr>
<p>New (partial) solution:</p>
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<p>I don't know exactly what is being done here (removing a folder, killing a process), but my decorations and icons are back. It removed additional icons I had set on the panel, and may have disabled some compiz settings (I'm not sure about that, it could be earlier side effect of my various 'fixes'), nothing serious.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, on the next full restart, decorations missing again.</p>
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"text": "I didn't knew of it, thanks for the info. But anyway, my decorations are missing again (see question). Man, I'm getting pissed! Can't I fix this once and for all???",
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"text": "Final try \n\nHow to reset ubuntu/Gnome settings to default without loosing any data or reinstalling. Try this link\n\n\n\nhttp://open-help.blogspot.com/2010/10/how-to-rest-ubuntugnome-settings-to.html",
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"text": "Next time it happens, I'll try it. I see it will wipe out all my configs, but still, if it fixes this I won't have to do it again.",
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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/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php" rel="nofollow">this list of language codes</a> doesn't seem to include anything that fits. Does anyone know what the two-character code is for the Latin American layout?</p>
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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.
I ve had many times the problem when I use Ubuntu and rename a file located in the NTFS partition, then when I want to use it in windows it appears with no icon and it says "windows cannot read the source file or disc", I can´t even delete it.</p>
<p>regards,
Victor.</p>
<hr>
<p>I noted that the names of the files were ending with a space so I think Windows dont like it. I renamed it in Ubuntu and now I can access them.</p>
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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>
<p>This has been a problem for a while. I keep coming back to Rhythmbox as its integration with Ubuntu is so tight and I like that. But this problem is stopping me from using it.</p>
<p>I have tried Banshee, but the sound quality is tinny and horrible (hearing rumors of Banshee replacing Rhythmbox in 11.04 is giving me nightmares)</p>
<p>I used to use Songbird but it was always a bit buggy and they have now pulled Linux Support.</p>
<p>Exaile doesn't integrate well enough either. I tried Guaydeque, and it shows a lot of promise, but again its integration is horrible.</p>
<p>Is there a way to make Rhythmbox see all my MP3's or is there a music player with tight integration, great sound, good features, Gnome native and actively developed I can switch to?</p>
<p>Edit: I remember hearing somewhere it had to do with MP3 with variable bit rate?</p>
<p>Edit: answers to various comments:</p>
<p>Took a look and I can't see anything specifically the same about all the files that is different from the files it does see. But we are talking about over 10,000 files missing, to large a number for me to be able to draw any accurate conclusions in any timely fashion.</p>
<p>Not getting any error messages. All I did was set my music library folder to be the folder in Preferences and ticked the box to watch the library for new files. It works fine with every other media player I have tried, but every time I try Rhythmbox (several times now over the last couple of years) it fails to get a the majority of my tracks.</p>
<p>My files are all on one external drive in one folder which than has subfolders for each artists and sub folders in those for each album. But that's as far as it goes for multiple locations, ie its not really multiple locations and no symbolic links.</p>
<p>This has been happening across several clean installs across several version of Ubuntu. </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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<p>Can anyone tell me where they come from?</p>
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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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<p>I'm having a problem with ubuntu where the characters are overlapping each other. How do i set it back to default?</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 want this Shell to be there after the initial bootup, without having to invoke further keystrokes.</p>
<p>Problem is: we have an "automated keyboard" controller that just types. If it doesn't have a shell, its input is lost :)
I know that this is a very specific problem... so I'm extra happy for any answer I get.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,
wishi</p>
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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</a> does on MS Windows.</p>
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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>
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<p>How can I do this?</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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8870 | 1 | 9831 | 2010-10-22T14:25:05.407 | 9 | 2090 | <p>I've switched to XMonad as my window manager. Sometimes when I put my laptop to hibernate, it's hanging and won't shut down. I have to force it off by pressing the powerbutton for 5 seconds.</p>
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<p>Is there a way to do this via the command line or another option? </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>
<p>The result of installing the drivers is pretty devastatingly negative, with symptoms such as skewed content in windows, browser tabs and text boxes failing to refresh when their content changes. In fact, please excuse typos in this post, because I can't really see what I am typing. :)</p>
<p>I also notice that HD video playback performance is no better - perhaps even worse - than prior to installing the drivers.</p>
<p>Example of what I see: <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/i71jG.png" alt="Distorted display on X100e with ATI drivers"></p>
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<p>I'm on Ubuntu 10.10 with kernel 2.6.35-22-generic-pae. </p>
<p>What can I try?</p>
<p>Many thanks,
-R</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>
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8884 | 1 | 8895 | 2010-10-22T15:16:17.140 | 124 | 94214 | <p>When I run </p>
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<p>What is the real risk of upgrading over ssh? How does the additional ssh daemon help mitigate this?</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>
<p>What would be the easiest way to do this?</p>
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"text": "\"because there's no way to wreck the system by installing something as long as you stick to apt\" Thats not true. I was able to wreck my system installing the latest nvidia drivers using `apt-get` forcing me to reinstall Ubuntu 16.04",
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<p>I downloaded Keryx, as suggested <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-offline">here</a>, and managed to download the necessary package and its dependencies. When I attempted to install the packages on Ubuntu using Keryx, Keryx just closed. Following this, I installed the packages manually using dpkg, and as far as I can tell, this was successful:
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After rebooting, however, there were still no wireless networks in the NetworkManager Applet list. I opened the file /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state, and both NetworkEnabled and WirelessEnabled were set to True.</p>
<p>While i'm very concious I may be asking a stupid question here, both my friend and I have nothing left to suggest, and as such - I would be very grateful for any answers as to how to get wireless working.</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 music and then slowly volumes up the sound.</p>
<p>So, my question is, are all these features present in Ubuntu?</p>
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<li>Wake up from hibernate in a scheduled moment of time</li>
<li>Media player that can start playing music automatically (seems that's the problem on Windows, that's why i need a special program for that)</li>
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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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8898 | 1 | null | 2010-10-22T16:56:35.863 | 7 | 2252 | <p>I'm trying to fix a suspend problem on my Dell Inspiron 600m. I think the problem is that the video driver modules aren't being reloaded properly. So, I'm going to try to compile the video drivers into the kernel proper rather than keeping them as external modules. I just want to know if I can get away from running:</p>
<pre><code>fakeroot debian/rules clean
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<p>where core2 is my custom configured kernel. This will work and I get a clean kernel package that I can compile, but compilation can take up to 3 hours on my machine so I'd like to only rebuild what I need to and try to keep some of the *.o files around so I can just link them rather than recompile them.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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8905 | 1 | 8909 | 2010-10-22T17:35:36.140 | 4 | 10916 | <p>This is for a friend's Toshiba Portege laptop with Ubuntu 10.4.1 on it. They want the original Windows XP for tablet PC installed; they do have the disk, but the Portege seems unable to boot from a generic non-Toshiba USB CD drive (and the Toshiba one that came with it is broken for years now).</p>
<p>So I found out about <a href="http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html" rel="nofollow">plop</a>. I followed the instructions (modified; I touched /etc/grub.d/40_custom or something) and now the executable '/boot/plpbt.bin' (I copied it there of course) is included as an option (I hope! I ran <code>update-grub2</code> and <code>update-grub</code> and verified that the custom menu option exists in /boot/grub/grub.cfg).</p>
<p>I cannot bring up the grub menu at boot; <kbd>Esc</kbd> unfortunately jumps to the Portege BIOS, and I haven't managed to succeed in getting grub to choose the Plop boot manager.</p>
<p>How can I bring up the grub menu on boot?</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>
<p>Then when I kill it through the task manager it still just reopens itself, being a pain.</p>
<p>Is there any other way to delete the last gnome panel? I don't want any of them at the moment, just my dock.</p>
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"text": "Ah okay. The previous set of directions I saw didn't say anything about restarting the session, just killing the gnome-panel. Is there any way to add the ALT+F2 window to a launcher on Avant? Like what command would launch that?",
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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>
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<p>I'm looking for a good video editor/creation app for Ubuntu. Something similar to that on Windows would work just fine for my purposes. I would prefer something that could add in titles and transitions. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Oh, and the video file type doesn't make a huge different for my need either. </p>
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"body": "<p>Theres AVIDemux, and LIVEs. LIVEs is pretty cool.</p>\n",
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"body": "<p>Have you tried pitivi? IIRC it's installed by default on 10.04, and should be in the repositories for other versions.</p>\n",
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8933 | 1 | 8936 | 2010-10-22T19:24:54.910 | 11 | 13014 | <p>I tried running </p>
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<p>but it said <code>No such file or directory</code></p>
<p>I've seen ways to do it with <code>find</code> but locate returns the full path to the object so it should be possible</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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<p>It isn't a real drive of any sort, since my computer doesn't even have a disk drive, when I click on it it says "unable to mount floppy0:</p>
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8971 | 1 | 8992 | 2010-10-22T22:41:36.617 | 1 | 782 | <p>On a system I have, files are uploaded through a series of various mechanisms into one central "incoming" directory. Once a day those files are processed and they are moved off to where they need to be (that logic isn't relevant here). They end up in a subdirectory of <code>/files/</code>. I guess a simple (albeit inaccurate in my specific case) would be to say that files that start with "a" get moved to <code>/files/a/afile</code>.</p>
<p>So I have a load of subdirectories in <code>/files/</code>. That's great and it works for me. However the client has just told me that it would be nice if there could be a "recently added" directory where files from the past week are available.</p>
<p>My first thought was to create a directory called <code>/recent-files/</code> and extend the file processing script to do the following after it moves files out of <code>/incoming/</code>:</p>
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<li>Delete all files from within <code>/recent-files/</code></li>
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<p>Sounds like it would work but my bash is still pretty weak when it comes to arithmetic and file-creation dates. Can anybody lend me a hand crafting a <code>find ... -exec ...</code> statement that approximates parts two and three?</p>
<p>Of course, if there's another way of creating a command-line and NFS visible "search directory", let me know.</p>
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"text": "I found that `-mtime -7` worked better for `find` but that's probably due to a filesystem quirk. The rest of the code (including the nifty `ln` syntax) worked a treat. Thank you.",
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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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...etc, etc, untl all levels are expanded. </p>
<p>Is there some way to expand <strong>ALL</strong> levels in just a <strong>single</strong> action?.</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>
<p>So far I've found Pitivi, which appears to do the Job, however the Video always seems to be rather long... around 13 Minutes, to be specific.
Kino doesn't appear to allow input / import of MP3 or raw Pictures, and Avidemux doesn't seem to be able to create "new" videos.</p>
<p>A windows Application would be fine too, as long as it runs with wine, and doesn't charge money...</p>
<p>UPDATE:</p>
<p>I've tried PiTiVi, but as mentioned before, it keeps adding additional "silent minutes" to the resulting video, which is usually uo to 13 minutes.</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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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4428/how-to-create-a-screencast">How to create a screencast?</a> </p>
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<p>I've been looking for a tool to record my desktop for a long time. Someone recommended <code>RecordItNow</code> to me.But I found it is made for KDE, and tool sometimes crashes.</p>
<p>Can anyone recommend an application which is more suited to GNOME to record the screen in the form of video.</p>
<p>It seemed that if I choose the desktop for output, there will no files converted. So I change some using a bash script.</p>
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<p>errors:<code>Audio LAVC, couldn't find encoder for codec libfaac.</code></p>
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success: format: 0 data: 0x0 - 0xdf2a8e
[Ogg] stream 1: video (Theora v3.2.1), -vid 0
[Ogg] stream 2: audio (Vorbis), -aid 0
Ogg file format detected.
VIDEO: [theo] 1440x896 24bpp 15.000 fps 0.0 kbps ( 0.0 kbyte/s)
[V] filefmt:18 fourcc:0x6F656874 size:1440x896 fps:15.000 ftime:=0.0667
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg/libavcodec audio decoders
AUDIO: 22050 Hz, 1 ch, s16le, 90.0 kbit/25.51% (ratio: 11248->44100)
Selected audio codec: [ffvorbis] afm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg Vorbis)
==========================================================================
Opening video filter: [expand osd=1]
Expand: -1 x -1, -1 ; -1, osd: 1, aspect: 0.000000, round: 1
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Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [theora] Theora/VP3
VDec: vo config request - 1440 x 896 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.61:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
videocodec: libavcodec (1440x896 fourcc=34504d46 [FMP4])
Selected video codec: [theora] vfm: theora (Theora (free, reworked VP3))
==========================================================================
Exiting...
Ogg stream 0 is of an unknown type
[theora @ 0x24e8800]Missing extradata!
Could not open codec.
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<p>There is a output file named <code>output.avi</code>, but it can't be played.Can the format <code>ogv</code> of output can be changed ?</p>
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8986 | 1 | 12798 | 2010-10-23T00:45:43.987 | 1 | 729 | <p>Since I upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10, I've been having problems switching between users. When I run <code>Logout > Switch User</code> in X, the screen often stops updating and the keyboard stops responding to input (the LEDs don't update). Occasionally, switching users will work, but switching back often causes the same freeze. Switching to a text console also occasionally freezes the machine.</p>
<p>I've got onboard 865g Intel graphics card. <code>lspci -k</code> tells me:</p>
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<p>I don't know if it's related, but X doesn't always seem to update when the screen changes. When I hide <a href="http://guake.org/" rel="nofollow">Guake</a>, the screen doesn't always update. I didn't have this problem before I upgraded.</p>
<p><strong>How do I fix this?</strong></p>
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8998 | 1 | 9013 | 2010-10-23T04:28:36.223 | 5 | 1822 | <p>I am using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid (32). </p>
<p>I have installed KDE's <code>Konsole</code> (terminal), as it offers a couple of things I can't currently get in the gnome-terminal. </p>
<p>However there is a fly in the soup... On any day of the week, I prefer to use the keyboard over the mouse; wherever possible... but for some reason <code>Konsole's</code> menu does <strong>not</strong> respond to the typical (and expected) <kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>F</kbd> to open up the File menu, etc... </p>
<p>To see if it was just a conflict between <code>Konsole</code> and the <code>gnome desktop</code>, I donwloaded Kubuntu 10.04, and installed it into a VM... with the same result: <strong>No menu accelerators</strong> for <code>Konsole</code> (only)! </p>
<p>All other KDE apps seem to have normally functional menu-accelerator keys... so I am left wondering why <strong>konsole</strong> is different!? ... and is there a fix for this? </p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> The accelerators in question refer to the <strong>first</strong> menu-level only. ie to the items shown in menu-<strong>bar</strong> (not in the sub-menus). </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>I have a dual boot configuration with ubuntu 10.10 and windows. What's the best way to configure grub so that the wait time is 2 seconds instead of 10 seconds?</p>
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9003 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T05:02:56.173 | 3 | 1648 | <p>I'm new to Linux and Ubuntu and trying it out but installing 10.10 via Wubi on to my old Samsung V25 laptop.</p>
<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>
<p>During install and the GUI section of setup, (where the slideshow is displayed, after the Windows part), displayed correctly on the internal monitor, however, after the first reboot, as soon as the Splash screen displays on my external monitor, the internal one shuts off completely. Not blank, it appears entirely turned off.</p>
<p>The graphics card is reported by lspci -nn as an 'Intel Corporation 82845/G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device [8086:2562] (rev 03)'.</p>
<p>With some help of friends, I've run xrandr but it reports LVDS1, the laptop screen as 'Unknown Connection'. Trying to force display through it at a known safe resolution causes the error: "cannot find crtc for output LVDS1"</p>
<p>How can I fix this so I can use the laptop with just its internal monitor rather than having to hook it up to another screen?</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> Having done further searching online, I have now got the system to the point of being able to boot to text mode at 800x600 and, <strong>if an external monitor is connected</strong>, boot in to graphics mode. If the external monitor is not connected, graphics fails to start but I can at least <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd> to the terminal. To do this, I added <code>i915.modeset=0 xforcevesa</code> to the boot instruction. Along with setting <code>GRUB_GFXMODE</code> and <code>GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD</code> to 800x600. And set the Driver in the Device section of xorg.conf to <code>vesa</code>.</p>
<p>Now my only requirement is setting the laptop to boot with graphics mode without needing an external monitor connected.</p>
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<p>What I would like is that it silently and automatically connect to the wireless. How can I do that?</p>
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"text": "I don't think, that a hint about the security risks is an answer to the question above! There are some cases in which the user has no privileges to change the network itself. In my case the wifi of my university has a hidden SSID and I have to bother with it. So a real answer how one can connect to a hidden wifi would be really helpful. My android tablet connects without problems, the windows pcs of the other students are connecting right after the user logged in, but for every single linux pc we have, we have to connect to that network manually, every time we sign in.",
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"text": "\"less secure with hidden SSID\" - that's a real bullshit! How does it make your WiFi hot spot less secure? Yes you can still figure out that WiFi hotspot is there somewhere in the air, but you will need to add significantly more efforts in doing that if you do not know exact SSID. This makes your WiFi hotspot much more secure but not vise versa.",
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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>
<p>(I'm running MythBuntu 10.04 and I want to figure out how to make all apps - VLC, Basero etc output via the SPDIF).</p>
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<p>Related: how to uninstall already installed applications?</p>
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<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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<p>This is easily done through the GUI, but can it be done from the command line? I have a BASH script for installing systems from the minimal ISO, and it would be nice to have the option of hunting down the fastest mirror before installing tons of packages.</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>
<p>I tried to fix it by following these steps: <a href="http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution-plymouth-virtual-terminal-for-atinvidia-cards-with-proprietaryrestricted-driver/" rel="nofollow">http://idyllictux.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/lucidubuntu-10-04-high-resolution-plymouth-virtual-terminal-for-atinvidia-cards-with-proprietaryrestricted-driver/</a></p>
<p>Actually, the resolution is now 1440x900 but my splashscreen at boot is on the leftside..
I mean that logo with progressbar is on the middle left and not directly in the middle...</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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<li>C#;</li>
<li>Python;</li>
<li>What is OpenGl;</li>
<li>What is SDL (barely);</li>
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<p>Now i'd like to make a sketch for a 2D platform game ( i.e. a ball that has to avoid some obstacles till reaches the end of the level ) in order to understand how does a game works (physics, events, collisions, drawing, sprites).
So the question is:
<strong>WHERE TO START?</strong>
I need a book, a pdf, a website that says to me </p>
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then this is the skeleton of main
class. Now you need to manage physics
in this way. As physics are finished
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in this way. Now you need to create
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<p>I'm also searching for team-mates or someone that wants to start this "adventure" with me.</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 out why this fading happens. I've set up various computers with Ubuntu before but I have never seen such a problem.</p>
<p>How could I turn the fading off and keep the visual effects?</p>
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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>
<p>My audio card is Realtek ALC259
My laptop model is a HP G62t a10em</p>
<p>In <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5794/lost-audio-after-upgrading-from-10-04-to-10-10">another thread</a> someone fixed a similar issue (headphones work, speakers not) folowing this:</p>
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sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf (or some other editor instead of Vi)
Append the following at the end of the file:</p>
<p>
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=auto
</p><p>
Reboot
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<p>but it doesnt work for me.</p>
<p>Before making and changes to alsa, this was the output:
<blockquote>alsamixer gives me this:
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/h3Rrf.png" alt="alsamixer output">
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yVaSV.png" alt="Audio card is a HDA ATI SB"></p>
<p>Things I did:
followed <a href="http://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this HowTo</a> but now no hardware seems to be present (before, there were 2 items listed):
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/iZcPN.png" alt="sound preferences - hardware tab is empty"></p>
<p>Now, alsamixer gives me this:</p>
<blockquote>alsamixer: relocation error: alsamixer: symbol snd_mixer_get_hctl, version ALSA_0.9 not defined in file libasound.so.2 with link time reference</blockquote>
<p>I guess there was and error in the alsa-driver install so I began reinstalling it. </p>
<pre>
cd alsa-driver* //this works fine//
sudo ./configure --with-cards=hda-intel --with-kernel=/usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r) //this works fine//
sudo make //this doesn't work. see ouput error below//
sudo make install
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<p>Final lines of sudo make:</p>
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hpetimer.c: In function ‘snd_hpet_open’:
hpetimer.c:41: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘hpet_register’
hpetimer.c:44: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘hpet_control’
hpetimer.c:44: error: expected expression before ‘unsigned’
hpetimer.c: In function ‘snd_hpet_close’:
hpetimer.c:51: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘hpet_unregister’
hpetimer.c:52: error: invalid use of undefined type ‘struct hpet_task’
hpetimer.c: In function ‘hpetimer_init’:
hpetimer.c:88: error: ‘EINVAL’ undeclared (first use in this function)
hpetimer.c:99: error: invalid use of undefined type ‘struct hpet_task’
hpetimer.c:100: error: invalid use of undefined type ‘struct hpet_task’
hpetimer.c: At top level:
hpetimer.c:121: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
hpetimer.c:121: warning: (near initialization for ‘__param_frequency’)
hpetimer.c:121: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
hpetimer.c:121: warning: (near initialization for ‘__param_frequency’)
hpetimer.c:121: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
hpetimer.c:121: warning: (near initialization for ‘__param_frequency’)
hpetimer.c:121: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
hpetimer.c:121: warning: (near initialization for ‘__param_frequency’)
hpetimer.c:121: error: extra brace group at end of initializer
hpetimer.c:121: error: (near initialization for ‘__param_frequency’)
hpetimer.c:121: warning: excess elements in struct initializer
hpetimer.c:121: warning: (near initialization for ‘__param_frequency’)
make[1]: *** [hpetimer.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9/acore'
make: *** [compile] Error 1
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<p>And then sudo make install gives me:</p>
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rm -f /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc/snd*.*o /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc/persist.o /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc/isapnp.o
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9/acore'
mkdir -p /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc
cp snd-hpet.o snd-page-alloc.o snd-pcm.o snd-timer.o snd.o /lib/modules/0.0.0/misc
cp: cannot stat `snd-hpet.o': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `snd-page-alloc.o': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `snd-pcm.o': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `snd-timer.o': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `snd.o': No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [_modinst__] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/alsa/alsa-driver-1.0.9/acore'
make: *** [install-modules] Error 1
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<pre>
[SOLUTION]
After screwing it all up, someone mentioned why not trying using the packages in Synaptic - so I did.
I have reinstalled the following packages and rebooter:
-alsa-hda-realtek-ignore-sku-dkms
-alsa-modules-2.6.32-25-generic
-alsa-source
-alsa-utils
-linux-backports-modules-alsa-lucid-generic
-linux-backports-modules-alsa-lucid-generic-pae
-linux-sound-base
-(i think i listed them all)
After rebooting, the audio worked, both in speakers and headphones.
I have no idea which is the package that made my audio work, but it certainly was one of them.
[/SOLUTION]
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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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<p>Im using Ubuntu 10.10 . I do not have this problem in Ubuntu 10.04 , but this problem occur in Ubuntu 10.10 . I can't decrease or increase my brightness even in Compiz.</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 allow me to cycle through tabs in browsers.</p>
<p>Also, it would be nice if I could remap the middle button to one of the ones on the side as it is really hard to press down.</p>
<p>Another bonus would be if I could write a script that allows me to define what buttons do what dependent on which window is currently active.</p>
<p>I have tried using <code>xmodmap</code> but I could only see how to rearrange buttons, not have them send key signals.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<hr>
<p>Button Map (using <code>xev</code>):</p>
<pre><code>Left 1
Middle 2
Right 3
ScrollUp 4
ScrollDown 5
ScrollLeft 6
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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>
<p>When I perform an Xvid encode using k9copy/mencoder and check the speed of the CPU using <code>cat /proc/cpuinfo</code>, neither of the cores ever seem to go above 2400mhz (sometimes less due to AMD Cool'n'Quiet).</p>
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william@optimus:/usr/bin$ sudo dmesg | grep "powernow"
[ 0.985857] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 550 Processor (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00)
[ 0.985885] powernow-k8: 0 : pstate 0 (3500 MHz)
[ 0.985886] powernow-k8: 1 : pstate 1 (2400 MHz)
[ 0.985887] powernow-k8: 2 : pstate 2 (1900 MHz)
[ 0.985888] powernow-k8: 3 : pstate 3 (800 MHz)
william@optimus:/usr/bin$ sudo dmidecode | grep "Max Speed"
Max Speed: 3200 MHz
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william@optimus:/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/ondemand$ cpufreq-info
cpufrequtils 007: cpufreq-info (C) Dominik Brodowski 2004-2009
Report errors and bugs to cpufreq@vger.kernel.org, please.
analyzing CPU 0:
driver: powernow-k8
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 0
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0
maximum transition latency: 8.0 us.
hardware limits: 800 MHz - 3.50 GHz
available frequency steps: 3.50 GHz, 2.40 GHz, 1.90 GHz, 800 MHz
available cpufreq governors: conservative, ondemand, userspace, powersave, performance
current policy: frequency should be within 800 MHz and 3.10 GHz.
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current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
cpufreq stats: 3.50 GHz:0.00%, 2.40 GHz:5.63%, 1.90 GHz:1.63%, 800 MHz:92.74% (109352)
analyzing CPU 1:
driver: powernow-k8
CPUs which run at the same hardware frequency: 1
CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 1
maximum transition latency: 8.0 us.
hardware limits: 800 MHz - 3.50 GHz
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current CPU frequency is 800 MHz.
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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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<p>Edit:1
Actually I want to have both, the guest should have access to internet and as well as the host to guest networking</p>
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9069 | 1 | null | 2010-10-23T14:44:24.297 | 3 | 6384 | <p>I am currently running Ubuntu 10.04 and my hard disk's Partitioning is set to Master Boot Record with Filesystem type Ext4 (version 1.0).</p>
<p>I have purchased several new Western Digital portable external hard drives (500 GB). When I checked them, they were set to MBR and NTFS.</p>
<p>I have read that GUID is superior to MBR. Is that true? In any case, I have set these portable hard drives to that system instead of MBR. (I can, of course, change them back.) I see no difference in anything, operation-wise or performance-wise. What would be the pros and/or cons of this?</p>
<p>When I formatted these drives as Ext4, however, I see, with no data on the drives, that about 23 <strong>GB</strong> was being used (for something), reducing the amount of available space by that much.</p>
<p>When I reformatted them as NTFS, I see only 73.5 <strong>MB</strong> being used, a considerable difference.</p>
<p>Can anyone here comment on the pros and/or cons of these various file systems and how they will benefit (or detract) from my overall usage of these drives?</p>
<p>Or doesn't it make any difference at all? I'm using these drives strictly as storage media.</p>
<p>I thank you for your consideration.</p>
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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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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, and the stick is being recognise by VMware as I have the option to disconnect it. </p>
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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 volume manager as well, and also on the ncurses GUI of alsa mixer, I get very low volume output. Sometimes while playing some vidoes the volume is so low that I barely hear any words. I have struggled for two years since I started to use ubuntu to solve this mystery. The same sound card which gives excellent sound on MS windows fails miserably on GNU/Linux. Few weeks back I bought an Asus 100PX EEE PC. To my surprise even it also has the same issue. I have tried many versions of ubuntu and also I have done manual compiles of alsa modules without any success. I have asked and read about it in every possible forums and howto's. Nothing has helped me to address the issue.</p>
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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 showing up under "media" with permissions drwx------. My question is even if I am not able to unlock it, am I safe to proceed to back up data onto this drive?</p>
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"body": "<p>If the drive is formated with a Linux format (ext3, ext4) you will need rights to move files to it. That may be the issue. From the look of the permissions you showed that appears to be the case. I would personally do the following:</p>\n\n<p>In Terminal\n1. sudo su\n2. cd \n3. mkdir recovery\n4. chown recovery\n5. exit</p>\n\n<p>You can now run your photorec program to recover data from the external drive. Please be aware that this data will not be named with the old names and you will have to take some time sorting the data.</p>\n\n<p>Here is an excellent page on what to do after you run photorec so that it is easier to find the files you need.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/After_Using_PhotoRec\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/After_Using_PhotoRec</a></p>\n",
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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>
<p>Any idea where the rest is (account information, buddies, favorite rooms, etc?)</p>
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