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<p>I have dragged a folder from a Nautilus window to the desktop, holding Ctrl+Shift to create a shortcut (well, a symbolic link). However, when I open it from the desktop, instead of showing <code>/home/scott/Documents/asd/folder</code> it shows <code>/home/scott/Desktop/folder</code>. But sometimes I want to go up a ...
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2017-10-04T03:06:03.863
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Is it possible to create a 'shortcut link' instead of 'symbolic link' to a folder?
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2010-10-25T18:28:51.303
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop x86_64 on a Mac mini 4.1 and it looks like I can only use one CPU core. It looks like the kernel supports SMP. I wish I could tell you whether it worked with Lucid, but I didn't notice. </p> <p>Anybody know why this isn't working? </p> <p>Here's some relevant output:</p> <pre><cod...
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2010-11-04T18:15:50.897
2011-03-02T09:57:54.043
Mac mini 4,1 only shows 1 CPU
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your Mac needs the grub-efi installed (with rEFIt), otherwise ubuntu starts with bios and then cannot recognize more than one core</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-03T17:54:02.247", "id": "32114", "postId": "28693", ...
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2010-10-25T18:51:47.160
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/22118/can-i-install-extra-drivers-via-the-command-prompt">Can I install extra drivers via the command prompt?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Due to a major problem with Ubuntu and Nouveau, my machine will end up with te...
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2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2010-10-29T08:27:13.073
How to install the NVIDA drivers through text mode?
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<p>I have a Macbook 5,1. That is to say that it is the only 13 inch aluminium Macbook as the later revisions were renamed Macbook Pro.</p> <p>Two-finger scrolling seems to work fine but dragging doesn't work. In OsX this works so that you point an object, click and keep your finger pressed on the touch pad while slide...
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2011-02-14T02:38:08.720
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Is it possible to get dragging working on a Macbook multi-touch touch pad?
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2010-10-25T19:02:40.180
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<p>On a RedHat/CentOS system, I can verify the installed RPMs on my system using <a href="http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/ch-rpm-verify.html">rpm -V</a>.</p> <p>What is the Ubuntu or <code>apt</code> equivalent of this command?</p>
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2010-10-26T00:22:33.277
2010-10-26T00:22:33.277
What is the apt equivalent to "rpm -V" (Verify installed packages)
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2010-10-25T19:20:22.370
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<p>I've installed a RAID5 using mdadm yesterday. Since then it has been rebuilding.</p> <p>I just restarted my computer and it started rebuilding the RAID from scratch. (Had 60% before.) Is this normal or are there any settings missing?</p> <p>The only thing I did besides creating the RAID, was adding this line to /e...
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2010-10-25T20:18:05.993
Is it normal that mdadm has to start from scratch when I restart my computer while it's rebuilding the third disk?
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2010-10-25T19:45:45.093
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<p>If my laptop ever gets stolen, I want it to make an attempt to "phone home" so that I can track it down.</p> <p>What can I set up to accomplish this?</p>
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How can I make my laptop "phone home" if it ever gets stolen?
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2010-10-25T20:14:46.823
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/63574/some-programs-are-still-running-is-there-anyway-to-auto-delay-the-shutdown">some programs are still running&hellip; is there anyway to auto delay the shutdown?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>My Ubuntu One sometime...
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Shutdown when Ubuntu One has synced
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<p>Does anyone know how to change Unity icon-theme? For instance I use Faenza in my desktop session, but unity does not use it, both in panel and panel apps (applications and documents). So, anyone?</p>
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2010-10-29T13:28:15.103
2011-01-17T07:11:22.247
How to change the Unity Launcher's icon theme?
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2010-10-25T20:36:55.060
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<p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9467/is-it-normal-that-mdadm-has-to-start-from-scratch-when-i-restart-my-computer-whil">I've just restarted my computer which was building up a RAID5 for the first time.</a> This of course meant that my computer had to rebuild the whole thing from ground up.</p> <p>Before I ...
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2017-04-13T12:23:56.577
2010-10-27T05:48:13.997
Does rebuilding a RAID change data?
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2010-10-25T21:33:03.627
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<p>If I'm not mistaken, the ubuntuone sync service is supposed to start automatically during the boot/login process. But I'm finding that it doesn't on either of my 10.10 computers (one an AMD64 desktop and the other an i386 laptop). I'm using the ubuntuone-indicator, but the problem began before I installed it. In my ...
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2011-01-21T15:20:09.500
2011-01-21T15:20:09.500
Why won't ubuntuone service start automatically at boot?
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<p>Here's the output of top:</p> <pre> top - 23:30:49 up 2:18, 1 user, load average: <b>4.36, 4.36, 4.39</b> Tasks: 105 total, 2 running, 103 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): <b>3.6%us, 8.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 73.4%id, 9.0%wa,</B> 1.1%hi, 4.9%si, 0.0%st Mem: 2029820k total, 1979312k used, 50508k fre...
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2010-10-26T00:01:31.887
What's the difference between load average and CPU load?
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2010-10-25T21:34:24.140
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<p>is there a way to make the Docky Timer Docklet play an alarm sound, after a timer has run out?</p> <p>At the moment there only seems to be visual feedback, so you need to watch the screen to know, whether time has run out or not.</p> <p>Thanks YSN</p>
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2012-11-21T22:49:11.230
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Make Docky Timer play a sound?
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2010-10-25T21:34:53.597
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<p>I use GMail (and I use labels intensively) and because of having to use a very slow Internet connection now I've came to the idea that I should try using a desktop email client.</p> <p>What application (Thunderbird, Evolution, Claws, or some another) works best with GMail via IMAP?</p> <p>First of all I want corre...
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2011-06-28T11:23:46.890
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Which email client works best with GMail IMAP?
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<p>Given that:</p> <ul> <li>ubuntu has announced they will be moving to unity on the desktop for 11.04 which requires 3d acceleration.</li> <li>there is no stable 3d acceleration available in open source graphics drivers like Nouveau,</li> </ul> <p>what will happen when I install ubuntu 11.04 on my machine which has ...
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2010-11-04T00:55:44.257
What kind of support will Unity provide for Nvidia cards?
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<p>I also posted this on Ubuntu Forums and apart from a guy who tried to help nothing came of it. So i though i'd try posting here...</p> <p>So, after a restart yesterday, my computer doesn't boot correctly... After GRUB, it prints</p> <pre><code>mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory mou...
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2010-10-27T18:40:36.977
sda1 unmountable and (probably) corrupt
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2010-10-25T22:56:59.833
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<p>How do you format a usb stick through the terminal?</p>
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2021-01-16T06:13:26.210
how do you format a usb stick in ubuntu server
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<p>When I was using Lucid I noticed they had a backport ppa for kernels but they don't have one for Maverick. I am currently using Maverick in Generic-PAE mode and was wondering what is the easiest way to upgrade the kernel to 2.6.36 with generic-pae?</p>
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2010-11-17T21:58:23.357
2010-12-15T00:53:40.253
How can I use a 2.6.36 kernel in Maverick?
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<p>When using the MySQL command line interface, is there any way to get it to let you use <code>vi</code> command editing keys instead of <code>emacs</code>?</p>
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2011-06-07T17:00:33.137
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Vi in MySQL for command editing
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2010-10-26T00:52:45.170
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<p>After a bit of investigating of a problem I've just encountered, it looks like mdadm has completely forgotten about a new device I'd added to an array. I recently added a new device to the array which went fine, but I've now rebooted (I don't think I had rebooted since making this change) and I've been greeted with ...
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2011-06-07T17:00:46.383
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Mdadm seems to have completely forgotten about a device and shrunk my array
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<p>I have an old machine with a max. resolution of 1024x768 and I have a problem setting screen resolution from current (640x480 too big icons and words) to max .</p> <p>I tried the following :</p> <ol> <li><p>Installing nvidia driver (nothing happens)</p></li> <li><p>Editing xorg.conf manually twice </p> <ol> <li>a...
4745
935
2010-10-26T01:56:18.230
2011-04-26T22:04:51.043
Can't set the resolution (resolution smaller than expected)
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well , I finally fixed the issue by completely removing ubuntu 9.10 and installing ubuntu 10.10 from scratch and I didn't install Nvidia driver . Ubuntu 10 recognized my best resolution itself and everything worked fine .</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "community...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your monitor is not recognised properly. I also have an FX5200 and it works fine, because I have an expensive CRT monitor (Hansol 720D). You have to set up a monitor with 1024x768 in xorg.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "201...
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9511
1
9514
2010-10-26T01:09:51.643
11
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<pre><code>$ sudo apt-get update W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 16126D3A...
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2014-09-11T02:26:08.233
2014-12-17T22:18:23.017
"The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 16126D3A3E5C1192"
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><b>Option 1</b></p>\n\n<p>From <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-extras-keyring/+bug/650525\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-extras-keyring\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><b>Option 2</b></p>\n\n<p>See <a href=\"http...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><b>Option 1</b></p>\n\n<p>From <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-extras-keyring/+bug/650525\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-extras-keyring\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><b>Option 2</b></p>\n\n<p>See <a hre...
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2016-07-04T13:48:46.277
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9512
1
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2010-10-26T01:17:19.767
1
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<p>Every time I restart the computer, or resume from standby the MeMenu goes offline and won't let me change my status. The only way to make it work again is to disable Google talk and then re enable it. </p> <p>Am I missing something in the settings or is this the intended operation. Thanks in advance for your help.<...
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2010-10-26T13:42:00.363
2010-10-26T15:06:47.483
Problem with me menu and google talk
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is most likely a bug report. Please look at <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reporting Bugs</a> for information about reporting a bug before going to <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug\" rel=\"nofollow\">Launchpad<...
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2011-12-13T18:51:11.667
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9515
1
71222
2010-10-26T01:26:42.143
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<p>I have a quite tunned up gnome desktop and I would like for the guest session to share most of the user settings, this includes:</p> <ul> <li>Gtk and Metacity themes.</li> <li>Number of panels, placement and applets.</li> <li>Applications that run on login.</li> </ul> <p>I'm having a hard time finding where this c...
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605093
2017-05-10T09:29:19.573
2017-05-10T09:29:19.573
How do I change the guest session defaults
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This has become much easier in 11.10. </p>\n\n<p>First you need to create a folder: <code>sudo mkdir -p /etc/guest-session/skel/</code>. The -p switch creates /etc/guest-session so you can place /skel in it in one go. Now you just add the files you want to /etc/guest-session/skel and...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The guest session is recreated every time as a \"default new user\" with the <code>/usr/share/gdm/guest-session/guest-session-setup.sh</code> script, which is part of the <code>gdm-guest-session</code> package. I don't see any <em>clean</em> way to make it include your setti...
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9516
1
null
2010-10-26T01:50:10.813
3
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<p>Some of the Fn key combinations don't work on my EeePc 1005HAB. </p> They control important functions such as: <ul> <li>volume up, down, and mute</li> <li>sleep</li> <li>launch task manager</li> <li>external monitor toggle</li> <li>WiFi on/off</li> <li>track-pad on/off</li> <li>back-light on/off</li> </ul> <p>The...
3115
235
2010-11-02T21:14:40.697
2017-02-15T19:41:49.217
EeePc Fn buttons don't work out of the box
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can try to install <code>eeepc-acpi-scripts</code></p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install eeepc-acpi-scripts\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and see if that helps (after a reboot).</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T13:13:4...
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9518
1
10579
2010-10-26T02:12:10.317
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<p>I fresh installed Ubuntu 10.10 back when it came out, and my laptop was suspending fine. All of a sudden, I can't get my laptop to suspend anymore. It's an HP Pavilion dv2-1110, but I don't think it's a hardware issue, here's why:</p> <ul> <li>It suspended fine upon first install. I haven't installed any new kernels...
1012
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2012-09-14T13:56:53.720
Ubuntu won't suspend anymore, but it did upon install
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-31T15:29:27.050", "id": "10817", "postId": "9518", "score": "0", "text": "I have exactly the same problem. Reported here and on forum as well but didn't get any answer.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2910" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open the Software center and type 'acpi-support' in the search bar. Make sure, that the package is installed. \nReboot, and voilà: suspend and hibernate are back and working again for me. Maybe this will fix it for you, too.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communi...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open your terminal and type this </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install hal\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-31T15:31:16.800", "id": "10818", "postId": "10567", "score": "2", ...
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9519
1
153087
2010-10-26T02:15:20.637
3
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<p>I've installed Ubuntu 10.04 from the alternate CD.</p> <p>It has an encrypted root and swap partition.</p> <p>The root partition is visible in Nautilus as 'File Syste' icon.</p> <p>There is another icon "216 GB Filesystem". If I click it says: Unable to mount 216 GB Filesystem. /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt is mounted.<...
3105
935
2010-10-26T03:10:58.887
2012-06-19T21:15:28.500
Hide icons encrypted file system partitions in Nautilus
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I may be resurrecting a long dead issue but here is an answer.</p>\n\n<p>Add the file <code>/etc/udev/rules.d/81-udisks.rules</code> with the following in it:</p>\n\n<pre><code># Hide encrypted hard disk partitions from users\nSUBSYSTEM==\"block\", KERNEL==\"sd*\", ENV{ID_BUS}==\"ata...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25576/\" rel=\"nofollow\">the related item in Ubuntu Brainstorm</a>. </p>\n\n<p>For me it looks like there's no 100% working solution at the moment.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDat...
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9525
1
9526
2010-10-26T03:20:10.077
2
1465
<p>I recently upgraded from Lucid Lynx to Maverick. And then there was a kernel update which I installed. Right now when the computer boots up, on the grub boot loader I get 2 options to boot into </p> <ul> <li>Linux 2.6.35-22-generic OR</li> <li>Linux 2.6.35-25-generic</li> </ul> <p>I am booting into 2.6.35-25 assu...
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282488
2017-09-05T23:28:09.637
2017-09-05T23:28:09.637
Latest kernel version number?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The last kernel for Maverick is Linux 2.6.35-22-generic.</p>\n\n<p>Are you sure the other one is 2.6.<strong>35</strong>-25-generic and not 2.6.<strong>32</strong>-25-generic (the last <em>Lucid</em> kernel)?</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The last kernel for Maverick is Linux 2.6.35-22-generic.</p>\n\n<p>Are you sure the other one is 2.6.<strong>35</strong>-25-generic and not 2.6.<strong>32</strong>-25-generic (the last <em>Lucid</em> kernel)?</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { ...
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bcrawl
9532
1
9537
2010-10-26T05:57:59.610
2
3613
<p>I am using Ubuntu 9.04, and I installed gnome-do, and changed the theme to Docky. So far so good. Now, i want to get rid of the top panel too, and for that I need to add the menu bar to Docky. I tried creating a new menu bar and dragging it, but it doesn't seem to add widgets, only shortcuts. How do I add other widg...
3778
282488
2017-09-05T23:28:19.200
2017-09-05T23:28:19.200
How to add Main Menu and other widgets to gnome-do
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For the menu try Cardapio.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tvst-hotmail/cardapio\nsudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install python-keybinder cardapio\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/06/use-cardapio-menu-applet-on-docky-tip/\" rel...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Click on the Docky Icon (One with a Anchor on it) and add Docklets and Helpers from there</p>\n\n<p>If you want to add any applications like Firefox or Terminal or anything just drag and drop it on the dock from the menu</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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9534
1
9550
2010-10-26T06:54:52.530
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<p>This upcoming Ubuntu move to <code>Unity</code> as its Desktop Manager, got me wondering where the modular line lies between a <strong>Desktop Manager</strong> and <strong>X</strong>. </p> <p>My understanding is that <strong>X</strong> is a window manager, and <em>window</em> = <em>GUI</em>. </p> <p>Is the <str...
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2010-10-26T08:40:00.630
KDE, GNOME, XFCE, Unity, ad-nauseum... Can a GUI app run in X without any of these?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>X is a service that listens to requests from its clients (= applications) to paint windows and also passes on input device events to those applications. One of these applications is the window manager (e.g. in case of GNOME that's Metacity or Compiz).</p>\n\n<p>And a desktop environ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>X is a service that listens to requests from its clients (= applications) to paint windows and also passes on input device events to those applications. One of these applications is the window manager (e.g. in case of GNOME that's Metacity or Compiz).</p>\n\n<p>And a desktop...
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9540
1
9614
2010-10-26T08:00:59.033
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<p>When I connect to my server (ubuntu server 10.10), I get this:</p> <pre><code>name@server-name.belkin ~&gt; </code></pre> <p>How can I remove ".belkin"?</p>
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235
2012-09-12T03:45:15.397
2021-07-22T01:53:28.553
How do I change the computer name?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T08:39:04.123", "id": "9580", "postId": "9540", "score": "1", "text": "Try editing /etc/ hosts. gksudo gedit /etc/hosts and replace server-name.belkin by whatever name you desire.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3602" }, { "creationDate": "2010-...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to edit the computer name in two files:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/etc/hostname \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and</p>\n\n<pre><code>/etc/hosts\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>These will both need administrative access, so run</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksu gedit /path/to/file\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Replace any ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The <em>host name</em> uniquely identifies your computer on the local network (and possibly on the Internet as well) so it's not a good idea to change it unless you know what you are doing.</p>\n\n<p>But you can change the shell prompt not to display the <code>.belkin</code> ...
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9541
1
10063
2010-10-26T08:01:38.430
1
5047
<p>I keep getting <code>mcp power or thermal limit exceeded</code> every five seconds while my computer is on, regardless of what it's doing. I found some Intel patches but I don't really know exactly what they do or how to apply them and I also don't want to patch my kernel with these random bits of code from some new...
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527764
2017-10-29T15:53:25.760
2017-10-29T15:53:25.760
"mcp power or thermal limit exceeded" excessive in messages.log
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found a possible solution in <a href=\"http://jordilin.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/ubuntu-maverick-not-a-perfect-10-but-nearly/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">this blog post</a>, to blacklist a particular kernel module.</p>\n\n<p>It works for me.</p>\n\n<p>Edit the file <code>/etc/modp...
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9542
1
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2010-10-26T08:12:01.337
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<p>I think a community wiki on problems (and solutions) when installing Ubuntu (10.10) on a Thinkpad Edge 11 would be nice (because I just got one ;)). I'll contribute with my own problems and solutions, and hope others will join too.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:Edge_11%22" rel="nofoll...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:31.777
2013-07-27T16:15:25.653
Ubuntu on Thinkpad Edge 11/13/14/15
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>No wifi-driver</h2>\n\n<p>Intel laptop, Realtek 8276 driver.</p>\n\n<p>Solution: Install Realtek RTL8192CE-VA4 from <a href=\"http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&amp;PNid=21&amp;PFid=48&amp;Level=5&amp;Conn=4&amp;DownTypeID=3&amp;GetDown=false&amp...
2010-12-15T21:01:42.820
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2014-03-24T21:14:18.813
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9543
1
9832
2010-10-26T08:14:48.980
11
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<p>What is the keyboard shortcut for run application in unity, or how do I get to the applications screen quickly?</p> <p>I've still got the gnome application for setting keyboard shortcuts, and it has <kbd>alt</kbd> +<kbd> f2</kbd> set for "Show the run command prompt", but that doesn't actually do anything.</p>
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2013-10-31T11:53:25.077
2017-02-16T22:11:13.143
Shortcut for "run application" in Unity
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li><p>Install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/gmrun\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">gmrun</a> </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install gmrun\n</code></pre></li>\n<li><p>Use the <strong>Add</strong> button in <strong>gnome-keybinding-properties</strong> to create a new action wi...
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9553
1
9558
2010-10-26T08:55:34.947
2
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<p>I want to run a script automatically when an application start. How would I do this without making the script run at start-up?</p> <p>My current approach is writing a script with an infinite loop and made it run at start-up. Then let it check if a certain app is running.</p>
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9781
2011-10-10T13:00:20.807
2011-10-10T13:00:20.807
How do I run a script automatically when I start an app?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T09:03:09.417", "id": "9584", "postId": "9553", "score": "1", "text": "Why exactly do you need this? Isn't it an option to simply use a wrapper script or something like that?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "935" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>If the way of starting the application is always manual then create another script with the links to the script you mentioned plus the application. Then link this new script to the launcher.</li>\n<li>If the application is launched by another application then you have to renam...
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9560
1
10604
2010-10-26T09:44:01.650
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9955
<p>How do I configure <strong>Wake-On-USB</strong> properly on a 10.04 or 10.10 Ubuntu (2.6.36 and higher if needed)? (Wake-on-USB is when the computer is asleep and for example a USB Keyboard event wakes up the machine!) The notebook is an <strong>Acer Aspire Timeline X 1830T</strong>. I don't know in which way the L...
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235
2011-12-31T21:28:22.870
2012-12-14T10:59:36.837
How do I configure WakeOnUSB properly?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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9562
1
9569
2010-10-26T09:50:57.330
3
1109
<p>I installed unity from the software center then decided to eventually remove it.</p> <p>Now my desktop boots to a while screen. I get the nvidia splash and then a white screen. I can see my mouse pointer and move it around and if I use <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> plus arrow I can see the workspace switcher, bu...
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2010-11-04T14:16:58.697
2011-04-22T21:36:44.180
Uninstalling unity results in booting to white screen
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After lots of playing around I found that I still had gnome-shell installed so I did:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and then I tried:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get remove unity\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This said that unity was not installed but t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After lots of playing around I found that I still had gnome-shell installed so I did:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and then I tried:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get remove unity\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This said that unity was not install...
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9568
1
9570
2010-10-26T10:22:06.217
2
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<p>I've noticed that with some fonts show some fringing (that is coloured usually red/bluey lines) surrounding the text.</p> <p>Here's one example.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ODcdM.png" alt="fringed fonts"></p> <p>A portion of my job is design and I'm finding it very hard to use native tools when the...
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2010-11-11T03:19:15.043
Coloured fringing with Windows TrueType fonts
[ "fonts", "antialiasing" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Coloured fringes are the result of sub-pixel AA. You should check if you use the correct subpixel AA for your display (orientation &amp; order of colours) as using the wrong type will make it really bad.</p>\n\n<p>Or you could just disable it (as I do). ;)</p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p>I did h...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Coloured fringes are the result of sub-pixel AA. You should check if you use the correct subpixel AA for your display (orientation &amp; order of colours) as using the wrong type will make it really bad.</p>\n\n<p>Or you could just disable it (as I do). ;)</p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p...
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9571
1
9589
2010-10-26T11:18:59.960
21
306831
<p>How can I list folders from within the terminal, which command should I use?</p>
2593
527764
2017-06-30T20:33:53.043
2018-01-30T08:20:38.780
How can I see folders from terminal?
[ "command-line" ]
7
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want to be able to distinguish folders from files easily, use something like <code>ls -alhF</code>. I usually define <code>l</code> as an alias for that, ie. I put the line <code>alias l='ls -alhF'</code> in my <code>.bashrc</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments":...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>ls</code> will list the files.</p>\n\n<p><code>ls -l</code> will list the files with details (such as file size).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-26T1...
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9575
1
9590
2010-10-26T11:33:27.293
13
31760
<p>I have to present an assessment for my Uni course in the form of a DVD movie (so it can be played on a DVD player) but so far, Brasero doesn't seem to be doing it. For example, I left it for over an hour today (as it said it was burning) and the DVD came out empty.</p> <p>Other times, it flat out says it cannot bur...
2458
3940
2012-05-26T06:03:56.380
2015-10-08T09:17:51.193
How do I use Brasero to burn a movie in DVD format?
[ "dvd", "burning", "brasero" ]
6
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That's right. Brasero does not make DVDs. However there are many tools around that work fine. I'd recommend <a href=\"http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">DeVeDe</a> (see <em>multiverse</em>) for easy doing so. Or, alternatively any other vide...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That's right. Brasero does not make DVDs. However there are many tools around that work fine. I'd recommend <a href=\"http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">DeVeDe</a> (see <em>multiverse</em>) for easy doing so. Or, alternatively any ot...
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9576
1
9577
2010-10-26T11:42:29.280
17
22493
<p>I have <strong>8 workspaces</strong> in use throughout the day arranged as <strong>2 rows x 4 columns</strong>. </p> <p>Workspaces are numbered logically from 1-4 for the top row left-right, then 5-8 for the next row. </p> <p>I would like to be able to switch to a workspace using the keyboard combination <kbd>Ctrl...
null
null
null
2010-10-26T11:45:17.723
Keyboard short-cut to switch to a specific workspace using Ctrl-[1-8] on numeric keypad
[ "gnome", "compiz", "workspaces", "shortcut-keys" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Under <code>Preferences -&gt; Keyboard Shortcuts</code> you can map up to 12 workspaces. You can find needed entries under <code>Window Management -&gt; Switch to workspace #</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T11:50:13.123",...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Under <code>Preferences -&gt; Keyboard Shortcuts</code> you can map up to 12 workspaces. You can find needed entries under <code>Window Management -&gt; Switch to workspace #</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-2...
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user1678
9578
1
9580
2010-10-26T11:48:59.990
6
310
<p>Where can i get hold of the experimental versions of Dropbox for Ubuntu? </p> <p>Im looking for a version that allows the tray icons to be modified, and as far as im aware this functionality is only available in the latest versions.</p> <p>Thanks.</p>
2978
235
2011-10-19T01:02:40.190
2011-10-22T10:34:05.377
Where can I get experimental versions of dropbox?
[ "dropbox" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can drop last experimental build from <a href=\"http://forums.dropbox.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dropbox Forum</a>, <a href=\"http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=26476&amp;replies=9\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a> you can find the last version available, 0.8.110.</p>\n\n<p>Simply dow...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can drop last experimental build from <a href=\"http://forums.dropbox.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dropbox Forum</a>, <a href=\"http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=26476&amp;replies=9\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a> you can find the last version available, 0.8.110.</p>\n\n<p>Si...
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9579
1
null
2010-10-26T11:49:36.557
6
83
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11573/what-does-fix-committed-mean">What does &ldquo;Fix Committed&rdquo; mean?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I am affected by <a href="https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/635258" rel="nofollow nor...
702
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:56.577
2012-06-13T14:42:23.907
How long before a bug fix makes it through to the package manager?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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2012-06-13T14:44:25.197
null
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9581
1
9588
2010-10-26T11:55:58.687
4
3618
<p>I've used mIRC (Windows) for years, and have some custom scripts, written in mIRC's own scripting language. </p> <p>Is there an Ubuntu/Linux IRC Client which will allow me to use my scripts <em>as-is</em>? </p> <p>Failing that, is there a "<em>functions a lot like mIRC</em>" Client available?</p> <p>I've just ...
2670
866
2010-12-31T08:38:03.583
2016-05-23T03:01:26.763
Is there a IRC Client which can use or emulate mIRC scripts
[ "software-recommendation", "compatibility", "irc" ]
4
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No, there isn't.</p>\n\n<p>Try irssi or XChat.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T14:03:04.470", "id": "9626", "postId": "9588", "score": "0", "text": "Thanks... I've subsequently read the mIRC site itself: I...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No, there isn't.</p>\n\n<p>Try irssi or XChat.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T14:03:04.470", "id": "9626", "postId": "9588", "score": "0", "text": "Thanks... I've subsequently read...
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9591
1
9651
2010-10-26T12:58:05.837
10
4255
<p>I am getting a file with a faroese name and trying to save it in a PHP script:</p> <pre><code>2010_08_Útflutningur.xls </code></pre> <p>In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is saving it as:</p> <pre><code>2010_08_�tflutningur.xls (invalid encoding) </code></pre> <p>I've installed and run <code>utf8-migration-tool</code>, but wit...
3935
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2014-01-20T20:07:47.653
2017-02-16T20:52:36.540
filename encoding issue
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2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T14:17:47.827", "id": "9633", "postId": "9591", "score": "0", "text": "How are you receiving and saving the file via PHP? (What does the code look like?)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "721" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T06:44:05.717", "i...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This looks like an encoding issue. Unfortunately, PHP needs a bit of hand-holding when it comes to encodings, because its strings are single-byte by default. If you are creating the filename within PHP, <a href=\"http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-encode.php\" rel=\"noreferr...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This looks like an encoding issue. Unfortunately, PHP needs a bit of hand-holding when it comes to encodings, because its strings are single-byte by default. If you are creating the filename within PHP, <a href=\"http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.utf8-encode.php\" rel=\"...
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9592
1
9597
2010-10-26T13:22:44.460
3
25080
<p>How is burg different from Grub. I have installed burg and would like to know if at some point I want to go back to grub, how can I wipe burg and install grub back.</p>
2910
3550
2010-10-26T14:50:00.133
2010-10-26T15:30:52.687
How to reinstall Grub after burg
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To restore GRUB, I think you have to type this into the terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo grub-install /dev/sda\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Where /dev/sda is your hard drive.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T14:29:29.937", "id": "96...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Burg Manager is an application to easily install Burg (along with the default Burg themes and a Burg emulator) and change most of the Burg settings such as the timeout, download and install new themes, <strong>remove Burg and restore Grub 2</strong>, set the default operating...
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9596
1
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2010-10-26T13:52:53.547
1
383
<p>I really like Elementary themes and I now want to install the Elementary theme on my new re-installation of Ubuntu. So when I typed this in</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install elementary-theme </code></pre> <p>and started the process it prompted:</p> <pre><code>Do you want to contin...
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2015-04-14T08:36:25.123
2015-04-14T08:36:25.123
Elementary theme will not install
[ "package-management", "apt", "nautilus-elementary" ]
2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T14:05:14.517", "id": "9627", "postId": "9596", "score": "0", "text": "Have you tried this multiple times?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "114" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T14:09:15.977", "id": "9628", "postId": "9596", "score": ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I found an alternative and in fact is better as the wallpapers are breathtaking and amazing.\n.\n<code>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install elementary-theme elementary-icon-theme elementary-wallpapers</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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9599
1
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2010-10-26T14:13:50.277
12
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/46588/how-to-automount-ntfs-partitions">How to automount NTFS partitions?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm not even sure if this is the right question, but basically I have a partition with Windows 7 on it (named Acer...
3403
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:27.937
2012-07-06T12:16:31.757
How to mount NTFS drive at startup
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2020-11-16T17:41:23.647", "id": "2195320", "postId": "9599", "score": "0", "text": "Obtain the UUID of the disk and add it to the /etc/fstab as demonstrated in this [tutorial](https://bit.ly/2Ur9XZY).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1114047" } ]
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2012-07-20T12:03:12.067
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1
null
2010-10-26T14:22:03.697
5
758
<p>I have an Ubuntu server installation set up as a media server with Subsonic in a medium sized office environment. I allow uploads from all employees to the media folder on the server. </p> <p>As you can imagine, it's going to get a bit messy in there with multiple spellings of artist and album names for directory n...
661
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null
2010-10-26T18:43:48.070
Help organizing music
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I used to have a similar arrangement. The method I settled for was not letting people write to the actual end directory and instead had an incoming directory that once a day processed all the files and in doing so, moved them to the music directory.</p>\n\n<p>I found this a l...
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9606
1
null
2010-10-26T14:26:12.293
12
11853
<p>My Ubuntu has been acting weird lately. Yesterday, it wouldn't boot normally, so I had to do a 'recovery mode' boot. It said I had to do an <code>fsck</code> manually, which I did using a live CD. After this, I was already able to boot to the desktop but everything is so sluggish. Apps would turn gray for seconds. S...
4216
5768
2012-07-09T13:07:29.047
2012-07-09T13:07:29.047
how to interpret these errors from syslog
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your first hard drive (sda) is in the process of aggressively failing. </p>\n\n<p>Power it off immediately, get a new boot drive, install a new OS on the new boot drive. Once that is working, plug in the failing drive, mount it \"read only\" and you might be able to extract d...
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9607
1
9615
2010-10-26T14:26:12.650
7
4537
<p>Having installed an experimental version of dropbox and installed in manually, i dont want the deb in synaptic to download any updates (as theyll over write the changes ive done manually i assume).</p> <p>Ive found the lock version option in synaptic, im assuming this stops a particular deb from downloading any new...
2978
64389
2012-11-03T04:57:43.950
2012-11-03T04:57:43.950
What does 'Lock Version' do?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>apt</code> will only replace the current package of something if there is a newer package. Updates that come now will likely be to previous versions. It won't downgrade it unless they do something spectacularly silly with the versioning.</p>\n\n<p>Lock version is not as clever ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It locks your program to the version that you are using... So that means no updates, bug fixes or upgrades to whatever programs you lock.... This is kind of like ignoring updates in Windows, or I guess you could even ignore them in Ubuntu if you wish... But this allows you to...
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9616
1
13690
2010-10-26T14:40:46.277
1
10947
<p>YouTube videos play fine in Firefox and Chrome. However, Vimeo videos are always choppy. What can I do to get them to play normally?</p> <p>I'm running a Tecra A4 with a VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600]</p> <p>Screenshot per comment request <img src="https://i.stack.img...
3692
3692
2010-11-02T00:25:19.640
2013-11-06T14:13:14.660
How do I get vimeo videos to play properly?
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Get <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/161869/\" rel=\"nofollow\">FlashVideoReplacer</a>, an extension for Firefox that I develop, which allows you to watch YouTube, Vimeo and Blip.tv with a different plugin like gecko mediaplayer, gxine, kaffeine, mozpl...
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1
9623
2010-10-26T14:52:59.837
2
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<p>I was downloading an IRC Client called <strong>irssi</strong> via the Synaptic Packet Manager but it listed <code>wine</code> and <code>wine1.2</code> in the <code>Unchanged</code> list (of dependencies). I do have <code>wine</code> installed.</p> <p>This suggests to me that <code>irssi</code> is dependent on <code...
2670
2670
2010-10-26T21:55:42.493
2010-10-26T21:55:42.493
IRSSI shows Wine in "Unchanged" list in Synaptic Package Manager
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/irssi\" rel=\"nofollow\">IRSSI</a> has no listed dependencies to <code>wine</code>, as the packages site confirms. That message indicates that there may be an upgrade awaiting, or if a package has been pinned it's state will not change (since ther...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/irssi\" rel=\"nofollow\">IRSSI</a> has no listed dependencies to <code>wine</code>, as the packages site confirms. That message indicates that there may be an upgrade awaiting, or if a package has been pinned it's state will not change (si...
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9622
1
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2010-10-26T14:58:06.653
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<p>I have an external USB HDD IDE enclosure that I use to back up and then wipe old hard drives.</p> <p>My questions is:</p> <p>How do I prevent Ubuntu Server from auto mounting these drives?</p> <p>Most of the instructions I've seen online refer to turning off auto mounting for Desktop installs.</p> <p>EDIT:</p> ...
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2010-10-27T17:26:45.570
2010-10-27T18:27:24.340
How to turn off automount in Ubuntu Server 10.04
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Probably by using the <code>noauto</code> option in <code>/etc/fstab</code> like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>UUID=01C4B957CD91E340 /mnt/usbhdd ext3 noauto,rw,exec 0 0\n/dev/sdf1 /mnt/usbhdd ext3 noauto,rw,exec 0 0\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Where sometimes the drive is spe...
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1
null
2010-10-26T15:37:52.983
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5291
<p>I am having trouble with Ubuntu recognizing/finding/mounting one of my hard drives. I dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7. I had Ubuntu 10.04 and all drives showed up under "Places" I could click on any of my Windows/NTFS drives and they would mount as they should. I have since updated to Ubuntu 10.10. One of my dri...
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2010-10-27T13:31:27.843
2011-03-24T23:15:52.353
Not mounting/finding 1TB NTFS drive
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T16:06:17.437", "id": "9654", "postId": "9630", "score": "0", "text": "Possible Duplicate: [1TB SATA Drive on Marvell Adapter disappears after 10.10 upgrade.](http://askubuntu.com/questions/7444/1tb-sata-hdrive-on-marvell-adapter-disappears-after-10-10-upgrade-why)",...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your ntfs-3g binary may be out of order due to newer incompatibility.</p>\n\n<p>When an upgrade is made, the binaries that have been installed through compilation (and not installed through the package manager) are not upgraded.</p>\n\n<p>If you took the .tar.gz or .tar.bz2 s...
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1
null
2010-10-26T16:17:15.040
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<p>I've been using "Elementary Theme" for a while now and i have noticed, that there is a missing arrow at the end of the folder path.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fQm3p.png" alt="screenshot"></p> <p>Does anyone know why this is happening????</p>
4488
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2012-03-09T16:33:56.943
2012-03-09T16:33:56.943
Elementary theme missing arrow in Nautilus
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open Nautilus, then go to <code>Edit -&gt; Preferences</code>, choose <code>Tweaks</code>tab and check <code>Show like breadcrumbs</code>. Now restart Nautilus (in the Terminal write <code>nautilus -q</code>), next time you open Nautilus everything will be fine.</p>\n", "...
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9633
1
null
2010-10-26T16:20:17.827
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<p>If I have to two repositories listed in my sources.list or sources.list.d is there a way to tell apt which is preferred?</p> <p>My exact use case is if a package is found on the intranet repository and on the remote repository I want apt to always use the intranet one. Right now it seems to pick randomly between t...
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2015-06-02T09:36:29.263
Preferred apt repository
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can do it by modifying your /etc/apt/preferences file; it's commonly referred to as \"APT pinning\". Here are some guides with details:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.h...
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9634
1
9638
2010-10-26T16:21:20.113
0
498
<p>I switched to Exaile a while back, and the only thing I find lacking is the Empathy integration, if I may call it that. I wish to be able to set my IM status as the currently playing music track. Rhythmbox did that out of the box. Exaile doesn't. Any ideas?</p>
3778
6576
2011-02-25T13:08:29.820
2011-02-25T13:08:29.820
Current Exaile song in Empathy status
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There's a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/exaile/+bug/427082\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug</a> on Exaile Launchpad, actually a plugin doesn't exist and the bug is marked as wishlist. On exaile-users group on Google Groups you can find an <a href=\"http://groups.google.com/group/exaile-...
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9639
1
9643
2010-10-26T16:46:25.453
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1693
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2RBBI.png" alt="alt text"></p> <p>In the picture above see the icon of magnifying glass. I didn't have this icon before, It is indexing my files. Any idea what is it, I have maverick installed on 2 machines and both of them now have this icon.</p> <p>When I click on it and searc...
2910
449
2011-01-18T10:13:55.917
2011-01-18T10:13:55.917
What is 'Tracker Search Tool'
[ "tracker" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T03:35:56.717", "id": "9754", "postId": "9639", "score": "0", "text": "Nice icon theme. ;)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2138" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://projects.gnome.org/tracker/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Tracker</a> is a search engine and metadata store that indexes your files to do all sorts of interesting things. See <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/7697/what-options-are-there-for-indexing-my-filesy...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://projects.gnome.org/tracker/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Tracker</a> is a search engine and metadata store that indexes your files to do all sorts of interesting things. See <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/7697/what-options-are-there-for-indexing-m...
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9641
1
null
2010-10-26T16:49:12.343
0
349
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2280/selective-mounted-volumes-for-the-gnome-desktop-and-nautilus-sidebar">Selective mounted volumes for the GNOME Desktop and Nautilus Sidebar</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Under Places menu in gnome-panel and in the ...
3727
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:31.777
2010-10-29T08:19:48.897
How to toggle display of filesystems in "Places" menu?
[ "nautilus", "menu", "gnome-panel" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-31T18:41:21.103", "id": "10852", "postId": "9641", "score": "0", "text": "yeap, looks like that", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3727" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need program called <strong>Storage device Manager</strong>. This problem has been also solved in this <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=855523&amp;highlight=hide+drives\" rel=\"nofollow\">forum post</a> (look at the last post).</p>\n\n<p>regards</p>\n", ...
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null
2011-06-07T15:41:57.387
null
null
9642
1
9655
2010-10-26T16:50:19.170
346
768364
<p>I have used <code>top</code> to see the memory usage at the moment. But I would like to monitor the memory usage over a period of time. E.g start monitoring and then execute a few commands, and final stop the monitoring and see how much memory that have been used during the period.</p> <p>How can I do this on Ubunt...
4692
4692
2010-10-26T18:20:25.440
2022-01-18T09:52:22.173
How can I monitor the memory usage?
[ "server", "memory", "monitoring", "logging", "memory-usage" ]
13
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I recommend combining the previous answers</p>\n\n<pre><code>watch -n 5 free -m\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Note that Linux likes to use any extra memory to <a href=\"http://www.linuxhowtos.org/System/Linux%20Memory%20Management.htm\" rel=\"noreferrer\">cache hard drive blocks</a>. So you d...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Use the <a href=\"http://www.linfo.org/free.html\"><strong>free</strong></a> command. \nFor example, this is the ouput of <code>free -m</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code> total used free shared buffers cached\nMem: 2012 1666 34...
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9646
1
null
2010-10-26T17:04:49.460
3
2922
<p>I need to install git on a server that will be shared and accessed by multiple users.</p> <p>I assume I will use git+ssh, so each user will have a system account, but how do I go about install git and a repository so that each user can push/pull over a local IP?</p>
null
null
null
2010-10-26T19:27:57.620
Installing git to be used in a multi-user system
[ "ssh", "users", "git", "gitosis" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way\" rel=\"nofollow\">gitosis</a> may make things easier for you.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T22:09:34.303", "id": ...
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null
null
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Andy
9659
1
null
2010-10-26T18:29:31.090
7
71243
<p>I just installed some packages and after restart GUI won't show. I can login in terminal but I need command to start Gnome or better let it start automatically.</p>
null
null
null
2023-04-15T17:00:15.267
Run gnome - command
[ "gnome" ]
3
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T23:31:54.560", "id": "9725", "postId": "9659", "score": "0", "text": "What packages did you install?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "935" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T23:33:10.783", "id": "9726", "postId": "9659", "score": "1", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In terminal do:</p>\n\n<p>gdm</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-10-26T21:43:07.897", "id": "9704", "lastActivityDate": "2010-10-26T21:43:07.897", "la...
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kain
9663
1
9924
2010-10-26T18:43:09.050
5
3068
<p>It really puzzles me that any Google search counts far more "results" in Firefox or Chrome than in Chromium. Google says "About 1.460.000 results" for "natty narwhal" in Firefox or Chrome but only 914.000 results in Chromium. Does anybody know why that is so? Which results are better?</p> <p>To add some information...
3940
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:27.937
2010-10-28T07:03:37.977
Why does Google search always count more results in Firefox or Chrome than in Chromium?
[ "firefox", "chromium", "search" ]
4
6
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T19:24:12.167", "id": "9684", "postId": "9663", "score": "5", "text": "You should ask this on http://WebApps.stackexchange.com/ instead.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4692" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T19:43:49.770", "id": "9687", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I believe I have it nailed down.</p>\n\n<p>Google uses items from your past searches to narrow your searches results.</p>\n\n<p>The highlighted link to \"<a href=\"http://www.google.com/history/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Web History</a>\" (available when you are connected to Google) lets ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Google is run on a huge distributed network, with clustered servers behind load balancers and proxy servers. I'd say the browsers are hitting different servers whose indexes are not in sync. There must be some inconsistencies when they replicate than much data.</p>\n\n<p>For ...
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9665
1
9676
2010-10-26T18:45:05.103
3
256
<p>I didn't manage to boot from SD-card reader in my netbook, so I just used Wubi to install Ubuntu Netbook Edition (10.10). The system works smoothly and I'm glad with it, but there are certain perfomance problems: with Eclipse and also when there are lots of tabs in Chrome opened.</p> <p>I'm thinking now about havin...
3982
null
null
2010-10-26T19:26:03.477
Should I try to get rid of Wubi?
[ "ubuntu-netbook", "wubi" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To my experience there are some problems that cannot easily be overcome in Wubi installations. These mainly come from the virtual Wubi file system residing within the Windows file system. If anything goes wrong with your harddisk most likely all of your Ubuntu files are completely lo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To my experience there are some problems that cannot easily be overcome in Wubi installations. These mainly come from the virtual Wubi file system residing within the Windows file system. If anything goes wrong with your harddisk most likely all of your Ubuntu files are compl...
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9681
1
9686
2010-10-26T19:48:02.423
3
560
<p>Is there a command to see who owns a specific Internet domain address?</p> <p>I have tried with <code>whois example.com</code> and I get some information. But for "holder" there is just a "user ID". Is there any way to see who the actual user is?</p>
4692
8844
2011-03-31T04:09:12.843
2015-10-08T06:19:20.833
Is there a command to see who owns an Internet domain?
[ "command-line", "internet", "dns", "whois" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>whois</code> is definitely the command to use.</p>\n\n<p>In some cases however the owner of the internet address chooses to withhold this information. For some <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-level_domain\" rel=\"noreferrer\">TLDs</a> this is not allowed.</p>\n\n<p><...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are several whois services with different results (e.g. try online searches). In addition, there are paid services for hiding the real owner of a domain inquestion. Therefore owners can not be displayed for some domains.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": ...
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9682
1
null
2010-10-26T19:48:18.760
3
522
<p>I installed Kubuntu-desktop via apt for testing purposes in Gnome. After removing Kubuntu-desktop the bootscreen still is the kubuntu one and not changed back by the uninstall process to the origin ubuntu one. I also noticed that in my standart Gnome Ubuntu Desktop some Fonts and Font-Sizes changed especially in App...
2689
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null
2010-10-30T16:04:00.867
After Uninstalling KDE in Ubuntu some changes were not revoked?
[ "kde" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>A good thing to try is to fully <a href=\"http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">remove all the KDE packages</a>. The command below is for Ubuntu 10.10:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get remove akonadi-server akregator amarok amarok-common amaro...
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null
9683
1
null
2010-10-26T19:53:54.420
7
5807
<p>I'm installing Ubuntu Server 10.04 on a Pentium 3 with 256 MB RAM, I select install, continue with the process and when I see the "configuring apt sources" progress bar then I got the error: "kernel panic not syncing out of memory and no killable process" Does anyone know this problem??, do you think it could be bec...
4568
5768
2012-07-09T13:07:03.913
2017-02-05T18:38:32.450
"kernel panic not syncing out of memory and no killable process"
[ "installation", "server", "memory" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you check the memory with the memtest86+ option when the CD boots? Preferably keep it running overnight. Just in case there is something wrong with it...</p>\n\n<p>One possible reason for \"out of memory\" errors on systems with not much RAM can happen when <code>fsck</...
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9687
1
null
2010-10-26T20:03:19.327
4
945
<p>I love <strong>GNOME Screensaver</strong> application and all the themes that can use be used with it -the defaults and additionals from the repositories. So I would like to prefer the "Random" theme selection. </p> <p><strong>The problem</strong>: there's a choice as <strong>Images Directory</strong> among themes....
3781
3781
2010-10-26T21:33:43.397
2010-10-26T21:33:43.397
How to prevent GNOME Screensaver's "random" option from including Images directory?
[ "gnome", "security", "screensaver", "personalization" ]
2
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T15:28:59.543", "id": "9839", "postId": "9687", "score": "1", "text": "BTW, you should always store those *more than one reason* images in a semi-hidden directory (like ~/nrop/ or ~/.nrop/) so anyone you casually let use your computer won't stumble across them.", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are \"Wishlist\" bug reports about this on <a href=\"https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/31979\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Launchpad</a> and <a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316462\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">the...
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9694
1
22895
2010-10-26T20:30:54.353
27
30348
<p>I would like to run two X server instances at the same time.</p> <p>One would be an interactive session using the mouse and keyboard attached to the computer. The other would be a 'virtual' session that I could then connect to and use over a network.</p> <p>In other words, I want something like telnet/ssh that all...
5
449
2020-08-04T08:51:26.653
2020-08-04T08:51:26.653
How to run two X sessions at the same time?
[ "xorg", "display", "session" ]
6
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T20:37:36.390", "id": "9704", "postId": "9694", "score": "1", "text": "Im assuming you want to run two users on your computer simultaneously?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2978" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-26T21:03:29.067", "id": "9707",...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you are running an X session under Ubuntu on machine A it will appear on screen:0 (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F7</kbd>) on A.</p>\n\n<p>You want to run a remote X Session from machine B (on your Lan) without interrupting your current session on A.</p>\n\n<p>Go to the fir...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not quite an answer to your question, but...</p>\n\n<p>You can run X-programs over ssh, I often use this to give me access to protected/restricted services on my LAN when i'm out. Basicly what it does is connect a pipe from you machine to an ssh-server ans forward the display...
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9703
1
9707
2010-10-26T21:40:29.630
5
3919
<p>I have a Ubuntu machine next to my TV. Sometimes I use my TV (hdmi) as a secondary monitor, twinview.</p> <p>Using the "NVidia X Server Setting", nvidia-settings, I can turn the second monitor (TV) on or off. (NVidia driver version is 260.19.06)</p> <p>However, since I do this quite frequently I would like to ins...
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null
2010-10-26T22:41:31.627
Turn on 2nd NVidia screen using command-line
[ "nvidia", "twinview" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://willem.engen.nl/projects/disper/\">disper</a> has worked very well for me for controlling an nVidia card for the same purpose. My second display was a TV, btw. You can install <code>disper</code> from this ppa: <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~disper-dev/+archive/ppa...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>try nvidia-settings -h</p>\n\n<p>I'm not sure about this, but nvidia-settings seams to be a graphical front-end to edit ~/.nvidia-settings-rc </p>\n\n<p>So if you save this file, use nvidia-settings, to add the TV display and save your settings, you should have two configurat...
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9706
1
9769
2010-10-26T21:58:01.720
6
484
<p>Sometimes I start typing a message to someone then stop, rethink it and change it or not send it at all. I don't want them to see "User is typing" messages. I see no option to disable this in Empathy.</p>
90
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null
2012-02-05T14:33:39.063
How do I keep Empathy from telling the other person when I am typing?
[ "10.10", "empathy" ]
2
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There does not seem to be a way to achieve this. Empathy itself does not really have any privacy preferences that I've seen. </p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T13:51:09.187", "id": "9824", "postId": "9769", "score...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There does not seem to be a way to achieve this. Empathy itself does not really have any privacy preferences that I've seen. </p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T13:51:09.187", "id": "9824", "postId": ...
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9714
1
9715
2010-10-27T00:53:10.710
11
17736
<p>Is there a tool which can achieve high picture compression while preserving (as much as possible) the image quality and can compress images in batches, in order to make optimal images for websites?</p>
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527764
2020-08-11T08:21:58.420
2020-08-11T08:21:58.420
Tool for high picture compression with low loss of quality
[ "image-processing", "compression" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 4.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I know <code>pngcrush</code> and <code>optipng</code>.</p>\n\n<p>There is also <code>pngquant</code> and <code>pngnq</code> but those are lossy when the original was in truecolor.</p>\n\n<p>For photos you probably want to convert to JPEG instead.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "co...
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9720
1
9722
2010-10-27T02:01:20.230
3
3576
<p>I use ubuntu desktop 10.10 on a netbook. Quite often I use it as a proxy server (squid3) and file server (samba) for my network. So when I am using it as a network server, is it possible to boot into only command prompt and there by I can bring down power usage and have a longer battery backup.</p>
2968
null
null
2011-10-28T18:27:58.023
Booting ubuntu desktop into command prompt
[ "networking", "command-line", "server", "battery", "power-management" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can edit the kernel parameters in grub to add <code>text</code> as a boot parameter.</p>\n\n<p>To do that temporarily (just for the current boot), you can edit the boot menu entry by pressing <code>e</code> (if you don't want the default boot menu entry, first select the one you ...
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9726
1
9759
2010-10-27T02:51:42.370
2
731
<p>How can I add an <strong>unlisted</strong> repository to my <strong>Software Sources</strong> via its (http/ftp)://... URL? </p> <p>I am not referring to a single entry in the /etc/apt/sources.list.<br> The URL I am referring to points to a full-and-complete repository (security updates main restricted universe mu...
2670
2670
2010-10-27T09:50:13.237
2011-06-06T22:14:45.970
How can I add an unlisted repository as my primary "Software Sources"?
[ "repository", "software-sources" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2021-04-28T01:13:02.793", "id": "2277343", "postId": "9726", "score": "0", "text": "If you are really brave, use find and replace on the list.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "249734" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In the Software-Sources pane, there are two tabs: \"Software from Ubuntu\" and \"other software\". If you</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>deactivate all of the check boxes for the Ubuntu repositories</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>and</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>add your repository to the \"Other Software\" sources list</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In the Software-Sources pane, there are two tabs: \"Software from Ubuntu\" and \"other software\". If you</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>deactivate all of the check boxes for the Ubuntu repositories</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>and</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>add your repository to the \"Other Software\" source...
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9731
1
9732
2010-10-27T03:55:05.440
4
510
<p>I've set up a passwordless login to a friend's computer and everything works very well. </p> <p>I've even edited my <code>~/.ssh/config</code> to add his hostname and my username.</p> <p>So I just type <em>ssh friend</em> and it connects... but every time I log out (and back in) before running <em>ssh friend</em>...
4360
8844
2011-03-29T19:17:24.850
2014-06-16T06:19:18.377
I've setup SSH Key login, but want to avoid a passphrase
[ "security", "ssh", "keyrings" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can remove the password from your key file, but of course that's not very safe...</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T04:04:28.553", "id": "9758", "postId": "9732", "score": "0", "text": "Hum, yeah i think...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can remove the password from your key file, but of course that's not very safe...</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T04:04:28.553", "id": "9758", "postId": "9732", "score": "0", "t...
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9733
1
9740
2010-10-27T04:11:37.877
15
6640
<p>I am using System Monitor 2.28.0. When I look in the Resources tab, I see a nice graph with for memory and swap. Memory is about 60% 2.3 GiB of 3.8. When I type the command free, I got :</p> <pre><code> total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 3994908 3962396 32...
3999
7035
2011-06-03T22:22:10.133
2015-07-11T20:43:44.763
What is the difference between the memory usage report in System Monitor and the one by free?
[ "memory-usage" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The difference is whether or not the \"buffers\" and \"cached\" memory is included in the \"used\" count.</p>\n\n<p>Generally, Linux system memory is used by the kernel for two purposes: processes and file/network cache/buffers. If you look closely at the output of <code>free</code>,...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The difference is whether or not the \"buffers\" and \"cached\" memory is included in the \"used\" count.</p>\n\n<p>Generally, Linux system memory is used by the kernel for two purposes: processes and file/network cache/buffers. If you look closely at the output of <code>free...
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9734
1
9742
2010-10-27T04:39:25.263
4
343
<p>I would like everyone's to have a folder in the home directory to accessible over the internet w/ password protected. I would also like to limit how much everyone can have in the home folder. </p> <p>When they ssh on to the machine they also are only limited to viewing there files, and can see nothing beyond their ...
333
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null
2018-12-13T14:48:42.210
Setting up a server for student developers
[ "server", "samba", "apache2" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T10:32:16.670", "id": "9803", "postId": "9734", "score": "1", "text": "It is worth thinking about whether or not the student would gain something if everybody's home would be accessible to all. My university provides such a server, and everybody can *read* anything o...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all, you should use key-based authentication for ssh, not password based. They need to learn how to do proper security from the start...</p>\n\n<p>OpenSSH has the option to chroot users into their home directory, that should keep the students inside their own $HOME. Altern...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all, you should use key-based authentication for ssh, not password based. They need to learn how to do proper security from the start...</p>\n\n<p>OpenSSH has the option to chroot users into their home directory, that should keep the students inside their own $HOME....
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9735
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2010-10-27T05:30:31.553
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<p>Have the ATI Drivers improved any? Are they any better than the default open source driver? Are they worth enabling? </p>
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2010-10-27T07:03:21.320
2010-10-27T10:24:59.867
Should I enable the ATI Proprietary Driver?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T06:45:40.303", "id": "9775", "postId": "9735", "score": "3", "text": "The answer is hardware dependent. Not all ATI are supported equally by both drivers. Which graphic card do you have?.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "211" }, { "creationDate"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>Have the ATI Drivers improved any?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Yes, quite a bit. But not enough.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Are they any better than the default\n open source driver?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<ul>\n<li>They offer better performance, po...
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9745
2010-10-27T06:29:21.423
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<p>When installing Ubuntu, there is a slide for checking met conditions.</p> <p>I observed that if you have for example only 384 MB of memory, the installer could crash.</p> <p>See <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658615" rel="nofollow">https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/658615</a> for details.</p>
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2010-10-27T08:03:24.910
Why does Ubuntu Installer not have a minimum memory condition?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T06:37:19.500", "id": "9772", "postId": "9739", "score": "1", "text": "Your link is not accessible. I am getting the error 'Sorry, you don't have permission to access this page.' after logging in.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3602" }, { "crea...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm not sure your particular crash was due to an out of memory situation (though there's one other bug with a similar traceback to yours that's also a suspected OOM), but there's <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/55775\" rel=\"nofollow\">a bug report</...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think there is no <em>absolute</em> minimum memory requirement that will work for all circumstances, so it's a bit difficult to check for. I have installed Ubuntu on systems with 256 MiB of RAM, for example.</p>\n\n<p>For example, it depends on what you do in the live envi...
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9741
1
15174
2010-10-27T07:32:49.770
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<p>cheese records at painful fps. video recording is really slow in cheese almost unusable. How can I increase the fps for cheese.</p> <p>I have HCL laptop with built in 1.3 MP camera 2.47 GHz i3 processor with 2 GB RAM. running maverick 32 bit. </p> <p>I installed camorama from software centre which has fine video (...
2910
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2011-03-24T09:08:52.217
2011-03-24T09:08:52.217
Video recording in cheese is slow
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T08:01:06.893", "id": "9782", "postId": "9741", "score": "0", "text": "Please could you edit your question to provide us with some more information about your hardware, in particular the model of your webcam?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "866" }, ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><em>There is NO option to edit fps in cheese</em>. Cheese just streams direct video input from your webcam.</p>\n\n<p>You mention slow fps during recording, but I'm assuming that the video displayed in cheese even when not recording has the same <em>slow</em> fps, right? \nIn effect,...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Something <a href=\"http://live.gnome.org/Cheese/FAQ#I.27m_getting_a_really_slow_response_with_the_video.2C_the_video_is_sluggish_and_everything_looks_quite_slow.2C_like_as_the_video_lags.2C_what_could_i_do.3F\" rel=\"nofollow\">from the Cheese FAQ</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n<...
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9743
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9830
2010-10-27T07:50:31.073
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<p>I have a legacy Java program that outputs an SQL script. I then use Apache Derby to run that SQL on the target database (which is not on the same server as CRON).</p> <p>When run via putty, this works fine. When run in windows this works fine. When run using CRON, Derby reads £ signs as ?. </p> <p>If I look at the...
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2010-10-27T08:12:16.457
2017-09-24T14:46:16.477
CRON is changing encoding?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It appears that CRON was the issue. When the Java program ran, and outputted the results to file, it failed to write correctly. The SQL file I was reading was pointing at a wrong version.</p>\n\n<p>To solve the problem, I added the following code near the top of the CRON script</p>\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It appears that CRON was the issue. When the Java program ran, and outputted the results to file, it failed to write correctly. The SQL file I was reading was pointing at a wrong version.</p>\n\n<p>To solve the problem, I added the following code near the top of the CRON scri...
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9746
1
9754
2010-10-27T08:18:34.320
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<p>I have these <strong>pdf</strong> files of c++code and they are colored which would be cool, except that the network printer here is b&amp;w and the printed out codes come in various shades of pale grey which makes them essentially unreadable (specially the comments).</p> <p>I would like everything (text, codes, co...
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41
2011-01-03T00:32:26.773
2011-01-03T00:32:26.773
Print to File in Black and White (not in greyscale)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Most of the printer have option to print as monochrome (that means strict black and white with no shades). Go to System->Administration->Printing, then, under \"Color Model\", choose \"Greyscale\"</p>\n\n<p>The othe option is to convert your pdf to tiff image, its basically what OCR ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can choose <code>Plain Text</code> as <code>Highlight Mode</code> before printing. In <code>Gedit</code> you can find this option under <code>View</code> menu. I guess every text editor as a similar option.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { ...
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9747
1
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2010-10-27T08:33:33.647
3
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<p>I'm a Linux newbie. I'm doing a project that uses the gosmore routing engine. In one of my email to the developer about a certain problem, he replied to me that to solve the problem:</p> <p>"I think you will have to move gosmore directory to a home directory and give the webserver read and execute rights. On my Ubu...
4799
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2010-11-01T18:18:24.400
How to give directory and file permissions to a web server
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1
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T10:18:40.363", "id": "9796", "postId": "9747", "score": "2", "text": "The only true way is that of the console. I mean, chmod and ls are likely right not nautilus (the right-click thing). If ls says that the permission are set, the permissions are set.", "userDi...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Make sure you're looking at the same directory. Nautilus (the GUI) and <code>ls</code> (in the terminal) will show the same permissions. Where did you end up putting the <code>gosmer</code> directory? Usually this needs to be <code>/home/USER/public_html/gosmer</code> for the webserv...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Make sure you're looking at the same directory. Nautilus (the GUI) and <code>ls</code> (in the terminal) will show the same permissions. Where did you end up putting the <code>gosmer</code> directory? Usually this needs to be <code>/home/USER/public_html/gosmer</code> for the...
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9750
1
9753
2010-10-27T09:22:53.520
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<p>What does each of the packages do? I was installing libmozjs-dev, and it said that the following packages need to be removed:</p> <p><code>couchdb-bin</code> <code>desktopcouch</code> <code>evolution-couchdb</code> <code>gnome-user-guide</code> <code>python-desktopcouch</code> <code>python-desktopcouch-records</cod...
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2011-06-07T02:43:18.037
2011-06-07T02:43:18.037
What do the following packages do?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I wouldn't say they're explicitly Ubuntu One related.</p>\n\n<p>CouchDB is a database. It's a fairly light, fairly fast way of storing simple data. Applications can use it to store their data. One advantage over things like SQLite (that is faster than CouchDB) is it is much easier to...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>All the packages that have couch* in their names are related to <strong>Ubuntu One</strong>. <code>ubuntu-desktop</code> is a meta-package which install all the standard packages in Ubuntu, you'll find for example also <code>kubuntu-desktop</code>, <code>xubuntu-desktop</code...
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9752
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2010-10-27T09:38:14.913
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<p>Could you please give any basic example of a kernel timer (start_ktimer) implementation in Ubuntu?</p>
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721
2010-10-27T18:28:54.003
2010-11-01T18:06:18.857
Implementing kernel timer in Ubuntu
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T20:06:37.820", "id": "9907", "postId": "9752", "score": "2", "text": "This doesn't seem to be ubuntu-specific - perhaps you should ask on stackoverflow instead?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "352" }, { "creationDate": "2012-08-22T08:21:39.993"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Kernel timers are described here: <a href=\"http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ch06.html#t5\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.xml.com/ldd/chapter/book/ch06.html#t5</a></p>\n\n<p>A quick example for a kernel module can be seen under the section \"code for /proc/jitimer\".</p>\n",...
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9757
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2010-10-27T10:38:27.717
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<p>Which is the most up to date and modern RSS feed reader for my Ubuntu desktop?</p>
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2017-03-10T22:18:10.747
2022-02-21T05:14:08.103
Which is the most up to date and modern RSS feed reader?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T14:55:29.580", "id": "9833", "postId": "9757", "score": "3", "text": "This is a bit broad and it's going to be impossible to respond to your specific needs. Could up update the question with more info? A list of all possible feed readers is more appropriate for a ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I suggest you install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/Liferea\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Liferea</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/Liferea\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install Liferea\"></a>. It's perfect for t...
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Roger Pate
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2010-10-27T10:54:41.233
1
802
<p>how can i connect to internet using CSL USB Modem U1-TF ? I have no problems with Huawei E550 but i can't connect using CSL U1-TF .</p> <p>Fixed - Automatically available when plug in and is supported in Ubuntu 10.10</p>
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2011-03-22T21:37:13.237
2011-03-22T21:37:13.237
How do I get a CSL Usb Modem U1-TF to work?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T13:29:39.483", "id": "9818", "postId": "9761", "score": "1", "text": "You should create an answer that says something \"this just works when you plug it in\" and accept it as an answer so this shows up as an answered question (instead of editing the topic) Thanks!",...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This just works when you plug it in.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T22:05:36.390", "id": "9920", "postId": "9840", "score": "0", "text": "credited to Jorge Castro", "userDi...
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9763
1
9767
2010-10-27T12:28:53.337
3
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<p>I Have this init.d script which I am trying to get to startup with ubuntu however it wont run at startup. It does work when i type "sudo /etc/init.d/couchpotato start" though. Any ideas on how to get it starting at boot?</p> <pre><code>#! /bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: CouchPotato application ins...
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2016-04-20T12:25:49.627
init.d script startup problems
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You might try to use the insserv command. From the \"man insserv\" command on a 10.10 installation, I can read: </p>\n\n<pre><code>insserv - Enable an installed system init script.\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T14:15...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can try to run this in terminal:</p>\n\n<p>sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/couchpotato</p>\n\n<p>sudo update-rc.d couchpotato defaults</p>\n\n<p>================================</p>\n\n<p>And when you want to disable it from running at startup:</p>\n\n<p>sudo update-rc.d -f c...
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9764
1
9771
2010-10-27T12:45:17.857
2
4346
<p>I cant install anything from software centre, I get this error every time I click on install, "Require installation packages"</p> <p>Here is my output of <strong>sudo apt get update</strong></p> <pre>[sudo] password for gaurav: Hit http://security.ubuntu.com maverick-security Release.gpg Ign h...
2910
3550
2010-10-27T19:17:49.797
2022-06-23T04:43:14.503
Can't install software from Software Center
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T19:29:26.107", "id": "2461001", "postId": "9764", "score": "0", "text": "Hmm , did you try removing Shutter ppa ? If it still doesnt work , how about changing the server where all updates and ppa received from ? Currently , which update server are you using ?", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I went back thinking what was the last apt I did and found out it was shutter ppa I added, after that I started getting errors on apt-get. \nI deleted the ppa and now everything is fine.</p>\n\n<p>Any idea? what would have caused the shutter ppa to break the software installation.</p...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>to add shutter ppa folow this guide :</p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>You can add a PPA to your system with a single line in your terminal. Open a terminal and enter:</li>\n</ol>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>sudo add-apt-repository\n ppa:shutter/ppa</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<ol>\n<l...
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9766
1
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2010-10-27T12:59:24.193
2
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<p>Since I switched from 10.04 i386 to 10.10 x64 Compiz window animation duration settings are having no effect. What I mean is if I set it from the default of 80 to 160 or 220, the speed does not change it's always just default full speed. However it worked fine on 10.04. Any idea what would be causing this? Perhaps s...
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2010-11-12T07:08:39.010
What would cause Compiz window animation durations to not have any effect?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T17:44:56.733", "id": "9856", "postId": "9766", "score": "0", "text": "Did you search Launchpad and/or the upstream Compiz bug tracker if anybody else saw this problem?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "935" }, { "creationDate": "2010-10-28T17:41:...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sounds like a bug in compiz settings manager, you should report a bug by following this guide:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://wiki.compiz.org/HowtoSubmitBugReports\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.compiz.org/HowtoSubmitBugReports</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments":...
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9770
1
9773
2010-10-27T13:58:29.340
1
2640
<p>Can anyone recommend a specific brand and model of wireless card that I can buy to replace the (completely worthless) BCM4311 that came with my Latitude D830? I've given up on trying to get the existing DW1390 card up and running, and I'm ready to buy a new card -- as long as it will work with Meerkat RIGHT OUT OF ...
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2014-03-03T05:05:34.150
Recommended Wireless Card for Dell Latitude D830?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T17:49:27.727", "id": "9859", "postId": "9770", "score": "0", "text": "When you say *“pin-compatible (non-PCMCIA slot)”*, what exactly do you mean? I suppose it's a [MiniPCI or MiniPCI Express slot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MiniPCI_and_MiniPCI_Express_cards...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've used both the Intel 3945ABG and 4965AGN with success in a D820 on an older version of Ubuntu.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T19:29:49.927", "id": "9891", "postId": "9773", "score": "0", "text": "Than...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've used both the Intel 3945ABG and 4965AGN with success in a D820 on an older version of Ubuntu.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T19:29:49.927", "id": "9891", "postId": "9773", "score": "0...
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9774
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2010-10-27T14:25:58.880
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<p>I am trying to get multitouch to work on my touchpad. I am currently trying to run a script to get it to work. It is set to start on boot, saved as .run and has been made executable.</p> <p>here is the code:</p> <pre><code>#!/bin/bash #enable multitouch sleep 10 xinput set-int-prop "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" "T...
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2011-01-21T20:24:42.917
2011-01-21T20:24:42.917
Enabling multitouch on an acer 5742?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-02T04:12:41.520", "id": "21123", "postId": "9774", "score": "0", "text": "Here is the same question by me --> http://askubuntu.com/questions/13389/command-works-partially-when-run-from-startup-applications", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2910" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your script needs to run after you've logged in, not on boot. The xinput system is usually reset or prodded a lot with a sharp stick when you log in. You can either run your script in your start up items (System > Preferences > Startup Items) or you can make yourself a nice u...
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Ben
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2010-10-27T14:36:48.763
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<p>What software options are there for taking videos and or pictures within Ubuntu (Much like Apple's Photobooth)?</p> <p><em>Please limit one software solution per answer and include key features/description of the software</em></p>
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235
2010-12-30T20:51:16.613
2017-03-10T22:31:58.577
Picture/Video capture programs
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T15:43:37.803", "id": "9842", "postId": "9775", "score": "2", "text": "This has been made more generic from the original posters question of \"Alternatives for Cheese\" in order to make it work better on this site. While Cheese will inevitably be an answer to this qu...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/cheese\" rel=\"noreferrer\">cheese</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/cheese\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install cheese\" /></a></h1>\n<p>Cheese uses your webcam to take photos and videos, applies ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h1><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/cheese\" rel=\"noreferrer\">cheese</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/cheese\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install cheese\" /></a></h1>\n<p>Cheese uses your webcam to take photos and videos, ...
2010-10-27T14:56:15.727
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2010-10-27T14:51:36.683
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<p>I've always had this problems with skype and pulseaudio on ubuntu. Whenever i start up skype, i have to call someone, then hang up 4-5 times, before the other person can hear my voice.</p> <p>When i, or the other person hang up, skype tends to lock up. I can't kill it with "killall skype" or a logout, so i have to ...
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2011-03-13T12:37:48.787
Skype locking up, and microphone "lagging"
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5
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-10-27T18:43:12.673", "id": "9871", "postId": "9776", "score": "0", "text": "I would take a look at the bug list for 10.10", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "333" }, { "creationDate": "2010-11-08T04:03:58.650", "id": "12463", "postId": "9776", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I encountered this problem. It happen less time if I install skype using the <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu#Third-Party\" rel=\"nofollow\">Canonical partner repository</a> Software Tab. </p>\n\n<p>Else, to kill skype, you can go to system => A...
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9780
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9784
2010-10-27T15:04:00.863
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2053/installing-applications-where-to-put-folders">&#39;Installing&#39; Applications, where to put folders?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Hello,</p> <p>Where shall I put applications which do not require install (extr...
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2017-04-13T12:24:27.937
2011-02-26T22:18:51.637
Best place to put application files
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I keep a growing collection of my own programs (nearly all self-contained shell and Python scripts) in <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/9848/1273\">~/bin</a>. (Some are actually symlinks to scripts located elsewhere.)</p>\n\n<p>I similarly use ~/site for programs installed in my $H...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I keep a growing collection of my own programs (nearly all self-contained shell and Python scripts) in <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/q/9848/1273\">~/bin</a>. (Some are actually symlinks to scripts located elsewhere.)</p>\n\n<p>I similarly use ~/site for programs installed ...
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2010-10-28T00:12:51.377
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2010-10-27T15:16:10.567
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<p>Win98 is on partition 1, 2000 is on 2, Ubuntu is to be downloaded on 1 = instal on C: W98 is history [no more updates], I've striped it down to just be a backup save for D: my 2000 is soooo updated that to re-install everything is not an option, I'm sure my install disc is soooo dated that I won't be able to re-upd...
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2010-10-27T17:30:40.373
2011-07-10T06:29:58.910
Dual-booting Windows 2000 and Ubuntu
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[ { "creationDate": "2012-04-29T04:01:18.350", "id": "152200", "postId": "9781", "score": "0", "text": "Is it a pre-release of windows '98? Windows 2098 perhaps?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "24294" }, { "creationDate": "2012-04-29T04:01:36.527", "id": "152201", "p...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I am not sure if I understand you right. If you want to install Ubuntu into the win98 partition and leaving it a win98 partition as it is at the moment. </p>\n\n<p>If that is correct, you can use <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide\" rel=\"nofollow\">wubi.exe</a> to i...
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2010-10-27T15:59:02.747
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<p>Hi I added my IMAP mailbox in kmail, but I see that it show me all the files on the remote home directory where the IMAP server is stored. Is it possible to show only folders cointaing mails? I tried to play with namespaces but didn't get what I want.</p> <p>Thanks</p>
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2010-10-27T17:24:09.473
2010-10-27T18:40:55.433
Showing files in kmail
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I use dimap and I'm therefore not sure whether this works with imap as well: </p>\n\n<p>In your folder list you right-click on an email-account and you can subsribe to the serverside folders you want by simply ticking them. This can be done within the options for each account via you...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You might want to use dimap (distributed imap) instead of imap in the account configuration. I believe you can do what you ask for in dimap.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creatio...
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2010-10-27T17:56:54.673
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<p>I have 2 packages swami-2.0.0 and libinstpatch-1.0.0 in my PPA where the first one depends on the latter. The swami-2.0.0 control file contains libinstpatch-dev (>= 1.0.0) but it seems this is not satisfied even after installing that package, with this error in the buildlog:</p> <pre> After installing, the followi...
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2010-10-27T18:02:42.950
2010-10-27T18:48:36.357
PPA build failed because of unmet dependencies of another package in the same PPA
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, there is something \"wrong\" with your version number. Using a <code>~</code> postfix means that your version is <em>lower</em> than the version without the <code>~</code> suffix.</p>\n\n<p>So: <strong>A~B</strong> &lt; <strong>A</strong></p>\n\n<p>You can test that with the co...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use apt-get policy to see which candidates are available from the different sources for installation.</p>\n\n<p>Secondly, you can use dpkg to check on naming conditions:</p>\n\n<pre><code>dpkg --compare-versions 1.0.0-0~lucid1~ppa1 gt 1.0.0\necho $?\n</code></pre>\n\...
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2010-10-27T18:36:00.673
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<p>I got this message today when trying to log into my server. What should I do? Whats going on?</p> <pre><code>$ ssh 10.10.10.69 @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ IT IS POS...
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2011-04-13T11:00:03.597
2021-04-27T11:16:52.617
"Remote host identification has changed" warning when connecting over SSH
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Did you recently reinstall the OS on your server or anything like that? That would cause this. </p>\n\n<p>To fix this: <a href=\"http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/warning-remote-host-identification-has-changed-error-and-solution/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/warning-r...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Did you recently reinstall the OS on your server or anything like that? That would cause this. </p>\n\n<p>To fix this: <a href=\"http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/warning-remote-host-identification-has-changed-error-and-solution/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/w...
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