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10864 | 1 | null | 2010-11-01T22:22:07.067 | 3 | 1146 | <p>I've installed <em>Ubuntu 10.04</em> on a <strong>Satellite L35-SP1011</strong> and there's no sound.</p>
<p>Actually I have many video problems cause I had to disable effect because when it had effect activated, laptop got frozen many times.</p>
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10865 | 1 | 10867 | 2010-11-01T22:22:17.027 | 17 | 3262 | <p>I've noticed that Ubuntu 10.10 manages single .deb files with the Ubuntu Software Center. Since I find it too heavy to load I've installed <strong>gdebi</strong> with: <code>sudo apt-get install gdebi</code>
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10866 | 1 | null | 2010-11-01T22:22:59.197 | 5 | 2552 | <p>I've done the upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 from Ubuntu 10.04, and recordMydesktop don't work now. If I start it from command line it seam to work, but the interface don't start and I have this error:</p>
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10869 | 1 | null | 2010-11-01T22:35:03.323 | 2 | 612 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9967/is-it-possible-to-replace-the-unity-launcher">Is it possible to replace the unity launcher?</a> </p>
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<p>I happen to like Docky; I also like AWN and other such docks.
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10873 | 1 | 10885 | 2010-11-01T23:08:28.870 | 4 | 2021 | <p>I'm hoping to add <strong>search and replace within selection</strong> and <strong>search within files</strong>. Having a search option in the context menu would also be handy.</p>
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10874 | 1 | null | 2010-11-01T23:43:43.140 | 4 | 2251 | <p>When I successfully extract an archive I'm greeted with a success dialog with the option to Quit, Show the Files or Close. Is there any setting that will automatically execute one of those options? </p>
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10880 | 1 | 1320018 | 2010-11-02T00:37:35.993 | 54 | 30092 | <p>How do I disable the <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Q</kbd> shortcut in Firefox without using the <a href="http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=72994">keyconfig</a> extension?</p>
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10881 | 1 | null | 2010-11-02T01:13:28.550 | 0 | 36743 | <p>We have a proto-media centre, which is just a box in the corner, running Ubuntu,
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<p>What is the best way to control a DVD player running on that box, without
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10893 | 1 | null | 2010-11-02T02:52:51.040 | 3 | 995 | <p>Basically, I want my windows to go wherever on the screen. I don't want to panel to be a block. How can I disable not being able to drag windows on top of <strong>not under</strong> the panel? Oh, and, yes: gnome-panel.</p>
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10896 | 1 | 12838 | 2010-11-02T03:12:26.613 | 13 | 5257 | <p>What I describe here is not about a problem with <strong>my</strong> Nautilus. (it is the default behavour)</p>
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10897 | 1 | 10957 | 2010-11-02T03:31:21.413 | 13 | 1915 | <p>When playing flash videos (youtube, vimeo, whatever) in full screen mode, using my keyboard shortcuts to adjust the volume always causes me to exit full screen mode. Unfortunately, they're my only way to adjust the volume, so it's really annoying. </p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/134/how-do-i-create-a-desktop-wallpaper-slideshow">How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow?</a> </p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/228/how-to-set-ubuntu-to-synchronize-my-clock-with-a-time-server">How to set Ubuntu to synchronize my clock with a time server?</a> </p>
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10911 | 1 | 10963 | 2010-11-02T07:05:11.277 | 27 | 2380 | <p>What are the reasons for Banshee replacing Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 11.04?</p>
<p>I don't want your opinion on which is best nor why. I want to know what the reasoning was behind the decision.</p>
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10919 | 1 | 10922 | 2010-11-02T07:41:49.223 | 6 | 6916 | <p>I want to make a clean start with <code>gedit</code>; ie. remove <strong>all</strong> customization. </p>
<p>Synaptic Package Manager, indicated that <code>ubuntu-desktop</code> would <strong>also be removed!</strong> </p>
<p>Well, that sounded to be a bit on the dramatic side, so I tested it in a VM.. </p>
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10929 | 1 | 10965 | 2010-11-02T08:36:33.147 | 5 | 239 | <p>To connect to the wireless at my sister's university, I need the ca-certificate package. But since there is no internet connection, I can't download it from the repos. How can I manually download it at a Windows system and install it? A .deb pacakge would be most helpful.</p>
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10937 | 1 | 11157 | 2010-11-02T09:54:49.843 | 14 | 4712 | <p>It was announced in another question that the desktop version of Unity will keep the global menu by default. Here are the facts:</p>
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10940 | 1 | 10944 | 2010-11-02T10:19:29.290 | 6 | 5304 | <p>I remember in <strong>ubuntu jaunty</strong> I tried to use <strong>ubuntu net-book remix</strong>. it worked and it looked so great, but I had no way to return to <strong>Gnome Desktop</strong>.<br />
then I decided to remove <strong>ubuntu net-book remix</strong> but the title-bar disappear on maximized windows.
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10947 | 1 | 11958 | 2010-11-02T11:33:59.447 | 17 | 66516 | <p>On login, ubuntu <strong>10.10</strong> would not mount external hard drives automatically, While ubuntu <strong>10.04</strong> mount them on login.<br>
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10948 | 1 | null | 2010-11-02T11:42:56.020 | 5 | 900 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/39014/how-do-i-stop-unity-from-starting-windows-maximised">How do I stop Unity from starting windows maximised?</a> </p>
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<p>How do I stop Unity from starting windows maximised?</p>
<p>I like lots of ... | 5218 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:56.577 | 2012-08-04T17:56:34.023 | How do I stop Unity from starting windows maximised? | [
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10954 | 1 | 11001 | 2010-11-02T12:09:42.383 | 2 | 6303 | <p>The default X11 font rendering settings have changed considerably since Hardy: Karmic and Lucid render fonts very differently -- it seems that more subpixel hinting and antialiasing gets applied. Is it possible to get the old settings back? (The new default hurts my eyes, and have a strong negative impact on my prod... | 3559 | 787506 | 2018-04-16T08:18:02.040 | 2018-04-16T08:18:02.040 | Font rendering (antialiasing) settings | [
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10958 | 1 | 10993 | 2010-11-02T12:28:13.233 | 21 | 16528 | <p>I want to buy a laptop at some point in the near future, but not knowing beforehand whether it works with Ubuntu makes the whole operation risky and tiresome. I would like to know if there is some kind of official hardware database where I can enter the name of the laptop I'm interested in and see if it's 100% compa... | 4862 | 301745 | 2018-04-06T18:58:46.027 | 2022-05-26T11:35:01.623 | How do I know if a laptop will work with Ubuntu? | [
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10966 | 1 | 10969 | 2010-11-02T14:00:12.650 | 20 | 41803 | <p>I have a 64-bit Ubuntu. For the preinstalled Firefox I had to download the 64-bit plugins (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Flash">Flash</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Virtual_Machine#Execution_environment">Java</a>); the 32 bit plugins didn't work. Then I downloaded Firefox from <a href=... | 1366 | 1366 | 2014-07-26T08:00:51.563 | 2014-07-26T08:00:51.563 | How can I tell whether my Firefox is 32 bit or 64 bit? | [
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10970 | 1 | null | 2010-11-02T14:14:43.523 | 6 | 967 | <p>I get very low sound in ubuntu 10.10, even when I raise the volume
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10974 | 1 | 10977 | 2010-11-02T14:31:33.433 | 1 | 747 | <p>Like the question states.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UqMLQ.png" alt="ubuntu volume control applet"></p>
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10980 | 1 | null | 2010-11-02T14:56:20.037 | 6 | 1889 | <p>I use a 3G cellular Internet connection with a very strict traffic limit, but some times I go to office and use an unlimited and fast cable connection (and of course I do traffic-consuming operations, like updating the system there).</p>
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10984 | 1 | null | 2010-11-02T15:13:57.463 | 3 | 876 | <p>I'm running 10.04 and mythtv as a home DVR. It's working beautifully, except for one thing. In order to save on energy usage I have the computer shut down if it's going to be idle for more than 15 minutes, and automatically boot back up 10 minutes before the next scheduled activity.</p>
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10986 | 1 | null | 2010-11-02T15:19:43.103 | 5 | 2968 | <p>Is there coming possibilty to change the first day of week to be a Monday in GNOME Calender applet using Unity GUI? It's hard to change it now to standard user.</p>
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10998 | 1 | 11007 | 2010-11-02T16:18:32.700 | 89 | 251265 | <p>I'm looking for a text editor for programming in Python, preferably one which is easy to learn for beginners.</p>
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11015 | 1 | 11089 | 2010-11-02T17:32:05.407 | 4 | 7998 | <p>How can I install atheros drivers to my Toshiba laptop (64bit), manually?</p>
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11017 | 1 | 11021 | 2010-11-02T17:42:48.613 | 6 | 19653 | <p>I want to use Empathy, Skype, etc for video chat, but I want to have my face automatically detected and obscured in the video stream. What can I do to make that happen? I don't want to turn off video or just use a static image.</p>
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11020 | 1 | 11026 | 2010-11-02T17:52:40.260 | 4 | 3599 | <p>the command</p>
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<p>How?</p>
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11027 | 1 | 11030 | 2010-11-02T18:27:05.233 | 3 | 5869 | <p>I plan to buy a new wifi router with the intention of installing <a href="http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index" rel="nofollow">dd-wrt</a> right away. One of the features I plan to use is attaching a USB harddrive to the router and using it to backup (using rsync) my laptop and desktop. </p>
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11031 | 1 | 11034 | 2010-11-02T18:46:50.973 | 7 | 28696 | <p>I would like to modify a bunch of text files from the terminal, more precisey:</p>
<p>add the string '50' to the first line of every text file in /mydat/ ?</p>
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11040 | 1 | 11283 | 2010-11-02T19:30:31.463 | 2 | 10709 | <p>My gmail account is properly set up and shows a list of folders, Inbox, Drafts, etc. But it has an additional folder all [Google Mail] and in it I can see All Mail, Spam, etc. I want to disable it and disable the subscription to it so that it doesn't appear in the interface at all.</p>
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11041 | 1 | 11560 | 2010-11-02T19:30:39.623 | 3 | 1152 | <p>I tried using the solution presented in a <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2719/how-do-i-output-my-audio-input">related question</a> for redirecting my audio input to my output, but the problem is that there's a very noticeable lag. It's especially obvious to me because I have my keyboard's audio out hooked... | 5199 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:11.537 | 2010-11-05T14:42:39.567 | Reducing audio delay from redirecting input to output | [
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11043 | 1 | 11044 | 2010-11-02T19:34:56.237 | 6 | 996 | <p>Well i tried kubuntu not long ago , didnt liked it and purged it from my system,
except one thing, I still have the kde login screen, is there anyway to get my gnome login screen back?</p>
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11049 | 1 | 11499 | 2010-11-02T19:55:07.517 | 2 | 1445 | <p>so by typing </p>
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11067 | 1 | 11070 | 2010-11-02T22:36:29.440 | 14 | 16242 | <p>I need to make a (preferably) mountable image of an 80GB Hdd, and store it on another hard drive. Is there some way that I can do this without losing data?</p>
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11075 | 1 | 11076 | 2010-11-02T22:58:20.460 | 15 | 8991 | <p>What steps do I need to follow if I want to use the <code>Share Desktop</code> feature with another user in Empathy?</p>
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11079 | 1 | 11120 | 2010-11-03T00:02:30.997 | 8 | 17577 | <p>Is it possible to mount a directory, either an ext# local one, or one in a /media mounted windows drive, so it is seen as a mounted drive itself?</p>
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11088 | 1 | 11142 | 2010-11-03T00:42:25.847 | 16 | 58157 | <p>I have an external drive bay with 4 eSATA disks in it. My system has a 4-port eSATA card, as well as a pair of internal hardware RAID1 drives. The external drives are in software RAID1 pairs as <code>/dev/md0</code> and <code>/dev/md1</code>. Both have been configured as LVM physical volumes to create my <code>stora... | 721 | null | null | 2016-03-27T13:55:46.207 | How can I physically identify a single drive in a RAID array? | [
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11096 | 1 | 11115 | 2010-11-03T01:27:27.077 | 12 | 13687 | <p>I'm trying to determine why horizontal scrolling isn't working for me on Ubuntu 10.10, but I'm not sure how to tell what type of touchpad is in my Lenovo thinkpad T400. I tried running lspci and lsusb but neither one showed anything along the lines of touchpad, mouse, or anything that felt like it was my touch pad. ... | 5104 | null | null | 2017-02-18T21:27:28.190 | How do I tell what type of touchpad is in my notebook | [
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11098 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T01:41:08.540 | 2 | 273 | <p>I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 on to my laptop (Toshiba 64bit, with Windows 7 and Mint 8 already in it).</p>
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11101 | 1 | 11125 | 2010-11-03T01:58:25.977 | 5 | 940 | <p>I am trying to follow the directions <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11075/how-can-i-enable-the-share-desktop-feature-in-empathy">here</a> but so far have not found a working protocol so I was wondering if anyone knew of a working protocol that works?</p>
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11103 | 1 | 11117 | 2010-11-03T02:23:43.760 | 1 | 205 | <p>My requirement is to download various videos from different websites : </p>
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11109 | 1 | 11114 | 2010-11-03T02:59:50.517 | 10 | 895 | <p>I noticed that the date of the currenlty installed Linux kernel Revision/Version is later than the System's install date. </p>
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11111 | 1 | 11659 | 2010-11-03T03:01:16.823 | 4 | 761 | <p>I'm dualbooting Ubuntu and Win7 (though I must admit I can count the number of times I've used Win7 during the last 6 months on one hand). </p>
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11116 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T03:27:11.963 | 8 | 7711 | <p>I tried to use Sound Converter to convert several folders of files from .m4a to .mp3 format and lost all file metadata in the conversion. I used Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Sound Converter 1.4.4-2.</p>
<p>Is this expected? Should I be using another program to perform this function on Ubuntu?</p>
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11122 | 1 | 11131 | 2010-11-03T05:23:13.277 | 3 | 186 | <p>Are there plans to get U1 syncing only changes in files? It seems like anytime I listen to a sync'd song, it re-uploads the whole song instead of just the (very small) part where Banshee incremented the listens count and what ever else happens when I listen.</p>
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11126 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T06:21:03.493 | 1 | 121 | <p>Recently, my computer stopped being able to play mp4, 3pg, avi, mkv, and more media. VLC will get it to work, nothing else does, and when I try to play it with the normal player it always tries to find codecs to install, when just yesterday everything worked fine </p>
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11129 | 1 | 11145 | 2010-11-03T08:01:01.117 | 4 | 3965 | <p>Can i do the following in the terminal? (written in pseudo-code)</p>
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replace first line of fileout.text by i-th line of filein.txt
}
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<p>i guess it somehow involves using sed, but i don't know how to sed from one file to another.</p>
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11130 | 1 | 11134 | 2010-11-03T08:05:18.270 | 84 | 84258 | <p>I have a folder containing a bunch of ppts, each of which I'd like to convert to an individual pdf.</p>
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11132 | 1 | 11143 | 2010-11-03T08:32:57.310 | 3 | 1536 | <p>I have only 512 Mb flash drive. Is it possible to create bootable Maverick 10.10 on it? Maybe, with some packages dropped? What tool can I try for it?</p>
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11133 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T08:47:34.490 | 3 | 1487 | <p>My HDD is separated on three parts, two of them are on nfts, and the only way to reach some of this parts is through trash icon on unity launcher to start Nautilus. Is it any way to put ntfs parts of the disk on the unity launcher? </p>
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11135 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T09:03:48.557 | 2 | 342 | <p>Luci runs better for me, without many annoying bugs, but I like the sound menu from maverick. Can I install it in lucid, without upgrading?</p>
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11136 | 1 | 11139 | 2010-11-03T09:15:20.057 | 1 | 378 | <p>If libfoo is pulled in by the package bar, and I upgrade it by executing <code>apt-get install libfoo</code>, how will this affect reverse dependencies?</p>
<p>If I then remove the package bar, will libfoo still be removed by <code>apt-get autoremove</code>?</p>
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11147 | 1 | 11150 | 2010-11-03T10:54:32.203 | 9 | 8148 | <p>Ok, so I can see and listen to music libraries from other computers on my network via Banshee (They are running Rhythmbox with DAAP enabled) but I cannot see my Banshee library from them. </p>
<p>I have DAAP enabled in plugins (on Banshee).</p>
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11149 | 1 | 11305 | 2010-11-03T11:24:32.173 | 3 | 1578 | <p>I'm using ubuntu 10.04. The font of gnome became very weird when I surfed the Internet.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rDIaB.jpg" alt="Screenshot"></p>
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11153 | 1 | 11159 | 2010-11-03T11:38:35.900 | 1 | 162 | <p>I left my dist upgrade (from Netbook Edition 10.04 to 10.10) running overnight and I wake up to see it frozen at some ridiculous question about replacing a config file. Why can't they still get this right? Don't pause and ask questions!!</p>
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11160 | 1 | 11170 | 2010-11-03T12:39:46.573 | 3 | 827 | <p>I'm looking to buy a new printer to share between an Ubuntu 10.10 laptop and Windows Vista computer. I'm after something: </p>
<ul>
<li>fairly cheap (<=£100); </li>
<li>with either wired or wireless networking;</li>
<li>that works out of the box with Ubuntu;</li>
<li>from any manufacturer.</li>
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11161 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T12:48:46.833 | 4 | 860 | <p>I say "close", not "minimise". I dont want minimise to tray like some programs do, I want to close to tray, like Rhythmbox does. When I close the window I want the program to remain running but be minimised to the notification-area.</p>
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11162 | 1 | 12684 | 2010-11-03T12:49:54.593 | 8 | 618 | <p>I'm trying to create a simple application indicator that mimics the CPU load applet for the gnome-panel. </p>
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11171 | 1 | 11177 | 2010-11-03T13:50:12.193 | 10 | 9826 | <p>I am not sure how this is even possible. Looking at top, my loads are often above 2, 3, 4.0, but I am over 99% idle. There is never a process at the top that is taking up anything, all my processes are 0. This is a new-ish i-5 laptop that was running very fast in 10.04, but is almost un-usable in 10.10. Does any... | null | null | null | 2010-11-03T16:31:26.220 | High Load, but nothing running? | [
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11180 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T14:31:04.217 | 2 | 552 | <p>Is there a way to change the system font completely? I mean I want the font from login in screen until every application follow the change.</p>
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11184 | 1 | 11187 | 2010-11-03T14:44:16.997 | 17 | 73620 | <p>I made the mistake of trying out some settings through Administration -> Language Support. Now my user account has <code>LANG</code> set to <code>fi_FI.utf8</code>, even though I want to use <code>en_US.utf8</code>. (This is kind-of a follow up to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6016/how-to-set-monday-as-th... | 928 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:19.513 | 2013-03-23T13:51:37.840 | How to change user's language (locale) back to English? | [
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11185 | 1 | 11224 | 2010-11-03T14:47:45.283 | 3 | 5213 | <p>Recently I had done <code>remove --purge</code> blue-tooth manager as my laptop doesn't have blue-tooth device. Now when I try to access a windows share from ubuntu I get this error.</p>
<pre><code>Cannot display "smb://192.168.0.10"
Nautilus cannot handle "smb" locations.
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11189 | 1 | 11281 | 2010-11-03T15:16:04.897 | 6 | 11445 | <p>I have been trying to enable XDMCP on GDM without much success.
Following some instructions I have edited /etc/gdm/custom.conf and added:</p>
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RemoteGreeter=/usr/lib/gdm/gdm-xdmcp-chooser-slave
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11192 | 1 | 11195 | 2010-11-03T15:41:36.967 | 3 | 2361 | <p>In the Ubuntu / GNOME login screen, I tried some of the different accessibility settings out of curiosity. Big mistake! </p>
<p>Enabling the "use screen magnifier" (or whatever) option breaks down the view horribly, and makes it impossible to even access the settings again: </p>
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11201 | 1 | 11221 | 2010-11-03T16:52:14.350 | 3 | 2222 | <p>I've been setting up a dev machine over the last week and I want to be able to network the drive on my host <strong>Windows Server</strong> machine, using hyper v, to my guest <strong>Ubuntu Server</strong> machine.</p>
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11202 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T16:52:28.920 | 1 | 551 | <p>I'm trying to use <code>runit</code> on my SheevaPlug running Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty. There is a helpful tutorial at TechRepublic (<a href="http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=202" rel="nofollow">Use runit to supervise Linux services</a>) that walks through the process of setting it up, but it says:</p>
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11203 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T16:53:09.070 | 3 | 2490 | <p>I'm using an HP dv6000 (not sure of exact model) with a pretty basic Logitech wireless laptop mouse. From time to time, the USB mouse will be very stuttery and less responsive. Not all clicks register and the motion is not smooth. It seems like it's related to the notify-osd coming up when I get an IM or Email or wh... | 693 | null | null | 2018-05-16T00:12:23.703 | USB Mouse stutters periodically | [
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11206 | 1 | 11208 | 2010-11-03T16:57:53.830 | 15 | 10223 | <p>How do I find a list of packages that are outdated and need to be upgraded using aptitude? </p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9/how-do-i-enable-automatic-updates">How do I enable automatic updates?</a> </p>
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11211 | 1 | 11222 | 2010-11-03T17:14:45.477 | 30 | 103655 | <p>I have read <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4329/stop-using-flash-or-improve-the-flash-experience">this thread</a> but please hear me out.</p>
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11226 | 1 | 11238 | 2010-11-03T18:54:27.663 | 2 | 1005 | <p>I'm trying to set up the automatic login, but i can't choose the user which must be loged in. Here a screenshot (German is set as default language):</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/L0KiH.png" alt="Ubuntu Netbook Edition automatic login"></p>
<p>any suggestion, how to solve the problem?</p>
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11234 | 1 | 11241 | 2010-11-03T19:35:35.393 | 9 | 6616 | <p>I am writing a small reminder-app and want to play a system sound once the timer has reached 0. What is the easiest way to play that sound, and which sound would you recommend?</p>
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11237 | 1 | 11243 | 2010-11-03T19:57:53.960 | 34 | 53033 | <p>Not new to Ubuntu or programming but I am new to programming in C and gtk. Have been using Quickly for the odd program. I want to play around with C and gtk.</p>
<p>What gtk packages do I need to install to have a working development environment with C? </p>
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11240 | 1 | 11242 | 2010-11-03T20:13:52.057 | 12 | 3426 | <p>I've tried to setup an autologin, but that isn't possible, because my home is encrypted. What are the reasons for this?</p>
<p>PS. Here I have described my problem: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11226/ubuntu-netbook-edition-and-automatic-login">Ubuntu Netbook Edition and automatic login</a>. </p>
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11246 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T20:57:42.097 | 6 | 280 | <p>With the exception of certain file extensions. (removing junk other than subtitle files from a video directory)</p>
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11249 | 1 | 11258 | 2010-11-03T21:19:12.477 | 5 | 26283 | <p>I am following the instructions located <a href="http://www.netlife.co.za/archived-articles/12-started.html" rel="noreferrer">here</a> to setup my server. It states that I have to apply a patch which I've downloaded onto the machine. My question is, the article says to use the following command:</p>
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11252 | 1 | 11289 | 2010-11-03T22:05:33.333 | 5 | 1735 | <p>I installed the 2.6.36 kernel from <a href="http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-maverick/" rel="nofollow">http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-maverick/</a> because it's the first version to supports my soundcard (this works) but now I can't get my Geforce 310M to work. I used the ... | 2055 | 235 | 2010-11-04T00:58:18.157 | 2010-11-04T14:32:53.233 | How do I get Nvidia drivers to work with mainline PPA kernels? | [
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11257 | 1 | 11262 | 2010-11-03T22:44:47.390 | 3 | 1469 | <p>OK, so I was creating a PDF with Inkscape using images from the web. I copied them and pasted them all in Inkscape, nothing strange, but then every time I copied a new image to the Inkscape workspace somehow the images that were already there got replaced with the image I just copied. I don't know if it's a feature ... | 4203 | 721 | 2011-04-05T20:21:09.053 | 2011-05-13T15:22:17.400 | Crazy Stuff with Inkscape: copy/paste and PDF | [
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11261 | 1 | null | 2010-11-03T23:15:27.400 | 3 | 131 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9941/when-will-compiz-based-version-unity-be-available-for-testing">When will compiz-based version Unity be available for testing?</a> </p>
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11264 | 1 | 11265 | 2010-11-04T00:54:30.240 | 0 | 2406 | <p>I recently installed Ubuntu netbook edition on my Acer Aspire One D255 netbook, and I notice that the wifi light never turns off, even if I'm not connected to a network. When I am connected to a network, it never stops blinking. I dont remember this behaviour when Windows 7 was on it.</p>
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"body": "<p>I have an aspire one as well, and I have noticed that the light remains on (Windows or Linux [<strong>NB</strong> Windows XP]) whether or not I am connected to a network (though it flashes sometimes when I'm downloading anything.</p>\n\n<p>As far as I've been able to tell, the networ... | [
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11269 | 1 | 11270 | 2010-11-04T02:23:55.453 | 12 | 8031 | <p>I've noticed that pre-existing files in a "mountpoint" directory <em>disappear</em> when the <strong>mount</strong> command is applied... and then they re-appear when the directory is <strong>unmounted</strong>. </p>
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"body": "<p>Don't worry about your files, they won't be overwritten while the directory they're in is used as a mount point. Unfortunately, when you mount over that directory they are completely invisible to the system. There's no trivial way you can access them while the directory is being used... | [
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11271 | 1 | 11276 | 2010-11-04T02:34:56.717 | 4 | 15354 | <p>What is the best way to setup multiple WAN's into a Ubuntu distro and load balance?
I have two internet connections, one static and one dynamic and I need to combine and load balance them. I have been looking into the following method <a href="http://www.netlife.co.za/archived-articles/12-started.html" rel="nofollow... | 5318 | 3037 | 2010-12-31T10:47:46.483 | 2016-05-11T10:45:45.993 | How to setup multiple WANs with load balancing? | [
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"body": "<p>As far as I know, Zentyal, previously known as eBox, offers that functionality, and it's easily installable on Ubuntu.</p>\n\n<p>Version 1.4 is available from the repositories as eBox, and version 2.0 can be installed from an additional repository.</p>\n\n<p>See here: <a href=\"http:... | [
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11274 | 1 | null | 2010-11-04T03:39:43.600 | 32 | 215688 | <p>I am trying to bypass the proxy for all addresses that are local network addresses. Such as <a href="http://test/" rel="noreferrer">http://test/</a> and <a href="http://mymachine/" rel="noreferrer">http://mymachine/</a> and <a href="http://theirmachine/" rel="noreferrer">http://theirmachine/</a></p>
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"body": "<p>Assuming you're using the default Ubuntu Gnome desktop: You need to add your local host addresses to the ignore list in the gnome proxy settings:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/BYej7.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n",
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11275 | 1 | 217651 | 2010-11-04T03:57:44.397 | 7 | 9105 | <p>I have a v500 scanner, but it doesn't show up in simple scan. I've turned it off and on a few times to see if that was the problem. Here is the usb information:</p>
<p><code>Bus 002 Device 008: ID 04b8:0130 Seiko Epson Corp. Perfection V500 (GT-X770)</code></p>
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11277 | 1 | 11296 | 2010-11-04T04:03:43.457 | 4 | 9791 | <p>I know there is a benchmark in the <code>Disk Utility</code> app, but I need something with a few more options. Some of my USB Drives are exhibiting weird results which may be due to testing patterns etc, so some test options would really help me out (chunk size, flush buffer on every write, test size, data pattern ... | 3739 | null | null | 2015-03-04T16:57:18.323 | USB Drive speed testing app with test options | [
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"body": "<p><code>iozone</code> (<code>sudo apt-get install iozone3</code>) gives you a stupid level of config and detail. There's also <code>bonnie++</code> but I think that has less use in this case.</p>\n",
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