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1164 | 1 | 1184 | 2010-08-05T15:04:49.467 | 372 | 526521 | <p>I would like to know how to resize images in Ubuntu. What is the easiest tool to do so?</p>
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1175 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T15:25:57.873 | 22 | 16706 | <p>When I shut down my computer I want to show some pending tasks that I have to do before leaving the office... I did a local application to manage those tasks, basically I just want to run a command, and shut down after I kill the app executed.</p>
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1190 | 1 | 1399 | 2010-08-05T16:11:56.977 | 55 | 68066 | <p>If more than one person is logged in on my computer, Ubuntu requires super user authentication when shutting down the computer. How can I make it so that any user can shutdown the computer without being asked for a password?</p>
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1193 | 1 | null | 2010-08-05T16:25:14.887 | 1 | 1131 | <p>How to setup wireless in ubuntu 10.04 netbook edition in EEpc 1005? Do I need to install some drivers and how?
PS I am running ubuntu dual boot with XP (in XP have wireless Internet)</p>
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1210 | 1 | 1229 | 2010-08-05T17:22:28.163 | 4 | 105 | <p>Is there any way to sync iDevices on Karmic,Jaunty and Hardy?</p>
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1220 | 1 | 1222 | 2010-08-05T18:09:24.737 | 336 | 921034 | <p>How can I restart X Window Server from the command line?</p>
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1224 | 1 | 1226 | 2010-08-05T18:20:23.830 | 1164 | 1736642 | <p>Is there a simple command to display the total aggregate size (disk usage) of all files in a directory (folder)?</p>
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"text": "This works for OS X too! Thanks, I was really looking for a way to clear up files, both on my local machine, and my server, but automated methods seemed not to work. So, I ran `du -hs *` and went into the largest directory and found out which files were so large... This is such a good method, and the best part is you don't have to install anything! Definitely deserved my upvote",
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"text": "@BandaMuhammadAlHelal I think there are two reasons: rounding (`du` has somewhat peculiar rounding, showing no decimals if the value has more than one digit in the chosen unit), and the classical [1024 vs. 1000 prefix](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix#Deviation_between_powers_of_1024_and_powers_of_1000) issue. `du` has an option `-B` (or `--block-size`) to change the units in which it displays values, or you could use `-b` instead of `-h` to get the \"raw\" value in bytes.",
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1242 | 1 | 1246 | 2010-08-05T19:33:08.040 | 30 | 26361 | <p>I would like to learn some useful keyboard shortcuts. I have become a ninja of keyboard shortcuts in Windows. </p>
<p>Any must-have tips for Ubuntu?</p>
<p>Feel free to include Ubuntu defaults or custom ones you have found useful!</p>
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1247 | 1 | 2090 | 2010-08-05T19:53:53.193 | 1 | 188 | <p>Is there a way to link a VPN (tun0) adapter to a fake physical (let's say ethX) adapter?</p>
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1263 | 1 | 1265 | 2010-08-05T21:55:39.170 | 4 | 2402 | <p>I recently installed Thunderbird 3.1 from some source that wasn't the ubuntu repos. I can't remember right now where I got it from (I think it was packaged as a deb), but I'm having a problem when it tries to auto-update.</p>
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<p>What are the best packages out there to handle this? Can someone post a link to a good tutorial or post some tips?</p>
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1272 | 1 | 1431 | 2010-08-05T22:26:07.843 | 8 | 7178 | <p>I recently removed and reinstalled pulseaudio and now I can't get my sound applet back on my panel.</p>
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1283 | 1 | 1313 | 2010-08-05T23:21:51.963 | 14 | 6077 | <p>I started with Ubuntu around 3 years ago and have been a dedicated user ever since. During that time I tried out lots of apps, themes, etc. And, I've updated every version as it has come along so now I'm running Lucid. </p>
<p>Basically, my system has gotten sort of "messy" and I'm planning a vigorous clean up and a fresh install. My /home is on a separate partition from everything else, so I can preserve that. I want to find and remove unused, unneeded apps (which I pretty much understand how to do). Also, I want to get back to the default desktop theme and build back up from there. And other messes surely exist.</p>
<p>So, my question is, What is a good, logical plan to clean up and freshly reinstall my system?
(One note is that I have found many links in searches on this issue. There are many links on this topic and many are out of date. So, it's gotten rather confusing to say the least.)</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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1285 | 1 | 1288 | 2010-08-05T23:37:57.837 | 21 | 39575 | <p>I have an Ubuntu server edition running and I can SSH into it to perform various tasks. What I'd like is the ability to SSH into my server kick off a server application and then switch to another "virtual" session (with in the same SSH instance) and run client calls against the service. When I start the service its a blocking call, so I can't run client calls against it without firing up anther SSH session. </p>
<p>I was hoping there might be a slicker way, something like the UI does with virtual desktops.</p>
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1305 | 1 | 1330 | 2010-08-06T00:36:06.367 | 1 | 376 | <p>Does any software exists that actually convert audio to be fonctionnal on my iPod (ex : .ogg to .mp3) and convert videos to a format working on an iPod?</p>
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1306 | 1 | 1323 | 2010-08-06T00:40:14.907 | 30 | 82639 | <p>How do I go about changing my laptop's display's color temperature? And I don't mean through something like the Red, Green, Blue sliders in the NVIDIA config menu. I'm talking about like adjusting in degrees, like editing a photo's white balance.</p>
<p>So now I've found Redshift and it's doing me pretty good. I thought it might be helpful if I out here the command I'm using.</p>
<pre><code>redshift -t 5000:5000 -g .5
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<p>By adding this to my start up commands I should be good.</p>
<p>I'm still open to other suggestions, because I'd like something that actually edited my xorg.conf or something like that.</p>
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1307 | 1 | 1309 | 2010-08-06T00:42:09.660 | 8 | 3857 | <p>I have a Zune HD (don't ask).</p>
<p>Is there any alternative to using this in Ubuntu besides creating a virtual Windows environment (in say Virtual Box or VMWare) and running the Zune software there?</p>
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1308 | 1 | 1351 | 2010-08-06T00:46:16.220 | 6 | 1091 | <p>Is the launcher (side dock) found in Unity available as a stand-alone package that can be added to other desktops? (like xfce)</p>
<p>If so, what's the package name? and is it available for 10.04 or only 10.10?</p>
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1317 | 1 | 1328 | 2010-08-06T01:36:54.157 | 13 | 1306 | <p>I made a package for my PPA and uploaded it. It built without any problems.</p>
<p>Then I made another package that depended on the first and uploaded it. It failed because it couldn't find the files in the first package. This leads me to believe that the first package wasn't even installed.</p>
<p>How can I make sure the first package is installed before it tries to build the second package?</p>
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1318 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T01:43:07.280 | 8 | 1415 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/307/how-can-ppas-be-removed-after-they-have-been-added-with-the-add-apt-repository-co">How can PPAs be removed after they have been added with the add-apt-repository command?</a> </p>
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<li><p><strong>Rhythmbox</strong> detects the iPod when it's plugged in, but doesn't sync podcasts to it. </p></li>
<li><p><strong>Banshee</strong> doesn't detect the iPod <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/11/ipod-doesnt-work-karmic.html" rel="noreferrer">unless I kill Nautilus</a>. It also doesn't sync podcasts without intervention.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>gPodder</strong> doesn't seem to detect the iPod. It will sync, but only if I tell it to. And it marks podcasts as unheard. The <code>gpo sync</code> commandline app has the same problem.</p></li>
<li><p><strong>gtkpod</strong> doesn't detect the iPod. It will sync with intervention, but it syncs podcasts as songs. </p></li>
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<p>This feels like a problem that someone else would have encountered by now. How do I get my Ubuntu box to sync podcasts with my iPod? </p>
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E: _cache->open() failed, please report.</p>
<p>What am I to do to rectify this problem, without reinstalling Ubuntu</p>
<p>Regards, Hylton</p>
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<p>In what ways is Ubuntu different from Debian?</p>
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1345 | 1 | 1451 | 2010-08-06T05:38:36.337 | 210 | 164303 | <p>I went to the Ubuntu wiki but got confused,there were too many ways. Please tell me an easy guide to Debian packaging. </p>
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<p>I've set my laptop to go to sleep when lid is closed and it is working fine when I'm in graphical interface. But when I switch to virtual console, closed lid just turns the screen off.</p>
<p>How it is possible, I thought such low level stuff is controlled by daemons and they do not depend on the type of interface I'm in?</p>
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1352 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T06:09:00.643 | 172 | 79605 | <p>is there a command which will output the date that ubuntu (or any distribution) was installed?</p>
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1357 | 1 | 1379 | 2010-08-06T06:43:23.637 | 489 | 681564 | <p>When I open a RAM-intensive app (VirtualBox set at 2GB of RAM), some swap space is generally used, depending on what else I have open at the time.</p>
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<p>For example, right now, about two hours after having closed VirtualBox, I have 1.6GB free RAM and still 770MB in swap.</p>
<p>How can I tell Ubuntu to stop using that swap and to revert to using the RAM?</p>
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"text": "“no reason to be concerned”, up to the point when I continue to use some application that was swapped out. then all hell breaks loose.",
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"text": "I don't see a misconception, I see a disagreement about what \"used\" means. You are meaning \"used\" to refer to actively swapping in/out, while the original question appears to be posed with \"used\" meaning that there is data that has been swapped out, which may later need to be swapped back in. There are valid reasons to want to flush the swap after an event that swaps out a lot of other memory, essentially pre-empting the active swapping that the user knows will occur later (especially if the later 'de-swapping' is likely to occur while the disk is under load for other reasons).",
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"text": "After running a memory intensive application, my other applications are unrepsonsive when I switch to them, presumably due to being swapped. Some way of telling the system to un-swap as much data as possible (followed by a coffee break) would be better than having to wait 20s every time I Alt+Tab.",
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"text": "I tried `vmstat` and `si` & `so` where idle. Then I tried `swapoff`. This time, I can see the swap is getting reduced and the main memory is getting allocated.",
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"text": "The title of the question is specifically asking about emptying swap. For example, the Oracle installer won't run some (any) commands if there is less than 500 MB of swap available, it doesn't matter if there is 200+GB of free RAM. Whether the swap is being actively used, something is using it by sitting there. In most cases inactive swap use *might* make it slow to switch tasks, while other cases it breaks functionality.",
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"text": "This is also useless for times when your swap has useless data inside it. I once used the swapoff swapon trick on a 2GB swap and it only took 500MB while it was active in the memory.",
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"text": "\"If nothing is happening then there is no reason to be concerned.\", I find this hard to believe. I had memory intensive calculations force the use of swap, after killing the calculations and having a surplus of RAM again, swap stayed filled and firefox was responding slow. Killing firefox emptied a lot of swap, after restaring firefox was fast again. I expect that the OS doesn't always operate efficiently regarding swap.",
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"text": "@emchristiansen It does better than answer, but gives some insight into the inner workings of the kernel and paging.",
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"text": "This does not answer the question. The application I am working with will crash unless a certain amount of swap is available when I start it. It does not matter that Linux is not swapping in/out.",
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1360 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T06:47:51.723 | 1 | 974 | <blockquote>
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<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9017/how-to-know-my-root-password">How to know my root password?</a> </p>
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<p>I am trying to make Java and wireless access available to all the users and it asks for authentication, but my admin account's password doesn't go through. I'm assuming it's root, can anyone help me?</p>
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1364 | 1 | 1406 | 2010-08-06T07:26:24.287 | 4 | 1917 | <p>What I'm trying to do is send caller ID (CID) information from a system running Asterisk+FreePBX to all (3) MythTV frontend systems on my network. I'd like the CID information to pop-up over top of whatever is going on (eg, whether it's on a menu, or playing back a recording). Eventually there may be other information as well, but for now CID would be a great start.</p>
<p>The libnotify-style notifications are fine (though I probably need to increase text size to make it visible). I was thinking something like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growl_%28software%29" rel="nofollow">Growl</a>, though this doesn't seem to exist for Linux.</p>
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1366 | 1 | 92066 | 2010-08-06T07:28:56.620 | 72 | 96313 | <p>I need my pre-installed version of Windows 7 (or any other version of Windows), how could I install Ubuntu without erasing it?</p>
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1373 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T08:34:34.557 | 8 | 277 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7654/how-do-i-set-up-ruby-on-rails">How do I set up Ruby on Rails?</a> </p>
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<p>It seems that if I do an "sudo apt-get install ruby-full build-essential" the Ruby is installed with version 1.8. </p>
<p>How can I install <em>only</em> version 1.9? </p>
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1383 | 1 | 1384 | 2010-08-06T11:07:00.397 | 0 | 1665 | <p>I installed Eclipse from the Software Center. Then I installed a "Aptana" plugin by using:<br>
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<p>The plugin installed and Eclipse restarted, but I can't see any of the editors that I'd expect to see. If I try installing the plugin again, Eclipse insists that the plugin is already installed, and it is visible under: About Eclipse <strong>-></strong> Installation Details <strong>-></strong> Installed Software</p>
<p>How do I see my new editor windows?</p>
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1385 | 1 | 1405 | 2010-08-06T11:15:54.517 | 26 | 61272 | <p>How can I set up my WiFi to be used as wireless access point on Ubuntu Server?</p>
<p>I have a local Ubuntu Server, it has a wireless card in it (802.11a/b/g/n) and I really want to set it up as an 802.11n access point since my normal access point does not support N.</p>
<p>It needs to work as a switch as well so I can connect and get DHPC through.</p>
<p><strong>Edit:</strong> I don't see Network Manager as a good solution since it depends on a lot of X11 packages, and i don't want that on a server.</p>
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1387 | 1 | 1388 | 2010-08-06T11:35:50.553 | 3 | 1624 | <p>I want to buy a couple USB game pads to use with NES emulator FCE Ultra. What I can't find out, is if I have two game pads connected, will FCEU differentiate between them? i.e. map each game pad to each player, or will both game pads button A generate the same key code?</p>
<p>BTW I'm looking at the <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B000FJQ1VS" rel="nofollow">Genius MaxFire</a>, Thanks!</p>
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1392 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T12:38:53.203 | 2 | 1440 | <p>Thanks for this great initiative. I have a reliance netconnect datacard (in India) which I am trying to setup in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid).</p>
<p>I have tried it with the Network manager to create a new Wireless Broadband connection. I have tried all the variations of the protocols etc, but no luck getting it to work. I then installed wvdial and gnome-ppp, using which I am able to connect to the internet quite reliably.</p>
<p>I read on many forums that people have been able to connect to Reliance Netconnect using the Network Manager directly. If anyone has been able to do this, could you please let me know what setting you used etc? My modem is Huawei, Model EC168C.</p>
<p>Now, my next problem/question: I want to share the internet connection using what is known as "ad-hoc (computer-to-computer) connection" in Windows. Does Ubuntu support a similar feature? Any tips to do this, and/or links to guides that work would be great! </p>
<p>Also, in order to make this work, do I need to have the connection working via "Network Manager" or would it work even if I connected using wvdial?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for your answers and help !! Do let me know if any more info is needed.</p>
<p>Cheers,
Maha</p>
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"text": "I can understand if this is meant to improve speed, but most of what you wrote seems intended to improve SSD life. Isn't it the case that with modern SSDs these improvements are pointless? And at the expense of more RAM usage! (for example, see the link given in [this other answer](http://askubuntu.com/a/1689/43660))",
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1403 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T14:22:06.697 | 7 | 1128 | <p>Ubuntu used to support multiseat (that is multiple monitors, multiple keyboards and mice, all hanging off a single computer) pretty well once upon a time. Support wasn't an official feature but gdm and xorg both worked.</p>
<p>These days, gdm doesn't appear support it and while you can downgrade to gdm v2.20, that introduces new issues for me.</p>
<p>Is there any other way to get a viable multiseat system up and running?</p>
<p>Bonus points for anybody who can tell me if it's possible to have twinview working at one of the seats.</p>
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1414 | 1 | 5278 | 2010-08-06T15:14:32.543 | 252 | 564320 | <p>If you create an alias for example: <br/></p>
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<p>So, is there a way to increase the printer buffer, or to lower the buffer that Ubuntu expects the printer to have?</p>
<p><strong>Edit</strong>: the error happens even giving just 1 copy.</p>
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1436 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T18:07:59.643 | 1 | 5001 | <p>When I log into Citrix from my laptop with 10.04, and click on the windows RDP app to launch, and select full screen, it only fills in between the gnome panels, and adds scroll bars. This does not work well at all. And I'd love to get a fix (as a work around I tell citrix to use a full-screen session, not seamless, and this works as expected, but has it's own usability problems)</p>
<p>Logging in on my desktop with Ubuntu 10.04, full screen works correctly. The only difference between the computers is the laptop has intel graphics and the desktop nvidia.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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1441 | 1 | 1445 | 2010-08-06T18:22:05.140 | 154 | 75626 | <h2><strong>Update for 13.10: 64-bit version is now the default and 32-bit is labelled "for machines with less than 2GB RAM"</strong></h2>
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<p>Update for 11.04: Same as 10.10.</p>
<p>Update for 12.04: Still says "Recommended" next to 32-bit version of desktop</p>
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1442 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T18:23:04.590 | 2 | 8894 | <p>When I try to print, for some reason all the printers I previously had installed have disappeared.</p>
<p>I pulled up the "Printing" dialog, and I see that localhost is "Not connected," but when I try to connect, it fails. I have looked this up in various places, but the only two suggestions I've found have not worked. The first was to put apparmor into a less strict mode, and the second was to reset CUPS. I've done both of those things, and to no avail.</p>
<p>I just want to print again!</p>
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1459 | 1 | 1468 | 2010-08-06T19:15:00.637 | 92 | 109997 | <p>Some broadband providers impose a monthly download limit, charging extra if you go over. It is also quite easy to exceed some of the lower limits just by installing/updating packages and 'normal' browsing (which to me includes streaming TV programs and movies).</p>
<p>This means that you need to limit the amount you use the internet, yet it is hard to know when.</p>
<p>The System Monitor helps a bit with this by giving a total received/total sent in the networking section of the Resources tab. However, this is reset every reboot. It would be good if there was a way to have a monthly total received so you can know how close you are to exceeding your limit and maybe even be given warnings if it looks like you are going to exceed the limits.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of a way to achieve this?</p>
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1463 | 1 | null | 2010-08-06T19:26:40.270 | 15 | 14080 | <p>I have used PulseAudio, but it sometimes works, sometimes it does not... Also my Rhythmbox doesn't play the songs sometimes and just hangs there paused. Is there a more stable option to stream and listen to music on my AirTunes?</p>
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1477 | 1 | 1478 | 2010-08-06T20:01:25.413 | 2 | 4845 | <p>At home I have a Windows desktop - and one of the primary reasons I boot into it is to share my internet connection over the home wireless network. I have a setup of this kind:</p>
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1479 | 1 | 1530 | 2010-08-06T20:08:01.170 | 0 | 179 | <p>I change linux versions/distributions quite often on one of my computers but I would like to keep my home folder working (keep configuration and files), is there another better solution than making a separate partition for /home ?</p>
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1500 | 1 | 1503 | 2010-08-06T21:14:32.497 | 12 | 8568 | <p>I love Banshee media player in general, and I already have an important library of music, which I've spent a lot of time organizing (labeling, correcting, etc). </p>
<p>I also use the command line a lot, so I wonder if there is a way I can control banshee from the command line. As in:</p>
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<li>Next, Prev, Stop, Play, etc</li>
<li>In anyway query the Banshee database as if using the search box in the GUI</li>
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<p>I was akin to program it myself if there isn't, but that would be another question :)</p>
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1501 | 1 | 1506 | 2010-08-06T21:14:49.390 | 6 | 2529 | <blockquote>
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<p>This question has historical significance from the Ask Ubuntu Beta. It is not considered a "constructive" question, as per the <a href="https://askubuntu.com/faq">FAQ</a>.</p>
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<p>My first question regarded a fresh install on my ubuntu box. Some great answers.</p>
<p>My housemate has a couple of Sun Ultra 20's that are unused. So I made the best box possible using the better components of each. It's sitting there just waiting to be loaded up with Ubuntu.
The new system may become my primary machine; or maybe not; and will probably be set up as a home server. Also, almost certain to install LAMP to use as a WordPress and Drupal testing platform.</p>
<p>At the moment I am undecided as to which version of Ubuntu I want to use. The choice is between Kubuntu, Ubuntu, <em>Ubuntu Studio</em>, or Ubuntu server (with desktop added).</p>
<p><li>Kubuntu - Basically just to try out and develop knowledge of kde.</li>
<li><em>Ubuntu Studio</em> - Because I like the media tools for photography, video, etc. Not sure that this one is even necessary since I can add whatever pkgs I want to ubuntu</li>
<li>Ubuntu - Just because it's familiar.</li>
<li>Ubuntu Server - And add on a desktop since I'm more of an artist by nature.</li></p>
<p>My question is, <em>What are the pros and cons of these options?</em></p>
<p>Thanks in advance. </p>
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1502 | 1 | 1606 | 2010-08-06T21:22:03.803 | 3 | 447 | <p>Kubuntu cannot build Cantor with its R backend because R is in the universe repository while Cantor (source pacakge: kdeedu) is in main, so cantor cannot depend on R.</p>
<p>Is there any way to build my own Cantor package that include the R backend?</p>
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1514 | 1 | 1536 | 2010-08-06T22:33:11.190 | 4 | 263 | <p>When browsing the Software Center, I noticed that certain packages have icons - like Blender, the Gimp, etc.</p>
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<p>In what order should I transfer my home folder to its own partition, encrypt my data, and migrate to Ubuntu 10.04 to minimize my downtime and protect my data?</p>
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<p>Does anyone have some good examples of what things that are a better fit for login-only execution, such that I'd only put them in <code>.bash_profile</code>, but they wouldn't really make sense in <code>.bashrc</code>?</p>
<p>(I know most of us source <code>.bashrc</code> out of <code>.bash_profile</code>, so there doesn't seem to be much point in the opposite question...)</p>
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"text": "Okular stores annotations and highlights outside of the edited document (it seems to be a Poppler limitation!) http://okular.kde.org/faq.php#addedannotationsinpdf This means that changes are only visible from Okular, on the machine they were created.",
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1537 | 1 | 1548 | 2010-08-07T04:12:09.833 | 31 | 25415 | <p>I am running Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS . I am running <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingSecurityTools">rkhunter</a> to check for rootkits.</p>
<p>rkhunter is complaining about the following hidden files and directories. I think these files are not a real problem on my system, but how can I check to see if these files are legitimate files?</p>
<pre><code>[07:57:45] Checking for hidden files and directories [ Warning ]
[07:57:45] Warning: Hidden directory found: /etc/.java
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<p>Turns out that these directories are specifically mentioned in /etc/rkhunter.conf , which suggests that this is a frequently asked rkhunter question. From rkhunter.conf :</p>
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<li>Is it possible, to wipe all fonts other than TrueType fonts? If so, how?</li>
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"text": "Thanks, that changes the depth. Unfortunately, there seem to be more steps necessary, I [still cannot change the resolution to 1024x768](http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/questions/1571/how-to-change-the-resolution-of-an-ati-rage-mobility-128-above-800x600).",
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1570 | 1 | null | 2010-08-07T12:07:31.620 | 5 | 2133 | <p>The gamepad is more or less a clone of a xbox controller (IIRC it is even from the same manufacturer), labeled PCPADRFLX. <code>lsusb</code> lists the receiver as <code>ID 1a34:0801</code>.</p>
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<p>Unfortunately, while the receiver is recognized, the gamepad itself does not connect. Usually after pressing a button on it the LED would light up once to indicate it has connected, however it just blinks as it does when no receiver is connected at all.</p>
<p>So, how can I make the gamepad work?</p>
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<p>Please just give one bit of advice per answer. I'm looking for bite-size chunks where I can come back and integrate extra bits of info into my shell usage at a steady pace rather than trying to learn it all in one go.</p>
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1583 | 1 | 1584 | 2010-08-07T13:23:22.687 | 7 | 617 | <p>This is a question that's puzzled me for quite a while (and refers to the differences between all distributions).</p>
<p>In my mind, a distribution is: a <em>pre-configured OS</em>, with <em>some pre-installed packages</em>, some created by the distribution's community that are unique to that distribution (e.g. <code>apt-get</code>).</p>
<p>I'm not sure my definition is right as I feel there's something else. I'm really interested in setting up my own ArchLinux distro (which starts as a very minimal barebones system that you expand yourself) but feel I need to understand this first.</p>
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1596 | 1 | 1597 | 2010-08-07T17:58:16.933 | 7 | 3456 | <p>Really strange issue here. I intermittently keep getting really unpleasant CPU spikes, where the CPU gets to 80-90% busy across all cores for about 5 minutes. When I look at conky, in htop or system monitor, and sort by % CPU, I can't see any process that accounts for this much CPU usage.</p>
<p>The only things I've changed since this started are:</p>
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<p>Now, I am willing to downgrade either/both of those to find the problem but I'd prefer to do this as scientifically as possible and find out what is causing the CPU explosion before I downgrade.</p>
<p>Edit: My precise issue looks like a nvidia regression in their latest driver. <a href="http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=153768" rel="nofollow">Other people are getting similar spikes</a>. </p>
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1600 | 1 | null | 2010-08-07T18:20:13.733 | 2 | 798 | <p>I've long used <a href="http://mikinho.com/yammm/" rel="nofollow">YAMMM</a> for pulling metadata and thumbnails of my films/rips now i'm in trouble since switching as i can't seem to find any equivalent, The XBMC scrapers have been a disaster (e.g. I ripped toy story 2, put it in a folder "Toy story 2 (2000) and it pulled everything for toystory 3) </p>
<p>So what apps can you recommend?</p>
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1603 | 1 | 1605 | 2010-08-07T18:34:19.337 | 6 | 9409 | <p>I'm rebuilding an Ubuntu system and this is a problem that I had on my original installation.</p>
<p>The issue is this: In my <em>home account</em> I installed apps into Wine and all is good. However, I have a <em>second account</em> that I use for work purposes. So, I open Wine in the <em>second account</em> and it turns out that my <em>home account</em> Wine apps are not installed. So, basically I had to install the apps into the second user account as well. This is really inefficient since it's about 600MB worth of apps. (At the time I was new to linux and didn't have time to do this properly.)</p>
<p>Anyway, since I'm essentially starting over, what I'd like to do is have Wine apps installed and available to multi users. </p>
<p>The question: How do I make Wine apps available to multiple users?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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1618 | 1 | 2088 | 2010-08-07T20:52:10.423 | 5 | 1216 | <p>Yesterday I was copying files from SD cards, but at some point they stopped auto-mounting. Didn't notice any errors. I can still mount by right-clicking the appropriate file in /dev in Konqueror.</p>
<p>UPDATE: Slight correction. The drives never automounted, but I've stopped getting the notification that a drive is plugged in.</p>
<p>What processes should I be checking? Something in Device Actions?</p>
<p>I'm using Kubuntu 10.04</p>
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1620 | 1 | 1659 | 2010-08-07T21:34:15.007 | 32 | 32014 | <p>This is what a function tooltip looks like for Eclipse CDT in Ubuntu 10.04 with the default theme:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/UhBsp.png" alt="black is the new black">!</p>
<p>There's nothing in Eclipse's General > Appearance > Colors And Fonts preferences settings. Is there an easy fix for these unreadable context sensitive help boxes?</p>
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1624 | 1 | 1636 | 2010-08-07T22:20:03.610 | 3 | 174 | <p>I'm not sure whats happened but when i try and listen to a song in an album just after the song has finished and should go onto the next track it starts to play stereophonics (the same album) rather than the next track, has anyone else had this problem!? </p>
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1626 | 1 | 2691 | 2010-08-07T22:22:53.467 | 14 | 12282 | <p>I installed Dwarf Fortress on my Linux VPS to use with dfterm. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 Server x86-32. I'm fairly certain I have all the dependencies:</p>
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<p>I had to turn sound off or it will instantly segfault, and I set the display mode to text. I've made no other changes to the config.</p>
<p>However, even before I go near dfterm, it won't run properly. It just displays a blank screen. What could be causing this? Is there a dependency I missed? Is there something else I should have changed in the config?</p>
<p>Given that it is a server, there is a good chance that if there is a missing dependency, it's something that the devs went "Sure, everyone has <em>that</em>" and didn't bother to list.</p>
<p>Other ncurses applications (vim, irssi use it, I think?) work fine.</p>
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"body": "<p>You could install the package <code>iotop</code></p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install iotop\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and run the program to see what has high io demands at those moments.</p>\n",
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"text": "Thanks. Unfortunately iotop tells me:\n\nCONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT not enabled in kernel, cannot determine SWAPIN and IO %\n\nAny way around that?",
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"text": "That said, iotop -o seems to give me all I need to know for now.",
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"text": "@themuddler: I am not sure if the changed kernel will be backported, but in Maverick this kernel configuration will be enabled.",
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"text": "Even without CONFIG_TASK_DELAY_ACCT enabled in the kernel, you can still see which applications read or write the most (try left & right arrow to select the \"sort column\")",
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