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<p>Here is hoping that this is not duplicated somewhere else...</p> <p>Back before the easy addition of Launchpad PPAs, many of us used to customize our sources list to include user/3rd party repositories. Some ambitious Ubuntu'ers would even maintain updated lists on their websites. It was the easiest way to install...
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2010-11-11T23:54:37.157
2010-11-12T01:16:32.690
What repositories are you using for 10.10 software?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The getdeb repositories (and playdeb ones) for sure : go there to see more, it's better to see it yourself ! : <a href=\"http://www.getdeb.net/welcome/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.getdeb.net/welcome/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOw...
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2010-11-11T23:10:16.777
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<p>I have changed my default cursor theme to the DMZ black, but when my mouse hovers over any Skype window, it turns into DMZ white (only while hovering). When I try to take a screenshot of it, the cursor shows up as black on the image, which is rather weird.</p> <p>Anybody who's got an idea how to fix it?</p>
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2017-02-17T23:28:12.640
Different cursor in Skype
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is common problem with Skype, I've had it too. To fix it, you need to install kde's system-settings (sadly, no option for the cursor in qt-config, and it's probably not so trivial, or wise to edit the qt-config by hand). In KDE's system settings, choose the mouse option to chang...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is common problem with Skype, I've had it too. To fix it, you need to install kde's system-settings (sadly, no option for the cursor in qt-config, and it's probably not so trivial, or wise to edit the qt-config by hand). In KDE's system settings, choose the mouse option ...
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2010-11-11T23:13:21.667
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<p>I just picked up one of those fancy Dell U2711 27" screens that has a maximum resolution of 2560x1440. While I await delivery, I need to upgrade my graphics card to drive this baby as my current one won't do the trick.</p> <p>I am considering an EVGA with an nVidia GTS450 chip and dual DVI-I ports. It can go up to ...
5968
5968
2010-12-16T20:04:00.417
2010-12-16T20:04:00.417
Will I be able to set a 2560x1440 resolution on a 27" screen?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Up to 2560x1600 is supported by both the DVI dual-link and nvidia driver.</p>\n\n<p>It should \"just work\". Sounds like an awesome display.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11-1...
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2010-11-11T23:14:44.053
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<p>Whereas many questions are geared towards implementing hibernation, mine is how to disable it.</p> <p>I've just encrypted my swap partition, and I such my system can still hibernate, but cannot resume anymore. So, to avoid mistakes I would to disable hibernating system-wide.</p> <p>Note: I still want suspend!</p>
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2010-11-12T01:33:39.047
How to disable hibernating?
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2010-11-12T00:04:40.903
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<p>I want to install <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/">GNU Parallel</a> in Ubuntu but I can't find a package for it in the default Ubuntu repos. Where can I get it?</p>
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2015-01-04T17:21:07.527
2021-03-10T23:57:16.463
Where do I get a package for GNU Parallel?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In 13.04, you can install with <code>apt-get</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install parallel\nsudo rm /etc/parallel/config\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The second line is necessary because GNU parallel is installed in <code>--tollef</code> mode (if anyone can provide a rationale for ...
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2010-11-12T00:11:25.847
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<p>is there a way to adjust the system volume via commandline so that the default volume popup (the one that pops up when pressing the media keys on notebooks) is still shown.</p> <p>I need this for my remote control. It'll be run using a lircrc file and irexec.</p>
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2017-09-29T04:15:07.400
Adjust volume via commandline so that volume notify pops up
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdotool\" rel=\"noreferrer\">xdotool</a> package, and try issuing</p>\n\n<pre><code>xdotool key XF86AudioLowerVolume\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and</p>\n\n<pre><code>xdotool key XF86AudioRaiseVolume\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCou...
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2010-11-12T01:55:41.687
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<p>Are there any full featured console (command line) ftp clients? </p> <p>I'm moving parts of a website from one host to another. One server has ssh shell access (and thus scp, sftp, etc.), the other only ftp. </p> <p>My home computer is an Ubuntu desktop. What I have been doing till now is using Filezilla to downlo...
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2016-06-19T23:00:48.213
Recommended console ftp clients
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Check if Midnight Commander (<code>mc</code>) is installed. If so, you can do ftp from there.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2022-10-01T23:57:44.937", "id": "2497072", "postId": "12775", "score": "0", "text": "Be aw...
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2010-11-12T02:39:37.037
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<p>Is it possible to find the exact configuration and model of your systems graphics card in Ubuntu 10.10?</p>
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How to find out what Graphics Card is present in your system?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The quickest (non-graphical) way to this is to run <code>lspci | grep VGA</code> in a terminal.</p>\n\n<p>If you want you can also install <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hardinfo\" rel=\"noreferrer\">hardinfo</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/hardinfo\" rel=\"nore...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The quickest (non-graphical) way to this is to run <code>lspci | grep VGA</code> in a terminal.</p>\n\n<p>If you want you can also install <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hardinfo\" rel=\"noreferrer\">hardinfo</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/hardinfo\" re...
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2010-11-12T02:51:13.503
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<p>So I have a project under svn and I'm searching the file contents. In the result set I get .svn files that I don't want actually to see. for example:</p> <pre><code>$ grep -i -r "breadcrumb" . -l ./terms_and_conditions/.svn/text-base/index.tpl.svn-base ./terms_and_conditions/.svn/tmp/index.tpl.tmp ./terms_and_cond...
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2012-08-25T11:20:03.723
2012-08-25T11:20:03.723
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Pipe those through:</p>\n\n<pre><code>grep -v '/\\.svn/'\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T04:05:04.737", "id": "13340", "postId": "12787", "score": "0", "text": "Works like a charm. But why '/\\....
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2010-11-12T04:39:06.923
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<p>I have Ubuntu netbook edition on my Acer Aspire One D255 netbook and I notice that I always hear the fan working at 100% despite the actual temperature. </p> <p>I run the sensors command its only at 13c, theres no reason why the fan needs to be running this hard at that temp.</p> <pre><code>root@adam-netbook:~# se...
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2010-11-12T04:56:41.103
2011-07-27T09:31:22.717
Fan control on Acer Aspire One D255 netbook
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had a dell laptop that was doing the same thing but in my case it was just clogged up heat sinks, after maintenance (cleaning the heat sinks) everything went back to normal, I think your case is different based on what you say here so I am suggesting that you look at this s...
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2010-11-12T08:01:01.367
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<p>I have an old machine here with a VIA chipset. The default screen resolution is 800x600 but the monitor is a widescreen LCD monitor which is capable of much more.</p> <p>I've tried to install the ubuntu 10.04 VIA drivers found on their linux drivers page and I followed the instructions. The ./vinstall completed wit...
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2012-05-23T14:51:55.317
2017-02-18T20:15:38.390
How to set up VIA chrome9 screen driver?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There were already several bugs reported in early October for the openchrome and VIA in Ubuntu 10.10, since many people found that their machine (or rather xorg xserver) failed to come up after the upgrade. There is a recent fix on launchpad.net which seems to work a little bit bette...
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2010-11-12T08:37:53.770
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<p>I've got the Compiz Place Windows plugin working for most of my apps, but I can't get Gmail to open on a specified desktop window/viewport.</p> <p>Under CompizConfig Settings Manager >> Place Windows >> Fixed Window Placement >> Windows with fixed viewport, I have <code>class=Pidgin, x=2, y=1</code>, and that works...
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2011-11-06T07:24:20.800
How do I get Gmail to start on my second desktop window?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Click new in the \"Windows with fixed viewport\" section, then click the plus button, then select \"Window Title\", then click \"Grab\", then click over the Gmail Window. It will grab the correct window title.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { ...
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2010-11-12T09:12:05.140
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<p>how to setup jack sound server for any music program ?</p>
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5966
2010-11-12T09:24:01.490
2013-03-01T07:18:56.220
jack sound server how to?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are admittedly few tutorials on this topic. A point to start with is </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://jackaudio.org/faq\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">JackAudio FAQ</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://jackaudio.org/documentation\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Jack Documentat...
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2010-11-12T09:12:06.403
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/12758/different-cursor-in-skype">Different cursor in Skype</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have my cursor set to a big, high-contrast size. I'm running Gnome, and when I mouse over my Kate window, the cursor changes in...
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2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2011-01-18T07:35:27.623
running Gnome, different cursor in Kate
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2011-06-05T19:46:24.627
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2010-11-12T09:37:57.720
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<p>Can I upgrade my Ubuntu with a LiveCD (I don't have a stable internet connection)? If I have to use the command line please provide a step-by-step solution as I'm a beginner.</p> <p>And I heard, many problem after upgrade to ubuntu 10.10? Is it true?</p>
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2011-01-05T20:55:26.983
2013-02-23T06:50:11.797
Can I upgrade my Ubuntu 10.04 to 10.10 using LiveCD?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Generally everything works fine. Here u have how to upgrade using CD/DVD: <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MaverickUpgrades\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MaverickUpgrades</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "community...
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2010-11-12T09:51:03.073
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<p>My main computer is a laptop and I would like to buy an external, bigger monitor for it. I already tried one, but it only had a normal VGA connection. Unfortunately the screen flickered a lot, and I suspect that this was because my notebook's VGA port does not deliver enough power.</p> <p>That is the reason why I w...
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2017-03-09T02:34:52.847
What is an affordable monitor compatible with HDMI and Ubuntu?
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2010-11-12T09:57:09.327
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/131/which-computers-are-guaranteed-to-work">Which computers are guaranteed to work?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>To have a lightweight computer I would like to buy a netbook. Are there any netbooks especially suiting ...
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2017-04-13T12:24:08.560
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Which netbooks are "safe to buy"?
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2011-06-05T20:24:24.687
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2010-11-12T10:00:13.523
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<p>I've been trying to create a short-cut key for grabbing part of the screen.</p> <p>If I run the command <code>/usr/bin/gnome-screenshot --area</code> the program I want runs and does what I want. When I createa a custom action in the keyboard shortcuts menu, and I activate the command (using ctrl-prnscr) the comman...
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4863
2011-08-26T14:51:03.547
2012-08-15T05:24:15.200
How to define a shortcut key to grab part of the screen?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It works for me when pressing the shortcut twice (fast).</p>\n\n<p>This seems to have worked at some point but doesn't anymore (see <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1199669\" rel=\"nofollow\">this thread</a> at ubuntuforums.org - it doesn't work for me, with or with...
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2010-11-12T10:57:32.983
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<p>I have a live cam voice of creative, but I cannot play because I don't know how to install driver. Can you help me?</p>
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2010-11-13T00:30:37.687
2010-11-13T00:30:37.687
Live cam voice creative
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have a good read through the community documentation at:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam</a></p>\n\n<p>As it states most webcams will just 'work' on ubuntu based on a USB standard.</p>\n\...
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giuseppe
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1
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2010-11-12T11:11:24.693
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<p>Today I was wondering something about nautilus: what service/module does use nautilus sidebar to list mounted and unmounted partitions/volumes?</p> <p>I realize it's not strictly about Ubuntu, but Ubuntu does a peculiar use of nautilus so I was curious about that. </p>
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2010-11-12T15:26:10.387
Nautilus and the visualization of available volumes/partitions
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would say it uses <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIO_%28GNOME%29\" rel=\"nofollow\">GIO</a>/<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVFS\" rel=\"nofollow\">GVFS</a> which belongs to <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glib\" rel=\"nofollow\">Glib</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Api docume...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would say it uses <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIO_%28GNOME%29\" rel=\"nofollow\">GIO</a>/<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVFS\" rel=\"nofollow\">GVFS</a> which belongs to <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glib\" rel=\"nofollow\">Glib</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Ap...
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12836
1
12860
2010-11-12T11:12:16.747
2
1027
<p>I'm planning to buy Terratec T1 TV tuner and i'd like to know if it works on ubuntu "out-of-the-box" meaning that there is no need to recompile kernel or doing advanced installatons. Has any1 tested it ?</p>
5401
866
2010-12-28T09:59:07.180
2012-12-07T11:41:07.387
Does the TV Tuner Terratec T1 work well?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I doubt it works out of the box, though I've not tested it.</p>\n\n<p>It looks like you'll need to download the drivers from here <a href=\"http://linux.terratec.de/tv_en.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://linux.terratec.de/tv_en.html</a></p>\n\n<p>From the readme.txt file within the abo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I doubt it works out of the box, though I've not tested it.</p>\n\n<p>It looks like you'll need to download the drivers from here <a href=\"http://linux.terratec.de/tv_en.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://linux.terratec.de/tv_en.html</a></p>\n\n<p>From the readme.txt file within...
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12840
1
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2010-11-12T12:19:02.363
1
305
<p>I recently upgraded Ubuntu 10.10 from 32 to 64bit, but there are two entries I'd like to remove - they're the 32bit entries, with -pae suffix. There is even a initrd-...-pae image for them in /boot. Do you know how to clean this mess?</p>
5928
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2010-11-14T07:11:44.840
How to remove *-pae Grub2 entries from previous install?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Rather than just deleting them (and thus confusing the package manager), <em>uninstall</em> the kernels you don't want to show in the GRUB list. Then run <code>sudo update-grub</code> to regenerate the list.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "...
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12842
1
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2010-11-12T12:28:50.077
16
23952
<p>I have Ubuntu Server 10.10 running on Parallels 6 (latest update from yesterday) on my iMac. I click on the Install Parallels Tools in the Parallels Desktop Menu, but do not see where what I think should be the file prl-tools-lin.iso is placed.</p> <p>Don't understand whether the warning that I may have to do <code...
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235
2010-11-12T13:54:22.207
2018-09-08T21:34:18.553
How do I install Parallels Tools via the command line?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To find a file on your compute you can use the built in index, from a command line:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo updatedb; locate prl-tools-lin.iso</code></p>\n\n<p>But really to answer this question we need to go to <a href=\"http://forum.parallels.com/pda/index.php/t-13553.html\" r...
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Faszikam
12843
1
null
2010-11-12T12:29:55.283
5
490
<p>My computer will often just die randomly while I am using it. The screen goes black and sometimes displays the words TERM signal killed along with other things and sometimes it displays nothing. The writing stays on the screen momentarily before it disappears to just black. I then have to hold in the power button to...
5982
235
2010-12-09T03:58:20.887
2011-02-07T04:52:40.573
My system screen goes black and displays Term Signal Killed?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T13:01:49.210", "id": "13408", "postId": "12843", "score": "2", "text": "Check /var/log/messages it is likely to have more details on the unexpected shutdown.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "742" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>i think the problem is in your computer screen (i mean the hardware, not software). Be sure to check it up to technician. Btw did you got the same problem when use other OS like windows or something? If yes, then i assure you that's the hardware problem..</p>\n", "comment...
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12845
1
12859
2010-11-12T12:49:49.033
6
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<p>To bring a window to the <strong>"top"</strong> via the mouse (ie. to bring it above other overlapping windows), I need to click on the <strong>window decoration</strong>. </p> <p>Clicking anywhere else in the window, activates the window, but <strong>does not</strong> bring it to the top. Overlapping windows rema...
2670
2670
2010-11-12T12:59:16.883
2011-08-01T03:57:30.030
Clicking a window's decoration brings the window to the top, but clicking elswhere does not!
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In CompizConfig Settings, under General Options, check Raise on click.</p>\n\n<p>If you don't have CompizConfig, install package <code>compizconfig-settings-manager</code>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/g6nGk.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "com...
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12846
1
12852
2010-11-12T13:03:56.783
3
745
<p>I am running a ubuntu 10.10 machine which is controlled remotely via the vinagre client installed on another machine running the same OS. The problem is that there is a significant delay in pointer movements when the remote machine has compiz enabled. However using metacity things are very smooth. Is it a problem wi...
5845
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null
2010-11-12T13:41:16.563
Poor performance of VNC client with compiz enabled on remote machine
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a common issue with VNC protocol and Compiz. Most recommendations for this are to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/2352/vnc-remote-doesnt-work-with-ubuntu/2359#2359\">add a button to switch between Metacity and Compiz</a>. You may also be interested in the <a href=\"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a common issue with VNC protocol and Compiz. Most recommendations for this are to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/2352/vnc-remote-doesnt-work-with-ubuntu/2359#2359\">add a button to switch between Metacity and Compiz</a>. You may also be interested in the <a...
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12848
1
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2010-11-12T13:22:17.463
5
626
<p>On my Desktop (ubuntu 10.10 64 Bit) Ubuntu One doesn't start after login. I have to start the UbuntuOne Preferences, than I have to wait a while until the connect butten is enabled and than I can connect. How can I start it after login?</p>
4871
41
2010-11-12T13:55:29.483
2010-11-16T08:03:40.447
Ubuntu One doesn't start after login
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Make sure it is enabled in System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/132Wa.png\" alt=\"Startup Applications\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T13:50:34.340", ...
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12849
1
12855
2010-11-12T13:24:00.353
5
780
<p>How to put Banshee into sound the indicator?</p>
3905
235
2011-01-03T22:59:08.003
2011-01-03T22:59:08.003
Adding Banshee to the sound indicator
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In the menu, Edit->Preferences, and then the extension tab, you need to turn off the old notification area and application indicator extensions (if they're on) and turn on 2 extensions, MPRIS Support and Sound Menu Integration:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/i5siY.png...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you have to enable Indicator plugin in Banshee options:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/how-to-add-the-banshee-indicator-applet-in-lucid/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/how-to-add-the-banshee-indicator-applet-in-lucid/</a></p>\n",...
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12853
1
null
2010-11-12T13:43:54.677
3
1104
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3179/closing-lid-freezes-laptop-ubuntu-10-04">Closing lid freezes laptop ubuntu 10.04 </a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Hi,</p> <p>Everytime I close my laptop lid, my laptop doesn't go into hibernate,suspand,blackscreen....
5989
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2010-11-13T05:06:46.903
Freezes when I close the lid
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T00:41:50.733", "id": "13493", "postId": "12853", "score": "0", "text": "Stupid fix: switch over to Kubuntu if you have this problem, and under kubuntu power management, set 'force lock'. This way, you can put your laptop in sleep before closing the lid and it starts...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you tried configuring what Ubuntu does when you close the lid? That's under System › Preferences › Power Management. Does the problem still occur if you set it to Blank Screen instead of Suspend? What if you use the session menu (power icon on the top right) and choose S...
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2010-11-13T15:33:31.893
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12856
1
null
2010-11-12T13:59:23.097
5
13241
<p>1) I need gcc-4.1 for Matlab mex usage, but I can't get it installed fully with apt-get install:</p> <pre><code>The following packages have unmet dependencies: libstdc++6-4.1-dev : Depends: gcc-4.1-base (= 4.1.2-27ubuntu1) but 4.1.2-29ubuntu1 is to be installed Depends: g++-4.1 (= 4.1.2-27ubuntu1) but it is not...
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null
2010-11-12T14:15:10.253
2011-04-21T13:28:49.580
How to install gcc-4.1?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not sure if it will function properly if you override the dependencies and roll your own deb, but it's worth a shot. </p>\n\n<pre><code>apt-get build-dep deb-name-here \napt-get source deb-name-here \ncd package-dir/deb \nnano control \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and change the ...
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eminemya
eminemya
12858
1
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2010-11-12T14:03:39.020
0
619
<p>I installed Xubuntu 10.10 on a 16 GB pendrive with full disk encryption using the alternate installer. The installation process was quite time consuming so I made a backup booting from the standard live CD with something along these lines</p> <pre><code>dd if=/dev/sdb conv=noerror,sync | pv | gzip -c -9 &gt; foobar...
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6969
2011-04-10T08:57:57.647
2011-04-10T08:57:57.647
Can't boot after recovering backup
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>check your grub config and make sure it properly references the location of the init image. </p>\n\n<p>this:error: hd0,msdos1 write error. makes me think partitions either aren't set up right or that a flag is set that declares an ext partition as msdos. dos partitions don...
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Incognitus
12866
1
12868
2010-11-12T14:55:27.467
3
255
<p>Does any one know if I can logon into <strong>Ubuntu One</strong> using my launchpad.net profile (openid)?</p>
5944
2937
2010-11-12T15:04:07.437
2010-11-12T15:04:07.437
Login with my launchpad profile on Ubuntu One is possible?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, you can, it's called Ubuntu Single Sign On:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/mA4eG.jpg\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11-12T15:00:06.500"...
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12867
1
15747
2010-11-12T14:58:42.877
11
6025
<p>how to remove installed Xnoise, rhytmbox on my sound indicator? I am not using these 2 music player anymore I want to remove it</p>
3905
235
2010-12-01T19:38:09.373
2013-12-29T17:59:18.650
How do I remove players I don't use from the sound indicator?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Currently, the only way to do this is to edit the seendb txt file that the menu uses to keep track of interested players. </p>\n\n<p>Open terminal and type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gedit ~/.cache/indicators/sound/familiar-players-db.keyfile \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This will launch the famili...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Currently, the only way to do this is to edit the seendb txt file that the menu uses to keep track of interested players. </p>\n\n<p>Open terminal and type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gedit ~/.cache/indicators/sound/familiar-players-db.keyfile \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This will launch th...
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12870
1
null
2010-11-12T15:21:35.710
5
9902
<p>I'm looking for:</p> <ul> <li><p>Alternative package management to be used from my gnome-terminal (text-based method) that can be a candidate to replace apt-get and aptitude.</p></li> <li><p>Preferably one with detailed and easily read outputs, reduced command options (like perform update before a search), and go f...
5944
null
null
2017-02-18T20:09:30.827
Alternative package manager for ubuntu terminal?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T15:28:28.600", "id": "13421", "postId": "12870", "score": "0", "text": "sorry i've always used gui front-ends, because my stance is that production servers should not have older packages....interested to see responses though", "userDisplayName": null, "userI...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The only command line tool for package management that I can think of, other than <code>apt-get</code> and <code>aptitude</code> is <code>dselect</code>. It provides an interactive (curses?) interface for doing all of the common package management tasks.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"...
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12872
1
12878
2010-11-12T15:30:09.013
4
6232
<p>Both the built-in Gnome movie player and vlc both have strange color distortions : human skin color changes to blue; if it was pink it changes to green ; if it was yellow it changes to pink. The weird part is that when I watch clips in the browser the colors are right. Has anyone encountered this? </p>
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8844
2012-04-27T23:28:08.967
2012-08-24T00:08:30.390
Weird color problem with movie players
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T15:32:17.150", "id": "13422", "postId": "12872", "score": "0", "text": "possible duplicate of [ubuntu and vlc -- make default and hue](http://askubuntu.com/questions/906/ubuntu-and-vlc-make-default-and-hue)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "449" }, {...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I solved this by running <code>gstreamer-properties</code> in the console and I changed the plug-in option under \"video\" from <code>autodetect</code> to <code>x windows system</code> (no Xv).\nIt seems it was some kind of problem with totem.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comme...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I solved this by running <code>gstreamer-properties</code> in the console and I changed the plug-in option under \"video\" from <code>autodetect</code> to <code>x windows system</code> (no Xv).\nIt seems it was some kind of problem with totem.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3"...
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12875
1
12896
2010-11-12T15:46:40.693
7
1482
<p>In Pidgin we can select "Close conversations with the Escape key" in the preferences to close the chat window. Is there anything similar in Empathy?</p>
5924
3037
2011-01-03T20:06:34.880
2012-12-05T10:54:30.483
How to make the Escape key close the chat window in Empathy?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If the functionality you're looking for is the same as 'Close Window' you can try to use</p>\n\n<pre><code>gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/interface/can_change_accels true\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>then hover your mouse over the 'Close window' menu option in empathy and then hit ESC...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Unfortunately this is not a feature of empathy. Though empathy is default (and replaces pidgin), please remember that empathy is a much younger project and some things may have not made it in as yet, or may have been unintentionally overlooked.</p>\n\n<p>You could report a bu...
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12879
1
12881
2010-11-12T16:26:21.393
2
506
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11349/indicator-applet-less-applications">Indicator applet-less applications?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>If I understood it correctly the plan is to remove the notification area from the gnome2 applet, blocking noti...
742
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2010-11-12T17:33:35.983
How will the gnome2 notification area removal affect apps on Ubuntu 11.04?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Those apps will simply not have a notification area icon. The plan for skype is to use their newer proprietary library api which hopefully will integrate into empathy (and other clients) instead of using the proprietary client.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Those apps will simply not have a notification area icon. The plan for skype is to use their newer proprietary library api which hopefully will integrate into empathy (and other clients) instead of using the proprietary client.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments":...
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2010-11-13T20:30:48.593
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12886
1
13149
2010-11-12T16:58:10.370
2
984
<p>I want to make thumbnails in a montage hyperlinked (image map). Is it possible to do it with Imagemagick? For example when a montage is generated, the hyperlinks get embedded from a text file according to the thumbnail image file name. Or is there a tool for Ubuntu which can do it?</p> <p>There is <a href="http://en...
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527764
2020-08-11T07:17:20.593
2020-08-11T07:19:41.347
Image map (each image is a hyperlink) in montage
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1
CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found the solution in <a href=\"http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/montage/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">the Imagemagick documentation</a>. <a href=\"http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/montage/#html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">The section on 'image map'</a> has it all.</p>\n", "co...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm not sure if I understand what you want, but this:</p>\n<pre><code>montage -size 64x64 -geometry +5+5 -tile 3x 'img/*.jpg' images.html\n</code></pre>\n<p>would create an <code>images.html</code> file, that shows the montage file 'images.png' (= thumbnails of size 64x64, 5p...
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12891
1
null
2010-11-12T17:35:23.437
5
2025
<p>Have Ubuntu developers considered adding antialas to a window manager(metacity) in Ubuntu 11.04? If there is coming Unity and Compiz is needed, why not to add this feature to corners of windows manager?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7pNaJ.png" alt="alt text"></p>
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48864
2012-06-27T22:31:28.370
2016-12-07T08:32:57.983
Metacity/Compiz antialias?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Compiz already has this in the form of the bicubic filter plugin.</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T17:55:43.877", "id": "13444", "postId": "12893", "score": "0", "text": "From where ...
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12894
1
null
2010-11-12T17:46:40.083
2
1196
<p>I know this question exactly looks like <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7071/no-required-driver-detected-for-unity-on-dell-mini-1010">“No required driver detected for unity” on Dell Mini 1010</a>, but like the title states, I'm not using a Dell Mini 10, but an Apple <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/SP43...
5875
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:27.937
2010-11-12T21:06:34.887
"No required driver detected for unity" on Apple iBook G4
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Unity requires accelerated graphics. You have ATI graphics and a PowerPC CPU. This configuration is not supported by the official drivers. However, the open source drivers should work. These drivers are built in but you may need to enable them.</p>\n\n<p>Instuctions on how to...
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12897
1
12899
2010-11-12T17:58:48.487
19
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<p>How do I remove Mono from my Ubuntu installation?</p> <p>Which applications depend on Mono? Could you suggest me some alternatives?</p>
5797
235
2012-04-15T17:37:57.477
2016-10-29T00:10:56.870
How to remove Mono?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T18:24:35.613", "id": "13447", "postId": "12897", "score": "4", "text": "why do you want to remove Mono?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2910" }, { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T18:26:15.843", "id": "13448", "postId": "12897", "score":...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>10.04</h2>\n<p><strong>First Things First</strong>: The list of applications that will be removed if you remove Mono:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomboy</li>\n<li>gBrainy (I'm not sure if an alternative exists)</li>\n<li>Docky</li>\n<li>Gnome Do</li>\n<li>Banshee</li>\n<li>F-Spot</li>\n</ul>\n<h...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>10.04</h2>\n<p><strong>First Things First</strong>: The list of applications that will be removed if you remove Mono:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomboy</li>\n<li>gBrainy (I'm not sure if an alternative exists)</li>\n<li>Docky</li>\n<li>Gnome Do</li>\n<li>Banshee</li>\n<li>F-Spot</li>\n<...
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12900
1
12904
2010-11-12T18:06:31.047
6
764
<p>I upgraded my ubuntu karmic to lucid a few months ago. I don't know when it all started but the thing is that when I log in, I see a very intense disk access activity for a while that prevents any application from starting in a reasonable time (it takes from 10 to 20 seconds). </p> <p>That's why I cannot launch a ...
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2010-11-12T20:24:03.127
Intense hard drive access activity immediately after log in
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd switch to a virtual terminal at the GDM login screen (Ctrl+Alt+F1), log in and start <code>iotop</code> (you maybe need to install it first). Then switch back to GDM (Ctrl+Alt+F7), log in, and immediately switch back to <code>iotop</code> using Ctrl+Alt+F1. You should now see, wh...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd switch to a virtual terminal at the GDM login screen (Ctrl+Alt+F1), log in and start <code>iotop</code> (you maybe need to install it first). Then switch back to GDM (Ctrl+Alt+F7), log in, and immediately switch back to <code>iotop</code> using Ctrl+Alt+F1. You should now...
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12908
1
14128
2010-11-12T19:46:33.780
5
890
<p>I am using supybot. Can anyone say me the procedure for adding ubottu factoids database to my IRC bot? I found the ubottu factoids database here <a href="http://www.ubottu.com/factoids.cgi" rel="nofollow">http://www.ubottu.com/factoids.cgi</a></p> <p>I want to add this database to my IRC bot. Can anyone tell me the...
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721
2010-11-17T17:57:28.197
2017-03-12T09:28:47.297
How to import ubottu factoids database to my IRC supybot?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-14T21:40:49.397", "id": "13765", "postId": "12908", "score": "0", "text": "I think we have to create a table using sqlite2 and after that we have to place the database file in appropriate location.But i am not sure about it.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId":...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ubuntu Factoids uses the Encyclopedia plugin. Get it from <strong>bzr branch lp:ubuntu-bots</strong> and then download Ubuntu factoids database from <a href=\"http://ubottu.com/factoids.cgi\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">here</a>. Place your database in the data directory (i.e /supybo...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The factois db (sqlite2 format as used by the factoids plugin) is available at <a href=\"http://www.ubottu.com/ubuntu.db\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ubottu.com/ubuntu.db</a> . I never used supybot, but basically you will need to enable the Factoids plugin and place the db r...
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12910
2010-11-12T19:49:03.137
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<p>How do I upgrade to the unreleased version of Ubuntu for testing? </p>
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2013-04-25T05:27:24.753
2019-12-10T15:02:34.880
How do I upgrade to the development release (aka. Ubuntu+1)?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2014-03-20T09:00:26.733", "id": "569102", "postId": "12909", "score": "1", "text": "In my opinion you should re-install if you want to use a beta. And it is a lot quicker than upgrading (plus you can still keep your old files).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "158...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Press <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F2</kbd> and type <code>update-manager -d</code>. On the top of the window you will see an info of the new Ubuntu+1 \"release\".</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/epqBW.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>However, upgrading t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Press <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F2</kbd> and type <code>update-manager -d</code>. On the top of the window you will see an info of the new Ubuntu+1 \"release\".</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/epqBW.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>However, upg...
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12912
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2010-11-12T20:17:11.677
3
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<p>When I had windows 7 installed on my computer, My TV tuner card used to work fine after installing the drivers but on Ubuntu it is not working. I have tried several Softwares to get it working but none helped. Today I installed Me TV and when I open it, I get an error saying:</p> <pre><code>There are no DVB devices...
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2015-10-02T06:49:46.120
2015-10-02T06:49:46.120
Phillips SAA7139 TV tuner card not working
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T20:52:56.550", "id": "13469", "postId": "12912", "score": "0", "text": "Can you perhaps add more detail on the exact model? lspci in a terminal should be enough to get the information.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" }, { "creationDate": "...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try installing <code>linux-firmware-nonfree</code>.</p>\n\n<p>It has historically held a lot of drivers for TV cards and usb sticks.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T21:28:36.340", "id": "13472", "p...
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2012-01-29T10:40:06.087
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12914
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2010-11-12T20:24:29.323
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<p>There is a nice feature in Thunderbird which lets you have your old e-mails, say those that are older than 30 days, deleted automatically. This feature (or some workaround) would be nice to have in Evolution, too. Is there anything like that in Evolution or any plugin? It would save disk space and a lot of loading t...
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2020-09-01T10:35:17.230
How can I automatically have old e-mails deleted in Evolution?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The only way I know is to create a filter: <em>Edit → Message Filters → Add</em></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Condition: <em>Date received is 30 day ago</em></li>\n<li>Action: <em>Delete</em></li>\n</ul>\n<p>This filter is never applied automatically, since evolution only check filters on ...
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12917
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12921
2010-11-12T20:27:59.913
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<p>How to send mail from the command line?</p>
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2023-03-16T08:07:52.813
How to send mail from the command line?
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[ { "creationDate": "2013-12-31T03:43:06.090", "id": "509991", "postId": "12917", "score": "1", "text": "You can also use pine.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "15016" }, { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T20:29:42.423", "id": "864451", "postId": "12917", "score": "1", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try to install <a href=\"http://www.mutt.org/\">The Mutt E-mail Client</a>. Other option is using emacs with <a href=\"http://www.gnus.org/\">gnus</a>. Others options available too... IMHO, you should use more details in your questions, or several different answers to your question y...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have never tried it but there is a <code>mail</code> command that can send mail. See <a href=\"http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?mail\" rel=\"nofollow\">man mail</a>.</p>\n\n<p>To test local email:</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo message | mail username@localhost\n</code></pre>\n...
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2010-11-12T20:55:34.747
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<p>I'm currently uninstalling redundant applications from my Ubuntu 10.10 system and I came across the Byobu Window Manager under the 'Provided by Canonical' section. Does this play any sort of critical role in window management, or is it simply a redundant application that's been included to facilitate some niche oper...
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4
2010-11-12T21:45:28.560
2011-04-28T13:40:33.253
Will uninstalling the Byobu Window Manager break my GUI?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://launchpad.net/byobu\" rel=\"nofollow\">Byobu</a> is a user-friendly wrapper around GNU Screen, which is a terminal multiplexer.</p>\n\n<p>Unless you're a command line junkie or sysadmin you likely don't need it; you can remove it without it affecting your GUI.</p>\n...
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user2405
12937
1
12941
2010-11-12T22:37:24.957
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<p>I've installed <strong>nVidia</strong> driver successfully but I want to go back to <strong>Nouveau</strong> driver and eliminate any xorg.conf file created by nVidia config tools.</p> <p>What is the proper way to do it? (not ending up with no driver at all, or no X server)</p>
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2014-07-25T11:49:42.653
2015-07-18T07:25:33.627
Remove nVidia driver and go back to Nouveau
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To reconfigure xorg.conf. Move your current <code>/etc/X11/xorg.conf</code>. If things go wrong you might need it later again:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.BACKUP\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The following steps will install the nouveau-driver on configure ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you installed using the recommended procedure through System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers or Additional Drivers, simply go back there and click the driver in use to hilite it, click \"Remove\". this will safely remove the nVidia driver in use and allow Nouveau to ...
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12942
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2010-11-12T23:25:26.833
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<p>I have a bug where my CPU frequency is scaling down every few hours or so. This happens when:</p> <ol> <li>I'm on AC power</li> <li>scaling governor is on 'Performance'</li> </ol> <p>What do you have to do to disable CPU frequency scaling? I know you can manually force the min CPU frequency uder <code>/sys/devices...
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2010-11-13T09:53:41.260
Disable CPU frequency scaling on Lenovo Laptop
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T00:21:54.990", "id": "13491", "postId": "12942", "score": "0", "text": "It's normal that your CPU's frequency goes down every once in a while even on AC power, as actual CPU loads vary over time. Normally it is best to leave cpu frequency untouched, but you can alwa...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just to make sure it's not going to interfere, remove the <code>powernowd</code> package from your system. From a terminal, run:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get remove powernowd</code></p>\n\n<p>After that, or if you don't have that package installed, install <code>rcconf</code>...
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12943
1
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2010-11-12T23:30:52.340
1
124
<p>Well on my computer, I can't install Ubuntu to my 750 and boot from it, but it does however, work from my 160, and I use this as a work computer, and I have 280+ GB of information that I plan to put and use on it. </p> <p>So, it was suggested to me, after much frustration, to use the 160, as the OS drive, and the 7...
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2010-11-13T00:27:02.930
2010-11-13T00:27:02.930
OS Drive and Storage Drive
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-12T23:54:12.007", "id": "13489", "postId": "12943", "score": "0", "text": "Please specify what programs you use. It won't be possible to list a howto for every program there is. But generally: use file -> import folder -> then choose your folder", "userDisplayName"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think it makes a lot of sense to leave the biggest drive for data, though it's unfortunate you can't successfully install on your 750G drive. Perhaps you should open a bug for this with the model numbers and everything?</p>\n\n<p>As for how to setup your system to use the 1...
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12950
1
13471
2010-11-13T00:54:24.247
4
20313
<p>As of a few days ago I have this red circle with a horizontal white line through it persist on the panel in the top right. When I mouse over it, it says "A problem occurred when checking for the updates".</p> <p>When there are updates to install, I can double click it and hit the 'install updates' button. There is...
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2010-11-13T08:08:23.120
2021-04-28T09:07:59.987
Update manager: "A problem occurred when checking for the updates"
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like you're not using maverick's normal system Python (since the CommandNotFound module has apparently gone missing). Have you installed Python from source? If so, try <code>sudo ln -sf python2.6 /usr/bin/python</code>, and <code>sudo apt-get update</code> again.</p>\n", "...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Opening a terminal and <code>sudo rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin</code> then <code>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get upgrade</code> should solve the issue.</p>\n", "commentCount": "12", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2022-06-04T13:20:52.677", ...
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2010-11-13T01:57:43.080
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<p>I really like how smoothly XFCE works and prefer it to GNOME, so I would like to weigh it up a bit. ;) Is there a way to play sounds on certain system events? The most useful that comes to my mind is after finishing copying, but maybe also on deleting a file or in other circumstances like there are sounds in Mac OS ...
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2010-11-15T05:17:21.560
Sounds in Thunar or XFCE
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The last time i checked xfce did not support system sounds. This might prove useful</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=853173\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=853173</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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Incognitus
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12973
2010-11-13T02:34:56.730
6
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<p>Every now and then, I encounter some mention of other devices being shown in the power indicator. For example, along with the laptop battery, listing the battery level for an iPod being charged over USB. I understand the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BatteryStatusMenu" rel="nofollow">specification</a> mentions th...
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2010-11-13T22:28:36.570
2010-11-24T01:30:45.090
Other devices in the battery power indicator?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have 2 Logitech wireless mouse (mice ?). One of them (an old model) shows the battery level on the indicator. The other one (newer) doesn't.</p>\n\n<p>I'm really not sure what makes it work or not, or how. But I can tell you it actually exists :-)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I know there isn't any hardware support for iPod, or other devices to express battery levels. I've checked udev and couple of other things and I haven't been able to find anything that performs the backend functionality.</p>\n\n<p>I think the designers are dreaming ...
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12954
1
12955
2010-11-13T02:57:27.937
0
2733
<p>Could someone advise me what the complete command line is to run "sh veetle-0.9.17-linux-install.sh". </p> <p>I've opened command line and used command line hylton@hylton-laptop:~$ run sh veetle-0.9.17-linux-install.sh (not working) and hylton@hylton-laptop:~$ sh veetle-0.9.17-linux-install.sh (not working).</p> <...
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2011-02-26T21:58:12.580
2011-02-26T21:58:12.580
Use command line to run Veetle linux application
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It depends where you placed the veetle file. If you downloaded it to your desktop, run <code>cd Desktop</code> and then run the sh.</p>\n\n<p>EDIT:The veetle script is already an executable. Do not run as root, veetle recommends against it and it will add complications later. (This h...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It depends where you placed the veetle file. If you downloaded it to your desktop, run <code>cd Desktop</code> and then run the sh.</p>\n\n<p>EDIT:The veetle script is already an executable. Do not run as root, veetle recommends against it and it will add complications later....
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12965
2010-11-13T04:20:14.620
3
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<p>I copy files A LOT from one place to another. The dialog box that prompts me to confirm file overwrites slows me down a lot. I have tried to get rid of this but can not find where to configure this. Anybody?</p>
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2010-11-13T07:13:35.670
How to remove the Nautilus overwrite prompt when copying files
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to the nautilus source code there is no way to force it to merge+overwrite or just overwrite. The code would have to be modified and recompiled in order to support an option that allowed that.</p>\n\n<p>Let me know if your interested in using a hack I've made, the code is s...
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user6019
12968
1
null
2010-11-13T07:21:36.687
1
1565
<p>How can i use dyndns with ubutntu and send emails from it ?</p> <p>I want create a free domain with dyndns.com (mydomain.dyndns-at-home.com)</p> <p>How can I link the domain with ubuntu ?</p> <p>How can I send emails from this domain ? (info@mydomain.dyndns-at-home.com)</p>
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2010-11-13T15:23:57.920
2010-12-13T17:29:56.973
How can i use dyndns and send emails from it?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Check this link,</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://bobbyallen.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/dyndns-client-setup-on-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://bobbyallen.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/dyndns-client-setup-on-ubuntu/</a></p>\n\n<p>There you get all the details..</p>\n", "commentCount"...
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2012-08-22T16:36:04.963
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12970
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2010-11-13T07:31:22.530
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<p>Obviously this is the kind of major decision that would require public feedback and a meeting of the technical board, but I can't seem to find the minutes from the meeting it was discussed.</p> <p>Were there UDS sessions? A thread on the mailing list? I admit I wasn't paying as much attention as I could have, but...
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2013-12-22T01:20:23.000
2013-12-22T01:20:23.000
Where was the discussion on making Unity the default?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There was no public discussion. (Yes there were sessions on Unity at UDS, but these were about the path forward for Unity, not about whether it should be default or not.)\n<hr>\nMaking Unity was a decision made by Canonical on behalf of the Ubuntu community. It was announced in the f...
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12978
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2010-11-13T10:21:47.587
1
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/96967/how-do-i-fix-this-etype-is-not-known-on-line-in-source-list-update">How do I fix this &ldquo;E:Type &#39;*&#39; is not known on line * in source list &hellip;&rdquo; update error?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Pl...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:20.487
2013-04-02T15:54:24.667
Recurring Error in Update Manager - Could Not Initialize The Package Manager
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your error was:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>'E:Type 'sudo' is not known on line 61\n in source list /etc/apt/sources.list'</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Thanks for provide us the pastebin of your <a href=\"http://paste.ubuntu.com/531519/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">source list</a>. After...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As it says, you have a mistake in your sources list.</p>\n\n<p>To open the sources list in Gedit Text Editor, open a Terminal and input the command:\ngksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.</p>\n\n<p>When the sources list is open look at line 61. Do you see a mistake? You can mak...
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2012-01-19T23:36:01.277
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12979
1
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2010-11-13T10:34:41.600
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<p>My computer will not shut down. I press the shutdown button in the drop box and then it looks like its shutting down and the screen goes black but the computer itself does not stop working and the light does not turn off.</p> <p>Here are the specs:</p> <ul> <li><p>UBUNTU 10.04 (Lucid)</p></li> <li><p>Kernel: Linux...
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2011-12-25T06:32:13.843
2011-12-25T06:33:55.357
Computer won't shut down
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T10:46:33.783", "id": "13536", "postId": "12979", "score": "2", "text": "first thought is that some process refuses to die or some volume refuses to unmount. another possibility is that there is some race condition in your shutdown. think - process A waits for proc...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From the command line try the following command</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo shutdown -h now\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>See whether the system shut-down normally. if not take a note of the messages and write them here. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "...
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12980
1
12983
2010-11-13T10:43:35.650
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<p>Since Maverick Upgrade startup performances are not so good as previous versions. In particular after I log in desktop is really slow to become available to use. From grub to gdm everything is fine and fast as expected. How can I find out which elements slow down desktop loading? I've disabled all useless stuffs to ...
4180
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2010-11-13T16:01:43.363
Tools to check system startup speed
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can try the alternative (bootchart) I posted here: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/12900/intense-hard-drive-access-activity-immediately-after-log-in/12904#12904\">Intense hard drive access activity immediately after log in</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can try the alternative (bootchart) I posted here: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/12900/intense-hard-drive-access-activity-immediately-after-log-in/12904#12904\">Intense hard drive access activity immediately after log in</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", ...
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12982
1
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2010-11-13T10:45:35.013
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548
<p>I just installed Ubuntu Unity on my desktop PC and it is very lag and annoying! Any ideas?</p>
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866
2010-11-13T14:48:18.230
2017-02-18T20:16:18.713
Installed Unity on my desktop PC and it is very laggy and annoying
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T15:22:09.340", "id": "13572", "postId": "12982", "score": "0", "text": "Not quite a dupe but the answers here should help: http://askubuntu.com/questions/9932/will-unity-performance-improve-in-natty-or-remain-slow", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You are probably experiencing a isolated problem. Try to report a bug at <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">launchpad.net</a>, and don't forget to offer details like: your hardware, devices, and how did you installed Unity.</p>\n\n<p>Good luck!</p>\n", ...
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atsomeplace
12988
1
12989
2010-11-13T11:08:40.757
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8053
<p>Hey i would love to get into 3D modeling and design and i was wondering if their were any alternatives to 3DS Max and other such programs for Ubuntu</p>
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235
2010-11-18T14:54:37.107
2019-09-17T07:09:31.237
What is the best 3D modeling and design program?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1><a href=\"http://www.blender.org\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Blender</a> <a href=\"http://apt/ubuntu.com/p/blender\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"install blender\" /></a></h1>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Reejh.png\" ...
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12998
1
14610
2010-11-13T12:53:51.803
15
50093
<p>I use a login list with faces and the icons and text are tiny in GDM. Is there an easy way to change the resolution of the login screen? I'm currently using 10.04 Lucid.</p>
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4601
2010-11-23T21:09:10.467
2019-06-07T06:53:44.037
How to change the screen resolution for the GDM login screen?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T16:20:12.453", "id": "13587", "postId": "12998", "score": "1", "text": "I think it was not in the 10.04 version but in the 10.10 there is an option called \"make default\" which changes the resolution of the GDM also.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "29...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Gaurav has the right solution for Ubuntu 10.10 (use \"Make Default\" in System > Preferences > Monitors), however this requires a bit more work in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. It also means your GDM will have the same resolution as your desktop's.</p>\n\n<p>First find out which resolution your ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It can be a isolated problem with the current theme. Which theme you are using now in GDM? Did you check if you have the same problem with others themes?</p>\n\n<p>You also can try to reconfigure your GDM using the commands (You will lose your X11 session doing so) below:</p>...
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12999
1
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2010-11-13T13:16:37.953
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<p>I was wondering if there is a Application where you can organize networks. I mean if you have installed some networks you have to note every pc's name, his ip-address and so on.</p> <p>Is there a Application where you can manage it?</p> <hr> <p>I saw the monitoring tools but that is not exactly what I'm looking f...
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866
2010-12-31T08:32:22.650
2010-12-31T09:30:31.420
Application to organize / manage installed networks
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use a network monitoring tool that comes together with an „inventory” feature.</p>\n\n<p>I am using <a href=\"http://www.zabbix.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zabbix</a> for monitoring all computers from a network and in Zabbix you can create a profile for each computer when...
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13000
1
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2010-11-13T13:25:41.243
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<p>I use the Microsoft Natural MultiMedia Keyboard 1.0A. The keyboard is not a wireless board. The Escape button and the function keys have never worked. I am currently running on 10.10. On previous incarnations the keys never worked either. However a recent journey through all the Microsoft options in System > Prefere...
5617
5617
2010-11-22T20:38:10.373
2011-02-21T20:25:03.273
Keyboard Function Keys Do Not Work
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It should be possible to go to <em>System</em>-><em>Preferences</em>-><em>Keyboard Shortcuts</em> and select your wished action.</p>\n\n<p>For example select \"Home folder\" and press your <em>My Documents</em> button if you wish to open your home folder with this key.</p>\n"...
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13002
1
13003
2010-11-13T13:39:18.710
3
1522
<p>I just installed the package <code>sensors-applet</code> and I'm having a hard time reading the outputs. It's giving me 4 different temperature readings:<br /> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/j30eI.png" alt="alt text" /></p> <p>The first two (<em>TZ01</em> and <em>temp1</em>) always give exactly the same reading...
1012
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2010-11-13T17:56:47.777
Understanding the Sensors Applet
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Thermal sensor are specific to a each computer type. For example, the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad series sensors are described here <a href=\"http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_sensors\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_sensors</a></p>\n\n<p>Try to search the Interne...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Thermal sensor are specific to a each computer type. For example, the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad series sensors are described here <a href=\"http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_sensors\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Thermal_sensors</a></p>\n\n<p>Try to search the...
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13006
1
13012
2010-11-13T14:18:24.170
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<p>By default Banshee rips CDs in Ogg Vorbis format. I prefer to rip my CDs in FLAC format. I can't find a setting anywhere to make Banshee rip to FLAC. </p> <p>Is this possible? How do I do it?</p>
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2016-07-25T04:48:14.683
How to rip CDs in FLAC format using Banshee?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In Banshee's Edit->Preferences select the \"Source Specific\" tab, and then select \"Audio CDs\" under \"Source\". Under \"Input Format\" you should be able to select \"Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)\".</p>\n\n<p>Note: you will need the <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/p/libfla...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In Banshee's Edit->Preferences select the \"Source Specific\" tab, and then select \"Audio CDs\" under \"Source\". Under \"Input Format\" you should be able to select \"Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)\".</p>\n\n<p>Note: you will need the <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/...
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13007
1
13009
2010-11-13T14:25:34.727
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<p>Being an Ubuntu user for about 3 years, is it possible to obtain an e-mail address like myname.surname@ubuntu.com ?</p>
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2010-11-13T23:05:20.477
2010-11-13T23:05:20.477
Is it possible to obtain an e-mail address like myname.surname@ubuntu.com
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T14:30:29.213", "id": "13562", "postId": "13007", "score": "2", "text": "I guess only the Ubuntu members can get a username@ubuntu.com Email IDs.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2910" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you became an Ubuntu member you get the benefit of an @ubuntu.com email. </p>\n\n<p>Here is how you can become an Ubuntu member: <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership</a></p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu members are people who are helping the developmen...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you became an Ubuntu member you get the benefit of an @ubuntu.com email. </p>\n\n<p>Here is how you can become an Ubuntu member: <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership</a></p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu members are people who are helping the de...
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13013
1
13405
2010-11-13T14:41:51.530
1
1778
<p>My goal is to have Ubuntu start and stop a headless virtualbox VM gracefully when I start and stop my host machine(Ubuntu 10.04).</p> <p>I'm using a <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgptztxf_28fwksg4cw" rel="nofollow"> script </a> provided by <a href="http://quadirspace.blogspot.com/2009/05/virtualbox-service...
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2011-06-07T02:24:32.507
2012-07-02T03:32:48.387
Problem when trying to install a service for running Virtualbox VMs headless
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As I thought the whole problem was caused by my home partition being encrypted. </p>\n\n<p>I ended up following this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/4950/how-to-stop-using-built-in-home-directory-encryption\">question</a> to remove encryption. </p>\n\n<p>My advice is that, ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As I thought the whole problem was caused by my home partition being encrypted. </p>\n\n<p>I ended up following this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/4950/how-to-stop-using-built-in-home-directory-encryption\">question</a> to remove encryption. </p>\n\n<p>My advice i...
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13015
1
13019
2010-11-13T14:59:38.917
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<p>I type a lot in Spanish and have a regular 105-key International Keyboard. So I have NO buttons for ñ or other accented letters. However, by setting the keyboard to "US Alternative International" I can easily type many accented letters. Just ' + e = é for instance. This is just like Windows. However, there I was abl...
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2021-06-19T18:36:30.600
Typing inverted question/exclamation marks
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Keyboard layout:</strong> USA International (with dead keys)</p>\n\n<p>¿ — <kbd>Alt(R)</kbd> + <kbd>?</kbd></p>\n\n<p>¡ — <kbd>Alt(R)</kbd> + <kbd>!</kbd></p>\n\n<p>á — <kbd>Alt(R)</kbd> + <kbd>a</kbd></p>\n\n<p>Á — <kbd>Alt(R)</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>a</kbd></p>\n\n<...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you are using Ubuntu 10.10 and you are using US International (AltGr dead keys) from the keyboard layout switcher you can choose 'Show current layout' and look for the inverted question mark key.\nIt should be something like using AltGr (right side alt) + ? and will produ...
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user6019
13020
1
13023
2010-11-13T15:29:53.267
3
2350
<p>after my install on Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat on my iBook, I have noticed that used keyboard layout is a PC one, and not Mac one. Let me explain it more clearly :</p> <p>As an example, Mac keyboard defines a physical key for the <code>-</code> (which sup character is <code>_</code>). When pressing this key, the chara...
5875
5875
2010-11-14T10:53:34.163
2011-05-15T06:17:16.837
Mac keyboard keys
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found several different links providing information about Apple's keyboard after install Ubuntu. From what I could see, you need to provide us more information about hardware model and keyboard model (In some countries the keyboard is localized).</p>\n\n<p>I will include some pages...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found several different links providing information about Apple's keyboard after install Ubuntu. From what I could see, you need to provide us more information about hardware model and keyboard model (In some countries the keyboard is localized).</p>\n\n<p>I will include so...
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13021
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13208
2010-11-13T15:38:20.210
2
427
<p>I still do not understand about Unity, please help me is it same with Docky?</p>
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2010-11-13T16:05:40.207
2010-11-14T14:29:22.703
What exactly is Unity?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unity is a replacement for Gnome panel (or Gnome Shell or others), wich are the interfaces seen by the user when he start a session. For example, gnome panel, is actually used by Ubuntu in its desktop version. It's the two panels (top and bottom and top) that you see when you open a ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I recently saw about this excellent post <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/ubuntu-1010-maverick-meerkat-has-been.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Netbook Edition (Unity)</a> with a lot of graphics and comments.</p>\n\n<p>However, if you are looking...
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2013-05-13T20:29:35.703
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13025
1
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2010-11-13T16:19:45.133
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<ul> <li><p>I use Wifi to connect to the internet, and want to interconnect the two machines I am using so that</p> <ol> <li><p>it is easy to transfer files</p></li> <li><p>I can copy from one machine and use the same buffer on another machine</p></li> </ol></li> <li><p>As both the machines have LAN ports vacant, I ca...
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686
2010-11-13T16:27:35.137
2010-11-13T22:23:17.817
How to setup a local network over the CAT5 cable?
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T16:27:28.057", "id": "13589", "postId": "13025", "score": "0", "text": "can you clarify how exactly you connect to the connect to the internet and how would you connect the 2 computers ( directly through a cross-cable or through a router?). In any case you dont need...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First you will need to assign IP addresses to your eth interface, then you'll need to setup shared folders. Both can be done quite easily:<br>\n<br>\n<strong>Assign IP addresses</strong><br><br>\nI will show you how to add a seperate setup only for this connection, so you can switch ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I assume your router will have ethernet rj45 ports for wired connections. instead of cross connecting your pc, you can easily connect them via the router.</p>\n\n<p>In any caseYou can then set up file sharing under windows and then connect to the windows share via nautilus. o...
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13026
1
13203
2010-11-13T16:34:34.337
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<p>I've read that GNU Emacs handles international scripts via a system called <code>Mule</code> (Multi-Lingual-Environment). </p> <p>I also read (somewhere, a while back) that there was a move afoot (in recent years) to make it <code>Unicode</code> compliant, and that this was being implemented in version 23 (-ish?)....
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2670
2010-11-13T17:04:54.700
2017-02-18T21:10:42.640
Is GNU Emacs Unicode compliant, or is it just Multi-Lingual aware via Mule?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Short answer: <a href=\"http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/IBusMode\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">IBus</a> with <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ibus.el\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>ibus.el</code></a>; Gnome <code>Ctrl+Shift+U</code> ⇒ Emacs <code>C-x 8 RET</code></p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>GNU Emacs 23.x has built-in Unicode support for UTF-8-encoded text. Its also provides support for UTF-16. I really recommend you install the <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/emacs23\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">emacs23</a> package to avoid several bugs on Emacs related with...
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13027
1
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2010-11-13T16:53:57.553
4
3560
<p>I have a IBM-Lenovo Thinkpad T500. I was previously a exclusive windows user, but recently installed ubuntu and loving it because of speed and interface. The only thing is that I don't get some features that I came to enjoy in windows. I need help setting these up:</p> <ol> <li><p>Hard-drive protection - active ...
6029
2181
2010-11-14T00:32:16.190
2021-05-29T19:26:32.163
How to setup Thinkpad features on Thinkpad T500
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would attempt to answer some of your questions.</p>\n\n<p>2.Look here for your printer drivers</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010550.asp\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010550.asp</a></p>\n\n<p>4.You can use the ...
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2010-11-13T17:17:48.417
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<p>Is there software I can install to enable me to monitor inbound and outbound internet traffic for security reasons?</p> <p><em>I recently installed ubuntu and loving it because of speed and interface. I want to do what I can to make this the greatest OS I've ever worked with. Can you provide suggestions as to what...
6029
866
2010-11-13T21:05:12.247
2019-09-11T01:34:57.580
Monitoring inbound and outbound internet traffic
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T21:07:59.840", "id": "13636", "postId": "13029", "score": "0", "text": "Hi @gijoemike and welcome to Ask Ubuntu! We find on here that it works best if you keep can keep it to one specific question per question. For this reason I've edited your question to only ask a...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as your first question is concerned you can use <strong>wireshark</strong> network analyser to monitor traffic on your network interfaces. some tutorials are here</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.wireshark.org/docs/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.wireshark.org/docs/</a></...
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13030
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2010-11-13T17:21:14.280
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10195
<p>Recently my computer broke down and the Linux Ubuntu 10.04 partition could not be loaded back. What should be done to recover it back? What could be the possible error?</p>
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866
2010-11-13T21:19:37.750
2020-03-17T16:31:35.087
How to recover Ubuntu partition after computer failure?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T23:33:35.913", "id": "13656", "postId": "13030", "score": "0", "text": "Could you explain exactly what you see when you turn ont he computer and exactly what it does. Could you also explain any steps you've taken to bring your computer back, such as reinstall window...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Boot from a \"rescue\" disk or just a live CD and run fsck on all of your partitions.</p>\n\n<p>To do fsck:</p>\n\n<p>Type <strong>fsck partitionname</strong> in terminal</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense"...
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Aditya
13035
1
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2010-11-13T17:44:21.493
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<p>I have installed GNU Xnee (Gnee an OS X automator alternative) from the Software Centre but now I cant find it anywhere in the menus.</p> <p>Here is the output when I run <strong>gnee</strong> in the terminal</p> <pre><code>gaurav@gaurav-HCL-ME-Laptop:~$ gnee (gnee:6864): Gtk-WARNING **: GtkSpinButton: setting a...
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54298
2012-09-10T20:21:00.120
2012-09-10T20:21:00.120
How to access GNU Xnee
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T18:01:49.800", "id": "13600", "postId": "13035", "score": "1", "text": "Please, edit your Ask and send your terminal output to http://paste.ubuntu.com/ helping us to keep AskUbuntu clean and polite. Thanks!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5944" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Press ALT+F2 and type <strong>gnee</strong> in the box and press enter.</p>\n\n<p>To add it under <strong>Accessories</strong>:</p>\n\n<p>Goto System-->Preference-->Main Menu</p>\n\n<p>Select <strong>Accessories</strong> in the left side and click <strong>New Item</strong></p...
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13036
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2010-11-13T17:52:33.203
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<p>I have a Emachines E525 laptop and I'm trying to install Kubuntu 10.10 on it.<br> I've downloaded the ISO image from the website, burned it to a CD, inserted the CD into the Emachines laptop and when I boot from it I just get:</p> <pre><code>ISOLINUX 4.01 debian-20100714 ETCD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin ...
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721
2010-11-17T23:32:01.207
2010-12-18T02:30:05.030
Cannot install Kubuntu
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If the processor is Intel Celeron, you have to make sure that ubuntu installer is 32 bit.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11-18T02:02:39.033", "id": "13766...
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daniels
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1
13044
2010-11-13T18:16:26.797
1
1579
<p>How to watch Sopcast channels from Ubuntu?</p>
3872
22949
2012-08-22T10:19:19.083
2012-08-22T10:19:19.083
How do I watch SopCast channels?
[ "tv" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Look here</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/sopcast-player/wiki/Installation\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://code.google.com/p/sopcast-player/wiki/Installation</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Look here</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/sopcast-player/wiki/Installation\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://code.google.com/p/sopcast-player/wiki/Installation</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": ...
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13043
1
13049
2010-11-13T18:19:10.647
5
1135
<p>How do I search using Nautilus-Elementary? As soon as I click the magnifying glass, the list of files in the folder I'm trying to search disappears and tabs for SourceCode, Video and Image appear (already with some results). Changing the option that defaults to 'This week' doesn't seem to help at all either. Am I mi...
4409
235
2010-12-07T22:26:53.333
2010-12-07T22:27:34.393
Search function not working correctly in Nautilus-Elementary?
[ "nautilus-elementary" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a known bug that affects 32-bit systems which has been fixed, you need to update.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Bug #644652</strong>: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus-elementary/+bug/644652\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus-elementary/+bug/644652</a></p>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a known bug that affects 32-bit systems which has been fixed, you need to update.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Bug #644652</strong>: <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus-elementary/+bug/644652\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus-elementary/+bug/644652...
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13047
1
13048
2010-11-13T18:23:21.767
5
629
<p>Why does VirtualBox from the Ubuntu repositories not support USB? </p> <p>(While the <a href="http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads" rel="nofollow">official release</a> does support it?)</p>
5034
866
2010-11-13T20:30:42.590
2012-05-19T10:08:32.607
Why there's no USB support in VirtualBox Ubuntu edition?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The USB code in VirtualBox is not open-source.The ubuntu repository is the open version,so the open source edition of VirtualBox doesn't have USB function.It's easy enough to install the full one from virtualbox's website.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "community...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The USB code in VirtualBox is not open-source.The ubuntu repository is the open version,so the open source edition of VirtualBox doesn't have USB function.It's easy enough to install the full one from virtualbox's website.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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13050
1
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2010-11-13T18:43:05.433
3
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<p>Just upgraded my machine to Ubuntu Studio (10.10), and am starting to learn my way around.</p> <p>One thing I noticed off-the-bat is that the GDM login screen promoted on the Studio site is missing (<a href="http://ubuntustudio.org/files/US3.png" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntustudio.org/files/US3.png</a>)</p> <p>Any...
6038
44179
2013-03-27T19:30:43.930
2013-03-27T19:30:43.930
Ubuntu Studio Login Screen Missing?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Perhaps you have enabled automatic logging in? Go to System->Administration->Login Screen and check if \"Log in as automatically\" is enabled.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "crea...
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13052
1
13057
2010-11-13T19:07:39.707
2
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<p>I have a dual boot setup: windows vista and ubuntu.</p> <p>But, I actually have a duplicate Ubuntu install that I setup a long time ago to get my bootmenu back... (my computer at one point could not find the boot record because I was playing around with the partitions.. i couldn't start the computer, had to instal...
6029
null
null
2010-11-13T20:16:40.837
How to remove a duplicate Ubuntu Installation without ruining OS boot menu
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li><p><strong>Know the partition on which the \" / \" directory of your primary Ubuntu is mounted</strong>:</p>\n\n<p>Run this from your primary Ubuntu: <code>df</code></p>\n\n<p>OR</p>\n\n<p>System > Administration > System Monitor > File Systems</p></li>\n<li><p><strong>Associa...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You should be able to remove the duplicate and then run <code>sudo update-grub</code> in the remaining installation to update the grub menu. If you want to be safe, re-run <code>sudo install grub /dev/sda</code> where /dev/sda is the master boot hard drive. This will reinstal...
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13053
1
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2010-11-13T19:18:19.563
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<p>I want to use Empathy which is provided by default with Ubuntu 10.10. Unfortunately, it seems unable to take account of the proxy settings I applied system-wide.</p> <p>On the contrary, other programs are able to connect to the Internet, like for example Pidgin. Is there any solution to make Empathy also use my pro...
6039
null
null
2011-01-08T19:46:45.633
How do I make Empathy use the system proxy settings?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is a <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/304889\">longstanding bug</a> in Empathy. There is currently no fix available but perhaps others can post work arounds.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": nu...
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13061
1
13064
2010-11-13T20:03:29.050
4
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<p>When I change the proxy settings and apply them system-wide, I always have to enter my super-user password, as anyone could expect.</p> <p>However, I have to do that twice : once for "proxy settings" and another time for "Gconf". How do I set this up so that I have to enter my password only once?</p>
5592
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2010-11-13T20:29:19.847
Why do I have to enter my password twice when changing proxy settings?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The reason why is difficult to answer (could be just decision during the design), and it will probably be fixed - per this <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2813/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brainstorm Idea</a>. </p>\n\n<p>While its not fixed, you can try to prevent to enter passwor...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The reason why is difficult to answer (could be just decision during the design), and it will probably be fixed - per this <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2813/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Brainstorm Idea</a>. </p>\n\n<p>While its not fixed, you can try to prevent to enter...
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13063
1
13069
2010-11-13T20:23:33.940
3
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<p>I currently have a dual-boot setup with Ubuntu and Windows. Now I would like to remove the Windows partition which is 150GB and install Fedora 14.</p> <p>In other words, I want to be able to dual-boot Ubuntu and Fedora.</p>
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449
2011-01-18T10:10:32.753
2017-03-11T22:08:53.643
How to remove Windows partition and install Fedora 14?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>One of the tools you will want to look into is <a href=\"http://gparted.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">GParted</a>, which is a powerful partition manager for Linux.</p>\n\n<p>Assuming you installed Windows <em>before</em> any of the Linux partitions, you will need to ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>One of the tools you will want to look into is <a href=\"http://gparted.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">GParted</a>, which is a powerful partition manager for Linux.</p>\n\n<p>Assuming you installed Windows <em>before</em> any of the Linux partitions, you will ...
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13065
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2010-11-13T20:27:50.420
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<p>I added some extra repositories with the Software Sources program. But when I reload the package database, I get an error like the following:</p> <blockquote> <p>W: GPG error: <a href="http://ppa.launchpad.net" rel="noreferrer">http://ppa.launchpad.net</a> trusty InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be ve...
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2017-07-28T20:40:28.000
2024-01-05T04:52:19.610
How do I fix the GPG error "NO_PUBKEY"?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>By far the simplest way to handle this now is with Y-PPA-Manager (which now integrates the <code>launchpad-getkeys</code> script with a graphical interface).</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p>To install it, first add the webupd8 repository for this program:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository pp...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need to get and import the key.</p>\n\n<p>To get the key from a PPA, visit the PPA's Launchpad page. On every PPA page at Launchpad you will find this link (2), after clicking on 'Technical details about this PPA' (1):</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/9P8ve.p...
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13070
1
13101
2010-11-13T20:48:56.013
0
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/65911/how-can-i-fix-a-404-error-using-a-ppa">How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA? </a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I am getting few errors when I run the command sudo apt-get update here is the output of errors only.</...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2012-08-21T14:03:08.650
Errors on apt-get update
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://ppa.launchpad.net/quickly/ppa/ubuntu/dists\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ppa.launchpad.net/quickly/ppa/ubuntu/dists</a> -> there's no maverick version</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ppa.launchpad.net/nanny/ppa/ubuntu/dists\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ppa.launchpad.net/nanny/pp...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Run <strong><code>sudo apt-get update</code></strong> in terminal and then try reinstalling the package again.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T22:14:06.437", "id": "13645", "postId": "13097", ...
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2012-01-10T13:51:36.393
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2010-11-13T20:49:07.650
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<p>I sometimes want to use my computer as a DVD-player. Unfortunately I know that I will often have to cope with encrypted DVDs, for example with CSS.</p> <p>Therefore I installed the <strong>libdvdcss2</strong> library from Medibuntu. But from now on, how can I be sure I will be able to read any DVD whatever its encr...
5592
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null
2017-06-06T09:40:11.323
How can I read every DVD, even if encrypted by CSS or other?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can't be sure that you will be able to read every DVD.</p>\n\n<p>libdvdcss2 will allow you to play, copy and rip DVDs encrypted with CSS (<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_Scramble_System\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Content Scramble System</a>). This is by far the ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>One way to do this is using the <em>Fluendo DVD Player</em> available (for $24.95) in the Ubuntu Software Centre. This would ensure you can always play all DVDs as it is software supported by a company. </p>\n\n<p><em>NB: Purchasing this also has the side effect of protecting...
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13072
1
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2010-11-13T20:50:33.250
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3991
<p>My ISP imposes SMTP restrictions on outgoing mail, is it possible to configure a system wide SMTP address to use, instead of having to configure each mail client individually?</p>
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2014-03-26T11:36:16.210
My ISP imposes SMTP restrictions on outgoing mail, is it possible to configure a system wide SMTP address?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This worked for me:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open up <code>/etc/postfix/main.cf</code></li>\n<li>Replace <code>relayhost =</code> by <code>relayhost = relay.your-isp.com</code> where <code>relay.your-isp.com</code> is your ISP's SMTP server.</li>\n</ul>\n", "commentCount": "1", ...
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2010-11-13T20:53:20.543
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<p>I have read that unity would be a plugin of compiz. Does it mean that when I uncheck Unity from the CCSM menu, I would be greeted with Conventional Gnome or may be Gnome shell.</p>
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235
2010-11-21T19:56:53.250
2011-04-25T23:07:21.340
Is unity just a plugin of compiz
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The version of Unity that will be released in 11.04 is definitely implemented as plugin(s) in Compiz. (I've seen it with my own eyes...) This is described in a little detail in the <a href=\"https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/other-dx-n-unity-compiz\" rel=\"nofollow norefe...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>No.</p>\n\n<p>Compiz is a compositor. It manages how windows are displayed within the X server. A side effect of this is it can do fancy things with windows and the desktop (which is essentially another window). At its core, Compiz doesn't actually do that much interactive st...
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13076
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2010-11-13T21:02:59.923
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<p>I am new to ubuntu, and can't find Google talk for ubuntu, How can I use chat on orkut.com which uses GMail sign in programme and I use Google talk to chat on windows.</p>
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721
2011-03-22T21:35:10.070
2020-03-25T13:26:54.640
Orkut (GMail)- Google Talk Chat Program
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use Yahoo chat with Empathy. Simply go to <code>Edit-&gt;Accounts</code> then click 'Add...' and choose Yahoo as the protocol. You need to enter your Yahoo account details.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/fZXcn.png\" alt=\"Add Yahoo account\"></p>\n", ...
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13077
1
null
2010-11-13T21:03:16.663
4
3029
<p>I'm trying to create a global counter variable to see how many times <code>~/.profile</code> gets executed. Thus:<br> In <code>~/.bashrc</code>:</p> <pre><code># ... if [ "$PROFILE_EXEC_TIMES" = "" ]; then export PROFILE_EXEC_TIMES=0 fi let "PROFILE_EXEC_TIMES += 1" </code></pre> <p>In <code>~/.profile</code>:</...
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2014-01-31T20:54:42.410
2014-01-31T20:54:42.410
Is ~/.profile sourced by bash?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From your comments on my original answer, it appears that your real question is \"Is ~/.profile sourced by GNOME?\" The answer is yes. Look in <code>/etc/gdm/Xsession</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code># First read /etc/profile and .profile\ntest -f /etc/profile &amp;&amp; . /etc/prof...
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13079
1
13081
2010-11-13T21:10:41.570
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<p>Sometimes I want to download programs that are not proposed in the Software Center but only on the developer's website, like for example <a href="http://www.worldofgoo.com/dl2.php?lk=demo" rel="noreferrer">World of Goo Demo</a>. But the website proposes only one .deb download link usable by Ubuntu.</p> <p>Is it pos...
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2010-11-13T21:55:12.813
Can I use every .deb file, whatever my Ubuntu version or architecture?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I encountered the following two errors when trying to install .deb files:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Wrong architecture</li>\n<li>Unmet dependencies</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>So no, sometimes if you want to install a Jaunty Package in Maverick (for example) it won't install, because it depends on an O...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes you can AFAIK, Linux mint, debian, ubuntu and other flavors all would accept the .deb file.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11-13T21:18:58.330", "id": ...
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2010-11-13T21:57:32.140
2
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<p>I have so far been using Skype to do conference calls on Ubuntu Maverick. I want to stop using Skype because the client looks pretty bad (or has a number of minor bugs) in the default Ubuntu theme (e.g. menu items don't display unless you point at them), and it seems to use up a lot of my CPU while audio calling.</p...
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4258
2010-11-15T08:30:03.633
2010-11-15T09:19:29.100
FOSS Conference calling software
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-13T22:20:20.330", "id": "13646", "postId": "13092", "score": "0", "text": "Answers to [this question](http://askubuntu.com/q/1801/667) may help you.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "667" }, { "creationDate": "2010-11-29T13:08:04.650", "id": "16...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong><em>Ekiga</em></strong> ( <a href=\"http://ekiga.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://ekiga.org/</a> ), quoting from the website:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p><strong>Ekiga</strong> (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an open source SoftPhone, <strong>Video Conferencing</str...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Actually, we use this thing called \"mumble\" inside Canonical. It's organized\nlike an IRC server with various rooms and basic texting ability. Great\nfor ad hoc meetings and a little more entertaining than just hanging out\non IRC. The configuration could be better, but onc...
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2010-11-13T22:44:30.497
5
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<p>I have the issue that sometimes when I burn an iso image to a CD-R with:</p> <pre><code>sudo wodim -v driveropts=burnfree -data dev=/dev/scd0 input.iso </code></pre> <p>And then read it back out again with:</p> <pre><code>sudo dd if=/dev/cdrom of=output.iso dd: reading `/dev/cdrom': Input/output error ... </code>...
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2013-12-26T17:38:29.453
2016-09-21T17:13:21.703
Burned CD-R are not identical to the input iso image, why?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Indeed, it's probably padding. Check the file sizes, is <code>output.iso</code> slightly larger?</p>\n\n<p>Look at the very end of <code>output.iso</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>dd if=output.iso bs=1 seek=658562000 count=1071 | hexdump -C\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I'm guessing zeros?<...
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13106
1
13107
2010-11-13T23:12:00.887
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<p>I have a headless storage server with preconfigured Windows Home Server. How can I install Ubuntu without a display?</p> <p>Do I have to build a custom install flash drive? If so, what would be the basic procedure? Is there a program (like unetbootin) to do this?</p>
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312548
2015-08-14T08:17:56.830
2015-08-14T08:17:56.830
How can I install Ubuntu on a headless machine?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The best way to install on a server is to use a network console, you can find good instructions here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/NetworkConsole\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/NetworkConsole</a></p>\n\n<p>Your other option is t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The best way to install on a server is to use a network console, you can find good instructions here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/NetworkConsole\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/NetworkConsole</a></p>\n\n<p>Your other opt...
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1
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2010-11-13T23:41:48.020
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<p>I type with all ten fingers so I'm using <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>H</kbd>(<kbd>J</kbd>,<kbd>K</kbd>,<kbd>L</kbd>) shortcuts in Vim in insert mode to move cursor and it's very cool :) I would like to <strong>remap arrow keys in X</strong> (Gnome) to use these shortcuts in all X applications</p> <p>So if I press <kbd>Al...
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17739
2011-10-31T20:45:49.727
2011-10-31T20:45:49.727
Map keyboard arrows to shortcuts
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would use a combination of the Keyboard Shortcuts preference pane and xvkbd. </p>\n\n<p>xvkbd allows you to send keyboard-events through command line, and Keyboard Shortcuts allows you to bind command lines to key events.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [],...
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