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2010-11-16T03:51:42.020
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<p>I have this problem:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/tNlb6.png" alt="desktop with empty frame"></p> <p><a href="http://xmages.net/storage/10/1/0/8/1/upload/f7f6b66d.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Larger image</a></p> <p>Seems like something has frozen. This happens after every reboot now. How do I trac...
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2011-04-08T16:50:51.080
2011-04-08T16:50:51.080
Frozen window carcass that doesn't want to leave
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could try using xkill and clicking on the empty spot to see if it goes away. If it does, perhaps look at a system monitor and see which process got killed.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA...
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13455
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13618
2010-11-16T04:11:11.457
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<p>Good evening all, </p> <p>I have decided to rip my entire DVD collection to Ogg-Theora video, specifically a few different TV series' that I have so I don't have to keep digging the discs out. To do this, I have been using dvd::rip to pull the individual vob files from the disc and then using ffmpeg2theora to enco...
5614
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2010-11-17T20:40:51.850
2017-02-19T08:33:30.970
Split ogg-theora video files without re-encoding?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Thanks for the answers I have received so far! I think I have found a utility that works for my needs. After some research, it seems that Xiph.org (the makers of theora) have a utility that has a chop functionality that takes a time offset (much like the ffmpeg utility that aking10...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could try Avidemux available in the repositories, you can install it from the software center, mark the segment you want, select your container type and use the copy options to get the marked segment out without re-encoding, More information about Avidemux here: <a href=\...
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2010-11-16T04:14:29.813
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13351/what-horoscope-or-astrology-software-is-available">What Horoscope or Astrology software is available?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I am looking for horoscope software in ubuntu</p>
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2010-11-16T04:55:18.903
What Horoscope software is available?
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<p>Is there a way you can disable or customize the notification bubbles on Lucid?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HGjE9.png" alt="alt text"></p>
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2014-06-09T17:06:38.470
2016-01-22T13:15:49.897
How can I customize/disable notification bubbles?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes you can, using a tool called <a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/06/customize-the-ubuntu-notification-bubbles/\">Notify OSD Configuration</a>.</p>\n\n<p>If you want to disable them rename the file<br>\n <code>/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Notifications...
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2010-11-16T06:49:29.693
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<p>Is it possible to display the current time in Empathy status, and perform simple manipulations, like </p> <p><code>currentTime + 10minutes</code></p> <p>I am using Lucid Lynx.</p> <p>Thanks</p>
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2010-12-07T05:07:07.797
2011-01-06T05:30:09.620
Displaying the system time in Empathy status
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Hmm. I don't think it is. Have you had any success with that? I've been using Pidgin, and it doesn't work. I also tried Empathy, and no luck there either. I know that in iChat you <em>used</em> to be able to do that, but I haven't used a Mac in ages, and that doesn't answer your ques...
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13470
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2010-11-16T06:58:24.633
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<p>I am running BackupPC, which backs up my laptop via rsync to another computer daily. Suppose that I upgrade one or more packages during the backup process. Is it possible that the package will be broken in the backup because some of its files came from the old version and some from the newly-upgraded version? How li...
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2010-11-16T08:42:42.860
Can upgrading packages during an in-progress backup render the backup unusable?
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2010-11-16T08:04:06.123
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<p>Can someone tell me how can I extract a password protected .7z file in Ubuntu server?</p> <p>(I know the password, I just need a program to do so and an example of how to use said program...)</p>
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2010-11-16T18:10:23.603
2017-09-07T00:26:01.820
How do I extract a password protected .7z file?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install <code>p7zip-full</code> on the server first and then run this to extract a z7 archive called <code>test.7z</code>, encrypted with the password <code>password</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>7z x test.7z -ppassword\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>As JanC adds below, you can omit the whole <cod...
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2010-11-16T09:08:50.680
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<p>I regularly use a http proxy for blocked sites here in China.</p> <p>However, it slows things down in general even for unblocked sites.</p> <p>Is there an easy way of switching proxy profiles? I'd prefer not to have to go in to Network Proxy everytime, if there is.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> <p>Running 10.10 on an Acer...
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2016-08-05T06:57:54.360
Easy way to switch network proxy settings?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>One way would be to place the Network Proxy app in your gnome panel. Just left-click and drag System->Preferences->Network Proxy and drop it on your gnome panel somewhere. Create proxy profiles in the Network Proxy application by clicking \"Location->New Location\" and defini...
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13480
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2010-11-16T09:12:39.653
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<p>I am trying to monitor the USB traffic in Ubuntu 10.0.4. According to many websites, the usbmon is already included in the kernel, but typing modprobe usbmon. It will return "Can't find module".</p> <p>Do I have to recompile the usbmon module? </p>
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2013-12-25T21:27:03.330
2013-12-25T21:27:03.330
Usbmon module missing?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Usbmon is directly compiled in the ubuntu kernel ( not as a module ). I tested on maverick but you can confirm that on 10.04 doing this.</p>\n\n<p>Go to the 'config' folder of your kernel:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cd /usr/src/linux-headers-&lt;yourversion&gt;-generic/include/config\...
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13485
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2010-11-16T09:42:53.523
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<p>How can I change or increase the KDE kickoff slide effect speed?</p> <p>I don't mean when moving from one tab to another (Favourites to Applications, for instance) - I mean from menu to submenu (so clicking on "Internet" to reveal a list of internet-oriented applications, like a web browser, IM client etc.).</p> <...
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2013-09-25T19:28:01.793
Change KDE kickoff slide effect speed
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's not possible to change the speed. At least the current release of KDE (4.5) doesn't support changing it.</p>\n\n<p>Future releases of KDE might support changing the animation speed.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, ...
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2010-11-16T10:08:12.843
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<p>Using GNOME Mplayer everytime I play a video, I get the annoying dialog pop-out in the screenshot below.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/sYlsL.png" alt="alt text"></p>
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2010-11-16T18:06:20.847
2017-03-15T07:39:51.517
GNOME Mplayer: "Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so" error
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is the solution to your problem:</p>\n\n<p>Just try specifying a video output driver on the command line when you launch mplayer like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mplayer -vo xv video.wmv\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You can get a list of \"Available video output drivers\" with the c...
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2010-11-16T11:11:47.513
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<p>I want to use twidge to connect to my identi.ca-Account. I already successfully authenticated the client against identi.ca. But if I execute <code>twidge lsrecent</code> I get the following error:</p> <pre><code>twidge: user error (Bad response: 401) </code></pre> <p>What is wrong and has to be changed?</p>
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2010-11-16T12:34:37.270
How I get twidge to work with identi.ca?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is a known bug and it is fixed in twidge_1.0.6. </p>\n\n<p>You can download and install the latest build from <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/twidge_1.0.6_i386.deb\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/twid...
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13497
1
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2010-11-16T12:29:42.673
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<p>I have a problem with maverick when resuming from hibernate. Here's a screen shot: </p> <p>(Image Error)</p> <p>Also I'm getting the following errors before the screen appears:</p> <pre><code>*ERROR* render ring head not reset to zero ctl 00... *ERROR* render ring head forced to zero ctl 00000... </code></pre> ...
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2012-01-06T23:15:58.720
2012-01-06T23:15:58.720
Problems after resuming from hibernate
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2012-02-02T18:16:21.947
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2010-11-16T13:54:46.093
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<p>I have a pair of the Asus HS-1000W-R wireless headphones with microphone that were working just fine with Ubuntu 10.04. But we had to move cubicles last weekend and since setting the computer back up they aren't available for me to select in the Sound Preferences Input or Output tabs. They still appear in the Hardw...
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2010-12-27T13:54:24.797
2012-03-25T08:28:53.973
Why Audio Device shows up in Hardware but not under Input/Output?
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2010-11-16T14:48:18.097
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<p>I've had a turbulent relationship with my media centre box. Every upgrade I perform on it seems to bring a brand new set of audio issues (the opposite of my desktop where things seem to get better and better).</p> <p>It's a Acer Revo 3600. That's basically an low-end Intel Atom chip with a Nvidia 9400M onboard. On ...
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2013-12-15T20:23:23.200
2013-12-15T20:23:23.200
Acer Revo (ION platform) + Maverick + 5.1 surround over HDMI
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Let's first start by making sure you've got updated alsa-lib (<strong>libasound2</strong>) and pulseaudio from maverick-proposed (note: you may have to use a non-updates/proposed kernel for testing). Next, please see <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/InstallingLinuxAlsaDriverM...
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2010-11-16T14:52:53.320
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<p>What's the easiest way to run J2ME (Java phone apps) on Ubuntu?</p>
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2018-02-05T21:49:12.570
Running J2ME (Java Micro Edition) Applications
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use MicroEmulator it is a pure Java implementation of Java ME in Java SE. You can find its <a href=\"https://sourceforge.net/projects/microemulator/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">homepage on Sourceforge</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDa...
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13511
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2010-11-16T15:04:06.197
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<p>Ive posted this here because im not sure whether its a windows or linux problem, so feel free to correct me. Ive installed windows 7 on a virtual box vm running on ubuntu, and i have then installed the virtual box guest additions. Everything seems to have worked, except for the audio, windows is reporting it does no...
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2014-02-25T02:53:29.227
2014-03-05T03:59:13.183
no audio on windows guest after installing vbox guest additions
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If following <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/13511/no-audio-on-windows-guest-after-installing-vbox-guest-additions/13517#13517\">Oli</a>'s answer updating VirtualBox or selecting PulseAudio does not help you may have missing <a href=\"http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/dow...
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13521
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2010-11-16T15:55:29.183
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<p>There are some sites that provide books as HTML pages (e.g., legal stuff). </p> <p>What can I use to create a PDF book from these pages, based on the already-existing structure? </p> <p>In Windows there is Adobe Professional (commercial software). I'm guessing that Linux has something free? A solution involving sc...
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2011-01-31T15:15:17.100
2022-07-15T12:27:13.063
Create pdf from HTML book
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The easiest way? File > Print from your browser. Select <strong>Print to File</strong> as your printer, and it will ask you where you want it. Be sure to mark PDF. Hit \"Print\" and it will actually be saved to your drive instead of actually printing.</p>\n", "commentCoun...
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2010-11-16T16:51:37.600
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<p>I have a laptop which has an Intel core 2 duo processor with in-built graphics card. I have some issues with the video drivers. I want to know from where I can get latest sources code for the drivers, and also need suggestions about the best way of compiling and installing the driver.</p>
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2012-02-02T16:53:56.000
2012-02-02T17:08:11.703
Compiling and installing Intel graphics card drivers
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Instead of compiling the drivers yourself you can just <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa\" rel=\"nofollow\">add this</a> PPA to your system and update it. All the instructions you need are on the page itself. Follow them carefully, and remember, you do this at...
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13531
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2010-11-16T17:54:22.697
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<p>How can I create a bootable CD to run on an old PC accessing an LTSP server. I have found ample documentation on installing an LTSP server, but no reference on how to create a bootable CD. (PC emulating a thinclient). My old PC does not support booting from LAN.</p> <p>Thank you.</p>
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2011-06-20T20:19:56.447
2015-08-10T08:45:38.047
Thinclient Boot CD
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your best option is to download a floppy disk or usb disk image for PXE booting:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://rom-o-matic.net/gpxe/gpxe-1.0.1/contrib/rom-o-matic/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://rom-o-matic.net/gpxe/gpxe-1.0.1/contrib/rom-o-matic/</a></p>\n\n<p>This will allow you to...
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ziad zamel
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2010-11-16T19:41:47.317
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<p>Recently started playing with Ubuntu. I am playing with few shell scripts written for Korn Shell that I want to edit in Ubuntu. What shell does Ubuntu runs on? I guess its Bash? If it is, then is there any way to install or run a particular script under a particular shell?</p>
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2010-11-16T19:59:21.173
2010-11-16T21:31:37.370
Which shell is shipped on default installs?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The default scripting shell (<code>/bin/sh</code>) is <em>dash</em>. The default interactive shell (<code>/bin/bash</code>) is <em>bash</em>. When using scripts on Ubuntu that are using <code>/bin/sh</code> you may need to avoid various \"bashisms\", like arrays or {}-style globbing....
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2010-11-16T19:50:47.967
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<p>A month or so ago I updated from 10.04 to 10.10, the problem is that after the update process programs that I had full control of no longer respond to me as a regular user, and work normally only when I run them through the terminal using sudo.</p> <p>Any idea how to fix that? The programs that don't run normally a...
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2010-11-16T19:59:40.707
2010-11-23T21:58:01.067
Problem with permissions after upgrading
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Can you reproduce this symptom with a fresh, new user account?</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-26T23:12:51.550", "id": "15795", "postId": "14619", "score": "0", "text": "i tried with no succcess ,i opend a ne...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Can you reproduce this symptom with a fresh, new user account?</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-26T23:12:51.550", "id": "15795", "postId": "14619", "score": "0", "text": "i tried with n...
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<p>Tried to configure and crashed Graphic interface at start-up. now stuck with no 3D</p>
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2010-11-16T23:44:38.787
Xserver nvidia configuration for 10.10
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's likely that you have caused the machine to use the backup nouvou or vga drivers if your nvidia configuration failed.</p>\n\n<p>You need to reassert the old xorg configuration:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak\nsudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf...
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fredlan
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2010-11-16T20:50:51.657
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7654/how-do-i-set-up-ruby-on-rails">How do I set up Ruby on Rails?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Can anybody give me a step by step guide to installing ruby on rails 3 with mysql2 on Ubuntu 10.04 (assuming I have a fre...
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2012-06-13T22:37:32.283
Step by step guide to install Ruby on Rails?
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2012-06-14T00:53:16.143
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2010-11-16T21:46:42.850
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<p>I have one of those fancy keyboards with the extra media keys. For years, I more or less ignored them. Then my work got my a MacBook, and behold, I got spoiled. Now I want them to work when I'm using my desktop, too. (ubuntu 10.04 using XFCE)</p> <p>So, how do I do that? I'm most interested in the play/pause b...
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6161
2010-11-18T15:12:11.817
2012-01-13T23:57:51.777
Enable keyboard media keys
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Menu -> System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts (in gnome)<br><br>\nFor xfce I found this:<br></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>GNOME directly queries X11 for its media keys support, so you don't need to manually configure it. However, Xfce doesn't, and you'll have to manually get the k...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Menu -> System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts (in gnome)<br><br>\nFor xfce I found this:<br></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>GNOME directly queries X11 for its media keys support, so you don't need to manually configure it. However, Xfce doesn't, and you'll have to manually g...
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2010-11-16T21:57:51.037
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<p>I'm assisting in a project on Launchpad - however I do not have write access to that branch. How can I create a branch which I can push to and point people on the team for review?</p>
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2010-11-17T21:55:34.760
2012-09-20T01:53:54.240
How to create a personal branch in Launchpad?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to the project page that you want to create a branch for and click 'Submit Code'.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/SVxnY.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n\n<p>Then set up the branch. Make sure it is hosted in Launchpad.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/JpVP...
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2010-11-16T22:17:43.400
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6424/my-trackpad-doesnt-turn-on-after-i-turn-it-off-before-that-it-works">My trackpad doesn&#39;t turn on after I turn it off, before that it works</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>further to this issue:</p> <p><a href="...
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2017-04-13T12:24:11.537
2011-03-24T09:16:32.133
Trackpad has stopped working after pressing off key, how to reenable?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>it is indeed a bug as discussed here:\n<a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/546503\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/546503</a></p>\n\n<p>this is not a cure for the bug, but get your track...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>it is indeed a bug as discussed here:\n<a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/546503\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-settings-daemon/+bug/546503</a></p>\n\n<p>this is not a cure for the bug, but get yo...
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2011-08-11T20:04:45.060
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2010-11-16T22:19:28.890
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<p>Its a bit of a tease that I can see iTunes shares on the local network in Rhythmbox, but I'm unable to access them. Is there anything I can do to enable access to function?</p>
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2013-12-03T06:02:02.110
Access iTunes shares from Rhythmbox?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Starting with iTunes 7 Apple started encrypting access to <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Audio_Access_Protocol\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">DAAP</a> to stop this kind of feature. Unfortunately there's not much application developers can do.</p>\n\n<p>Here's a <a href...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You have 4 options:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Switch to a version of iTunes older than 7</li>\n<li>Complain to Apple </li>\n<li>Spend a few years with some mathematicians and destroy modern theories of cryptography</li>\n<li>Steal Apple's encryption key</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>What's going ...
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2010-11-16T22:23:51.740
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<p>I'm on a triple boot MacBook (OSX, Ubuntu, Windows). Windows started misbehaving and needed to be re-installed (as it often does). After reinstalling windows, the MBR now points to Windows directly and not GRUB.</p> <p>GRUB recovery which works on most MRB Partition Table, did not on this GPT Partition table:</p> ...
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2016-08-12T21:18:17.473
2016-08-12T21:18:17.473
How to reinstall or recover GRUB/MBR on an Intel Mac?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would have simply not used grub for your windows/linux partition and gone with rEFit:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://refit.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://refit.sourceforge.net/</a></p>\n\n<p>This would mean your windows partition would show up in a menu when first b...
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2010-11-16T22:24:57.840
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<p>Using tee without the <code>--append</code> flag, I just managed to clear out my <code>/etc/services</code> file.</p> <ol> <li><p>Can someone send me their copy from Maverick?</p></li> <li><p>How to recover from silly mistakes like this on the command line?</p></li> </ol>
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2012-11-08T15:59:47.730
2015-04-01T19:32:04.250
How to restore /etc/services?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd agree with Jorge but I can't say which package <code>/etc/services</code> comes from. It certainly doesn't seem like one that would be healthy to reinstall although I could be wrong.</p>\n\n<p>Edit: <code>/etc/services</code> comes from the <code>netbase</code> package and gets c...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The answers to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/12699/how-can-i-revert-a-config-file-back-to-the-originally-installed-version-after-i-h\">this question</a> should be able to help you out on how to get the file back and how to back up your <code>/etc</code> directory....
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2010-11-16T23:13:25.027
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<p>I <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=linux_2637_video&amp;num=1">read today on Phoronix</a> that there is a <a href="http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&amp;m=128978361700898&amp;w=2">200 line patch</a> to the Linux Kernel which dramatically improves desktop responsiveness. </p> <p>How ca...
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2010-11-16T23:20:15.320
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How do we get this magic performance-boosting 200 line patch?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Discussion regarding this specific patch took place on the Ubuntu kernel-team mailing list:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-November/013498.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-November/013498.html</a></p>\n...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>How can Ubuntu users get this in a way that's <strong><em>supported</em></strong>?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Emphasis mine. The only way you'll get it in a supported way is by waiting for Ubuntu to pull it into the Ubuntu kernel. As this is really just making i...
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2010-11-16T23:24:01.653
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<p>I want to ask if we're gonna see a version of Ubuntu such as Kubuntu for example but with GNOME shell and not with Unity ? A version called something like Gubuntu. Thanks in advance for your answers :)</p>
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2010-11-16T23:31:58.300
2011-01-06T12:39:31.107
Will there be a derivative with upstream GNOME 3.0?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Such a release is possible although I think you mean with Gnome shell or the \"Gnome user experience\" which is also known as the Gnome OS as pushed on future versions of Fedora and SuSE.</p>\n\n<p>There probably won't be a Canonical paid for release, but the community is muc...
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2010-11-16T23:41:44.640
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<p>I have ubuntu 10.04 on my mac, and i have realized that when i pluged in an USB keyboard (PC) and turn on the numeric keypad if then i removed the keyboard, the keyboard on the mac (this sounds odd, not english spoken person sorry) is completely lost. </p> <p>Let me try to explain, when removing the USB keyboard wi...
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2012-06-12T16:34:29.070
2012-06-12T16:34:29.070
Keyboard Bug or feature on Ubuntu on a MAC?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This sounds a lot like a bug to me but one that doesn't have a reasonable fix. I assume you don't have a number-lock key on your Mac keyboard. However you can turn NumLock off with a little application called <code>numlockx</code> (<code>sudo apt-get install numlockx</code>):...
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2010-11-16T23:52:34.093
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<p>Is there a way to have Google Calendar notifications through the message indicator applet <em>without</em> using Evolution? Something similar perhaps to "Gmailwatcher"? <br> <strong>Or</strong> <br> Is there a way to integrate Google Calendar with reminders into the calendar in ubuntu <em>without</em> evolution? <br...
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2018-10-21T12:45:33.903
Is there a way to add Google Calendar notifications to the indicator message applet?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I couldn't find anything pre-made to do what you ask.</p>\n\n<p>It should be easy enough to program something using python-gdata and python-pyosd, I'd say this would be a good project for an amateur computer programmer getting into some of these technologies.</p>\n\n<p>Of cou...
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2010-11-16T23:54:50.837
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<p>Is there a way that I can customize the Window List Panel Applet so that middle clicking closes a program or group of programs?</p>
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2010-12-27T13:58:17.273
2015-03-15T20:55:41.267
Window list Panel Applet mouse shortcuts
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>No, I don't think so. It's not a bad idea though (imo), and would be consistent with well-established behaviour in other tab-like things. You could file it at <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/</a>. Or as Oli says, try ...
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2010-11-17T00:03:33.700
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<p>Compiz doesn't work correctly with my graphics card (Intel 82852/855GM), so I use Metacity composite mode, which works fine. Sometimes I'd like to make a particular window of my choice semi-transparent (setting up a transparency ratio for all active windows and another for all inactive ones is not enough). Is there ...
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2010-11-17T00:13:14.857
Can I manually adjust a particular window's transparency using Metacity composite mode?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>sudo apt-get install transset\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You then use <code>transset</code> to interactively make windows transparent. I can't find any help for it though but I assume there's an option of scripting it to almost-automatically beat down windows you want transparent.<...
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2010-11-17T00:21:49.470
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<p>I want to be able to have a keyboard short-cut to either start or bring to the front a program. (sqldeveloper if it matters)</p> <p>I know how to run it, that leaves:</p> <p>1) how do I find out if a program is already running?</p> <p>2) how do I bring the program the other top of other open windows?</p> <p>~~ ...
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6161
2010-11-17T23:31:01.693
2010-11-19T02:49:48.747
Command to activate (either run or bring to front if already running) a program
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A little bash and <a href=\"http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/\" rel=\"nofollow\">xdotool</a> should do the trick. Notes on installing xdotool at end of post.</p>\n\n<p>ActivateOrLaunch.sh</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env bash\n\n# usage:\n# ActivateOrLaunch.sh firefox-...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Create a file in your home directory called sql-raise.sh</p>\n\n<pre>\n#!/bin/sh\nif ps -ef | grep process-name | grep -v grep ; then\n #The process is running, bring it to the front\n xdotool search --name process-name windowraise\n exit 0\nfi\n\n#The process is not...
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2010-11-17T00:31:21.183
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<p>I have a python package previously installed via apt(by default). Now I want to install new version and compile it manually from the sources with all the required modules.</p> <p>How can I do that? I suppose that</p> <pre><code>apt-get purge python </code></pre> <p>And then install from sources is not possible be...
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2010-11-17T08:37:40.140
What is the right way to reinstall from source after package was installed via apt?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You'll want to look at the command <code>sudo apt-get build-dep python</code> which will install all the build dependencies, but not the package itself.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T00:46:48.040", "id":...
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2010-11-17T01:05:35.690
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<p>I want to install ubuntu-minimal. I can't see coreutils as a dependency, although there are still plenty of other packages that ubuntu-minimal depends on. Will I have to install it seperately or is it a dependency of one of these other packages in ubuntu-minimal? If so, which one?</p>
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2010-11-17T01:29:45.133
Where is coreutils in ubuntu-minimal?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <code>coreutils</code> is marked <code>Essential: yes</code>, so it's always included in an installation, and <code>dpkg</code> will warn you in a rather non-ignorable way if you try to remove it. Packages do not have to declare dependencies on essential packages, unless they nee...
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2010-11-17T01:12:52.297
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<p>I want to make use of all the icons which are installed on my computer to make art, posters and designs, what is the best way of making them all easily browsable from inkscape?</p>
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2010-11-17T06:11:09.720
How can I collect all svg icons from my computer?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want to make a copy of them all in to one directory try the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo updatedb\nmkdir $HOME/svg\nlocate *.svg | awk -F'/' '{X=NF-1;Y=NF-2;Z=NF-3}{ system(\"cp \"$0\" '$HOME'/svg/\"$Z\"\\\"-\\\"\"$Y\"\\\"-\\\"\"$X\"\\\"-\\\"\"$NF) }'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p...
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2010-11-17T01:14:50.627
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<p>I have hunch that a certain <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4075/why-is-ubuntu-sometimes-ugly-when-i-log-in">intermittent bug</a> might only manifest itself when there is a slow disk read rate. Troubleshooting is difficult because I can't reliably reproduce it.</p> <p>Short of simply gobbling IO with a hig...
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2017-04-13T12:25:13.150
2019-10-17T10:11:29.393
Can I simulate a slow hard drive?
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2010-11-17T01:51:50.520
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<p>A while ago, I used to use the <a href="http://grsecurity.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">grsecurity</a> kernel patches, which had an option to hide process arguments from other non-root users. Basically this just made <code>/proc/*/cmdline</code> be mode 0600, and <code>ps</code> handles that properly by showing t...
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2017-05-23T12:39:47.040
2013-10-18T03:12:30.293
How to hide process arguments from other users?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git;a=commitdiff;h=0499680a42141d86417a8fbaa8c8db806bea1201\">There is now a <code>hidepid</code> mount option for <code>procfs</code></a> that lets you hide arguments from other users, and optionally allow one group ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could stop them from accessing system monitor and top, by changing their permissions in the users and groups settings. I'm not certain this will be a complete solution but it should be sufficient to block this from most common users.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "...
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13613
1
13614
2010-11-17T03:49:56.657
21
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<p>I develop most of my code in Git repos, now that I've become slightly more active on Launchpad I've started picking up Bazaar which has two "small" difference from Git's workflow that ride against how I usually develop code. While I don't mind using Bazaar I've noticed that Launchpad has options to use multiple VSC ...
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2015-05-19T07:20:25.863
Git on Launchpad
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The repository is stored as a bazaar repository on Launchpad.</p>\n\n<p>Multiple git branches are not currently imported - this is being looked at &amp; can be followed at <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+bug/380871\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+bug...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The repository is stored as a bazaar repository on Launchpad.</p>\n\n<p>Multiple git branches are not currently imported - this is being looked at &amp; can be followed at <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-code/+bug/380871\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-c...
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13619
1
13627
2010-11-17T04:52:58.110
5
3031
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13562/how-do-we-get-this-magic-performance-boosting-200-line-patch">How do we get this magic performance-boosting 200 line patch?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>The <a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:31.777
2010-11-17T05:46:50.407
Is it likely Ubuntu 11.04 will ship with the ~200 line "miracle" kernel patch?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The likelihood of it being included in Ubuntu is mostly dependent on if the Linux Kernel (as upstream) includes the patch in the stable release 2.6.38 which will go into Natty Narwhal.</p>\n\n<p>It's possible the Ubuntu kernel team will patch the Ubuntu kernel in time for the release...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The answer is simple.If the patch makes it to kernel 2.6.38, then Natty will have it as well.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11-17T05:43:28.960", "id": "1...
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2010-11-17T15:09:27.360
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13620
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2010-11-17T05:04:34.047
4
1235
<p>I am searching a command-line tagging tool that supports ogg- and mp3-tagging and allows to add a picture to the tags.</p> <p>Currently I use <a href="http://home.gna.org/lltag/" rel="nofollow">lltag</a> but that does not support pictures. <a href="http://freewarepoint.de/dagger/" rel="nofollow">dagger</a> is the t...
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2019-05-24T15:13:23.597
2019-05-24T15:13:23.597
Command line MP3 and OGG tagger with picture support (cover fetcher)
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/eyed3\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">eyed3</a> (<a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/eyed3\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Install eyed3</a>)</h2>\n\n<p>This works for mp3 files.\nExample usage, where <code>image_name.jpg</code> is the filename...
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2019-05-25T06:52:43.313
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13622
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13624
2010-11-17T05:26:07.003
6
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<p>If I understand Wayland correctly, this isn't something that's built into the kernel. If so, then that means that, even when Wayland becomes the default display manager, we can do a commandline install and install X.org instead of Wayland.</p> <p>In that case, will X.org always be available in the repositories in c...
5063
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null
2010-11-25T22:01:50.220
Will X.org be available in the future?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all, before we jump the gun here, X.org is not going anywhere just yet.</p>\n\n<p>For situations where wayland is not supported, X will remain the fallback. Plus, X will still be maintained and available.</p>\n\n<p>That covered, wayland will provide many of the features X do...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all, before we jump the gun here, X.org is not going anywhere just yet.</p>\n\n<p>For situations where wayland is not supported, X will remain the fallback. Plus, X will still be maintained and available.</p>\n\n<p>That covered, wayland will provide many of the featu...
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0
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13629
1
13631
2010-11-17T06:32:50.033
6
11414
<p>I'm currently playing with virtualbox and just installed ubuntu-minimal.</p> <p>I then proceeded to install gnome-core. After reinstalling, I rebooted but I'm taken back to the CLI. How do I load gnome when in command line? And how do I make it run gnome by default after booting?</p>
5267
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2010-11-17T06:51:59.237
2010-11-17T06:52:25.923
Booting to gnome by default
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>install gdm. you can later set gdm to auto login to the user account with gnome (it will handle starting X for you as well)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11-17T06:51:06.697", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>install gdm. you can later set gdm to auto login to the user account with gnome (it will handle starting X for you as well)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11-...
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13636
1
13757
2010-11-17T08:16:37.043
22
1258
<p>Ever since I've been asking this question, the predominant answer has been something to the effect of "well one day we'll have free drivers so we can just ignore the problem"</p> <p>But, in the meantime, NVidia-settings has been so awful it's been scaring users away from Ubuntu for the past 4 years. If you have mu...
2558
41
2010-11-18T00:42:58.420
2011-05-14T18:19:40.517
How do we get NVidia to make nvidia-settings a less terrible piece of software?
[ "nvidia" ]
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T09:07:05.453", "id": "14132", "postId": "13636", "score": "0", "text": "@Scott Ritchie: the need to restart X itself to enable/disable multiple monitors or change resolution is bad per se. Is there really much NVidia can do about it? This is a real question I'm aski...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The nvidia-settings tool is open-source (<a href=\"http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/n/nvidia-settings/nvidia-settings_260.19.06-0ubuntu1/nvidia-settings.copyright\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">GPLv2 + BSD</a>), so it's entirely possible for <em>anyone</em> to make it...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well the Catalyst control centre is not a terrific piece of software either. So ATI/AMD is as much to blame. The problem lies with the perception that linux users are not heavy gamers, so do not need advanced tools for tweaking their graphics experience. We can start by writi...
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13639
1
13675
2010-11-17T08:40:14.073
7
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<p>I want to buy a Mecer LUCID Slate tablet and install unity on the tablet. Thus no keyboard.</p> <ol> <li><p>Clicking on a text entry field will this bring up a on screen keyboard?</p></li> <li><p>Does uTouch support a on screen keyboard out of the box or do you have to install a package to have this capability?</p>...
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2010-11-17T13:35:44.277
2017-02-19T10:46:45.863
On screen Keyboard with uTouch
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Currently Unity does not come with an onscreen keyboard of that sort. You can use <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/onboard\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">onboard</a> (open it from dash) to type using the mouse/touchpad, though it won't be a wonderfully smooth experience...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Currently Unity does not come with an onscreen keyboard of that sort. You can use <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/onboard\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">onboard</a> (open it from dash) to type using the mouse/touchpad, though it won't be a wonderfully smooth ex...
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13641
1
13642
2010-11-17T09:02:42.543
3
3770
<p>My printer (Canon Pixma IP5200R) is capable of printing up to 9.600 x 2.400 dpi. However in 10.04 CUPS with Gutenberg installed lets me choose not more than 600 dpi in the settings. Is there a way using only open source to improve print quality? I already tried editing the *.ppd files to include higher dpi values. T...
3940
60294
2014-06-14T11:51:32.747
2014-06-14T11:51:32.747
How to print more than 600dpi with CUPS
[ "printing", "canon", "pixma" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T14:55:07.473", "id": "14180", "postId": "13641", "score": "1", "text": "I've always thought the extreme numbers quoted by the printer manufacturers. At 10 to 40 dots per mm, you need a positioning accuracy of 25μm which strikes me as pretty precise for a consumer gr...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The only way to improve quality of the print is to do the research of reverse engineering the specific driver related instructions and updating the pixma foomatic driver. Currently we don't have any Canon documentation to work from to get printers working.</p>\n\n<p>I have a Canon iP...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The only way to improve quality of the print is to do the research of reverse engineering the specific driver related instructions and updating the pixma foomatic driver. Currently we don't have any Canon documentation to work from to get printers working.</p>\n\n<p>I have a ...
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13643
1
13644
2010-11-17T09:16:14.137
1
4263
<p>what should I do if I want that my USB key is auto-mounted after reboot?</p> <p>I mounted it on <code>/media/corsair</code>, but after reboot it is gone...</p>
3921
59676
2012-08-25T11:21:22.927
2012-08-25T11:21:22.927
Auto-mount USB after reboot
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You'll need to create an entry in the fstab configuration file. The fstab configuration file contains instructions to automatically mount filesystems at startup. You can include network shares, usb sticks and internal hdd in this file.</p>\n\n<p>Look here for a full howto:</p>\n\n<p>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You'll need to create an entry in the fstab configuration file. The fstab configuration file contains instructions to automatically mount filesystems at startup. You can include network shares, usb sticks and internal hdd in this file.</p>\n\n<p>Look here for a full howto:</p...
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13645
1
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2010-11-17T10:42:32.177
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<p>Is there a way to change file picker dialog path input? I would like to type the path myself instead of clicking buttons to specify the destination path. In Nautilus I can hit <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>L</kbd>, to show the path text box. In <strong>Save page as</strong> dialog the same shortcut takes me to name text box....
3782
147044
2013-09-05T06:41:48.850
2013-09-05T06:41:48.850
Typing location path instead of clicking directory buttons in the file picker dialog?
[ "nautilus", "firefox", "paths" ]
3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2017-12-06T12:00:07.447", "id": "1582463", "postId": "13645", "score": "5", "text": "Thanks for the ctrl - L tip! I was just looking for that", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "747356" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have my nautilus set to always show the location bar instead of the buttons and in Firefox, I see the location bar by default too (what you want, I believe).</p>\n\n<p>To do this you have to change a gconf/dconf entry.</p>\n\n<p>Up to Ubuntu 11.10:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gconfto...
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13646
1
13701
2010-11-17T11:04:55.103
0
2101
<p>I watch a lot of foreign language films and it really annoys me to not be able to use my PS3 for them without hard coded subs. Is there a piece of software that will let me add the subtitles into the video file (without re-encoding) in a way that will allow the PS3 to recognise them?</p> <p>Right now I don't have t...
4409
4409
2010-11-17T15:26:01.737
2010-11-17T16:50:28.603
Any software to add subtitles to Xvid for playback on a PS3?
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T13:22:16.597", "id": "14155", "postId": "13646", "score": "0", "text": "what format does the PS3 use? Maybe you can add them as overlays instead?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" }, { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T13:45:07.853", "id": "1...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I know only 2 application that can add subtitles to a movie to be viewed by PS3</p>\n\n<p>One, the easiest, is <strong>AVIAddXSubs</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>Sadly is a Windows application but runs under wine.</p>\n\n<p>You can find it here: <a href=\"http://www.calcitapp.com/AVIAddXSubs.ph...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use PS3MediaCenter to directly stream your videos to the PS3 from your computer, \nand you can also stream subtitles.</p>\n\n<p>Blog:\n<a href=\"http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://ps3mediaserver.blogspot.com/</a></p>\n\n<p>Project...
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13648
1
13657
2010-11-17T11:09:49.653
4
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<p>I just noticed that HTML files with CSS transforms on elements show <em>with</em> the CSS transforms within the thumbnails on Nautilus. So what rendering engine does Nautilus use to generate the thumbnails for HTML files?</p>
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2010-11-17T20:00:52.117
2014-10-22T10:51:51.300
What rendering engine does Nautilus use to show HTML previews/thumbnails?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The thumbnailing programs are installed separately except for text/plain and are specified in gconf here:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/5f2FD.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n\n<p>This system allows you install different programs to do the rendering of different kinds of...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The thumbnailing programs are installed separately except for text/plain and are specified in gconf here:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/5f2FD.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n\n<p>This system allows you install different programs to do the rendering of different ...
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13652
1
13653
2010-11-17T12:02:43.143
5
1007
<p>There is not much more to say. I'd like to be able to see my gmail contacts in the contacts section of Evolution. I'm going to change them only from gmail, so a read-only solution will work.</p> <p>What I really want is to be able to access my Android phone-book (stored on gmail) without retrieving my cellular from...
211
67558
2013-02-07T07:59:50.153
2013-02-07T07:59:50.153
How can I add and keep synced my gmail contacts in evolution?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could just use the gmail web client.</p>\n\n<p>Or you can go into evolution and add your google account as an address book:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Eu5rw.png\" alt=\"shows add google address book\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could just use the gmail web client.</p>\n\n<p>Or you can go into evolution and add your google account as an address book:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Eu5rw.png\" alt=\"shows add google address book\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [...
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13655
1
13656
2010-11-17T12:17:07.453
3
5622
<p>There was a folder on my desktop, and I dragged and dropped it onto the trash icon on the bottom right of the screen to see if the folder would be deleted.</p> <p>It got deleted. </p> <p>But when I opened up the trash folder by clicking on that icon, the folder I had deleted was not there. I then clicked on the pr...
5493
721
2010-11-17T21:53:54.840
2012-02-22T14:00:10.907
Why are my Trash items not showing?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sounds like you have some items in an old gnome trash folder instead of the newer xdg trash folder. Do you need to recover the files and could you specify what you're looking for?</p>\n\n<p>Even if you find out what's wrong, this still should be reported as a bug:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sounds like you have some items in an old gnome trash folder instead of the newer xdg trash folder. Do you need to recover the files and could you specify what you're looking for?</p>\n\n<p>Even if you find out what's wrong, this still should be reported as a bug:</p>\n\n<p><...
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13658
1
13660
2010-11-17T12:42:56.173
8
1483
<p>How do I change my password for Ubuntu?</p>
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721
2010-11-17T19:59:10.807
2011-10-10T01:44:44.370
How do I change my password?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to the command prompt and type</p>\n\n<pre><code>passwd\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and follow the steps.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T17:20:53.973", "id": "14208", "postId": "13660", "score": "1", "text": ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>System > Administration > Users and Groups</p>\n\n<p>You'll see the option to change it there.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11-17T12:48:13.600", "id": "...
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2017-02-05T16:09:17.143
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1
13668
2010-11-17T13:02:21.990
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<p>I've noticed that I can actually Shift-Delete (ie. doesn't go to Trash) a video which is currently playing, and it still keeps on playing, even though there is no named reference to it in <code>nautilus</code> or <code>ls</code> (terminal). </p> <p>Is the disk-space freed normally when the player has finished with...
2670
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null
2010-11-17T13:41:58.183
I can continue playing a video after I Shift-Delete it. Is the disk-space freed when I close player?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Although you've deleted it, the file is still in use because you have it open in your player. Once you close the media player, it will release its handle on the file data and will therefore be deleted.</p>\n\n<p>You can verify this with the <code>lsof</code> command, which lists open...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Although you've deleted it, the file is still in use because you have it open in your player. Once you close the media player, it will release its handle on the file data and will therefore be deleted.</p>\n\n<p>You can verify this with the <code>lsof</code> command, which li...
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1
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2010-11-17T13:16:53.160
3
980
<p>I have a Dell 1464 and installed Ubuntu on an External drive. After using ubuntu, I realized that a section of 3 or more hours make my screen go pixelated (Actually the blend of colors seems to get distorted and looked hideous). I use ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5450 and have installed the required driver. I'm new to lin...
6191
235
2010-11-19T12:40:25.213
2012-01-01T02:25:09.347
Section of the screen gets distorted and pixelated after a few hours
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12
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, if there is nothing wrong with screenshot (I can't see it either), most probably problem is with hardware. Dell do have excellent bootable <a href=\"http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&amp;l=en&amp;s=gen&amp;SystemID=XPS_M1210&amp;os=LE30&amp;osl=...
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2012-02-02T18:15:09.623
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13667
1
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2010-11-17T13:17:02.307
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<p>When I play any video on Ubuntu 9.10, volume is not there. Is it lacking a package?</p>
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3550
2011-02-16T14:06:54.263
2011-10-10T17:47:03.093
Videos play without sound
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T13:22:47.093", "id": "14156", "postId": "13667", "score": "1", "text": "why dont you use the latest version 10.10? I think that would be the ultimate solution.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2910" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Do you have the alsa-* package installed ?</p>\n\n<p>Try with:</p>\n\n<p><code>dpkg -l |grep alsa</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11-17T13:41:02.443", ...
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13674
1
13683
2010-11-17T13:57:02.007
3
11809
<p>I also have to enter a password to connect. Not the root password, but a password I created for the DSL connection when installing Ubuntu.</p> <p>So I would like to get rid of the password and connect automatically at startup.</p>
6116
1992
2010-11-17T14:08:34.657
2013-02-06T14:00:36.683
How to connect to the Internet (DSL) automatically at startup?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T14:09:06.747", "id": "14177", "postId": "13674", "score": "0", "text": "does the modem (if you are using one) have an ethernet connection available?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" }, { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T15:50:31.667", "id":...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I suggest you use <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/en/man8/pppoeconf.8.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><code>pppoeconf</code></a>.</p>\n\n<p>Press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> or go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal. Run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo pp...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I suggest you use <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/en/man8/pppoeconf.8.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><code>pppoeconf</code></a>.</p>\n\n<p>Press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>T</kbd> or go to Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal. Run:</p>\n\n<pre><code...
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13677
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2010-11-17T14:27:39.890
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<p>I am in the process of automating the backups from various servers to a central point then pushing those config changes into a git repo so I can track any changes over time. The rest of the scripts are working well, I can copy/rsync the files across the network to a central point. The last script is to get the con...
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2011-08-30T14:34:32.630
2022-04-21T21:10:11.757
How to use crontab, .netrc, and git push?
[ "git", "crontab" ]
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-18T09:52:37.440", "id": "14351", "postId": "13677", "score": "0", "text": "It would seem there is a difference between the env crontab runs in and the user env. cannot tell why it will pull (which means it gets netrc file), but won't push in crontab but same script wi...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think the problem is in your .gitconfig. Have you set the user name in there? Also, if you're backing up to a remote machine, I'd highly recommend using SSH for this instead.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T15:2...
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2010-11-17T14:37:16.390
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<p>The Xorg server/client architecture allows for network transparency which means it is possible to start x-clients on a remote machine and display the GUI on the local machine (i.e. via x-forwarding by using ssh).</p> <p>Will Wayland have the same or a similar way of allowing to display the GUIs of applications on a...
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2020-02-24T13:04:15.883
Will Wayland have network transparency?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to <a href=\"http://mmol-6453.livejournal.com/253081.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://mmol-6453.livejournal.com/253081.html</a> network transparency is on the list of things to do, it's just on the bottom of that list.\nIf what is said there is true, we will eventually be abl...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>My understanding is that X will be able to run on top of Wayland as a client. See the diagrams at the bottom of <a href=\"http://wayland.freedesktop.org/architecture.html\">http://wayland.freedesktop.org/architecture.html</a> for example.</p>\n\n<p>They only mention this in t...
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13689
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2010-11-17T15:38:33.490
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<p>All I can describe is that the result will be that the entire title bar will always be placed at the bottom of the window.</p> <p>Is this possible?</p>
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2011-08-14T08:19:02.367
2011-08-14T08:19:02.367
Is there a way to invert the display of window border decorations?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T15:44:31.680", "id": "14190", "postId": "13689", "score": "0", "text": "Not sure why you'd want to do this but... Might be possible through Window Decorations in CompizConfig Settings Manager, though I've not been able to produce it myself.", "userDisplayName": ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>With the window decorators available, this is not possible. There was some work under way to develop a new compiz decorator that would be able to do this, but as far as I can tell from the git tree of that project development seems to have stopped. Maybe some kind of box base...
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13691
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2010-11-17T15:57:53.517
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<p>Is it possible to configure the unity application launcher's width, so it will be smaller ? How do I do this ?</p>
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2010-11-17T16:51:44.423
2011-09-13T20:45:43.717
How do I configure the width of application launcher?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In Ubuntu 11.04 and upwards, you can do this from ccsm.</p>\n\n<p>Open the Unity plugin options and choose the launcher size you would like from there:\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/qmIZ1.png\" alt=\"Screenshot\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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13693
1
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2010-11-17T16:26:12.283
3
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<p>I know in Windows it's a .EXE, what about Ubuntu? Specifically I removed the startup application hook for Docky and for whatever reason Docky won't add it back in, so I want to add it back in manually. However I'm not sure what file I am looking for here... So that brought me to this question, in general what file t...
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2010-11-17T16:54:07.147
What type of file am I looking for when attempting to add an executable to startup applications?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can just drag and drop the Docky item from <em>Applications -> Accessories</em> into the<br>\n <em>Startup Applications</em> window and it will be added to the list of programs that start on login.</p>\n\n<p>The file type is <a href=\"http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entr...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can just drag and drop the Docky item from <em>Applications -> Accessories</em> into the<br>\n <em>Startup Applications</em> window and it will be added to the list of programs that start on login.</p>\n\n<p>The file type is <a href=\"http://standards.freedesktop.org/desk...
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13695
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2010-11-17T16:30:59.317
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<p>I'm planning to make a complete install of Ubuntu on an external hard drive in order to use Ubuntu without touching my internal hard drive. Does it have limitations? Will it perform slower than a "real" install or something?</p>
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2010-11-17T19:58:26.597
2010-11-17T19:58:26.597
Does booting on an external hard drive have limitations?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T19:48:01.157", "id": "14234", "postId": "13695", "score": "0", "text": "I know you don't plan to touch your internal drive, but just in case.. Have you considered trying with a wubi installation? You can just uninstall ubuntu if you don't like it as if it was anothe...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It will work, you can even do it with a Live USB but for a full install, an internal SATA drive would be faster than USB drive.</p>\n\n<p>Depending on the computer you're using, it might actually be easy to swap the hard drives for when you want use Ubuntu. Sometimes USB driv...
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13705
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2010-11-17T17:12:13.407
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<p>Is there a way to automatically apply a terminal profile when connected to a remote machine via SSH?</p> <p>I'd like more obvious visual cues that I'm connected to a remote machine than the user/host displayed on each terminal line. I spend most of my day connected to multiple machines and it can get confusing.</p>...
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2010-11-17T21:50:36.730
2014-03-27T13:26:16.103
Automatically change Terminal colors on remote connection?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-18T06:09:06.627", "id": "14324", "postId": "13705", "score": "0", "text": "What I do now is have separate gnome-terminal launchers for each machine I connect to. Each launcher opens with a different profile and window size. If this could be somehow be made to automag...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=536437\">Srigelsford</a> from the Ubuntu forums <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10240905#post10240905\">recommends</a> this:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>I created several profiles in\n gnome-terminal with the settings I...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>i had that on my todolist for quite some time and just tried and searched againg</p>\n\n<p>this is also a reminder to myself: Have to try with screen / byobu</p>\n\n<p>For now i use gnome-terminal profiles . The config files are xml in HOME/.gconf/apps ... and so i might crea...
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13706
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2010-11-17T17:21:23.630
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<p>Can somebody explain the logic behind Ubuntu's cdrom folder in root? (/cdrom)</p> <p>I recall it used to be /media/cdrom or /mnt/cdrom before (in different distros perhaps)?</p> <p>thanks.</p>
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2010-11-17T21:51:25.090
2011-01-26T04:34:12.707
Why does /cdrom folder exist? Shouldn't it be /media/cdrom or /mnt/cdrom?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T17:32:27.710", "id": "14210", "postId": "13706", "score": "0", "text": "Which version of Ubuntu are you referring to?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4470" }, { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T17:33:52.763", "id": "14211", "postId": "13706"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>While <code>/mnt/</code> and <code>/media/</code> are common places to mount devices, the device location can be just about anywhere. <code>/cdrom/</code> was probably chosen for either brevity or legacy support.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>While <code>/mnt/</code> and <code>/media/</code> are common places to mount devices, the device location can be just about anywhere. <code>/cdrom/</code> was probably chosen for either brevity or legacy support.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "comm...
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13708
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2010-11-17T17:34:59.893
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<p>The Arabic language in the new Ubuntu font is missing, so it has to fallback to the standard font, but the problem is that the standard font isn't good, and I want to replace it with Tahoma.</p> <p>Is there a way to do that or it is built into the font itself?</p>
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65926
2013-07-09T14:05:10.740
2013-07-09T14:05:10.740
How to change the fallback font for missing languages?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p></p>\n\n<pre><code>&lt;!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM \"fonts.dtd\"&gt;\n&lt;fontconfig&gt;\n&lt;match target=\"font\"&gt;\n &lt;test name=\"lang\" compare=\"contains\"&gt;\n &lt;string&gt;ar&lt;/string&gt;\n &lt;/test&gt;\n &lt;alias&gt;\n ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p></p>\n\n<pre><code>&lt;!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM \"fonts.dtd\"&gt;\n&lt;fontconfig&gt;\n&lt;match target=\"font\"&gt;\n &lt;test name=\"lang\" compare=\"contains\"&gt;\n &lt;string&gt;ar&lt;/string&gt;\n &lt;/test&gt;\n &lt;alias&gt;\n ...
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13709
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13716
2010-11-17T17:37:28.457
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<p>I know about the show desktop keybind (default <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>D</kbd>), which I use often enough. However, I'm looking for a way to minimize all windows <strong>without activating "show desktop"</strong>.</p> <p>I'm on a default install (i.e Gnome, Metacity &amp; Compiz). I've looked through ...
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2012-04-14T16:13:16.870
2017-02-19T10:47:40.683
Is there a keybind to minimize all windows, without a toggle?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This person found a way to do what you are looking for: <a href=\"http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~gwiener/linux/minimizing-all-windows-in-gnome/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~gwiener/linux/minimizing-all-windows-in-gnome/</a></p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>First install <code>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>Ctrl+Alt+D</code>? You can set it in Gnome <code>System-&gt;Preferences</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T17:50:19.607", "id": "14214", "postId": "13710", "score": "1", "...
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13726
1
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2010-11-17T20:21:06.553
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<p>Hello I had some freezes with my desktop. It is Lucid 10.04 on a Lenovo 3000 N200. System freezes completely.</p> <p>How can I locate the problem?</p>
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2012-06-28T04:49:24.253
2012-06-28T04:49:24.253
How to determine what happened and locate the problem when my system freezes?
[ "10.04", "freeze", "troubleshooting", "debugging" ]
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T20:32:33.380", "id": "14242", "postId": "13726", "score": "1", "text": "can you install `hardinfo` (http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage) from software center and paste a report here?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" }, { "creationDate": "2...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sometimes it's just the X server that is frozen. Try to get a console by hitting <code>CTRL-ALT-F1</code>. If that won't do, try logging it your machine using SSH (install openssh-server package first). If you can't get a shell, reboot.</p>\n\n<p>Once you have a shell, check the syst...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sometimes it's just the X server that is frozen. Try to get a console by hitting <code>CTRL-ALT-F1</code>. If that won't do, try logging it your machine using SSH (install openssh-server package first). If you can't get a shell, reboot.</p>\n\n<p>Once you have a shell, check ...
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13733
2010-11-17T21:04:57.113
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<p>I'm having some periodic issues running a particular application, XBMC. If I use XBMC regularly I don't seem to have any issues but if I leave it unattended for more than about 12 hours I need to reboot to get it working again.</p> <p>I know a scheduled reboot is <strong>NOT the answer</strong> but until I can figu...
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169736
2013-12-15T20:23:39.750
2023-02-21T17:12:15.160
How can I schedule a nightly reboot?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd use cron (should already be installed):<br>\n<br>\nEdit crontab:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo crontab -e\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The first time you might have to choose your preferred editor (like nano)<br>\n<br>\nInsert a line like</p>\n\n<pre><code>0 4 * * * /sbin/shutdown -r +...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Adding this to <code>/etc/cron.daily/zz-reboot</code> should work:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/sh\nshutdown -r now\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And <code>sudo chmod a+x /etc/cron.daily/zz-reboot</code>. The \"zz\" prefix will force it to run last out of all the other scripts in that dir...
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2010-11-17T21:58:24.473
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<p>On my desktop Ubuntu 10.4 I use ffmpeg to convert videos to a format my dvd-player understands. On my laptop running 10.10 I can't get the same command to work, what package(s) are missing?</p> <pre><code>ffmpeg -i infile.flv \ -threads 2 -vcodec mpeg4 -vtag divx -acodec libmp3lame \ outfile.avi #...snip Unknown e...
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2014-05-30T04:56:55.440
What packages do I install for ffmpeg and libmp3lame?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-extra-52</code></p>\n\n<p>If package not found try:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-extra-53</code></p>\n\n<p>you can also try to install the <code>libmp3lame0</code> package:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install l...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-extra-52</code></p>\n\n<p>If package not found try:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install ffmpeg libavcodec-extra-53</code></p>\n\n<p>you can also try to install the <code>libmp3lame0</code> package:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get i...
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13738
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2010-11-17T21:59:48.793
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<p>A nice feature in evince is that when you close the program and later reopen the same pdf, it automatically jumps to the page you were reading. The problem I have is that I often read ebooks on several computers and I have to find were I was on the last computer I was reading the pdf. I think syncing these bookmarks...
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2012-03-10T17:06:12.890
2012-03-10T17:06:12.890
How do I query the gvfs metadata for a specific attribute?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As for doing it properly, this would probably involve replacing the backend code that services metadata with a couchdb backend. You can also access all of the metadata from code if you want to program something to solve this killer feature.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", ...
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2012-02-02T18:16:02.710
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2010-11-17T22:10:12.743
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<p>I have Ubuntu Desktop Edition 10.10 installed on my laptop, and Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 on my partners netbook and I would like to install Ubuntu on my dads old and failing desktop but the only thing that is stopping me is the fact that his current USB Wireless Dongle doesn't work with Ubuntu (It's a Belkin Wir...
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2010-11-17T23:09:11.150
2010-11-17T23:19:42.757
What make and model wireless USB dongle works with no issues?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T22:13:54.257", "id": "14264", "postId": "13739", "score": "0", "text": "The belkin F5D7051 is known to have a few different chipsets, do you know which yours has?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "132" }, { "creationDate": "2010-11-17T22:51:03.00...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have a few Edimax EW-7711UAN dongles in use. N(150) speeds for £9.99 a go. Uses the Ralink RT2870 chipset.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-078-EX\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-078-EX</a></p>\n\...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Check out this list: <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "...
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13745
1
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2010-11-17T22:31:37.507
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<p>I'm looking for some guidance on how to keep track of the contributions I make to the project so I can present them as evidence when I eventually apply for <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership" rel="noreferrer">Ubuntu membership</a>. When I was listening to <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/channel/at-home-with-...
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2010-11-18T11:13:47.780
2014-01-15T12:00:20.030
Guidelines for documenting your contributions to the Ubuntu project
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, you are supposed to create an Ubuntu Wiki page about yourself.</p>\n\n<p>To do this, go to <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/YourName\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/YourName</a> (replacing <code>YourName</code> with your actual name) and click on <code>Create a new e...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, you are supposed to create an Ubuntu Wiki page about yourself.</p>\n\n<p>To do this, go to <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/YourName\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/YourName</a> (replacing <code>YourName</code> with your actual name) and click on <code>Create...
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user2405
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2010-11-17T23:00:08.007
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<p>I have an IR controller that uses the kernel module lirc_ene0100. I can load it with kernel 2.6.35 but it doesn't exist in 2.6.36 and 2.6.37-rc1.</p>
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2011-01-06T06:40:59.013
2011-01-06T06:40:59.013
Why doesn't the IR module lirc_ene0100 exist in kernel 2.6.36?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>See: <a href=\"https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/116190/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/116190/</a></p>\n\n<p>I honestly can't say what's going on there but it <em>seems</em> (to an ignoramus like myself) very relevant. If you can't make heads or tails...
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2010-11-17T23:32:48.147
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<p>How can I make <kbd>Super</kbd>+<kbd>M</kbd> and <kbd>Super</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd> work for compiz effects and not for indicator applet &amp; indicator applet session in Lucid?</p>
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2011-02-21T05:06:26.823
2017-02-19T10:48:39.807
Stop Super+M from opening Messaging Menu
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unfortunately the shortcuts for both indicator-applet and indicator-applet-session are <strong>not</strong> configurable, which causes problems. See bugs <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-applet/+bug/558581\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">#558581</a> and <a ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can change the key combination of each Compiz effect inside <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow\">CompizConfig Settings Manager.</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-18...
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2010-11-17T23:54:44.543
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<p>I've tried to set up a VPN server on my copy of Ubuntu 10.10 with insuccess. Community material on the topic is little and poorly documented (<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VPN" rel="nofollow">clients only information</a>, <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VPNServer" rel="nofollow">scenario-specific infor...
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2010-11-18T00:09:52.267
2014-07-15T12:34:03.487
How to set up a working VPN?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Why not just use OpenVPN? It's very easy both on Windows and Linux.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-18T08:11:54.737", "id": "14334", "postId": "13762", "score": "1", "text": "Sure, but...
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2010-11-17T23:55:30.273
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13562/how-do-we-get-this-magic-performance-boosting-200-line-patch">How do we get this magic performance-boosting 200 line patch?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I read about a recent patch for linux that cuts the deskto...
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2017-04-13T12:23:44.677
2010-11-17T23:55:30.273
How to patch the kernel to decrease speed up Ubuntu desktop latency by a factor of ten
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2010-11-18T00:09:47.050
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2010-11-18T00:07:44.470
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<p>Will Unity allow making custom launcher icons from <code>.desktop</code> files or via menu editing system? (Right now the launcher doesn't give the option to "keep in launcher" on all programs.</p> <p>For some programs I use, I have to make custom launchers or <code>.desktop</code> files.</p> <p>For instance, dail...
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2013-04-16T21:09:07.107
2020-11-26T23:56:49.227
How can I edit/create new launcher items in Unity by hand?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-05T20:50:22.617", "id": "120924", "postId": "13758", "score": "3", "text": "If your Ubuntu has non-English locale, the custom icon may not work in the Unity Dash (but it works perfectly on the Desktop). Before drag-n-drop to the Unity Dash, edit your desktop file (e.g....
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h3>For 11.04 and earlier:</h3>\n\n<p>Unity does support custom launchers from .desktop files. To create custom launcher from a <code>.desktop</code> file you need to create a <code>*.desktop</code> file for your program.</p>\n\n<pre><code>gedit ~/.local/share/applications/name.desktop\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h3>For 11.04 and earlier:</h3>\n\n<p>Unity does support custom launchers from .desktop files. To create custom launcher from a <code>.desktop</code> file you need to create a <code>*.desktop</code> file for your program.</p>\n\n<pre><code>gedit ~/.local/share/applications/name....
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13759
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2010-11-18T00:08:48.180
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<p>I want to disable my touchpad's "tap to click" feature. Searching for this on the internet comes up with suggestions to shut it off in the "Mouse" preferences, however I am missing the touchpad tab that people keep talking about:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jIR9e.png" alt="alt text"></p> <p>The clos...
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2010-11-18T17:04:50.250
2012-10-29T23:25:31.203
Why can't I configure my touchpad?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The missing touchpad tab indicates that your touchpad is probably not recognized as a touchpad. In that case the hardware emulates a mouse in its firmware, and isn't configurable...</p>\n\n<p>There is information on the wiki about <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingTouchpadD...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>try this:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>alt-F2 </li>\n<li>type: gconf-editor</li>\n<li>click Run</li>\n<li>open /desktop/gnome/peripherals/touchpad/</li>\n<li>uncheck: tap_to_click</li>\n</ol>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLic...
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2010-11-18T02:22:07.567
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<p>How does one go about doing this?</p>
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2010-11-18T03:14:24.900
I am testing the new Opera 11, but it keeps telling me I need to install flash player
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Opera will grab the plugin from /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so, which is the default location for the flash shared object installed by flashplugin-installer package. So make sure you have both.</p>\n\n<p>If you don't have them, then install the package with:</p>\n\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Opera will grab the plugin from /usr/lib/flashplugin-installer/libflashplayer.so, which is the default location for the flash shared object installed by flashplugin-installer package. So make sure you have both.</p>\n\n<p>If you don't have them, then install the package with:...
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2010-11-18T02:25:37.437
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<p>Currently I have installed desktop edition on my netbook. But it feels a little slower for me. So I want to try out netbook edition by having it along with the desktop edition. So are there any problems if both appear together in the grub2 menu, or is there anything else which might cause issues.</p>
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2010-11-18T14:26:10.637
2010-11-18T14:26:10.637
Running ubuntu netbook edition and desktop edition together on the same machine
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Run</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install ubuntu-netbook\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then reboot and select Unity (or Netbook) from GDM login screen</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-11...
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2010-11-18T03:23:54.953
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<p>When do you plan to add Evolution contact sync on Ubuntu 10.04?</p> <p>I know that it is working on Ubuntu 10.10 but there are ppl out there who do not like to upgrade to every new (and experimental, more or less) OS. Ubuntu 10.04 is a LTS version and it is strange that it takes so long to implement this feature. M...
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2010-11-18T03:54:43.163
2010-11-18T17:38:15.980
Evolution Contact Sync failure in Ubuntu One
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>While I wasn't able to find a timeline for <em>when</em> there is an <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Status#Contacts\" rel=\"nofollow\">explanation of why it isn't available on the 9.10 and 10.04 release</a>.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Syncing of contacts and bookmarks is\...
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2010-11-18T04:53:41.763
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7391/is-there-a-dreamweaver-html-editor-replacement">Is there a Dreamweaver HTML editor replacement?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Hello Can anybody suggest me the best editor for ubuntu(9.10) for programming purpose ...
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2017-04-13T12:24:27.937
2014-03-27T09:57:17.447
Best editor for ubuntu
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would prefer netbeans and eclipse. Both are available on software center.</p>\n", "commentCount": "12", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-18T05:06:14.067", "id": "14314", "postId": "13777", "score": "0", "text": "...
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<p>I remember the nice <code>mv somefile ~/.Trash</code> command but that folder does not exist on newer Ubuntus. Does anyone know why?</p>
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2014-03-28T04:20:11.783
2023-05-25T10:20:50.423
Why is there no more ~/.Trash?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to the <a href=\"https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">freedesktop.org</a> <a href=\"https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/trash-spec/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Trash Specification</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For every user a “home tra...
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2010-11-18T06:09:24.733
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<p>I am trying to use a 24" external monitor as the primary monitor for my Asus EEE netbook. When I connect it, it works properly, except the max resolution available is 1024x768. Usually, I'd go into the xorg.conf and add it, but 10.10 doesn't seem to have an xorg.conf. I read on another question here that I could sim...
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2010-11-18T14:17:07.730
2016-01-16T13:37:29.877
External Monitor Resolution doesn't go above 1024x768
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-18T14:29:54.100", "id": "14415", "postId": "13783", "score": "0", "text": "Hey, we might have similar problems, so let's be sure first. Is your monitor recognized by the system, or do you get \"Unknown Monitor\"? and, does \"dmesg\" gives you \"raw EDID\"? (I have a de...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cvt 1280 1024 60\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Will see something like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Modeline \"1280x1024_60.00\" 109.00 1280 1368 1496 1712 1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Copy this line except for the Modeline part</p>\n\n<p>Pass this copi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cvt 1280 1024 60\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Will see something like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Modeline \"1280x1024_60.00\" 109.00 1280 1368 1496 1712 1024 1027 1034 1063 -hsync +vsync\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Copy this line except for the Modeline part</p>\n\n<p>Pass t...
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2010-11-18T08:58:01.927
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<p>The standard audio-format for music in Rhythmbox is Ogg. For some reason none of my music encoded as OggVorbis shows up in the Ubuntu One Mobile Music application on my Android phone. The MP3s do show up. It looks like the Ubuntu One servers are not indexing Ogg-files, although it is THE open format for music with s...
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2011-03-24T08:10:44.207
2011-05-03T00:21:43.230
Does 'Ubuntu One Mobile' support Ogg Vorbis?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-18T09:57:34.140", "id": "14352", "postId": "13790", "score": "0", "text": "Can your Android play Ogg Vorbis? (I'm not sure what formats they tend to support?)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "935" }, { "creationDate": "2010-11-18T10:49:00.187", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu One Mobile only currently supports the streaming of MP3 files, but may support open codecs like OGG and FLAC in the future.</p>\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/FAQ/WhatAudioFormatsAreSupported\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuO...
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2010-11-18T09:01:48.983
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<p>I have finally managed to find a solution to make my wifi stable in ubuntu 10.10. I have had problems with my ASUS ul30vt and the Atheros AR9285 but by installing the latest compat-wireless from yesterday my internet is finally stable. </p> <p>I seriously thought of installing win7 again. But one minor problem i ha...
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2010-12-27T13:13:48.610
2010-12-27T13:13:48.610
modprobe ath9k at startup?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>/etc/rc.local</code> is a silly place to put it IMO.</p>\n\n<p>Whack <code>ath9k</code> on the end of <code>/etc/modules</code> (the file that's supposed to handle which modules are also added by default)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>just add your commands to <code>/etc/rc.local</code> file. \n This script is executed at the end of each multiuser runlevel.\nMake sure that the script will \"exit 0\" on success or any other\n value on error.</p>\n\n<p>In your case you could do it like this:</p>\n\n<pre><cod...
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2010-11-18T09:03:18.950
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<p>Is there a generalised way to find out what package caused the installation of a command?</p>
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2010-11-18T09:42:53.843
2011-08-02T20:42:34.570
Finding out what package a command came from
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open a terminal and try the following commands: </p>\n\n<pre><code>dpkg -S 'command name'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>eg: <code>dpkg -S /bin/ls</code></p>\n\n<p>Sample output:</p>\n\n<pre><code>coreutils: /bin/ls\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You can also obtain detailed status information about c...
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<p>As I'm no longer able to keep my pet server around, I've migrated my e-mail chores to a Google Apps domain. But I'd rather keep my old e-mail archive around. I've tried hacking it by connecting Evolution to both accounts and drag-dropping between the two, but the timestamps get all weird and sent mail doesn't show u...
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2017-02-19T10:49:36.273
Migration of mail from Ubuntu Server to Google Apps
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you're using imap on your server at the moment it may be possible to use <a href=\"http://migrationtool.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://migrationtool.sourceforge.net/</a> to do the migration through imap.</p>\n\n<p>I haven't used it myself so can't vouch for whe...
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2010-11-18T10:02:01.000
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<p>I checked the btrfs command and didn't find anything related to thiese features.</p>
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2010-11-18T11:20:56.267
2012-05-21T19:55:58.357
Does btrfs support thin provisioning and quota management like zfs?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would recommended ext4 or xfs on machines you really want to use. iirc brtfs will support quotas,but it's still under heavy development.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationD...
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2010-11-18T10:11:50.390
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<p>I can't install anything on my Ubuntu.. I googled it, found the same problem, but none of the proposed solutions solved my issue.. All the time, it keeps giving me</p> <pre> No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. Errors were encountered while p...
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54298
2012-07-09T13:10:53.737
2012-08-17T15:03:24.203
Can't install anything, dpkg error
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Please run</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get -f install\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>in a terminal.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-08-17T15:03:04.110", "id": "219152", "postId": "17502", "score": "3", "text": "Can you tel...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Please run</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get -f install\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>in a terminal.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-08-17T15:03:04.110", "id": "219152", "postId": "17502", "score": "3", ...
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2010-11-18T11:45:08.317
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<p>A black-on-white cross-hair/I-bar mouse-pointer is sometimes hard foe me to spot in amongst black-on-white text. </p> <p>I've tried <strong>Accessibility / Mouse Accessibility / Locate Pointer</strong> which will: <code>Show pointer position when Control is pressed</code> </p> <p>It works (to a point), but it d...
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2017-03-12T08:43:22.077
2017-03-12T08:43:22.077
Need alternative to Accessibility's "Locate Pointer" to visually highlight the mouse
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Maybe you can report an accessibility bug asking for the <strong><em>Ctrl</em></strong> not to be hardcoded, so that you can choose whatever shortcut or unused key you want for it.</p>\n\n<p>Another option might be to ask the Compiz developers to create a less spectacular alternative...
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2010-11-18T12:24:49.653
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<p>My Trash bin is not opening. It just shows the "loading" mouse cursor forever. Any idea what can be wrong?</p> <p><strong>--update (after the answer)</strong> After emptying the trash solved also a problem that used to occur when I remove the pendrive, saying that "computer:/// could not be localized" or something ...
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2010-11-18T18:13:02.937
2020-07-21T13:51:51.357
Trash bin is not opening
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Three possibilities come to mind, I'll start with the easier first:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>There is a huge number of files in the trash which is blowing some limitation in nautilus or memory.</li>\n<li>There is a file in the trash that is causing its respective thumbnail generator to hang<...
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2010-11-18T12:54:30.780
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<p>I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on an external drive, Grub too. Now I cannot boot my laptop without that external device. Could there be a way to choose between Windows 7 bootloader and grub at the same time? I want to be able to boot my laptop without the external driver. </p> <p>Could it be done without reinstalling Ubu...
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2012-11-13T00:28:26.347
2012-11-13T00:28:26.347
laptop cannot boot without external drive after installing GRUB there
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think that <a href=\"http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">EasyBCD</a> is your solution. You can enjoy your Windows Bootloader while keeping GRUB.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-11-18T14:45:08.567", "id": "14417",...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What you should've done is keep the Windows bootloader in place, and install grub on the external drive. If you are very new to this, I think there will be people making easier suggestions. Otherwise, try the instructions here: <a href=\"http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/33433/r...
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2010-11-18T13:03:51.740
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<p>I have multiple 3G data Cards as well as a wired connection to the Internet. I can connect each of them separately and access the internet. Is there any way i can aggregate the bandwidth of these cards to enjoy the combined speed? What i mean is simultaneously plugging in all the cards and getting the sum total of t...
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2010-11-18T14:14:42.460
2020-02-19T13:33:31.817
Bandwidth Aggregation with multiple 3G cards?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could do this. Network Manager can do one connection per device just fine. But even with network-manager connected to multiple things, outbound traffic will only chose one gateway. You need to bridge these gateways into a virtual tunnel and use that as the gateway.</p>\n\n<p>The ...
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<p>Syncing Thunderbird contacts with UbuntuOne previously relied on the Funambol sync client, which used UbuntuOne's beta phone sync feature to basically treat Thunderbird as a phone. With the introduction of paid syncing for phones, it doesn't seem like there is anyway to sync Thunderbird contacts with UbuntuOne witho...
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UbuntuOne contact syncing for Thunderbird with new phone plans?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A member of our web team is working on something on his free time (which is not much, because he is a member of our web team), <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/hedera\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://launchpad.net/hedera</a>. Quoting the description over there:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Hed...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A member of our web team is working on something on his free time (which is not much, because he is a member of our web team), <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/hedera\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://launchpad.net/hedera</a>. Quoting the description over there:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n...
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