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1637 | 1 | 1640 | 2010-08-08T01:49:42.307 | 36 | 22082 | <p>I'm thinking of having /tmp on its own partition... what would be a good filesystem to format it with?</p>
<p>The reason I ask is because the data being stored in /tmp is not permanent, so I don't need journaling, a fancy index, or anything.</p>
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1647 | 1 | null | 2010-08-08T06:57:46.257 | 11 | 1700 | <p>I'm trying to use gedit as my main editor, and am looking for help with some tricky features. For each of the following, can people help me out with how to install and configure the feature?</p>
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<p>Tags: Plugins, IDE</p>
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1649 | 1 | 14738 | 2010-08-08T07:18:14.657 | 19 | 17687 | <p>What is the best alternative to Adobe Lightroom on Linux/Ubuntu?</p>
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1656 | 1 | 1657 | 2010-08-08T09:08:10.103 | 5 | 701 | <p>I used gksudo nautilus (not through the terminal but through the 'Open With' command) for some copy & paste stuff that requires root access.</p>
<p>But now whenever I open the file browser (Nautilus) to access my local folder, it doesn't open normally, but opens with root access as if I had used <code>gksudo nautilus</code> again.</p>
<p>Only Trash is able be to opened normally without any root access.</p>
<p>How can I get back the normal, unprivileged behavior for nautilus?</p>
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1662 | 1 | 1666 | 2010-08-08T10:35:07.380 | 4 | 5689 | <p>I have compiled my own kernels for a while now. I started when I got my i7 processor and wanted its turbo boost to work properly. I've since bought an SSD so continue to benefit from a more recent kernel than the repo version.</p>
<p>With my most recent builds, I've started getting weird CPU spikes. While it could be a number of different things causing this, I'd like to focus on getting the kernel "right" and if possible, more optimised than ever.</p>
<p>I follow the <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile#Alternate%20Build%20Method%3a%20The%20Old-Fashioned%20Debian%20Way" rel="nofollow">"Old-Fashioned Debian" on the Kernel/Compile</a> wiki. I do this because I'm building from a direct download from <a href="http://kernel.org" rel="nofollow">kernel.org</a>. <strong>First questions: Should I get my source from somewhere else and should I use a different build method?</strong></p>
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<p>There are a lot of kernel patches floating around at the moment. Some promise a more responsive system through patching IO bugs, some give "better" schedulers (BFS, et al) but it's hard to find decent benchmarks to see if these are worthwhile features of if they're just unstable junk. <strong>Third: Are there any patches you would apply to 2.6.35 to make it more compatible with Lucid?</strong></p>
<p>I fear it's <code>make menuconfig</code> where I screw things up. I try to turn off drivers I don't need and select options that look like they'll optimise things but, truth be told, I'm not a kernel developer; I don't know for certain if an option will break everything or even help at all. <strong>Fourth: How would you optimise the <code>.config</code>/build-process for an i7 and SSD?</strong></p>
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1686 | 1 | 1688 | 2010-08-08T18:38:32.540 | 9 | 13092 | <p>Some interest in Excel 2003, but primarily in Excel 2007. Wondering if advanced features, such as macros can be made to work flawlessly. Or if there are any major issues I should know about.</p>
<p>Using an alternative open source native program is unfortunately out of the question due to complex macro/VBA heavy spreadsheets.</p>
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1691 | 1 | 3028 | 2010-08-08T19:13:06.340 | 14 | 5853 | <p>gtk-recordMyDesktop outputs .ogv files that seem perfectly fine - they work well in Totem and VLC. However, if I try to edit them in openshot or kdenlive, the editor either crashes (kdenlive) or won't show the video properly (openshot). PiTiVi appears to work but then locks up when it tries to render the video.</p>
<p>Using video conversion tools, such as ffmpeg outputs a video that is a jumble of colours; although it is just about possible to make out some movement.
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qKTLR.png" alt="alt text"></p>
<p>The only way I've managed to edit the videos is to use DeVeDe to create a DVD .iso, mount the ISO and then edit the .VOB file(s).</p>
<p>This is a bit of a faff; does anyone know of a better way around this?</p>
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1694 | 1 | 2958 | 2010-08-08T19:46:56.757 | 8 | 10991 | <p>I know there are several video editing programs: PiTiVi, Openshot, etc</p>
<p>However I am unsure if I can transfer video footage from a DV tape to my computer. In other operating systems (with the correct software) I can connect my firewire camcorder or tape deck to a pc, and record the video to file in realtime.</p>
<p>Is this possible in Ubuntu and if so which software is needed?</p>
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1695 | 1 | null | 2010-08-08T20:01:05.053 | 22 | 43995 | <p>It's rather frustrating to me that I can't watch any of the videos on Apple's site. Is there a QuickTime plugin for Chrome or Firefox, and if not, why?</p>
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1697 | 1 | 11137 | 2010-08-08T20:07:11.280 | 4 | 716 | <p>I'm using GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.0) and start my Emacs session inside GNU screen. </p>
<p>Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 and the version of <code>emacs-snapshot</code> there I encounter some problems. Sometimes Emacs hogs all RAM plus the same amount of swap space (2+2GB) and also eats all CPU time. When I send the process a SIGTERM the process stops eating CPU time, but the huge allocated amount of memory stays. Emacs itself doesn't take any key sequences. So usually I send the process a SIGKILL and it dies.</p>
<p>Now I want to find out where the bug (if there is one) is located and want to do some debugging. I can see no special reason for this behavior. Sometimes it starts after Emacs is freshly started, sometimes I can work a whole day without problems, sometimes it happens in between. So I'm looking for a kind of debugging or monitoring the process. </p>
<p>I tried <code>strace</code>, but this generates too much output. Strace output of an editing session could easily fill my whole hard drive. Running Emacs inside gdb would also not work, because if I remember correctly Ubuntu builds the software without debugging symbols. So do you have any advice on how I can find the (possible) bug? What would you suggest?</p>
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1700 | 1 | null | 2010-08-08T20:26:19.253 | 25 | 36075 | <p>Can someone please explain what Ubuntu's keychain or keyring is, as well as use cases for it?</p>
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1702 | 1 | null | 2010-08-08T20:35:24.910 | 2 | 2696 | <p>OS: Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit
I have searched alll over for how to enable these with the mupen emulator. Thought I might check and see if anyone here has knowledge on this.
<a href="http://code.google.com/p/mupen64plus/" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/p/mupen64plus/</a>
I'm really hoping I don't have to go back to Windows to use Project 64 to get these. And before anyone says "Project 64 rocks with wine" well I'm sure it does, but no Anti-Aliasing in wine...
Thanks in advance! ^^</p>
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1704 | 1 | null | 2010-08-08T21:18:14.797 | 3 | 6060 | <p>I'm using an IBM Thinkpad X21 as a 3G router. It's running a server install of lucid. The laptop has the lid up most of the time. There is no X, just a plain console. The colsole blanks itself, but the LCD backlight is always on. </p>
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<p>Can I make the LCD backlight turn off when the colsole is unused and have it turn on automatically when needed?</p>
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1705 | 1 | null | 2010-08-08T21:49:14.627 | 210 | 728794 | <p>I'm creating a simple bash script and I want to create a select menu in it, like this:</p>
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<p>And according to user's choice, I want different actions to be executed. I'm a bash shell scripting noob, I've searched the web for some answers, but got nothing really concrete.</p>
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1708 | 1 | null | 2010-08-08T22:11:37.907 | 2 | 427 | <p>For some reason my Ubuntu UNE installed using wubi takes about 30 minutes to start up.</p>
<p>All I see is</p>
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<p>with barely any harddrive activity</p>
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<li>This has happened since the first install (this behaviour is not observed on the live usb)</li>
<li>The only thing installed previously was Windows 7 server edition</li>
<li>I seem to have grub 2, then windows boot up manager, then grub 1</li>
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<p>Going into grub and manually loading the kernel, It gets stuck at:</p>
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<p>I'm assuming it's either this task or the task after it that is blocking.</p>
<p>I also get the following error:</p>
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kernel panic not syncing vfs unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,1)
PID 1, comm: swapper not trained
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1712 | 1 | 1714 | 2010-08-08T22:40:02.183 | 2 | 2845 | <p>Yesterday I upgraded a laptop from Kubuntu 9.04 (Lucid) to 9.10 (Karmic). Then afterwards I tried to install some software</p>
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<p>Thankfully I have two graphical package managers available, Adept Installer and KPackageKit. Both of them report that the <code>aptitude</code> package is installed. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling it through the GUI, just to be safe, and the uninstall/reinstall seemed to go off without a hitch. But the actual program binaries are still missing.</p>
<p>Is this something normal? If not, has anyone ever heard of it happening? Is it likely that the missing programs will magically reappear if I upgrade to 10.04?</p>
<p><strong>EDIT:</strong> I have no idea what was going on, but after leaving the computer off overnight and a couple of reboots, the problem seems to have fixed itself. All the right files seem to be there.</p>
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1718 | 1 | null | 2010-08-09T00:21:15.763 | 6 | 8952 | <p>My computer seems to have issues suspending and resuming properly. Most recently, it resumed from hibernate, was working fine until I started logging in, and then X froze completely. I can log in via SSH (and it works flawlessly when I do), and I'd love to reset it without restarting the whole computer, and preferably without crashing all my open applications.</p>
<p>Is this doable? If I have to crash the open apps, that's OK too, I suppose, but not preferred.</p>
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1721 | 1 | null | 2010-08-09T00:39:00.937 | 4 | 310 | <p>I have a usb internet tether, but it will not work in Ubuntu, unless I download something in the terminal, but I also can not get internet until I get this device working. I am able to use my Windows side on the internet, that's how I am doing this, but not with Ubuntu side. </p>
<p>Is there any way, that allows me to download a packet (that i have directions for) while using Windows side, in the command-line? </p>
<p>This is the fix I found for my usb device, that I can't do without internet.<br>
To get it working, make sure your iPhone is not plugged in. Then open up terminal and add the following repository:</p>
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<p>After this is done, turn MyWi application back on and plug it in. It will not seem to work if you have it plugged in, and then turn it on.</p>
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1722 | 1 | 1727 | 2010-08-09T00:44:48.493 | 36 | 26105 | <p>I would like to setup a basic FTP server on my Ubuntu Server install. I have been playing with VSFTPD, but am having issues getting the server to allow me to create directories and copy files. I have set the system to allow local users, but it appears that doesn't mean I get access to create directories. This may be an instance where I need to be better grounded in Ubuntu server setup in order to configure this FTP server adequately. The end goal is to be able to move files from my local dev folder into my www folder for deployment. Directories need to be able to move as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
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1732 | 1 | null | 2010-08-09T03:56:22.297 | 104 | 97583 | <p>Is it possible to run Android apps on Ubuntu? And I don't mean inside an emulator, but natively, as you would with any other application installed using the Ubuntu Software Center.</p>
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1733 | 1 | 1996 | 2010-08-09T04:04:23.620 | 9 | 19140 | <p>I'm running KVM on a Ubuntu 10.04 host. The guest OS is also Ubuntu 10.04 .</p>
<p>I am attempting to connect to the guest using the 'console' command. It appears I can establish a connection, but I get no output.</p>
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Connected to domain guest1
Escape character is ^]
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<p>I don't have a 'serial' device configured, but I do have these 'console' devices.</p>
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<p>Are these sufficient for a console, or do I need a serial device as well?</p>
<p>What do I need to do in order to get the KVM console to work?</p>
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1736 | 1 | 2525 | 2010-08-09T04:24:57.443 | 12 | 10122 | <p>I want a note taking app on my Ubuntu running laptop and an app on my Android phone which can sync with each other, through online means or manually syncing. So far the only thing I've seen is the Evernote app for android and the beta quality third party app <a href="http://nevernote.sourceforge.net/">Nevernote</a>.
Ideally, I'd like an app that syncs with Tomboy, but the only thing I've found is Tomdroid which is buggy and only lets you view notes.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions? Or will I have to stick to Android apps which only sync with web sites?</p>
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1743 | 1 | 1749 | 2010-08-09T07:39:24.497 | 199 | 110088 | <p>When I first started with Ubuntu using <code>aptitude</code> was the 'in-thing', with some stated improvements over <code>apt-get</code>. Am I correct in saying that <code>apt-get</code> has now 'caught up' with <code>aptitude</code>, and it makes little difference which is used (although it is preferable to choose one or the other, and stick with it)?</p>
<p>Moreover, with <code>aptitude</code> set to be removed from a default Ubuntu install, should everyone revert to <code>apt-get</code>, especially when guiding new users interested in the CLI?</p>
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1755 | 1 | 1756 | 2010-08-09T11:05:57.280 | 27 | 98214 | <p>What DLNA server program should I choose and how do I set it up?
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<p>There seems to be quite a few server programs and I don't have any experience with these userfriendly auto-detecet protocols/services.</p>
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1758 | 1 | 5797 | 2010-08-09T11:45:48.657 | 1 | 3618 | <p>After you install Ubuntu on a Lenovo laptop the Bluetooth will be disabled after reboot or resume. </p>
<p>The only workaround for this issue is to load factory default from the BIOS but this is not something you want to do each time you reboot Ubuntu on a dual-boot machine.</p>
<p>The problem was reported several times over time on Lenovo support forum but nobody from them bothered to take a look on this. Examples:</p>
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<li><a href="http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T400-bluetooth-doesn-t-turn-on-after-wake-up-from-standby-mode/m-p/197984" rel="nofollow">http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/T400-T500-and-newer-T-series/T400-bluetooth-doesn-t-turn-on-after-wake-up-from-standby-mode/m-p/197984</a></li>
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1759 | 1 | 1762 | 2010-08-09T11:58:29.413 | 0 | 1314 | <p>I can't find it in the repositories.I am using Maverick.</p>
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1763 | 1 | 1771 | 2010-08-09T12:57:18.670 | 44 | 13396 | <p>As part of my job as a web developer, I spend an amount of time doing UI prototypes to show the client. It's a pain in the behind but sometimes it has to be done.</p>
<p>I've seen Shuttleworth (and the design team) pump out images like this:</p>
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<p>That's made by something called <a href="http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Balsamiq Mockups</a>... Something that balances on top of Adobe Air (yack!) and costs $79.</p>
<p>I've tried it but it kept falling over. I think it had something to do with Air not the app itself. My point is if I'm paying out for something, I want it to be native.</p>
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1766 | 1 | 1783 | 2010-08-09T13:27:21.497 | 0 | 842 | <p>I am trying Lubuntu on an old laptop. I have before and after the install I had two partitions (+swap) mounting on <code>/</code> and on <code>/home</code>. When I did the Lubuntu install I told it to ignore the <code>/home</code> partition. After the Lubuntu install I logged in and everything appeared OK.</p>
<p>I mounted the /home partition as <code>/hold.old</code>. Then I copied all the files from <code>/home</code> to <code>/home.old</code>. Then for each user I chown'ed the stuff in <code>/home.old</code>. Then I edited <code>/etc/fstab</code> to mount the /home partition. Then I renamed <code>/home</code>. Then I rebooted.</p>
<p>All my old files are where I expected them in the <code>/home</code> filesystem. But my LXDE menu system is messed up. Instead of the full menu system I only have terminal and logout. I thought that most of the menu system lived in <code>/usr/share</code>. But, apparently LXDE has some menu stuff in <code>/home</code> that I did not get copied over correctly.</p>
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Can you point some documentation that would be good for learning the sysadmin level workings of LXDE?</p>
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<p>Are these credentials supposed to be my login details on the other machine? My account there does not have a password though, should I leave it blank? I'm also not clear what "Domain" needs to be.</p>
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1772 | 1 | 1776 | 2010-08-09T13:54:06.487 | 23 | 5055 | <p>I was hoping to know if Ubuntu comes with a standard way of mounting ISOs. I looked around online and found a bunch of scripts that can do it. </p>
<p>This to me seems like core functionality, is it offered by default in Ubuntu. If not where is the best and simplest mounter for ISOs.</p>
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1780 | 1 | 1782 | 2010-08-09T16:18:34.220 | 2 | 898 | <p>I have a printer plugged it into my Ubuntu desktop machine. I want to access it from Windows 7 on my laptop. Is this possible? If yes, how can I do this?</p>
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1784 | 1 | 1785 | 2010-08-09T17:12:06.407 | 56 | 30604 | <p>How can I install and run <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/about/">Steam</a> on Ubuntu?</p>
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"text": "Is it possible to update answer with more install options. There are a lot of questions asking how to get steamplay games available to both OS's but only using one library/installation directory. Had started working on a canonical q and a but found this.",
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1786 | 1 | 2636 | 2010-08-09T18:38:48.610 | 63 | 58141 | <p>Ubuntu seems to provide at least two network "toolsets" (for lack of a better term). I'm running into conflicts between these two.</p>
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<li>Something which is more like the <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/serverguide/network-configuration.html">traditional network tools</a> (e.g. ifconfig, 'ifup', <a href="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/karmic/man5/interfaces.5.html">/etc/network/interfaces</a></li>
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<p>I am often running into conflicts between these different sets of tools. For example, I'm running Ubuntu Desktop at home and I'm using software like KVM/libvirt which recommends that I <a href="http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/Networking#Debian.2FUbuntu_Bridging">disable Network Manager</a>, but disabling Network Manager causes other things to break.</p>
<p>What is the difference between Network Manager and the traditional network tools? Can these two suites run side-by-side or must I stick with one or the other? Is there a document which summarizes the difference between these different tools? I have been unable to find one.</p>
<p>(Forgive the vagueness of this question. I've searched and searched for an answer, but I have only found many vague answers which don't seem relevant to Ubuntu 10.04/Lucid, and I may not fully understand the purpose of NetworkManager. However, this seems to be a frequently asked question. If you have advice for clarifying this question, please post a comment.)</p>
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<p>So my question is if there is a way to fix this?</p>
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1789 | 1 | 1791 | 2010-08-09T19:12:56.930 | 3 | 580 | <p>I needed to install a program (<a href="http://www.ncnr.nist.gov/xtal/software/expgui/expgui_Unix_readme.html" rel="nofollow">GSAS & EXPGUI</a>) that depends on the libg2c0 library. This library was in the repositories up to Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04), and then it was removed. </p>
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<p>In general, what are the reasons for removing a given package from newer versions?</p>
<p>Is there a better way to manage dependencies to no longer supported packages?</p>
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"text": "`sudo pm-hibernate` is amazing for making SATA drives really hotplug! :)",
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"text": "none of the above works, even with sudo rights. not the `pm-hibernate`, `pmi action hibernate`, not the `dbus` stuff. I am sad.",
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"text": "`systemctl hibernate` doesn't work for me. I have Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS on Lenovo-Z50-70.",
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"text": "`systemctl hibernate` worked for me in `Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS` **BUT**, while hibernating, the screen seemed to freeze, and also the fans when turning it on where insanely loud for at least 10 seconds... I am not sure why.",
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"text": "Why the `Systemd Method` header when the method is `systemctl` instead? They are not the same. Perhaps still good to have that header for search hits, though.",
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1793 | 1 | null | 2010-08-09T20:25:25.773 | 7 | 2102 | <p>Seeing that this is a big Ubuntu community, I have never looked at someone's Ubuntu desktop and thought "that looks cool, I wish I had X. How did you do that?"</p>
<p>What are the must have add-ons for look and feel?</p>
<p>e.g conky, tilda, album art, emerald, docky etc... </p>
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1801 | 1 | null | 2010-08-09T21:24:04.347 | 2 | 11000 | <p>The only reason I ever boot into Windows (7) is to use the popular video chat software ooVoo (<a href="http://oovoo.com" rel="nofollow">website</a>). It's useless under Wine and there seems to be no way to run it in Ubuntu except for some proprietary tools. Does anyone have any information on some alternatives to running it with Wine?</p>
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1802 | 1 | 1806 | 2010-08-09T21:44:17.620 | 2 | 376 | <p>The icons in the notification area are sometimes broken upon login. This is always fixed if I close the session and login again.</p>
<p>See in this <a href="http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/20a81fac16.png" rel="nofollow">screenshot</a>, the usual "power" button is replaced by a part of my user name. The whole username should be "agustin".</p>
<p>The problem is not just visual, if you click where the power button should be you get no functionality. Interestingly, if you click on the other button, and you move the cursor qith the arrow keys, you get the menu.</p>
<p>I believe this problem is related to the nvidia propietary drivers, but I am not sure. Any ideas? Anyone had this problem like me?</p>
<p>--<br>
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1807 | 1 | 1808 | 2010-08-09T22:55:22.920 | 56 | 46917 | <p>I'm trying to fix what I consider a bloated install of Ubuntu. When I install Ubuntu on a machine, I get things that I don't want - web browsers, office applications, media players, accessibility utilities, Ubuntu One, and so on. My goal is to create a way that I can have an install of Ubuntu that contains only the most minimal packages - the administrative tools and package manager, a GUI (my preference would be GNOME), a text editor, core drivers (video cards, network cards - wired and wireless, input devices), and anything else that I have to have to run a stable distribution. From there, I would like to pick and choose which packages I install to create my own customized system.</p>
<p>After playing around with other distros like Arch and Slackware, like how they provide a barebones install by default. However, I get trapped in a "configuration hell" - right now, I tried moving away from Ubuntu and to Arch, but after spending 6 hours with it, I still don't have a usable system. It's half configured and I don't have any usable software packages to enable me to work.</p>
<p>Is anything that can help me available? Either something like the OpenSUSE builder that lets you choose applications and packages for the CD, an advanced installation mode where I can choose the packages to install and which to ignore, or a guide on how to strip Ubuntu down to its bare bones?</p>
<p>And I suppose a natural follow up to this is once I have a stripped down Ubuntu, will this affect updating at all? When Canonical releases the next version of Ubuntu, I don't want any bloatware reinstalled. And yes, most of the applications that come with Ubuntu, I simply don't use. Ever.</p>
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"text": "The same concern that I've had with the other suggestions to do this comes up - will I get caught up in configuration hell like where I am right now with Arch? I have a half configured system that's running Gnome, but it has no wireless networking support, no applications to help me work, and I'm looking at several hours of installations and configurations to get me to a point where I can use the system.",
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<p>I heard that GParted can resize NTFS partitions - is this true? Is it a safe tool for resizing partitions? Are there any potential issues I should be aware of if I use it?</p>
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"text": "Absolutely, also I read somewhere that it is a good idea to let a windows boot run chkdsk on a newly resized partition. I do as a matter of procedure so don't know if skipping it would be ok, but it's easy enough. Mentioned because usually I do this in conjunction with a dual boot installation, and the point is, don't install the second OS until Windows marks the first partition clean.",
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1816 | 1 | 2898 | 2010-08-09T23:42:48.857 | 18 | 555 | <p>In Ubuntu, X is one of the more critical pieces in the stack. As such, we get a TON of questions and bug reports about it, probably about 100 times as many as we have manpower to handle.</p>
<p>Canonical is hiring additional engineers to work on X which will help, but still there are many things that are outside the scope of what Canonical can do, so I feel it is really important to have a strong community involved in improving X in Ubuntu, particularly around getting all these massive amounts of bug reports answered, triaged, and (hopefully) solved.</p>
<p>However, it's tough to find people to work on X or to convince people that it is worthwhile for them to invest their time in it. How would you suggest going about encouraging people to get involved, who might not otherwise be thinking of working on X?</p>
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1820 | 1 | 3829 | 2010-08-10T01:42:03.690 | 23 | 24671 | <p>I would like to use NetworkManager, but prefer a keyboard driven window manager that provides as much space on the screen as possible for my code. I just hate that little strip of real estate "trays" take up on my screen. I have tried running <code>nm-*</code> from the command line, but they seam to never work without a tray.</p>
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1830 | 1 | 1831 | 2010-08-10T09:00:05.903 | 8 | 1495 | <p>The new graphical bootloader introduced in 10.04 (plymouth) looks amazing until I enable proprietary drivers for my video card. I then get a horrible flashy monster of a boot experience, which I can cope with if I have to, but I'm sure would be offputting for newer users.</p>
<p>My understanding is that plymouth depends on features that currently aren't available in the proprietary drivers. My question is, is this likely to change, or should I just get used to 'one or the other' (i.e. a nice boot experience or a nice desktop experience, but not both)? Can we expect to see plymouth playing nice with proprietary graphics drivers in future, or is this solely reliant on work from the proprietary manufacturers?</p>
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1836 | 1 | 1837 | 2010-08-10T09:44:47.803 | 14 | 17475 | <p>I have a valid, reachable SMB share on my Windows box, which I can mount with </p>
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<p>but sudo mount -a results in an error, which from a dmesg | tail, shows</p>
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<p>Anyone else seen this issue and managed to resolve it?</p>
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1846 | 1 | 1850 | 2010-08-10T13:25:58.267 | 2 | 807 | <p>Hey,
Im trying to install Wolfenstein E.T however it comes up with this error message when running, Saying its missing Libgtk-1.2. In the repos there is only libgtk2.0 any ideas how i can get around this problem?</p>
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1847 | 1 | 1851 | 2010-08-10T13:31:34.730 | 7 | 1109 | <p>I have a Lenovo x61 tablet PC running Ubuntu 10.04. I've got <a href="http://www.krizka.net/2008/02/13/thinkpad-x61-tablet-automatic-screen-rotation-under-linux/" rel="nofollow">Karol Krizka's</a> auto-rotate daemon working, along with a variety of other applications like <a href="http://risujin.org/cellwriter/" rel="nofollow">cellwriter</a>, though for some reason even when it's working properly, it needed a <a href="http://wjw.blogspot.com/2009/08/cellwriter-fix.html" rel="nofollow">fix</a> for me. There's a host of other applications I use such as</p>
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<p>probably others that I forget at the moment...</p>
<p>But I was wondering if there are any good tablet-oriented desktop environments for Ubuntu?</p>
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1861 | 1 | null | 2010-08-10T17:07:07.427 | 13 | 14312 | <p>I'm on a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. My monitor's native resolution is 1280x1024. However, in the Monitor Preferences application, I am only presented with 640x480 and 800x600 as options. My video card is an on board Matrox G200eW. I tried installing the proprietary driver from Matrox's website, but the installer immediately throws four errors. I also tried using xrandr to set my resolution, but it simply pops back saying "Size 1280x1024 not found in available modes." How can I get 1280x1024 added to my available sizes to that I can switch to it?</p>
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1863 | 1 | 1879 | 2010-08-10T17:51:28.913 | 0 | 321 | <p>How can I see the code of gnome panels? for example view the code is executed When I click on shutdown button in the panel.</p>
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1866 | 1 | 1870 | 2010-08-10T18:15:22.640 | 0 | 227 | <p>Every time I remove or install anything to do with Microsoft, either it be fonts or dependencies for wine. </p>
<p>I constantly find my theme messing up. Does anyone know why this happens?</p>
<p>Please and thank you.</p>
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1871 | 1 | 1876 | 2010-08-10T18:48:00.640 | 29 | 37935 | <p>I am not talking about <code>shutdown</code> and <code>reboot</code> commands. I want to initiate the same routine from command line that would be performed if I would press the logout/reboot/shutdown button inside the KDE desktop.</p>
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"text": "The linked webpage is no longer accessible, nor could I find any replacement or web.archive.org entry. From [reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/70hnzg/command_to_properly_shutdownreboot_kde_machine/): **Confirm:** \"-1\": default user config, \"0\": No confirmation windows, \"1\": Always with confirmation window. **sdtype:** \"-1\": default user config, \"0\": logout, \"1\": reboot, \"2\": halt. **sdmode:** \"-1\": default user config, \"0\": shutdown after all session have ended, \"1\": shutdown if no active sessions, \"2\": force shutdown, \"3\" ask user what to do if sessions are still active.",
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"text": "@kdb I found that page still in a Google cache, but that probably won't last long. I've copied the relevant part into my answer.",
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"text": "Curiously, `org.kde.KSMServerInterface.logout` did not work for me, but I managed to reboot with `qdbus org.kde.ksmserver /KSMServer logout 0 1 2` (see [C.D.'s answer](https://askubuntu.com/a/1123899/124933)).",
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"text": "Could you please sort your explanation in the same order of the arguments? It improves readability:\n(i) ShutdownConfirm, (ii) ShutdownType and (iii) ShutdownMode correspoinding to (i) confirm, (ii) sdtype and (iii) sdmode",
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1874 | 1 | 1891 | 2010-08-10T19:13:24.003 | 11 | 2968 | <p>I recently installed Ubuntu in my uncle's laptop. He seems to like it and he is asking me for some good Ubuntu books for beginners. I was thinking about The Official Ubuntu Book. Any other suggestions would be very much appreciated.</p>
<p>He comes from a Windows background if that would help.</p>
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1877 | 1 | 64544 | 2010-08-10T19:55:17.697 | 132 | 100716 | <p>I frequently cross this issue, and always have to google for an answer. Does anyone have a permanent fix for BADSIG errors from <code>apt-get</code>?</p>
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"body": "<p>Here's the (easiest) solution:</p>\n\n<p>Type the following commands in the Terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ sudo -i\n# apt-get clean\n# cd /var/lib/apt\n# mv lists lists.old\n# mkdir -p lists/partial\n# apt-get clean\n# apt-get update\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-the-ubuntu-gpg-error-badsig.html\">Credits: ubuntugeek.com</a></p>\n\n<p><strong>Edit:</strong></p>\n\n<p>If the error occurs again (maybe after a few days/months), open Nautilus as root > navigate to <code>var/lib/apt</code> > delete the \"lists.old\" folder > then open the \"lists\" folder and delete the \"partial\" folder. Now, execute the aforementioned commands again.</p>\n",
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"text": "@ArtOfCode: the error is exactly the same. This answer helped me, but on the web you only find the method that qbi points out and that you can find everywhere on the web.",
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1881 | 1 | 1887 | 2010-08-10T20:01:38.820 | 63 | 93422 | <p>What are some CD ripping programs for Ubuntu? Can you list the Pros? What are the Cons? For each program there should be a screenshot, sources to install, and instructions to install and use.</p>
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1889 | 1 | 2144 | 2010-08-10T20:34:55.837 | 2 | 3470 | <p>One of my notebooks is a Compaq nc4200 (Mobile Intel 915GM Express). All Ubuntu kernels > 2.6.32-20 don't boot on that machine. Instead I get an error message:</p>
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<p>After some googling I found <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=574755" rel="nofollow">Bug #574755</a> in Debians BTS. In this case plymouth had some bug. So I tried to add <code>i915 modeset=1</code> to <code>/etc/initramfs-tools/modules</code>. This made the boot screen complete lack. I saw no output anymore. Second I tried to remove the plymouth-package. After purging it I got the same message again.</p>
<p>I dug a bit further. From my point of view this must be some kind of file system thing. Output from boot:</p>
<pre><code>Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... done.
Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... done.
Begin: Waiting for root file system ...`
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- Boot args (cat /proc/cmdline)
- Check rootdelay= (did the system wait long enough?)
- Check root= (did the system wait for the right device?)
- Missing modules (cat /proc/modules; ls /dev)
ALERT! r/dev/disk/by-uuid/(UUID-of-my-sda1) does not exist. Dropping to a shell!
BusyBox v1.19.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.10.3-7ubuntu1.1) built-in shell (ash)
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<p>Now I'm out of ideas. What can be the cause of it? How I resolve this issue?</p>
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1892 | 1 | 1903 | 2010-08-10T20:50:25.940 | 2 | 3393 | <p>Previously linuxant release driver for conexant modem (HCF or HSF), now for newer kernel this site doesn't release for newer kernel version (after 2.6.31-17 version). how to use conexant modem in Ubuntu with newer Kernel than 2.6.31-17 (... , 10.4 , ...)?</p>
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1895 | 1 | null | 2010-08-10T21:29:21.987 | 7 | 1160 | <p>Imagine I have three Ubuntu computers <code>home</code>, <code>laptop</code>, <code>beach-house</code>. They all have the same version of Ubuntu, 10.04 installed, and are kept up to date from the repositories.</p>
<p>I use <code>f-spot</code>, <code>thunderbird</code>, and <code>google-chrome</code> on all of the computers. Is there a way to keep the data and configuration in sync across them, without requiring constant connectivity for normal (non-synchronous) usage? </p>
<p>For example, they should be usable without network connectivity, so something like <a href="http://nfs.sourceforge.net/">NFS</a> won't work. </p>
<p>An ideal solution would not require manual action to start the syncing process. </p>
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1907 | 1 | null | 2010-08-11T02:16:29.443 | 3 | 268 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/481/how-do-i-find-the-package-that-provides-a-file">How do I find the package that provides a file?</a> </p>
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<p>If I know the name of a library (Eg. libnss3.so) how do I figure out which package to install to get this library? Is there an easier way to do this?</p>
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1908 | 1 | 1915 | 2010-08-11T02:20:08.437 | 1 | 3091 | <p>I recently upgraded a friend's Dell Mini 12 (Inspiron 1210) from Ubuntu 8.10 to 10.04 netbook edition. After installing, and performing the available updates, I'm unable to detect any wireless networks (it knows it has a wireless card, but won't list any active networks). </p>
<p>There also seems to be an issue with the display drivers: when scrolling, resizing, or drawing any windows there is a noticeable lag as I watch the screen redraw. As if there are no compatible display drivers installed.</p>
<p>All these problems go away the moment I boot up a version of 8.10. But I'd like to keep 10.04 if possible.</p>
<p>Are these common problems? Everything I've read suggest this is laptop should be compatible. Any suggestions? Thanks.</p>
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1909 | 1 | null | 2010-08-11T02:22:53.377 | 1 | 854 | <p>I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm afraid I've done something really stupid.</p>
<p>After booting, When prompted to enter a password to unlock my login keyring, I tried to enter my password, but it won't let me.</p>
<p>I can move my cursor but everything else is frozen.</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it">My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?</a> </p>
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<p>I installed Lucid Lynx over PXE onto this dell server seemingly successfully, but booting from the HD results in a black, unpowered screen. There appears to be no network connectivity to the box either. It may have landed at a textual busybox type prompt, but I can't see it. <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>Delete</kbd> seems to reboot.</p>
<p>On my last attempt I held shift and the grub menu came up, but recovery mode produced the same results.</p>
<p>Should I drop into the grub prompt and give the kernel a magical boot option? Should I boot from a rescue cd and munge some bits on the HD? Give up and install windows?</p>
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1927 | 1 | 1929 | 2010-08-11T08:53:03.000 | 6 | 290 | <p><a href="http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/stackapplet" rel="nofollow">A package</a> was recently added to Ubuntu. (It was synced from Debian.)</p>
<p>I searched for it on <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com" rel="nofollow">http://packages.ubuntu.com</a>, but it isn't showing up.</p>
<p>How long does it take?</p>
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1938 | 1 | null | 2010-08-11T13:55:52.800 | 9 | 920 | <p>Which podcasts in either the Ubuntu or general Linux categories are the most helpful or most enjoyable. </p>
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1942 | 1 | null | 2010-08-11T14:33:04.100 | 8 | 45259 | <p>I have been trying for a while to get Evolution to connect to my Exchange account. I think the complication is the that the OWA url is https://owa[...].
I am able to connect with Android phones, iPhones, etc., but I can't do it with Evolution.</p>
<p>Is there a way to make this work?</p>
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1943 | 1 | 1944 | 2010-08-11T15:04:10.517 | 27 | 15255 | <p>In <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ubuntu" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Urban Dictionary</a>, Ubuntu is defined as</p>
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<p>I'm confused about the meaning. How true is this sentence? Are really Ubuntu and Debian so close to each other?</p>
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1954 | 1 | 2098 | 2010-08-11T17:27:53.047 | 1 | 166 | <p>I would like to route packages received by a VM host to different VM guest, on basis of application layer, in particular domains given in urls. It is impossible to route on network layer level, since IP address limitations (to the outside) do not allow this.</p>
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1956 | 1 | null | 2010-08-11T17:39:13.980 | 1 | 1628 | <p>After upgrading the Ubuntu to 10.04 my Nautilus file manager gives lot of problem. Nautilus freezes after few minutes of start. I tried with Thunar, but I did not like that. Now I have Dolphin too, when Nautilus goes problem, then I start work with Dolphin. I do not like this. I want to work on Nautilus or equivalent one.</p>
<p>I work with lot of images using GIMP and Inkscape. I tried many things including reinstalled the OS for 6 time in 4 months. I cannot leave Ubuntu, but I am limbing. Some body help me to fix it.
Thanks in Advance.</p>
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1962 | 1 | 1964 | 2010-08-11T19:23:14.627 | 64 | 74507 | <p>I was able to setup ssh to use private/public key authentication. Now I am able to do</p>
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1978 | 1 | 1979 | 2010-08-11T20:08:07.997 | 6 | 556 | <p>On my desktop computer, the GNOME main menu on the panel has a different look: it's just one "Ubuntu logo" icon; clicking on it displays the "Applications" menu on top, with "Resources" and "System" being two sub-menus (last two entries). </p>
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1982 | 1 | 1985 | 2010-08-11T20:32:55.067 | 3 | 3267 | <p>I'd like to set up authenticated, encrypted SMTP on my remote Ubuntu server, how do I do that? </p>
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1993 | 1 | 2003 | 2010-08-11T22:14:36.883 | 7 | 5045 | <p>I've purchased a Dell Inspiron 1545 for my wife. Due to some really bad judgement from the design team, the only indicator you have is the power one.</p>
<p>What do you guys recommend in terms of having some nice indicators for CAPS/NUM Lock and HDD activity? I just feel so lost without some quick visual clue on those items.</p>
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2007 | 1 | 2009 | 2010-08-12T02:06:38.373 | 72 | 142885 | <p>With regards to Plymouth --</p>
<p>Are there alternative boot screens available?</p>
<p>What's the easiest way to change the boot screen?</p>
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2013 | 1 | 2016 | 2010-08-12T06:33:00.100 | 5 | 4469 | <p>This is an issue I've been facing for a long time. However I am still able to use my ubuntu via recovery mode, where I log-in to the shell, where I type <code>startx</code>. Sometimes when i restart, it goes in clean. But most of the time I get hung up with the splash screen.</p>
<p>Wondering if this is an issue with mount: heard that ubuntu will check the hdd once after every 30 mounts. I seem to notice it has not being doing that for a while.</p>
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2014 | 1 | null | 2010-08-12T07:06:50.530 | 6 | 4003 | <p>How do I remove an app (Tonido) in Ubuntu?</p>
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2018 | 1 | null | 2010-08-12T09:03:22.013 | 6 | 4913 | <p>The Ubuntu standard mail client Evolution provides two plugins for spam filtering:</p>
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<p><strong>Note:</strong> I'm mainly interested in "out-of-the-box" performance, not in advanced configuration of either of the spam filters.</p>
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2021 | 1 | 2022 | 2010-08-12T10:15:14.097 | 16 | 6032 | <p>With each kernel update, a new entry is placed in Grub to provide a way to boot that specific kernel version.</p>
<p>I have about 5 at the moment and, to be honest, once I have confirmed I can boot into the new kernel version, I never go back to a previous version.</p>
<p>I'd like to manage the items in this list from the desktop rather than edit the file, is there a way to do this using the GUI from within Ubuntu itself?</p>
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2028 | 1 | 2233 | 2010-08-12T12:37:38.080 | 2 | 1345 | <p>I just installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.</p>
<p>However, my D-Link DWM-152 (HSDPA USB modem) is not able to be detected.</p>
<p>I am having exactly same result as c_siswan
<a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1476983" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1476983</a></p>
<p>Can anyone suggest me a solution?</p>
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2033 | 1 | 2040 | 2010-08-12T13:24:34.813 | 2 | 217 | <p>I would like to have a general list of steps I can do to troubleshoot problems with sound.</p>
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2034 | 1 | 7763 | 2010-08-12T13:27:21.080 | 55 | 17218 | <p>The OCD in me wants directories I do not like the name of to be hidden since I do not interact with them directly.</p>
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2035 | 1 | 77387 | 2010-08-12T13:30:16.687 | 0 | 1074 | <p>I have a desktop that has both Gnome and KDE installed.</p>
<p>When I start non-KDE applications under my user account running KDE, the application widgets obtain the same window decoration, style etc as my KDE applications.</p>
<p>However, when I have to start an application with root privileges (i.e. via kdesudo), the style is like Gnome, not like KDE.</p>
<p>What do I need to do to change this?</p>
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2038 | 1 | 2042 | 2010-08-12T13:55:04.680 | 6 | 3432 | <p>In Ubuntu 10.04, when I goto System > Administration > Software Sources and goto the Authentication tab, I can view all of my keys allowing me to download from third party sources.</p>
<p>How would I back this up to copy all of my sources and keys to a new system?</p>
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2045 | 1 | 2046 | 2010-08-12T14:53:14.897 | 53 | 80545 | <p>I was wondering how do you know where the largest files in my system are stored.</p>
<p>For example---</p>
<p>Disk Space Used: 1GB
Java: 500MB
Java Percentage: 50% maybe represented in a pie chart. Maybe?</p>
<p>I know this maybe a feature overkill. I sometimes forget having stored things and wonder why my disk is so full. </p>
<p>So basically a command that will allow me to run on the file system and provide me with information on disk space used.</p>
<p>Please and thank you.</p>
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2048 | 1 | 2051 | 2010-08-12T15:03:03.470 | 2 | 495 | <p>Does it make sense to run a cloud on only one server? If so what are the benefits?
Are there any nice tools managing my VMs (apart from virt-manager) even if I do not use the EC2 cloud?</p>
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