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15943 | 1 | null | 2010-12-02T20:46:47.813 | 2 | 593 | <p>After I have Installed Ubuntu 10.10 my printer is not working anymore. My printer is connected through a parallel port. I was told that the cups have changed in Maverick. Is there any solution?</p>
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15944 | 1 | 16438 | 2010-12-02T20:47:13.163 | 7 | 1198 | <p>I have a mysql server, ubuntu server 10.04.
It works great and we're really happy about it.</p>
<p>Time for updates has come and I am sincerely scared: can I do a <code>sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</code> with light heart?
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15948 | 1 | 15951 | 2010-12-02T21:06:34.220 | 6 | 140 | <p>I think it would be beneficial to have the <a href="http://scholarsfonts.net/cardofnt.html" rel="nofollow">Cardo</a> font included in Ubuntu's official repositories.</p>
<p>Where can I make this kind of request?</p>
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15957 | 1 | 16350 | 2010-12-02T21:56:10.167 | 4 | 18533 | <p>I set up a dhcpd on my ubuntu server with this configuration:
please note that the ubuntu server which runs the dhcpd has a static ip
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15960 | 1 | 15974 | 2010-12-02T22:41:40.993 | 8 | 2772 | <p>I saw in default gnome theme icons when I clicked right the mouse. The icons are very useful for orientation in the menu.<br>
See the picture below. How can I add some icons to standard ubuntu theme?</p>
<p>If there no icon pack how can I add my own icons?</p>
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15963 | 1 | 15966 | 2010-12-02T22:48:31.277 | 11 | 14283 | <p>The <a href="http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/en/man8/ping.8.html">ping manual</a> says that <code>ping -a</code> will generate audible pings, but when I try this no sound is made.</p>
<p>What am I doing wrong?</p>
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15967 | 1 | 16487 | 2010-12-02T23:43:06.747 | 5 | 575 | <p>When I view an audiobook in the Internet Archive 'store' in Banshee, there is no option to add it to my library, or even to download the files. I can still stream these files but because I can't view them in my library, I can't get them onto my mp3 player. I am however able to download the files if I do so directly ... | null | null | null | 2010-12-07T00:21:54.933 | How can I get audiobooks from Banshee's 'Internet Archive' plugin into my library? | [
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15968 | 1 | null | 2010-12-03T00:19:37.750 | 9 | 10962 | <p>with what software i can split the screen of a video? putting like 3 videos at the same time in one video....here is an example of what i want to do
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JynWHMAQrHQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JynWHMAQrHQ</a></p>
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15969 | 1 | 15972 | 2010-12-03T00:20:17.890 | 1 | 517 | <p>I am trying to create a python gtk program which uses googlecl tools like listing google calendar appointments, accessing the google blog etc. However I do not know how to call the command in python gtk.</p>
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15971 | 1 | null | 2010-12-03T00:30:22.433 | 9 | 17326 | <p>Not sure if this is an appropriate question for this site, since it's not really specific to Ubuntu. Those who feel it isn't should probably respond to my <a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4500/getting-visual-feedback-of-workspace-switch-in-xfce">crosspost on the Unix and Linux stackexchange site</a... | 3865 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:37:16.607 | 2022-04-28T21:38:18.147 | Getting visual feedback of workspace switch in xfce | [
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15979 | 1 | 233738 | 2010-12-03T03:06:54.953 | 7 | 4172 | <p>I need a GUI application that shows the binary representation of text, using binary numbers, not hexadecimal numbers. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>For example, the program should convert the text <code>Hi</code> to <code>1001000 1101001</code>.</p>
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15981 | 1 | 15983 | 2010-12-03T04:07:58.180 | 8 | 394 | <p>I know in a lot of source control tracking systems (Redmine, Trac, Jira) you can add magic words like <code>resolves #1234</code> in your commit message to have the bug updated to a certain status. Is there a feature like this with Launchpad - if so where, or what, is the list of magic keywords?</p>
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15982 | 1 | null | 2010-12-03T04:09:07.913 | 9 | 821 | <p>Is it possible to use Easystroke (or other program) without an initiate key?</p>
<p>Because there is no key for it on the tablet (JooJoo). </p>
<p>I hope you know what i try to explain. --> mouse gestures in Black&White (the game) - style :-D</p>
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15986 | 1 | null | 2010-12-03T05:26:24.460 | 4 | 10717 | <p>In an effort to clean up from a software bug in md, I marked half of a RAID (/dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 in RAID1) as faulty using:</p>
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15988 | 1 | 15996 | 2010-12-03T06:15:39.800 | 45 | 73023 | <p>Is there any other package other than <code>elinks</code> so that I browse internet inside the terminal using terminal as a browser. I feel elinks is a bit difficult to operate.</p>
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15994 | 1 | 16003 | 2010-12-03T08:08:35.570 | 0 | 115 | <p>I use GRASS GIS 6.4.1 SVN version for my work. I keep the code in a directory inside my home directory. Today I updated it with svn up command and configured using the following command.</p>
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16001 | 1 | 16012 | 2010-12-03T08:53:02.617 | 37 | 34619 | <p>Are there any interface mockup design applications for Ubuntu? I need one in order to design programs or interfaces (internet sites and more).</p>
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16004 | 1 | 16045 | 2010-12-03T09:19:24.133 | 1 | 466 | <p>I have uploaded some music folders from my computer to my Ubuntu One storage. I want to know if there is a way to have those folders moved into another folder I created or have them sync to that folder in Ubuntu One. Thanks.</p>
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16007 | 1 | 18503 | 2010-12-03T10:20:49.517 | 5 | 5260 | <p>During the Ubuntu Server setup, I was given a choice to install a 'targeted' initrd with only the modules my computer needs. I chose the other option, 'generic'. How can I install a 'targeted' initrd now that I've already installed my system?</p>
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16011 | 1 | 16030 | 2010-12-03T11:10:03.993 | 3 | 470 | <p>Why is the hibernation performance (i.e the time taken to hibernate and wake up) on my laptop so poor with Ubuntu? This isn't a criticism <em>per se</em> but I'd be interested to know if there was a particular reason why it was so slow. </p>
<p>Is this a problem with every Ubuntu install? </p>
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16014 | 1 | null | 2010-12-03T11:39:19.600 | 1 | 1250 | <p>Something strange happening to me is that some sites see firefox as a mobile browser on ubuntu and force usage of their mobile interface with no option to switch to full view. They work well with chrome on ubuntu and firfox on windows. </p>
<p>So how can i solve this problem ? </p>
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16015 | 1 | null | 2010-12-03T11:54:57.950 | 15 | 5617 | <p>I have two questions... </p>
<p>Firstly, is the communication between my Ubuntu desktop and the Ubuntu One cloud encrypted? </p>
<p>Secondly, are the files, media etc. stored on my Ubuntu one account encrypted on the servers?</p>
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16017 | 1 | 16025 | 2010-12-03T12:09:55.483 | 2 | 1234 | <p>I was installing ubuntu 10.10 to my friend laptop, but when trying to set up effects, I got an error. Then I tried to install proprietary drivers, but this card is too old and no longer supported. :( Please help.</p>
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16021 | 1 | 16028 | 2010-12-03T12:31:24.627 | 3 | 329 | <p>I'm a webdeveloper and using ubuntu 10.10 maverick. I want to track down a bug that appears in firefox 3.0, but not 3.5/3.6. Is there an easy way to install firefox 3.0 without it overwriting/clobbering my main install of firefox? i.e. I want to install both 3.0 and 3.6 at the same time</p>
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16022 | 1 | 16023 | 2010-12-03T12:35:35.147 | 5 | 574 | <p>I've just noticed that I have 342 MB of log files in <code>/var/log</code> </p>
<p>In particular <code>/var/log/bootchart</code> takes 329 MB of this space! </p>
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16031 | 1 | 16034 | 2010-12-03T13:29:56.027 | 16 | 528 | <p>Whenever I boot into Ubuntu, <em>something</em> (frankly, I'm not sure which program does that) creates a bunch of directories, namely <strong><em>~/Music</em></strong>, <strong><em>~/Videos</em></strong>, <strong><em>~/Documents</em></strong>, and <strong><em>~/Audiobooks</em></strong>. </p>
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16032 | 1 | 16033 | 2010-12-03T13:30:45.713 | 1 | 809 | <p>i want to know how can i possibly keep me secured from forgery sites. i am currently using mozilla 3.7 </p>
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16036 | 1 | 16037 | 2010-12-03T13:51:31.717 | 37 | 60567 | <p>I need to tag my MP3 library, and have tried kid3 (which was manual tagging), when I used Kubuntu 9.10 (I now use <strong>Ubuntu Meerkat</strong>) Here are the features I am hoping for:</p>
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<li>Tagging should be automatic, like Winamp's autotag feature, which rocks, btw!</li>
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16038 | 1 | 16055 | 2010-12-03T14:20:17.567 | 14 | 11701 | <p>I use wubi to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my ntfs partition. So I want to change the home folder to a folder on the ntfs partition. I could keep the personal configuration, software and so on after reinstalling the Ubuntu.</p>
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16042 | 1 | 16049 | 2010-12-03T15:04:21.913 | 448 | 1425198 | <p>My system is <strong>not</strong> dual-boot, I run a standard Ubuntu desktop system "on the metal" (I think running it in a VM is the same).</p>
<p>Pressing <kbd>c</kbd> while booting does not cause the GRUB menu to appear (which I believe it does for a dual-boot system).</p>
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16043 | 1 | 16047 | 2010-12-03T15:11:19.183 | 1 | 902 | <p>I had installed and loved AWN, and had removed my last panel using <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/8912/how-do-i-delete-my-last-panel">these instructions</a>. Everything was wonderful. However, apparently I was using an AWN package for Lucid - I'm on Maverick. After a recent run of the update manager, AWN w... | 2664 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:56.577 | 2010-12-03T15:51:25.127 | How do I get AWN back? (Get into a terminal if all panels and docks are gone) | [
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16050 | 1 | 16053 | 2010-12-03T15:25:17.510 | 8 | 38352 | <p>I want to run a command on a ssh-server, but this command is determined by a script on my local machine. How do I do that?</p>
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16058 | 1 | 16059 | 2010-12-03T16:28:51.867 | 10 | 2241 | <p>Hello
I was wondering if it's possible to make Dropbox sync my ~/Documents folder? I'm on Ubuntu 10.10 netbook remix (Not that NBR should matter that much). I've read how to do this on Windows, and I was wondering if it's possible to do it on Ubuntu as well. Thanks in advance.</p>
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16060 | 1 | null | 2010-12-03T16:49:53.380 | 0 | 2060 | <p>How can I create an image (.iso) that contains:
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16061 | 1 | 16176 | 2010-12-03T16:51:18.513 | 1 | 188 | <p>I noticed the time is about 7 hours off, If I fix it, restart the time will be off again, anyway to permanently fix the time on the USB Flash Drive?</p>
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16066 | 1 | 16067 | 2010-12-03T17:16:38.233 | 4 | 687 | <p>I am facing a weird problem that my system clocks resets to jan 1 2007 to 0:00. Can anybody help me to rectify it? </p>
<p>The bios show the same time. What should I do?</p>
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16073 | 1 | null | 2010-12-03T17:38:57.067 | 2 | 1072 | <p>I am currently using code blocks 10.05 as a C++ compiler but I am facing a problem during building of source code (compiling) . </p>
<p>It displays an error that - debug program uses a wrong compiler, skipping...</p>
<p>I am using a GNU compiler from console application menu . Please help to rectify problem</p>
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16077 | 1 | 16080 | 2010-12-03T17:47:16.407 | 4 | 4194 | <p>I just purchased a Dell Inspiron 15R and use Ubuntu as my primary operating system. Well I tried to install all of the following without any success:</p>
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<li>Ubuntu 10.10 x86-64bit</li>
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"body": "<p>So here was the solution. In the BIOS when the PC boots up you press F2. Find the section that has USB Emulation and make sure it is disabled. Not sure what this is doing but I turned it off and it would boot to the standard install fine.</p>\n\n<p>I came across another issue after... | [
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16085 | 1 | 16087 | 2010-12-03T19:07:18.977 | 8 | 121 | <p>I think the question is clear enough. One thing though, I'm interested in the programming part not something else. </p>
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"body": "<p>You'll find this <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/HowToFix\">'How To Fix a bug'</a> wiki page quite useful. It mentions about how to generate a patch or a branch merge with the fix.</p>\n\n<p>Programming skills required depend on the application or the bug you are working on. \... | [
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16086 | 1 | 16090 | 2010-12-03T19:17:07.207 | 11 | 16659 | <p>Could you please suggest me a good anonymous internet browsing application for Ubuntu?</p>
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"body": "<p><strong>Tor</strong> is one of the best tools for anonymity on the internet. The most common way today is to use Tor is the Tor browser bundle, see <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/a/420247/158442\">this answer</a> for more. You can use Tor without a proxy server, although the Tor pro... | [
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16094 | 1 | 16096 | 2010-12-03T20:31:21.223 | 9 | 639 | <p>Is there any software or website that allows the user to view a graph of how popular a particular package is? The <a href="http://popcon.ubuntu.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">popcon.ubuntu.com</a> site has raw information on how many people<br>
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16101 | 1 | 16103 | 2010-12-03T21:52:53.183 | 1 | 942 | <p>When I start computer; or resume from standby; for few minutes firefox address bar does not offer autocomplete. After few minutes, every works normally. </p>
<p>ubuntu maverick<br>
firefox 3.6.12 that came with ubuntu, updated through apt-get<br>
laptop thinkpad t60p</p>
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16104 | 1 | 16126 | 2010-12-03T22:29:00.467 | 17 | 21436 | <p>I'm sure it might be a very easy way to do this, but I haven't found how...
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16105 | 1 | 252103 | 2010-12-03T23:05:17.580 | 117 | 252578 | <p>Is there anyway to get an error log for a failed VPN connection attempt? All I get is this notification and I have no idea where to go from there.</p>
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16106 | 1 | 16110 | 2010-12-03T23:06:12.587 | 36 | 44537 | <p>I frequently run the <code>ls</code> command after running the <code>cd</code> command. How can I create an alias (like <code>cs</code>) for this operation?</p>
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16112 | 1 | 16200 | 2010-12-03T23:44:29.217 | 10 | 3938 | <p>I try to test natty alpha with usb. (my system is 10.04) But when I run disk creator I can not choose the option for persistent creation. Here on screenshots I saw that this is possible. Choosing the second option "Burn your CD or create a USB drive"</p>
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"body": "<p>Maybe you are experiencing this <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/557775\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">bug</a>? See if the workaround described in <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/557775/comments/4\" rel=\"nofollo... | [
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16117 | 1 | 16134 | 2010-12-04T03:53:23.200 | 4 | 565 | <p>First, read <a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-12/03/wwf-file-format" rel="nofollow">this</a> article. Second, are there plans to build support for this format into Ubuntu? For example, print to file support, support from Evince, etc.</p>
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16118 | 1 | null | 2010-12-04T03:54:30.357 | 1 | 181 | <p>I want to use one of these on a video:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/8jZyQ.png" alt="screenshot"></p>
<p>I can't even find <em>linear</em> adjustments in the video editor that is included with Ubuntu.</p>
<p>This should be trivial. What have I missed?</p>
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16125 | 1 | null | 2010-12-04T05:18:00.653 | 0 | 547 | <p>The Me Menu on the top panel does not let me type a status to post to Gwibber or Pidgin. It simply is a grayed-out box that says "Post message..." I cannot type into it. Also, the status selector only works (not grayed out) when Pidgin is logged in; I cannot go from offline to available. </p>
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16135 | 1 | 16136 | 2010-12-04T08:02:58.253 | 14 | 656 | <p>Apport detected a crash and <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#5.%20Complete%20the%20bug%20report%20filing%20process">assisted</a> with submitting <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openmovieeditor/+bug/685100">a bug report</a> to Launchpad, but it make the report private. Why?<... | 1859 | 6861 | 2010-12-04T08:37:33.233 | 2021-06-01T15:29:27.243 | Why did Apport make my bug report private? | [
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16137 | 1 | 16138 | 2010-12-04T08:12:02.647 | -2 | 8351 | <p>I installed debian 5 + LXDE and I was surprised that without an application running it used less than 50 MB of RAM and with Firefox and OpenOffice running it still used less than 100 MB of RAM. Ubuntu + LXDE with Firefox and OpenOffice running uses much more RAM. Why is that?</p>
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16143 | 1 | 16148 | 2010-12-04T10:32:02.543 | 2 | 4702 | <p>i want to start a bash script in ubuntu after boot. But the script should run first after wlan0 device is connected to my wifi.</p>
<p>How can i achieve this?</p>
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16144 | 1 | null | 2010-12-04T10:41:22.300 | 4 | 316 | <p>I would love to try out the latest gnome-shell from git but it is having difficulty compiling on my machine. Not to mention, it's an extremely time-consuming process with terse error messages, so it's been hours of trial-and-error so far. I even tried it on a natty setup but it didn't work. The one from the repos wo... | 6699 | 235 | 2010-12-04T17:52:41.950 | 2010-12-04T18:17:40.410 | Where can I find the most recent snapshot of gnome-shell? | [
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16145 | 1 | 16146 | 2010-12-04T10:42:25.257 | 13 | 5043 | <p>I've got a friend that I trust enough to give ssh access to one of my servers. To this end, I've created a user account for him.</p>
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16149 | 1 | 16151 | 2010-12-04T11:43:08.490 | 30 | 52679 | <p>For a bash timer i use this code:</p>
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sek=60
echo "60 Seconds Wait!"
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16155 | 1 | 16156 | 2010-12-04T12:30:27.620 | 5 | 840 | <p>At present, it seems neither Firefox nor Open Office seem to be using the Indicator Applet Application Menu. Is there a work around/fix committed?</p>
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16159 | 1 | null | 2010-12-04T13:28:47.300 | 2 | 537 | <p>I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10. When Firefox or my photo album is open the sound in Rhythmbox cracks and cuts like someone scratching a disc with a needle. On its own or with Evolution open the sound is fluid and entirely undisturbed. How can I fix this?</p>
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<p>The problem is the script should be only executed once a day.
So when the script recognizes that it already has been executed today it should stop itself. How can i do this?</p>
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16162 | 1 | 16163 | 2010-12-04T14:01:38.930 | 1 | 6705 | <p>In a file i have a string like this which is the date of today</p>
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16164 | 1 | 16171 | 2010-12-04T14:33:08.517 | 4 | 7410 | <p>I use the daily ppa build of Chromium. The daily build uses a <a href="http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=59825" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PNG I believe instead of an SVG</a>, so it looks rather horrid on my dock.</p>
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<p>Now the problem is that my machine directly boots Ubuntu and even does not show me grub menu.</p>
<p>How do I install grub menu ?</p>
<p>And how do I add Windows Vista to the grub menu?</p>
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16173 | 1 | 16262 | 2010-12-04T16:01:41.127 | 4 | 821 | <p>I'm using <code>notify-send</code> to get notifications. Since yesterday, it stopped working.
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16174 | 1 | 16175 | 2010-12-04T16:36:21.407 | 1 | 220 | <p>I have installed shutter package.And in preferences i have set save path to Desktop.When ever i close shutter and start again the save path points to somewherelse.It keeps changing randomly.I can't even figure out the problem.Can anybody help me? </p>
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16177 | 1 | 16933 | 2010-12-04T16:57:40.740 | 3 | 14000 | <p>Recently I was faced with a weird problem on my samba server (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS am64) when all shares were "suddenly" inaccessible to the clients. Tracking down the error revealed that <code>smbd</code> was not started on boot-up. From the syslog:</p>
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16187 | 1 | 16190 | 2010-12-04T17:46:55.480 | 1 | 1562 | <p>I removed PulseAudio from my system following problems with Wine. Now things work well, including Spotify.</p>
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16191 | 1 | null | 2010-12-04T17:58:38.137 | -6 | 370 | <p>I want to purchase an ebook reader that is compatible with Ubuntu and can read .pdf format. Can anyone suggest a good one? I want an ebook reader not a tablet.</p>
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16205 | 1 | null | 2010-12-04T19:36:52.123 | 8 | 4036 | <p>Is there any way i can connect to my account via FTP (gFTP)? wget would help?</p>
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<p>I just want to download all my files at once, not one by one.</p>
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16210 | 1 | 16215 | 2010-12-04T20:26:44.277 | 12 | 1508 | <p>I'm downstairs on my phone trying to VNC into my desktop upstairs but earlier today, I zoomed in with compiz on one of my screens so it makes using that screen over VNC almost impossible.</p>
<p>Now I could go upstairs... But I'm lazy!</p>
<p>Does anybody know a way to turn off zoom via the command line?</p>
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16224 | 1 | 16226 | 2010-12-04T22:37:10.513 | 3 | 289 | <p>Not sure if there is a specific, objective answer to this question but I get the same everything I want to buy a piece of hardware and try to check if it's Ubuntu / Linux compatible:</p>
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16230 | 1 | null | 2010-12-04T23:29:44.383 | 0 | 2593 | <p>Why won't it run on my Thinkpad T42?</p>
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16236 | 1 | 16237 | 2010-12-05T00:58:02.407 | 6 | 3390 | <p>Why doesn't the "% CPU" in System Monitor add up to 100? (% CPU is the third column on the following screenshot)</p>
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16239 | 1 | null | 2010-12-05T01:06:39.870 | 30 | 8039 | <p>I've been using Ubuntu for about five years now, and I still can't make it suspend when I want to. It's quite irritating that I can program up a storm, hack the machine in numerous other ways, and yet, and yet when I try to make it suspend or debug suspend, I fail miserably.</p>
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16253 | 1 | null | 2010-12-05T04:23:35.607 | 15 | 7138 | <p>I develop some apps for GTK+ and so I use GNOME heavily.</p>
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16271 | 1 | 16897 | 2010-12-05T11:15:19.377 | 6 | 2676 | <p>It is necessary to use 3D drivers with Unity Desktop 11.04. How can I create my own iso disk to burn it on usb drive for testing Unity. I have some problems to test unity in Virtual box also default Ubuntu Disk Creator doesn't work for me to make usable installation on usb.</p>
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16275 | 1 | 16279 | 2010-12-05T12:00:37.297 | 35 | 4633 | <p>I have basic C and C++ programming skills as well as a little bit experience with gtkmm and Linux-programming in general (not to forget I have lots of spare time). I want to participate in an Ubuntu project which is small and not too complex in order to improve my programming sills and of course support Ubuntu. </p... | 6958 | 667 | 2010-12-05T13:43:36.030 | 2011-01-24T20:14:35.887 | I am looking for a small (Ubuntu) open-source-project for which I can code | [
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16277 | 1 | null | 2010-12-05T12:11:28.680 | 27 | 290708 | <p>I am trying to create a bootable USB stick from a .iso image (it isn't a linux distro or anything of the sort) intended for use with a CD. I've tried <code>UNetbootin</code> and <code>dd</code> but they don't boot.</p>
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16286 | 1 | null | 2010-12-05T13:17:44.607 | 4 | 1463 | <p>I am on 10.10 and u1sdtool seems to be completely broken. I reinstalled it, no change. I can add my PC to the account, but it is added twice(!) every time I tried. So I have my netbook and two times my PC in the account. The netbook with 10.04 has no problems.</p>
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16288 | 1 | 16297 | 2010-12-05T13:56:57.880 | 1 | 5497 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/65387/is-there-bittorrent-software-that-runs-in-a-terminal">Is there bittorrent software that runs in a terminal?</a> </p>
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<p>I tried btdownloadcurses and while it works fine for most of the torrents,... | 501 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:58.463 | 2017-03-12T20:14:35.723 | Command line BitTorrent client with UDP trackers support | [
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16290 | 1 | 16292 | 2010-12-05T13:58:28.100 | 1 | 753 | <p>When I right-click on my Lucid desktop, the context menu does not appear. I mean the menu with options to create a launcher, change desktop background etc. How can I get it to work?</p>
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"body": "<p>Install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/gtweakui\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">gtweakui</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gtweakui\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install gtweakui\" /></a></p>\n<p>Then goto <strong>System &g... | [
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16293 | 1 | 16294 | 2010-12-05T14:13:01.113 | 6 | 752 | <p>When I was using Gnome Do, it could remember all applications I use much more frequently, and then it could make a correct suggestion. Example:
I have applications Cheese(web-cam app, I don't this much) and Chromium (browser, I launch new window every 5-10 minutes).
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16299 | 1 | 16302 | 2010-12-05T15:24:21.660 | 7 | 1417 | <p>Some folders in my Home directory have special icons.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/IeqRC.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
<p>I would like to do something like this with a custom icon for a folder.</p>
| 5093 | 8844 | 2011-04-06T22:12:28.847 | 2011-04-06T22:12:28.847 | How can I set a custom icon for a folder? | [
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16305 | 1 | 16420 | 2010-12-05T16:06:56.250 | 12 | 14826 | <p>I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed as a desktop OS and a Symbian-based smartphone (Nokia N79). How can I use my desktop system with a headset to make and receive usual mobile phone calls using a connected (via cable or Bluetooth) smartphone?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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"body": "<p>You can try this:\n<a href=\"http://nohands.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://nohands.sourceforge.net/</a></p>\n\n<p>From the website description:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>HFP for Linux is a Bluetooth\n Hands-Free Profile server.</p>\n \n <p><strong>It allows your Linu... | [
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16306 | 1 | null | 2010-12-05T16:09:54.617 | 2 | 2215 | <p>Does anyone knows a good software which will allow me to import the video I took from my digital camera Panasonic TZ7?</p>
<p>Shotwell imports photos perfectly from this device. However I couldn't find any software which imports the video (I tried several, among others Rapid Video Downloader). The only I could impo... | 6066 | 5261 | 2010-12-07T16:20:15.590 | 2017-03-19T06:42:12.917 | Import videos from Panasonic TZ 7 | [
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