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16310 | 1 | 16367 | 2010-12-05T16:44:53.383 | 1 | 3318 | <p>I had dual screen working previously. Now every time I try to setup dual screens and reboot. I get logged in as tty mode, i am able to get one screen working, or have my desktop span both screen ( one huge screen) what i require is two independent screens, that I can drag windows between.</p>
<p>This is frustrating, i am sure you can imagine. This issue now is whether or not xorg.conf is used anymore. from my understanding isn't. </p>
<p>I would appreciate any help that you guys provide in solving this issue. </p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Edit: Here is my xorg.conf generated by the nvidia-settings command, when i select separate screens.</p>
<p><a href="http://pastie.org/1350919" rel="nofollow">http://pastie.org/1350919</a></p>
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"body": "<p>Maybe these links could be of some help: </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://hobbylobby.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/dual-monitors-in-ubuntu-xorgconf-driver-ati-card/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hobbylobby.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/dual-monitors-in-ubuntu-xorgconf-driver-ati-card/</a></p>\... | null | null | null | null | null |
16319 | 1 | 16320 | 2010-12-05T17:28:08.903 | 1 | 6803 | <p>Can anybody tell me how to use KTorrent?</p>
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16325 | 1 | 16800 | 2010-12-05T17:45:32.333 | 5 | 1374 | <p>The new compiz version of Unity has a different looking launcher. Before it was similar to the ambiance theme used in unity. Now it's flat black with thin little lines around the launcher and icons.</p>
<p>Mainly, I'm just wondering if either:</p>
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<li><p>devs haven't gotten to adapting or designing the final look of the launcher(/icons).</p></li>
<li><p>it is an intended change based on someone's personal aesthetic/design preferences </p></li>
<li><p>it was a change based on temporary or permanent technical limitations?<br></p></li>
<li><p>other</p></li>
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<p><strong>Pictures<br></strong><br>
<strong>PREVIOUS Mutter Unity Launcher</strong><br>
This is Mutter Unity launcher in various situations. (my opinion: You can see how, in a variety of situations, the launch bar fits in with the smooth theme perfectly, and also that the launcher meets up with the ubuntu dash iconfittingly)<br></p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qUxfM.png" alt="alt text"> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/I6oXU.png" alt="alt text"> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/zlwIc.png" alt="alt text"><br><br><br><br></p>
<p><strong>CURRENT Compiz Unity Launcher</strong><br>
This is what it looks like now, flat black with lines around the icons and launcher. (my opinion: this looks like it belongs to a different style of theme, and when a window is next to it, it looks like two themes are clashing.) <br>
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wuoJa.png" alt="alt text"> <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/B6RYv.png" alt="alt text"></p>
<p><em>This will look way better when maximized windows share titlebar and menu with the panel. I think even after maximized windows share controls and menu, the smooth look will still always fit better though</em></p>
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"text": "thanks for the reply. I want you to know that I don't speak for everyone of course. but i did want to know the motivation/status. I think both ways do look good. But since one was already established that fit perfectly to the theme, i wasn't sure if there was a specific motivation. I'm a happy camper with unity either way.",
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16327 | 1 | 33764 | 2010-12-05T18:36:17.483 | 9 | 6378 | <p>I posted yesterday regarding <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16168/how-to-install-tethering-s-w-easytether">how to configure easytether</a> on Ubuntu. I followed the steps and everything looks good from the terminal. But I am not able to connect to the Internet. Currently I am connected to a Wireless network, I tried disconnecting to it, in hope to connect to Internet using my phone but with no help. How do I make my notebook use my cell phone's connection. I have attached the snapshot from the terminal.</p>
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16328 | 1 | 16360 | 2010-12-05T18:53:52.780 | 1 | 138 | <p>When I right click with mouse on the Panel in the system menu I don't see all the commands that were before. </p>
<p>For example, when I click on the Panel I see only two commands: (1) Help and (2) About the panel. On the applets also there are some commands dissappeared.</p>
<p>How to solve this problem?</p>
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16329 | 1 | null | 2010-12-05T19:00:17.687 | 4 | 2027 | <p>The problem is, my Wireless network connection cannot connect. It's only worked if I plugged in the cable and then used the Internet for a while,</p>
<p>after being assured that I am connected, I will remove the cable and start using Wifi. This works just for a while, but when I restart I will have to do the same thing again.</p>
<p>After connected to the wired network, I try to bring my netbook away from the modem, I am still connected if I am nearby to my modem that located upstairs of my house. Then if I go downstairs, the connections is fading away but the wireless indicator still indicate 100% active.</p>
<p>Downstairs, I can't access the internet at all even though the indicator shows 100%. If I want to connect to the internet again, I have to go upstairs, put in the cable in again and again. This trouble's really exhausting me.</p>
<p>What is the problem?</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/desktop-forgets-theme">Desktop forgets theme?</a> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>I've dual monitors (1920x1080 + 1920x1200) running on a nVidia GeForce 9800 GT.
This is a fresh Ubuntu 10.10 install running the default Ambiance theme.</p>
<p>I'm finding that the theme fails to load on any of the panel or window decorations resulting in the standard GTK grey. The window boarders however are fine.</p>
<p>This occurs on all themes I've tried, I've also tried erasing all my profile settings and it still occurs (via creating a new user).</p>
<p>Please see screenshot:
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lLYIG.jpg" alt="alt text"></p>
<p>Can anyone point me to either a bug number or a fix for this please?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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16332 | 1 | 16337 | 2010-12-05T19:10:32.433 | 1 | 2672 | <p>I tried installing <strong>xplanet</strong> today, but when I run the application, nothing happens.</p>
<p>I had it running some years ago and I remember that maybe I have to convince the ubuntu desktop manager to accept the drawn wallpaper from another application, but don't know how I can set this in Ubuntu now.</p>
<p>Any advice or URLs for me?</p>
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16336 | 1 | 16359 | 2010-12-05T20:14:21.870 | 97 | 199305 | <p>When I connect over ssh to remote hosts everything is just a single font/color. I would like to have colours like I do locally e.g. green for executable and blue for symlinks etc. And such that when I run $ git diff on the ssh host it shows me diff with colours =)</p>
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16345 | 1 | 16347 | 2010-12-05T22:15:54.190 | 10 | 325 | <p>How can I translate the contents of <code>debian/control</code> in debian packages so that the Information will be localised when the package is shown in the Software-Centre?</p>
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16348 | 1 | 16352 | 2010-12-05T22:36:59.437 | 5 | 369 | <p>Is there a Django based blog available on the repositories of Ubuntu?</p>
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16356 | 1 | null | 2010-12-06T00:09:15.327 | 11 | 3734 | <p>Suppose I have a folder with pictures. If I sort them by name once I open one with Image Viewer and navigate to the others the order is respected. But if I sort my files by modification date, for example, I can't do that. Basically, the default Image Viewer only lets you navigate images by name.</p>
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16361 | 1 | 16362 | 2010-12-06T01:05:07.290 | 8 | 18947 | <p>I want to hide bottom panel so that I would be able to show it again when I want. In the <em>properties</em> menu of the panel there is an option for Autohide but not hide totally.</p>
<p>The reason I need it, is because I am using Docky panel and it now it is behind the bottom panel and looks like awful. </p>
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16366 | 1 | 16370 | 2010-12-06T01:42:03.030 | 121 | 144456 | <p>What are the differences between an Ubuntu Long Term Support release (LTS) and a normal release?</p>
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"text": "What's the benefit of this option instead of just inhibiting lightdm cf. http://askubuntu.com/a/79698/68124 ?",
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"text": "That works for lightdm, this works for any graphical login manager? This is the proper way of loading a Linux system without loading a X server? Just seems more logical? Choose one... :)",
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"text": "Any graphical login manager ? This solution instead is tied to grub which it is not used (or even available) on new mobile platforms where Ubuntu runs, while disabling the service is bootloader-independent. Proper way ? No fact mentioned. More logical ? Inhibiting a particular service is not a logically a boot-time parameter. But you're still right somehow due to another fact: your solution not only inhibits lightdm but also plymouth (at initrd step and others), so its semantics is not \"disable X\" but \"disable any graphical setup\" and that needs to fiddle bootloader configuration. Thanks !",
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"text": "Since the question is made for Ubuntu and not the mobile platform (can you even change anything in the mobile version of Ubuntu? Why would that be a good thing? I am guessing you would be locked to a prompt that knows nothing about keyboard input and accepts fancy finger touches and gestures :P) I am assuming we are talking about Ubuntu, the desktop Linux based operative system that I love and can modify to my needs. :) But you are right, there is a semantics issue with the title of the post, feel free to edit it to something more proper! Thanks for the comments.",
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"text": "Don't assume non-PC platforms are mobile phones or tablet only, poking fun at anyone showing that there's something outside Plato's cave. All those anyway start as development boards without screen, keyboard or mouse but rather a serial port as first communication channel, and keyboard support (e.g. via USB, or even USB OTG for the final product) is likely to be available before touchscreen. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM",
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"text": "@BrunoPereira it worked for me, but when I log in and issue `startx` it just shows the Ubuntu background image and I do not get any desktop session. Do you know why?",
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"text": "Wouldn't it just be easier to remove LightDM so running \"startx\" takes you straight into your desktop environment? It just seems logical to me, like desktop managers are things that are made to be run at boot time. If you're going to type \"startx\" into a terminal to start your desktop environment, wouldn't that make the desktop manager pointless, like, what would even be the point of having it? If you want to use \"startx\" to start your desktop environment, it seems silly to bother with LightDM, or any desktop manager for that matter.",
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"text": "@FuzzyToothpaste That is your option, I am also fine with it. No one is saying what you can or not do, you could install a server release + icewm and that would suffice for all graphical tasks but that is not the point of the question. the question is how to disable it, not to un-install it or prevent installing.",
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"text": "@BrunoPereira I'm using the \"sudo systemctl ...\" command and getting the error \"The unit files have no [Install] section. They are not meant to be neabled using systemctl.\" Any ideas? Update: Never mind ... I was reading hastily and didn't see that it was an *additional* step, not a standalone. Sorry, let me try it again.",
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"text": "@FuzzyToothpaste Uninstalling lightdm worked on 14.04. I tried it on 15.04 and then my system wouldn't boot!",
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"text": "@BrunoPereira Okay, I followed all the steps and am still getting the same error. :(",
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"text": "@Joyce Hai, I am installing 15.04 and testing this again (this was done a few weeks ago and could not catch up with new packages). Will get back to you asap.",
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"text": "@Joyce first run `systemctl get-default` to find out what is the current run-level name and **remember its name** then use `systemctl set-default multi-user.target` to change it to \"multi-user.target\" or run these equals commands instead and see the changes. `rm '/etc/systemd/system/default.target'` then `ln -s '/usr/lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target' '/etc/systemd/system/default.target'`. If the issue is still exist redo the default run-level that you remember it via `systemctl set-default RunLevelName`.",
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"text": "@KasiyA Perfect, that's what was missing! Thanks for the suggestion, this worked perfectly in a test box.",
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"text": "@KasiyA The \"systemctl set-default multi-user.target\" command did the trick for me! THANK YOU!!",
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"text": "I'm on 15.04. I did those steps and now I can't login. I get to a login screen `tty1` and whatever I type I get `login incorrect`. I'm certain the user and password are correct. What can I do?",
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"text": "I got the same problem but proceeded with the next step and was able to boot into console mode, but can switch to GUI any more -- it gets stuck in a GUI login propt cycle if I start lightdm or starts to paint windows and hangs if I run startx. Anyone else have this problem?",
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"text": "Is there any way to roll it back? http://askubuntu.com/questions/834832/how-do-i-enable-x-at-boot-time-so-that-the-system-boots-not-in-text-mode",
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16380 | 1 | null | 2010-12-06T05:10:43.697 | 7 | 20687 | <p>How can I edit the gnome-panel "Places" menu? (I have the same SSH server showing twice and it's annoying.)</p>
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16381 | 1 | null | 2010-12-06T05:12:37.973 | 0 | 1356 | <p>I want to install my ATI x1250 on my ubuntu 10.10, i am running it on a HP 6515b. </p>
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16386 | 1 | 18059 | 2010-12-06T05:32:12.557 | 21 | 14678 | <p>I would like to automate the process of tagging my photos with subjects' names.</p>
<p>Is there any software for Ubuntu that can perform face recognition on a local photo collection?</p>
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16388 | 1 | 153297 | 2010-12-06T06:05:45.157 | 57 | 94792 | <p>Writing a commercial proposal, I want to create a <b>nice graphic</b> showing the clients the architecture I thought of for their IT network, with servers, network connections, firewall, load-balancing, etc.</p>
<p>For years I have been using <b>dia</b>, but I am tired of it because: the results are not satisfying, very few network elements are available, and each element's graphic representation is really ugly.</p>
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<p><i>If a better set of elements was available for dia, that would be a solution.</i></p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11088/how-can-i-physically-identify-a-single-drive-in-a-raid-array">How can I physically identify a single drive in a RAID array?</a> </p>
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<p>I have a computer with several drives in it, all identical, all part of a RAID. One of those drives is failing (sdc), but I can't tell which physical drive is sdc... any suggestions?</p>
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16407 | 1 | 16472 | 2010-12-06T11:49:19.497 | 4 | 610 | <p>When I enter mode in vim, all control keys (like arrow keys, delete keys etc.) produce characters instead of expected control behaviour. How can I change this? Thanks :)</p>
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16408 | 1 | 16449 | 2010-12-06T11:52:15.047 | 2 | 284 | <p>I am using stackapplet v1.4 it's not getting started automatically.Every time i want to start it manually from <strong>Application>>Accessories>>StackApplet</strong>.I am sure i have enabled the option <strong>Start StackApplet during login</strong> but it's not working.What's going wrong here? </p>
<p><strong>~/.xsession-errors</strong> <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/540353/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">shows the following result</a>.
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16418 | 1 | 16430 | 2010-12-06T13:09:51.627 | 1 | 146 | <p>For some odd reason, after running <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/11/alternative-to-200-lines-kernel-patch.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> and restarting I lost audio on my Linux partition (but not on my Windows one). </p>
<p>With the <a href="http://yfrog.com/jkscreenshotdbp" rel="nofollow">volume controller appearing at max</a>, why would I have no audio? </p>
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16421 | 1 | 16426 | 2010-12-06T13:38:16.133 | 8 | 3433 | <p>How to display my prompt in color? I see a lot of text go up my screen, and a lot of crud. Something like <code>(red)myName(red)@(blue)myMachine:~$(blue)</code> would help simplify things a lot.</p>
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16423 | 1 | 23501 | 2010-12-06T13:49:03.443 | 9 | 3831 | <p>There seems to be no configuration dialog for the <strong>Places</strong> menu in the panel.<br>
Yes, I know how to add, remove or change the order of the bookmarks in nautilus. </p>
<p>But I want to use folders and subfolders for the bookmarks.
With more than 20 entries the nautilus bookmarks and the places menu become inconvenient. </p>
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<li>any editor for this? </li>
<li>any configuration file that does the job? </li>
<li>any other tool than the standard places menue? </li>
<li>any extension for nautilus to extend the bookmark organization?</li>
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16424 | 1 | 16427 | 2010-12-06T13:50:47.420 | 84 | 83884 | <p>I wish to add a new line on every prompt. Instead of the cursor showing on the line as
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<p>I want it to be on the next line, like as:</p>
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<p>Thanks.</p>
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<p>Any ideas how to make it appear whenever I start a new terminal session?</p>
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16431 | 1 | 16432 | 2010-12-06T14:25:47.350 | 19 | 3618 | <p>Putting any gtk.Widget inside a gtk.Menu works, somewhat, by putting an empty gtk.MenuItem in first. It doesn't seem to be reliable - but it basically works. With an appindicator.Indicator, it doesn't work. The entry just stays empty. Even if you set the child[border_size] to 32, for example.</p>
<p>The only widget that works is a gtk.Label (plus the MenuItem, ImageMenuItem and so on of course).</p>
<p>Now the Me Menu has got a gtk.Entry in it, so it must surely be possible to do this Properly. How do I do it?</p>
<p>Here's some example code to explain what I'm on about:</p>
<pre><code> self.item = gtk.MenuItem()
self.item.add(gtk.Label("hello world!"))
self.menu.append(self.item)
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<p>The above code works, this however doesn't:</p>
<pre><code> self.item = gtk.MenuItem()
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<p>Where self.menu is an appindicator.Indicator, if it were a gtk.Menu, the Entry would be at least displayed.</p>
<p>Here's some working code:</p>
<pre><code>import gtk
import appindicator
class AppIndicator (object):
def __init__(self):
self.ind = appindicator.Indicator("hello world client",
"distributor-logo", appindicator.CATEGORY_APPLICATION_STATUS)
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self.menu.show_all()
self.ind.set_menu(self.menu)
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gtk.main()
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16433 | 1 | null | 2010-12-06T14:52:46.397 | 4 | 4745 | <p>What Ubuntu features do and which do not work on your <em>Shuttle XS35</em> barebone mini-pc? In the spirit of <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9542/ubuntu-on-thinkpad-edge-11">this question</a>, add your experience, good or bad, with this fanless, i.e. passively cooled, <a href="http://www.shuttle.eu/products/ultra-small/xs35gt/overview/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">small-form-factor computer</a>, based on Intel's Atom, to this community wiki.</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9540/how-do-i-change-the-computer-name">How do I change the computer name?</a> </p>
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<p>I'd like to rename my computer. What's the recommended way to do this? Is there anything likely to break after I rename it?</p>
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16446 | 1 | 16456 | 2010-12-06T16:19:35.237 | 145 | 31342 | <p>As a developer of free software, I want to get my application into Ubuntu.</p>
<p>Should I provide a source tarball and ask for packaging? Or should I create a package myself? Should I target Ubuntu directly, or should I try to get into Debian and then into Ubuntu automatically?</p>
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16450 | 1 | 17276 | 2010-12-06T16:53:43.010 | 6 | 7499 | <p>I installed Xubuntu 10.10 on an old box today and the graphical performance is horrid. According to <code>lspci</code>, the video card is this:</p>
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Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8081
Flags: 66MHz, medium devsel, IRQ 11
BIST result: 00
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Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: <access denied>
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<p>Is there a way to make it faster? Alternative drivers? The additional drivers tool shows nothing.
I'm specifically interested in improving Java's Java2D rendering speed, because I'll be running a "stat screen" written in that language on it.</p>
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16453 | 1 | 16454 | 2010-12-06T17:21:31.337 | 7 | 1296 | <p>I am considering forking Parcellite and making it use AppIndicators now that Ubuntu has dropped support for systray. How different are these, and are there any "getting started" guides on AppIndicators yet?</p>
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16458 | 1 | null | 2010-12-06T19:39:51.650 | 7 | 964 | <p>So, I got a netbook (Some weird China brand) and it has a multitouch screen. I got to installing Ubuntu Netbook 10.10 and I used the mouse and keyboard for that. When I wanted to try the touchscreen, at first it didn't seem to work, then I tried to multitouch, and this is what happens:</p>
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I put my finger on point B, while still holding point A.</p>
<p>The cursor now jumps to the location on the screen where point A is touched. I can now use point A to drag the cursor ONLY when holding point B. I can use point B for clicking by tapping, but ONLY when holding point A at the place I want to click.</p>
<p>What is going on?</p>
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16462 | 1 | 19790 | 2010-12-06T20:28:39.377 | 3 | 296 | <p>I'm using Empathy Chat with these accounts: GTalk & Facebook.</p>
<p>I just noticed now that from my GTalk friends only 6 appear online (including me) and in reality online are 14 (checked on GMail). And from Facebook it displays 44.</p>
<p>So is Empathy Chat limited to display only 50 contacts? I looked through the settings and didn't see anything like this :|</p>
<p>The worst part is that I have 1 GTalk contact as Favorite and it's not in the list... Is it a bug?</p>
<p>PS: I'm using Ubuntu 10.10</p>
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16463 | 1 | 16490 | 2010-12-06T20:47:48.080 | 2 | 2107 | <p>Running any kind of variation of debootstrap, I get the following error:</p>
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<p>I: Extracting zlib1g...<br>
W: Failure trying to run: chroot /lxc/iso/dodo mount -t proc proc /proc</p>
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<p>debootstrap.log :</p>
<pre><code>mount: permission denied
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<p>If I manually <code>chroot</code> into the directory, then I am prompted with:</p>
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<p>I have no name!</p>
<p>I tried <code>addgroup</code> but it's not installed, <code>apt-get/aptitude : command not found</code>, so I can't do anything with it.</p>
<p>I've tried <code>ubuntu-vm-builder</code>, but since it's calling debootstrap, I get the same error.</p>
<p>I played with it for a few days, then I stopped and gave virt-install a try. Everything works until I get to the console to finish the install which only shows:</p>
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<p>Escape character is ^]</p>
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<p>and nothing more, no matter what I type.</p>
<p>So basically what I'm trying to do is build a usable <code>chroot</code> system so that I can use it with lxc or libvirt.</p>
<p>What are my options to get containers/virtualisation up and running? I've read somewhere that I can use openvz templates with lxc or libvirt. How can I do this?</p>
<p>I'm doing all this on a dedicated server, so I can't access it by hand, only ssh, plus on my local pc running Ubuntu Desktop Maverick everything works.</p>
<p>EDIT</p>
<p>Getting closer, I managed to understand how to use an openvz template with lxc, now the problem comes with the network bridge:</p>
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<pre><code>lxc-start: invalid interface name: br0 # Use same bridge device used in your controlling host setup
lxc-start: failed to process 'lxc.network.link = br0 # Use same bridge device used in your controlling host setup'
lxc-start: failed to read configuration file
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<p>I followed the exact steps to create a bridge and lxc conf looks like:</p>
<pre><code>lxc.network.type = veth
lxc.network.flags = up
lxc.network.link = br0 # Use same bridge device used in your controlling host setup
lxc.network.hwaddr = {a1:b2:c3:d4:e5:f6} # As appropiate (line only needed if you wish to dhcp later)
lxc.network.ipv4 = {10.0.0.100} # (Use 0.0.0.0 if you wish to dhcp later)
lxc.network.name = eth0 # could likely be whatever you want
</code></pre>
<p>Since it's not working, I know smth is wrong so could somebody guide me ?</p>
<p>EDIT: looks like the base install was using a custom kernel (bzImage-2.6.34.6-xxxx-grs-ipv6-65) for which I didn't find the headers. I did an <code>update-grub</code> after I installed a new kernel, edited menu.lst and now it's using 2.6.35-23-server and now debootstrap is working just fine (same as ubuntu-vm-builder).</p>
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16464 | 1 | 16465 | 2010-12-06T21:05:17.380 | 8 | 426 | <p>I want to use gedit as a programming IDE and as a regular text editor. Would I be able to make some .desktop file to load a different configuration?</p>
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16466 | 1 | 16558 | 2010-12-06T21:34:40.327 | 4 | 1380 | <p>I'd like to install Ubuntu on this little g4 I've found...
I hope to get a better performance than Os X 10.4, is it possible?</p>
<p>I thought about using a server minimal install and then put on it gnome, xfce, lxde and fluxbox to find out the best user experience / performance ratio.</p>
<p>Any ideas or experiences about such kind of G4?</p>
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16473 | 1 | 16482 | 2010-12-06T22:49:51.227 | 18 | 3957 | <p>this is my first question (in askubuntu).</p>
<p>I'm about to try Ubuntu for the first time (First time to take it seriously actually).</p>
<p>I love my Mac but don't want to be closed minded, nor closed source ;)</p>
<p>So, if I go ahead with this change, where would you say I would feel the difference?</p>
<p>Pitfalls of Ubuntu compared to Mac? (honestly)</p>
<p>What will I miss the most?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!!</p>
<hr>
<p>Related: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/11392/difference-between-mac-os-and-linux">Difference between mac os and linux</a></p>
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"body": "<p>I've been an *nix user for years and have used Ubuntu for simplicities sake on all my notebooks from the last 3 years or so (everything.. just works!). My current job provided me with a shiny new MacbookPro when I started just over a year ago, great hardware (almost no complaints), but OSX lasted about a month on it.</p>\n\n<p>To get to the point (sorry about the lenghty diatribe), I've found very FEW issues with the switch, however:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>the setup is <em>a little</em> more\ncomplicated than a similar spec\nDell/Thinkpad/etc, it's not too hard\nthough </li>\n<li>the Mac's greatest asset, by\nfar, is the Trackpad, the new\nmultitouch driver (check\nwww.ubuntuforums.org) are <em>almost</em>\nthere, but its not quite as silky\nsmooth as in OSX</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>On the good side:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Compiz is a beautiful, beautiful\nthing (I turn most of the 3D effects\noff), it combines a great way of\napplying keyboard/mouse/gesture\nshortcuts to enhance window\nmanagement and common, often\nlaborious tasks with some great\neyecandy (if you're that way\ninclined).</li>\n<li>4GB RAM goes a whole lot further in Ubuntu/Gnome than it ever went in MacOSX, I can code, browse, listen, watch, game all without issue.</li>\n<li>Ubuntu's package management, APT, and\nthe new Ubuntu Software Centre is\ngreat for keeping software up to\ndate, and allows the installation of\nnew apps easily, ironically enough\nits becoming more and more like the\nApple App Store by the day.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>The pitfalls would be the lack of some software like Photoshop (and the Adobe Suite), Microsoft Office (though 2008 was terrible in my experience compared to the Windows version) and many games, but coming from Mac, you probably wouldn't many anyway.</p>\n\n<p>Finally, I'd say, give it a go, at least in a dual boot situation, what have you got to lose?</p>\n",
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"text": "Excellent answer @kwiksand !! I agree with everything except: `4GB RAM goes a whole lot further in Ubuntu/Gnome than it ever went in MacOSX, I can code, browse, listen, watch, game all without issue.`maybe the peformance is better in Ubuntu but I'm happy with my 2BG mac right now!",
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"text": "Like I was saying I knew someone would come in with a more relevant answer. One thing I would say is that In my opinion if you learn how to use Inkscape, the gimp and similar you can be surprised at the results Just ask Doctor Mo head of Ubuntu artists at Deviant art.",
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"text": "Ok agreed but there is one: I will miss Photoshop although http://www.junauza.com/2010/02/how-to-install-adobe-photoshop-on.html",
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"text": "One can always multiboot if you need one or two OSX programs. For example, I keep OSX around solely for Lightroom and iTunes, since Apple decided no user-friendly program should ever be able to put music on a 4G iPod (/endRant).\n\nAnyway, Trufa, contrary to your experience, I've found OSX Snow Leopard to be really slow on my '08 4GB MacBook, but Ubuntu zips along. Again, that's just my experience.",
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16477 | 1 | 16488 | 2010-12-06T23:12:14.260 | 3 | 806 | <p>I know I can make my own .deb files of an installation. However, during a normal mysql-server install, the root password gets asked for and we need to do a 1-click rollout without ANY interaction.<br>
It needs to install AND set the root password.</p>
<p>Can I "roll-my-own" mysql-server.deb <strong>AND</strong> have the package that I roll set the root password?</p>
<p>Articles I am reviewing are:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/336" rel="nofollow">http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/336</a><br>
<a href="http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/20" rel="nofollow">http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/20</a></p>
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<p>Thank you for your time.</p>
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16480 | 1 | 16484 | 2010-12-06T23:25:01.903 | 5 | 10447 | <p>I have an Ubuntu Live USB and I was looking for xorg.conf so I could insert an Option "InvX" "on" within it (I am not quite sure how that works exactly yet). xorg.conf does not exist in its normal place on the live usb/cd. Where can I easily and permanently make this change?</p>
<p>Background:
I am running ubuntu on a kiosk machine where mouse movement works like a touch screen (sort of).</p>
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16494 | 1 | 16498 | 2010-12-07T02:58:27.813 | 42 | 34447 | <p>So here is my story...</p>
<p>I was doing upgrades to ubuntu the other day, and the power went out right in the middle of the upgrade, so now when I try to do upgrades it keeps asking me if I want to do a partial upgrade. I have heard this is bad and should be avoided, I also know there is a way to fix this via the command line, but I can't remember how, nor can I find anything on the internet.</p>
<p>Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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16501 | 1 | 16542 | 2010-12-07T04:57:00.893 | 14 | 476 | <p>On <a href="https://launchpad.net/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Launchpad.net</a>, most projects list the programming language(s) their software uses:</p>
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16505 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T06:40:55.620 | 2 | 760 | <p>My machine is taking ages to get from the login screen after booting to actually showing the gnome desktop (as in, over a minute). It seems as though it is just waiting for a long period of that time . This has been a problem for a long time. The <a href="http://davidf.sjsoft.com/files/bootchart/golg-lucid-20101111-1.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">bootchart</a> is available - any ideas on what is causing this? (Also on <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/219275/very-long-login-time-in-lucid">superuser</a>)</p>
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16508 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T07:20:47.713 | 8 | 7539 | <p>I just installed the newest version of Ubuntu (10.10) and I am trying to get the appropriate drivers installed for the nvidia ion.</p>
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16513 | 1 | 16515 | 2010-12-07T08:52:14.643 | 0 | 439 | <p>Occasionally when I dock my thinkpad (T60), it shut-off immediately, like someone unplugged its battery. It is not a regular "shut down" done by the OS - it is like a hardware/driver issue.</p>
<p>I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 32 bit.
here is the output of <strong>lspci</strong></p>
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<p>Any hint ?</p>
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16514 | 1 | 16524 | 2010-12-07T08:52:49.267 | 1 | 298 | <p>I am wondering if there will definitely be a Windows Version of Ubuntu One after the beta? Because otherwise I will not bother getting a 20gb plan as I dont use Ubuntu on any pc.</p>
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16517 | 1 | 16519 | 2010-12-07T09:15:05.200 | 4 | 988 | <p>I am looking for a <strong>Desktop Feed Reader</strong> which can sync with Google Reader and sits in the messaging menu and give desktop notifications.
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<p>I have tried Liferea but it is not integrating into the messaging menu: </p>
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16521 | 1 | 16529 | 2010-12-07T10:23:03.687 | 54 | 32806 | <p>Where in the unix filesystem is the conventional location to save non-user specific data, for example data shared via nfs or ftp, or backups?</p>
<p>I could obviously create and use any arbitrary folder (such as /home/shared, /data or /var/data), but I'm really wondering if there are any "best" or "common" practice guidelines. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</a> doesn't specify a location for shared data.</p>
<p>For backups, I tend to use /var/backups, but as several cronjobs write to it should it really be left for their use? </p>
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16528 | 1 | 16534 | 2010-12-07T12:36:52.873 | 7 | 1029 | <p>I use GNOME and it first executes commands from <code>/etc/profile</code> and then from <code>~/.profile</code>. This I have found by putting statements like <code>echo 'something' > test</code> in all files that i could think of like .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, /etc/profile and others.</p>
<p>What I am curious about is to know if there is any standard file that all Desktop Managers are required to execute commands from? is there any agreement between Desktop Mangers in this regard or do they use which ever file they want.</p>
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"text": "I am not interested in specific problem but we all have faced situations where we want to do something at login like create/edit an environment variable. In GDM I can simple edit /etc/profile (or ~/.profile if its specific to a user) and add a line to it to create that environment variable. What I want to know is that if there is a file that every Desktop Manger will read, so that if I switch to KDE I dont have to add same line to some other file.",
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"text": "+1 for Roland's answer. If it's only a variable or whatever you need to define in a per user setting IMO still the easiest (and btw safest!) way is to add a script to your start-up programs, even if it's single line only.",
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"text": "Yep. All freedesktop compliant desktops will check for `.desktop` files in `/etc/xdg/autostart` and `~/.config/autostart` The start-up programs app simply creates a `.desktop` file running the provided command.",
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"text": "@SamB I simply didn't specify how to set them. But you can add a script to your start applications or even write the out the command line to add the environment variable to your startup programs.",
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16531 | 1 | 16533 | 2010-12-07T13:52:08.373 | 8 | 3285 | <p>Instead of my pretty Faenza icon, it's using a rather ugly one.</p>
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16535 | 1 | 16536 | 2010-12-07T15:01:00.790 | 2 | 6998 | <p>How do I install <code>axel</code> on Natty Narwhal? I tried <code>sudo apt-get install axel</code> but it came back with this: </p>
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[sudo] password for james:
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Building dependency tree
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<p>does anyone have any ideas? </p>
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16540 | 1 | 118384 | 2010-12-07T16:19:14.917 | 3 | 569 | <p>When I insert by usb key nothing happens (i.e. the drive is not visible). I can mount the USB drive from gparted though (and then it's suddenly recognized).</p>
<p>It's not particular to any USB key. This only happens on my laptop (on the desktop the same key will be mounted upon plugging it in without any problems). Finally, the key is formated as <strong>fat32</strong> and <code>dosfstools</code> and <code>mtools</code> are installed (through gparted claims otherwise).</p>
<p>what's the catch?</p>
<p><strong>EDIT</strong> Also, gparted offers me the option to mount the key on "/" : shouldn't that be "/media" (or has this changed ?)</p>
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16544 | 1 | 16547 | 2010-12-07T16:59:38.397 | 2 | 736 | <p>The following happens after attempting to run gnome-activity-journal (from a purge then reinstall)</p>
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$ /usr/share/themes/Orta/gtk-2.0/Styles/Panel/panel-dark-default.rc:20: Unable to locate image file in pixmap_path: "/Panel/panel-dark.png"
** Message: pygobject_register_sinkfunc is deprecated (GstObject)
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File "/usr/bin/gnome-activity-journal", line 94, in <module>
from src.main import PortalWindow
File "/usr/share/gnome-activity-journal/src/main.py", line 30, in <module>
from activity_widgets import MultiViewContainer, TimelineViewContainer, ThumbViewContainer
File "/usr/share/gnome-activity-journal/src/activity_widgets.py", line 35, in <module>
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days_population = ZeitgeistDBusInterface().get_extension("Log", "journal/activity").GetHistogramData()
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<p>I'm going to assume that the panel image missing error is irrelevant (I deleted it so that I can have a transparent panel). Anyway, I'm curious if there is a way I can resolve these errors so I can actually run gnome-activity-journal. </p>
<p>Edit: this is from installing gnome-activity-journal-</p>
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Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_US.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
gtk-update-icon-cache: The generated cache was invalid.
WARNING: icon cache generation failed
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for gconf2 ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Setting up gnome-activity-journal (0.5.0.1-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
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16546 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T17:03:55.883 | 6 | 344 | <p>When I am viewing a PPA in Launchpad, the "Package Details" view shows me the most recent change from the changelog. Is there a way to view the entire changelog for a source package in a PPA without downloading the package?</p>
<p>The package browser allows changelog downloads for distribution packages. It would be quite helpful if I could do this for PPA packages as well.</p>
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16548 | 1 | 16577 | 2010-12-07T17:20:33.563 | 1 | 1510 | <p>What is the best video software that can play more than one instance besides Gnome MPlayer?</p>
<p>I'm tired of using Gnome MPlayer that always creates a pop out dialog about “Failed to open VDPAU backend libvdpau_nvidia.so” everytime I play my videos with it.</p>
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16549 | 1 | 16552 | 2010-12-07T17:22:44.403 | 2 | 1688 | <p>Is there any chance to install nightly Netbeans via apt?<br>
I'd like to get daily updates to newest versions.</p>
<p>Any PPA?</p>
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16551 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T17:28:55.937 | 1 | 428 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9017/how-to-know-my-root-password">How to know my root password?</a> </p>
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<p>Hi folks, I have been getting hands on Ubuntu and really liking it. Though someone of the terms really confuse me. One such confusion is: "<strong>Just remember, when sudo asks for a password, it needs YOUR USER password, and not the Root account password</strong>". On my system I remember I just have one password and I never configured two passwords. So how do I find my Root account password? </p>
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16556 | 1 | 16565 | 2010-12-07T17:52:36.717 | 19 | 16850 | <p>Considering licences like:</p>
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<p>how can I use Ubuntu font family on any website without making user to install it?<br>
Any chance of using it with tools like: <a href="http://code.google.com/intl/en-US/apis/webfonts/">http://code.google.com/intl/en-US/apis/webfonts/</a></p>
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16562 | 1 | 16564 | 2010-12-07T18:43:14.687 | 4 | 1214 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu on a dual boot with Windows Vista, I've just gone to boot up as usual in to Ubuntu and I have this error</p>
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Busybox v1.15.3 (Ubuntu 1:1.15.3-1ubuntu5) built-in shell
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<p>This happens after I select Ubuntu from the Grub menu,</p>
<p>any help would be great. :)</p>
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"text": "ok I'm running live right now and this is the output from that command \"fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2\ne2fsck 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)\nfsck.ext2: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open /dev/sda2\nCould this be a zero-length partition?\"",
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"text": "Its not 1 its small L. `sudo fdisk -l`",
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"text": "yeh sorry just saw :P , that is the output in 2 parts as it was too long",
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"text": "although just reading the 16 gb last part must be the USB key im running live from",
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"text": "In your case run the following `sudo fsck /dev/sda5`",
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"text": "ah just saw my drive name was sda5 from the post before so I ran that and it gave me fix options",
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"text": "so now i have this http://paste.ubuntu.com/540750/",
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"text": "Probably you have fixed all the errors.Reboot your system and see if you get rid of that error.",
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"text": "that fixed it! :) thanks for your time guys great stuff",
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16568 | 1 | 16569 | 2010-12-07T19:41:25.120 | 11 | 5894 | <p>I want to use <a href="http://prism.mozillalabs.com/">Prism</a>, but I don't want to use Firefox. Is there some similiar technology to Prism, based on Chromium instead of Firefox?</p>
<p>Thanx for your answers</p>
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16571 | 1 | 16575 | 2010-12-07T20:04:27.043 | 6 | 281 | <p>I was looking around on the web for an introductory kit with a USB-based microcontroller that I could get started on.</p>
<p>However, most of the tools I looked at were Windows-only.</p>
<p>Are there any kits designed for Ubuntu, or at least ones for Linux that work well in Ubuntu?</p>
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16572 | 1 | 16573 | 2010-12-07T20:04:42.377 | 2 | 5651 | <p>See question here: ===============> <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/218868/tweetdeck-adobe-air-on-ubuntu-10-10">https://superuser.com/questions/218868/tweetdeck-adobe-air-on-ubuntu-10-10</a></p>
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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16580 | 1 | 16583 | 2010-12-07T20:29:20.267 | 81 | 84104 | <p>How does Ubuntu or any other Linux systems store file associations?</p>
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16584 | 1 | null | 2010-12-07T20:59:13.240 | 142 | 413744 | <p>Since the network manager is troubling me so much I want to replace it (possibly <code>wicd</code> or<code>NM</code> from <strong>ppa:volanin</strong>).</p>
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<p>Please help</p>
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16589 | 1 | 16591 | 2010-12-07T21:55:49.533 | 4 | 4212 | <p>When I try to watch a video with a high HD Resolution 1280 x 720 H264 in Ubuntu it isn't played smoothly. Stops and glitches occur. I don't think this is a problem with the CPU or graphics card, because under Windows there are no problems like this. Could it be a driver problem? </p>
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"body": "<p>You can't compare Windows and Linux, because video driver performance and features are different. For instance, if you are using nVidia you need a card that supports <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">vdpau</a> for best performance, which is equivalent to <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_PureVideo\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">PureVideo</a> in Windows. PureVideo supports many more cards. However, depending on your CPU, you can play HD videos smoothly without vdpau support. So it depends on your video driver, CPU and also player settings.</p>\n\n<p>It would help if you could provide more info about your video card and CPU.</p>\n\n<p>Anyway, try <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/smplayer\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">smplayer</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/smplayer\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install smplayer\"></a></p>\n\n<p>It's the best player IMO and plays even videos with resolutions higher than 1080p on my Core2 Duo with nVidia 7300 GT (not vdpau).</p>\n\n<p>Make sure you tweak smplayer. In the <strong>Preferences</strong>, click the <strong>Performance</strong> section and select the option <strong>Skip only on HD videos</strong> in the <strong>Loop filter</strong> settings. In the <strong>General</strong> section, click the <strong>Video</strong> tab and make sure the <strong>Output</strong> driver is set to <strong>xv</strong>.</p>\n",
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"text": "The Notebook is not the latest but performance should suffice for play smoothly. Dual Core CPU 1,8 and a Ati Card with i know i learned is not the best choice for ubuntu :) I'll give smplayer a try also.",
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"text": "Smplayer also plays with glitches and not smoothly in spite i tweaked it with your settingsadvices. at the moment it looks as if only vlc is the only player at the moment to run smoothly.",
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16592 | 1 | 16596 | 2010-12-07T22:27:38.850 | 42 | 8870 | <p>It is not clear how the file sync aspect of Ubuntu One is started, nor
whether it is running at any given point in time, nor what the
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Furthermore the device with the bandwidth limits controls\nand the Connect/Disconnect/Restart buttons is the local computer.</p>\n\n<p>Some people want more information than \"working/not working\"; Roman\nYepishev developed a very nice indicator for the syncdaemon, which\n<a href=\"http://blog.rtg.in.ua/2010/10/have-you-seen-my-weather-applet.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" title=\"Roman's blog: Have you seen my weather applet?\">you can read about on his blog</a> and install via the ppa:\n<a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~rye/+archive/ubuntuone-extras\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" title=\"Unofficial Ubuntu One packages by Roman Yepishev\"><code>ppa:rye/ubuntuone-extras</code></a>. It looks like this:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuone.com/p/J4U/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">roman's indicator http://ubuntuone.com/p/J4U/</a></p>\n\n<p>You can get a little more detail by opening a terminal and typing\n<code>u1sdtool --status</code>. 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A variation of this might be possible by abusing the\nemblems a little; it's currently being looked into.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25417/#solution-title-34483\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Solution #2</a> has a problem that as far as I can tell makes it\nunimplementable: progress of the file sync as a whole is very hard to\npresent to the user in a meaningful way, because the \"whole\" can and\nwill change during the synchronization process.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25417/#solution-title-34733\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Solution #5</a> is what is coming in 11.04: we're integrating syncdaemon\nwith the zeitgeist engine, and will be using zeitgeist to help us\naggregate the events when necessary and present the user with useful\nstatus information (rather than the deluge that was the applet). The\nmajority of this work still needs to be done, so unfortunately there\nis nothing to show.</p>\n\n<p>If Ubuntu gained a <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/18502/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" title=\"Idea #24057: I would like to be notified when a large file operation (copy/move) is completed\">unified way of reporting progress</a>),\nwe'd work to interface with that; this would presumably give us\n<a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/24057/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\" title=\"Idea #18502: There's no unified way of reporting progress in Ubuntu\">notifications for large up/downloads</a> as well</p>\n",
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16593 | 1 | 17147 | 2010-12-07T22:31:36.710 | 6 | 2481 | <p>I would like to connect my satellite dish to my laptop. Can anybody recommend a USB DVB-S receiver that works well with Ubuntu?</p>
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16598 | 1 | 16616 | 2010-12-07T22:59:46.490 | 1 | 826 | <p>What I have done many times and what works quite well is the following scenario:</p>
<p>1 NIC connected to a bridge and then N VMs connected to the network via that bridge (on Ubuntu 10.4).</p>
<p>My newest server now has 2 NICs and I thought I do the same and in addition simply add the second NIC to the same physical LAN and to the bridge (using bridge_ports eth0 eth1); hopefully getting redundancy and higher throughput. This does not seem to work very well. Network traffic is extremely unstable irrespective of network load. Even my ssh session keeps dropping out and reconnecting all the time.</p>
<p>Now my questions:</p>
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<li>Should my approach basically work or am I doing something wrong? E.g. fundamentally misunderstanding what bridges can do with 2 NICs?</li>
<li>I read that there is also NIC bonding that can combine two NICs. Does this have a higher chance of working? And if yes would I then still add a bridge to the bond and the VMs to the bridge?</li>
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<p>For reference my /etc/network/interfaces:</p>
<pre><code># This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto br0
iface br0 inet dhcp
bridge_ports eth0 eth1
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<p>Note: This question is the same as <a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/209845/connect-n-vms-over-2-nics-to-internet-bridging-bonding-both">this one</a> on server fault. Since it got no answers and I am using Ubuntu I hope to have more luck here.</p>
<p>Thanks,
Carsten</p>
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16608 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T01:34:28.023 | 3 | 4806 | <p>I just got a new Mushkin 60gb SSD, and it's now my primary drive in the ata1 spot. I've been getting these <code>failed command: IDENTIFY DEVICE</code> errors which are preventing rebooting and shutdown.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what these could be caused by, or how to start troubleshooting?</p>
<p><strong>Note: I just installed Fedora Core 14 and I <em>did not</em> get this same issue at all. The SSD seems to work fine.</strong></p>
<p>I've tried these kernels in Ubuntu 10.04, with both giving the same error:</p>
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<p>And this one in Fedora Core 14, which works fine:</p>
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<p>There are some bug reports for Ubuntu and Fedora that mention this problem, and there doesn't seem to be a solution:</p>
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<li><a href="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=549981" rel="nofollow">Fedora Bug 549981</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libatasmart/+bug/445852?comments=all" rel="nofollow">Launchpad bug 445852</a></li>
<li><a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/574462" rel="nofollow">Launchpad bug 574462</a></li>
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<p>Here is a link to my <a href="http://pastie.org/1357556" rel="nofollow">entire <code>dmesg</code> from Ubuntu</a>.</p>
<p>Here is a link to my <a href="http://pastie.org/1534327" rel="nofollow">entire <code>dmesg</code> from Fedora Core 14</a></p>
<p>And the relevant ata1.00 parts from the Ubuntu <code>dmesg</code> below:</p>
<pre><code>[ 59.804237] ata1: drained 256 bytes to clear DRQ.
[ 59.804244] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
[ 59.804249] ata1.00: failed command: IDENTIFY DEVICE
[ 59.804254] ata1.00: cmd ec/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/40 tag 0 pio 512 in
[ 59.804256] res 40/00:00:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/00 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 59.804258] ata1.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 59.804264] ata1: hard resetting link
[ 59.804266] ata1: nv: skipping hardreset on occupied port
[ 60.272036] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 60.352193] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 60.352204] ata1: EH complete
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16610 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T02:17:40.883 | 2 | 1080 | <p>I have the same problem . I am a newbie. I added the repository with</p>
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<p>sudo add apt-get-repository ppa:canonical-dx-team/une</p>
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<p>then i went to ubuntu software center and installed "unity interface of ubuntu netbook edition" . after installing i found a problem with User interface as it kept on flashing
when mouse points to side panel . so i decided to remove it . I removed it form Ubuntu software center . there were other unity related apps installed , but i did not remove then
as i had no idea what they were about . Now i ended up with a blank white screen with mouse pointer whenever i login. though i m able to login using gdm , but the screen is blank white.
I tried to these commands also</p>
<blockquote>
<p>sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell</p>
<p>sudo apt-get remove unity</p>
<p>sudo restart gdm</p>
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<p>but they did not work at all
i also tried</p>
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<p>sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg</p>
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<p>it too did not work.
Note:I donot have any sort of graphics card or video card on my pc</p>
<p>please help !!!</p>
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16612 | 1 | 21108 | 2010-12-08T04:44:48.140 | 4 | 633 | <p>This question is in the context of Lucid 10.04 desktop (ie. no Unity).</p>
<p>I do most screen navigation via the keyboard (not the mouse), so I'm looking for a script solution to re-activating an app which has been "minimized" to the Panel's Notification Area.</p>
<p>I'll use <strong>Skype</strong> as an example. </p>
<p><code>wmctrl</code> allows me enough access to normally-minimized windows, but when Skype is "minimized" to the Notification Area, it simply goes "off the radar" as far as <strong>wmctrl</strong> is concerned. </p>
<p>Bearing in mind that icon positions in the Notification Area can vary, is there some way to determine the screen co-ordinates of Skype's Panel icon, so I can "click" it using <code>xdotool</code> (or a similar utility)?</p>
<p>...or maybe there is a more direct way to activate the "dormant" Skype? ... (and I don't mean the mouse ;) </p>
<p>Here is the script, so far. Hopefully it will make clear what I'm trying to do: </p>
<pre><code>#!/bin/bash
procname="skype-wrapper"
windmask="Skype™"
if [[ $(pgrep -x -n -c "$procname") == 1 ]] ; then
wintitle="$(wmctrl -l |grep "$windmask" |head -n 1 |sed -n "s/^.\+${HOSTNAME} \(.*\)/\1/p")"
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###############################################################
# How can I find the screen co-ordinates of Skype's Panel Icon
###############################################################
else
# Skype is running, and has (at least) one visible window which matches $windmask. Activate it.
wmctrl -a "$wintitle"
fi
else
# The process is not currently running. Start it.
("$procname" &)
fi
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16613 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T06:54:16.330 | 1 | 4531 | <p>I copied the xampp zip onto the desktop and executed this in a terminal: </p>
<p><code>sudo tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.5.3a.tar.gz -C /opt</code></p>
<p>When i tried to install xampp, I am getting this </p>
<pre><code>error tar (child): xampp-linux-1.5.3a.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
</code></pre>
<p>Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. </p>
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16619 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T09:43:56.943 | 8 | 486 | <p>I am facing a very strange problem. Out of the blue, my browser starts refreshing itself infinitely. My first guess was firefox is messing up. I installed chrome. But, it happens in chrome as well.</p>
<p>Other than that, sometimes my home folder automatically opens and keep opening itself infinitely. My next guess was Mouse is faulty. Replace the mouse - but same things.</p>
<p>This happens even if I remove my keyboard. </p>
<p>What can be the reason? This started happening after I installed Ubuntu 10.10 few days back. Earlier on windows, everything was working fine. So, I am a bit skeptical to assume that this is a hardware fault.</p>
<p>How to fix this problem?</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong></p>
<p>xev gives this kind of result:</p>
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<p>KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic
NO, window 0x4200001,
root 0xb8, subw 0x0, time 29897358, (237,791), root:(1252,842),
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XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (20) " "
XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (20) " "
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<p>KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic
NO, window 0x4200001,
root 0xb8, subw 0x0, time 29897603, (237,791), root:(1252,842),
state 0x10, keycode 65 (keysym 0x20, space), same_screen YES,
XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (20) " "
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16620 | 1 | 16622 | 2010-12-08T09:48:48.150 | 12 | 17502 | <p>Is there a command-line tool returns the colour value of a pixel, based solely on its <strong>screen co-ordinates</strong>. </p>
<p>Is there such a tool?</p>
<p>(Also: The tool should not require any user action. It is to run in a loop in a script.)</p>
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"body": "<p>You can use the program <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/grabc\" rel=\"noreferrer\">grabc</a>. It will turn your mouse pointer in a crosshair and return HTML and RGB values of the selected color.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install grabc\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Downside: it's not possible to do pixel-exact selections due to the crosshair not being thin enough.</p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p>You can also create a python script, something like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/usr/bin/python -W ignore::DeprecationWarning\nimport sys\nimport gtk\n\ndef get_pixel_rgb(x, y):\n pixbuf = gtk.gdk.Pixbuf(gtk.gdk.COLORSPACE_RGB, False, 8, 1, 1)\n pixbuf.get_from_drawable(gtk.gdk.get_default_root_window(),\n gtk.gdk.colormap_get_system(), \n x, y, 0, 0, 1, 1)\n return pixbuf.get_pixels_array()[0][0]\n\nprint get_pixel_rgb(int(sys.argv[1]), int(sys.argv[2]))\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>make it executable, and run <code>pixel_rgb=\"$(/path/to/script.py x y)\"</code> in your bash script. Of course you'd need to alter the script the way you need it, add some error handling, and such.</p>\n\n<p>PS: I'm not exactly sure you can do anything about the DeprecationWarning, so I turned it off in the first line.</p>\n",
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"text": "Thanks htorque, but again I've realize too late that I've left out a significant requirement... I want it to run autonimously in a loop in a batch script. So thanks for the heads-up on this little app. It will definitely come in handy some time .. (but not for my current sutuation where is will be running \"un-manned\")",
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16621 | 1 | 16626 | 2010-12-08T10:02:20.383 | 63 | 105467 | <p>Tried to set the default browser using the GUI tools but this didn't work overall. Is there a way to configure the system wide default browser from command line?</p>
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"body": "<p>Execute the following command in terminal,to change the default browser.</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser</code></p>\n\n<p><strong>Sample output:</strong></p>\n\n<pre><code>karthick@Ubuntu-desktop:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser \nThere are 3 choices for the alternative x-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser).\n\n Selection Path Priority Status\n------------------------------------------------------------\n 0 /usr/bin/google-chrome 200 auto mode\n* 1 /usr/bin/firefox 40 manual mode\n 2 /usr/bin/google-chrome 200 manual mode\n 3 /usr/bin/opera 90 manual mode\n</code></pre>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Press enter to keep the default[*].</p></li>\n<li><p>Right now I have <strong>firefox</strong> as my default web browser.</p></li>\n<li><p>If i want <strong>google-chrome</strong> as default browser then I will type <strong>3</strong> and hit enter. </p></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong>Note:</strong> </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>If you want to configure a commandline browser,then you have to configure </p>\n\n<p><code>sudo update-alternatives --config www-browser</code></p></li>\n<li><p>Alternate way is to add the following line <code>export BROWSER=/usr/bin/firefox</code> to your <code>~/.bashrc</code></p></li>\n<li><p>Add the above line in the last, </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/27xNO.png\" alt=\"enter code here\"></p></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong>Alternative GUI Method:</strong> </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>You can also set the default browser in Gnome applications,type the following in terminal and press Enter\n<strong>gnome-default-applications-properties</strong> </li>\n<li>It will Open a Window.Now you can choose your preferred browser to set it default.\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/fcB5T.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></li>\n</ul>\n",
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16627 | 1 | 16649 | 2010-12-08T10:31:04.403 | 11 | 33502 | <p>Can I use the Chrome Web Store in Chromium? Or do I have to install Chrome for that.</p>
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16628 | 1 | 16693 | 2010-12-08T10:34:28.907 | 8 | 1254 | <p>Hey, everyone, I'm using Macs for years,and since I'm fascinated by the terminal and command line, I try to learn the basic linux stuff, so I don't care about gaming or web browsers,the only thing I want is just a basic, simple, stable, Linux distribution. Should I use ubuntu, or are there any better suggestion for me? Thanks.</p>
<p>My old PCs configuration is: </p>
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16635 | 1 | 16686 | 2010-12-08T12:18:52.630 | 4 | 801 | <p>I am learning PHP, which means I'd have to install LAMP on my laptop and I think LAMP would degrade my battery life which is already very low, So is there substitute to the LAMP so that I can see how the PHP pages renders on the browser?
Please recommend a software to test the php webpage rendering, Some kind of virtual Web Server or something.</p>
<p>PS: yes, battery is the main reason I am trying to avoid LAMP, Because each time the system boots LAMP would start and I wont be working on that all the time.</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/247/whats-your-recommendation-on-drive-partitioning-schemes-for-a-desktop-and-home-s">What's your recommendation on drive partitioning schemes for a desktop and home server?</a><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4752/is-btrfs-in-maverick-considered-stable">Is Btrfs in Maverick considered stable?</a></p>
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<p>Bonus: What is the "best" filesystem for "general" use?</p>
<p>Bonus 2: If <code>btrfs</code> is supposedly "better" than <code>ext3/4</code>, why isn't it the default?</p>
<p>Bonus 3: Will creating a separate boot partition reduce boot time?</p>
<p>I currently have it set up as:</p>
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<li>?G Other Stuff</li>
<li>4G Swap</li>
<li>10G root ext4</li>
<li>17G home btrfs</li>
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16645 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T14:46:41.463 | 10 | 527 | <p>We tried <code>/etc/security/limits.conf</code>, but that seems to have no effect.</p>
<p>The used line for limits.conf looks as follows:</p>
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<p>That is configuration for a server. I want to limit the processes started. Ulimit limits the processes started from the shell (if I understand that right). But in my case apache starts mapserver-processes, and that number have to be limited.</p>
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16650 | 1 | 16661 | 2010-12-08T16:01:55.177 | 145 | 607448 | <p>Just created a new virtual Ubuntu server and I'm in the process of hardening it for production use. I currently have a root account. I want to do the following:</p>
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<li>Give <code>jim</code> SSH access.</li>
<li>Allow <code>jim</code> to <code>su</code> to root but not perform <code>sudo</code> operations.</li>
<li>Turn off root SSH access.</li>
<li>Move SSHd off to a non-standard port to help stop brute-attacks.</li>
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<p>My problem lies with the first two items. I've already found <code>useradd</code> but for some reason, I can't log in as a user created with it over SSH. Do I need to beat SSHd to allow this?</p>
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"text": "+1: Note: these instructions are still applicable to newer versions of Ubuntu (e.g. 13.04). If you do want `root` login, however, (perhaps you're still setting up the server), you must set `PermitRootLogin` to `yes` and also add `root` to `AllowUsers`.",
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"text": "My VPS comes with a root password for SSH login on port 22. Appending the answer to sshd_config results in root being unable to log in. Is this because I also used port 22 for jim, or is there some other reason?",
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"text": "@Wolfpack'08 The `PermitRootLogin no` option works exactly as advertised and applies to all logins on any port.",
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"text": "@Lekensteyn I've found just adding a new user to Ubuntu itself creates an ssh account for that user.... `useradd -m -G sudo,adm -s /bin/bash mecharok` and `passwd mecharok`",
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"text": "@Wolfpack'08 Use `AllowUsers username1,username2` to restrict SSH logins to those users. Ensure that `sshd` is reloaded. If this does not help, please create a new question.",
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"text": "@Lekensteyn Yeah, good point. Makes it more secure.",
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"text": "If SSH area not created when adding user -> \n`sudo su --login jim` and then execute `ssh-keygen` (creates \".ssh\" directory & id_rsa and id_rsa.pub for new user Jim - with proper permissions) OP may also want to restrict private key usage with a password here as well. Or, conversely, if you use 'puttygen' to create private key, you can create it with a password. (Then copy bit it tells you to `authorized_keys`).",
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"text": "@Lekensteyn your command: `AllowUsers username1,username2` has the wrong format and will lock you out of your server!! The correct command to set is: `AllowUsers username1 username2`",
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"text": "For newbies like me, looks like `sshd` allows all users by default, so only do this if you want to restrict to a subset of users? From the man page: \"By default, login is allowed for \nall users\" (https://man.openbsd.org/sshd_config#AllowUsers)",
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16651 | 1 | 16692 | 2010-12-08T16:08:26.793 | 7 | 3989 | <p>At the moment, to read the documentation of a package, <code>quickly</code> for examle, I do this:</p>
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>>> help(quickly)
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>>> import quickly.widgets.text_editor
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<p>and so on...</p>
<p>This is obviously very tedious. How can I export all of the quickly documentation, including all sub-packages, then get it to show up in the <code>devhelp</code> documentation browser?</p>
<p>Exporting the documentation as HTML would be nice too. I would even be happy if some version of it existed on the web, but I can't seem to find one. </p>
<p>Note: By <em>package</em> I mean a <a href="http://docs.python.org/tutorial/modules.html#packages" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/30pu1.png" alt="alt text"> python-package</a>, not a .deb package.</p>
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16652 | 1 | 16662 | 2010-12-08T16:29:26.067 | 86 | 126195 | <p>I know that there is a very similar question, but I'm not interested in highlighting. What I'm looking for is some tool in Linux to edit pdf files. I've tried <strong>pdfedit</strong> which did the work for me, but if freezes after a few edits. I've tried this tool under Ubuntu 9.10 and under KDE Fedora 14 and the same thing happens. I've tried <strong>Okular</strong> but the notations are too big to fill out exercises from pdf workbooks. </p>
<p>Is there any tool that suits this job? I don't care whether it is open source or I have to pay a reasonable price for it.</p>
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16657 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T17:13:53.497 | 0 | 231 | <p>i'm new at Ubuntu One.</p>
<p>I've just uploaded a file and I want to get it into a folder. Seems like a stupid question but I've been trying and I couldn't. How do I do it? Thanks.</p>
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16663 | 1 | null | 2010-12-08T18:18:34.280 | 2 | 1322 | <p>I installed Ubuntu on a logical partition a while ago. When I get to the grub bootlist, Vista is not there. What i get is this:</p>
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Ubuntu, with linux 2.6.32-26 (Recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with linux 2.6.32-25
Ubuntu, with linux 2.6.32-26 (Recovery mode)
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<p>Im guessing that grub installed on my primary partition so it overwrite the vista MBR and i dont have the option to boot vista. Is there some way i can just edit the MBR and add vista to it or how will i have to repair this?</p>
<p>here is my boot script <a href="http://pastebin.com/7HZFjBT7" rel="nofollow">http://pastebin.com/7HZFjBT7</a></p>
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16668 | 1 | 16678 | 2010-12-08T19:25:02.287 | 2 | 1878 | <p>2 months ago I've bought HP Officejet 6500 E709n printer. At the beginning there was a "A4 Borderless" page format and I could print images without white borders. Now this page format has disappeared and I cannot remember making any changes apart from installing recent 10.10 updates.</p>
<p>Any ideas why? How can I get it back?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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"text": "ok, I got it working. My downgrade was not complete. I had to downgrade following packages: hplip hplip-cups hplip-data libhpmud0",
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