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<p>Is it possible to get a list of packages that were most recently installed through apt-get?</p>
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2024-01-24T20:01:37.953
Is it possible to get a list of most recently installed packages?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Command to list recently installed packages that were installed via any method (<code>apt-get</code>, Software Center et al.): </p>\n\n<pre><code>grep \" install \" /var/log/dpkg.log\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><strong>Example output:</strong></p>\n\n<pre><code>2010-12-08 15:48:14 install ...
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17017
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17019
2010-12-11T23:14:58.863
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<p>The IPV6 protocol has a feature called "Extended Unique Identifier" or EUI-64 witch in short uses the MAC address of the network card when choosing an IPV6 Adress.</p> <p>Proof: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30CnqRK0GHE&amp;NR=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30CnqRK0GHE&amp;NR=1</a> at 7:...
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2011-01-03T21:40:41.003
2011-07-08T04:36:49.117
How to be anonymous on IPV6 protocol by not using MAC address in EUI-64?
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17020
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2010-12-12T00:37:27.077
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<p>I installed ubuntu 10.10 netbook edition on acer aspire one happy. I tried to change the visual effects however it won't let me. It says Mutter is running, can't switch to other effects. I'd like to know how I can switch to other effects. Thank you from now.</p>
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2010-12-12T05:20:07.410
2011-03-31T16:05:04.293
Can't change Visual Effects when running Unity
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The \"Visual Effects\" configuration is based on Compiz, while the default Unity user interface in Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition uses Mutter. If you want the regular effects in Ubuntu 10.10, you will have to run the Desktop session (you can select it from the login screen).</...
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Menekse Kardes
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17028
2010-12-12T02:10:37.177
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<p>I am about to install Ubuntu on VMWare (my host PC is Windows 7). Are there any tutorials (Step - by - Step) that I can look into.</p>
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2010-12-12T05:20:58.423
2010-12-12T05:20:58.423
How do I install 9.04 in VMWare?
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17030
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17032
2010-12-12T02:37:20.180
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<p>Any idea why the desktop launcher "gnome-terminal -x byobu" doesn't read my ~/.byobu/windows.ssh_sessions?</p> <p>Here's my ~/.byobu/windows.ssh_sessions file I use with byobu successfully:</p> <pre><code>screen -t Ubu-MySQL ssh master@192.168.1.3 screen -t Ubu-alfresco ssh master@192.168.1.4 screen -t Ubu-Master ...
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2012-02-18T22:54:54.417
desktop byobu launcher doesn't read my ~/.byobu/windows.ssh_sessions file
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17031
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2010-12-12T02:55:59.460
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<p>I have a PDF file, and I'd like to comment in adobe style. Is there a way to enable that somehow, or are there any alternatives?</p>
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2014-07-23T13:07:55.450
2016-05-04T08:30:30.010
Is there a way to enable commenting adobe PDF?
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17035
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2010-12-12T03:54:25.500
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<p>Due to various reasons, I have my main monitor set as the secondary display in <code>xorg.conf</code>. I would like to have gnome initialize <code>metacity</code>, <code>gnome-panel</code> as running primarily on <code>:0.1</code>, instead of <code>:0.0</code>. Is this possible at all?</p> <p>To clarify, this is a ...
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2010-12-12T06:29:21.387
2011-03-08T01:27:14.670
How can I set a second screen (DISPLAY=:0.1) as the default gnome display?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Maybe the following thread is a partial solution (at least for the panels): <a href=\"http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1114767\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1114767</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": ...
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17039
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2010-12-12T04:07:50.710
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<p>I have been looking for a couple of years for a clean, usable On Screen Keyboard for touchscreen interfaces for Ubuntu, and most have fallen short. With the increase interest in tablets and netbooks, is a project for improvement on your radar?</p>
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2012-10-28T01:11:40.893
2013-02-27T07:34:03.600
Will there be a focus on creating a dockable On Screen Keyboard for Unity?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>During the Gnome 2010 Boston summit there was a whole session dedicated to producing a replacement for the gnome onscreen keyboard (gok).</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://live.gnome.org/Caribou\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://live.gnome.org/Caribou</a></p>\n\n<p>Ted Gould from Canonical'...
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James Haner
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2010-12-12T04:37:37.697
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<p>When I go to the Places menu and click on home or any other folder except Network, I get Error File not found popup box.</p> <p>I can open these folder from short cuts on the desktop and they work fine.</p> <p>I have tried changing the file association to File Browser or Nautalus as suggested on the ubuntu forums....
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2010-12-12T05:18:24.290
2012-12-18T06:18:21.830
File not found in places menu
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I fixed it.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install Ubuntu Tweak</li>\n<li>Run Ubuntu Tweak</li>\n<li>Navigate to System File Type Manager</li>\n<li>Select All</li>\n<li>Double click on Folder</li>\n<li>Select Nautalus</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>The problem was Folder was assigned to wine and not th...
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17043
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2010-12-12T04:38:27.213
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<p>I like Ubuntu (on a server as well as on a client) and Debian and am interested in getting Ubuntu/Debian-related job. So I look forward to get certified to enrich my CV.</p> <p>But the options I've found in <a href="http://shop.canonical.com/index.php?cPath=21" rel="nofollow">Canonical eShop</a> are too expensive f...
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2014-07-21T02:06:55.797
2014-07-21T02:06:55.797
Are there affordable and recognised Ubuntu/Debian online certification courses/exams?
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17044
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2010-12-12T04:44:07.887
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<p>I just recently upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10 using the update manager tool.</p> <p>After the upgrade, I was asked to reboot and it fails with</p> <blockquote> <p>An error occurred while mounting /media/psf Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery</p> </blockquote> <p>Skipping gives me this:</p> <p><...
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2010-12-12T05:30:19.470
2012-01-02T00:25:34.927
Upgrading to 10.10 causes mountall error in Parallels
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I found a solution that worked for me. Try uninstalling parallels tools from your VM. To do this select the 'Virtual machine' menu item in parallels when your VM is running, select 'Reinstall Parallels Tools'. When the ISO mounts run the install script and select the remove o...
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2012-02-02T23:54:33.910
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17047
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2010-12-12T05:10:00.683
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<p>I've noticed this situation several times (but I'm not sure if it is always the same command). </p> <p>I don't even know how to describe the lead-up to this situation, unless it is because of a detached script I've been testing which hasn't terminated properly... </p> <p>The best I can do is present this image o...
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2010-12-12T12:51:55.577
2010-12-12T15:44:52.490
In htop, I sometimes see lists of 64 processes, identical for all but the PID. What are they?
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17052
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2010-12-12T07:44:47.330
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<p>What are the pros and cons of </p> <ul> <li>dpkg</li> <li>APT</li> <li>aptitude</li> <li>Ubuntu software centre</li> <li>synaptic package manager</li> </ul> <p>when used to install, remove and update software?</p>
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2011-05-23T15:58:12.017
2011-05-23T15:58:12.017
Comparison of dpkg/APT/aptitude/Ubuntu software centre/synaptic package manager
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li>dpkg is tool to install/remove/configure... only a sigle package</li>\n<li>apt and aptitude are tools for working with software repositories -- they can download packages from them, solve dependecies, calculate updates etc. they're using dpkg to install/configure packages (the...
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user7182
user7182
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1
17069
2010-12-12T08:11:30.760
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<p>On Asus EEE PC 1005PX, the mouse buttons are pretty stiff. So, I want to use the <code>windows</code> key and the <code>menu</code> key on the keyboard as <code>left</code> and <code>right</code> mouse buttons respectively. Is it possible to achieve this?</p>
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2010-12-12T14:58:08.957
2015-12-16T06:55:58.767
How to use keyboard keys as mouse buttons?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li><p>Yes you can, Install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/btnx\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">btnx</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/btnx\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install btnx\"></a></p></li>\n<li><p>After install...
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17056
1
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2010-12-12T08:13:58.843
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<p>I use Ubuntu 10.10. I abused sudo and accidentally overwrote my /bin/bash file via a typo, so I booted to the LiveCD and restored my copy with a "good" one from the Ubuntu 10.10 LiveOS. This did not fix the problem. Explanation: bash no longer works in gnome-terminal.</p> <ul> <li>no longer shows username@computern...
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2010-12-12T17:31:14.370
2017-02-21T09:32:06.177
Overwrote /bin/bash, after replacing still broken
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<ul>\n<li><p>Type <code>reset</code> in your terminal and press Enter. It's a way to reset the tty driver.</p></li>\n<li><p>If that didn't help you, delete bash and then re-install it.</p></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong>Installing BASH:</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>First delete <code>/b...
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Slink
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2010-12-12T10:00:43.467
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<p>I can navigate my files quite fast through terminal. Faster than double clicking... open... look, double click... etc.</p> <p>How do I open a directory in the Ubuntu GUI? For example:</p> <pre><code>cd projects {some cmd} client_project </code></pre> <p>Then voila, it opens in the Ubuntu GUI as if i navigated man...
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2014-01-08T13:09:15.160
2021-09-07T08:03:16.857
How to open a directory/folder and a URL through Terminal
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17070
1
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2010-12-12T10:55:53.713
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<p>I thought the daily build on <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/" rel="nofollow">http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/</a> would be updated daily, but the current build is 6 days old. I would love to try out Natty and Compiz Unity on a live USB-drive, but it's not much use if it's not upda...
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2010-12-12T23:02:45.923
Why is Natty's daily live build not updated daily anymore?
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17071
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2010-12-12T10:56:19.227
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<p>Do we know when Adobe release X reader for Ubuntu? It has some good features!</p>
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2014-05-04T21:30:24.473
2014-05-04T21:30:24.473
Is Acrobat reader X coming to Ubuntu?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is a very nice and fast alternative to Acrobat Reader - FoxitReader for Linux <a href=\"http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/desklinux/\" rel=\"nofollow\">FoxitSoftware PDF Reader web site</a>. I am very glad that Foxit released a reader for Linux platform (I am using this s...
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2014-05-05T22:48:49.507
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2010-12-12T11:06:15.567
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<p>I have several Ubuntu servers. Two of them are working as DNS servers. One of my name servers (let's call it DNS1) went down for maintenance. I sill had another DNS server running (DNS2).</p> <p>All other servers are configured to use the nameservers as follows </p> <p><code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> :</p> <pre><c...
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8844
2011-03-31T23:29:09.633
2011-03-31T23:29:09.633
Dynamic /etc/resolv.conf file?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No a direct solution but you can smooth things a little by adding options to your <code>resolv.conf</code> for instance :</p>\n\n<pre><code>nameserver DNS1\nnameserver DNS2\n\noptions rotate\noptions timeout:2\noptions attempts:1\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>the default for <code>timeout</co...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No a direct solution but you can smooth things a little by adding options to your <code>resolv.conf</code> for instance :</p>\n\n<pre><code>nameserver DNS1\nnameserver DNS2\n\noptions rotate\noptions timeout:2\noptions attempts:1\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>the default for <code>tim...
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17074
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17176
2010-12-12T12:25:07.560
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<p>Is this a specific unity configuration or a dual monitor configuration problems ?</p> <p><em>In NVIDIA X Server Settings. Make this the primary display for the X screen, is my choice the middle display. But the launcher is on the left display.</em></p>
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2010-12-12T19:49:02.140
2011-07-03T02:05:41.723
Dual monitor Unity launcher opening on wrong monitor
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Currently Unity sits itself down at 0,0. Supporting right monitor as primary is simply not implemented yet. It will be by release.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-01T10:56:28.933", "id": "21020", "postId": "17176", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Currently Unity sits itself down at 0,0. Supporting right monitor as primary is simply not implemented yet. It will be by release.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-01T10:56:28.933", "id": "21020", "pos...
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17075
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17076
2010-12-12T12:38:14.817
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<p>So a friend of mine wants to set up a database for managing his investigation data. But he does not know any programming. So i offered a little help but also want to make sure that he could manage his stuff for when I am not around. </p> <p>Basically I am looking for a database application that would be somewhat co...
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2010-12-12T23:41:36.643
2015-12-16T06:56:36.870
Easy database tool (the more gui the better)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li><p>Install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/openoffice.org-base\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>openoffice.org-base</strong></a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/openoffice.org-base\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"I...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li><p>Install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/openoffice.org-base\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>openoffice.org-base</strong></a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/openoffice.org-base\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\"...
2010-12-12T23:49:16.437
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17077
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2010-12-12T12:50:29.603
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<p>When I try to put my Ubuntu 10.10 box to sleep or into hibernation, it appears to wake up right away (couple of seconds at most). I am trying to figure out what's going on, and would appreciate any suggestions.</p> <p><code>syslog</code> says:</p> <pre> Dec 12 13:15:25 mig kernel: [13049.728355] pm_op(): usb_dev_s...
7234
7234
2010-12-12T14:02:27.783
2021-01-15T01:24:39.403
Computer won't sleep
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>do you say that you have a motherboard that support usb 3.0 well that a well know issue that happened when the box is in suspend mode, </p>\n\n<p>When the XHCI module is loaded for USB 3.0 operation the system cannot suspend. Manually unloading XHCI will allow suspend to comp...
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17079
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2010-12-12T13:10:04.617
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<p>I have, like many, problems with suspending/hibernating in Ubuntu. When I resume from suspend the fans start, the HDD led glows steadily, but the screen is off. The only thing I do is hard reboot.</p> <p>No solution have work for me so far. But I have found a workaround: downgrade from grub 2 to legacy grub. With l...
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2012-08-24T00:06:46.023
2012-08-24T00:06:46.023
What is GRUB (2)'s role in the suspend/hibernate process?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T19:29:14.970", "id": "18305", "postId": "17079", "score": "0", "text": "seems to me like the wrong command line parameters are being passed by grub2 as it normally plays no role in suspend/resume. Can you post /boot/grub/grub.cfg as well as your grub legacy (boot.ls...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Grub has no role in the suspend-to-RAM/resume-from-RAM-suspend process.</p>\n\n<p>Grub has a role to play in the resume-from-hibernation process: it loads the kernel, which then finds a system image in the swap partition and resumes it.</p>\n\n<p>If grub2 breaks hibernation w...
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17080
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17082
2010-12-12T13:52:20.060
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<p>I just got myself an Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop CD. I pop it into my DVD drive (on my laptop which has Windows 7), run VMWare, install Ubuntu using Easy Install. So far, so good. </p> <p>But, now, internet does not work in Ubuntu desktop.</p> <p>How do I enable networking (both connected and wireless). <img src="https:...
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2010-12-13T06:21:45.097
2015-06-04T19:58:12.830
Enable Networking in VMWare
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>1) Go to ‘Virtual Machine’ in menu and press ‘Install VMware Tools’ option. This will mount the ISO file to CD drive as ‘VMware Tools’.</p>\n\n<p>2) Extract the tar.gz file to local folder.</p>\n\n<p>3) Open terminal ( Application –> Accessories –> Terminal) and go to the extracted ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>1) Go to ‘Virtual Machine’ in menu and press ‘Install VMware Tools’ option. This will mount the ISO file to CD drive as ‘VMware Tools’.</p>\n\n<p>2) Extract the tar.gz file to local folder.</p>\n\n<p>3) Open terminal ( Application –> Accessories –> Terminal) and go to the ex...
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2010-12-12T15:05:30.583
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<p>In the world of Ubuntu, it seems you either <em>always</em> run an FTP server or you <em>never</em> do. Perhaps I'm the first network analyst who's needed to flash a Cisco, Checkpoint or Nokia image using Ubuntu... I need an FTP server for maybe 5 minutes, no more than that.</p> <p>I'm looking for a bare-bones, us...
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2016-12-21T07:08:56.290
How do I temporarily run an FTP server?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can get an FTP server going as easy as one two three using <a href=\"https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyftpdlib/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">pyftpdlib</a>:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install with pip <code>pip install --user pyftpdlib</code></li>\n<li>Run with <code>python -m pyftpdlib</code>, add <c...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<ul>\n<li><p>You can use <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/pure-ftpd\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>pure-ftpd</strong></a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/pure-ftpd\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install pure-ftpd\...
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2010-12-12T15:21:40.420
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<p>Here's an odd problem I've had for a while. Every so often, I find that I have several jpeg images sitting in my home directory that I didn't put there. I'm fairly sure this isn't a security breach but rather, there's something writing these files in there that I've forgotten about.</p> <p>Here's what I'm looking a...
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2013-07-10T03:16:18.097
2013-07-10T03:16:18.097
Random images appearing in my home directory... Where are they coming from?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T15:30:11.230", "id": "18275", "postId": "17087", "score": "0", "text": "What software do you use to watch TV? You may be accidentally pressing the snapshot button.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1938" }, { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T15:31:49....
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can try running fatrace (see <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/a/105197/3037\">this answer</a>) and when those images appear again, search for them in fatrace's log file. That hopefully will reveal the program that's acting up. :)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't think this is possible at the moment. I had a look into inotify and back in 2008 a developer wanted to put the PID of the process that created the file event into the cookie information. This would have solved it as you could have created a python program to grab the ...
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2010-12-12T16:12:43.520
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<p>I have a NAS box that I automount several shares on my laptop. The shares are mounted to <code>/mnt/nas/music</code>, <code>/mnt/nas/photos</code>, etc.</p> <p>When I browse <code>/mnt/nas</code> in Nautilus, no directories show up unless I go to the location bar and type in the directory name of the mounted share....
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2010-12-12T16:29:37.060
2018-01-28T15:48:42.927
Automounter -- browsing with Nautilus
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use the option --ghost in your auto.master. Look at google for an example file, I found this exmaple:</p>\n\n<pre><code># mount point config file options\n/- /etc/auto.direct --ghost\n\n/misc /etc/auto.misc --timeout=30 --ghost\n\n+auto.master\n<...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You might be using autofs to mount these directories. If you find the file <code>/etc/auto.master</code>, it means that you probably are. The way autofs works is that it mounts and displays directories only once you try to access them.</p>\n\n<p>Autofs provides flexibilities ...
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17103
2010-12-12T16:39:57.350
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<p>I have a ssh server, and some clients have login it via key login. So the host identity of server has been stored in the known_host of clients.</p> <p>I want to reinstall the server, but I hope it never impact the experience of client. I'm wondering whether it's possible to backup the host identity of server, then ...
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2010-12-12T17:05:04.957
how to backup/restore the host key in ssh server
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li>You can backup those keys from <strong>/etc/ssh/ssh_host*</strong> </li>\n<li>You can also backup all in <strong>/etc/ssh</strong> directory so that you keep all config and keys. </li>\n<li>And to restore put your keys back in the same location <strong>/etc/ssh</strong> </li...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li>You can backup those keys from <strong>/etc/ssh/ssh_host*</strong> </li>\n<li>You can also backup all in <strong>/etc/ssh</strong> directory so that you keep all config and keys. </li>\n<li>And to restore put your keys back in the same location <strong>/etc/ssh</strong...
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2010-12-12T16:48:14.233
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<p>I would like to install Evince 2.32 in Lucid (10.04)</p> <ol> <li>Is there any safe way to do it ? </li> <li>Download the source and start install all the required dependences is this approach dangerous for the stability of my system ? </li> </ol> <p>I googled for a solution of this problem and the only suggestio...
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2010-12-12T17:24:20.443
2010-12-12T18:47:31.997
How to install Evince 2.32?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Wow, I wrote a lot more than I was planning on. So here's the tl;dr version:</p>\n\n<p>It would be simpler to upgrade the entire system to Maverick than backport Evince 2.32.x to Lucid.</p>\n\n<h2>Is it safe?</h2>\n\n<p>First we need to address the question of whether this is safe. I...
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17099
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2010-12-12T16:49:59.650
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<p>I've found Unity's new Intellihide mode extremely useful, and would like to know if it's planned to be set by default or, by the contrary, the panel will be shown unless you set it manually.</p>
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2010-12-12T20:37:28.413
2010-12-21T13:11:34.140
Will the launcher use Intellihide by default?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The User Interface Freeze is on March 2011, before then it can be changed several times so it is impossible to know what the team will decide at the end.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T17:42:30.383", "id"...
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2010-12-12T16:57:21.257
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<p>I encountered an audio bug and <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/689106" rel="nofollow">reported</a> it on Launchpad. There I was asked to reinstall PulseAudio. </p> <p>That sounded dangerous, so I tried it on a VirtualBox virtual machine I had lying around. (this VM had no sound pr...
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2010-12-13T20:25:10.963
2017-02-01T18:30:00.893
No sound after PulseAudio reinstall
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Thank you all for the ideas. </p>\n\n<p>It must have been a problem in the communication between host and Virtual Box. In the virtual machine settings, I set the sound mode from \"Pulse Audio\" to \"Alsa\" and I got sound. Then I toggled it back to Pulse Audio - and the VM still had ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Go here : <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=789578\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=789578</a></p>\n\n<p>Do <strong>Part A</strong> only. That should fix the problem in no time.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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17110
2010-12-12T17:20:10.373
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<p>I have a problem when i try to download the maverick iso. after download i always get the wrong iso checksum with gtkhash? I already tried from several locations provided via the ubuntu page but not succeeded.</p> <p>The hash should be</p> <pre><code>59d15a16ce90c8ee97fa7c211b7673a8 ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386.iso ...
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7155
2010-12-13T12:18:41.563
2010-12-13T12:18:41.563
Downloaded Ubuntu ISO always has wrong checksum?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would suggest downloading from a different source and then checking the md5. I have good results from linuxtracker.org for both speed and reliability with checksums.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T17:24:40.040", "id": "1...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would suggest downloading from a different source and then checking the md5. I have good results from linuxtracker.org for both speed and reliability with checksums.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T17:24:40.040"...
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2010-12-12T17:29:20.690
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<p>I opened the Ubuntu Once Preference box to see if everything was "up to date" come to find that it's still "Synchronizing" after leaving the window open for three hours.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jMNCm.png" alt="alt text"></p> <p>When I execute <code>u1sdtool --status</code></p> <pre><code>State:...
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2010-12-12T19:31:11.600
2010-12-12T23:01:58.060
Ubuntu One says it's always synchronizing
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T19:09:29.747", "id": "18302", "postId": "17111", "score": "0", "text": "What is the output of `u1sdtool --status`?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "114" }, { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T21:58:45.950", "id": "18334", "postId": "17111", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>\"Standoff\" means the connection is half-dead. After a short delay you should see syncdaemon trying to reconnect; as this seems to not be the case, please consider restarting syncdaemon (<code>u1sdtool -q; u1sdtool -c</code>). If the problem persists, please enable debug and file a ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>\"Standoff\" means the connection is half-dead. After a short delay you should see syncdaemon trying to reconnect; as this seems to not be the case, please consider restarting syncdaemon (<code>u1sdtool -q; u1sdtool -c</code>). If the problem persists, please enable debug and...
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2010-12-12T17:33:45.617
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<p>Is there a way to add SOCKS 5 authentication to the Network Proxy Preferences dialog ? </p> <p>Currently it supports only HTTP authentication. </p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/beaup.png" alt="alt text"></p>
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2010-12-17T23:35:33.143
How to enable SOCKS 5 authentication in Network Proxy Preferences
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may use <code>tsocks</code></p>\n\n<p>This programm socksifies each programm.\nThis is indeed only a workaround.</p>\n\n<p>But in the tsocks config you can supply an user + password</p>\n\n<p>It's shame but i think you have to create for each programm a startscript which starts i...
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17113
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2010-12-12T17:53:28.320
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<p>I am running Banshee 1.8.0 on a more-or-less vanilla Meerkat installation. I was most pleased when I plugged in an old iPod Nano and it Just Worked.</p> <p>However, when plugging in the iPod, Nautilus/Gnome asks for an application to handle the newly inserted iPod. The dialog presents no applications that can handl...
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2011-06-03T22:16:06.983
2011-06-03T22:16:06.983
No application to launch when plugging in ipod
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First try to set your preferred application for the media player in <strong>System->Preferences->Preferred applications</strong>:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/wyNPJ.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n\n<p>If you don't have banshee in your list, select custom and a...
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17121
2010-12-12T18:42:50.193
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<p>Ubuntu provides <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/" rel="nofollow">Official</a> and <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community" rel="nofollow">Community</a> documentation. </p> <ul> <li>Why create the two streams? </li> <li>Is the official documentation more trustworthy? </li> <li>Is the criteria to add to it more s...
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2010-12-12T19:08:09.763
2010-12-12T21:12:50.273
Differences between Official and Community documentation?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li>Community documentation can be created by anyone using the wiki.</li>\n<li>Any user can create a <strong>how-to</strong> for any ubuntu-related topic under the Community documentation.</li>\n<li>Official documentation are the online html version of the system documentation tha...
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2010-12-12T18:50:45.923
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<p>I'm curious why <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu Team Wiki</a> uses a different web interface to <a href="http://help.ubuntu.com" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu documentaion</a>.</p>
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2591
2012-05-25T21:13:01.487
2012-05-25T21:13:01.487
Why Ubuntu wiki runs on different software to other help sites?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Ubuntu wiki</a> has recently been changed to use a new theme that fits far better with Ubuntu's new visual identity - new logo, colours, fonts, etc - the same things you'll see on this very site infact. For more det...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Ubuntu wiki</a> has recently been changed to use a new theme that fits far better with Ubuntu's new visual identity - new logo, colours, fonts, etc - the same things you'll see on this very site infact. For ...
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2010-12-12T19:39:13.247
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<p>Suppose I am using Ubuntu version X now. My USB port and optical disk drive are not working properly and I want to do a fresh install of Ubuntu version Y using the downloaded ISO image. Since I cannot install using CD-ROM or thumbdrive, is there any way to wipe out version X completely with version Y?</p>
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2015-10-26T23:29:35.360
2015-10-26T23:29:35.360
Fresh install from within Ubuntu without CD-ROM or thumbdrive
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just a suggestion. Repartition your drive to create a 2 gig partition (at least) install the ISO to this drive using Unetbootin in the type box change to harddisk and select the new partition. Then update grub and reboot. Select the new partition boot to the live image then install t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just a suggestion. Repartition your drive to create a 2 gig partition (at least) install the ISO to this drive using Unetbootin in the type box change to harddisk and select the new partition. Then update grub and reboot. Select the new partition boot to the live image then i...
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<p>Every now and then I'd like to play with a fresh minimal install of Ubuntu (to test sysadminish scripts, application install instructions, package dependency lists etc.).</p> <p>I'd like to have a tool as <strong>simple to use</strong> as <a href="https://launchpad.net/testdrive" rel="nofollow">testdrive</a>: pick ...
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2012-03-11T17:14:13.550
TestDrive equivalent for Ubuntu Server
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T20:13:11.517", "id": "18312", "postId": "17125", "score": "0", "text": "[vagrant](http://vagrantup.com/) looked like a promising tool, but (1) it's not packaged for Ubuntu, and (2) it requires non-free software (VirtualBox non-OSE) to function.", "userDisplayNam...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://vagrantup.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Vagrant</a>, while still not present in the standard Ubuntu repositories, now has a <a href=\"http://downloads.vagrantup.com/tags/v1.0.0\" rel=\"nofollow\">ready-to-use .deb</a> and now works with virtualbox-ose.</p>\n\n<p>Installati...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First, I think this is an excellent suggestion, and definitely something that TestDrive could/should support!</p>\n\n<p>In the meantime, you can grab a UEC image, untar it, and launch it in KVM:</p>\n\n<pre><code>wget http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/natty/current/natty-server-ue...
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2010-12-12T20:24:44.787
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<p>I use the smbfs tools package to mount my SMB shares. I wrote a quick script to mount the share:</p> <pre><code>#!/bin/sh /usr/bin/smbmount "\\\\somehost.local\\hostshare" /media/hostshare -o user=smbuser,dom=WORKGROUP,uid=localuser,gid=localgroup </code></pre> <p>This script used to work in 9.10 when called by th...
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smbmount returns "operation not permitted"
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See this bug in Ubuntu:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/563805\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/samba/+bug/563805</a></p>\n\n<p>and the related bug in Debian:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugre...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you previously customize the smb.conf? If not, has the Windows system you're connecting to changed its configuration since the last time you connected? One possible solution: Add the following in your <strong>/etc/samba/smb.conf</strong></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>client...
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<p>I'd like to upgrade my distribution (10.04 to 10.10) and since I have customized Ubuntu quite a bit, I was wondering what is likely to "break".</p> <p>If that can help, here is a sample list of things that I have customized (although I'd like a general answer):</p> <ul> <li>Gnome panel</li> <li>Keyboard shortcuts<...
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2010-12-12T21:14:10.047
2010-12-12T21:46:01.723
Distribution upgrade: what is likely to break?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T20:43:47.370", "id": "18320", "postId": "17132", "score": "1", "text": "Alright post your output of `sudo apt-get update`", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5691" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A distribution upgrade will, in all probability, not change any of your configuration. </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>In rare cases, it can overwrite configuration some files in /etc, but never in your home directory. Make sure to back up all configuration that isn't easily restorable. Of cour...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Copy your home folder (the whole thing, including the hidden files) to another drive/partition, than upgrade, than replace the newly created home folder with the copy. This will keep your files and settings intact. Now all you need to do is install your new applications (actu...
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2010-12-12T20:40:02.190
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<p>Is there anyway to get Rhythmbox to stop playing the current track when it closes without first pausing/stopping the song manually? </p>
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Rhythmbox still plays songs after exit
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is intentionally the default behaviour: allowing you to minimise (\"close\") Rhythmbox and control it from the Sound menu.</p>\n\n<p>To work around this you need to \"quit\" Rhythmbox by selecting File->Quit in the menu, or using the keyboard shortcut <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Q</kbd...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is intentionally the default behaviour: allowing you to minimise (\"close\") Rhythmbox and control it from the Sound menu.</p>\n\n<p>To work around this you need to \"quit\" Rhythmbox by selecting File->Quit in the menu, or using the keyboard shortcut <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kb...
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2010-12-12T21:01:10.837
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<p>Both gnome terminal and terminator (which I am using on my laptop these days) can be customised to look very pretty. By using full screen and keeping desktop clutter down to a minimum it's possible to get a good-sized area to work in, even on my little EeePC.</p> <p>However, there is one element that I don't seem t...
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2015-07-28T15:53:26.617
Gnome Terminal tabs ugly and oversized
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-12T23:20:45.743", "id": "18349", "postId": "17136", "score": "2", "text": "Actually, the tabs fit in perfectly with the Gtk theme you use, because it's the theme that paints them like that. It's possible to override a theme for 1 application though (see Gtk theming ma...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try <code>screen</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Create different \"tabs\" with <code>Ctrl-a c</code> and switch between them with <code>Ctrl-a Ctrl-a</code> (to toggle to the window displayed previously) or directly with <code>Ctrl-a &lt;number of tab&gt;</code> (to switch to window number \"n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try <code>screen</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Create different \"tabs\" with <code>Ctrl-a c</code> and switch between them with <code>Ctrl-a Ctrl-a</code> (to toggle to the window displayed previously) or directly with <code>Ctrl-a &lt;number of tab&gt;</code> (to switch to window nu...
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2010-12-12T22:41:08.243
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<p>I have a file from another pc with ubuntu, the owner of the file is my user account from this pc. How do I change the owner to my useraccount on another pc so that I can use it?</p> <p>When i try to change file permissons via nautilus i get the message you're not the owner, that's the reason you can't file permissi...
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2010-12-12T22:50:57.153
2020-11-08T20:56:41.753
How can I become the owner of a file that origins from another pc / user?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Command line instructions:</strong></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Use the <a href=\"http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~dicke3/nerspcs/chown.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>chown</code></a> command.</p>\n \n <p>Example:</p>\n \n <p><code>sudo chown user file</code></p>\n \n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Command line instructions:</strong></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Use the <a href=\"http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~dicke3/nerspcs/chown.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>chown</code></a> command.</p>\n \n <p>Example:</p>\n \n <p><code>sudo chown user file</code></...
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2010-12-12T23:08:28.910
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<p>During Ubuntu installation I chose to encrypt my home folder. Accidently after installation I skipped the dialog in ubuntu where I was asked to setup encryption (choose key and so on ...)</p> <p>How can I resume and complete the encryption process?</p> <p>Update: The Encryption dialog box after installation just o...
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2010-12-14T11:11:46.200
2010-12-14T11:15:19.847
Accidentally skipped encryption dialog after installation. How to resume?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>These links were helpful</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/ecryptfs/Nutzung\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/ecryptfs/Nutzung</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/ecryptfs/Datenrettung\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://wiki.ubuntu...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you already have a regular (non encrypted) home dir, and you want to convert it to an encrypted home, you must follow this procedure: \n<a href=\"http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2009/06/migrating-to-encrypted-home-directory.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://blog.dustinkirkland...
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<p>My Maverick freezes constantly, no matter what I'm doing. Browsing with chromium or firefox, using cmus to play music, or copying 24 gb files from partition to partition while burning a CD, it will freeze, and only thing I can do is unplug it from the grid, no button will work.</p> <p>Extra information:</p> <ul> <...
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2010-12-13T17:12:31.020
2011-02-13T17:44:05.900
10.10 Freezes totally
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks to me that there is a serious bug in <strong>libgobject</strong>. If you search for &quot;segfault&quot;, you will see that just after nautilus crashes the machine stops and after few lines, time starts at 0 again as you reset your machine.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>nautilus[163...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks to me that there is a serious bug in <strong>libgobject</strong>. If you search for &quot;segfault&quot;, you will see that just after nautilus crashes the machine stops and after few lines, time starts at 0 again as you reset your machine.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>naut...
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<p>On GNOME the screen locks when I suspend, and I find that a bit annoying (no one else in the house uses ubuntu anyway haha). What can I do to stop this?</p>
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How do I stop the screen from being locked on suspend?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>For 11.10</h2>\n\n<p>What worked for me on Ubuntu 11.10 is to execute the following in a terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen 'true'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You can also install <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/dconf-tools\">dconf-to...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>For 11.04 and earlier:</h2>\n\n<p>Did you verify that the option in the screen-saver about LOCKING the PC is off. Go to System > Preferences > Screensaver</p>\n\n<p>Verify that <strong>Lock Screen when Screensaver is active</strong> is turned off. Also verify that <strong>Ac...
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<p>I created a shell script <code>/usr/local/bin/suspend</code> with the following content:</p> <pre><code>#! /bin/sh # Take an optional delay parameter if [ "$#" -gt "0" ]; then sleep "$1" fi # Put the system to sleep dbus-send --system --print-reply --dest="org.freedesktop.Hal" \ /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices...
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2011-05-04T13:26:54.697
Why does my shell script hang without the .sh extension?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>suspend</code> is a bash builtin,</p>\n\n<pre><code>suspend: suspend [-f]\nSuspend shell execution.\n\nSuspend the execution of this shell until it receives a SIGCONT signal.\nUnless forced, login shells cannot be suspended.\n\nOptions:\n -f force the suspend, even if the s...
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<p>First, I used Ubuntu Tweak's clean up feature, so I may have accidentally removed something important through that...</p> <p>So I just moved my home folder from the main partition to it's own partition so that I don't have to worry about it dieing if I change distros or upgrade distros.</p> <p>So the path I took w...
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2010-12-13T14:10:00.727
Missing Sound After Cleanup and Moving of Home Directory
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It sounds (no pun intended) like some hidden files in home not being transfered to your new home. Check if you have any .pulse files in your home folder. The other option is about permissions easiest way to check is by running this command in terminal.</p>\n\n<pre><code>pulseaudio --...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It sounds (no pun intended) like some hidden files in home not being transfered to your new home. Check if you have any .pulse files in your home folder. The other option is about permissions easiest way to check is by running this command in terminal.</p>\n\n<pre><code>pulse...
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<p>I'm trying to install and run a program a called <em>Remotedroid</em>, which lets you use your phone as a wireless keyboard and mouse. I'm used to windows automatically starting setup upon download and can't figure out how to initiate the install in Ubuntu.</p> <p>The program's website says its compatible with Linu...
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Installing a Java jar from a download
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li><p>Make sure you have either <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/openjdk-6-jre\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">openjdk-6-jre<img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install openjdk-6-jre\"></a>* <em>(recommended)</em> or if that doesn't work,<br>\n<a href=\"http://apt...
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2010-12-13T05:38:32.967
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<p>A particular software (GRASS GIS) I need is available in two different versions - stable(6.4.0) and unstable(7.0). Stable one is available in Ubuntu repository while developmental one can be installed from SVN. My question is can I have both installed in same machine? Will it cause problems in operation? Later if I ...
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2010-12-13T06:44:36.183
2010-12-13T06:44:36.183
Install different versions of software
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There should be no problem. The one from repository will be installed to default location. The one from SVN will need to be compiled, and then you can copy the binaries/other files to any location manually or using <code>make install</code> (if available). So compile the one from SVN...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There should be no problem. The one from repository will be installed to default location. The one from SVN will need to be compiled, and then you can copy the binaries/other files to any location manually or using <code>make install</code> (if available). So compile the one ...
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2010-12-13T07:06:56.383
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<p>I use 5.8.5 version of notepad++. The .tex file that I have edited on notepad++ could not be opened on gedit. The error I get is "character set could not be recognized"</p>
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2010-12-13T08:41:08.020
2010-12-13T13:26:45.987
Error while opening tex files in gedit
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Two things to try (from the commandline):</p>\n\n<p>Firstly:</p>\n\n<p><code>fromdos filename.tex</code></p>\n\n<p>(requires the tofrodos package).</p>\n\n<p>Secondly:</p>\n\n<p><code>iconv -c -f UTF-8 -t UTF-8 filename.tex &gt; filename-copy.tex</code></p>\n\n<p>That should remove a...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>My latex files are all utf8 and compile on windows and on linux.</p>\n\n<p>I would use <code>UTF-8 without BOM</code></p>\n\n<p>and add</p>\n\n<p><code>\\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}</code></p>\n\n<p>in the main file to inform the <code>pdflatex</code> or <code>latex</code> com...
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2010-12-13T07:36:44.970
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<p>There is a bug in Ubuntu that <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bluez/+bug/589464" rel="nofollow">prevents bluetoothd from starting</a> when the computers wakes up from hibernate. So far there is no solution. I am fed upstarting bluetoothd manually every time, I think a possible workaround may be to...
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2010-12-13T08:23:56.320
Execute command on wakeup
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should drop the file in /etc/pm/sleep.d . All the scripts in this dir are executed when a power manage event happens. You can check the first parameter to know what event has invoked the script.</p>\n\n<p>There is a nice example in this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/8...
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2010-12-13T08:28:55.440
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<p>I just reinstalled Ubuntu 10.10 with the same PC name as it was before. </p> <p>So after reconnecting to Ubuntu One my files lost (I think because in my new system folder which has Ubuntu One synchronized files become empty after reinstall). How can i undelete these files?</p>
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2010-12-13T08:31:27.933
2011-06-08T21:16:15.407
Undelete Ubuntu One files, deleted with reconnected PC
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ouch, that is certainly a big problem. At the moment there is not way to do so, but I know as a fact that you will get some help in #ubuntuone in freenode since they will nee your details etc... </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": n...
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<p>I installed <a href="https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/oljmaangfgmmokjpnojhfblppgeijikp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this extension</a> because I wanted to open apt links clicked in Chromium with <code>xdg-open</code>.</p> <p>I have looked at <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptURL" rel="nofollow ...
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2018-08-20T05:23:26.833
How can I make Chromium open apt links with xdg-open?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have downloaded Google Chrome 8.0.552.215</p>\n\n<p>Then i installed the suggested extension from your link.</p>\n\n<p>then i went to <a href=\"http://www.apturl.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.apturl.net/</a> i searched for avidemux for example.</p>\n\n<p>I clicked on i...
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17201
2010-12-13T09:08:37.137
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<p>I would like to disable the <code>shutdown</code> command for all users, even root, on an Ubuntu Server installation.</p> <p>The reason I want to do this is to ensure that I don't get into the habit of shutting down the machine in this way, as I SSH into a lot of production machines at the same time as this one, an...
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2016-04-16T09:10:05.847
Disabling shutdown command for all users, even root - consequences?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you usually run the command as <code>sudo shutdown</code>, rather than <code>sudo /sbin/shutdown</code>, then you can just setup a global shell alias for \"shutdown\" to just echo a message to the terminal instead. The real executable will still be there for all other purposes.</p...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To disable shutdown command just make the binary non executable i.e <code>sudo chmod a-x /sbin/shutdown</code>\nAlso i dont think that it will effect any other shutdown method because as the man entry for shutdown says</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>shutdown sends a request to the...
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17190
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2010-12-13T10:22:54.877
1
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4473/numeric-keypad-not-working">Numeric keypad not working</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I can't really understand why this is not working and maybe this is a bug, but it used to work as I rememeber and is working cor...
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2012-06-12T15:43:59.630
Numpad not working
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2010-12-13T11:42:36.850
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2010-12-13T11:22:32.790
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<p>I'm using Ubuntu One to synchronize a directory which I use to create and compile latex files. But, always, when a new file is generated, the files, instead of having the file-type extension like file1.pdf, they gain an extra suffix like <code>file1.pdf.u1conflict</code>, <code>file1.pdf.u1conflict.1</code> so on. A...
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2011-10-21T17:01:07.930
.u1conflict suffix gets apended to files while using ubuntu one
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>*.u1conflict files represent the case when you've modified a file on two computers and then tried to synchronise. In general, you'd either want to pick which version to keep, or try to merge the changes in the two versions. Usually you wouldn't want to upload the conflict to U1, but ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>*.u1conflict files represent the case when you've modified a file on two computers and then tried to synchronise. In general, you'd either want to pick which version to keep, or try to merge the changes in the two versions. Usually you wouldn't want to upload the conflict to ...
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17199
1
17265
2010-12-13T13:18:21.190
5
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<p>My machine is always showing an hour ahead of the actual time. I am in Texas currently but the time never picks Day light savings. Any time I click on Set Time(Top Right Corner), my system just hangs right there. I have to turn off the machine each time. how do I fix this issue? <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/1...
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2010-12-15T03:52:42.613
2010-12-15T04:27:41.807
System hangs on changing time
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have you tried a console alternative to setting it from the gnome-panel time applet?\nntpdate is a favorite of mine. i have it setup in a cron script across several Machines and VM's to ensure my system clock never gets skewed that far off. (once a week is fine by my standards. i fin...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have you tried a console alternative to setting it from the gnome-panel time applet?\nntpdate is a favorite of mine. i have it setup in a cron script across several Machines and VM's to ensure my system clock never gets skewed that far off. (once a week is fine by my standard...
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17202
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2010-12-13T13:29:56.970
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<p>I recently installed KDE in to my Ubuntu 10.04 machine using apt. (i.e <code>apt-get install kde-desktop</code>)</p> <p>After a while I got enough with the testing and wanted to have gnome again. So I removed all the kde4 components on my system using Synaptic package manager and everything that is associated with ...
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2014-02-18T12:00:59.903
2014-02-18T12:00:59.903
Clean removal of KDE 4
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>via: <a href=\"http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/puregnome</a></p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get remove akonadi-server akregator amarok amarok-common amarok-utils apport-kde apturl-kde ark bluedevil cdparanoia cdrdao docbook-x...
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17207
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17224
2010-12-13T14:34:13.933
6
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<p>I have a desktop running ubuntu 10.04 I want numlock to be turned on initially. What do I have to change to accomplish this?</p> <p>~~edit~~</p> <p>I checked in my BIOS. It was already set up to have the numlock turned on initially. Yet it isn't being turned on initially. I have a USB keyboard: would that bre...
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2010-12-13T16:00:13.003
2010-12-13T16:38:00.553
Numlock turned on on boot-up
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-13T14:43:25.830", "id": "18425", "postId": "17207", "score": "1", "text": "I think it's a BIOS thing, at least that's how I did it on my laptop.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3651" }, { "creationDate": "2010-12-13T14:46:18.043", "id": "18426...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the man page: \"<strong>numlockx is a program to control the NumLock key inside X11 session scripts</strong>.\" It's a very simple tool. You invoke it from the commandline or a script</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ numlockx on\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>will enable numlock and</p>\n\n<pre>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You will have to try searching in your BIOS, if you do not want to do that then you can try numlockx, it is available in the repositories.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-12-13T16:00:35.590", "id": "18437", ...
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2010-12-13T15:08:16.197
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<p>I'm getting maybe 20 friend requests from Yahoo IM everytime I start empathy (or my Internet goes up). Is there any way I can deal with the contact spam that doesn't involve me individually clicking on all the contact requests and dismissing them one by one?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CoLIW.jpg" alt...
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2013-02-13T19:59:09.000
2013-02-13T19:59:09.000
Empathy Yahoo IM contact request spam
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've had this problem as well, and sadly, it's is really a problem with Yahoo's infrastructure, and not so much something wrong with empathy (in other words, you won't be able to stop empathy from thinking you have genuine friend requests).</p>\n\n<p>The best I can suggest to you is ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've had this problem as well, and sadly, it's is really a problem with Yahoo's infrastructure, and not so much something wrong with empathy (in other words, you won't be able to stop empathy from thinking you have genuine friend requests).</p>\n\n<p>The best I can suggest to...
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17211
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2010-12-13T15:19:23.990
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<p>Is it possible to:</p> <ol> <li>execute sftp command on remote machine and download a file (<code>ssh user@machine</code>, <code>sftp user2@server</code>, <code>get file</code>)</li> <li>then, send download to background, so I can turn my local computer off</li> </ol>
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2012-11-20T20:52:22.260
How to send SFTP file download to background?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try <code>screen</code> on machine B, start the download and detach afterwards:</p>\n\n<p>On machine A: </p>\n\n<p><code>ssh user@B</code></p>\n\n<p>On machine B:</p>\n\n<pre><code>screen\nsftp user@C\nget some_file.tar.gz\nCtrl-a d\nlogout\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Never tried but could ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Putting the character &amp; (ampersand) behind a command runs it in background. However, I don't know how to do it after a command has already been executed, nor do I know whether this works on remote machines.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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2010-12-13T15:34:55.643
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<p>When my internet connection goes down (which happens rather frequently here) and Empathy disconnects it drops notifications for new messages. So if I haven't opened the conversation window, I will probably never notice a message someone has sent me that I didn't catch in time. Is there a way for Empathy to remind yo...
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2011-02-11T20:13:45.073
2011-10-13T06:50:19.010
How do I keep Empathy new message notifications after a disconnect?
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[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-02T23:02:00.287", "id": "116319", "postId": "17213", "score": "0", "text": "This question has not information added in it for a very long time and probably describes a bug in old package versions. I have flagged it to a moderator so it can be closed. If you think that ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I assume this is rather a bug, meaning this is poor behaviour by empathy. Maybe you find a bug that is already filed on <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/empathy\" rel=\"nofollow\">launchpad</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null...
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2012-02-03T00:00:05.133
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2010-12-13T16:12:44.657
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<p>How can i determine if just the .private folder is encrypted or the whole home directory?</p>
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2012-03-14T01:54:22.187
2012-03-14T01:54:22.187
How can I determine if just the .private folder is encrypted or the whole home directory?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the terminal type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cat /home/.ecryptfs/$USER/.ecryptfs/Private.mnt\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If the file exists and contains your home directory path, your home directory is encrypted.</p>\n\n<p>Another way to check is looking at your home dir mount point:</p>\n\n<p...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From the terminal type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cat /home/.ecryptfs/$USER/.ecryptfs/Private.mnt\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If the file exists and contains your home directory path, your home directory is encrypted.</p>\n\n<p>Another way to check is looking at your home dir mount point:</...
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2010-12-13T16:17:44.573
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<p>At the moment it uses just a few seconds of inactivity after that ubuntu reduces the brightness of my screen. Where do i find the option to increase this value?</p>
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2010-12-13T16:32:18.067
2013-09-24T20:44:47.363
How can I adjust the time that automatically reduces the brightness of screen?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is the \"Regard computer as idle after\" slider on System → Preferences → Screensaver:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/5v0h8.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n\n<p>Or the <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/17249/how-do-i-use-the-gconf-editor\">gconf key</a> <cod...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is the \"Regard computer as idle after\" slider on System → Preferences → Screensaver:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/5v0h8.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n\n<p>Or the <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/17249/how-do-i-use-the-gconf-editor\">gconf key<...
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2010-12-13T16:28:15.747
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<p>The ability of a .desktop file to display a "human-readable" alias rather than its (perhaps) clinical <strong>real</strong> name, has merit... and as the <em>.desktop</em> filetype suggests, I assume that this ability is intended for the <strong>Desktop</strong> (which is (co-?)managed by Nautilus). </p> <p>Howeve...
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2012-11-21T21:35:00.407
2017-10-24T08:54:12.880
Can Nautilus display a .desktop file by its real name?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>With newer versions of Nautilus (<a href=\"http://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2010-July/msg00018.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">2.31.5</a> and later) renaming <code>.desktop</code> files actually changes the filename, not the <code>Name</code> field of the file itsel...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Apart from nautilus' strangeness, here's a nautilus script.</p>\n\n<p>You can select multiple files, click ok and gedit will show them (requires zenity).</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/sh\n\nFILE=$(ls -1 | zenity --list --hide-header --multiple --separator \"\\n\" --title \"List di...
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2010-12-13T16:35:05.447
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<p>I am running springsource framework in ubuntu 10.01. In my home folder, I have installed springsource IDE. I have my tomcat6 appserver in the <code>/usr/share/tomcat6</code>. While executing a sample project springapp, I have created the springapp dir in <code>/users/share/tomcat6/webapps</code>/ folder using sudo a...
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2010-12-13T17:28:21.927
2011-03-19T23:15:25.730
Permissions problem when copying files to /usr/share/tomcat6
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To temporarily upgrade rights to copy a file using terminal, 'sudo cp file1 file2' to copy file as a superuser (i.e. root). Another option is to use 'gksudo nautilus' to upgrade rights and invoke the GUI file manager. These upgraded rights are revoked when you exit terminal.<...
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Nazar Hussain S
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2010-12-13T17:01:22.600
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<p>There is no GUI way to show the date or the day (or adjust the time format) in Unity's indicator-datetime application in Natty.</p>
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2014-04-05T13:10:46.427
2017-02-21T09:32:53.243
How do I show the date in the clock indicator?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I blogged about this today <a href=\"http://penguindroppings.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/show-the-date-in-nattys-unity/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">here</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Basically, this can be adjusted via dconf-editor (under /apps/indicators/datetime) from<br>\n the <a href=\"...
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2010-12-13T17:54:31.810
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<p>I've been considering either Jolicloud or KNE for my future netbook. It's going to be a dual core intel atom CPU and will have 512MB gfx, so resources shouldn't be a problem. One thing though: should I use Jolicloud OS or Kubuntu Netbook Edition? Note I will be dual booting Windows 7, which will be my 'working' OS. ...
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2011-02-06T17:09:29.077
What is the better netbook OS for me- Jolicloud or Kubuntu Netbook Edition?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As mentioned above by João Pinto any one that is answering is likely to be subjective.</p>\n\n<p>So in my experience Jolicloud is just ready for netbooks. I have tested it and installed it for many friends and customers. What they love is, its clean purpose... the net. But jo...
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2011-02-06T21:49:45.767
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Tuahaa
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2010-12-13T18:33:27.457
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<p>I found this package for latex that gives me the ability to typeset organic structural formulae and reaction schemes for chemistry. I'm having trouble with installing it though.</p> <p>I read through the installation steps in the manual and it tells me that I need to edit the <code>install.cfg.UNIX</code> file whic...
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7175
2010-12-13T19:31:01.307
2012-08-17T21:50:19.580
How to install ochem for texlive
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You have to run <code>sudo texhash</code> to update LaTex database of local packages. Without this, LaTeX can't find them.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-12-13T19:30:13.677", "id": "18472", "postId": "1...
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2010-12-13T19:37:37.663
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<p>I have a wireless mouse device and I would like to speed-up the scrolling. I found a hint that tell us to install gpointing-device-settings.</p> <p>Unfortunatelly this program is not working in Lucid.Trying to running it one get a segmentation fault error, so I went here to ask how to manually speed up scroll ?</p>...
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2011-01-29T00:14:49.100
2011-02-14T22:54:28.363
How can I adjust the scroll speed of my mouse manually?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're gonna have to compile a short program, but take a look at this guy's attempt to <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10406312#20\">increase the scroll speed by X</a>. If you need help with this, I'd take it to <a href=\"http://superuser.com\">http://superuser.com</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're gonna have to compile a short program, but take a look at this guy's attempt to <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10406312#20\">increase the scroll speed by X</a>. If you need help with this, I'd take it to <a href=\"http://superuser.com\">http://superus...
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2010-12-13T20:15:12.287
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<p>I downloaded Minecraft yesterday to see what the fuss is about, brilliant game!</p> <p>When playing in Windowed mode, if I try and do anything else, i.e. use the computer, when the game is paused, the computer is incredibly slow, it takes a minute just to type a short message into empathy. Also, once I quit the ga...
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2010-12-13T20:31:58.867
2012-03-30T03:31:59.983
Minecraft: Slow performance OUT of the game
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Are you using the proprietary Java RE from Sun, or the open-source version in the main repos?</p>\n\n<p>Either way, I'd suggest trying the other one. I have better results with the JRE from Sun.</p>\n\n<p><br />\n<strong>My laptop</strong>:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Ubuntu 10.4.1 (or ...
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2010-12-13T21:30:28.747
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<p>I see some answers where people post to set a key in the gconf-editor, however there is no entry for gconf-editor in my menu.</p> <p>How do I run it and how do I use it to set keys that people recommend?</p>
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2013-05-13T10:19:59.317
How do I use the gconf editor?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>What is Gconf?</h2>\n\n<p>GConf is a system for storing application preferences. These preferences are stored in XML files under the user's home directory, <code>~/.gconf</code>. Each preference is represented as a key-value pair.</p>\n\n<p>GConf is meant to be a way for developers ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F2</kbd> → <code>gconf-editor</code></p>\n\n<p>Have an explore around it, it's somewhat similar to using regedit in Windows, except I find it's a bit more user friendly, and it won't kill your cat if you look at it funny.</p>\n\n<p>Rather than using that t...
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2010-12-13T22:34:52.320
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<p>I have Fedora installed on my desktop and I want to make a live USB stick with Ubuntu to install it on a laptop. What's the easiest way to do it?</p>
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2015-05-31T16:53:52.120
2022-10-19T19:34:23.050
How to make an Ubuntu live USB stick in Fedora?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The best way is to use Unetbootin tool, which is available from <a href=\"http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Unetbootin web site</a>. You will need Ubuntu ISO image.</p>\n\n<p>Best wishes.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityO...
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s3v3n
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2010-12-13T22:48:22.730
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<p>When I try to play any audio CD in Ubuntu 10.10 the following message appears. <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HdOCI.png" alt="Error message screen"> </p> <p>What is causing this problem with mounting an audio CD in the Ubuntu environment ?</p> <p>I need to resolve this issue because I am trying to rip a coupl...
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2011-02-15T04:01:39.170
2011-05-14T16:08:20.957
Audio CDs will not Auto-mount Correctly
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think my issue has been resolved after entire set of system updates (I am speaking of 10.10). Now Rhythmbox is playing Audio CDs, so mounting process is OK. I just can give a basic info on my system (iCore 3 (M350), Ubuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.35-28-generic-pae, Gnome 2.32.0, Rhythmbo...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Original Author has commented with:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>I found that VLC is able to play Audio CDs. I found on Ubuntu forum that it is necessary to reinstall 'gvfs-backends'. So I did it. But I am not sure if this action has something with playing an Audio CD in VLC :)<...
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2010-12-14T00:56:43.197
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<p>After a two year hiatus to Linux, I try it again out again. And then I run into to driver issues...</p> <p>I have an old Linksys WUSB54G v4 Wireless USB Adapter. In previous versions I had to use a combination of Ndiswrapper and Wicd to hope of getting it working. In 10.10, apparently there are built in drivers for...
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2010-12-14T01:38:47.173
2011-01-08T01:52:16.173
Can't get Wireless RT2x00usb driver to work, and can't blacklist it
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-14T04:39:38.463", "id": "18512", "postId": "17256", "score": "0", "text": "have you done anything in jockey? i know that jockey overrides blacklisting of ath_pci to toggle ath5k/madwifi", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5768" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to blacklist <code>rt2500usb</code> as well, as that's the module that's loading. You're only blacklisting <code>rt2x00usb</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-19T01:57:21.913", "id": "23968", "postId": "20556...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to blacklist <code>rt2500usb</code> as well, as that's the module that's loading. You're only blacklisting <code>rt2x00usb</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-19T01:57:21.913", "id": "23968", ...
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2010-12-14T01:17:01.350
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<p>When I go to the Desktop and click on a media icon (for my flash drive, a CD, whatever it is), the following problems occur, in this approximate sequence:</p> <ul> <li>Nautilus will close if it's open.</li> <li>the desktop icons disappear</li> <li>my Window List shows a button that says &quot;Starting File Manager&q...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2012-11-21T22:07:04.943
Various issues linked to my CD drive, when it has a disc in it
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'd say this was failing hardware, although the segfaults are nasty too. If the CD drive suddenly becomes unconnected then you can get all sorts of weird problems. Check the cables, check it on a LiveCD boot (because it'll show a lot in that if it is hardware)</p>\n", "co...
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2010-12-14T01:21:21.083
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<p>I have a 32" Vizio HDTV. It's a few years old, but running well. I just connected a new nettop to it using HDMI out. It's the Intel 3x00 graphics chipset.</p> <p>I'm seeing overscan, where the resolution in Ubuntu is set to 1280x720, but the TV itself is 1366x768. When I go into the <strong>Monitors</strong> contro...
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2017-04-13T12:24:49.590
2014-06-29T21:09:12.240
How can fix HDMI HDTV overscan when I my TV has no aspect ratio setting?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may be able to use <code>xrandr</code> to add a new mode to the specific output and then select that new mode. See <code>xrandr --addmode</code> and <code>xrandr --mode</code> in the xrandr manpage.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may be able to use <code>xrandr</code> to add a new mode to the specific output and then select that new mode. See <code>xrandr --addmode</code> and <code>xrandr --mode</code> in the xrandr manpage.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "crea...
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2010-12-14T01:28:34.307
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<p>I am using Ubuntu 10.10 with all upgrades. Ubuntu One will sync files very good but it will not sync the contacts or bookmarks. I have done the troubleshooting steps of removing all mention of couchdb from the passwords list, installed the bindwood add-on in Firefox, and even reinstalled couchdb. It still will only ...
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2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-01-22T11:33:02.620
Synchronizing Contacts and Bookmarks in Ubuntu One Failure
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>Syncing Contacts:</strong> </p>\n\n<p>If you are on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) or higher,please make sure you have the latest updates. If you have the latest updates installed and contacts still aren't syncing, then you can try these steps.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Open Sys...
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Dennis H
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<p>I have a small living room PC (Bohica, running fully-updated Ubuntu 10.10/Maverick) connected to my HDTV that I use for web browsing and media streaming. It connects via WiFi (wlan0) to my Fedora server (Snafu) that in turn connects to the internet. I use static addressing, and everything has been working fine.</p...
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2010-12-14T06:48:46.643
2017-02-23T14:09:33.733
Sharing an internet connection through the Ethernet port
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-14T03:44:06.707", "id": "18508", "postId": "17268", "score": "0", "text": "Do I need NAT/MASQ on eth0? I thought not, since it is already active for wlan0.", "userDisplayName": "user7320", "userId": null }, { "creationDate": "2010-12-14T03:59:38.997", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Turns out all I needed was <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firestarter\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">firestarter</a>. It quickly and easily did exactly what I needed, and nothing more.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "c...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You will need to set up routing or bridging on your living room PC (but you already know this, because you have a working Fedora Server acting as a router).</p>\n\n<p>I think that you will need to bypass the gui and easy networking tools to get the network config that you wan...
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2010-12-14T03:22:12.023
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<p>It seems every Linux machine I've ever worked on, when the router was restarted, the computer required a reboot too. All the Windows machines rejoined the network just fine. Why won't my Linux computers recognize a restarted router without a reboot themselves?</p> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> I run 10.04, it's a des...
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2010-12-14T17:14:01.017
2010-12-14T17:14:01.017
Why won't my linux computers recognize a restarted router without a reboot themselves?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It will.</p>\n\n<p>If it doesn't, it seems you have encountered a bug or an error in the driver.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>If this bug is in a proprietary wireless driver (see <em>System → Administration → Additional Drivers</em>), I'm afraid there's not a lot you can do about it apart fro...
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2010-12-14T03:42:59.967
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<p>I decided to move from Lucid to Maverick in my office computer and I wanted to make a backup of some files on DVD. </p> <p>For this i tried Brasero and them k3b, both programs are not working with if the folder or files inside them have at least one space character. The most part of my files have space in its name...
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2012-03-11T15:35:14.093
2012-08-27T18:34:29.027
Brasero and K3b: problems to burn data dvd's with files having spaces in its name
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not being accessible has to do with not all the parts being present...if you want to be able to pull files out of a single part, there are several approaches. note:you can get files out of archive parts with the rar command line utility. archive manager just doesn't understa...
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2010-12-14T04:37:44.943
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<p>I recently had to copy about 20 GB of data split between about 20 files from my laptop to an external hard drive. Since this operation takes quite a while (at ~560kb/s), I was wondering if there was any way to pause the transfer and resume it later (in case, I need to interrupt the transfer). As a side question, is ...
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2010-12-30T03:12:31.407
2021-07-04T18:06:09.240
How to pause/resume transfer of large files?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I can answer only the part about the difference between terminal and nautilus. I have checked several times this. It appears copying from terminal is faster than any graphical way like nautilus. At least in my case, when i copy about 32GB of info, it takes about 3 to 5 minute...
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<p>Otherwise, is there any alternative command line utility that can achieve this?</p>
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2018-03-15T21:45:50.300
2023-07-02T12:29:32.817
How to show the transfer progress and speed when copying files with cp?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>While <code>cp</code> hasn't got this functionality, you can use <code>pv</code> to do this:</p>\n<pre><code>pv my_big_file &gt; backup/my_big_file\n</code></pre>\n<p>Note: this method will lose the file's permissions and ownership. Files copied this way will have the same permission...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>While <code>cp</code> hasn't got this functionality, you can use <code>pv</code> to do this:</p>\n<pre><code>pv my_big_file &gt; backup/my_big_file\n</code></pre>\n<p>Note: this method will lose the file's permissions and ownership. Files copied this way will have the same pe...
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2010-12-14T05:23:17.420
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<p>While executing <code>apt-get install python-setuptools</code> or <code>apt-get upgrade</code>, there are about a dozen of dependency errors, the top three are: </p> <pre><code>apt-get install python-setuptools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done python-se...
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Unconfigured package error: Package apache2.2-common is not configured yet
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Run the following in terminal.</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install -f</code></p>\n\n<p><code>sudo dpkg --configure -a</code></p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get upgrade</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creatio...
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2010-12-14T06:14:46.410
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<p>I have installed dockbarx using an article at omgubuntu. <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/12/new-look-dockbarx-hits-ppa/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/12/new-look-dockbarx-hits-ppa/</a>. The problem is that the window preview feature is not working. </p> <p>UPDATE: While running...
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2010-12-15T05:18:28.053
2011-11-18T22:17:33.920
Window preview is not working in DockbarX
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li><p>To use the window previews,you need CompizConfig Settings Manager</p>\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager</code></p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Warning: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/80589/what-are-some-of-the-issues-with-ccsm-and-why-should-i-not-u...
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2010-12-14T07:04:35.200
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<p>Since I rarely use <kbd>caps-lock</kbd>, I'd like to map the key to a middle mouse click instead. I would also like to map <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Caps Lock</kbd> to the original function of the caps lock key, should I ever need it.</p> <p>I can map any keyboard shortcut to <code>xdotool click 2</code>, but the Gnome <...
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2011-02-26T04:11:28.373
2019-03-02T06:41:33.237
Map caps-lock key to middle mouse click
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you first remove the lock modifier from the Caps Lock key you should then be able to assign the key in Keyboard Shortcuts, use the command below to do that:</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo 'remove lock = Caps_Lock' | xmodmap -\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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2010-12-14T07:10:02.153
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<p>I'm trying to install a package from a PPA I've added. (Yes, I'm the author of the package if that helps in any way.)</p> <p>Running a simple install command yields the following:</p> <pre> xxxxx@xxxxx:~$ sudo apt-get install opentracks [sudo] password for xxxxx: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency ...
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2012-07-09T13:11:53.403
2012-07-09T13:11:53.403
Error installing a package: "trying to overwrite directory /usr/share/pixmaps"
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Browsing the <code>.deb</code> package using File Roller and noticed <code>/usr/share/pixmaps</code> is not a directory, it is an image file (<code>/usr/share/applications</code> is also not a directory as it should be).</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/SdwrS.png\" alt=...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Type the following in terminal,</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/opentracks_0.0.5-1_amd64.deb\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-12-14T20:41:42.273", "id": "18621"...
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2010-12-14T08:15:44.293
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<p>What do the different colours in Ubuntu's <code>ls</code> command mean? For example, when I type the <code>ls</code> command in one of my folders, I get one of the files in light green, the other (which is a folder) in blue with green highlighting. </p> <p>What do those colours mean, and there is any manual about a...
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2017-02-16T06:42:28.137
2022-06-20T02:10:26.143
What do the different colors mean in ls?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li><strong>Blue</strong>: Directory</li>\n<li><strong>Green</strong>: Executable or recognized data file</li>\n<li><strong>Cyan</strong> (Sky Blue): Symbolic link file</li>\n<li><strong>Yellow with black background</strong>: Device</li>\n<li><strong>Magenta</strong> (Pink): Graph...
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2010-12-14T08:44:10.673
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<p>I tried to update to Natty Narwhal with <code>update-manager -d</code> and then I followed through everything and then when I restarted everything broke. Told me to put in some code or something but then after I restarted I couldn't find where to put the code in.</p>
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2010-12-27T13:43:27.077
2011-06-25T12:49:24.393
I updated to Ubuntu 11.04 and It broke my installation
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can report your problems to the people who is developing it, so they can fix it for the others, of for yourself if you finally end up installing 10.10 again. ;)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC ...
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2011-06-26T15:05:11.400
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2010-12-14T08:57:14.927
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<p>I'm using Netbook Remix 10.04 now. I'm having the 10.10 alternate iso with me. If I use that iso to upgrade, will I lose my netbook version? I've seen in some forums that the upgrade resulted in a change from netbook version to desktop version.</p> <p><strong>Updated on 15/12/2010</strong></p> <p>I upgraded the OS f...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2011-03-16T06:33:33.220
Netbook Remix 10.04 to 10.10 upgrade using alternate iso
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I can't really confirm, but I don't think normal version would upgrade to netbook edition. You should upgrade over the internet, then you can be sure the packages will be right.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentL...
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<p>I've been using recordMyDesktop to record stuff. A little slow to compile but it records fine. However, when I try to convert from ogv to avi (I've used Devede and an mencoder script) the audio and video go out of sync.</p> <p>Here's the script for reference:</p> <pre><code>#!/bin/bash # ogv to avi # Call this wit...
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2010-12-14T17:49:18.103
2017-03-11T06:07:48.040
Video converter: ogv to avi (or another more common format)
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2010-12-14T10:32:36.810
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<p>Compiz and Gnome have many keyboard shortcuts. Examples are <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>L</kbd> for locking the session or <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Arrows</kbd> for switching workspaces. Often they overwrite shortcuts in applications. It would be nice to have a way to temporarily disable these sys...
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2011-10-31T20:51:25.180
2011-10-31T20:51:39.937
Quick way to temporarily disable compiz and gnome shortcuts
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here is an example of how to <strong>disable</strong> and <strong>enable</strong> individual shortcut-keys in Compiz: </p>\n\n<p>Assign these two commands to hotkeys, or just run them in the terminal (either asis, or in scripts). </p>\n\n<p>You can setup your shortcut-keys via \"Ke...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To disable compiz temporarily, replace it with metacity, that's the other window manager/decorator.</p>\n\n<p><kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F2</kbd>, and run <code>metacity --replace</code></p>\n\n<p>To restore compiz, run <code>compiz --replace</code></p>\n\n<p>Of course, after loggin...
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<p>I remember a longer time ago there was an anouncement that some Ubuntu developers were planing to bring the possibility to Ubuntu to run Android Apps on an Ubuntu and planned to write an environment for this purpose.</p> <p>Since this announcement i havn't heard again anything about this plans. And via Google nothi...
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2016-01-01T00:09:10.703
Plans to make Android Apps run on Ubuntu abandoned?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The original plans were presented by <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~debbie-beliveau\">Debbie Beliveau</a> and <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~mfrey\">Michael Frey</a>. If you want to know what happened to <em>their</em> plans, you'd probably do best to ping them an email. ...
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2010-12-14T11:27:01.063
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<p>Since Firestarter GUI needs Admin rights to start, does it make sense to autostart firestarter on boot and how can i do it?</p>
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2010-12-14T17:42:22.293
2011-09-05T16:37:13.477
Autostart Firestarter GUI on Boot?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-14T17:43:09.373", "id": "18592", "postId": "17322", "score": "0", "text": "ok, just posted the solution as a separate answer", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "7155" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Addition:</p>\n\n<p>With the following steps firestarter can be autostarted</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Start a terminal with this command to edit the file /etc/sudoers</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo visudo -s</code></p></li>\n<li><p>Add the following line at the end of the code (where username should...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can't start a GUI app on boot because it needs to be attached to a graphical session, the graphical session is only setup after you login.\nYou could set it up to start when you login:</p>\n\n<p>System -> Preferences -> Start applications</p>\n\n<p>Add whatever command is...
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2010-12-14T11:56:14.193
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu Lucid which contains the Gnome 2.30. The thing is that, I'm really interested on using empathy 2.32, since it fixes a lot of bugs. However I don't want to upgrade the entire system but I really want the new version of empathy :3. I tried using ppa or other methods but no luck. Any idea?</p>
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2010-12-14T14:26:00.320
2015-10-05T11:19:34.650
Is it possible to use empathy 2.32 on gnome 2.30?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-22T05:45:05.210", "id": "19688", "postId": "17327", "score": "0", "text": "have you tried compiling it from source?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4497" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I just tried to build empathy from Maverick for Lucid, but it's not possible due to unmet build dependencies. The easiest other solution that I can think of is just to install the Maverick package using apt, and making use of <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto\"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>At the bottom of the package's <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/empathy\" rel=\"nofollow\">page</a> you can find the download links for the latest version (AMD64 or x86):</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/amd64/empathy/download\" rel=\"nofol...
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2010-12-14T12:47:16.580
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<p>How can i move a enrypted home directory to another partition? Are there differences between moving an unencrypted home directory to another partition and an encrypted home directory?</p> <p>Perhaps does Ubuntu installer offer an option to place your home directory on an other partition?</p>
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2013-01-31T19:53:39.927
How can i move an encrypted home directory to another partition?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I am assuming you want to keep your data encrypted on the new partition.</p>\n\n<p>First close all running applications, we don't want files being updated during the copy.\nCopy the encrypted data to the new partition:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ecryptfs-umount-private\nchown $USER /new_mount...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Copy your home directory to other partition and then use System->Administration->Users &amp; Groups to open user settings dialog. Click on the keys icon to authenticate your self</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/d4JQY.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n\n<p>After that...
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2010-12-14T12:50:13.113
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<p>How do I boot from USB on a Mac? Mac OS X crashed on that PC and I want to make the owner switch to Ubuntu.</p>
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2012-05-22T00:11:13.123
2012-05-22T00:11:13.123
Boot from USB on a Macbook
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>solution on the apple support site: <a href=\"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1948\">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1948</a> </p>\n\n<p>the gist of the answer is press the option key during boot and select the device....some devices have issues. there are troubleshooting steps at the ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>solution on the apple support site: <a href=\"http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1948\">http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1948</a> </p>\n\n<p>the gist of the answer is press the option key during boot and select the device....some devices have issues. there are troubleshooting steps...
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<p>I already saw in the past some presentations made with a 'cube effect' transition, similar to the 3D-multiple desktop of Compiz. I heard 'Keynotes' on Mac OSX could do that.</p> <p>Is it possible to do the same on Ubuntu with PDF presentations? I tried <strong>pdfcube</strong> but it did not really kept its promise...
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2010-12-17T01:59:50.193
2012-02-23T02:45:12.133
How do I create a cube effect for PDF presentation transitions?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is now possible in LibreOffice Impress to set the transition of a presentation to \"Outside turning cube\". Checked on LibreOffice 3.4.5 or greater.</p>\n\n<p>This requires that the 3d-transitions be installed.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think it might have helped to tell us what packages you've already tried, so we're not duplicating bad suggestions...</p>\n\n<p>But perhaps you want either <a href=\"http://code.100allora.it/pdfcube\" rel=\"nofollow\">pdfcube</a> or <a href=\"http://impressive.sourceforge.n...
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