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<p>What is the Ubuntu way to configure phpMyAdmin so that I can use it to administer multiple MySQL servers? The database parameters are set in <code>/etc/dbconfig-common/phpmyadmin.conf</code>, but there's only space in there for the connection parameters for a single server. I could hack it into <code>/etc/phpmyadmi...
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2011-01-04T09:43:03.707
2020-01-28T12:49:41.523
How to configure phpMyAdmin to access multiple servers?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>According to the phpMyAdmin <a href=\"http://www.phpmyadmin.net/documentation/\" rel=\"nofollow\">documentation</a> you can define multiple servers in the <code>$cfg['Servers']</code> array defined in the <code>config.inc.php</code> file.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", ...
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19979
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19981
2011-01-04T10:22:39.080
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<p>How do I just restart the nautilus after adding a nautilus script without having to log out.</p>
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2013-12-29T00:46:26.383
2019-12-19T18:21:13.660
How to restart nautilus without logging out?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To restart nautilus...</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>First, type the following in your terminal to quit nautilus:</p>\n<p><code>nautilus -q</code> or <code>killall nautilus</code></p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Then, open nautilus via Unity menu (press the Super key) or using the run command (<kbd>Alt</kbd>...
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19982
1
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2011-01-04T10:27:39.713
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<p>I run Ubuntu 10.10 on my Intel DG965RY. My front audio ports don't work in Ubuntu, the rear one does. I never got it working earlier when I had Ubuntu 10.04 but this time I am going to try it again.</p> <p>My codec is <strong>SigmaTel STAC9227</strong></p> <p>My ALSA information is <strong><a href="http://www.alsa...
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2011-01-23T10:57:02.227
2012-01-07T00:28:57.510
Getting SigmaTel STAC9227 front audio jacks to work
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have exactly the same problem with exactly the same SigmaTel STAC9227 (though my motherboard is DQ965GF). I managed to get one of the front audio ports to work - the microphone. It started working after I applied '3stack' option. But you need to change the settings in your...
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2012-02-27T16:22:11.553
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19984
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2011-01-04T10:43:48.070
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<p>When I open a message with an attachment and choose to "Open" the attachment, thunderbird downloads the attachment and saves it in <code>/tmp</code> and then opens it.</p> <p>For security reasons I would like to be able to change the directory where the file is saved from <code>/tmp</code> to somewhere (I will use ...
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2012-01-11T08:24:42.313
2014-06-17T09:29:56.820
How do you change thunderbird temporary file storage?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have a workaround: Thunderbird uses the standard environment variable <code>$TMP</code> by default to determine where to store temporary files. It also uses this folder when you select to \"Open\" a mail attachment.</p>\n\n<p>Therefore I have simply made a simple script to set this...
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19986
1
20359
2011-01-04T11:06:42.900
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<p>As the question's title says, I have no Panel when I re-start Ubuntu. It happened after I selected <em>"Automatically remember running applications when logging off"</em> in System-- Preferences-- Startup Applications-- Options. </p> <p>I can manually start it via <code>(gnome-panel &amp;)</code> in the Termina...
2670
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2011-01-04T12:31:53.787
2011-04-28T19:14:20.693
No Panel when I boot-up, after running "Remember Currently Running Applications"
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Maybe one day it will become clear what is causing this failure of the Panel to auto-start, but for <em>today</em>, I've arrived at an effective workaround. </p>\n\n<p>It is simply a matter of adding the command <code>gnome-panel</code> to my list of <em>Startup Applications</em>. ...
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19987
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2011-01-04T11:19:14.410
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<p>Recently, my internet connection over wireless has become unreliable, on both a Dell laptop running Ubuntu 10.04 as well as my Desktop running Ubuntu 10.10 . The problem does not seem to occur on a laptop running Windows Vista. The problem does not seem to occur on my Openmoko Freerunner ( running Android 1.5 ), t...
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2011-01-19T06:59:10.327
2011-10-12T17:37:15.330
Recent unreliable wireless connection
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I seem to be able to circumvent this problem (mostly) by using the Windows drivers for my hardware. This is done with ndiswrapper.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/ndiswrapper/index.php?title=D-Link_DWL-510\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://sourceforge.net/apps/medi...
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2011-01-19T06:50:21.457
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2011-01-04T11:22:48.313
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<p>I am trying to sync Google Calendar with Evolution email client. But I am not able to do so. I tried some of the steps given in web to include Google Calendar and infact I am able to see my entries that I created in Google Calendar</p> <p>Problem is I cannot save any new appointments entries to Google Calendar thro...
2011
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2011-01-04T14:28:44.570
2018-06-18T14:49:13.807
How to sync Google Calendar and Evolution mail?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Check this on ubuntu wiki: <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleCalendarWithEvolution\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GoogleCalendarWithEvolution</a></p>\n\n<p>This will help you.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "conte...
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19994
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2011-01-04T12:20:34.590
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<p>When I use ffmpeg to convert an audiofile with the option </p> <pre><code>-acodec libfaac -ab 192k </code></pre> <p>and use </p> <pre><code>ffmpeg -i </code></pre> <p>on that file afterwards to get the audio file information, it tells me </p> <pre><code>bitrate: 152 kb/s </code></pre> <p>Why ist this? Do I m...
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2011-01-04T12:39:42.483
2019-03-23T05:45:24.140
ffmpeg options: -acodec libfaac -ab 192k produce 150kbit files?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are now much better aac encoders for Linux such as NeroAacEnc or fdkaac but if you are still keen on using faac there is a patch that means faac can encode with a bitrate of 192k, and a great deal higher as well. Handbrake formerly used this patch and hosted it on their site bu...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I can't provide any further explanation, but several places (e.g. [<a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/subsonic/index.php?title=Transcoders#Transcoding_to_AAC\" rel=\"nofollow\">1</a>]) mention: </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Note that the maximum average bit-rate (wh...
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2011-01-04T12:32:32.863
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<p>I am wondering how much money canonical gets from this store and some statistics (how much songs have been bought, ...)</p>
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2011-01-10T23:13:21.777
2011-01-18T17:45:40.233
Is music store successful?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The music store is one of our most successful offerings, so much so that we have expanded the related services, including music streaming to phones, and will continue to expand these and other related offerings in the future.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "commun...
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2011-01-04T12:39:43.957
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<p>I remember there were announcements, that Ubuntu Software Center should get a rating and review system. Don't know if these announcement were official, but I remember it was stated it could start before Christmas. What's the recent status of these new features?</p>
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2011-01-24T00:20:49.820
2011-02-20T09:19:52.257
When will ratings and review for Ubuntu Software Center start?
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2011-01-04T12:54:18.837
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<p>Is there a solution to assign special key combinations to words in terminal use. For example the less command is very usefull and i use i a lot to pipe the output of another process through it.</p> <p>The idea would be to set up special key combinations that are only active in terminal use assigned to write differe...
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2011-11-01T20:43:57.240
2011-11-01T20:43:57.240
How do you assign commands to keys in Terminal?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, you can use the bind command</p>\n\n<pre><code>bind '\"\\ey\"':\"\\\"less \\C-m\\\"\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>That maps Alt-e to the less command and execute it (with the \\C-m aka Ctrl-m )</p>\n\n<p>Probably for the | you need to escape it.</p>\n\n<pre><code>bind '\"\\ey\"':\"\\\...
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20007
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2011-01-04T14:14:38.423
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<p>I'm trying to build gtk, but it fails. Here's what I'm doing:</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get build-dep libgtk2.0-common apt-get source libgtk2.0-common cd gtk+2.0-2.22.0/ gedit gtk/gtktreeview.c &amp; #...editing a few files (or not, it's the same error) ./configure --prefix=/usr make </code></pre> <p>The compilation...
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2011-01-05T18:50:09.067
2011-01-05T18:50:09.067
libgtk2.0-common fails to build with Gdk-2.0.gir error, Type reference 'GdkPixbuf' not found
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want to use the package source you should compile using the package debian building rules instead of using the plain configure / make as you do from an original source.\nTo build using the package build rules, from the source directory, just run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>debuild\n</c...
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20010
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20013
2011-01-04T14:57:59.823
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<p>Sometimes the energy status applet on my gnome panel suddenly disappears.</p> <p>Is there a simple command to print the loading state of the battery?</p>
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2017-03-14T10:09:26.183
2017-03-14T10:10:38.313
Battery loading state on command line?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are different methods for this:<br>\nFirst, you could install the package <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/acpi\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">acpi</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/acpi\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"I...
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<p>I installed KeyTouch, but it decided that the delete key should be the KeyTouch hot key. So, when I pressed deleted, KeyTouch came up. Next I uninstalled KeyTouch and now the delete key doesn't do anything.</p> <p>Is there any way to remap the delete key to actually delete?</p> <p>Notes:</p> <ul> <li>I tried re...
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2011-01-05T15:20:05.750
2011-01-05T17:59:12.180
KeyTouch remaps the delete key
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2011-01-04T15:18:58.323
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<p>No matter what changes i make to file associations (actions) in the 'Applications' tab in Firefox, they're totally ignored.<br> For example, i set <strong>.wmv</strong> and <strong>.avi</strong> files to open with 'smplayer' but when i download a file and double-click on it (through the 'Downloads' window), it keeps...
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2018-05-22T20:58:13.673
2022-06-14T20:06:55.133
Firefox application associations not working in the 'Downloads' window
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20016
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20020
2011-01-04T15:20:46.020
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<p>For some reason gzip doesn't work. It gives me an empty file</p> <pre><code>/usr/bin/mysqldump --opt -u root -ppassword database &gt; database.sql | gzip &gt; database.sql.gz </code></pre> <p>database.sql is correctly created and it has the correct size.</p> <p>However database.sql.gz is only 20kb and it contains...
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2011-01-04T16:44:33.683
2011-01-04T16:44:33.683
gzip is not working after the pipeline
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try this</p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/bin/mysqldump --opt -u root -ppassword database | gzip &gt; database.sql.gz\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-01-04T15:30:37.290", "id...
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2011-01-04T15:34:32.040
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<p>How do i set up a key binding in fish, so that fish understands not to execute the bindingstring after appending it to commandline but just appending it as string to commandline.</p> <p>I want to set up a binding that appends <code>| less</code> by pressing i.e. <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Y</kbd>.</p> <p>It seems that ...
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2011-11-01T20:44:45.040
2011-11-01T20:44:45.040
Add binding to fish that not auto executes the string?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To append the |less at the end of the command line it's already a default function in fish, using the Alt-p</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://fishshell.com/user_doc/index.html#editor\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://fishshell.com/user_doc/index.html#editor</a></p>\n\n<p>You can create a function t...
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20025
1
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2011-01-04T15:51:09.060
2
1204
<p>I have an ATI radeon hd 2600 in my Laptop. I connected a 23" external monitor via VGA. But when I enable dualmonitor in System-Preferences-Monitors the internal monitor of my laptop is set as the default monitor. Is there a way to change the default monitor to the external monitor without disabling the internal moni...
3958
235
2011-01-04T18:16:21.103
2011-01-04T18:16:42.070
How to set the external monitor as the default Monitor when dualmonitor is enabled?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think a <code>xrandr --output VGA-0 --primary</code> did it...</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-12T11:00:21.037", "id": "22833", "postId": "20029", "score": "0", "text": "is that perm...
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20031
1
20033
2011-01-04T16:17:46.323
15
44002
<p>I've been wondering, is there a way to tell <code>dpkg</code> or <code>apt-get</code> that when I want to install a package also install all the dependencies it requires? I installed a package using <code>dpkg</code> but it complained about some dependency issues so I had to manually search one by one, is there a be...
8069
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2022-07-09T11:53:48.387
2022-07-09T11:53:48.387
Do Dpkg and apt-get install dependencies?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Dependencies should be installed by default with apt-get. You might also want to read the answers for this question: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/18545/installing-suggested-recommended-packages\">Installing suggested/recommended packages?</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Dependencies should be installed by default with apt-get. You might also want to read the answers for this question: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/18545/installing-suggested-recommended-packages\">Installing suggested/recommended packages?</a>.</p>\n", "commen...
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20032
1
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2011-01-04T16:21:12.803
7
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<p>Are there any todo list / notepad desktop widgets? Bonus points if it can sync with Google's tasks list!</p>
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2012-08-14T15:13:14.780
2012-08-14T15:13:14.780
Are there any todo list desktop widgets?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can install <code>Google Calendar gadget</code> to get google tasks on the desktop. Check this url for more info: \n<a href=\"http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/googlecalendar2.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://desktop.google.com/plugins/i/googlecalendar2.html</a></p>\n\n<p...
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20034
1
20041
2011-01-04T16:24:12.023
53
40432
<p>I often see tutorials on the web or posts on this site which make heavy use of the following characters at the command line. Often it seems that they are used for pretty similar purposes. What are the differences between them when used on the command line or for shell programming? For what purpose do I use which of ...
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2018-06-17T22:12:20.617
2018-06-17T22:12:20.617
Differences between doublequotes " ", singlequotes ' ' and backticks ` ` on commandline?
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0
CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For the sake of example, consider that variable <code>foo</code> contains <code>uname</code> (<code>foo=uname</code>).</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>echo \"$foo\"</code> outputs <code>uname</code>, substituting variables in text. \n\n<ul>\n<li>For a literal <code>$</code> character inside ...
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20049
1
20050
2011-01-04T18:12:24.983
19
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<p>Does Ubuntu Desktop 32 Bit support more than 4GB memory <strong>WITHOUT</strong> changing anything (Without having to activate PAE via compiling kernel or anything similar). Will installing the 32 Bit Ubuntu on the machine be enough to detect the additional memory automatically. If yes, will this work if I add more ...
7035
7035
2011-06-02T15:58:45.770
2021-04-06T07:22:30.813
Does Ubuntu Desktop 32Bit Support more than 4GB Memory with default installation?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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20052
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2011-01-04T18:16:30.253
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<p>I have 2 PCs. A Laptop dv600 and an Intel dp35dp. I want a command that shows me how many slots of memory I am using, the size, speed, etc.. For the moment the size of each would be good. Maybe see if there are slot free to use.</p>
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7035
2012-02-29T03:29:58.457
2015-04-08T05:52:52.710
How to see the actual memory and its properties (slot position, size, speed...)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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20053
1
20056
2011-01-04T18:18:35.563
5
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<p>I've an issue with files ownerships.</p> <p>I have a drupal website and the "files" folder needs to be owned by "www-data" in order to let the users to upload files with php.</p> <p>However I'm now using svn and I need all folders and files to be own by "svnuser" in order to work.</p> <p>So now, I guess I need to...
5136
3037
2011-01-06T18:25:23.530
2011-01-06T18:25:23.530
How to assign correct permissions to both webserver and svn users?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is also a group called <code>www-data</code>. The files you have in your webroot should all belong to that group and have write-right for the group. Assuming your webroot is <code>/var/www</code> you can do this by executing (as root or by using <code>sudo</code>)</p>\n\n<pre><...
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20062
1
20172
2011-01-04T18:47:44.200
2
2805
<p>In Chrome, I've used the 'Create Application Shortcuts' option to add links to apps on my desktop. The appear with their favicon, but when I move them to cairo-dock, the favicon is not recognized, and I'm not sure where to find it.</p>
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2011-01-04T18:49:31.983
2015-08-11T16:20:15.197
Why won't Cairo-Dock recognize the icons for Chrome app links?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I had a slightly different problem but with a similar solution I feel. When I created a prism shortcut which I believe is probably treated in the same or similar way.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>The Icon will be here <code>~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps</code></p></li>\n<li><p>The d...
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20063
1
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2011-01-04T18:58:12.783
2
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<p>I have a Mac with all of my music on it in Itunes. Itunes has a feature called "Home Sharing" which allows someone to stream the content from one computer to another. Is there a way to set this feature up in Ubuntu?</p>
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2011-01-04T19:11:22.077
How can I stream music from a Mac to Ubuntu?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You should be able to switch on DAAP network sharing in Rythembox by going to the Edit > Plugins and checking the box next to DAAP. You can also use the configure button to share your Ubuntu music to itunes:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Siuba.png\" alt=\"alt...
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Gavi
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1
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2011-01-04T20:06:21.300
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<p>I am trying to install synapse launcher on my desktop . I am using these two commands:</p> <pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:synapse-core/ppa sudo apt-get update &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get install synapse </code></pre> <p>However I am getting an error with the second command saying </p> <pre><code>E: Some index...
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1067
2011-01-04T20:10:25.917
2011-01-05T00:15:36.123
Issues installing synapse launcher
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You're getting this error because you are using 9.10 and there <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~synapse-core/+archive/ppa/+packages\" rel=\"nofollow\">don't appear to be any packages</a> for 9.10 in the PPA.</p>\n\n<p>You need to either file a bug asking them to provide 9.10 ...
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George Morton
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1
20076
2011-01-04T20:40:42.553
1
6450
<p>I have a new asus 1215n and I need to digit commands to enable multitouch. No problem: I've made a script. Since this netbook also need manual activation of the wifi driver the complete script is:</p> <pre><code>#!/bin/bash # # list of synaptics device properties http://www.x.org/archive/X11R7.5/doc/man/man4/synapt...
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1067
2011-01-04T20:56:33.773
2011-01-06T19:10:51.813
Sudo and startup script
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6
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The right <code>/etc/sudoers</code> configuration to prevent prompting for password is:</p>\n\n<p><code>myusername ALL = NOPASSWD: /home/scriptname, /sbin/modprobe lib80211, /sbin/insmod /home/pitto/Drivers/broadcom/wl.ko</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The right <code>/etc/sudoers</code> configuration to prevent prompting for password is:</p>\n\n<p><code>myusername ALL = NOPASSWD: /home/scriptname, /sbin/modprobe lib80211, /sbin/insmod /home/pitto/Drivers/broadcom/wl.ko</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments"...
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20070
1
20071
2011-01-04T20:47:03.377
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<p>Are there any differences between insmod and modprobe?</p>
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2011-01-04T21:02:24.120
2021-11-13T10:39:58.520
What's the difference between insmod and modprobe?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Per <code>man insmod</code>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Most users will want to use modprobe instead, which is more clever and can handle module dependencies.</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-04T20:52:48.610", ...
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20073
1
20078
2011-01-04T21:23:50.817
5
3947
<p>I currently have this script:</p> <pre><code>find . -iname '*.log' -print0 | xargs -0 tar zcf $file </code></pre> <p>To collect all the "*.log" files from a given directory. I would like to modify it to include also all the ".txt" files but I don't know how, this should be fairly simple right? </p>
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2011-03-20T00:53:32.263
How to collect all the "txt" and "log" files using find?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You are on the right way. Try this:</p>\n\n<p><code>find . \\( -iname \"*.log\" -or -iname \"*.txt\" \\) -print0 | xargs -0 tar zcf $file</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-04T21:57:53.237", "id": "21620", "postId": ...
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20074
1
20080
2011-01-04T21:26:34.527
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<p>Is there any program that shows all hardware (e.g. Graphic card NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT, Network card, and so on) on your computer?</p>
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2017-03-14T10:16:19.313
Is there any program that shows all hardware?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are a couple of command line programs that give you this kind of information, you could try <code>lshw</code> and <code>lspci</code>.<br>\nFor a GUI that nicely displays information from these and other sources, try <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardinfo\" rel=\"nofollow...
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20075
1
20091
2011-01-04T21:27:37.890
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<p>I am using Ubuntu 10.10 and want to add my yahoo mail account to Evolution, how can I do that<br> There are many resources available but no step to step accurate guide is there</p>
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2011-01-05T00:27:03.170
2018-09-29T06:15:31.453
Connecting Yahoo mail with Evolution
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-04T22:03:04.937", "id": "21623", "postId": "20075", "score": "0", "text": "did you unlock the feature for using an external mailclient with your yahoo mail account in the yahoo-webinterface? read this in a thread and it seems a common problem to not being able to use a...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can easily configure Evolution to Work with Yahoo! Mail IMAP service.\nGo to; Edit > Preferences in the Evolution menu, in the Evolution Preferences dialogue, click the Mail Accounts button on the left, click the add button on the right, click the forward button on the Evolution ...
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20077
1
26315
2011-01-04T21:41:41.457
5
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<p>I always get this error when I click on a FTP bookmark in Nautilus:</p> <p>"DBus error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs: Mountpoint Already registered"</p> <p>When I click a second time it works (not always). This is annoying and makes working with FTP servers no fun. Is there any work-around for this proble...
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2012-03-30T18:59:22.653
DBus error when accessing FTP from Nautilus
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found this ? \n<a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/699840\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/699840</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-01T18:50:00.040", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found this ? \n<a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/699840\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/699840</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-01T18:50...
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20082
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2011-01-04T21:50:07.137
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<p>How can I force fish to save new key bindings persistently after closing a terminal window?</p> <p>At the moment i have the problem:</p> <ul> <li>I open a terminal window, the default shell is fish. </li> <li>I add a key binding with: bind \eg functionname </li> <li>It works in the terminal window </li> <li>Now...
7155
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2011-01-04T22:25:32.417
2016-10-07T10:18:15.680
How can I force fish to save new key bindings persistently after closing a terminal window?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can add the bindings in the initialization files:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/share/fish/config.fish\n/etc/fish/config.fish\n~/.config/fish/config.fish\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>For example you can add the following function:</p>\n\n<pre><code>function __fish_less\n commandli...
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20092
1
20115
2011-01-04T23:52:26.697
6
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<p>Is there any advantage to using Evolution over webmail? (Newbie GNU/Linux user!)</p>
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2012-04-11T03:31:53.223
Evolution vs. Webmail?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For personal use, I have not used any email client for a few years. Once in awhile, I have tried to install different email clients and am always reminded why I have been 100% using Webmails (gmail, yahoo, ymail, hotmail).</p>\n\n<p>Here are why I am 100% using webmail:</p>\n\n<ol>\n...
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20093
1
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2011-01-05T00:02:14.617
0
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<p>I am trying to install the eclipse-platform package in a new Ubuntu 10.10 and I am getting the following error (via the Ubuntu software center):</p> <pre><code>Failed to fetch http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/libs/libservlet2.4-java/libservlet2.4-java_5.0.30-12_all.deb 404 Not Found </code></pre> ...
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2011-06-09T16:08:41.870
2011-06-09T16:08:41.870
Problem installing eclipse-platform
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A nice discussion between Raphael B. and Stefano Palazzo as to which method <em>is recommended</em>. However, neither says <em>by whom</em>. I, however, will give <em>my</em> recommendation, with no intention of being the generally correct answer for everybody.</p>\n\n<p>I have <em>a...
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20099
1
20158
2011-01-05T00:31:49.943
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<p>I have an HP Mini 110 series, and I see that anything that involves grahics or window management is getting very slow. I have the usual 1GB of RAM and the Atom N450 processor.</p> <p>Is there any special driver I should find for the graphics processor?</p> <p>Thanks :-)</p> <p>JF</p>
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2011-01-06T18:25:48.287
2011-01-06T18:25:48.287
How can I speed up the graphic display on an HP Mini 110 series?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have a similar device and I do the following:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Disable Session Applications: </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>GUI: System Menu -> Preferences -> Session Applications</li>\n<li>CLI: <code>gnome-session-properties</code>\n<ul>\n<li>Disable things that you dont use or like, such a...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could try to disable compositing. This used for graphic effects but is not really required for most applications.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>System menu> Preferences> Appearance--> Visual Effects--> Select 'None'</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comment...
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20100
1
null
2011-01-05T00:35:24.900
2
3323
<p>I have a card reader in my HP Mini netbook, but when I insert a card in it, the card is not recognised at all, and so not mounted. Does anyone know which kind of processor is used, and how I can get it working? </p> <p>Thanks :-)</p>
1464
41
2011-01-06T18:57:03.020
2014-07-04T17:45:05.503
How can I find out what kind of card reader I have?
[ "hardware", "card-reader" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can find the type of card reader by running the following command:</p>\n\n<p><code>lspci &amp; lsusb</code></p>\n\n<p>One of them is bound to be it. Once you have the info, you can ask a question specifically about it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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20103
1
null
2011-01-05T00:45:07.530
3
1142
<p>I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my iMac, but I cannot type anything in the Who Are You? stage. Is there a way to fix this. I don't own a USB keyboard, so I'm kind of stuck. </p>
null
null
null
2011-08-24T11:34:07.030
Cannot type with Apple Bluetooth Keyboard
[ "10.10", "installation", "bluetooth", "apple" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If (and I say IF) you can get BlueTooth to work in a Live session on your existing computer, you should be fine. One thing that I noticed with the Apple BlueTooth keyboard is that it will never properly bind to your adapter until it is given some \"name\". This is something d...
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Arun
20105
1
20110
2011-01-05T01:03:49.923
80
67117
<p>When developing a page on a localhost, I sometimes get a "Permission denied" error which I can solve by running <code>chmod -R 777 /var/www</code>. However, people are telling me that this is a bad idea for security reasons.</p> <p>Why shouldn't <code>/var/www</code> have a chmod of 777?</p>
7035
7035
2013-10-10T02:41:18.853
2022-08-26T07:12:04.143
Why shouldn't /var/www have chmod 777
[ "permissions", "security", "apache2", "www" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T18:24:57.737", "id": "48963", "postId": "20105", "score": "2", "text": "I would like to recommend this thread over @ serverfault.com. It does a great job of giving an example setup for apache2 and permissions. http://serverfault.com/q/6895/57036 P.S. I can't comment...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>777 is a bad permission in general and I'll show you why.</p>\n\n<p>Despite how it may look in a Casino or Las Vegas, 777 doesn't mean jackpot for you. Rather, jackpot for anyone who wishes to modify your files. 777 (and its ugly cousin 666) allow Read and Write permissions (and in t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>777 is a bad permission in general and I'll show you why.</p>\n\n<p>Despite how it may look in a Casino or Las Vegas, 777 doesn't mean jackpot for you. Rather, jackpot for anyone who wishes to modify your files. 777 (and its ugly cousin 666) allow Read and Write permissions (...
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20106
1
20108
2011-01-05T01:06:33.697
11
44842
<p>Instead of changing permissions to <code>/var/www</code>, installing nautilus permission related extensions or having to execute gksu i want to know an easy to do way of changing <code>/var/www</code> to another place like <code>/home/cyrex/www</code> for example. This way I save on doing all the permission related ...
7035
328527
2015-03-28T09:32:24.077
2015-11-01T11:15:39.710
Easy way to change apache www location
[ "apache2", "www" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-18T22:45:27.737", "id": "47964", "postId": "20106", "score": "0", "text": "I was looking for this to connect my Dropbox directory to my /www since I have this setup on my work Mac and home Mac and my Windows VM, now with this I can set it up on my Ubuntu box and have a...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well i could close the question but just found the answer here: <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP</a> (The community help has gotten better)</p>\n\n<p>Anyway the faster way was to edit the fi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well i could close the question but just found the answer here: <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP</a> (The community help has gotten better)</p>\n\n<p>Anyway the faster way was to edi...
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20109
1
null
2011-01-05T01:32:34.610
1
517
<p>Is it possible to install Ubuntu directly to an NFS volume? I'd like to boot a diskless machine with a mini.iso image and run the installer. The only problem is I can't find a way to mount the NFS volume from the install/command line.</p> <p>Has anyone done this before, or does the installer assume my machine has a...
163
1067
2011-01-05T06:22:22.117
2011-01-05T08:50:05.290
Mini.iso Install on to Diskless Machine with NFS Mounted Volume
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I was able to find <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/OnNFSDrive\" rel=\"nofollow\">this guide</a> in the official docs.</p>\n\n<p>Edit: it doesn't use the mini.iso image, but it shows how to do what you want to do.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "...
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0
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20111
1
null
2011-01-05T01:45:52.927
4
737
<p>I'm getting no sound from my Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop install on Parallels 6. I have enabled User sound, and checked my inputs and outputs. I am using an iMac 2.66GHz i5.</p>
null
235
2011-01-10T23:59:51.800
2011-01-11T20:00:04.163
No sound when running in Parallels 6
[ "10.10", "sound", "mac", "parallels" ]
1
4
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T06:11:54.793", "id": "21668", "postId": "20111", "score": "2", "text": "Is your iMac running Ubuntu or Mac OS X?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1067" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-10T21:27:09.257", "id": "22510", "postId": "20111", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't normally suggest alternatives in questions like this, but try using <a href=\"http://www.virtualbox.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Virtual Box</a> instead. Parallels is a nice bit of software, but Virtual Box works better with Linux as far as I know.</p>\n", "commentCoun...
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Mack
20112
1
20118
2011-01-05T02:00:55.963
4
3489
<p>My girlfriend has an HP dv6000. In ubuntu 10.10 32bit i use the synaptics on it and all is good but when i disable it and enable it the problem starts. When booting the problem was that the synaptics was not working i then made the changes describe in <strong>EDIT 2</strong>. Now when i press the disable button in t...
7035
7035
2011-06-01T13:33:34.220
2013-12-01T16:04:32.343
Synaptics Touchpad problem when disabling it and then enabling it
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1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T05:19:20.640", "id": "21664", "postId": "20112", "score": "1", "text": "I have had this problem since day one. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T21:50:34.940", "id": "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>THIS MIGHT WORK FOR OTHER LAPTOP MODELS</strong></p>\n<p>I have to pad my back on this one. The following will solve this problem to anyone at least with a HP dv6000 or dv6500 laptop. Do the following in the terminal:</p>\n<p>This is divided into three parts:</p>\n<p>NOTE: Be...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>THIS MIGHT WORK FOR OTHER LAPTOP MODELS</strong></p>\n<p>I have to pad my back on this one. The following will solve this problem to anyone at least with a HP dv6000 or dv6500 laptop. Do the following in the terminal:</p>\n<p>This is divided into three parts:</p>\n<p>...
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20113
1
20273
2011-01-05T02:14:17.143
14
7149
<p>I use <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>P</kbd> very frequently to scroll backward in the command history, but I often mistype it as <kbd>Mod4</kbd>-<kbd>P</kbd>, which is bound to the switch display function. </p> <p>I've searched around Keyboard shortcuts and CompizConfig, etc., but I couldn't find where <kbd>Mod4</kbd>-<kbd>...
1119
41
2011-01-05T02:21:00.557
2014-05-09T16:26:44.587
How to stop Mod4-P from switching the display?
[ "gnome", "compiz", "keyboard", "shortcut-keys" ]
5
4
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T02:19:30.823", "id": "21651", "postId": "20113", "score": "0", "text": "I'm uncertain as to which key is Mod4 - is that the [\"Super\" key](http://askubuntu.com/questions/19558/what-are-the-meta-super-and-hyper-keys)?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "41...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Disregard my other answer, it's incorrect.</p>\n\n<p>There are laptops out there that have a physical button for video output switching <a href=\"http://mjg59.livejournal.com/121851.html\">hardcoded to send Win+p</a>. This is why <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/l...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Install <code>compizconfig-settings-manager</code>, run it, press <code>Advanced Search &gt;</code>, enable the checkbox for searching in setting values, and do a search for <code>&lt;Super&gt;p</code> (and <code>&lt;Mod4&gt;p</code>, just in case -- both spellings appear to ...
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20117
1
20125
2011-01-05T04:08:49.727
10
1360
<p>For a number of stationary machines here at the university, I would like to have a setup where the machines suspend themselves to save power 30 minutes after the last user logged out. How can that be done?</p>
4305
1067
2011-01-05T12:27:29.820
2012-06-13T20:03:01.850
Automatically suspend if no one is logged in for 30 minutes
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What you need to do is set up your power management preferences for the gdm user. To do this from the command line use this command to make the preferences window show up when you log out or switch user:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-power-preferences.desktop ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What you need to do is set up your power management preferences for the gdm user. To do this from the command line use this command to make the preferences window show up when you log out or switch user:</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-power-preferences....
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20119
1
20121
2011-01-05T04:48:38.157
27
2070
<p>Sometimes people tell me to subscribe to a Launchpad bug so I can follow along it's progress, how do I do this?</p>
235
null
null
2011-01-05T05:47:21.100
How do I subscribe to a bug?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p><strong>Launchpad uses notification emails and Atom feeds to help you stay on top of the bugs that interest you.</strong></p>\n \n <p>There are three ways to get bug notifications by email:</p>\n \n <ul>\n <li>subscribe to a bug</li>\n <li>subscribe to a milesto...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p><strong>Launchpad uses notification emails and Atom feeds to help you stay on top of the bugs that interest you.</strong></p>\n \n <p>There are three ways to get bug notifications by email:</p>\n \n <ul>\n <li>subscribe to a bug</li>\n <li>subscribe to a...
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20127
1
20133
2011-01-05T05:53:31.577
14
41636
<p>Recently I uninstalled some software using <code>sudo apt-get --purge autoremove</code>, thinking that this would remove all traces of it including unused dependencies and configuration files. However I discovered that a configuration file was left behind in my home folder.</p> <p>Is there a more powerful command w...
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527764
2021-04-23T08:15:34.700
2021-04-23T08:16:39.957
How to remove configuration files completely
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>apt-get purge</code> only removes system-level configuration files (e.g. those created by debconf). It doesn't touch anything in your home folder -- you have to remove those manually. That makes sense if you think about it: there might be multiple users, who probably wouldn't w...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't know the automatic way, but you can remove manually the hidden configuration directory from your home directory.</p>\n\n<p>usually the directory name is <code>.appname</code> in your home directory, for example, mozilla firefox has configuration folder with name <code...
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user7182
user7182
20128
1
20143
2011-01-05T05:54:37.240
5
15401
<p>This should be simple but I cannot figure out how to do it. I've been dual booting Ubuntu and Vista for a while. About 8 months ago, I realized my windows partition got corrupted and wouldn't boot. This wasn't a problem since I didn't need it anyway, but now I do need windows. </p> <p>Using the disk manager I can s...
4049
8844
2011-09-04T03:35:47.287
2011-09-05T07:16:52.927
How do I boot to a windows recovery partition from GRUB on a Toshiba computer?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Recovery partitions usually work differently for each computer manufacturer. For Toshiba it looks like you must start your windows installation, and press F8 before windows starts loading, then select <em>Repair you computer</em>. If your windows partition is too damaged you might be...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you get any error when you tried to boot into Windows? Try command <code>sudo update-grub</code> to update grub and try to boot in windows again. And don't forget to type here if you got any error while botting in Windows(e.g. missing file: blah.dll).</p>\n", "comment...
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20131
1
20421
2011-01-05T06:21:47.560
1
1831
<p>i have set visibility of main dock to hide, so whenever i move the move to bottom of screen, dock appears with expand animation.</p> <p>how to make dock just appear with any animation like docky or awn?</p>
8310
866
2011-01-05T06:57:26.927
2011-01-07T07:42:03.810
How to disable expand animation on appearance of cairo dock?
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2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In Cairo 2.2.1, </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Settings -> Visibility of the main dock -> Effect used to hide the dock to <b>Fade out</b></p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can easily configure Cairo Dock by right click on the dock and choosing 'Configure'.</p>\n\n<p>From <a href=\"http://www.glx-dock.org/ww_page.php?p=Tutorial-Customisation&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow\">this tutorial</a> you can learn what setting are available. The dock c...
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20132
1
null
2011-01-05T06:22:11.447
2
917
<p>I am trying to upload an image file of about 5-6 GB. I therefore bought more space on my cloud but when trying to upload the file it does not work. Why? have tried with Safari and Firefox, same result, uploading appears but no data transfer. Thank you. Frederic</p>
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null
null
2011-01-05T20:21:41.083
Transfer an image file of more than 5GB
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2
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T06:40:35.173", "id": "21673", "postId": "20132", "score": "1", "text": "What is the reason you don't put the file in your Ubuntu One directory? (assuming there is a reason) – note also, just a small tip, you can use `u1sdtool` on the command-line to watch what Ubunt...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Check with ubuntuone support to see if you are exceeding the maximum file size limit, I believe the maximum file size for sync is 5GB for the basic account if this is the same for files that can be uploaded with your paid account, this could be the problem.</p>\n\n<p>Whenever...
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Frederic Galetto
20136
1
20144
2011-01-05T07:16:50.117
1
912
<p>I am installing ubuntu 10.10 and i am having problem in "Who are you?" section. How long will it take to install. i have been waiting for more than 20 minutes. and still i am not being able to click forward button.</p> <p>in ready when you are ... console i am getting message</p> <pre><code>curr DATE ubuntu kernel...
8144
8144
2011-01-05T15:12:38.923
2011-02-17T22:47:35.367
Ubuntu install problem: "USB disconnect address 2"
[ "10.10", "installation" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T22:54:29.617", "id": "29598", "postId": "20136", "score": "0", "text": "This is probably: http://askubuntu.com/questions/14168/installer-gets-stuck-with-a-grayed-out-forward-button", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><em>Disclaimer: I'm a newbie.</em></p>\n\n<p>I had a similar problem a few days ago where the installation would apparently \"hang\" at around 85% progress. It would work on the disk for a while, then nothing, then work a little again. <strong>I killed the machine and started the ins...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><em>Disclaimer: I'm a newbie.</em></p>\n\n<p>I had a similar problem a few days ago where the installation would apparently \"hang\" at around 85% progress. It would work on the disk for a while, then nothing, then work a little again. <strong>I killed the machine and started...
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0
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20137
1
null
2011-01-05T07:30:44.053
1
3090
<p>When I try to login to Ubuntu 10.10 I get a flickering screen for a second showing - Ubuntu 10.10 ............. and then I get a blank purple coloured screen[Ubuntu's theme colour] which doesn't progress any further</p> <p>Can anybody suggest a remedy to this problem?</p> <p>From whatever questions I searched in ...
8372
17739
2011-11-01T20:43:32.403
2011-11-01T20:43:32.403
Why does my system show blank screen during startup?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You press <code>Ctrl</code> + <code>Alt</code> + <code>F1</code> and install newest nvidia driver using the following line:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>sudo apt-get install nvidia-current</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>If you still can't login after restart, boot into recovery mode and run...
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20148
1
20150
2011-01-05T09:24:23.157
12
6419
<p>Is there any option in brasero to disable the checksum feature in brasero? It slows down the burning.</p>
1843
98358
2012-10-21T13:43:56.243
2014-11-06T19:23:24.897
How can I disable checksum feature in brasero?
[ "brasero", "md5sum" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>Go to Applications > Sound &amp; Video > Brasero Disc Burner</li>\n<li>Select Edit > Plugins</li>\n<li>Disable these plugins:\n<ul>\n<li>File Checksum</li>\n<li>Image Checksum</li>\n</ul></li>\n</ol>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://ubuntugenius.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/disable-annoyin...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>Go to Applications > Sound &amp; Video > Brasero Disc Burner</li>\n<li>Select Edit > Plugins</li>\n<li>Disable these plugins:\n<ul>\n<li>File Checksum</li>\n<li>Image Checksum</li>\n</ul></li>\n</ol>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://ubuntugenius.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/disable...
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20155
1
20833
2011-01-05T10:47:39.953
2
1257
<p>Upon upgrading from Maverick to Natty (development) it broke the Wine PPA. Deleting it and adding it again (though it says Natty in it's address) is broken. Update manager moans about not being able to get all packages etc.</p>
7528
null
null
2011-12-13T02:04:01.587
Does Wine 1.3.X have a PPA for Natty
[ "11.04", "wine", "ppa" ]
3
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T10:56:55.753", "id": "21687", "postId": "20155", "score": "2", "text": "If you mean the ubuntu-wine ppa, I can't find natty in the distribution list (http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-wine/ppa/ubuntu/dists/)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2805" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I keep getting weird errors from launchpad when I try and copy the Maverick packages to Natty for the PPA:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>The following source cannot be copied:</p>\n \n <p>wine1.3 1.3.11-0ubuntu1 in maverick (same version already has published binaries in the destinatio...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It looks like there is no ppa for wine for Ubuntu Natty yet. Did you try to purge ubuntu-wine ppa and then try to add it again(wine ppa for maverick)? what about wine version in official Ubuntu repository?</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwn...
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20156
1
20836
2011-01-05T10:50:59.920
13
1785
<p>Will Natty's Unity Dash have wine integration like the ubuntu-desktop session? It would be nice if it had it's own category for Wine (if installed).</p>
7528
1992
2011-01-05T15:55:14.080
2011-02-06T06:32:08.827
Will wine get intergration into Unity Dash? And if so, how?
[ "unity", "11.04", "wine" ]
1
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T17:40:24.263", "id": "21736", "postId": "20156", "score": "0", "text": "Perhaps you might want to ask this question directly to the WINE team.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8252" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T20:56:28.980", "id": "2176...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The answer, bluntly, is <em>\"No, unless Mark gives me a job.\"</em></p>\n\n<p>I've had designs for better integrating Wine with Ubuntu for some time, however progress has been slow as it's an awful lot of time and most of my day is spent doing \"real work\" and the day to day tasks ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The answer, bluntly, is <em>\"No, unless Mark gives me a job.\"</em></p>\n\n<p>I've had designs for better integrating Wine with Ubuntu for some time, however progress has been slow as it's an awful lot of time and most of my day is spent doing \"real work\" and the day to da...
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20160
1
null
2011-01-05T12:04:25.470
7
16440
<p>I'm interested in getting a USB microscope for my kids. So, to get to the point, does anyone know what microscopes are available that work with Ubuntu? Ideally, they should be available in the UK.</p>
1318
8844
2011-02-24T23:19:11.587
2017-06-30T10:57:58.037
USB Microscopes
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T12:21:27.880", "id": "21694", "postId": "20160", "score": "0", "text": "Purchase recommendation questions are typically off-topic here. If people can provide subjective ways to identify compatible microscopes those would be full of win.", "userDisplayName": null...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've seen positive things about <a href=\"http://www.marshalltradecorp.com/coDe/misc/usb_microscope_linux.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Veho USB microscope under Linux</a>. It appears to behave like any other UVC-video-compliant device in that it should \"just work\" these days...
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20166
1
20168
2011-01-05T12:28:06.287
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<p>I need to order a new server for hosting a PostgreSQL 8.4 database, however I have to choose between Ubuntu 9 or 10: which one would be better / any special caveat with one or the other?</p>
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2011-01-05T15:15:02.620
2011-01-05T15:15:02.620
Which Ubuntu version for PostgreSQL?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should choose Ubuntu 10.04 since it's a LTS (Long Time Support) release, which means it a really stable distro shipped with only stable software. Adding that you have support until 2015-04 for the server (that include security patches, and so on). </p>\n\n<p>It comes with postgre...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should choose Ubuntu 10.04 since it's a LTS (Long Time Support) release, which means it a really stable distro shipped with only stable software. Adding that you have support until 2015-04 for the server (that include security patches, and so on). </p>\n\n<p>It comes with...
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20169
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20174
2011-01-05T12:44:19.527
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<p>I have a directory : <code>../Music</code> with <strong>a lot</strong> of music files in <strong>a lot</strong> of subdirectories.</p> <p>How would i <em>move</em> all the files in the subdirectories to another directory ?<br> Thus, i <em>only</em> want to move the files, i don't want to keep the subdirectory stru...
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2012-02-29T17:01:36.327
2014-12-21T05:13:51.673
Move files in subdir to another dir
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Assuming the current directory has the subfolders, replace TARGET_DIR in the following statement in use it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>find . -name '*.mp3' -exec mv {} TARGET_DIR \\;\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-06T10:57:15.887...
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20175
2011-01-05T12:52:08.240
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<p>Could you recommend a GUI application with powerful log watching capabilities?</p> <p>Generally it would work as <code>tail -f</code> in GUI, but on top of that following features would be very useful:</p> <ul> <li>filtering out some lines based on (regular) expressions </li> <li>coloring some lines based on (regu...
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GUI for watching logs (tail and grep)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Multitail is what you searching for:</p>\n\n<p>it has tons of <a href=\"http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/features.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">features</a>.\nlook here for some <a href=\"https://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/screenshots.php\" rel=\"noreferrer\">screenshots</a>.</p>\n\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Multitail is what you searching for:</p>\n\n<p>it has tons of <a href=\"http://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/features.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">features</a>.\nlook here for some <a href=\"https://www.vanheusden.com/multitail/screenshots.php\" rel=\"noreferrer\">screenshots</a>...
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20178
1
20182
2011-01-05T13:09:23.593
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<p>Before i try to install a program in ubuntu, where can i see how much disk space the package including the needed dependency packages will need. Perhaps a commandline way?</p>
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2011-01-05T13:14:12.737
2011-01-05T13:36:15.690
Show total disk space needed for installation including Dependency Package sizes?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>apt-get</code> will show this by default. </p>\n\n<p>example: </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install kde-full\nReading package lists... Done\nBuilding dependency tree \nReading state information... Done\nThe following extra packages will be installed:\n akonadi-server ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This isn't really directly possible in any tool that I know of.</p>\n\n<p>Synaptic can show you the required disk space for a given package (Right-click -> Properties, bottom two lines), but I'm pretty sure that number doesn't recursively work out what each dependency require...
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20180
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2011-01-05T13:18:47.967
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<p>i am running ubuntu on my pc. i am receiving hard disk failure error on SMART status. how can i fix it? thanks. </p>
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2011-01-05T23:04:06.333
2016-01-21T14:17:52.617
Hard disk failure error on SMART status. how can i fix it?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T13:24:40.787", "id": "21698", "postId": "20180", "score": "4", "text": "Please add the exact error message to your question.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1067" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-06T02:27:02.733", "id": "21808", "postId": ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>SMART stands for Self-monitoring analysis and reporting tool. It's a system which monitors your drive and Ubuntu is able to read certain values and thresholds, so it can warn you of imminent hard-drive failure. </p>\n\n<p>You can view SMART data in Ubuntu here:</p>\n\n<pre><c...
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Atefeh Niavarani
20189
1
20193
2011-01-05T15:27:09.360
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<p>I'd like to dual-boot install Ubuntu 10.04 on the same hard drive as Windows 7 which has already been installed.</p> <ol> <li><p>As to sources on the internet:</p> <p>I found a website <a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~herman546/p23.html" rel="nofollow">iinet</a> about dual-boot installation of Ubuntu 10.10 an...
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2011-01-08T06:30:03.220
questions about dual-boot install Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 on same hard drive
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li><h3>Sources</h3>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot\" rel=\"nofollow\">official DualBoot help guide</a> should be on your reading list. It covers a lot more including links on how to repair things should they go wrong.</p>\n\n<p>I have nothin...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li><h3>Sources</h3>\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot\" rel=\"nofollow\">official DualBoot help guide</a> should be on your reading list. It covers a lot more including links on how to repair things should they go wrong.</p>\n\n<p>I hav...
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20192
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20333
2011-01-05T15:45:59.053
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<p>Prior to a recent glytch where I lost some of my custom settings, Nautilus would open directories and display the name-column wide enough to show the longest filename on display. It did it dynamically; If I renamed a file to a longer or shorter name, the column was automatically adjusted to the new width..</p> <p>I...
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2011-01-05T22:26:58.210
2013-01-01T13:38:01.753
How to make Nautilus name column display at the width of the longest filename
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like its time to wind this question up. It seems that this issue may be bug-related, so all bets are off on a \"normal\" outcome (until the bug is resolved)..</p>\n\n<p>The happy offshoot of this has been that since I found out that the same feature functions properly in <em...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is possible to set list view as default, and also select desired zoom level with:</p>\n\n<pre><code>nautilus-file-management-properties\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T22:07:38.237", "id": "2...
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20195
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2011-01-05T15:54:07.733
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<p>I am looking for a piece of software which simulates a Bluetooth device in Ubuntu 10.10.</p> <p>Because I have to test some Bluetooth applications, for example blueman.</p> <p>Thanks for help</p>
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2011-01-05T15:58:39.960
2011-01-05T16:03:18.183
Bluetooth emulator
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I can see the scope for this but I would argue that buying low-end hardware would just be cheaper if you put any value on your time at all.</p>\n\n<p>You can buy a tiny USB bluetooth adapter for £1.26 including delivery and various bluetooth devices (I don't know what you wan...
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tvver
20198
1
20205
2011-01-05T16:27:39.113
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<p>I'm trying to get Subclipse working in Eclipse Galeilo, and to do that I have to install the JavaHL library.</p> <p>I installed the library using <code>sudo apt-get install libsvn-java</code>, but the eclipse.ini file has to be modified to take in the new library as an argument.</p> <p>First change to the ini file...
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2011-11-02T18:06:38.553
2019-05-11T14:36:53.873
How do I install javahl?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>are you installing eclipse from ubuntu repository? or download from eclipse?</p>\n\n<p>IMHO you need install eclipse manually.</p>\n\n<p>first you install subversion :</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install subversion\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>if you want to install subversion plugin for ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>are you installing eclipse from ubuntu repository? or download from eclipse?</p>\n\n<p>IMHO you need install eclipse manually.</p>\n\n<p>first you install subversion :</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install subversion\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>if you want to install subversion plu...
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20204
1
20213
2011-01-05T17:07:53.150
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<p>At the moment I use Me TV. Are there other good programs to watch and record TV in Ubuntu?</p>
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2014-02-16T21:26:05.680
2014-02-16T21:26:05.680
Which application do you recommend for watching TV (DVB)?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2><a href=\"https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/vlc\" rel=\"noreferrer\">VLC <img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install vlc\" /></a></h2>\n<p>I'm using VLC. It works pretty good for what I do. Pause/resume feature works out of the box.</p>\n<p>You will have to s...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've never heard of ME TV, so maybe you've already heard this, but:</p>\n\n<p>If you want to record live TV, the best option you have is MythTV: <a href=\"http://www.mythtv.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.mythtv.org/</a></p>\n\n<p>If, on the other hand, you just want to ha...
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2014-02-16T21:56:27.183
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<p></p> <pre><code>def activate(self,shell): self.shell = shell self.copy_selected() self.action = gtk.Action ('foo','bar','baz',None) self.activate_id = self.action.connect ('activate', self.call_bk_fn,self.shell) self.action_group = gtk.ActionGroup ('hot_key_action_group') self.action_group.add_action_wi...
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2012-02-14T16:38:16.513
2012-02-14T16:38:16.513
Rhythmbox plugin code for hot key not working - why?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-05T18:05:38.843", "id": "21738", "postId": "20206", "score": "0", "text": "[This answer](http://askubuntu.com/questions/19711/how-can-i-listen-to-a-specific-signal-in-rhythmbox/19713#19713) basically applies here too. Also, you may have a better chance of a good answer...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have no Knowledge about the plugin your using.</p>\n\n<p>However Ubuntu has another solution for this:-)</p>\n\n<p>Go to: System>Preferences>Keyboard Shortcuts</p>\n\n<p>right at the top under \"sound\" you can set action keys including a next track, play, pause, volume down, etc.<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have no Knowledge about the plugin your using.</p>\n\n<p>However Ubuntu has another solution for this:-)</p>\n\n<p>Go to: System>Preferences>Keyboard Shortcuts</p>\n\n<p>right at the top under \"sound\" you can set action keys including a next track, play, pause, volume dow...
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20208
1
20214
2011-01-05T18:09:36.483
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<p>I have Wordpress installed at <a href="http://localhost/wordpress" rel="nofollow">http://localhost/wordpress</a></p> <p>When I try and view a page in Chrome, it downloads the PHP file rather than showing the page. When I view in Firefox, everything works fine.</p> <p>when I create localhost/test.php containing sim...
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41
2011-01-05T23:15:10.703
2015-01-05T03:57:37.103
Chrome mistakenly downloads localhost/wordpress pages, but Firefox doesn't
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is likely due to a caching issue. Try clearing your browsers cache - then closing Chrome all together (Everything: all tabs and windows). This happens to me when I'm working on servers and make a change to either <code>.htaccess</code> or php module. I'll get the page download t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is likely due to a caching issue. Try clearing your browsers cache - then closing Chrome all together (Everything: all tabs and windows). This happens to me when I'm working on servers and make a change to either <code>.htaccess</code> or php module. I'll get the page do...
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20222
1
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2011-01-05T21:27:58.300
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<p>How do I see which apps are running? I'd like to see what's running in the panel and not let go of the mouse to use a keyboard shortcut. Can Unity be configured?</p>
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18612
2012-03-11T22:04:52.647
2017-03-11T17:19:36.197
How do I see which apps are running?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If I understand you mean well, you can command top to see what the program running.</p>\n\n<pre><code>terminal -&gt;top\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-03-11T22:08:46.377", "id": "132357", "po...
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Jon
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2011-01-05T21:31:30.480
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<p>There seems to be a issue with the Easynote range of PB laptops. Since Ubuntu 10.10 does not use a Xorg.conf file to save your gamma / resolution /brightness setting, everytime I turn on my laptop I have to open up a terminal window and use the <strong>x-gamma</strong> command to set it up to my personal preference....
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2012-02-16T15:16:53.203
Packard Bell Easynote NJ65 not saving gamma Setup
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Boot into recovery root console thingy. Run: </p>\n\n<pre><code>X -configure\ncp /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>reboot and you should now have an xorg.conf to configure :)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDat...
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Pablo Gomez
20224
1
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2011-01-05T21:34:05.407
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<p>My <code>ccsm</code> didnt have the option to set the window burn and explode. How can I enable this?</p>
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2011-01-05T21:45:06.940
2017-02-22T06:38:15.017
CompizConfig Manager missing Burn and Explode effects
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Make sure you have the <code>compiz-fusion-plugins-extra</code> installed. A lot of the Animations were moved to the plugins-extra package.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install compiz-fusion-plugins-extra\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ {...
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didiaznar
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1
20238
2011-01-05T22:14:03.820
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<p>Is there a way to have an application launch during startup under a certain user account?</p> <p>For example, I would like to have <code>a_small_app</code> run under the user account <code>bob</code> (which is in the group <code>bobsgroup</code>). Do I add something to <code>/etc/init.d</code>?</p> <p>Note: I don'...
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2014-01-29T11:54:33.267
2021-08-12T15:16:47.047
How to run an application at startup as a certain user?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A startup system agnostic method. You can use this in <code>/etc/rc.local</code>, a <code>/etc/init.d/...</code> script, an Upstart configuration file and probably a systemd configuration too.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -u oli /full/path/to/application\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This command w...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A startup system agnostic method. You can use this in <code>/etc/rc.local</code>, a <code>/etc/init.d/...</code> script, an Upstart configuration file and probably a systemd configuration too.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -u oli /full/path/to/application\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This c...
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20230
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2011-01-05T22:15:08.117
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<p>Assuming your boss has a Windows Machine, and it would be really bad for your career if his personal computer didn't work anymore.</p> <p>Can you use a Ubuntu Live CD to load Disk Utilities or fdsk or simular to check his FAT32 partition for errors.</p> <p>His computer is booting, doing a diskcheck and crashing (r...
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2011-02-05T05:52:27.260
Can you use an Ubuntu Live CD to fix windows FAT32 problems?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Hell yes! you can wipe the hard drive and install Linux! :)\nMy guess is that you are running Windows 95,98,98se,or me , right?\nJust live boot , back up your files and reinstall.\nIf you are using xp,vista,or 7 - Use NTFS</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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20239
2011-01-05T23:13:36.450
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<ol> <li><p>For dual-boot installation of Ubuntu after Windows. Quoted from <a href="http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Multiple_OS_Installation#Partition_design" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ubuntuguide</a></p> <blockquote> <p>If a Windows boot partition exists as a second NTFS partition, it should be left alone. If ther...
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2011-01-05T23:50:51.660
Dealing with three Windows partitions in dual boot installation
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd personally just resize <code>Windows7_OS</code>, leaving a gap between it and <code>Lenovo_Recovery</code>. Then just install Ubuntu in the space using the &quot;alongside existing operating systems&quot; option in the graphical installer.</p>\n<p>I can't see any reason to run ar...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd personally just resize <code>Windows7_OS</code>, leaving a gap between it and <code>Lenovo_Recovery</code>. Then just install Ubuntu in the space using the &quot;alongside existing operating systems&quot; option in the graphical installer.</p>\n<p>I can't see any reason t...
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20240
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2011-01-05T23:53:56.417
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<p>I have noticed that spellcheck will work with any program on Ubuntu. For some reason, this stopped working when I purged OpenOffice and replaced it with LibreOffice. I am guessing that I failed to install back a package that provides this spellcheck.</p> <p>All of thee misstakes inn thiss sentencee were NoT caughht...
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2017-02-22T07:04:11.330
Can't get spellcheck to work in any program?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You will likely need to install the <code>aspell</code> package. It's the default Spell Checking software used by most Ubuntu Applications. You may also need to install additional libraries for whichever language you wish to use.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments...
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2011-01-05T23:57:57.877
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<p>This might sound strange but, working with my Lubuntu 10.04 i've experienced troubles when connecting to my eth0 newtwork. After some googling, i've found out that by writting in the CLI the following command:</p> <pre><code>mii-tool eth0 -F 10baseT-FD </code></pre> <p>and activating the eth0 in the toolbar (by cl...
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2011-01-06T04:11:12.293
eth0 not working on startup
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It looks like you can do this with ethtool, and make the change permanent by modifying /etc/network/interfaces. </p>\n\n<p>Something like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>auto eth0\niface eth0 inet static\npre-up /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 speed 10 duplex full\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>There's a...
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20246
1
20252
2011-01-06T00:54:08.140
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<p>When running a .net program on Ubuntu I have to type in "mono foo.exe" instead of just foo.exe or double-clicking the icon. Is there any way to just run foo.exe?</p>
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2011-01-06T02:04:09.780
2017-12-17T01:20:51.607
Running a mono program without typing in 'mono foo.exe'
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Does this link help? <a href=\"http://www.mono-project.com/Guide:Running_Mono_Applications\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Running Mono</a></p>\n\n<p>From the Mono Project on using binfmt:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Registering .exe as non-native binaries (Linux only)</strong></p>\n\n<p>Because...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Create a startup script.</p>\n\n<p>Open a plain text editor, add this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\nmono foo.exe &amp;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Depending on your setup, you may need to use the full path for foo.exe.</p>\n\n<p>Save the file for example as <code>foo.sh</code>. </...
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2011-01-06T04:34:17.623
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<p>Is there a way to determine the speed of the PCI Express connection to a specific card? I have three cards plugged in:</p> <p>two Nvidia GTX 480's (one at x16 &amp; and one at x8) one Nvidia GTX 460 running at x8</p> <p>Is there some way, either by a function call in C or an option to <code>lspci</code> that I ca...
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2016-04-16T16:26:20.317
How can I determine which GPU card is running at PCI Express 2.0 x16 & which is using x8?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I tried this: <code>cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep \"NVIDIA\"</code></p>\n\n<p>It will show you the cards and in what PCI Express slot they are and what is the width of that Slot. For example:</p>\n\n<p><code>20.502] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9500 GT (G96) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I tried this: <code>cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep \"NVIDIA\"</code></p>\n\n<p>It will show you the cards and in what PCI Express slot they are and what is the width of that Slot. For example:</p>\n\n<p><code>20.502] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 9500 GT (G96) at PCI:1:0...
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2011-01-06T07:02:27.100
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<p>EDIT:: installed mysql-server but no phpmyadmin (since phpmyadmin was installed before mysql, that resulted an error). How to reinstall phpmyadmin with database (there is no phpmyadmin datbase)? unstalling it and reinstalling it didn't help. </p> <p>i was trying to install phpmyadmin (and zend framework) through sy...
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2011-01-06T07:52:38.377
2017-12-12T14:19:33.450
reinstalling phpmyadmin
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>other process is lock your update manager. restart your computer.</p>\n\n<p>to start mysql server, you can use this command :</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo service mysql start\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-06T07:07:04.380", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>other process is lock your update manager. restart your computer.</p>\n\n<p>to start mysql server, you can use this command :</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo service mysql start\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-06T0...
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20264
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2011-01-06T07:25:02.547
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<p>I am trying to access the MYSQL installed inside the Ubuntu Guest (In VirtualBox) from my Windows vista Host. It always says not able to find the given IP in the network.</p> <p>I have tried ping the ubuntu virtual machine, but it was not working. So i believe root cause for this is, some bridging between Host &amp...
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2011-01-06T08:01:46.713
2012-02-27T21:25:10.300
Help to setup networking in Virtualbox Ubuntu Guest from Windows vista Host
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Configure virtual machine to use <strong>Host only network adapter</strong> and enable internet connection sharing on your Vista host. I believe this will solve your problem. If you are not able to access internet on guest then try using windows IP as default gateway in your Ubuntu g...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Configure virtual machine to use <strong>Host only network adapter</strong> and enable internet connection sharing on your Vista host. I believe this will solve your problem. If you are not able to access internet on guest then try using windows IP as default gateway in your ...
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2011-01-06T07:50:11.493
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<p>I was hoping to have a 2 seat setup. One will be for my TV just going to run Boxee. The other is for my main Desktop. </p> <p>I've been looking for a good guide to help me navigate this, I'd like to use ubuntu 10.10. I am assuming it's just a case of getting a box and two graphics adaptors <em>as well as</em> a usb...
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6005
2011-06-05T22:40:48.930
2021-01-03T11:26:17.107
How do I set up multi seat?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I can tell, there's no (free) GUI-which-works-out-of-the-box solution for this. I guess what you have to do is to adapt your XOrg configuration file and tell it which monitor-keyboard-mouse combinations go together. </p>\n\n<p>The best resource I can point you to is...
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JJ Mcfly
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2011-01-06T07:51:30.923
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<p>The file <a href="http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/usb/persist.txt" rel="nofollow noreferrer">/usr/share/doc/linux-doc/usb/persist.txt.gz</a> mentions that the USB-persist capability can be enabled for a given USB device by writing <code>1</code> to the file <code>persist</code> in that device's director...
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2017-04-13T12:37:16.607
2013-06-15T14:09:02.493
`power/persist` file not found in USB device sysfs directory
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2012-02-21T21:48:41.300
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2011-01-06T08:53:33.690
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<p>I'd like to set the CPU frequency scaling governor for all cores at once instead of doing it individually for each core. Is there a way to do this?</p> <p>(I know it would be easy to echo the governor to <code>/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor</code>, but I'm not looking for a custom solution.)<...
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2011-01-06T08:58:51.487
2023-01-06T12:45:29.733
How do I set the CPU frequency scaling governor for all cores at once?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I googled a lot and I think it's just not possible, so I added the following one-liner to my <code>.bashrc</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>function setgov ()\n{\n echo \"$1\" | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor \n}\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now I can run somethin...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I googled a lot and I think it's just not possible, so I added the following one-liner to my <code>.bashrc</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>function setgov ()\n{\n echo \"$1\" | sudo tee /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu*/cpufreq/scaling_governor \n}\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now I can run ...
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2011-01-06T11:21:14.443
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<p>The new theme looks better and polished than the on on 10.04. Is it possible?</p>
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2011-01-06T12:05:15.353
How to get the 10.10 Ambiance theme on 10.04
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2011-01-06T11:43:19.670
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<p>Like a lot of people, I have a lot of DVDs. But we also have a stupid amount of disk space and a media centre (Boxee) so the DVDs are getting less and less use. It would be nice to convert our DVDs into something more relevant to our needs.</p> <p>I've dabbled with DVD ripping before but whereas I'd usually transco...
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2020-11-30T15:16:55.350
Convert DVD to MKV (et al) without transcoding/recompression
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>MakeMKV seems to be working for me.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=3&amp;t=224\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.makemkv.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=3&amp;t=224</a></p>\n\n<p>Just extracts the non-trivial sized titles from a DVD, puts them un-transcoded ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are probably many options, but I use k9copy for this. I use the wizard and select the option \"Rip DVD without encoding\". It produces a single MPEG-2 file of the selected tracks.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, ...
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2011-01-06T11:54:41.420
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<p>I may have misunderstood Ubuntu One as a service, but this is how I had pictured it. At home, I tagged a few folders with the "Sync to Ubuntu One" tick and it started uploading. Now back at work, on Win7, I installed Ubuntu One and thought I was going to be able to tick which of the backed-up folders I could downloa...
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2012-03-18T08:56:24.987
2012-03-18T08:56:24.987
Ubuntu One Sync for multiple folders in Windows, not just the Ubuntu One folder
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As we tried to explain in the <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/Windows#What%20folders%20on%20my%20computer%20can%20I%20sync%20with%20my%20personal%20cloud?\" rel=\"nofollow\">FAQ</a>, the current beta only does manual sync of the Ubuntu One folder, and not of the other fol...
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20281
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2011-01-06T11:55:25.403
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<p>Lotus Notes 8.5.2 installed ok but won't start. Tried installing FP1 but that won't install. Re-installed Notes 8.5.2 but still won't start. Symphony 3.0 starts and runs fine. Any suggestions?</p> <p>Thanks, G.</p>
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2011-01-06T15:11:56.463
2011-01-14T09:06:06.883
Lotus Notes 8.5.2 won't start
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I got this working on a VMWare image of ubuntu 10.10. I have documented my process at <a href=\"http://metkhoo.blogspot.com/2010/10/lotus-notes-853-on-ubuntu-meerkat-1010.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://metkhoo.blogspot.com/2010/10/lotus-notes-853-on-ubuntu-meerkat-1010.html<...
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Greg
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2011-01-06T11:56:03.267
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<p>When I download something to my desktop, or insert a CD or flash drive, the icon appears on my desktop. When I have conky running, the icon sometimes appears in the top right corner, underneath conky; where I can't see it.</p> <p>How do I stop this happening?</p> <p>My <code>.conkyrc</code> is pasted below. I didn...
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2011-02-01T20:33:58.543
2011-11-02T20:40:36.490
How do I stop icons appearing on the desktop in a particular area?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For Maverick, and assuming Gnome...</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install screenlets\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Download <a href=\"http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Folderview+Screenlet?content=102890\" rel=\"nofollow\">Folderview Screenlet</a> and then open Screenlets to install it....
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I do not think this is possible. However, depending settings, you should be able to move your Conky by holding you <kbd>Alt</kbd> key and use your left mouse button (given that you use right-handed settings) and move it like any other window.</p>\n\n<p>You can also remove ico...
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20284
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2011-01-06T12:37:06.990
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<p>When I click on connect button in my ubuntu one client it again says connect not disconnect.</p>
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1067
2011-01-23T12:26:48.107
2011-01-23T12:26:48.107
Ubuntu One not getting connected
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not sure about the exact issue you're facing, but it sounds familiar. What did help me was to do the following in a Terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>u1sdtool -q\nu1sdtool --start\nu1sdtool -c\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The first will quit the program, the second will start it and the th...
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Parimal
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2011-01-06T12:47:11.767
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<p>When I installed Ubuntu 10.04, I installed it on a single 16GB partition which includes /, /boot, /home etc.</p> <p>I have another partition on the system (ext3). It is easily accessible from the GNOME desktop Places menu: I just click that Filesystem HDD icon on the Places menu and it is automatically mount as '/m...
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2013-04-20T19:27:29.787
2014-12-15T00:34:40.833
How to re-mount a different partition as /home?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here is the official Ubuntu documentation for moving to a separate /home partition:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving</a></p>\n\n<p>Just skip the step for creating a new partitio...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here is the official Ubuntu documentation for moving to a separate /home partition:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving</a></p>\n\n<p>Just skip the step for creating a new ...
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2011-01-06T12:59:29.883
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<p>I want to pay for Ubuntu mobile, but I only have Visa (Electron Debit card). Can I use Visa Electron to pay for ubuntu one service?</p>
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2014-01-02T11:39:07.637
2014-01-02T11:39:07.637
Can I use Visa Electron to pay for ubuntu one service?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unfortunately Visa Electron cards normally aren't real Visa cards, they're debit only cards and worse they're payment up front cards. This makes them expensive and unusual to process as you need a clearing house that supports them (Electron is to Visa what the old Solo was to Switch ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unfortunately Visa Electron cards normally aren't real Visa cards, they're debit only cards and worse they're payment up front cards. This makes them expensive and unusual to process as you need a clearing house that supports them (Electron is to Visa what the old Solo was to...
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20295
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20296
2011-01-06T13:29:42.067
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<p>Ctrl+Tab doesnt work, Windows+Tab doesnt work as well. Any ideas?</p>
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2014-01-08T23:16:47.623
2014-01-08T23:16:47.623
How to switch between chat windows in Kadu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>its in configuration</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>move left tab - Ctrl+Shift+Left</p>\n \n <p>move right right - Ctrl+Shift+Right</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-0...
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2011-01-06T13:46:32.090
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<p>I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed on a machine for my parents. The thing is they never request updates from Update Manager even the manager itself prompted them so. Moreover, when they are done with whatever they are doing on Ubuntu, they always leave the computer on. And I always have to come back and shut the machine ...
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8252
2011-01-06T14:11:14.313
2011-01-06T20:28:43.610
Auto-Invoke Update Manager to update everything and shutdown after system idle for x minutes?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are a few packages that may help with this:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/unattended-upgrades\" rel=\"nofollow\">unattended-upgrades</a> installs security updates automatically</p></li>\n<li><p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/powernap\" rel=\"nof...
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2011-01-06T14:02:55.890
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<p>I <strong>successfully</strong> followed <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3719/how-can-i-set-different-sensitivities-for-two-mice-at-the-same-time">the answer to this question</a> to set different sensitivities for my touchpad and my USB mouse. Only problem is, once you unplug and replug the device or shutdo...
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2017-04-13T12:23:56.097
2022-04-30T15:09:47.170
How to make xinput settings persist after devices are unplugged, replugged, and after shutdown, restart, etc?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to <a href=\"http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/How_to_configure_the_TrackPoint\">How to configure the TrackPoint</a> (from ThinkWiki), the method for changing the settings on a per-user basis is by using the <code>.xsessionrc</code> file, simply put all your <strong>xinput</str...
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20299
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2011-01-06T14:06:01.330
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<p>When I <strong>start</strong> some app I want to <strong>control were focus is</strong>(for <strong>example</strong> if I start <strong>firefox</strong> I want focus to be for example on <strong>address bar</strong>).</p> <p>P.S. <em>Im not looking for Firefox plugin</em>, I just wonder if there is app for that.</p...
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2011-12-11T16:18:38.637
2011-12-11T16:18:38.637
Can I control where default focus is for an application?
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2011-01-06T14:39:35.777
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<p>Is there any alternative to <a href="http://www.ghisler.com/" rel="nofollow">Total Commander</a> for linux?</p>
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2011-01-06T15:09:14.597
2011-01-06T15:09:14.597
Is there an equivalent to TotalCmd?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-07T00:40:09.567", "id": "21951", "postId": "20300", "score": "0", "text": "also have a look at this question here http://askubuntu.com/questions/19459/which-norton-commander-style-filemanager-do-you-recommend", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "7155" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are a few alternatives:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/gnome-commander\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gnome Commander</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/krusader\" rel=\"nofollow\">Krusader</a> (although it requires KDE libs)</li>\n<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are a few alternatives:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/gnome-commander\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gnome Commander</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/krusader\" rel=\"nofollow\">Krusader</a> (although it requires KDE libs)...
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<p>My Laptop has Wired and wireless connection capabilities. I want to disable my Wired connection when my wireless is up and running ? How can i proceed ? I used nmcli tool to establish my connection.</p> <p>nmcli con up id nmcli con up id </p> <p>Currently i have Wired and Wireless up and running I also try to u...
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2011-01-06T15:50:56.370
Disable Wired When Wireless is UP
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-06T15:19:58.467", "id": "21874", "postId": "20301", "score": "0", "text": "Not the answer you're looking for, I'm sure... but I just unplug the Ethernet cable. That shuts down the wired connection very effectively.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8082" ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>A raw solution could be to create an if-up script in /etc/network/if-up.d/, something like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/sh\n\nif [ \"$IFACE\" = \"wlan0\" ]; then\n ifconfig eth0 down\nfi\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Remeber to give it execution permissions.</p>\n", "commentCou...
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2011-01-06T15:22:37.793
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<p>I bought a Zotac MAG and would like all the audio to output from the HDMI cable.</p>
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How do I get HDMI audio working on a Zotac MAG HD-ND01-U?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The HDMI sound actually works out of the box after you install the nvidia drivers, you just need to unmute the S/PDIF microphone thing, which appears to be mislabeled.</p>\n\n<p>Run <code>alsamixer</code>, then use the right arrow key to move over to it and press <kbd>M</kbd> to unmu...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The HDMI sound actually works out of the box after you install the nvidia drivers, you just need to unmute the S/PDIF microphone thing, which appears to be mislabeled.</p>\n\n<p>Run <code>alsamixer</code>, then use the right arrow key to move over to it and press <kbd>M</kbd>...
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2011-01-06T15:30:01.080
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<p>All I can find is for Windows and Mac</p>
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Are there any Apps to run Kodak ESP 3250?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>When adding new printer use <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/cupsdriverkodak/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this PPD</a> file.</p>\n\n<p>Also you can try with this printer file at <a href=\"http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Kodak/Kodak-ESP_3250\" rel=\"nofollow\">openprinting...
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