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20306 | 1 | null | 2011-01-06T15:31:56.983 | 3 | 587 | <p>The title says it all really!</p>
<ul>
<li><p>I have full connection.</p></li>
<li><p>I have synced 2 AOL accounts and a Zoho account via Evolution Mail.</p></li>
<li><p>I have switched off all filters in all accounts so everything gets filtered through my desktop.</p></li>
<li><p>I have checked the accounts direct... | 8448 | 196255 | 2015-01-27T00:45:52.717 | 2015-01-27T00:48:28.353 | I haven't received my verification code from Ubuntu One & tried 3 e-mail addresses! | [
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20313 | 1 | 20365 | 2011-01-06T16:33:42.430 | 15 | 17796 | <p>Is there an easy way to allow my other computers to resolve my hostname over the network without having them edit their hosts files or their DNS settings? Some of the computers are on Windows.</p>
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20314 | 1 | 20316 | 2011-01-06T16:40:56.463 | 3 | 3644 | <p>I am moving from Ubuntu 8.04 to 10.4 (yeah... :)) and I would like to copy quite a few useful launchers I created over the years.</p>
<p>Where are they located in 8.04?</p>
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20315 | 1 | 20361 | 2011-01-06T16:43:00.830 | 9 | 54329 | <p>I currently manage the domains of many clients and would like to setup a BIND server so I can all manage them from one place. Now, I'm looking for a web interface to BIND that would let my clients manage their domains by themselves in case they wanted to. What web apps would be well suited for this? I'm looking for ... | 2331 | null | null | 2020-04-24T10:00:50.047 | Looking for BIND web interface | [
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20317 | 1 | 20321 | 2011-01-06T16:47:08.353 | 1 | 413 | <p>How do I place a SpinButton widget on a Toolbar using GTK, or GTKmm?</p>
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20318 | 1 | 20345 | 2011-01-06T16:49:02.273 | 6 | 9603 | <p>I try to set up my printer under Ubuntu. So far it worked that I succeed to install the drivers. But Ubuntu says: No driver available for this model. This is the problem that Ubuntu doesn't recognize the right model, so I have to add and the choose the right driver manually. No problem I thought. But when I try to a... | 7155 | 208574 | 2015-12-14T00:11:15.267 | 2015-12-14T00:11:15.267 | "Adding Printer" dialog asks for root password? | [
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20319 | 1 | 193409 | 2011-01-06T16:52:44.687 | 10 | 17249 | <p>I started the video and it says it has no codex and it can search for it(it looked cool) and it has downloaded them and video works great, but for some reason all the faces on videos I'm watching are blue, how to make them not blue?(I bet its a common problem).</p>
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20320 | 1 | null | 2011-01-06T16:57:19.703 | 1 | 390 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/33471/gnome-panels-not-visible">Gnome Panels not Visible</a> </p>
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<p>I installed the netbook version on my notebook and now I can't see taskbar or panel. If I switch to the desktop version everything ... | null | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:13.310 | 2011-06-10T04:43:00.690 | Ubuntu Netbook - I can't see panels | [
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20322 | 1 | 20389 | 2011-01-06T17:03:15.557 | 3 | 82 | <p>Several of my friends are in bands and looking at different means to distribute their music. What's the procedure for getting an Artist added to the Ubuntu One Music store? Costs, exclusiveness, contracts, profit sharing, etc?</p>
<p>Is there a minimum price for a song or is that up to the artist/label?</p>
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20323 | 1 | null | 2011-01-06T17:12:03.050 | 5 | 1526 | <p>I'm trying to reduce used space after running disk usage analyser, since I'm using a 40GB SSD. The icons use quite a bit of space! Could I delete those that I don't use, such as humanity? (I use Faenza-Dark) </p>
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20326 | 1 | 20401 | 2011-01-06T17:21:11.280 | 3 | 377 | <p>I copied my panel launchers verbatim from 8.04 to 10.04, residing in both systems in the same path:</p>
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<p>However, for some reason, they are not visible on 10.04's GNOME panel.</p>
<p>Why?</p>
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20330 | 1 | 20353 | 2011-01-06T17:49:35.720 | 101 | 278083 | <p>I have a script in file <code>bla.sh</code> and it is executable. When I <strong>click</strong> on it, the script is executed and the window is closed. I'd like <strong>the window to stay open</strong>.</p>
<p>Something like command <code>cmd /k** command</code> in Windows.</p>
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20343 | 1 | null | 2011-01-06T18:13:58.830 | 4 | 199 | <p>I'm trying to create a new UbuntuOne account, and getting this:
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qlsC1.png" alt="alt text"></p>
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20350 | 1 | 20360 | 2011-01-06T18:43:42.340 | 2 | 229 | <p>I remember that in old linux <strong>before closing system</strong> I had to <strong>manually unmount</strong> other partitions(<strong>ntfs/fat32</strong>). Do I have to do that in Ubuntu or is it magically <strong>umounted before shutdown</strong> by the system?</p>
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20355 | 1 | 20357 | 2011-01-06T19:02:29.463 | 10 | 28294 | <p>By mistake I have installed 64-bit linux(hey! it happens to every1!).
How can I run 32-bit app under that linux?</p>
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20356 | 1 | 20527 | 2011-01-06T19:06:14.787 | 3 | 2036 | <p>i tried to setup my printer in Ubuntu 10.10. I had to use special guide to install because Canon used libcupsys2 in its packages and ubuntu expects libscupsys i followed this <a href="http://www.viilinux.de/2010/08/canon-pixma-mp540-unter-ubuntu/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">guide</a> in reference to this <a href="htt... | 7155 | 10616 | 2020-03-16T14:20:59.603 | 2020-03-16T14:20:59.603 | Printer Canon MP540 succesfully added finally but doesn't print? (Attached Debug log) | [
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20370 | 1 | 20386 | 2011-01-06T20:46:33.657 | 1 | 1319 | <p>I need to change video codec, because of <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1471156#post9227044" rel="nofollow">this</a></p>
<p>I'm new to ubuntu. How to do it?</p>
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20372 | 1 | 20884 | 2011-01-06T21:13:16.383 | 1 | 1414 | <p>I am trying to install VMWare Workstation 6.5.5 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 10.04 (64-bit), but at about 2/3 of the progress bar, it freezes where it says:</p>
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<p>Interestingly, it is so frozen, that even after I hit cancel, it is still stuck.</p>
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20377 | 1 | 20378 | 2011-01-06T21:32:42.127 | 54 | 23286 | <p>What are transitional packages and what exact purpose do they have?</p>
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20379 | 1 | null | 2011-01-06T22:09:26.930 | 2 | 862 | <p>On Karmic (9.10), my system time is currently off by 17 minutes, e.g. when I type date on the terminal I get <code>Thu Jan 6 16:22:29 CST 2011</code> while the correct time is 16:05pm. I went through the standard time set and cannot fix this.</p>
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20380 | 1 | 20420 | 2011-01-06T22:15:07.157 | 3 | 1104 | <p>I just switched from Arch Linux to Ubuntu 10.10. I'm running the Fluxbox window manager, and I use xlockmore to lock my screen with the following key shortcut:</p>
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20384 | 1 | 43819 | 2011-01-06T22:32:27.377 | 3 | 755 | <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/eYtAN.png" alt="alt text"></p>
<p>Well i really don't know how is it called but i'd like to know if i can change the position where it shows (top right corner), since i no longer have GNOME panels anywhere i don`t like that popup being there.</p>
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20385 | 1 | 20415 | 2011-01-06T22:38:49.210 | 4 | 461 | <p>LibreOffice and Banshee are set to replace OpenOffice and Rhythmbox as we move from 10.10 to 11.04. Doing a fresh install obviously makes these new applications the default ones.</p>
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20390 | 1 | 20549 | 2011-01-06T23:24:14.673 | 10 | 7387 | <p>How can I enable the root account? I know it is not usually recommended but I'd like to setup a non-interactive script to backup my server using rsync. I could use <code>--rsync-path="sudo rsync"</code> but then I would need to store my sudo password in clear which seems much worse than enabling the root account.</p... | 2331 | 169736 | 2014-04-07T19:01:21.983 | 2014-04-07T19:01:21.983 | Should I enable root account for rsync? | [
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20393 | 1 | 20439 | 2011-01-06T23:46:20.447 | 75 | 192953 | <p>My laptop has recently started to become a bit unreliable, and for some reason I started to suspect that my HDD was starting to fail. After a bit of hunting on the internet, I found Ubuntu's Disk Utility in the System menu and ran the long SMART diagnostics from this.</p>
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20397 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T01:09:32.470 | 1 | 1320 | <p>How to synchronize an already converted video for the ipod touch to an ipod touch that hasn't been jailbroken?
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20399 | 1 | 20440 | 2011-01-07T01:24:45.080 | 12 | 920 | <p>I have set up 3x3 workspace switcher, and I want my position to be on the central one by default. Is it possible?</p>
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20402 | 1 | 20410 | 2011-01-07T01:53:41.770 | 5 | 112 | <p>I know there are lists of Ubuntu Members and rankings of people contributing to the 5-a-day project, but I was wondering if there is a record of signatories of the Canonical Contributor Agreement.</p>
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20403 | 1 | 20409 | 2011-01-07T01:54:45.000 | 3 | 161 | <p>Is it possible? or it's just a KDE specific feature?</p>
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20405 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T02:29:13.003 | 2 | 113 | <p>I've been using a external 21.5' monitor for my laptop of 12.1' monitor, and moved my top panel to the right and add a new panel to the bottom edge of the screen. A screenshot of the right part of my desktop: </p>
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20406 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T02:42:56.347 | 2 | 3817 | <p>My server time seems to be off on my Apache2 install, how do i fix this? Just running purely "date" in terminal returns the right time but im not sure how to login to apache2 and change it? This is on my local Desktop LAMP stack btw...</p>
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20414 | 1 | 20416 | 2011-01-07T04:10:13.057 | 928 | 1980230 | <p>How can I find and replace specific words in a text file using command line?</p>
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20419 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T04:35:44.347 | 4 | 516 | <p>Whats common among Skype, Opera, OpenOffice in Ubuntu ? Whenever I open these applications I get logged off and shows back me the login screen. This started happening since the 10.10 upgrade.</p>
<p>Forgot to mention :</p>
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20422 | 1 | 20441 | 2011-01-07T05:04:59.543 | 2 | 143 | <p>Is there a way where I can get information about a package which is in Ubuntu Software Center, such as package-title package-size package-logos etc.
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20423 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T05:11:26.533 | 7 | 3696 | <p>In order to lengthen the lifespan of my machine I am replacing the weakest link, the hard drive and installing a new OS.</p>
<p>I had planned on using xp pro as my virtualbox host and ubuntu as guest.</p>
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20424 | 1 | 20426 | 2011-01-07T05:20:21.090 | -1 | 290 | <p>I have install Sun Java 6 on an Ubuntu server and set an environment variable in the default profile as per the instructions at <a href="http://www.edugate.ie/workshop-guides/shibboleth-2-identity-provider-installation-linux-debian-or-ubuntu" rel="nofollow">http://www.edugate.ie/workshop-guides/shibboleth-2-identity... | 5826 | null | null | 2011-05-09T10:03:21.703 | Installed Sun Java 6 - configuration problem when running as sudo | [
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20431 | 1 | 20645 | 2011-01-07T06:50:26.427 | 7 | 11175 | <p>I was wondering if there was a simple way to close Teamviewer to the notification area like I would close Skype?</p>
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20432 | 1 | 20733 | 2011-01-07T07:07:23.547 | 1 | 10851 | <p>Has anyone tried this external usb sound blaster on ubuntu.<br>
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20442 | 1 | 20477 | 2011-01-07T09:40:30.837 | 4 | 5607 | <p>I'd like to know what I need to do to enable a user to modify values in <code>/sys</code>. As it's a sysfs, changing file permissions is not an option (and I don't like to do it on every boot).</p>
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20443 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T10:03:37.087 | 3 | 623 | <p>I have certain applications pinned to my desktop. such as </p>
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<li>Rainlendar (1), which offers this option in the settings window</li>
<li>conky (2), with "own_window_type normal" in my ~/.conkyrc</li>
<li>Rhythmbox's Desktop Cover Art plugin (3), a python plugin sticked to the desktop.</li>
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20449 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T12:33:37.137 | 8 | 1131 | <p>Window previews are ugly on my computer:</p>
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20450 | 1 | 20453 | 2011-01-07T12:41:26.660 | 53 | 113126 | <p>I was asked for root credentials to setup my printer in Ubuntu. This seemed to be caused by a bug. And the suggested workaround is to create a root password. Since it is default that no root password is used in Ubuntu, i wonder how i could revert this changes.</p>
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20455 | 1 | 20470 | 2011-01-07T13:23:42.020 | 11 | 34249 | <p>In order to run cron in the night at 4am, do I need to write <code>4 * * * *</code>?</p>
<p>And to run at 4pm o'clock, should it be <code>16 * * * *</code>?</p>
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20460 | 1 | 20481 | 2011-01-07T13:56:19.203 | 10 | 11151 | <p>I currently have one hd with these partitions:</p>
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<p>I'm thinking about buying a ssd for my <code>/</code> partition.</p>
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20461 | 1 | 20465 | 2011-01-07T14:09:40.200 | 2 | 1753 | <p>Would you recommend to install libcupsys2_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.9_all.deb in Ubuntu 10.10?</p>
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20463 | 1 | 20468 | 2011-01-07T14:19:43.463 | 99 | 139408 | <p>I want to download a whole website (with sub-sites). Is there any tool for that?</p>
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20472 | 1 | 20476 | 2011-01-07T14:54:20.627 | 2 | 463 | <p>I uninstalled the transformation pack, but the bootsplash didn't reverted back to default Ubuntu. T_T</p>
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20473 | 1 | 20475 | 2011-01-07T14:54:50.643 | 13 | 16186 | <p>I have two identical folders, but the are not identical(for example Java installation dir). One dir has one extra file and one file has been changed.</p>
<p>Is there any easy to use tool to check that or do I have to write complicated bash script for that?</p>
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20483 | 1 | 20548 | 2011-01-07T15:23:42.453 | 1 | 341 | <p>I share my desktop with VirtualBox. It allows me to work on current files in a nice easy way. I have quite a few utility launchers on my desktop. It's only a dozen or so at peak time but it makes navigating the list of real files a little harder when I'm working from Windows.</p>
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20484 | 1 | 20505 | 2011-01-07T15:24:15.007 | 3 | 396 | <p>How can I get a html code from some site(e.g. www.google.com) using vala(gtk)?</p>
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20485 | 1 | 20487 | 2011-01-07T15:26:41.517 | 3 | 184 | <p>I just upgraded from Lucid to Maverick, and as expected, all my PPAs were disabled. I have re-enabled most of the ones that I want, but I would like to get a list of all packages that I installed from PPAs that I no longer have enabled. I feel that the best way to do this would be to search for all packages where th... | 880 | null | null | 2011-01-07T15:33:10.510 | Tool to search for packages whose installed version does not match any version from a repository? | [
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20486 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T15:24:04.083 | 3 | 1926 | <p>Ubuntu 8 version
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20489 | 1 | 20491 | 2011-01-07T15:45:36.413 | 4 | 1300 | <p>I'm new to Ubuntu and I have downloaded a game called Vendetta Online , and it seems to have a .sh extension. When I double click it, it opens a text editor saying : can't open the file. <br>
What is the problem here and how do I fix this ? <br>
Is there a way to run a .sh in linux ? </p>
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20496 | 1 | 20498 | 2011-01-07T16:04:16.613 | 2 | 1091 | <p>The Firefox plugin for Totem works for DivX streaming videos, but the GNOME MPlayer one does not, for example for the videos on stagevu.com. What could be wrong here?</p>
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20500 | 1 | 20501 | 2011-01-07T17:29:18.540 | 19 | 17230 | <p>I don't believe in Trash Bin and when I delete something I want it to be gone forever, how to turn off the Trash?</p>
<p>P.S. When I delete files from the console do they also go to Trash?</p>
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20502 | 1 | 344952 | 2011-01-07T18:20:30.943 | 6 | 99277 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu off a USB drive and I can't install it to the hard-drive yet. Is there a way for me to install more applications on the USB drive so that everytime I boot I can use them without re-installing?</p>
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20507 | 1 | 20514 | 2011-01-07T19:04:21.727 | 68 | 73083 | <p>As it was suggested <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9168/joining-mp3-files-losslessly/9180#9180">here</a> I am using <code>cat</code> command to concatenate several .mp3 files into one .mp3 file.</p>
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20508 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T19:09:12.643 | 4 | 17136 | <p>I'd like to run the following incomplete script weekly in as a cron job to backup my home directory to an external drive mounted as /mnt/backups</p>
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20516 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T20:00:31.810 | 2 | 302 | <p>I have a package that is extremely complicated and uses libraries not included in any of the default repos.</p>
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20519 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T20:29:00.180 | 5 | 2304 | <p>Installed LibreOffice, no problems but when I click on LibreWriter it takes 30 seconds before it's ready to go. I played with Memory in Options, no improvement. I unchecked Java, no improvement.</p>
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20521 | 1 | 20524 | 2011-01-07T20:40:16.230 | 2 | 460 | <p>So with an old burned install CD of Feisty Fawn I went through the process of completely formatting the Windows OS and installing Ubuntu on an old XP laptop. I then went through the online upgrade to 10.4 LTS, only installing the gnome desktop environment package in the process.</p>
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20530 | 1 | 20534 | 2011-01-07T21:59:53.487 | 19 | 11165 | <p>I'm trying to write a little script to help manage my windows via keyboard shortcuts.</p>
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20531 | 1 | 20546 | 2011-01-07T22:05:04.950 | 10 | 12325 | <p>How can I tell which version and from which repository the <strong>Additional Drivers</strong> tool is trying to install the fglrx graphics driver?</p>
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20535 | 1 | 20552 | 2011-01-07T22:23:01.143 | 2 | 822 | <p>I have installed wubi on one of my NTFS partions, I chose this one, because it had the most free space, but for some reason wubi does not mount it automatically, can I mount it manually?</p>
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20540 | 1 | 30659 | 2011-01-07T23:16:42.687 | 4 | 4536 | <p>Originally asked on <a href="https://answers.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+question/140585" rel="nofollow">One Hundred Paper Cuts Answers thread</a></p>
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<p>On the official site:
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20543 | 1 | 20544 | 2011-01-07T23:35:27.957 | 12 | 5237 | <p>I purchased a <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00480OSVK" rel="nofollow">Boxee Remote</a>, which is an RF remote so I don't need to mess with lirc or anything like that.</p>
<p>How do I get it working in Ubuntu for use as a media center remote?</p>
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20554 | 1 | 20617 | 2011-01-08T01:33:24.517 | 7 | 12071 | <p>Xilinx webPack 10.1 requires 32-bit Linux. <sub>Only this old version is compatible with their boards.</sub> <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/32bit_and_64bit#How_to_Make_32-bit_Applications_Work_on_a_64-bit_Operating_System" rel="nofollow">How to make 32-bit applications work on a 64-bit operating system</... | 8358 | 246343 | 2014-08-11T16:09:47.917 | 2014-08-11T16:09:47.917 | Chroot into a 32-bit version of Ubuntu from a 64-bit host | [
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20568 | 1 | 20570 | 2011-01-08T05:00:37.877 | 2 | 5855 | <p>I have Docky installed on Ubuntu 10.10 64bit and noticed after a recent upgrade my 'Helpers' are no longer available. After some research I found that Dockmanager is no longer installed either.</p>
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20571 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T07:15:26.813 | 8 | 10606 | <p>Why does Ubuntu 10.10 amd64 (Maverick Meerkat) not address more of 3 GB RAM?</p>
<p>My machine is a Toshiba P205-S6287 Intel Centrino Duo 64 bits processor and 4 GB RAM at 667 MHz.</p>
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20572 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T07:30:51.787 | 3 | 14208 | <p>I want my Kubuntu to auto mount my hard disks at login without the need for password.
I tried it through System settings -> removable media and checked "Enable automount removable media". But at the moment i log in Kdesudo asks for password for all the hard drive at once.</p>
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20574 | 1 | 22784 | 2011-01-08T08:00:09.457 | 6 | 5752 | <p>I've been experimenting with <a href="http://code.google.com/p/s3ql/" rel="nofollow">s3ql</a> on Ubuntu 10.04, using it to mount Amazon S3 buckets. However, I'd really like it to mount them automatically. Does anyone know how to do that?</p>
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20576 | 1 | 20577 | 2011-01-08T08:35:57.600 | 7 | 745 | <p>My mother had an old Compaq desktop computer running Windows 98, which she used for occasional Web browsing and playing cards. Recently, a relative brought up a newer computer; it ran Windows XP.</p>
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20578 | 1 | 20584 | 2011-01-08T09:20:33.363 | 37 | 24096 | <p>I have a small question regarding using <code>sudo</code> with output redirect <code>></code>. To enable IP forwrding, someone can use the command:</p>
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20581 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T10:29:04.840 | 4 | 772 | <p>Set for television viewing tvtime, set up the remote, everything works fine. </p>
<p>But I would like to set up an opportunity to pause live TV and record video, is there a function in tvtime or may be I need to install another program?</p>
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20585 | 1 | 20682 | 2011-01-08T11:13:12.087 | 4 | 6875 | <p>Hy!</p>
<p>I replaced gnome-screensaver with xscreensaver, it works great so far, but I can't get it to lock my session when I suspend my laptop.</p>
<p>Any ideas how to do that?</p>
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20588 | 1 | 20659 | 2011-01-08T11:39:13.737 | 2 | 110 | <p>I'm setting up the rsnapshot for backups. I've seen in the configuration file, the following backup lines are not commented by default. Should I leave them uncommented or not ?</p>
<p>I'm not interested in backing up my system, just specific folders.</p>
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20590 | 1 | 20597 | 2011-01-08T11:43:15.990 | 4 | 1199 | <p>I am switching constantly between browsers (three different at the moment). So i was also switching default browsers to open my mail / new links etc...</p>
<p>I also saw that with the command <code>sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser</code> the browsers have different priorities.</p>
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20591 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T11:46:45.943 | 2 | 87 | <p>I have a Ubuntu 10.10, hooked 3G internet with no problems. Only one problem after disconnect from the Internet then no longer connects ... be able to pull out of the USB, then stick and then konektitsya normal. Is there any way to do something so that it was not necessary every time distorting the modem?</p>
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20598 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T13:20:46.813 | 5 | 1158 | <p>I installed Ubuntu 9.04 on my desktop, an year ago.</p>
<p>Can I upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 to Ubuntu 9.10 using the Ubuntu 9.10 Live CD?</p>
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20599 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T13:24:34.340 | 5 | 1464 | <p>The icons I set in kubuntu are not displaying correctly, have been trying to find the configuration but the weirdest thing is that they display in Desktop 2 but not in desktop 1 which is the main one, I want to display them in all desktops.</p>
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20600 | 1 | 20604 | 2011-01-08T13:31:48.263 | 11 | 16056 | <p>A simple question about rsnapshot.</p>
<p>In order to perform daily backups I'm going to add lines to cron in my Ubuntu.</p>
<p>Then, why do I have also these lines in the rsnapshot.conf ?</p>
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20603 | 1 | 20608 | 2011-01-08T13:47:44.433 | 6 | 2989 | <p>I want to use rsnapshot for remote backups of my websites.</p>
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20607 | 1 | 20609 | 2011-01-08T13:57:39.680 | 4 | 352 | <p>I am about to move to a new Lenovo X201 from current X61. Current setup has separate \home, separate swap file, also separate \Data partition. Am currently running 10.04 32 bit. Am considering running 64 bit on new machine because I will now have 8 GB of RAM. And would like to also move to 10.10.</p>
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20612 | 1 | 20718 | 2011-01-08T14:26:19.127 | 4 | 7274 | <p>Here is the Problem: I have two computers connected in the same LAN.</p>
<p>I am trying to access one computer from another using Remote Desktop Viewer, I am able to see the remote desktop.</p>
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20613 | 1 | 23115 | 2011-01-08T14:58:50.503 | 3 | 417 | <p>This may be a little complicated, but, is jack a necessity? I mean, i use renoise, and, since i dont have the need for low latencies, do i really need to use it?</p>
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20614 | 1 | 20626 | 2011-01-08T15:02:24.177 | 7 | 2118 | <p>In a <code>debian/control</code> file, how do I specify a dependency on a package between 2 versions of that package? </p>
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<p>What would <code>$VERSION_STRING</code> be?</p>
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20616 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T15:07:04.573 | 6 | 1203 | <p>I have been running UbuntuOne sync on a new PC to a new UbuntuOne account for over 14 hours. My UbuntuOne account capacity stills show 0% used and lists only folder names. All the while, my UbuntuOne preferences indicate that sync is running.</p>
<p>Any ideas???</p>
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20620 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T15:36:39.553 | 4 | 2193 | <p>I recently started using a KVM switch, so that I can share my usb mouse and keyboard between my linux and windows notebooks, when working at my desk. My windows machine handles the switch seamlessly, whereas my ubuntu system takes 5-10 seconds to re-recognize the mouse and keyboard.</p>
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20621 | 1 | 20634 | 2011-01-08T15:37:20.873 | 8 | 1630 | <p>I'm doing the following to mount a remote server to a specific path on my server:</p>
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20622 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T15:38:12.700 | 3 | 203 | <p>Right, no kidding now ... A mate last night asked me if it is possible to erase the ghost of a section of his hard drive (set the unused section of the hard drive to '0'). So is it possible?</p>
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20623 | 1 | 20631 | 2011-01-08T15:44:16.617 | 3 | 337 | <p><br>
Every time after I login into Ubuntu<br>
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I searched in Nautilus Help and I couldn’t find anything related to my issue.</p>
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20624 | 1 | 21582 | 2011-01-08T15:51:25.607 | 3 | 3613 | <p>Using Ubuntu 10.10 live USB. When attempting to open gparted (<code>sudo gparted</code> in a terminal), its window gets stuck for a few seconds and disappears (I noticed that it closes when it's searching for <code>/dev/sda/</code> partitions). After a while a window appears telling gparted closed unexpectedly and a... | null | 527764 | 2017-02-24T06:16:09.013 | 2017-02-24T06:16:09.013 | Gparted not working in live CD (usb) | [
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20628 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T16:32:43.233 | 3 | 1110 | <p>I was uninstalling some programs that I installed to try and get my iPod touch working with Ubuntu (I gave up on that) when ubuntu just crashed. Now after I choose ubuntu in GRUB, it gives me a screen that says "Ubuntu is running in low-graphics mode: your screen, graphics card, and input device settings could not b... | 6015 | 235 | 2011-01-09T00:06:51.317 | 2011-03-10T01:32:26.837 | Can't Boot, video drivers or x-server problem? | [
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20630 | 1 | 20635 | 2011-01-08T16:42:11.017 | 4 | 143 | <p>I was wondering if it's safe to upgrade Maverick Meerkat to Natty (I believe I'm fully aware of the bugginess of Natty at the moment). The only thing that's of concern is altering of other partitions during the install. </p>
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20632 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T16:59:12.643 | 4 | 395 | <p>I am running 10.10 (all current updates have been installed) and I'm
unable to sync any files to U1. U1 shows my computer as being added to
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20637 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T17:13:14.000 | 3 | 781 | <p>I had installed <strong>rubygems 1.8</strong> and further on I had installed the rails 2.0.2 gem.</p>
<p>When I tried to view the rails version installed through the command <code>rails -v</code></p>
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"text": "I find that most of my headaches go away when I use RVM. good luck with the package manager. ><",
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"body": "<p>You can just install the <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/rails\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">rails package</a> </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install rails\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>on my system:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ ruby -v\nruby 1.8.7 (2010-06-23 patchlevel 299) [i686-linux... | null | null | null | null | null |
20644 | 1 | 20660 | 2011-01-08T18:08:16.113 | 3 | 326 | <p>I'm following <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/Howtos/Debdiff" rel="nofollow">this</a> guide to create a debdiff for a package I'm patching. Everything goes fine until step number 8 and I attempt to create the debdiff after committing the changes. The package in question is Zim, pulled form Launchpad ... | null | null | 2011-01-08T18:13:34.707 | 2011-01-08T20:16:14.537 | Problems creating a debdiff | [
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20646 | 1 | 20658 | 2011-01-08T18:22:53.163 | 6 | 289 | <p>I have a file that is tracked using bzr, and I'd like to script the creation of a diff between it's current (current as in current, not latest commited), and latest commited version <em>that is tagged</em>.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Not much of a bzr scripting or a Python expert.</p>
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20649 | 1 | 20768 | 2011-01-08T19:11:08.190 | 7 | 2667 | <p><strong>UPDATE</strong> (see end of question) </p>
<p>The text "search and replace" utility programs I've seen, seem to only search on a line-by-line basis... </p>
<p>Is there a <strong>command-line</strong> tool which can <strong>locate</strong> one block of lines (in a text file), and <strong>replace</strong> ... | 2670 | 2670 | 2011-01-09T20:30:29.187 | 2024-02-14T22:53:58.687 | Is there a command-line utility app which can find a specific block of lines in a text file, and replace it? | [
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20650 | 1 | null | 2011-01-08T19:21:32.913 | 22 | 3841 | <p>I have a typical Gnome setup, in which i can move/switch between workspaces, by hitting <kbd>ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>alt</kbd>+<kbd>‹or›</kbd>arrow. But when i'm in workspace 1, hitting <kbd>ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>alt</kbd>+<kbd>‹</kbd> has no effect, and similarly for my maximum workspace (typically 4).</p>
<p>Is there any way I... | null | 480481 | 2018-10-16T13:34:09.933 | 2018-10-16T13:34:09.933 | Cycle around the "end" of workspaces in Gnome? | [
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