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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 directly to see if anything is amiss.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>I'm at a loss! ... help?</p>
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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 something that will only do DNS management, not something more complete like Webmin.</p>
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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 add a printer, I'm prompted to provide a root password although I didn't set up one? So i'm not able to confirm the dialog and add my printer, what's the reason?</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ae0jU.png" alt="alt text"></p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NRvqw.png" alt="alt text"></p>
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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>
<p>P.S. I'm not prejudiced against aliens, I just don't like them.</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 is normal.</p>
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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>
<p>If it is possible, what would be the best way to this? as when I attempt to remove humanity in the Software Centre it says the software-centre itself must be removed. Similar problems arise with synaptic package manager.</p>
<p>I was wary of just deleting the unused directories in usr/share/icons/.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help!</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>
<p><strong>Update 1</strong>: In my attempts to troubleshoot the problem I:</p>
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<p><strong>Update 2</strong>: I manually created a new launcher which would duplicate the functionality of a copied one. This one of course shows up and so I went ahead and compared the two, step-by-step bringing them to being <strong>identical</strong>! (copied icon paths, then removed the 'Encoding=UTF-8' line, etc.).</p>
<p>None of the above helped. So the question remains: Why?</p>
<p>Is there some type of "registry" out there?</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:
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<p>The email addresses are the same in both fields, and the password meets the criteria set. What exactly do the triangle icons mean? There's no alt text when I mouse over them, so I have no idea what it thinks is wrong with the new account setup information I'm providing.</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="http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8191956&postcount=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">advice</a>.</p>
<p>The first problem was this <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/20318/adding-printer-dialog-asks-for-root-password">one</a> (the ubuntu "add printer dialog asked for root credentials". The suggested workarout in <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/+bug/387970" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Launchpad</a> to create a root password worked.</p>
<p>Now i added the printer. It's available for printing. Then i got an error message "cups insecure filter" which prevented me from printing. That could be solved by setting the need root rights in the /usr/lib/cups/filter/ directory. The error message disappeared after restarting cups service. Now it should work but it doesn't.</p>
<p><strong>The main problem is now, the printer seems to be proper setup but
when i try to print a document, the printer icon appears for short time in gnomepanel. There's a printing job in Queue which got completed, but the printer doesn't print.</strong></p>
<p>I attached the Debuglog provided by printer error control, had to upload to another site, since it was to big in the question body here.
Perhaps someone can identify the problem with it?</p>
<p>Note: i know that it once worked fine with an older release of Ubuntu, but not sure which version this was.</p>
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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>
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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>CPU consumption is at 0% and the command with which I launched the installer is:</p>
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<p>Anyone has seen this before?</p>
<p>Any idea why this is happening and how to solve this?</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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"text": "is it like a pointer or a link that shows from the transitional package on the successor or did i misunderstand this? the old mypackage is completely removed and the new one is just available? i ask mainly because i have a driver problem with my printer, libcupsys was deprecated and libcups seems to be the successor, but the only drivers available from canon base on the old libcupsys. so how could such a transitional package help me in this case?",
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"text": "It's similar to a pointer but thinking this way may be misleading in some aspects as a transitional package is still a normal package except it doesn't contain any files but just metadata. What exactly is the problem with your printer driver? Since karmic libcupsys is a virtual package that is provided by libcups, so there shouln'd be dependency problems if the driver depends on libcupsys.",
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"text": "To avoid what? Also, are transitional packages only for one transition? Let's say I have Ubuntu 20.04 and `mypackage`. I upgrade to 20.10, and I now I have `mypackage` (which becomes transitional) and (which depends on) `mynewpackage`. And then I upgrade to 21.04 and it fails because 21.04 doesn't have `mypackage`? Meaning, when does `mypackage` get deleted? Do I have to delete it by hand? Does it happen automatically at some point?",
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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>
<p>If it were off by a multiple of an hour I would blame timezone or daylight savings time settings, but 17 minutes, I have no idea.</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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<p>The problem I'm having is that xlock is definitely <em>not</em> using my first key as part of my password. Instead, it uses some randomized fade pattern to fade to the password screen. I find this highly annoying, as when I get back to my desk and start entering my password it doesn't register password characters until the fade pattern is complete.</p>
<p>I've also tried the following modifications with no difference:</p>
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<p>The first example worked flawlessly on Arch. Does Ubuntu have some sort of system default that you can't override on the command-line?</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>
<p>However, if I choose to upgrade via the update manager, will the old applications be uninstalled and the new ones installed automatically as replacement, or do I have to do these manually so that I get the same experience as a fresh install?</p>
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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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<p>For example, the <em>Read Error Rate</em> is over 50 million (!), yet the Assessment is rated "Good". </p>
<p>So would someone mind explaining to me how to interpret the results of these tests (especially the Normalized, Worst, Threshold and Value numbers)? And maybe tell me what they think of the results I got for my HDD? (Thanks) </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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I have no problem adding music files to it. The version is 4.1 and Ubuntu is 10.04.1
Also, i want to know how to add games to it without using wifi but using Ubuntu.</p>
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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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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>
<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/kOHwT.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/kOHwT.png" alt="alt text"></a></p>
<p>As you see, The window of the calender is out of the screen. The alt+left mouse button did not work. How do you move the calender window?</p>
<p>update:
I managed to come up with a solution to get the window or panel of cal in the screen. Just remove the panel of clock and re-add it. But unfortunately, the preferences are lost. You have to reset the preferences, such as locations...</p>
<p>but after re-adding 2 locations, the window of cal panel was just shown as the same of the previous screenshot before.</p>
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"text": "@BrianZ As far as the file system is concerned the output of sed is a new file with the same name. It's one of the [commonly reported bugs that are not bugs](https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/manual/sed.html#Reporting-Bugs)",
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"text": "The OSX command `sed -i '.bak' 's/original/new/g' file.txt` can also be run with a zero-length extension `sed -i '' 's/original/new/g' file.txt`, which will generate no backup.",
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"text": "@cscarney I want to replace all `original` with `new` except `original.txt`. How can I do this?",
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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>
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<p><b>Opera :</b><pre>Jan 8 09:33:20 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11532]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail_delay() returned strange values: delay 0 is less than avail 8.
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 88192
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 44096
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 999909
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 87310
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 6205960286516543488
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: boundary : 6205960286516543488
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 88192
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 44096
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 999909
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 87310
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 6205960286516543488
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: boundary : 6205960286516543488
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 87320
Jan 8 09:33:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[11429]: alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 87320
Jan 8 09:33:22 al-ubuntu kernel: [ 4962.078306] opera[11036]: segfault at 261 ip 0000000000000261 sp 00007fffed7cd9a8 error 14 in opera[400000+122b000]
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<p><b>Skype</b><pre>Jan 8 09:40:21 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12602]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail_delay() returned strange values: delay 0 is less than avail 8.
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 88192
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 44096
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 999909
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 87310
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 6205960286516543488
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: boundary : 6205960286516543488
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: Slave: Hardware PCM card 0 'HDA Intel' device 0 subdevice 0
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: format : S16_LE
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 88192
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 44096
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 999909
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 87310
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: period_event : 0
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: start_threshold : -1
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: stop_threshold : 6205960286516543488
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: silence_threshold: 0
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: silence_size : 0
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: boundary : 6205960286516543488
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: appl_ptr : 87312
Jan 8 09:40:23 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[12485]: alsa-util.c: hw_ptr : 87312
anjanesh@al-ubuntu:~$</pre></p>
<p><b>Open Office</b><pre>Jan 8 09:43:46 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13157]: pid.c: Daemon already running.
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail_delay() returned strange values: delay 0 is less than avail 16.
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: Most likely this is a bug in the ALSA driver 'snd_hda_intel'. Please report this issue to the ALSA developers.
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_dump():
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: Soft volume PCM
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: Control: PCM Playback Volume
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: min_dB: -51
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: max_dB: 0
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: resolution: 256
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: Its setup is:
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: stream : CAPTURE
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: access : MMAP_INTERLEAVED
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Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: subformat : STD
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: channels : 2
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: rate : 44100
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: exact rate : 44100 (44100/1)
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: msbits : 16
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: buffer_size : 88192
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: period_size : 44096
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: period_time : 999909
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: tstamp_mode : ENABLE
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: period_step : 1
Jan 8 09:43:48 al-ubuntu pulseaudio[13064]: alsa-util.c: avail_min : 87310
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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.
through php or javascript?</p>
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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>
<p>After messing with ubuntu desktop and server I am really impressed and am thinking of reversing the virtualbox setup; ubuntu host xp guest.</p>
<p>I would use XP for Adobe Fireworks, Netflix, and iTunes (maybe) that's pretty much it.</p>
<p>Any reason not to do ubuntu host with xp guest?
I know the xp vbox will run slower as a guest but really how much slower?</p>
<p>It's a desktop. 4gb ram, 500gb disk, Pent D 3.2 ghz</p>
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<p>I then try to run an installer for a Java servlet - but when I run it as myself, it cannot create the required directory in /opt. When I run it as sudo, I am told that JAVA_HOME is not correct and it doesn't even start the installer - shouldn't this be coming from /etc/profile like it is for my normal user?</p>
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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>
<p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p>
<p>Just to clarify my initial post, I want to enable Teamviewer in the notification area so that I can close it in my open programs bar (click on x), and it would still be running in the notification area (Skype does that, I can option Banshee and Rhythmbox to do that, and Transmission does this too). All Tray puts it into the notification area, but the x still closes Teamviewer completely, and I have not found an optional setting in Teamviewer either.</p>
<p>Thanks for the answer though Karni! ;)</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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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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<p>They all hide nicely below all other Windows. I set Compiz to not minimize them on "show desktop" command using "window rules".</p>
<p>I also use <a href="http://code.google.com/p/osd-lyrics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">osd-lyrics</a> to display music lyrics. It's default behaviour is to stick always on top, which is irritating sometimes and, in my case, looks rather fugly. (4)
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<p>Now how can I tell Compiz to pin the osd-lyrics bar to the desktop below all other windows and not minimize it? I tried all sorts of window rules and exceptions, e.g. using "class=osd-lyrics", "title=osd-lyrics" but the OSD doesn't seem to match any of these. </p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
<p><strong>Running:</strong> Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, Compiz 0.8.6, osd-lyrics 0.3 from </p>
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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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<p>Is there any solution to make them smooth? BTW window previews in Metacity with composition enabled (<code>/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager</code>) are looking much better than in Compiz.</p>
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<p>I am using the open source radeon driver, so I can't configure my videocard preferences via AMD's GUI, and I've tried all options like a texture filter, bicubic filter or mipmapping I found in ccsm with no result.</p>
<p>How to make window previews in Compiz be as smooth as they are in Metacity?</p>
<p>And sorry, my English sucks just like these window thumbnails in Compiz.</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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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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<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>
<p>I was wondering if there was a way of excluding the files from the share. Either at VirtualBox (I've no idea where it keeps its samba configuration -- or if it actually uses samba at all for that matter) or in Windows.</p>
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20486 | 1 | null | 2011-01-07T15:24:04.083 | 3 | 1926 | <p>Ubuntu 8 version
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<p>There were other screen sections which I removed. The TV shows a distorted image with particles of different colors.</p>
<p>I tried different resolutions but couldn't figure it out. Kindly help me set up TV with Ubuntu.</p>
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What is the problem here and how do I fix this ? <br>
Is there a way to run a .sh in linux ? </p>
<p>I use HP notebook computer with amd64x processor and Ubuntu 10.10 </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>
<p>Imagine, I have following .mp3 files in the current folder:</p>
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<p>or, like this:</p>
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<p>I need to concatenate these .mp3 files in there ascending sequence, i.e. <code>001001.mp3+001002.mp3+001003.mp3+etc.</code></p>
<p>In order to join these .mp3 files into one I am executing following command in the current folder:</p>
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<p>I tested the final .mp3 file and it is what I am expected, but I need to be <strong>sure</strong> that above command picks files in there ascending sequence.</p>
<p>Can I be sure that above command always concatenates files in the ascending sequence?</p>
<p>Thank you <em>Sir</em>!</p>
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"text": "With 295 files, I get:\n\n`\nmp3wrap output.mp3 *.mp3\nMp3Wrap Version 0.5 (2003/Jan/16). See README and COPYING for more!\nWritten and copyrights by Matteo Trotta - <matteo.trotta@lib.unimib.it>\nTHIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!\nError: too many files to wrap!` Solution seems to be to go hierarchical: http://mp3wrap.sourceforge.net/faq.html#q6",
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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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<p>My first question is how do I correctly set LASTBACKUP to the the the directory in /backs most recently created? </p>
<p>Secondly, I'm under the impression that using --link-desk will mean that files in previous backups will not will not copied in later backups if they still exist but will rather symbolically link back to the originally copied files? However, I don't want to retain old files forever. What would be the best way to remove all the backups before a certain date without losing files that may think linked in those backups by currents backups? Basically I'm looking to merge all the files before a certain date to a certain date if that makes more sense than the way I initially framed the question :). Can --link-dest create hard links, and if so, just deleting previous directories wouldn't actually remove linked file?</p>
<p>Finally I'd like to add a line to my script that compresses each newly created backup folder (/mnt/backups/myfiles$TIMEDATE). Based on <a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/52725/rsync-to-compressed-archive-of-file">reading this question</a>, I was wondering if I could just use this line </p>
<pre><code>gzip --rsyncable /backups/myfiles$TIMEDATE
</code></pre>
<p>after I run rsync so that sequential rsync --link-dest executions would find already copied and compressed files? </p>
<p>I know that's a lot, so many thanks in advance for your help!!</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>
<p>Can I upload a 'source' archive that contains the source and a pre-compiled binary? The build script would simply copy the binary to the package being built.</p>
<p>Is this acceptable or will I run into trouble?</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> <a href="https://launchpad.net/chromify-osd" rel="nofollow">This</a> is the project page.</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>
<p>My (admittedly very open) question is that in this state and online, what security considerations do I have to immediately make for the default install? I understand that a lot of this swings on my intended use of the server, but just sitting there online what risks is it exposed to (this obviously goes far beyond the realm of linux, but I am not sure how these risks are accommodated in the default install). For example, I believe there is a firewall installed with Ubuntu but by default it allows all traffic. </p>
<p>Any other guidelines would be much appreciated.
Thanks</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>
<p>In order to do what I want, I need to be able to find the current location and size of the "active" (focused) window. By location, I mean the X,Y coordinates of the window on the desktop, and by size I mean the height and width of the window.</p>
<p>Is there a command line utility that can fetch this information?</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>
<p>It says that I have a different version of the driver in use. I installed the driver from maverick/restricted and apt-cache tells me it's from a regular Ubuntu mirror. The installed version is the same as the candidate version.</p>
<p>Can I get <strong>Additional Drivers</strong> to tell me what it would install if I activated the driver through it? Is it possible <strong>Additional Drivers</strong> just assumes it's a different version since it was installed by a different process?</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:
<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook/get-ubuntu/download" rel="nofollow">http://www.ubuntu.com/netbook/get-ubuntu/download</a></p>
<p>The instructions for creating a
bootable USB key for installing Ubuntu
Netbook Remix include a line saying:</p>
<p>"Insert a USB stick with at least 2GB
of free space"</p>
<p>I recently installed UNR on a netbook
-- in fact, the one I'm using right now -- and I went ahead despite only
having a 1GB USB key on hand.
Everything went smoothly and installed
100% correctly.</p>
<p>If I had waited to go out and buy a
2GB USB key I would have spent that
money unnecessarily and wouldn't have
been able to use the computer in the
meantime.</p>
<p>I was wondering if there's a specific
rationale for requiring a 2GB USB key,
or if the instructions could be
changed to indicate that it can be
done with only 1GB.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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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</a> lists:</p>
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<li><p>Installation of 32-bit compatibility libraries (ia32-libs or Multiarch support)<br><sub>I already installed ia32-libs, and it's still not working</sub></p></li>
<li><p>A 32-bit <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebootstrapChroot" rel="nofollow">chroot</a></p></li>
<li><p>Full virtualization through KVM or VirtualBox <sub>No, I don't want to be working from a vm all of next semester, that would be painful and I'd rather just reinstall my whole computer to a 32 bit os; which I don't want to do.</sub></p></li>
<li><p>Another option in a pinch is getlibs getlibs <sub>It didn't sound like it was the best option based on what I've seen.</sub></p></li>
</ol>
<p>So I went off to do #2, and set up a chroot for 32-bit Ubuntu Lucid (10.10). Which is to say I wrote: </p>
<pre><code>[hardy-i386]
description=Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy for i386
directory=/srv/chroot/hardy-i386
personality=linux32
root-users=leif
type=directory
users=leif
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<p>to</p>
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<p>I then ran: </p>
<pre><code>$ sudo mkdir -p /srv/chroot/hardy_i386
$ sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd --arch i386 hardy /srv/chroot/hardy_i386 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
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<p>Then I ran:</p>
<pre><code>$ schroot -l
</code></pre>
<p>And it showed the proper chroot, but then when I run:</p>
<pre><code>$ schroot -c hardy-i386 -u root
</code></pre>
<p>I get the following error:</p>
<pre><code>E: 10mount: error: Directory '/srv/chroot/hardy-i386' does not exist
E: 10mount: warning: Mount location /var/lib/schroot/mount/hardy-i386-80359697-2164-4b10-a05a-89b0f497c4f1 no longer exists; skipping unmount
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<p><code>/srv/chroot/hardy-i386</code> most certainly exists. I've also tried it replacing all references with hardy to lucid, to no avail. I did set up the chrome os environment: <a href="http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-guide" rel="nofollow">http://www.chromium.org/chromium-os/developer-guide</a> and it had me use something with <code>chmod</code>.</p>
<p>So, can anyone figure out what the problem is?</p>
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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>
<p>I am unable to install it via the Software centre or via terminal using apt-get, the following error is returned;</p>
<pre><code>mark@Sonata:~$ sudo apt-get install dockmanager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dockmanager
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/94.4kB of archives.
After this operation, 430kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 162015 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking dockmanager (from .../dockmanager_0.1.0~bzr83-0ubuntu1~10.10~dockers1_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dockmanager_0.1.0~bzr83-0ubuntu1~10.10~dockers1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/share/dockmanager/data/skype_invisible.svg', which is also in package faenza-icon-theme 0.8
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/dockmanager_0.1.0~bzr83-0ubuntu1~10.10~dockers1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
mark@Sonata:~$
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<p>Can anyone advise on how to fix this?</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>
<p>According to the <a href="http://support.toshiba.com/support/staticContentDetail?contentId=1723792&isFromTOCLink=false" rel="nofollow noreferrer">detailed specifications</a>, the notebook runs a 64-bit Core 2 Duo T5300 processor and has a 945GM Express chipset. </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>
<p>I want it without any password. How can i do that ?</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>
<hr>
<p><strong>Solution:</strong></p>
<p>Thanks to help from Nikratio of <a href="http://code.google.com/p/s3ql/" rel="nofollow">s3ql</a> I'm finally able to mount S3 buckets automatically when the system boots. You'll definitely want to look at the <a href="http://www.rath.org/s3ql-docs/index.html" rel="nofollow">manual</a>, but here's the basics of how to do it!</p>
<p>The first step is to create an authinfo file. This file should be placed in a .s3ql directory within the home directory of the user who will be using it. The authinfo file contains login info allowing s3ql to mount buckets without prompting. Below is an example of what your authinfo file should look like. The first line contains your Amazon Security Credentials. The second contains the location and password for your bucket. You can add multiple bucket-lines to this file if needed, but I'm only using one in this example. At this point, the bucket password can be anything.</p>
<pre><code>backend s3 machine any login YourAWSAccessKeyID password YourAWSSecretAccessKey
storage-url s3://mybucket password EncryptionPasswordOfYourChoosing
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<p>The <code>encryption_password_of_your_choosing</code> is used by S3QL to encrypt/decrypt all file writes/reads from S3.</p>
<p>The bucket name has to be unique across all of AWS: no two users can have the same bucket name, so its a good idea to log into Amazon Web Services and try different names until you find one that's available. One good naming scheme is to use the name of the domain+server you'll be accessing the bucket from (i.e. "staging.example.com" or "east.coast.01.example.com", or whatever is appropriate).</p>
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<p>It will prompt you for your encryption password. This should be the same as the bucket password in the authinfo file.</p>
<p>Now that your file system is created, you can mount it using the command:</p>
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<p>Of course, your bucket name and mount point will vary.</p>
<p>Now, if we want to mount this bucket automatically on boot, we need to add an upstart script to /etc/init. Fortunately, s3ql comes packaged with one, s3ql.conf.</p>
<p>I added "--allow-other" to the mount.s3ql command to allow users other than root to access the mounted bucket.</p>
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# This file can be placed in /etc/init. It defines an upstart job that
# takes care of mounting and unmounting an S3QL file system.
#
description "S3QL Backup File System"
author "Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org>"
start on (filesystem and net-device-up IFACE=eth0)
stop on runlevel [016]
env BUCKET="s3://mybucket"
env MOUNTPOINT="/mnt/s3/bucket"
expect stop
script
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DIR=$(mktemp -d)
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end script
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end script
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<p>After adding this script, in theory you should be able to reboot and have your bucket automatically mounted, but this is were I ran into trouble. Mine wasn't being mounted.</p>
<p>My problem was caused by the fact that upstart was running the script as root, but I'd created the file system as another user. Once I copied the .s3ql directory from the home directory of the user I'd been logged-in as to /root, the problem was solved.</p>
<p>I hope this helps someone else out there. Although I haven't been using my mounted S3 bucket for long, I'm impressed with how my initial tests have gone.</p>
<p>Also, this answer was written about a week after the solution was found. I think I've covered everything, but if you find I've missed a step, let me know and I'll add it. You'll also want to read the <a href="http://www.rath.org/s3ql-docs/index.html" rel="nofollow">manual</a>, its really worth reading if you intend to use s3ql.</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>
<p>Unfortunately, the hard drive failed soon afterward, forcing me to reinstall the operating system. Not having the original Windows disc or product key led me to consider Ubuntu Linux. Will it work for mom?</p>
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<li><p>Would Ubuntu/Xubuntu suffice, or would I be better off buying a new copy of Windows?</p></li>
<li><p>Is her card game (<a href="http://www.kidsdomain.com/reviews/kdr/hoylecard2001.html" rel="nofollow">Hoyle Card Games 3</a>) likely to run on Wine? I believe the minimum system requirement is Windows 95.</p></li>
<li><p>Failing Wine compatibility, is running Windows 98 on VirtualBox an option on such an old computer?</p></li>
<li><p>Are there any equally good card games for Linux? She plays mainly Bridge, Poker, and Solitaire.</p></li>
<li><p>Is there any "Large Fonts" option for those with poor vision?</p></li>
<li><p>Is it possible to use a serial mouse?</p></li>
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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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<p>Executing this command will give permission denied as it requires root privileges. However, executing the same command with <code>sudo</code> gives also permission denied error! It seems that output redirect <code>></code> does not inherit the permissions of the preceding command <code>echo</code>. Is this right?</p>
<p>As a workaround I do:</p>
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<p>Is this the best way to do it? Am I missing something?</p>
<p>Please, note that this is an example and it applies to all commands that use output redirect.</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>
<p>Ubuntu 10.10
Dell Vostro 1310</p>
<p>Thanks!</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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<p>thanks</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>
<p>So I had the idea that it could be possible that the default browser could be the browser/s that is/are actually open and running! And if two are running, the one with higher priority is chosen. Unluckily I did not find anything.. Is this possible? Would be really great!</p>
<p>cheers
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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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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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<p>If I use cron, should I disable them ?
thanks</p>
<p><strong>ps.</strong> I've just realized that in the crontab I still have "hourly" and "daily". Should I then uncomment only the one I use in the crontab ? And what's the point to specify hourly if it is already specified in cron ? I'm a bit confused.</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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<p>so what's snapshot_root then ?</p>
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"text": "@j-g-faustus So I can for example specify **snapshot_root user@myserver.com/** and then **backup /var/www/localfolder/ /remoteFolder/** ? Are the trailing slashes correctly added ?",
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"text": "@j-g-faustus Sorry, I've just tried now and I get this ERROR: snapshot_root user@myserver.com/ - snapshot_root \\ must be a full path",
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"text": "Probably because I can only mount the server first ? So should I run something like mnt servername.com ?",
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"text": "I've just realized I don't have sudo privilegies on the backup server. Does this mean that I cannot use rsnapshot then ?",
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"text": "I've also used -o allowroot option when I was mounting the backup server but when I run rsnapshot I got errors (no permissions.. etc). I guess I cannot really do it.. but please let me know if this is not true.",
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"text": "@Patrick Yes, that's what it means. I would try mounting first - I know it doesn't work over a Samba network, but if you are on NFS it might be worth a try. Re: sudo: Don't you know about someone who *has* sudo privileges, so you can talk them into installing rsnapshot for you? If not, no - not as far as I know.",
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"text": "@j-g-faustus I've just mounted the backup server. However, I got permissions errors when I run the backup command. I get this is due to the mounted folder. I've sent an email to support, but they provide backup space and that's it.. I don't think they will give me sudo privilegies.",
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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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<p>Can someone suggest a good step by step for me? I'm networked to a NAS and also have plenty of external USB storage in case I need intermediary steps.</p>
<p>So do I set up new machine first with 64bit 10.10, with partition scheme I want? then rsnyc over \home from old machine (over write target home)?</p>
<p>Do I need to upgrade the X61 first 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>
<p>But when i click on any thing or perform any action, I dont see the result but the action is performed on the remote desktop..But it is not refreshed on the remote desktop screen..</p>
<p>For Ex:</p>
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<li>Opened Remote Desktop viewer</li>
<li>Connected to the other computer which has yahoo home page opened</li>
<li>Clicked on the close button of the web page</li>
<li>Action is performed on the other computer (Yahoo page is closed).</li>
<li>On Remote Desktop screen i still see the Yahoo home page</li>
<li>Whatever action i perform on remote desktop screen i see the same screen(In this case yahoo home page)</li>
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<p>Bottom line: Whatever screen i see on the start up of Remote Desktop viewer that is not getting refreshed.</p>
<p>So the thing is though i am able to perform actions on remote desktop, the screen is not refreshing..</p>
<p>How do i solve this?</p>
<p>I hope i made my point clear..</p>
<p>NOTE: I am connecting to Ubuntu 9.04 machine from Ubuntu 10.04LTS.. I am really not sure if that makes any difference.</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>
<p>My basic setup ( or workflow ) is that i use csound to render stuff to wav, then import it as a sample in renoise. That goes with field recordings, my own samples, etc. So, i dont need ultra low latencies, and i dont need to patch "cords", but i want to use dssi plugins, and dssi-vst. What would be something of a minimum requirements of apps that should work. </p>
<p>Can renoise load dssi-vst plugins by itself or do i need to use jack to patch thru or something third, i tried to read lot of articles but i got lost in the different setups... </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>
<p>For example: python 2.5 or higher but lower than python 2.7.</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>
<p>Is there some way I can speed this up?</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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<p>What am I doing wrong ? should I mount the remote server with another user ?</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>
<p><strong>How to close multiple nautilus folders that are opening automatically after login?</strong> </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 asking me to restart it. Choosing this option has no effect. </p>
<p>Typing <code>sudo fdisk -l</code> in a terminal does show a list of the drives and partitons correctly. Any ideas?</p>
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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 be detected correctly. You will need to configure these yourself"</p>
<p>It was working just fine before I started to uninstall those programs. I think that I might have uninstalled something necessary to the system. If I click OK on the screen, it gives me options to reconfigure, troubleshoot, exit to console, or restart X. But no matter what I choose I still can't boot into ubuntu - I get stuck looking at the splash screen which stalls forever.</p>
<p>I was receiving support from one of my mate's and he was doing something with the LiveCD, and now the message doesn't pop up any more, I just get stuck at a never ending splash screen.</p>
<p>Any help would be appreciated, thanks!</p>
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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>
<p>Will it wipe any partitions out?</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
my account and I bought enough space to hold all the files I want
backed up, but for some reason it still doesn't sync. I have marked
the files to be synced and even checked the devices tab in the U1
preferences; it shows my computer as being part of my account but the
connect button is inoperable and restart doesn't produce any effect
when clicked. When using <code>u1sdtool</code> I sometimes get an ugly DBus
error, and other times get <code>State: READY</code>.</p>
<p>I have tried the line commands posted by bisi, they seem to be the same commands as those given in a similar question. I have also ran U1sdtool --status check and heres what came up</p>
<pre><code> State: READY
connection: Not User With Network
description: ready to connect
is_connected: False
is_error: False
is_online: False
queues: WORKING_ON_BOTH
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<p>I'm not very techno savvy so step by step and/or lay mens terms are
greatly appreciated, Thank you</p>
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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>
<p>It didn't work.. I am unable to figure out why I am getting an <strong>"invalid option"</strong> on executing the command <code>rails -v</code> ( Please refer the below for the same).</p>
<pre><code>mohnish@mohnish-laptop:~/Downloads$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.7 (2010-01-10 patchlevel 249) [i486-linux]
mohnish@mohnish-laptop:~/Downloads$ gem list
*** LOCAL GEMS ***
actionmailer (2.0.2)
actionpack (2.0.2)
activerecord (2.0.2)
activeresource (2.0.2)
activesupport (2.0.2)
rails (2.0.2)
rake (0.8.7)
mohnish@mohnish-laptop:~/Downloads$ rails -v
getopt: invalid option -- 'v'
Terminating...
mohnish@mohnish-laptop:~/Downloads$
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<p>Could you please help me out on this regard..</p>
<p>Please note I am currently not making use of the ruby version manager(rvm). Please let me know if I could get a solution once I install the rvm.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help..</p>
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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 using</p>
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<p>and according to this guide I should execute the following command to create the debdiff:</p>
<pre><code>debdiff zim_0.49.dsc zim_0.49ubuntu1.dsc > zim_0.49ubuntu1.debdiff
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<p>however, when I actually try to execute this command, I get the following error:</p>
<pre><code>debdiff: fatal error at line 314:
Can't read file: zim_0.49.dsc
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<p>Upon inspection of the directory in which the files created from <code>debuild -S</code> (step 6) are deposited, I find</p>
<pre><code>zim_0.49ubuntu1_source.changes
zim_0.49ubuntu1.dsc
zim_0.49ubuntu1.tar.gz
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<p>but no sign of <code>zim_0.49.dsc</code>. I could probably create one by debuilding the package as soon as I check out the code, before starting work, but that would add an extraneous entry in the <code>changelog</code>.</p>
<p>Is there a step missing from the guide that creates <code>zim_0.49.dsc</code> or is the file itself missing from the source?</p>
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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> it with another block of lines.? </p>
<p>For example: Does the test file file contain this <em><code>exact group</code></em> of lines: </p>
<pre><code>'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
'Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!'
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<p>I want this, so that I can replace multiple lines of text in a file and know I'm not overwriting the wrong lines. </p>
<p>I would never replace "The Jabberwocky" (Lewis Carroll), but it makes a novel example :)</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE</strong>:<br>
..(sub-update) My following comment about reasons <em>when</em> not use sed are <strong>only</strong> in the context of; don't push any tool too far beyond its design intent (I use sed quite often, and consider it to be invaluable.) </p>
<p>I just now found an interesting web page about <strong>sed</strong> and when not to use it.<br>
So, because of all the <strong>sed</strong> answers, I"ll post the link.. it is part of the <a href="http://sed.sourceforge.net/sedfaq6.html" rel="nofollow">sed FAQ on sourceforge</a> </p>
<p>Also, I'm pretty sure there is some way <strong><code>diff</code></strong> can do the job of locating the block of text (once it's located, the replacement is quite straight foward; using <code>head</code> and <code>tail</code>) ... 'diff' dumps all the necessary data, but I haven't yet worked out how to filter it , ... (I'm still working on it) </p>
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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 can have this cycle around, so that hitting <kbd>ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>alt</kbd>+<kbd>›</kbd> in workspace 4 will bring me back around to 1?</p>
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