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2011-01-08T19:22:03.797
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<p>I am backing up Ubuntu and went to check out how it was going and noticed it was backing up my Windows too. How do I exclude Windows during backup? It says <code>/host</code>, so would I just do <code>--exclude=/host</code>?</p> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong><br> I'm backing up everything in terminal. I don't have a <co...
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25798
2012-08-21T13:41:44.373
2012-08-21T13:41:44.373
How do I exclude Windows during back up?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Since you don't specify how you are backing up, it is hard to say, but assuming you are using tar, then yes, just add --exclude=/host, or better yet, use --one-file-system to prevent it from recursing into other mount points.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [...
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Tyler
Tyler
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1
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2011-01-08T20:33:37.433
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<p>I've set up MythTV for watching TV. I've configured the back end. I have a TV tuner, and a table of frequencies. </p> <p>But when you start the front end and make the transition to the item "Watch TV", it shows a window with the message </p> <blockquote> <p>Error: MythTV is using all inputs, but there are no act...
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2011-03-29T22:19:46.143
2011-03-29T22:19:46.143
MythTV gives an error when selecting "Watch TV"
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You will need to post some backend logs (/var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log). Likely this is due to you not going through steps 2,3, and 4 in mythtv-setup.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", ...
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20675
1
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2011-01-09T00:10:22.643
9
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<p>In Hungary, the biggest TV channel is <strong>RTL Klub</strong>, they has a video archive site. They use Silverlight instead of Flash :( What is annoying, they use the lastest version of Silverlight, about 4.x. But Moonlight doesn't support it yet.</p> <p>I've been tried in Google Chrome (last dev version), and in ...
6341
6341
2011-01-17T17:13:54.073
2011-08-17T02:39:31.413
How to use Moonlight to play videos on rtlmost.hu?
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20680
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2011-01-09T01:17:18.090
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<p>I hear and read the term all the time, but what does it mean? </p> <p>I just accidentally mounted a shared folder hosted on a remote computer. The only difference I see is the presence of a desktop shortcut. I was able to access the folder before I mounted it with no problems.</p> <p>So What does it mean to moun...
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2016-07-19T14:48:13.187
What does it mean to mount something?
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20688
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2011-01-09T02:42:42.273
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<p>I'm trying to set up printing to a networked LPR printer, but I can't seem to make it work. The connexion information that IT gives is:</p> <p>Print Spooler: printing.domain.edu</p> <p>Printer Name: PrinterName</p> <p>Print port: 515</p> <p>Bidirectional: Disabled</p> <p>It's an HP LaserJet p4015x, and I'm usin...
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2011-01-09T04:23:17.123
2011-01-09T04:23:17.123
Set up printing with a networked LPR printer?
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2012-02-03T01:35:17.353
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20689
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2011-01-09T03:23:40.537
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<p>What does this mean?</p> <pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maco.m/ruby sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install rubygems </code></pre> <p>Hows does it differ from running</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install rubygems </code></pre> <p>?</p>
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2021-02-26T07:09:48.943
2021-02-26T07:15:25.053
What does add-apt-repository mean?
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2011-01-09T03:32:29.047
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<p>My LCD monitor won't enter power save mode.</p> <p>I've gone into <code>System</code> → <code>Preferences</code> → <code>Screensaver</code>, clicked <code>Power Management</code>, then set <code>Put display to sleep when inactive for:</code> to 10 minutes (for both <code>On AC Power</code> and <code>On Battery Powe...
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2011-01-16T09:04:48.640
2013-10-18T03:05:37.443
Monitor won't enter power save mode
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I also have this problem and I learned a lot trying to fix it. I couldn't find a GUI fix to this. I'm on a Dell Latitude D630 running 10.10, which is docked and runs two 23\" LCDs. </p>\n\n<p>Here's what I did, and what you can try:</p>\n\n<pre><code>xset s XXX\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>w...
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2011-01-09T04:09:26.830
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<p>I installed NX server on my desktop and able to run it successfully following this tutorial:</p> <p><a href="http://michigantelephone.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/how-to-install-nx-server-and-client-under-ubuntukubuntu-linux/" rel="nofollow">http://michigantelephone.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/how-to-install-nx-server-and...
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2012-08-31T21:37:57.877
How to setup NX server and client?
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20694
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2011-01-09T04:09:28.780
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<p>I bought some <a href="http://www.scosche.com/consumer-tech/product/1862" rel="nofollow">headphones</a> and was wondering if I could find any drivers that could support the mic, the volume buttons, and playlist navigation button.</p> <p>I am not positive, but the drivers used by the Apple headphones may work for th...
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2011-01-16T05:22:39.857
2011-01-16T05:22:39.857
Using extra features on Mac & iDevice supported headphones
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2012-02-03T01:32:27.560
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20698
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2011-01-09T04:52:35.183
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<p>How do I keep the battery status on as to see how much life is left in my battery? I configured this to be on all the time in the power management but it only shows the amount left when I am charging the battery. When I am unplugged, I don't get the battery status. Thanks for any help you can provide. </p>
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2011-11-27T03:42:53.420
Battery status not showing
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Tom
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2011-01-09T04:53:57.443
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<p>I need software for equipment maintenance tracking, I am thinking of designing an Openoffice.org base database for this but It would probably save me a lot of time if something already exist to do this that is freely available. I would be happy if someone could point me to something, even if the software was not des...
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2012-06-20T19:51:22.397
2022-03-30T11:41:48.647
Equipment maintenance tracking software
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20705
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2011-01-09T06:53:14.410
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<p>What are the advantages of bfs over cfs and are there any benchmarks to see if there are any real performance gains?</p>
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2011-04-06T00:11:04.947
2011-04-06T00:11:04.947
Is the BFS Scheduler better than Completely Fair Scheduler for desktop computing?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is an excellent PDF document <strong><a href=\"http://www.cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/data/bfs-v-cfs_groves-knockel-schulte.pdf\">here</a></strong>, which explains in detail the differences. It also does several tests that show in graphs how both behave under certain conditio...
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2011-01-09T08:01:26.927
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<p>The only fonts that can render Chinese text are: WenQuanYi Micro Hei, WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono, Droid Sans (I think is unicode), FreeSans (I think is unicode too).</p> <p>Changing Chinese text to Sans, FreeSans, Droid Sans render the same font). WenQuanYi Micro Hei, WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono render 'bolder' Chinese...
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2011-01-09T08:37:26.070
2016-02-21T00:57:28.373
What's the default traditional Chinese font?
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2011-01-09T08:54:46.707
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<p>I want to use rsnapshot to make backups from my production server to a remote backups server.</p> <p>Should I install rsnapshot on the remote backup server and not the production one, right ?</p> <p>rsnapshot is going to pull the files to backup from the production server and store them locally on the backup serve...
5136
5136
2011-01-09T09:30:24.660
2011-01-09T09:47:37.253
rsnapshot for remote backups?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You'll have to cron the rsnapshot job on the backup server, as well as set up a remote connection to the production server in order to pull the relevant data. If you can perform these jobs without sudo (perhaps a portal service like cPanel?), then rsnapshot is still viable.</p>\n\n<...
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20710
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2011-01-09T08:58:02.333
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<p>I have used 10.10 and now for testing purposes installed 10.04 to a separate partition. 10.10 is currently on a single partition, while for 10.04 I decided to separate /boot to a third partition. Now my questions:</p> <ul> <li>How can I move and merge 10.10's /boot on the new /boot partition</li> <li>What do I have...
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2011-01-09T09:06:20.003
2011-04-02T02:25:16.913
Merging /boot and rearranging grub2 entries
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is how to move the boot of your 10.10 to the separate partition: </p>\n\n<pre>\nHaving /boot on its own partition is useful if you use many linux \ndistributions, especially on different hard disks. Besides, if your \nroot filesystem gets corrupted, you’ll still be able to boot...
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20712
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2011-01-09T09:27:48.717
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<p>or what can go wrong regarding config files?</p> <p>I have an old installation of 10.10 and for testing purposes want 10.04 in parallel, I'd like to use my 10.10 gnome&amp;al configuration there without crashing something</p>
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2011-01-09T14:38:34.697
2011-01-09T15:59:55.497
Can I merge /home for 10.10 and 10.04
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2011-01-09T10:14:05.263
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<p>Ok, so here's the thing,I installed wingpanel in Ubuntu 10.10, I removed the gnome-panels (yes, both). In the wingpanel itself there's no Network indicator, so I google it and in some forums, some guy wrote that you have to install <code>indicator-network</code>. </p> <p>I did it, and it solved the network indicato...
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2011-01-09T12:21:36.120
2011-01-09T12:21:36.120
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2011-01-09T11:02:59.380
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<p>I'm new to these forums so I'll be quick.</p> <p>When I try to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 from 10.04 I get this error, I have tried upgrading from Terminal and Update Manager as well.</p> <blockquote> <p>Could not determine the upgrade <br/> An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade: <br/> ...
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2011-01-09T11:09:39.527
2011-08-22T20:23:35.980
Upgrade Ubuntu 10.04 to Ubuntu 10.10
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2011-01-09T11:10:02.487
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<p>After upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 I am getting this message on boot up:</p> <blockquote> <p>Mount of File System Failed. A maintenance shell will now be started. CONTROL-D will terminate this shell and retry. myusername@root:~$</p> </blockquote> <p>After searching in google,i found out that i have t...
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Mount of File System Failed. -- After upgrading from 9.04 to 9.10
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20723
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2011-01-09T11:52:51.903
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<p>I am a Windows user and I'm keen to shift to Linux, so I made live CD of Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick). <strong>This is my very first time to use Ubuntu</strong>. I put CD in the drive and set the BIOS to boot it, and the Ubuntu CD worked and logo of Ubuntu appears on screen.</p> <p>But suddenly before the start up scree...
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2014-10-22T20:09:40.593
Live CD doesn't boot, drops to BusyBox shell
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try burning again. If doesn't work, re-download and burn again. Go for the torrent version, it's fastest and most reliable.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-01-...
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20725
1
20763
2011-01-09T12:31:38.100
140
159126
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13065/how-do-i-fix-the-gpg-error-no-pubkey">How do I fix the GPG error “NO_PUBKEY”?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>after <code>sudo apt-get update</code> I get this error:</p> <pre><code>W: GPG error: http://archive.hi...
78008
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:44.127
2015-06-30T13:15:39.677
GPG error: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available
[ "gnupg" ]
2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-16T14:30:57.353", "id": "29306", "postId": "20725", "score": "0", "text": "Hi!\r\n\r\nI tried, but no success, look:\r\n\r\n....\r\n$sudo apt-key adv --keyserver archive.hivemind.me --recv-keys 3C962022012520A0\r\nExecuting: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Run the following in your terminal,</p>\n\n<pre><code> sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 3C962022012520A0 \n sudo apt-get update\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>References: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/13065/how-do-i-fix-the-gpg-error-no-pubkey-without-t...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>When you add a third-party repository, you should also add its key to your system. The public key is a string which identifies that certain repository. You can find some more information on this and how to add the key <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/U...
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2012-12-10T17:38:51.523
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20727
1
20734
2011-01-09T12:38:29.947
2
1110
<p>Is there any way in which the width of items on the taskbar (or, rather, the lower panel) of the Gnome (2.32.0) desktop (Ubuntu 10.10) can be adjusted to take a more sensible width? </p> <p>While I <em>can</em> see the icons of the applications they represent, they seem a little over-compressed, given the width of ...
716
null
null
2011-01-09T13:12:15.750
Is there any way to adjust the width of taskbar items on Gnome desktop?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That is not normal behaviour for the task bar. If you are using the standard task bar, you have something blocking it. Right click your panel and click on \"Add To Panel\", then drag the applet/separator that is blocking the taskbar.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That is not normal behaviour for the task bar. If you are using the standard task bar, you have something blocking it. Right click your panel and click on \"Add To Panel\", then drag the applet/separator that is blocking the taskbar.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comm...
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20728
1
20735
2011-01-09T12:39:13.300
8
15024
<p>I keep my docky dock on left side of desktop and it overlaps desktop icons and their names when intellihide mode is on. Is there a way to align desktop icons on right side always, mac style?</p>
8592
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2019-06-20T01:08:18.717
2019-06-20T01:10:04.890
How can I auto align desktop icons on right side?
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4
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sometimes <code>gconf-editor</code> will reveal additional options. In this case, there's nothing relevant in the apps/nautilus section.</p>\n\n<p>This issue was queried on launchpad a couple of years ago : \n<a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/48705\" rel=\"nof...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Unfortunately there is no way to do this on GNOME. It has been requested in a bug report and on Ubuntu Brainstorm, but no traction has been made on it.</p>\n\n<p>You would have to manually align the icons, or move your dock.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": []...
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20737
1
null
2011-01-09T13:15:19.823
10
779
<p>Does anyone have experience with gambling games (roulette, poker and so on) on Ubuntu?</p> <p>I would like to setup a touchscreen kiosk in my home with Ubuntu... Anything that works with coin and cash acceptors, reports payouts, lets the administrator set payout rates and so on</p> <p>Any experiences/hints? I am i...
5938
19490
2011-09-10T00:14:27.857
2017-04-07T09:51:36.690
Is there a touch-friendly casino gambling (poker, roulette, slot machine) application that interfaces with coin acceptors
[ "software-recommendation", "games" ]
1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-09T13:31:37.653", "id": "22283", "postId": "20737", "score": "2", "text": "Please make your question a bit more specific (for example, \"Is there a touch-friendly roulette application that interfaces with coin acceptors\"). This way you'll get better answers.", "us...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't know what kind of coin acceptor you're using, but you can see something related to payment computing on these sites:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/index-home.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">KMyMoney</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.linuxcanada.com/pos...
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0
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20739
1
20745
2011-01-09T13:42:33.533
14
7085
<p>Does an elegant way exist to save the output of a command to a file after the command has been run, while the terminal window is open i.e. once the command has been executed in the terminal?</p> <p>The output is still present in terminal. Now I could copy &amp; paste all the lines and save it to a file.</p> <p>But...
7155
518562
2016-06-04T12:52:29.840
2016-06-04T12:52:29.840
Is it possible to save output from a command to a file after the command already has been executed?
[ "command-line", "gnome-terminal" ]
2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-03T16:02:05.433", "id": "26833", "postId": "20739", "score": "0", "text": "There was supposed to be a patch to gnome-terminal to do exactly this -- to save the scrollback buffer to a file. It's out there somewhere, but I can't find what version of gnome-terminal it is...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You appear to have a number of options, but gnome-terminal doesn't support logging to a file by itself.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>You can run the <code>script</code> command before your output in order to accomplish this. See <a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-te...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You appear to have a number of options, but gnome-terminal doesn't support logging to a file by itself.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>You can run the <code>script</code> command before your output in order to accomplish this. See <a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/...
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20743
1
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2011-01-09T14:59:16.173
5
366
<p>Is it possible to automatically launch gksudo whenever I open a text file without write permissions in Nautilus? I often need to edit my /etc/hosts file and sometimes I forget to right click and select "Open as administrator".</p>
2331
1067
2011-01-09T16:47:45.660
2011-01-12T01:06:40.290
Automatically launch gksudo when user doesn't have write permissions?
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1
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-09T15:56:46.317", "id": "22290", "postId": "20743", "score": "0", "text": "Are you looking for a solution like `nautilus-gksu`, which adds an \"Open as administrator\" item to the context menu, or are you already using it and want a way to do this without using the con...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\nEDITOR=gedit\nSUDO=gksu-polkit\ntest -w \"$1\" || exec $SUDO $EDITOR \"$1\"\nexec $EDITOR \"$1\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Paste that in a file, make executable, and set as default to open whatever files you like. Change the variables if you have a different ...
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20746
1
null
2011-01-09T15:10:29.097
2
457
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/14259/how-to-get-pianobar-working-with-tor-and-polipo">How to get pianobar working with tor and polipo</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I've made a proxy as listed <a href="http://www.labnol.org/internet/setup-proxy-serve...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-01-10T15:14:39.187
Configuring Pianobar proxy
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0
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-09T15:19:39.777", "id": "22288", "postId": "20746", "score": "1", "text": "You might also want to look at [this question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/14259/how-to-get-pianobar-working-with-tor-and-polipo)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "866" } ]
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2011-03-21T09:47:34.583
null
Gjorgji
20748
1
20756
2011-01-09T15:44:51.550
12
2737
<p>I'm so used to emacs that sometimes, when I'm typing something in a textbox in firefox, I sometimes try and do C-p to move up a line. It is <em>seriously</em> annoying to have to cancel a print dialog box every time I try and move about my text. If it's not horrendously complicated, I'd like to have keybindings that...
702
70389
2012-06-14T19:44:23.270
2012-09-26T05:29:26.593
Emacs keybindings for textboxes in firefox?
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5
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>Is this an insane request?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>No! :-)</p>\n\n<p>You can install the <strong><a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4141/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Su9Kp.png\" alt=\"\"> Firemacs</a></stro...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>Is this an insane request?</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>No! :-)</p>\n\n<p>You can install the <strong><a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4141/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Su9Kp.png\" alt=\"\"> Firemacs</...
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20750
1
null
2011-01-09T15:54:08.690
18
22495
<p>Is it possible to automatically mount a sshfs filesystem whenever the connection goes up?</p>
2331
2331
2011-01-11T08:26:38.670
2020-03-06T11:01:05.653
Automatically mount sshfs on startup?
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4
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Does Upstart in Ubuntu work with network events? For sure you can place scripts in /etc/network/if-up.d and /etc/network/if-down.d. There is a guide on <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=430312\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu Forums</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Does this help eno...
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20752
1
20753
2011-01-09T16:01:47.650
173
145771
<p>Is there a option to search within manpages?</p>
7155
866
2011-01-09T17:16:16.170
2021-11-10T14:06:27.563
How can I search within a manpage?
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4
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-09T16:32:58.557", "id": "22296", "postId": "20752", "score": "1", "text": "Do you mean search within *all* the manpages to find which one has certain content, or search within *one* given manpage for a certain phrase?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1689"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just hit <kbd>/</kbd>, and type your search pattern.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Patterns can be <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex\" rel=\"noreferrer\">regular expressions</a>, for example, you could search for the word &quot;option&quot; by typing:</p>\n<pre><code>/[Oo]ption\n</cod...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just hit <kbd>/</kbd>, and type your search pattern.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>Patterns can be <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex\" rel=\"noreferrer\">regular expressions</a>, for example, you could search for the word &quot;option&quot; by typing:</p>\n<pre><code>/[Oo]ptio...
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20754
1
null
2011-01-09T16:20:43.947
4
1017
<p>My Ubuntu (10.10, netbook remix, unity) almost freezes from time to time. As far as I've investigated, the problem is with <code>mutter</code>. Then I run</p> <pre><code>pkill mutter </code></pre> <p>it restarts window manager and system becomes fast again.</p> <p>Mutter eats like ~15-20% of my memory (2 gb).</p>...
3982
235
2011-01-10T15:22:10.523
2011-03-13T15:01:25.850
Mutter slows down my system
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3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Unity in Ubuntu 10.10 doesn't run very well on certain systems and unfortunately, there's nothing you can do about it. Personally, I'd just use Ubuntu 10.04 with the old netbook interface, and wait for Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity/Compiz, which is a major step forward performance-...
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20759
1
null
2011-01-09T16:42:09.003
7
4642
<pre><code>[.../~]$ mount /dev/sda4 on / type ext4 (rw,commit=60,commit=0) [.../~]$ cat /etc/fstab # UNCONFIGURED FSTAB FOR BASE SYSTEM UUID=70739c04-fcb6-4747-803c-824f9c894f41 / ext4 defaults,commit=60 0 1 </code></pre> <p>What can I do about it? It seems strange. I want to be able to set any commit time I wa...
3982
7035
2011-06-03T22:16:22.273
2012-07-21T06:06:22.440
System overrides my mount parameters in /etc/fstab
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4
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-11T15:16:36.397", "id": "22628", "postId": "20759", "score": "0", "text": "I wonder how the mount command gets the mount options? What's in `/etc/mtab`? I wonder if that latter file is somehow out of date.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1116" }, { ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That looks like a bug: commit can't be both 0 and 60. What does cat /proc/mounts say the options are? If that is correct, then /etc/mtab got messed up somehow, which is what mount reports.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2...
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20760
1
null
2011-01-09T17:03:02.603
3
12131
<p>I have researched this problem extensively and I can't seem to find an answer. In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, I want to connect to my VPN through the NetworkManager applet. I installed all the network manager packages, including the gnome client.</p> <p>I understand I need to add the "Notification Area" to the panel, which I...
null
46312
2012-03-13T22:47:15.963
2012-03-13T22:47:15.963
Can't add NetworkManager applet to gnome panel
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3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Network Manager is a separate beast from its applet for good reason: Network Manager is a daemon that persists outside of X. The applet just communicates with this daemon.</p>\n\n<p>Anyway, you want to run this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>nm-applet --sm-disable\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It...
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Nate
20765
1
20781
2011-01-09T17:36:54.257
1
1010
<p>I installed Lucida Grande but now I want to remove it.</p> <p>I checked usr/share/font folder but I still can't find the font.</p> <p>Any suggestion to remove the font? </p> <p>(I searched for the file: <code>Lucida Grande.ttf</code> but still can't find anything)</p>
8583
null
null
2011-01-09T18:57:48.287
I can't remove Lucida Grande from Ubuntu 10.10
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-09T17:41:40.213", "id": "22315", "postId": "20765", "score": "1", "text": "Have you searched your home folder?Goto your home folder,press **Ctrl+H** and see .fonts directory..", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5691" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-09T...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can find this font, wherever it is, whis this line of bash:</p>\n\n<pre><code>find /usr/share /home/ | grep [Ll]ucida.*ttf$\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Usually, fonts are stored in either <code>/usr/share/fonts/</code> or <code>/home/&lt;username&gt;/.fonts</code>, or <strong>any</stron...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could install a Gnome font manager:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install font-manager\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And then</p>\n\n<pre><code>Applications-&gt;Graphics-&gt;Font Manager\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then find the \"Manage fonts\" button on the bottom to remove fonts.\nDo...
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20766
1
20770
2011-01-09T17:50:06.160
2
4835
<p>I am burning an audio CD in Brasero, and so I've clicked Burn and a window comes up with one of the options asking if I want to "Burn the image directly without saving it to disc". What does this mean?</p>
5674
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2011-01-09T18:09:10.530
What does "Burn the image directly without saving it to disc" mean?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In order to burn an audio cd it has to convert to cdda audio format. It can do this on the fly or in advance, and save it to the hard disk, then burn to the cd. If the conversion is done on the fly, and the computer can't keep up, then you can end up with a ruined cd. This is gene...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In order to burn an audio cd it has to convert to cdda audio format. It can do this on the fly or in advance, and save it to the hard disk, then burn to the cd. If the conversion is done on the fly, and the computer can't keep up, then you can end up with a ruined cd. This...
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20767
1
20771
2011-01-09T17:51:50.087
1
8142
<p>I am using external usb keyboard. I want to disable laptop's internal keyboard using software.</p> <p>I know that i can just remove the internal keyboards wire and disconnect it physically, but i wanted to disable it using software so that later I can enable it by just executing a command in terminal easily. I am t...
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2013-04-07T09:17:59.000
How to disable laptop internal keyboard
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can disable the keyboard via boot options:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Open <code>/boot/grub/grub.cfg</code> as <code>sudo</code> with your favourite text editor.</li>\n<li>Add <code>i8042.nokbd</code>, preferably to the end of the file, and save.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can disable the keyboard via boot options:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Open <code>/boot/grub/grub.cfg</code> as <code>sudo</code> with your favourite text editor.</li>\n<li>Add <code>i8042.nokbd</code>, preferably to the end of the file, and save.</li>\n</ol>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p>Source: <...
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2013-08-30T04:59:26.733
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20773
1
20779
2011-01-09T18:15:13.990
2
919
<p>I have been using Evolution for a quite long and it has downloaded around 1.6GBs of mails from gmail. I want to try thunderbird but I dont want to re download everything again. Is that possible to have both clients sharing same data? I'll make sure I don't use both at the same time if that matters. I'll move to thun...
8600
null
null
2011-01-09T19:16:37.907
Evolution and thunderbird sharing same mail data?
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1
2
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This will tip them over pretty good one to use a mail client like Thunderbird and Evolution. Let's see how to <strong>minimize a program to \"system tray\"</strong> (the area of icons on the panel where the clock) when we close the application.</p>\n\n<p>In this way we will not alway...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This will tip them over pretty good one to use a mail client like Thunderbird and Evolution. Let's see how to <strong>minimize a program to \"system tray\"</strong> (the area of icons on the panel where the clock) when we close the application.</p>\n\n<p>In this way we will n...
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20774
1
null
2011-01-09T18:22:50.973
8
9594
<p>I have chosen to write in 3 languages. I change them with the command <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> and it changes, but I cannot see in what language I write in the language indicator in my panel.</p> <p>Can you help?</p>
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3037
2011-01-09T19:15:52.757
2015-01-17T17:54:45.610
Language indicator doesn't show current language
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2
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-15T13:47:51.050", "id": "29121", "postId": "20774", "score": "0", "text": "@Yuran: The language name will not show when your text cursor is not in a text area... eg When I type like this I can see the language name, but when I click the mouse on a non-editable part of ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm guessing you are using ibus from the details you give.</p>\n\n<p>To get your languages shown at the bottom, you need to change some settings.</p>\n\n<p>Click on the language indicator and follow this video:\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7eq77tYlas\" rel=\"nof...
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Nancy
20782
1
null
2011-01-09T19:22:28.537
1
571
<p>I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10 from 10.04 and ran into a problem. If I right click on my Desktop, select Change background it takes me to the Appearance Preferences and then I go to the Visual Effects tab to change my effects from None to Normal, now this all works fine, as soon as I restart my computer it chan...
1731
169736
2013-10-19T13:44:09.083
2013-10-19T13:44:09.083
Losing Visual Effects settings after reboot
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Hi\nLook at thread #5 in this bug, <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/500570\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-session/+bug/500570</a> . This solved my issue.\n//Stefan</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "...
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20783
1
20831
2011-01-09T19:26:19.057
392
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<p>How is the <code>/tmp</code> directory cleaned up? Is it automatic? If so, how frequently is it cleaned up? </p>
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23878
2014-01-28T17:48:14.373
2024-03-01T19:55:07.073
How is the /tmp directory cleaned up?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-11-16T23:43:13.250", "id": "90312", "postId": "20783", "score": "19", "text": "My temporary files never get written to the disk. They get written to a RAM disk. I did put `tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0` in /etc/fstab.", "u...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Note! This answer is outdated since at least ubuntu 14.04. See other answers for current situation and if they prove correct then upvote them furiously. Also post comment so I can put link here to current correct answer.</p>\n\n<p>For 14.04 see <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/a/75904...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>Before 14.04:</h2>\n<p>It is cleaned up every time you reboot.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2016-09-08T16:03:56.290", "id": "1248952", "postId": "20785", "score": "0", "text": "Appears wit...
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20784
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2011-01-09T19:31:39.197
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<p>When I try to stream youtube videos on my ubuntu 11.04, they don't stream smoothly. They buffer well and are choppy.</p> <p>Here's my Config:</p> <ul> <li>Laptop: Gateway NV58</li> <li>Ram : 4 GB</li> <li>Ethernet Controller: Broadcom Corp NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev10)</li> </ul> <p>Let me know...
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2011-09-13T03:20:10.627
2012-11-26T03:33:15.693
Youtube video streaming slow
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-09T19:35:04.437", "id": "22327", "postId": "20784", "score": "0", "text": "Could you please rephrase your question? It's a little...hard to understand. Also, if the video gets choppy after some seconds/minutes, try to pause it right at the beginning and wait for the vi...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I asume your laptop has NVIDIA® GeForce® G105M video card. Following <a href=\"http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1470284\" rel=\"nofollow\">THIS</a> forum thread I would try Nouveau driver. They don't describe the same problem but all this can be related. Thi...
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2011-01-09T19:37:22.187
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<p>The GNOME project aims to provide the user with a desktop environment, and it does consist of many pieces of software. There indeed is a foundation called the GNOME foundation, and there is a desktop environment called GNOME, but well, can GNOME itself be called <strong>software</strong>?</p>
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2011-11-28T07:34:09.847
2011-11-28T07:34:09.847
Is GNOME itself considered "software"?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>\"GNOME\" is four things:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>A development environment encompassing several desktop features, functions and processes, one example being GTK+.</p></li>\n<li><p>A desktop environment using software based on the development framework.</p></li>\n<li><p>A foundation that...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It would be unusual to refer to the 'GNOME software', but as you say, GNOME consists of many pieces of software, so it wouldn't be wrong to say GNOME is software.</p>\n\n<p>Of course the GNOME Project and the GNOME Foundation are orgnanisations that you wouldn't describe as s...
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20790
1
20795
2011-01-09T19:44:24.787
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<p>I have a small screen (1280x800) and don't like to waste space. Is there a way to remove a title bar and the frames of the windows themselves? The buttons on the title bare are easily replaced by keyboard shortcuts.</p> <p>I used to be able to do it in lxde and really liked it.</p> <p>Any suggestions?</p>
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2011-01-09T19:47:37.663
2017-02-22T14:03:00.853
Remove windows borders (like in lxde)
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[ { "creationDate": "2012-01-14T02:29:36.107", "id": "109089", "postId": "20790", "score": "0", "text": "kirill_igum: if you are looking for local help with Linux please check out the following: http://lugor.org and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewYorkTeam", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you are using compiz, you can turn off window decoration in <a href=\"http://wiki.compiz.org/CCSM\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Compiz Config Settings Manager</a> through <strong>Effects -> Window Decoration</strong>. In the 'Decoration Windows' text box, delete 'any':</p>\n\n<p><...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would suggest finding a theme on <a href=\"http://gnome-look.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">gnome-look</a> that saves space by not having borders etc.</p>\n\n<p>You could also use emerald (if you are using compiz) and set the border size to 1px in emerald theme manager.</p>\n", ...
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20791
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2011-01-09T19:48:41.330
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<p>I'm having issues trying to update my packages. I haven't used this server since last September and now I'm getting 404 errors on all the intrepid repos. How do I fix this?</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>aptitude update</p> <pre><code>Err http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 91.18...
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1067
2011-01-09T19:56:32.847
2011-01-09T20:13:36.990
aptitude update gives 404's for intrepid
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Intrepid (8.10) was not a Long Term Support release and I believe support for it was dropped as of April 2010. It's most likely that Canonical has removed the old repos for Intrepid. To \"fix\" this issue, you should consider upgrading your installation to a newer version of Ubuntu, ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Intrepid (8.10) was not a Long Term Support release and I believe support for it was dropped as of April 2010. It's most likely that Canonical has removed the old repos for Intrepid. To \"fix\" this issue, you should consider upgrading your installation to a newer version of ...
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20799
1
20802
2011-01-09T20:17:05.837
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<p>Where could I find some documentation?</p>
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2011-10-16T10:03:53.303
2012-05-13T15:21:50.030
How do you create indicators?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may also want to have a look at the <a href=\"http://people.canonical.com/~ted/libappindicator/current/AppIndicator.html\">AppIndicator Reference Manual</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "crea...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ok so I've found this site:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationIndicators</a></p>\n\n<p>I'm not sure how I haven't been able to find it before.</p>\n", "comment...
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20804
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20820
2011-01-09T21:07:51.110
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<p>How to configure <code>locate</code> so that it indexes all files including hidden ones? Or what does <code>locate</code> exclude in its search?</p>
8620
8620
2011-01-09T23:02:55.473
2011-01-09T23:02:55.473
locate excludes hidden files?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-09T22:04:47.443", "id": "22358", "postId": "20804", "score": "0", "text": "My 'locate' shows hidden files (like ~/.bashrc). ???", "userDisplayName": "user8290", "userId": null }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-09T22:15:57.840", "id": "22361", "postI...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The default behavior does not explicitly exclude hidden folders. According to the <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/en/man5/updatedb.conf.5.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">manual for updatedb.conf</a>, no paths are skipped except for those listed in <code>PRUNENAMES</cod...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The default behavior does not explicitly exclude hidden folders. According to the <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/en/man5/updatedb.conf.5.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">manual for updatedb.conf</a>, no paths are skipped except for those listed in <code>PRUNENA...
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20805
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21888
2011-01-09T21:15:08.863
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<p>After I updated ubuntu (I believe it was most likely a kernel update) and restarted I selected ubuntu from the windows boot loader (I am using wubi). At this point I would usually land on the grub loader; however, I see something about NTFS file not found and a couple other screens flash then the computer restarts. ...
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2011-01-22T01:17:33.187
Grub Doesn't Load after Update
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>okay. my room mate experience approximately the same problem. After updating you can't open your os any longer. I think the only solution(which we did) was to use the full install(install from on the hd). I think this is an unresolved bug with wubi.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>okay. my room mate experience approximately the same problem. After updating you can't open your os any longer. I think the only solution(which we did) was to use the full install(install from on the hd). I think this is an unresolved bug with wubi.</p>\n", "commentCount"...
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2011-01-09T21:19:24.710
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<p>The 'printf' I refer to is the standard-issue "program" (not the built-in): <strong><code>/usr/bin/printf</code></strong> </p> <p>I was testing printf out as a viable method of convert a Unicode Codepoint Hex-literal into its Unicoder character representation, </p> <p>I was looking good, and seemed flawless..(b...
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2019-12-31T00:38:36.803
Why does printf report an error on all but three (ASCII-range) Unicode Codepoints, yet is fine with all others?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The printf command has reasons for not accepting characters in this range. If you look at the source code for for printf, you will see this comment:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>A universal character name shall not specify a character short identifier in the range 00000000 through 00000...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The printf command has reasons for not accepting characters in this range. If you look at the source code for for printf, you will see this comment:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>A universal character name shall not specify a character short identifier in the range 00000000 throu...
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2011-01-09T21:27:29.453
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<p>Is it possible to give sftp access to a user without giving him ssh access?</p>
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2014-04-07T18:13:24.763
2017-12-12T11:30:41.870
Is it possible to give sftp access to a user without giving him ssh access?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Set the last parameter of the <code>/etc/passwd</code> file (on the user's line) to <code>/usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server</code> (or whatever sftp server you use). This will make it so that the logon shell for the user is the sftp-server, and that's all he can use. This requires less se...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, rssh is a restricted shell providing sftp access but no ssh access.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install rssh\nsudo chsh -s /usr/bin/rssh $username\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You might have to</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo bash -c \"echo '/usr/bin/rssh' &gt;&gt; /etc/shells\"\n</c...
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20815
2011-01-09T21:28:08.673
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<p>How do i connect to the ubuntuone couch on the ubuntu server side (the one my local desktopcouch replicates with)</p>
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2011-01-10T14:08:01.630
2011-01-10T16:01:58.787
How do I connect to the Ubuntu One server-side CouchDB?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>We'll soon be putting together some proper documentation for this. In the meantime, you can use a tool named ubuntuone-couchdb-query to get at your CouchDBs at Ubuntu One. You can download ubuntuone-couchdb-query from <a href=\"http://ubuntuone.com/p/Gyx/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ub...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>We'll soon be putting together some proper documentation for this. In the meantime, you can use a tool named ubuntuone-couchdb-query to get at your CouchDBs at Ubuntu One. You can download ubuntuone-couchdb-query from <a href=\"http://ubuntuone.com/p/Gyx/\" rel=\"nofollow\">h...
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1
20825
2011-01-09T22:19:16.897
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<p>What software can convert all video formats to iPod nano mp4 format?</p>
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2017-03-14T11:24:11.467
2017-03-14T13:07:41.420
What software can convert all video formats to iPod nano mp4 format?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1><a href=\"http://www.transcoder.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Arista Transcoder</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/arista\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"install arista\" /></a></h1>\n<p>Arista Transcoder is designed specifi...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As long as you don't mind using the command line FFMPEG is the best tool for converting video formats. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-09T23:55:32.870", "id": "22363", "postId": "20818", "sco...
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20821
1
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2011-01-09T23:00:37.380
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<p>I selected /home/ to be encrypted when I was installing Ubuntu. Now, is it possible to make <code>locate</code> work with an encrypted partition like this?</p>
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2016-04-25T14:47:37.923
using locate on an encrypted partition
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I both \"run locate (updatedb) when I'm logged in\", as mentioned above, and I keep <strong>my</strong> part of the locate database under my encrypted $HOME. </p>\n\n<pre><code>export LOCATE_PATH=\"$HOME/var/mlocate.db\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and then I index the files in<code>$HOME<...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's not really possible to update the database index without being logged in. You should log in and run the updatedb command.</p>\n\n<p>Check your config in <code>/etc/updatedb.conf</code>. Remove <code>ecryptfs</code> from <code>PRUNEFS</code> and probably <code>/home/.ecry...
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20822
1
20846
2011-01-09T23:10:47.630
1
1320
<p><strong>Problem</strong></p> <p>I have a Dell mini 9, and the wireless has worked without trouble in Ubuntu and Xubuntu versions 8.04 and 10.04. </p> <p>However, after installing lxde, the wireless doesnt connect. Network manager recognizes the local networks, and will say that it is connected, but <code>ifconfig<...
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2487
2011-01-09T23:32:09.350
2011-01-10T02:22:01.980
Wireless doesn't connect in Ubuntu 10.04 Lxde
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a weird issue, it sounds like network manager is broken or the configuration is broken. Although I can't see how lxde could have caused that issue.</p>\n\n<p>Can you boot up using a LiveUSB and see if your broadcom wireless works? Make sure to add in the binary blob using joc...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a weird issue, it sounds like network manager is broken or the configuration is broken. Although I can't see how lxde could have caused that issue.</p>\n\n<p>Can you boot up using a LiveUSB and see if your broadcom wireless works? Make sure to add in the binary blob u...
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1
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2011-01-09T23:20:51.107
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<p>I tried to install the new kernel but something went wrong and I'm trying to remove it now. The error massege is:</p> <pre><code>mhd@Tarek-Laptop:~$ sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: linux...
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2011-01-10T13:19:59.873
2012-02-19T19:33:15.977
Error while removing the new kernel 2.6.37
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is odd, it looks as if the kernel upgrade has somehow changed the grub configuration file. Can you post the grub configuration file in your question above so we can have a look at it?</p>\n\n<p>This is what mine looks like, and if you want you can replace yours with this...
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2011-01-09T23:49:54.023
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<p>I'd like to change the background color of the purple plymouth boot splash to another color, how can I do this?</p>
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2015-04-26T14:09:20.753
2018-04-03T19:51:28.637
How can I change the purple background color of Ubuntu plymouth boot screen?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's pretty easy.</p>\n\n<p>Open the file <code>/lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.script</code> with an editor\nand change the following 2 lines that can be found to something like this</p>\n\n<pre><code>Window.SetBackgroundTopColor (0.0, 0.00, 0.0); # Nice colour on t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's pretty easy.</p>\n\n<p>Open the file <code>/lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.script</code> with an editor\nand change the following 2 lines that can be found to something like this</p>\n\n<pre><code>Window.SetBackgroundTopColor (0.0, 0.00, 0.0); # Nice col...
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20830
1
20845
2011-01-10T00:03:30.183
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<p>What reasons are there for applications in Ubuntu not being the most up-to-date, and why are some applications not available, in its repositories?</p>
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50737
2013-12-29T17:48:45.420
2013-12-29T17:48:45.420
Why doesn't Ubuntu ship an application, or the latest versions of some applications?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Updates for final versions of Ubuntu only happen in line with the <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stable Release Update Policy</a> - that is to say, things will only be upgraded if there is an overwhelming benefit from doing so (like a securi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Updates for final versions of Ubuntu only happen in line with the <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stable Release Update Policy</a> - that is to say, things will only be upgraded if there is an overwhelming benefit from doing so (like ...
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2015-05-11T09:13:21.383
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20835
1
20843
2011-01-10T00:30:46.367
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<p>I keep getting weird errors from launchpad when I try and copy the Maverick packages to Natty for the PPA. I select the wine1.3 package (not in Ubuntu), select "copy to this PPA", and then select "rebuild the resulting binaries". This error emerges:</p> <blockquote> <p>The following source cannot be copied:</p>...
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2014-02-25T15:53:54.797
How do I copy packages within a PPA from one release to another? (nonsensical "same version already has published binaries" error)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You get the error because the version wasn't bumped and the version is exactly the same. You're not supposed to have the same package with the same version in the same ppa. For releasing with multiple releases I normally either bump the minor version:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mypackage_1.2-...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You get the error because the version wasn't bumped and the version is exactly the same. You're not supposed to have the same package with the same version in the same ppa. For releasing with multiple releases I normally either bump the minor version:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mypack...
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20838
1
20842
2011-01-10T01:57:56.103
3
3249
<p>I'd like to transfer data to and from my TI-89 Titanium that connects via a USB cable.</p> <p>How can I do this in Ubuntu?</p>
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2017-05-08T20:52:33.287
How can I connect to my TI-89 calculator?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to research you can access the data on the TI-89 by using a program called <code>tilp</code> which you can install from the repositories. See more information here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=220045\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ohiolo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to research you can access the data on the TI-89 by using a program called <code>tilp</code> which you can install from the repositories. See more information here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=220045\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:...
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20844
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2011-01-10T02:14:58.227
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<p>I just updated from Lucid to Natty (thought it was going to be Maverick, but my About Ubuntu menu shows that it is Natty, which "was released in April 2011" - who knew the developers had mastered time travel?!)</p> <p>In any case, the default date/time applet in my gnome panel is now displaying on two lines (date o...
2664
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:12.600
2011-04-10T04:40:03.057
How can I make the date/time applet display on a single line?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need to fix the core issues. Natty isn't released yet and only testers and the brave should be trying it out (although I'm sure many Ubuntu core people are already running it) it's going to have bugs. If you want a stable system, you should reinstall Ubuntu and go to Luci...
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20852
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2011-01-10T03:10:17.183
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<p>I did</p> <pre><code>echo 8192 &gt; /sys/block/md0/md/stripe_cache_size </code></pre> <p>to improve my RAID performance, and it did helped alot.</p> <p>But I still can't figure out how to make it permanent.</p> <p>I was trying to set it in /etc/rc.local - other commands are executed, but it was overwritten to 25...
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2011-01-16T06:04:53.873
2016-12-08T21:17:53.423
Making stripe_cache_size permanent
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-15T01:45:43.523", "id": "23275", "postId": "20852", "score": "0", "text": "Reposting comment from my answer below; I'm not sure if you saw it or not since I'm not sure how StackExchange works: Hmmm... I don't have RAID, so it's kind of a long shot, but can you try 'gre...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Add a udev rule, e.g. to <code>/etc/udev/rules.d/60-md-stripe-cache.rules</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>SUBSYSTEM==\"block\", KERNEL==\"md*\", ACTION==\"change\", TEST==\"md/stripe_cache_size\", ATTR{md/stripe_cache_size}=\"8192\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I haven't actually tried this so it ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Would the sysfsutils package help fix your problem?</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>ORIGINAL ANSWER:</p>\n \n <p>I can't figure out how to comment on your question; I guess I'll edit this answer as I learn more about your problem.</p>\n \n <p>Can you post (or pastebin, if it's\...
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2011-01-10T03:24:09.623
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<p>Is it possible to mount Ubuntu 10.10's partition on Windows 7?</p>
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2015-04-06T02:39:56.890
Mount Ubuntu's partition on Windows 7
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-10T07:06:24.110", "id": "22402", "postId": "20853", "score": "0", "text": "That depends on the underlying partition format. Ext2 has widespread support. Btrfs probably dooesn't have any.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "7729" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have a couple that can Read And/Or Write to Ext2 And/Or Ext3 And/Or Ext4 file systems and can mount this fyle systems in windows. Some are:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Ext2Read</strong> - <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/files/\">http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/f...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have a couple that can Read And/Or Write to Ext2 And/Or Ext3 And/Or Ext4 file systems and can mount this fyle systems in windows. Some are:</p>\n\n<p><strong>Ext2Read</strong> - <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/files/\">http://sourceforge.net/projects/ex...
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2015-04-10T12:35:17.277
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2011-01-10T03:35:10.110
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<p>I have this entry in <strong>.xsession-errors</strong> log</p> <p>"Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed: 'net usershare' returned </p> <pre><code>error 255: net usershare: cannot open usershare directory /var/lib/samba/usershares. Error No such file or directory Please ask you...
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2012-08-09T23:09:30.860
2016-08-30T16:48:36.037
How to enable user sharing per instructions?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't think this effects your applets at all, that's probably a different bug. You could just make the directory with sudo:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/samba/usershares\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>But I don't really know what it will do.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0...
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20856
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2011-01-10T03:42:52.210
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<p>For some mysterious reason the virtual desktop icon from the kubuntu 10.10 panel has disappeared. How could I added it back to the panel?</p>
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2011-08-24T12:34:08.337
Virtual Desktop Icon missing
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-10T05:55:56.250", "id": "22401", "postId": "20856", "score": "0", "text": "click on the cashew, or maybe just the little up triangle. You might have hidden it.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5691" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just right click on the panel, select <em>Panel Options -> Add Widgets</em>, search for <em>Pager</em> and just drag it to the panel or double click it.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", ...
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<p>This is so damn frustrating :-| I've spent like 20 hours on this nice error, and seems like dozens of people over Internet too, and no clear solution yet.</p> <p>I have non-system RAID-5 of 5 disks, and it's fine. But during boot up it says that "/dev/md0 is not ready yet or not present" and asks to press 'S'. Very...
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2011-01-11T00:21:52.890
2012-11-04T13:15:02.893
mdadm: breaks boot due to "is not ready yet or not present" error
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-10T13:53:02.353", "id": "22433", "postId": "20857", "score": "0", "text": "Can you include the output of `/proc/partitions` and `/proc/mdstat` from the booted system? This sounds like a race condition with mdadm at boot-time.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I had the same issue on occasion on my headless server, and resolved it by appending the <code>nobootwait</code> option in <code>/etc/fstab</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/dev/md0 /mnt/raid ext4 defaults,noatime,nobootwait 0 0\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It tells the boot process to no...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I had the same issue on occasion on my headless server, and resolved it by appending the <code>nobootwait</code> option in <code>/etc/fstab</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/dev/md0 /mnt/raid ext4 defaults,noatime,nobootwait 0 0\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It tells the boot proce...
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20859
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2011-01-10T04:03:06.023
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<p>I can delete, rename and reorganize songs by clicking on the Ubuntu desktop icon for my Walkman. However, the changes are not evident on the player itself. Help?</p>
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2011-01-10T15:02:20.070
2011-01-10T15:02:20.070
How do delete songs from Sony Walkman MP3 player?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-10T05:09:21.997", "id": "22397", "postId": "20859", "score": "2", "text": "Did you make sure to empty the trash on your mp3 player?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "114" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have an IPod, and I have had great success using gtkpod. I dont know if it will work for you, but its probably worth a shot.</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install gtkpod</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentL...
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ers
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2011-01-10T05:33:08.777
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<p>I need to run <code>ssh-add &lt;key&gt;</code> everytime I need to ssh into a webserver. Is there a way to add the ID permanently, so I dont have to keep adding the identities on each login?</p> <p>EDIT: The key is a pem file, that I have downloaded from a cloud service.</p>
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2014-01-11T20:34:35.000
2019-07-22T10:32:55.207
How do I permanently add an identity for SSH?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Generate your key like normal: <code>ssh-keygen</code>, then place that key to the remote server with <code>ssh-copy-id</code>, which will sync it to the remote server's accepted keys.</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh-keygen\nssh-copy-id user@host\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It will prompt for your pa...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can generate a ssh key with the command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh-keygen\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then you can copy your key to the server with:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh serveruser@servername \"echo `cat ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub` &gt;&gt; ~/.ssh/authorized_keys\" \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now...
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20864
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2011-01-10T05:44:37.410
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on my MacBook Air 11" (late 2010 model 3,1). Compiz runs fine, as well as most of GNOME Shell's animations. </p> <p>The animation for switching to and from GNOME Shell overview is just very slow. Unfortunately, it's the most common animation on Shell.</p> <p>I already applied</p> <pre><co...
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2011-01-10T12:46:10.140
2012-01-22T14:40:22.650
GNOME Shell Overview animation is slow on my NVIDIA 320M
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[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-03T01:29:18.717", "id": "116533", "postId": "20864", "score": "0", "text": "This question seems abandoned, there is not further information or activity added to it for several months. I am flagging this to be closed by a moderator. If you think this issue is still affe...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Out of curiosity, are you using the default theme? A lot of custom themes I've tried have had inexplicably low frame-rates during that animation.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-20T08:59:44.020", "id": "29990...
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2012-02-03T01:31:09.747
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2011-01-10T05:56:22.893
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<p>Is it possible to remove a particular host key from SSH's known_hosts file?</p> <p>I usually end up deleting the entire <code>known_hosts</code> file, which I have no problems with doing, but just out of curiosity, is it possible to remove just a single entry? </p> <p>I opened the <code>known_hosts</code> file, bu...
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2014-05-30T01:38:38.527
2023-05-24T14:52:06.180
Is it possible to remove a particular host key from SSH's known_hosts file?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use this command to remove entries from known_hosts:</p>\n<pre><code>ssh-keygen -R hostname\n</code></pre>\n<p>or\nif the host IP is available</p>\n<pre><code>ssh-keygen -R &lt;Host_IP&gt;\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "12", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-11...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes, you can remove just one key. Just open it in an editor and delete the offending line. The number after the colon in the error message is the line number, so that's the line to delete -- line 1 in your example..</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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2011-01-10T08:41:07.467
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<p>I know there is something different about the environment of the Terminal command-line and the environment in a bash script, but I don't know what that difference is... </p> <p>Here is the example which finally led me to ask this quesiton; it may flush out some of the differences. </p> <p>I am trying to strip ...
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2011-01-11T09:31:25.563
2011-01-11T09:31:25.563
How do the environments of a standard Terminal command-line and a bash script differ?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-10T09:10:59.170", "id": "22409", "postId": "20871", "score": "0", "text": "Can you clarify the purpose of var=\"${var##+(0)} ? I assume it's some shell formatting mechanism but could find any details about it.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "742" }, {...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your question cannot be answered quite generally. Some comments though. On my version of bash (3.1.17(1)-release), your command doesn't have the desired output even when run from the command line; the same with zsh. So presumably something is fishy about your command. I don't know wh...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your question cannot be answered quite generally. Some comments though. On my version of bash (3.1.17(1)-release), your command doesn't have the desired output even when run from the command line; the same with zsh. So presumably something is fishy about your command. I don't...
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20872
1
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2011-01-10T08:53:00.873
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<p>I am getting complaints that I consume lots of internet bandwidth.</p> <p>Is there any software that can limit internet bandwidth on my computer from my own computer? I use Firefox as browser and use bittorrent and download software from software center.</p> <p>(Is there also a way to monitor it?)</p>
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2017-02-07T12:31:08.383
2019-01-17T16:19:44.097
How do I limit internet bandwidth?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have 2 easy to use via terminal. Wondershaper and Trickle. There are more here: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/18038/how-to-limit-internet-speed\">How to limit internet speed?</a></p>\n\n<p>Anyway the basics are:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install wondershaper\n</c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have 2 easy to use via terminal. Wondershaper and Trickle. There are more here: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/18038/how-to-limit-internet-speed\">How to limit internet speed?</a></p>\n\n<p>Anyway the basics are:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install wondersha...
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2011-01-10T11:39:24.207
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<p>Is there a Gedit plugin for highlighting HTML matching tag? If so then please suggest me.</p> <p>For example in this sample:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div&gt; //div1 &lt;div&gt; //div2 &lt;/div&gt; //end of div2 &lt;/div&gt; //end of div1 </code></pre> <p>if my cursor is at end of div1 then I want div1 tag to be...
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2015-06-09T14:51:23.350
2015-08-11T11:54:03.783
Gedit plugin for HTML tag match
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I recommend the plugin <a href=\"https://github.com/mikecrittenden/zen-coding-gedit#readme\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"Zen Coding for Gedit\"</a> for fast HTML coding.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creat...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I recommend the plugin <a href=\"https://github.com/mikecrittenden/zen-coding-gedit#readme\" rel=\"nofollow\">\"Zen Coding for Gedit\"</a> for fast HTML coding.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-S...
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2011-01-10T11:43:29.107
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<p>I installed the <strong>postgresql-8.4</strong> package with default options. Everything worked fine, however I can't seem to manage to create unicode databases:</p> <pre><code>-- This doesn't work createdb test1 --encoding UNICODE -- This works createdb test2 </code></pre> <p>The error message,</p> <pre><code>c...
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2015-01-07T02:12:40.417
2015-01-07T02:12:40.417
How do I create Unicode databases in PostgreSQL 8.4?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The template it is referring to is <code>template1</code>, which is implicitly used if you don't specify another template.</p>\n\n<p>The quickest workaround is that you create your database from <code>template0</code> instead, using the <code>createdb --template=template0</code>.</p>...
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2011-01-10T13:20:58.723
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<p>There are <a href="http://www.rozickas.com/2010/10/17/computers-without-bios-faster-start/#more-13" rel="nofollow">plans</a> to remove bios from new computers. Is Natty prepared for this? Will it work when I buy a newer hardware or should I buy older pc?</p>
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2011-01-10T13:47:08.160
2012-05-08T18:19:53.630
Will Natty run without a PC BIOS (i.e. with UEFI)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>you can run any gnu/linux distro without bios(uefi that is) since 2001-2002.</p>\n\n<p>grub-efi</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-18T08:00:02.027", "id": "23832", "postId": "20888", "score": "0", "text": "downv...
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20889
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2011-01-10T13:42:32.900
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<p>Is there a app / command that will hunt for specified files ( thumbs.db, .m3u and similar ) files across my home dir and delete them?</p>
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2011-01-27T18:30:31.623
2011-01-27T18:30:31.623
Is there a app / command that will hunt for files
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Not forgetting the use of '*' in the search... use one of these. The find command has a delete switch, but it is more common to see and use the exec option.</p>\n\n<pre><code>find ~ -type f -name \\*.m3u -delete\nfind ~ -type f -name \\*.m3u -exec rm -rf {} \\;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>O...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open a terminal and execute this command.</p>\n\n<pre><code> find ~/ -name thumbs.db -type f -print | xargs rm -f\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-20T00:27:31.490", "id": "34916", "postId": ...
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2011-01-10T13:53:38.627
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<p>I installed Ubuntu 10.10 to my Lenovo s10-3 a couple of weeks ago. At first there was no problem but yesterday when I tried to connect to internet, I realized that my "wireless" seemed as disabled. I googled about this issue and tried some codes however nothing changed.</p> <p>I need some help. </p> <p>By the way,...
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2012-08-17T02:18:21.070
Lenovo Ideapad s10-3 Wireless Disabled Problem
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are very few things that would make your wireless not connect (if you haven't updated your software of settings.)</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure your physical wireless switch is still on. I have knocked into this switch on my Lenovo by mistake several times. It's not terrib...
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2011-01-10T13:55:10.503
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<p>About every 3 days on my desktop (always on), X crashes, gdm restarts and it dumps me at a login screen. When I log in Gnome appears to have lost a lot of its settings: it plays sounds in weird places, UI elements look like they're from the 90s (GTK+ defaults) and it's generally pretty hideous.</p> <p>Note everythi...
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2011-01-10T14:27:12.167
X crashes and GNOME loses all its configuration
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-10T15:04:37.603", "id": "22446", "postId": "20897", "score": "0", "text": "ACK, this is somehow related to NVidia. Also older drivers are affected to occasionally loose the theme by loading default GNOME. I also have no pattern on this.", "userDisplayName": null, ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's a pretty simple deal. Run <code>killall gnome-settings-daemon</code> in a terminal (just to be sure it's really dead), then run <code>gnome-settings-daemon &amp;</code> (or install grun and use <code>grun gnome-settings-daemon</code>).</p>\n\n<p>This will cause gnome to regain i...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's a pretty simple deal. Run <code>killall gnome-settings-daemon</code> in a terminal (just to be sure it's really dead), then run <code>gnome-settings-daemon &amp;</code> (or install grun and use <code>grun gnome-settings-daemon</code>).</p>\n\n<p>This will cause gnome to ...
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2011-01-10T14:28:54.110
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<p>Having used the <kbd>Command</kbd>+<kbd>M</kbd> keyboard shortcut to minimize windows in OS X, I'd like to use the same functionality in Ubuntu 10.10. When I try, though, it only brings up the "communications" section of the indicator applet; like so:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2ZKsA.png" alt="alt t...
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2011-02-21T20:27:59.947
2012-09-07T21:18:20.907
Override Built-In Maverick Keyboard Shortcuts
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-10T15:19:05.510", "id": "22449", "postId": "20903", "score": "0", "text": "I can't get it to work the other way around (that is, I can't get my indicator applet to respond to keyboard shortcuts).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Is it this bug? <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/indicator-applet/+bug/558581\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Bug #558581</a></p>\n<p>It looks like an annoying race condition between programs that use global key bindings.</p>\n<p>At that URL, Alex Beels wrote on 2011...
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2011-01-10T15:24:50.127
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6009/where-are-icons-stored">Where are icons stored?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Where do I find the Icons folder (file?)? Then how do I change an apps icon to one of my choosing?</p>
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2017-04-13T12:23:28.223
2011-01-10T23:07:04.310
Where do I find the Icons folder (file?)?
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2012-03-12T16:36:24.980
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tumsuden
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2011-01-10T15:26:45.260
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<p>Why is Evolution the default mail/calendar package that comes with Ubuntu?</p> <p>Why not Thunderbird + Lightning?</p> <p>Are there any features in Evolution that are not available in Thunderbird + Lightning? </p> <p>Can I use the Evolution database via a Samba network share, on a Windows XP or 7 client, just lik...
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8018
2011-01-10T17:25:57.250
2011-01-21T14:21:26.257
Why is Evolution the default mail/calendar package?
[ "evolution", "email", "thunderbird", "calendar" ]
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Evolution indeed is part of the GNOME Project. That's why it's Ubuntu's default mail client, I suppose.</p>\n\n<p>Obviously, this makes it better integrated into the GNOME desktop, especially when running Ubuntu. Please not that some of the following features can be achieved with Thu...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://projects.gnome.org/evolution/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Evolution</a> like many other applications is part of the <a href=\"http://projects.gnome.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">GNOME Project</a>. You're free to replace it at no risk by any email-client you like better.</p>...
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20913
1
20936
2011-01-10T15:58:32.200
10
10523
<p>i used to use ietester in windows for testing site. but i found that it has no downloads for linux. is there any alternative for ietester in ubuntu.</p>
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2011-01-10T18:56:47.587
2020-08-03T10:47:34.123
Is there alternative to IEtester?
[ "software-recommendation", "internet" ]
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-11-22T21:26:37.103", "id": "92457", "postId": "20913", "score": "0", "text": "You might want to give [IE NetRenderer](http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/) a try.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install PlayOnLinux, and then use it to install IE7 and/or IE6.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>First: In software centre install playonlinux</li>\n<li>Open PlayOnLinux <img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jxitn.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></li>\n<li>Click install and choose internet <img src=\"https://...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not really. And for fairly good reason.</p>\n\n<p>IETester runs multiple versions of Internet Explorer. You can <em>just about</em> run IE in Wine but it's neither a pleasant experience (not that it is in Windows) or is it guaranteed to be representative of what Windows users...
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20916
1
20926
2011-01-10T16:16:15.607
13
8153
<p>Is there a way to synchronize my installations (and removals) between multiple PCs?</p> <p>Preferably with dropbox - since I'm already using that to keep my files in sync.</p> <p>I thought of an alias for the <code>apt-get install</code> and <code>apt-get remove</code> commands that stores the parameters to a file...
2354
86380
2012-10-11T13:33:16.060
2015-07-08T21:08:33.553
Syncing apt-get installations between multiple computers
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could use <a href=\"http://www.puppetlabs.com/\">puppet</a> to create configuration files specifying which packages should be installed, and you could use Dropbox rather than a puppetmaster server to synchronise the puppet config between machines, plus a cron job to periodically ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You won't be able to use dropbox to sync package installs.</p>\n\n<p>Synaptic does have a way to save a package download list, but I'm not sure it handles the case of \"everything that's ever been installed\" rather than just \"these are the packages I want to download this t...
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20919
1
20928
2011-01-10T16:22:34.780
6
9028
<p>I have to get nine 46" LCD monitors (running Windows) to suspend/sleep at 8pm and wake at 8am every morning. It's been a bit of a mess trying to get the commands working, including the privileges. Since I'm an Ubuntu user first and foremost, I'm wondering how easy this would be in Ubuntu/Linux.</p> <p>I know cron w...
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2011-01-10T16:24:43.837
2015-04-09T20:59:09.020
Is there a way to suspend/sleep via bash?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>command to suspend is <code>pm-suspend</code>\npress pm- and a tab to see other power management commands.\nI don't think there will be an option to wake the systems by itself as the os itself is not running. You can have one system dedicated to wake the other systems at a particular...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just for the monitor? Does this solution from <a href=\"http://systembash.com/content/how-to-turn-off-your-monitor-via-command-line-in-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow\">systembash.com</a> work for you?\nCrate a BASH script to use DPMS feature:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\n# /usr/l...
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20925
1
20932
2011-01-10T16:44:21.570
2
6381
<p>This is the current state of my partition table. As can be seen, the boot is very small, and I can't upgrade the kernel, because the update-manager tells me there isnt enough space on /boot :( Which effectively means that I can't update my kernel. Can I change the size of my boot, without necessitating a reinstall o...
3778
3778
2011-05-05T13:49:07.817
2015-04-30T05:49:20.787
Can I expand my /boot without upsetting the system?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You posted the output of <code>df</code>, which is not a listing of your partition table. For that you need to post the output of <code>fdisk -lu</code>. The question is, what follows your <code>/boot</code> partition on the disk? If it is not free space, or another partition that...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Maybe you can avoid this instead? It looks like your partition is big enough. Is it ok to remove old kernels? What is the kernel you are currently using? (<code>uname -r</code>) It might output something like 2.6.35-24-generic. And which kernels are installed? (<code>ls /boot...
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20929
1
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2011-01-10T17:11:24.780
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<p>I've been tinkering with <code>fingerprint-gui</code> as well as <code>X</code>/<code>xrandr</code> resolution settings.</p> <p>When I start my machine, it boots up normally. As soon as <code>X</code> and <code>gnome</code> have finished starting, it logs me off automatically and brings me back to the <code>gdm</co...
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2017-10-13T14:24:34.127
Gnome/X logs off immediately after login -- which logfiles are relevant?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Without seeing the log files it's difficult to say where the bug comes(use pastebin.ubuntu.com or report a new bug to Launchpad by running <code>ubuntu-bug xorg-server</code>, but try look gdm's logs at /var/log/gdm/ (that folder may not be accessible without root access).</p...
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20931
1
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2011-01-10T18:02:43.157
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<p>OK. So I usually save my files online and not on my computer. I am hoping to be able to set up my Ubuntu One cloud to recognize changes made to documents and add new documents when synchronizing. But not delete from the cloud, files I have deleted from my computer. Does anyone know if this is possible? I have search...
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1992
2011-03-15T13:38:23.187
2013-07-16T17:21:33.100
Will deleting files on my computer delete them them in Ubuntu one?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To my knowledge, and from my experience (someone correct me if I'm wrong) deleting the files on your system also deletes them from the cloud. Maybe one of the Ubuntu One experts knows of a way around this, but so far I don't).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": ...
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Shelley Demers
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1
20938
2011-01-10T19:08:44.977
7
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<p>I have some html files that I'd like to retab that look like this:</p> <pre><code>&lt;header&gt; &lt;div class="wrapper"&gt; &lt;img src="images/logo.png"&gt; &lt;div class="userbox"&gt; &lt;div class="welcome"&gt;Welcome Andy!&lt;/div&gt; ...
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2021-07-23T23:45:34.577
How can I easily retab html files according to some sane default?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In <code>vim</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>:set softtabstop=0\n:set expandtab\n:set smarttab\n:set shiftwidth=2\ngg=G\n:retab\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>EDIT: Explainations:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>lines 1-3: sane default</li>\n<li>line 4: indent with 2 spaces</li>\n<li>line 5:\n<ul>\n<li><code>gg</c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In <code>vim</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>:set softtabstop=0\n:set expandtab\n:set smarttab\n:set shiftwidth=2\ngg=G\n:retab\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>EDIT: Explainations:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>lines 1-3: sane default</li>\n<li>line 4: indent with 2 spaces</li>\n<li>line 5:\n<ul>\n<li><co...
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20951
1
20963
2011-01-10T22:21:02.290
4
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<p>I made a link on my Desktop to the launcher file "Compiz" in /usr/share/applications/. When I try to execute it I get:</p> <p>"The application launcher "Link to compiz.desktop" has not been marked as trusted. If you do not know the source of this file, launching it may be unsafe."</p> <p>So my question is how to m...
8673
25863
2012-11-21T22:25:43.740
2012-11-21T22:25:43.740
How to make a link to a .desktop [Desktop Entry] file
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As a security policy you can't \"execute\" .desktop files from nautilus unless they have +x (execute permission).\nBecause you have created a symbolick link you must set the +x on the original desktop file, open a terminal and execute:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo chmod a+x /usr/share/appl...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As a security policy you can't \"execute\" .desktop files from nautilus unless they have +x (execute permission).\nBecause you have created a symbolick link you must set the +x on the original desktop file, open a terminal and execute:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo chmod a+x /usr/sh...
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20953
1
20955
2011-01-10T22:25:35.317
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<p>I've been updating some of the default profile for bash, and saw from the tutorials I was following that I could reload the new profile with the new environment settings by using:</p> <pre><code>source /etc/bash.bashrc </code></pre> <p>The only thing is - the new environment variables were only available to my cur...
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2013-11-18T20:37:40.837
2023-04-16T21:15:56.210
sudo: source: command not found
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is that <code>source</code> is a bash build-in command (not a program - like <code>ls</code> or <code>grep</code>). I think one approach is to login as root and then execute the source command.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -s\nsource /etc/bash.bashrc\n</code></pre>\n", "comme...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is that <code>source</code> is a bash build-in command (not a program - like <code>ls</code> or <code>grep</code>). I think one approach is to login as root and then execute the source command.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -s\nsource /etc/bash.bashrc\n</code></pre>\n", ...
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20961
1
21737
2011-01-10T23:02:28.933
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<p>(Before anyone asks -- I've installed the Guest Additions correctly. :] ) When I turn on on Seamless Mode for VirtualBox, it seems to work, but my windows no longer have any borders, and so I can't move them, maximize them, etc.</p> <p>Why is this? Is there a fix?</p>
8678
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2012-05-04T00:05:14.837
VirtualBox Seamless Mode -- No Window Borders?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Seemless mode will not work with compositing on. Whatever method they use to detect the windows can't recognize the borders. Turn off Visual Effects and you'll have borders again.</p>\n\n<p>Here is the bug report if you want to track it:\n<a href=\"http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Seemless mode will not work with compositing on. Whatever method they use to detect the windows can't recognize the borders. Turn off Visual Effects and you'll have borders again.</p>\n\n<p>Here is the bug report if you want to track it:\n<a href=\"http://www.virtualbox.org...
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20971
1
20974
2011-01-10T23:39:35.733
1
1056
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/193/how-can-i-change-the-login-screen-theme">How can I change the login screen theme?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is there any way to change the appearance of the login window (specifically including the font hinting...
8678
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2011-02-10T02:24:07.243
Change Login Window Appearance
[ "fonts", "gdm", "login-screen", "appearance" ]
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-11T00:08:14.303", "id": "22541", "postId": "20971", "score": "0", "text": "Yes indeed, it seems like that one answers my question too!", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8678" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is rather hacky but just tested it on Natty and found it did the trick.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><code>sudo cp /usr/share/applications/gnome-appearance-properties.desktop /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow</code></li>\n<li>logout</li>\n<li>Login screen will come up, with the Appearanc...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From the terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>xhost +\ngksudo -u gdm gnome-appearance-properties\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It will display an error about gnome settings daemon not running but it should be able to apply the changes anyway.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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2011-02-10T02:22:05.607
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20975
1
79768
2011-01-11T00:05:56.350
2
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<p>Environment: Ubuntu 10.04 (64-bit), Eclipse Helios 3.6 (64-bit), Android 2.3 SDK + ADT.</p> <p>All works great, but I can only select a workspace that's on the local system. Eclipse won't let me select shared folder on a Samba server.</p> <p>Ubuntu's URI for this share is of the form:</p> <pre><code> smb://user...
8018
8018
2011-01-11T00:26:40.437
2011-11-16T07:42:12.367
Eclipse won't let me select a Windows share as Workspace
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3
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Finally found a workaround, without needing to install an additional SMB/CIFS package and/or additional mounts:</p>\n\n<p>The GNOME smb shares are always mounted under the home directory:</p>\n\n<pre><code>~/.gvfs/sharename on 192.168.0.2/sandbox/workspace \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(make...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It will help to use CIFS. Does this link help? <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu Wiki</a>?\nYou'll need the smbfs package to start.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install smbfs\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Replicated from the Wi...
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20978
1
null
2011-01-11T00:19:37.510
1
238
<p>I'm using a Dell Inspiron 1520 and Ubuntu 10.10. I've read a lot of questions about graphics problems after resuming from suspend, but most of them are much more serious than mine. I can boot, login and use Ubuntu fine. The problem is that my theme for my top bar and bottom bar changes to gray and blocky (not rounde...
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2011-01-11T04:15:20.223
2011-01-11T04:15:20.223
Theme changes after resuming from suspend
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This sounds like the gnome-settings-daemon is crashing upon resume from suspend, which could be this <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+2.0/+bug/551809\" rel=\"nofollow\">known bug</a> (probably caused by libappindicator).</p>\n", "commentCount": "1",...
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20979
1
20999
2011-01-11T00:22:27.960
2
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<p>I was wondering if anyone had had the chance to compare performance between Ubuntu One upload speeds on Natty Narwhal and any other version of Ubuntu? Also, any difference on how well it connects? [don't shoot me for asking ;)]</p> <p>I am hesitant about upgrading on my regular workstation, but if it improves my us...
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2011-01-11T03:13:28.357
Difference in Ubuntu One sync-speed between Natty and other versions?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd recommend you wait until the end of the month. While some performance work is already in the nightlies, the later in the cycle you switch, the more impressed you'll be by the speed improvements that we'll be delivering for Natty.</p>\n\n<p>Having said this, we plan to have everyt...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd recommend you wait until the end of the month. While some performance work is already in the nightlies, the later in the cycle you switch, the more impressed you'll be by the speed improvements that we'll be delivering for Natty.</p>\n\n<p>Having said this, we plan to hav...
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20982
1
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2011-01-11T00:45:32.493
20
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<p>I am trying to install another language support (in addition to the default US). Checking that language checkbox in "Install / Remove Languages..." wasn't too difficult. :)</p> <p>But now I want to add keyboard support, too, for that language. Again, I am prompted with a nice listbox with the following 4 options:</...
8018
235
2011-09-20T14:49:38.803
2015-02-05T12:02:41.253
What do the 4 keyboard input method systems mean?
[ "10.04", "keyboard", "keyboard-layout", "input-language", "language-support" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2014-03-15T15:52:16.117", "id": "565456", "postId": "20982", "score": "1", "text": "Which language(s) did you (want to) add?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "22757" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>IBus has support for the typical languages requiring an IME such as Japanese, Chinese (various) and Korean. See list below.</p>\n\n<p>It has replaced SCIM as the IME frontend of choice for Ubuntu, since it's more actively developed. If you're not happy with IBus, SCIM is a ma...
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20983
1
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2011-01-11T00:49:33.147
1
540
<p>I have a collection of visio stencils, and I need a tool that can create a gif/jpeg,etc index of the stencils within it.</p> <p>If not available, is there a tool that can create a thumbnail of each object within a given stencil?</p>
8065
114
2011-01-11T01:09:21.583
2011-01-12T05:42:24.817
Where can I find a tool to create a gif/jpg/other index of icons available in a Visio Stencil (.vss)
[ "software-recommendation", "thumbnails", "visio" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Probably what you want is <strong>vsdump</strong>, which can be installed via the Synaptic Package Manager, or by:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install vsdump\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>But be warned; this program dumps Visio files out as XMLs, not as JPGs. But this is still usef...
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20984
1
55189
2011-01-11T01:09:02.257
21
65309
<p>I've searched for this, and the answer is probably in a million places on the 'net, but I can't find it...</p> <p>How do you give your account root privileges in Linux so that you don't need to <code>sudo</code> every single command that requires privileges? It's even more annoying than Windows's User Accounts Cont...
8678
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2016-11-24T21:22:28.867
Always Sudo Privileges
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>The <em>correct</em> answer to my question:</h2>\n\n<p>You can change your user ID (UID) and group ID (GID) to zero in <code>/etc/passwd</code>, to gain root privileges.</p>\n\n<h3>However:</h3>\n\n<p>If you do, <em>you will <strong>not</strong> be able to log back in</em>!</p>\n\n<...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could install/activate the 'su' command and configure the shell to run it on startup. </p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-11T01:19:16.613", "id": "22548", "postId": "20986", "score": "0", ...
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20985
1
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2011-01-11T01:11:00.040
2
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<p>This is related to question <a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/19245/8065">Why is this bypassing the SUDO password?</a>. In that one of the responders answered the question in an awesome way, and very, <em>very</em> clear to any newbie. Now here is a question that I can't seem to figure. </p> <p>I wrote a script for ...
8065
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:27.937
2015-04-29T17:49:19.063
What other bash variables are available during execution such as $USER that can assist on my script?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>1) No, since that would give away your password to anyone on your system</p>\n\n<p>2) The return value from gksudo is an integer indicating whether it had an error or not. The -p switch has it PRINT the password to its stdout.</p>\n\n<p>3) Why are you even trying to get the ...
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20987
1
null
2011-01-11T01:18:58.097
4
2449
<p>I have tried everything from <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9040/no-audio-with-headphones-but-audio-works-with-integrated-speakers">this question</a> and <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/100/sound-comes-out-of-my-speakers-even-when-headphones-are-plugged-in">this question</a> and I have nothing. I ...
8685
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2012-09-09T00:59:13.307
Dual sound from headphones and speakers
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-12T05:31:08.790", "id": "22773", "postId": "20987", "score": "0", "text": "Can you clarify what you mean by \"working solo\"? Thanks.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1557" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-14T16:48:57.627", "id": "23164", "pos...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have the same problem and I use a \"simple hack\" to solve this issue:</p>\n\n<p>To listen to your headphones only, go to Sound Preferences --> Output and from the \"Connector\" dropdown Choose \"Analog Headphones\". When you want the sound back to your speaker go back and ...
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<p>how to run firefox inside wine with windows compatible plugins..i am a newbie..i have to complete a online training program and need adobe flashplayer plugin.</p> <p>it seems it is not available for linux..so what should i do here ? how can wine help? please tell me in baby steps..thanks</p> <p>amith</p>
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2011-06-07T02:53:57.173
2011-06-07T02:53:57.173
How to run Firefox inside wine with windows compatible plugins?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-11T01:48:38.317", "id": "22553", "postId": "20988", "score": "0", "text": "you don't need wine to install flash on firefox.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Flash player is available for Linux.\nHonestly I'm a bit confused by your question, but, here is a link to help you out:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/Flash<...
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<p>Here is a quesion that has been bugging me. You know how you can set up a program to run on start up right? Well, how can i tell it to start minimized, like you would do in windows? </p> <p>TeamViewer starts open, but I need it minimized, and Tray-it just doesn't seem as elegant of a way to do it.</p>
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How do I tell a start up program to start minimized?
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[ { "creationDate": "2014-08-30T22:20:48.880", "id": "703699", "postId": "20989", "score": "0", "text": "have a look here http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/how-to-start-applications-minimized.html and here http://www.johndscomputers.com/2013/linux/autostarting-applications-minimized-in-ubuntu/", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Minimizing a program depends on the program if it supports that or not. It also depends if the program has an option in the gui or via command line. For example vlc has an option in preferences that gives the chance to start it minimized. But it also has an option in command ...
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