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21305 | 1 | 21901 | 2011-01-13T02:09:52.470 | 81 | 17064 | <p>I am running Ubuntu in VirtualBox (on a Windows 7 host). Several times now, the top-level menu bar, the task bar — and seemingly every system dialog — have forgotten the out-of-the-box "Ambiance" theme they conform to when I first installed the system. Window captions still preserve the theme, but pretty much nothing else does.</p>
<p>I have searched high and low on Google for assistance with this problem. Everything I've found suggests either running some gconf reset or deleting .gconf* .gnome* and other similar directories. I have followed all this advice and nothing works. I still get a boring Windows-95-style gray 3D look and feel. On previous occasions, after much messing around I've given up and rebooted the VM instance, and been pleasantly suprised to see the original "Ambience" theme restored throughout the UI, but invariably it disappears again some time later, usually after a reboot, so I can never figure out what I did that broke it.</p>
<p>Here's a sample from Ubuntu's site of what I want it to look like.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cwEPu.png" alt="alt text"></p>
<p>And here's a screenshot of my system as it currently looks.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/QZwbk.png" alt="alt text"></p>
<p>Also note that my GNOME Terminals normally have a nice purple semi-translucent look, and as can be seen from the screenshot, they are now just a solid matte white.</p>
<p>This last time (just yesterday), trying numerous combinations all the usual tricks and rebooting several times hasn't fixed it, so here I am on SU wondering: </p>
<p><strong>How do I recover the out-of-the-box theme for my Gnome/Ubuntu desktop, noting that blowing away all config files — as suggested in many places online — fails to achieve this?</strong></p>
<p>It might help to know that it seems to fail either after I resize the VM instance, forcing the Ubuntu desktop to resize itself, or after I play around with Compiz settings. I haven't been able to figure out which of these it is, and it could be neither. Given the amount of pain I have had to go through to get things back to normal (and given that I am at a loss as to how to do so), it has proven difficult to definitively isolate the cause.</p>
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21307 | 1 | null | 2011-01-13T02:30:37.407 | 11 | 20443 | <p>I have a dual boot set up with Windows and Ubuntu. When I'm using Windows, web browsing is a lot faster than when I'm using Ubuntu and I don't know why. It's like there's just a big latency rather than the maximum speed is lower, there's a big delay before anything happens when using Ubuntu, it happens with all websites all the time. I've never configured the Internet connection because it just worked straight away. I have a broadband connection through a router shared with some other computers. When we set up the router and Internet connection everything was done with Windows. What could I do to fix this?</p>
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21309 | 1 | 21533 | 2011-01-13T02:56:59.663 | 20 | 146788 | <p>I have recently killed xserver on my machine after a regular update. I have uninstalled and reinstalled </p>
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<p>Please and thank you.</p>
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21312 | 1 | 21739 | 2011-01-13T04:50:36.630 | 3 | 986 | <p>For instance floating panels and main window in Gimp are independent windows. If I change focus to a full window (e.g. Firefox by doing Alt-Shift) and go back to the main Gimp window I don't get back the floating panels also (I have to change to them as well in order to see them). It would be great if the 3 windows can be "tied" (or linked) together in order that they don't get lost behind other open windows when I change back to (make active window) any of them? I think this configuration (if it exists) should show itself more obviously in the gnome environment.</p>
<p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5853/how-do-i-group-un-group-parent-child-windows">This question</a> seems to address the same problem but it doesn't seem to be accurately answered.</p>
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21316 | 1 | null | 2011-01-13T05:34:32.630 | 32 | 20810 | <p>At System <strong>→</strong> Administration <strong>→</strong> Language support <strong>→</strong> Text. I can only choose standard locales, but I would like to fine-tune. For example in Windows I could customise things like time and date format, measure units, decimal separator, currency, etc manually - how can I do this in Ubuntu?</p>
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21317 | 1 | 21327 | 2011-01-13T05:46:59.863 | 1 | 459 | <p>I'm running KUbuntu 10.04.1 - I click on "System Settings" from the KMenu, click on the advanced tab, and start up "Service Manager". In the lower pane, I see "Free Space Notifier" is running.</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong> It might be a monitor for the free disk space in your home partition. Can anyone confirm this?</p>
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21321 | 1 | 21323 | 2011-01-13T06:51:22.450 | 73 | 217472 | <p>I have 2 HDD drives in my computer. At the moment second drive is mounted as <code>/media/storage</code>.</p>
<p>How can I move my user data from <code>/home</code> to <code>/media/storage/home</code>?</p>
<p>Can I just move the data over there and then simply symlink it back?</p>
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21326 | 1 | 21334 | 2011-01-13T08:05:48.377 | 46 | 22380 | <p>Depending on nature of the text, sometimes line wrapping is convenient, sometimes it is just confusing. And every time I need to switch this (pretty frequently) I have to do to View - Preferences - Enable text wrapping - Close - four clicks, not mentioning all the hand, eye and thought motion. Can this be done a quicker way?</p>
<p>Most text editors have this two clicks away (in a menu) at maximum, some have it on a toolbar or a hot key, but I couldn't find any quick way in Gedit. Maybe there is a hot key I don't know?</p>
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21329 | 1 | 21341 | 2011-01-13T08:39:51.293 | 7 | 9715 | <p>I tried</p>
<p><code>rm ~/.local/share/rhythmbox/ ~/.cache/rhythmbox/ ~/.gconf/apps/rhythmbox/ -r</code></p>
<p>but that only ended up removing the database. I want to remove some folders in particular. How do I do that? Are there symlinks involved?</p>
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21330 | 1 | null | 2011-01-13T08:43:32.057 | 7 | 3379 | <p>I'd like to disable right-mouse-click pop-up menu in Ubuntu terminal so that mouse right click to be passed to the application (Midnight Commander, to select files with the right mouse button). How to achieve this?</p>
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21342 | 1 | 21361 | 2011-01-13T11:15:08.053 | 11 | 84411 | <p>So I have upgraded Ubuntu with the latest Kernel. But after the upgrade and after I rebooted Ubuntu, all I get is GRUB. How do I load Ubuntu again when all I have is GRUB?</p>
<p>I installed Ubuntu using wubi.</p>
<p>Thanks heaps for the help</p>
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21343 | 1 | 21349 | 2011-01-13T11:32:33.583 | 7 | 8059 | <p>I guess this should be a simple thing for ubuntu users out there. I have two questions.</p>
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<li><p>Whenever I need to run some command that requires permission from root, I run as sudo followed by that command. It would be nice if that does not prompt for password (but I should still be issuing a sudo to make sure that I know what I am doing). How to do this?</p></li>
<li><p>Every time I start my system, I go to terminal and start my VPN using sudo vpnc. This is almost everytime! How to automate this to a startup script?</p></li>
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"text": "where did you get the lime green theme? It will go wonderfully with my desktop background :)",
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"text": "@rumtscho It's tropical theme :) Installation instruction is [here ](http://www.webupd8.org/2009/05/9-great-gnome-themes-with-ubuntu.html).",
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"text": "Your computer's your own, but I would suggest being a little careful about blanket NOPASSWD. You could do it for specific commands, so that you can run `vpnc` without a password, but not `rm -rf /`.",
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21344 | 1 | 21354 | 2011-01-13T11:33:30.073 | 6 | 607 | <p>To setup a laptop owned by a complete PC novice any settings that may become hard to tackle remotely need to be avoided. The laptop will be administrated via SSH. One thing in my list are problems arising from improper wake-ups from suspend or hibernate as they may also affect network accessibility.</p>
<p>This is why I thought setting up power management to "shutdown" on closing the laptop lid could be a good idea. However I am not sure if this is a safe way to do. What problems in addition to software not closing properly (and thus not saving their data) could I be faced if I proceeded as planned?</p>
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21347 | 1 | 21356 | 2011-01-13T11:48:42.290 | 20 | 7327 | <p>as enthusiastic, advanced Linux learner, I'd love to get an overview about Linux' architecure/structure in general. You know, like "the big picture".</p>
<p>I'm thinking of a large schematic graphic showing what is what, who is who, what system (e.g. X) comprises which subsystems (GDM/Gnome/Compiz) on the way from a to z, from boot to interactive desktop, including the most important background services (auth, network, cron, ...). </p>
<p>Maybe a bit like this: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgc/140859386/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgc/140859386/</a> but way more detailed. There's bootchart, which produces very comprehensive charts, but they again are too detailed and difficult to get the "big picture" from.</p>
<p>Is there such a thing? Possibly not for the whole System, but maybe for single subsystems?</p>
<p>I had trouble searching for this, because using search terms like "scheme" or "architecture" pointed to the wrong direction (a tool called "scheme" or CAD software for linux).</p>
<p>I appreciate any links. If there's interest in those schematic overviews and links, maybe someone could turn this post into a wiki post?</p>
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21348 | 1 | 21353 | 2011-01-13T12:22:19.300 | 11 | 1792 | <p>I recently replaced the indicators in the gnome panel with the <strong>Indicator Applet Complete</strong>, as can be seen in the screenshot below.</p>
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<p>However I really miss the weather which used to be displayed with the date gnome applet. I tried searching for an alternative weather <strong>indicator</strong> and found one <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/install-weather-indicator-applet-with.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. However its ppa is empty and no longer works.</p>
<p>Is there any other alternative? I prefer it being an <strong>indicator</strong> rather than a ordinary gnome applet as I already know that there is one that can be added to the gnome panel (screenshot below for more info)</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/qyiGW.png" alt="alt text"></p>
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21351 | 1 | 21397 | 2011-01-13T13:05:45.673 | 9 | 4224 | <p>First of all, I am not sure the title of this question is the most appropriate however this is what I meant to say,</p>
<p>There are many ways to extend the life of a laptop battery. One way is by not connecting it to the AC adapter all the time which will overcharge it. I read that in this <a href="http://www.sony-asia.com/productcontent/364394/productcategory/it-computer-accessories">website</a>. </p>
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<li><p>Is there an application which automatically prevents the charging of the battery once it has reached 80% charged? I mean that is such a cool feature. Sometimes people tend to forget to remove the AC adapter and this could diminish the capacity and reduce the life time of the battery. </p></li>
<li><p>Does the battery indicator in ubuntu display info or pop-up when the battery is almost dead (dead not in the sense of usage time) but rather a degraded battery?</p></li>
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"text": "great, i practiced full discharging policy and as a result my battery performance has degraded.",
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"text": "Could you please provide some sources for your claims? I have always seen different information: the higher is the battery charge and temperature the faster the battery loses its capacity. See for example results of my quick search: Sony - [Lithium Ion Rechargeable Batteries Technical Handbook](http://www.sony.com.cn/products/ed/battery/download.pdf) - Long-term storage characteristics graphs on page 23, [Lithium Ion Technical Manual](http://www.tayloredge.com/reference/Batteries/Li-Ion_TechnicalManual.pdf) - Cycle Life Characteristics - Effect of Charging Voltage.",
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"text": "@pabouk, the second link you mention just says that overcharging the battery shortens its life, which is also well known, which is why you don't do that. At least every manufacturer spec sheet I have read on lead-acid batteries for 20 years has said that you want to store them fully charged, and top them off every once in a while. I have adopted the same practice for a laptop with lions I rarely use and in 5 years it hasn't lost any capacity. I'll see if I can dig up the long term storage specs from our supplier tomorrow, but even so, that's for when you aren't going to use it for months.",
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"text": "@psusi: excuse me for the delayed reply. In the second link the text is not only about over-charging: \"Charging at a slightly lower voltage (4.10 - 4.15 V) will slightly reduce the capacity per cycle – but will increase cycle life because the cell is being stressed less.\" The full-charge voltage of 4.2 V was selected as a compromise between the capacity and life of the battery. When you cross certain voltage of the battery - the higher the voltage is the ageing of the battery is faster.",
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"text": "@psusi: Look also here: [How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries](http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries) - mainly Table 4: Discharge cycles and capacity as a function of charge. The website has many useful articles and from what I have read I think they know what they are talking about. ------ Lead-acid batteries and li-ion batteries are different you should not apply the same rules to them in all aspects of them.",
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"text": "@pabouk, that article agrees with what I have been saying: \"a properly functioning Li-ion charger will terminate charge when the battery is full\" and '“Should I disconnect my laptop from the power grid when not in use?” many ask. Under normal circumstances this should not be necessary because once the lithium-ion battery is full the charger discontinues charge and only engages when the battery voltage drops. Most users do not remove the AC power and I like to believe that this practice is safe.'. Further, the product I work on does not even bother doing that and we don't see any degradation.",
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"text": "@psusi: I noticed that I did not write what I think is wrong in your answer. Excuse me for that. It is this statement: \"Batteries LIKE being fully charged.\" --- I am saying that keeping a li-ion battery at 100 % designed by most of manufacturers (i.e. 4.2 V) makes the life of the battery shorter than keeping it at ~90 % (4.1 V) or even lower. Just see the table 4 and graph 5 in the article I linked last. --- I am not certainly afraid that li-ion chargers will not stop at the designed voltage of 4.2 V. That would be very dangerous to go over 4.3 V with this type of batteries!",
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"text": "@pabouk, the point of my answer is that chargers generally do *not* maintain a float charge that could damage the battery, and also that despite recommendations from several manufacturers against this, I have not seen any evidence that maintaining a float charge actually does any harm to lithium-polymer cells. The arguments against doing so for lead-acid are a bit more compelling since the chemistry shows that doing so ionises the electrolyte ( water ), causing them to dry out ( which you can correct with wet cells, but not sealed ones ), but similar chemistry does not exist for lion/lipo.",
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21355 | 1 | 21358 | 2011-01-13T13:43:53.890 | 3 | 333 | <p>Possible cases:</p>
<p>1) I plan to do Debian packaging (this case is the motivation since postfix gets installed as a dependency of some development packages, so it means that in such a case might be necessary).</p>
<p>2) I plan to use Evolution and a Internet provider mail account.</p>
<p>3) I plan to use gmail.</p>
<p>Surely if I read Postfix documentation I may find the answer, but its huge and couldn't find it. In any case how (or where) should I find the answer to a question like that by myself? (I really tried)</p>
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"text": "Thank you very much for your great answer. It is always much better if I can find the answer quickly by myself without having to ask other people (and take his time). How or where should I have looked for the answer by myself?",
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21359 | 1 | 58493 | 2011-01-13T14:13:46.183 | 7 | 1267 | <p>I'm an artist specifically focussing on glitches and errors and I'm currently trying to find a way to create images like <a href="http://www.beflix.com/bx10.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> that were made by taking screenshots of what is currently in vram. Is it possible to do this in Linux/Ubuntu? If so, how?</p>
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21367 | 1 | null | 2011-01-13T14:59:10.840 | 4 | 4323 | <p>How can I prevent my (WiFi) connection to automatically disconnect when I lock my screen? Note that this problem does not occur on my home LAN for some reason.</p>
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21370 | 1 | null | 2011-01-13T15:38:27.640 | 4 | 1629 | <p>I have a desktop PC at work, and a laptop at home.... or elsewhere.</p>
<p>What I want to do is use a USB HD to store my documents (about 130 Gb, maybe more). That would serve as backup and also port my files to my laptop. I'd like any of both computers to automatically sync all files there with local copies, so that I can work at either of them and keep updated copies of everything in both (plus the USB drive, which would allow me to work in other computers, too, apart from being another backup). Dropbox ins't a solution for me, due to pricing and 100Gb limit.</p>
<p>The workflow would be as follows, to clear things up:</p>
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<li>I work on PC1. Changes in files are automatically synced to USB whenever a file is modified. </li>
<li>I go home and boot PC2. I plug the usb drive and local files are synced (if changed) with the most recent usb copies. </li>
<li>While I work at PC2, again, changes in files spread to my USB drive. </li>
<li>Whenever I go to PC1 again, I plug my usb and again everything synces. </li>
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<p>So the questions would be:<br>
a) Am I crazy?<br>
b) Can it be done?<br>
c) Will I have any file conflicts (provided I'm the only one that will modify the files)? </p>
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<p>I found an old discusion on this, which tells to delete <code>/home/<username>/.eclipse</code> folder, but I did a search and there's no such folder in my whole system.</p>
<p>Any idea how to solve this?</p>
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21376 | 1 | 21544 | 2011-01-13T16:28:13.270 | 3 | 1385 | <p>I followed the instructions for installing LibreOffice found <a href="http://drupal.txwikinger.me.uk/content/libreoffice-now-available-ppa-ubuntu-1010-and-1004" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, which are basically the same instructions found all over askubuntu and the web in general. </p>
<p>I followed the instructions (including removing OO first) for gnome; all that is in my Applications menu now is LibreOffice (OO used to have OpenOffice Spreadsheet, OpenOffice Presentation, etc.) When I open LibreOffice, I get the splash screen/menu, but all of the choices for creating new docs are greyed out. </p>
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<p>Centrify is a NIS to ActiveDirectory gateway. It needs to load before any service that will depend the authentication service that it provides, e.g. autofs, cron, nis, et al.</p>
<p>This has proven to be quite challenging to achieve, even when trying to change the dependencies of the other services (which I don't think we should be doing anyway, I don't want to touch the other Upstart jobs if at all possible).</p>
<p>Suggestions?</p>
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21381 | 1 | 21386 | 2011-01-13T16:52:31.587 | 3 | 5875 | <p><code>lm-sensors</code> is reporting weird temps for me:</p>
<pre><code>$ sensors
coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0: +38.0°C (high = +72.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0001
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 1: +35.0°C (high = +72.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0002
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 2: +32.0°C (high = +72.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
coretemp-isa-0003
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 3: +42.0°C (high = +72.0°C, crit = +100.0°C)
w83627dhg-isa-0290
Adapter: ISA adapter
Vcore: +1.10 V (min = +0.00 V, max = +1.74 V)
in1: +1.62 V (min = +0.06 V, max = +0.17 V) ALARM
AVCC: +3.34 V (min = +2.98 V, max = +3.63 V)
VCC: +3.34 V (min = +2.98 V, max = +3.63 V)
in4: +1.83 V (min = +1.30 V, max = +1.15 V) ALARM
in5: +1.26 V (min = +0.83 V, max = +1.03 V) ALARM
in6: +0.11 V (min = +1.22 V, max = +0.56 V) ALARM
3VSB: +3.30 V (min = +2.98 V, max = +3.63 V)
Vbat: +3.18 V (min = +2.70 V, max = +3.30 V)
fan1: 0 RPM (min = 0 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan2: 1117 RPM (min = 860 RPM, div = 8)
fan3: 0 RPM (min = 10546 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan4: 0 RPM (min = 10546 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
fan5: 0 RPM (min = 10546 RPM, div = 128) ALARM
temp1: +88.0°C (high = +20.0°C, hyst = +4.0°C) ALARM sensor = diode
temp2: +25.0°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) sensor = diode
temp3: +121.5°C (high = +80.0°C, hyst = +75.0°C) ALARM sensor = thermistor
cpu0_vid: +2.050 V
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<p>Please note <code>temp3</code>. How can I know what <code>temp3</code> is, and why it is so high? The system is really stable (which I guess it wouldn't be at those temps). Also, note the really decent core temps, which suggest a healthy system as well.</p>
<p>My guess is that the readout is wrong. On another computer it reported temperatures below 0 degrees centigrade, which was not possible, considering the environment temperature of ~22-24.</p>
<p>Is this some known bug/issue? Should I try some Windows programs (like CPU-Z) and see they give similar results?</p>
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21382 | 1 | null | 2011-01-13T17:00:23.703 | 4 | 1068 | <p>I'm reading my boot logs, at <code>/var/log</code> trying to understand why the boot process is taking so long.</p>
<p>I found that the system can't access many usb devices, but can't understand why.</p>
<p>Is there a way to stop Ubuntu from trying to access them?</p>
<p>Here are the lines:</p>
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./boot.log:usb_id[716]: unable to<br />
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usb_id[955]: unable to access<br />
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usb_id[956]: unable to access<br />
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./syslog:Jan 12 21:12:05 TomsterInc<br />
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<h1>update</h1>
<p>Not sure if it helps, but here's the list of my PCI devices</p>
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-PCI Devices-
Host bridge : Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
Audio device : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
USB Controller : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 20)
PCI bridge : Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93) (prog-if 01)
ISA bridge : Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
SATA controller : Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 01)
SMBus : Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
VGA compatible controller : ATI Technologies Inc Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
Audio device : ATI Technologies Inc RV620 Audio device [Radeon HD 34xx Series]
Network controller : Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)
Ethernet controller : Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5784M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)
FireWire (IEEE 1394) : Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05) (prog-if 10)
SD Host controller : Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) (prog-if 01)
System peripheral : Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12)
System peripheral : Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
System peripheral : Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff) (prog-if ff)
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<p>Any help will be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
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21398 | 1 | null | 2011-01-13T19:48:58.133 | 4 | 1826 | <p>I'm Brazilian. I have a problem with my indicator-applet-session. One day the user-name simply disappeared. so I don't know what i do to back a normal state.</p>
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21400 | 1 | null | 2011-01-13T19:54:24.647 | 6 | 4614 | <p>Its annoying that the default ffmpeg in ubuntu's repositories is outdated and hobbled for legal reasons, however, there's a great page on the forums that walks you through building it from scratch: <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=786095">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=786095</a>
(I also add in support for --enable-libdc1394 --enable-libgsm --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libspeex when I build, which is nice, but not essential.)</p>
<p>Anyway, I'm getting set to setup a computer lab running ubuntu for a multimedia class I'm teaching, and I was wondering if there was PPA out there that did something similar to what is available when building from scratch. The things I absolutely need from it are up-to-date libxvid, libx264, libfaac, and libmp3lame support plus the un-encumbered stuff (vorbis, theora, vpx). </p>
<p>Is there a PPA out there that provides something like this?</p>
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21403 | 1 | 21416 | 2011-01-13T20:11:22.823 | 1 | 3084 | <p>I cannot categorize this question under ubuntu since it has nothing to do with it. But I know people here can definitely answer this. I login to one of my deployment boxes using SSH (no ubuntu here). </p>
<p>I am working in a tool called TeamCity which uses a folder called ".BuildServer" under home directory of the user. This folder may grow in size as the application runs but the current user is only given a limited amount of space. But the good thing this I got a folder access outside /home/deploy (deploy being the user here) folder. I now want to link this .BuildServer inside the /home/deploy directory to the other folder where I got permission for (meaning all the files should be re-routed to that directory)</p>
<p>Hope my question was clear, please help.</p>
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21406 | 1 | 21408 | 2011-01-13T20:34:34.180 | 3 | 10978 | <p>I recently bought <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B000Q3VECE" rel="nofollow">this</a> webcam. I stupidly assumed Ubuntu would automatically recognize it as it has done with everything else so far, can anyone help me to get it to work? At the moment, when I plug it in, nothing happens and doesn't appear to be recognized. Thanks in advance, ell.</p>
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21412 | 1 | 21415 | 2011-01-13T20:55:02.737 | 1 | 183 | <p>I'm testing Natty and theres a hefty list of updates that are "kept back"</p>
<p>now to the question</p>
<p>are these packages that are most likely held back due to Ubuntu (and will be made available once dependencies and whatnot are added/updated.)</p>
<p><strong>OR</strong></p>
<p>is there a chance that I screwed my system in a way that some updates aren't compatible</p>
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21417 | 1 | 21448 | 2011-01-13T21:07:39.413 | 13 | 5838 | <p>Is there a way to temporarily stop Zeitgeist / the Zeitgeist daemon?</p>
<p>I've tried killing the daemon but it just restarts. I've tried stopping it, but it still seems to add entries to the Activity Journal...</p>
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21418 | 1 | 30754 | 2011-01-13T21:07:52.167 | 12 | 6639 | <p>Freedom:
<a href="http://macfreedom.com/" rel="noreferrer">http://macfreedom.com/</a></p>
<p>Anti-Social:
<a href="http://anti-social.cc/" rel="noreferrer">http://anti-social.cc/</a></p>
<p>Simply put: Where can I find an alternative software to either-or/both these apps?</p>
<p>Note: Part of the appeal of these apps is allowing the user to explicitly make it extra difficult to re-enable these services. Unplugging the network cable might seem to achieve the same results from an glance, but the added difficulty in re-enabling those services is what makes these apps valuable.</p>
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21427 | 1 | 21428 | 2011-01-13T21:54:45.997 | 22 | 7443 | <p>I understood that the Unity desktop in Natty uses Compiz and therefore requires a graphics card driver that support composition effects. Does this mean if I have an ATI or NVIDIA card I'm forced to install a proprietory driver because the open source drivers for those cards do not support Compiz?</p>
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21429 | 1 | null | 2011-01-13T22:24:32.067 | 4 | 1890 | <p>I'd like to move from windows with my current workstation. The only thing holding me back is that I have <strong>3</strong> monitors connected to the system and I really take advantage of the real estate when working.</p>
<p>I just installed <em>Ubuntu 10.10</em> on the system and one of the monitors is up and running just fine. This monitor is connected to the built-in <em>Intel</em> adapter. I also have two old <em>nVidia GeForce4 MX 4000</em> (<em>nv19pl</em>) cards in my two PCI slots with two monitors connected to them respectively. I installed the legacy (and proprietary) nVidia drivers (the <em>nvidia-96</em> package) that claims to support these old cards.</p>
<p>Now the question is how to get <em>X</em> configured to use all adapters (using two different drivers) so I can use all three monitors (and is this even possible)?</p>
<p>From what I've read, it looks like I'll have to write an <em>xorg.conf</em> file since the nVidia driver doesn't support the auto-magic configuration supported by other drivers. On this site:</p>
<p><a href="http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config</a></p>
<p>it says that on <em>10.10</em> I just need to write an <em>xorg.conf</em> "<em>containing only those sections and options that you need to override Xorg's autoconfigurated settings</em>".</p>
<p>So, does this mean I can get away with only including the nVidia-specific configuration stuff and all else will get auto-configured? Or, will providing a config with a "<em>Device</em>" section overrule the auto-magic from detecting/using the <em>Intel</em> adapter?</p>
<p>I ran the included <em>nvidia-xconfig</em> to generate a basic, nVidia-specific <em>xorg.conf</em> but I'm hesitant to reboot with it in place, suspecting I'll have a screwed up display. Also, is there any way (any tool or command) to generate an <em>xorg.conf</em> from the current, auto-configured running state of an <em>X</em> session? If I have to write a full, complete config, I'd rather start with one that includes everything that's been auto-detected thus far (and merge it with my nVidia version).</p>
<p>Anyhow, any info and thoughts are greatly appreciated (as are answers).</p>
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21444 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T01:23:46.133 | 2 | 5370 | <p>I have a home Ubuntu server that I use for storage. I have mounted a sftp share on my laptop to access my server but the upload speed I get is very slow (~400kb/s) compared to speeds I usually get when downloading through Bittorrent (~800kb/s). It's kind of weird... I should get higher speeds on a LAN than on the Internet...</p>
<p>How can I speed up uploads to my server and how can I troubleshoot where the bottleneck is?</p>
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21447 | 1 | 21731 | 2011-01-14T02:11:32.907 | 1 | 252 | <p>After by battery died on my laptop I started my computer after plugging it to the ac adapter, for no reason that I know I cant use the visual effects any more as if my graphic card is not installed (my graphic card is GeForce 300m and nvidia x-settings is working)</p>
<p>I tried generating a new xorg.conf file but nothing happened I marked all the installed nvidia driver in synaptic for re installation and didn't really help</p>
<p>I googled the problem appears to be popular but couldn't find a solid solution</p>
<p>Any Ideas ? </p>
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21449 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T03:20:55.640 | 1 | 537 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/14168/installer-gets-stuck-with-a-grayed-out-forward-button">Installer gets stuck with a grayed out forward button.</a> </p>
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<p>I'm installing to a Dell Inspiron 1150 from a CD. I get to the window labeled "Who are you?," and enter info into all the fields. The prompt at the bottom says "Ready when you are..." The BACK button is available, but the FORWARD button is grayed out. I tried going BACK, and I tried reentering the info, and I tried restarting the install, but I can't get it past this screen.</p>
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21451 | 1 | 21525 | 2011-01-14T04:23:32.163 | 2 | 4021 | <p>After running GSmartControl, I received three checksum errors on my storage hard disk.</p>
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<p>Does this indicate a hard disk failure?</p>
<p>Because, this is the THIRD TIME I have replaced the same hard disk. (after seeing this error)</p>
<p>The hard disk is a Western Digital Caviar Green. (2 TB)</p>
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21455 | 1 | 21552 | 2011-01-14T06:10:54.543 | 8 | 19342 | <p>I have a laptop with two video cards. One ATI and on integrated Intel.</p>
<p>On Windows, I can choose which video card I want to use.</p>
<p>For example, I use the Intel card for normal use and for gaming, I switch to my ATI card for better performance, but a shorter battery life.</p>
<p>In Ubuntu 10.10, only the Intel driver is installed, the ATI driver for my card doesn't work at all and there's heat coming out of my computer all the time, like when I'm playing video games on Windows. I think both cards are active, but only the Intel one is usefull.</p>
<p>How can I solve this by making sure Ubuntu is aware of the two video cards and by disabling my ATI. Or may be I am all wrong about this?</p>
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21457 | 1 | 21518 | 2011-01-14T06:31:32.820 | 2 | 1429 | <p>I have installed and downloaded and built mongodb, and just one works.</p>
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<p>Thanks.</p>
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21460 | 1 | 22094 | 2011-01-14T07:17:04.717 | 3 | 1339 | <p>I started using the firefox nightlies a while ago. I would get updates for both versions 4 (Minefield) and 3.7 (Namoroka). Now I want to keep version 4 nightly, but replace the 3.7 nightly with 3.6 stable. I've already removed the 3.7 nightly, but can't figure how to install 3.6 stable (systemwide). Trying to install it using apt-get starts downloading the nightly again. Where do I need to make the necessary changes?</p>
<p><strong>Edit for further clarification:</strong></p>
<p>Installing version 3.6 stable is not a problem. Adding the mozilla ppa is not a problem either. Getting version 4 nightlies is, likewise, not a problem. Installing and running both verstions simultaneously does <em>not</em> cause a profile overlap -- they each have their individual profiles. I have <em>no</em> problems with profiles whatsoever.</p>
<p>What is the problem then? This -> After you add the mozilla ppa, you also start getting the <strong>3.7 nightlies</strong>. So? The process overwrites the stable version of 3.6 with a nightly of 3.7 -- <em>this</em> is what I do not want.</p>
<p>Temporary solution that I have -> Before installing updates everyday, I deselect the 3.7 updates, which keeps the 3.6 intact. I just don't want to have to do this. I want to stop getting updates for 3.7 nightly.</p>
<p>It isn't a big thing at all. I'll probably just have to uncheck some box somewhere, or make a little change to some config file.</p>
<p>But thanks to everyone trying to help. It is much appreciated.</p>
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21463 | 1 | 23560 | 2011-01-14T07:43:59.030 | 0 | 4240 | <p>Anyone installed zend-framework plugin? I installed it, but cannot create any php-zend-framework projects. Here is a screenshot:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Tydhc.png" alt="alt text"></p>
<p>In this project I am not able to check the checkbox (neither zend nor symfony). Any ideas?</p>
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21469 | 1 | 21488 | 2011-01-14T08:04:55.563 | 1 | 401 | <p>When I run this command:</p>
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<p>I used <a href="http://drupal.txwikinger.me.uk/content/libreoffice-now-available-ppa-ubuntu-1010-and-1004" rel="nofollow">this guide to install LibreOffice</a>.</p>
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21472 | 1 | 22772 | 2011-01-14T08:28:17.777 | 9 | 4421 | <p>Whenever I plugged in my old audio jack headset, sound was immediately diverted from my speakers to the headset speakers, and the microphone was immediately available.</p>
<p>When I plug in my new USB headset, I have to open Sound Preferences and switch both input and output to the headset.</p>
<p>Is there any way to make this happen automatically?</p>
<p>I'm using a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi laptop, Maverick and a Logitech H330 USB headset.</p>
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21474 | 1 | 21626 | 2011-01-14T08:36:02.093 | 7 | 5594 | <p>I wanted to recompile 'xxd' (written in C), so I installed CodeBlocks as the IDE. </p>
<p>All seemed to go well unil I discovered that I couldn't write past the 2.0 GB barrier...</p>
<p>I've read that 'gcc' needs to be recompiled... (That sounds a bit dramatic..)<br>
I've read that I can use 'fread64()' instead of 'fread()' ... (didn't work)<br>
I've read something about a compiler options (?)... but I get lost at that point? </p>
<p>I am surprised that it didn't work out-of-the-box, as I thought the 2.0 GB limit was ancient history as far as defaults go ... wrong again?:( </p>
<p>My OS is 32-bit, on 32-bit hardware.<br>
The gcc version report in as: gcc (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) 4.4.3 </p>
<p>Is there a simple way around this issue? </p>
<p>PS.. I was fascinated by the <em>WARNINGS:</em> section of 'info xxd' (..only on Linux ;) </p>
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21475 | 1 | 27720 | 2011-01-14T08:39:37.157 | 14 | 26789 | <p>I installed awstats on my new Ubuntu Lucid server, but when cron tries to run it as user <code>www-data</code>, it complains that <code>cannot access /var/log/apache2/access.log: Permission denied</code>.</p>
<p>In <code>/usr/share/doc/awstats/README.Debian</code> there's this paragraph:</p>
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<p>By default Apache stores (since
version 1.3.22-1) logfiles with
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either...</p>
<p>1) Change the rights of the logfiles
in /etc/logrotate.d/apache so that
www-data has at least read access.</p>
<p>2) As 1) but change to a specific
user, and use the suEXEC feature of
Apache
to run as same user (and either change the right of /var/lib/awstats
as
well or use another directory). This is more complicated, but then the
logs
are not generally accessible to the server (which was probably the
point of
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<p>3) Change awstats.pl to group adm
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the
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machine!).</p>
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<p>I'd go with 1, but what are the recommended permissions to grant?</p>
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21477 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T08:52:13.317 | 8 | 4326 | <p>My HDD is partitioned into two equal sized partitions. First is being used for Windows and Second for Ubuntu. Everything is working fine. But now I want to remove Windows and use the disk completely for Ubuntu. I can easily boot from live cd and use GParted to delete Windows partition and then expand Ubuntu partition to use the whole hard disk. </p>
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<li>I want to know if its safe </li>
<li>Will resizing Ubuntu partition change any thing else like the partition UUID or any thing else? </li>
<li>Do I need to reinstall grub after resizing the root partition?</li>
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<p>It would be great if some one who has already done this can give their advice here.</p>
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21478 | 1 | 21520 | 2011-01-14T08:59:12.590 | 4 | 1824 | <p>Has anyone managed to use Spyder2 to calibrate a monitor in Maverick? I have seen some tutorials about argyll, but it seems complicated, and I'm not sure Spyder2 will work (and the tutos were oldish)...</p>
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21482 | 1 | 21492 | 2011-01-14T09:22:23.047 | 10 | 4861 | <p>I am looking for some guide, examples, books
to do simple things (automation) with Ubuntu. Like </p>
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<li>turning on / off the electricity </li>
<li>open doors</li>
<li>etc</li>
</ul>
<p>Any idea would be appreciated,</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
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21486 | 1 | 21487 | 2011-01-14T09:46:20.177 | 6 | 1038 | <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/wgAk6.jpg" alt="10.04 default gnome menu applet"></p>
<p>Is it possible to use icons instead of text for the menus in the top pannel (shown above)?
If so, How can we do that?<br/></p>
<p>I've tryed gconf-editor setting the Key:<br/>
<strong>/desktop/interface/toolbar_style</strong> <br/>
with the value of "<strong>Icons</strong>" but nothing happens.<br/></p>
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21489 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T10:22:14.220 | 3 | 1545 | <p>I'm trying to get Xen 4.0.1 run as dom0 on a fresh/clean install of 10.10 desktop (x64).</p>
<p>Followed the step by step tutorial at <a href="http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen4.0" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/Xen4.0</a></p>
<p>I have the pvops kernel in /boot, also included the ext4 fs support by recompiling the kernel by : </p>
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make -j6 linux-2.6-pvops-build
make -j6 linux-2.6-pvops-install
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<p>Here's my grub entry : </p>
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recordfail
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
insmod ext3
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 2bf3177a-92fd-4196-901a-da8d810b04b4
multiboot /xen-4.0.gz dom0_mem=1024M loglvl=all guest_loglvl=all
module /vmlinuz-2.6.32.27 root=UUID=2bf3177a-92fd-4196-901a-da8d810b04b4 ro
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<p>blkid /dev/sda1 gives the : </p>
<pre><code>/dev/sda1: UUID="2bf3177a-92fd-4196-901a-da8d810b04b4" TYPE="ext3"
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<p>My partition shemes is : </p>
<pre><code>/boot (ext3) (/dev/sda1)
/ (ext4) (/dev/sda5)
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<p>Whatever option i've tried i end up with : </p>
<pre><code>mounting none on /dev failed: no such file or directory
</code></pre>
<p>And message complaining that it cannot find the device with uuid ...</p>
<p>Edit :
also tried to put root=/dev/sda1 (and /dev/sda5)
also put acpi=off noapic nolapic</p>
<p>Always fall back to initramfs busy box. When in initramfs i try to see whether there is a /dev/sdXX and nothing, neighter /dev/device*.</p>
<p>my /lib/modules/2.6.32.27/ only contains a very few amount of files (in comparison to the generic file); did I miss something with the modules ?</p>
<p>This pv ops is taking my hairs out, if somone has a clue ...</p>
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21490 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T10:31:24.237 | 6 | 17963 | <p>When connecting any usb stick to my thinkpad ubuntu 10.10 does not recognize them. I don't see anything on the desktop.</p>
<p>the output of "dmesg | tail -n10" gives me:</p>
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[ 1965.884537] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 1966.072503] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 1966.260349] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 1966.506227] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
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[ 1966.760379] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 1966.948358] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 1967.136335] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 1967.325423] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
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<p>When connecting my usb scanner to the same port:</p>
<pre><code>[ 2008.480135] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 65
[ 2008.548389] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 2008.736786] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 2008.924379] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 2009.112348] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
[ 2009.300443] hub 1-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 1
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[ 2009.732180] usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 71
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<p>And ubuntu 10.10 recognizes that scanner. So What can i do to see my usb stick? On my other Thinkpad running fedora 14 it works perfectly...</p>
<p>It happens only to storage media (usb sticks, cameras, etc.). My scanner (HP scanjet 2200c) works like a charm.</p>
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21493 | 1 | 22116 | 2011-01-14T10:44:04.870 | 2 | 1227 | <p>Few days ago I started having some problems with nautilus.</p>
<p>Basically when I'm trying to get into a folder it crashes. It's not happening all the time, but in 85% it does... Sometimes, after the crash all my desktop icons are also gone.</p>
<p>The only thing that I think causes this is Ubuntu Tweak - I'm not sure, but the issues started after I did the Package cleaner from Ubuntu Tweaks...</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
<p>------- EDIT 2 - IMPORTANT !!! ----------</p>
<p>It seems I fixed this problem doing these:</p>
<p>1) I uninstall this nautilus script - <a href="http://mundogeek.net/nautilus-scripts/#nautilus-send-gmail" rel="nofollow">http://mundogeek.net/nautilus-scripts/#nautilus-send-gmail</a>
2) I installed nautilus elementary</p>
<p>So far is back to normal... If anything bad happens again I will come back!</p>
<p>-------- EDIT 1 ----------</p>
<p>First time, after running the command (nautilus --quit; nautilus --no-desktop) 3 times all the system crashed (except the mouse, I could move the mouse). </p>
<p>After restart I run it and obtain this: </p>
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<p>----- Initializing nautilus-gdu extension Initializing
nautilus-dropbox 0.6.7
(nautilus:2966): GConf-CRITICAL **:
gconf_value_free: assertion <code>value !=
NULL' failed (nautilus:2966):
GConf-CRITICAL **: gconf_value_free:
assertion</code>value != NULL' failed
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net
usershare info" but it failed: 'net
usershare' returned error 255: net
usershare: cannot open usershare
directory /var/lib/samba/usershares.
Error No such file or directory
Please ask your system administrator
to enable user sharing.</p>
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<p>and then this: </p>
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<p>cristi@cris-laptop:~$ nautilus --quit;
nautilus --no-desktop (nautilus:3810):
Unique-DBus-WARNING **: Error while
sending message: Did not receive a
reply. Possible causes include: the
remote application did not send a
reply, the message bus security policy
blocked the reply, the reply timeout
expired, or the network connection was
broken.</p>
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21494 | 1 | 21668 | 2011-01-14T10:50:30.180 | 1 | 2778 | <p>A few days ago I had asked this <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/14844/listening-to-and-changing-tracks-on-another-pc-on-a-lan">question</a>, and according to one suggestion, used rhythmote. It is a web-interface to change songs on a rhythmbox playing on some PC. However, its not what I had thought of, and I stumbled upon documentation for rhythmbox-client. I tried a few ways of using it, but was unsuccessful. Let me show you a few ways of how I did it. The rhythmbox is running at address 192.168.1.4, lets call it jukebox. </p>
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<p>Hoping that I would be able to see and browse through songs on the jukebox</p>
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<h3>SSH</h3>
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<h3>rhythmbox-client as root</h3>
<p><code>gksudo rhythmbox-client 192.168.1.4</code></p>
<p>A rhythmbox client comes up, but with no music shown in the library. I am guessing this is running on my own computer. </p>
<p>Can anyon tell me how rhythmbox-client is to be run, and is it even correct of me to think that I can get a rhythmbox window showing the songs <strong>on the</strong> jukebox? </p>
<p>PS: There were a few other solutions mentioned, but I want to evaluate each and every one of them.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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21497 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T11:09:27.557 | 14 | 2504 | <p>I once advised someone to remove a package that depends on <strong>ubuntu-desktop</strong> meta-package, if she didn't need it (EG: if one uses a different editor than <strong>gedit</strong>). Someone else said that doing so (removing <strong>gedit</strong> which will in turn remove <strong>ubuntu-desktop</strong>) could break things. Is this true? Are there any other potential problems?</p>
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21501 | 1 | 21511 | 2011-01-14T11:55:42.497 | 17 | 36923 | <p>I have "zero filled" (complete wiped) an external hard disk using dd, and from what I have heard: people said you should at least "zero fill" 3 times to be sure that the data are really wiped and no one can recover anything.</p>
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<p>So if we have to recover any file from a zero filled disk, ...how? From what I've heard, even you zero fill the disk, you should still have some data left. ...or could dd really completely annihilate all data?</p>
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21504 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T12:16:10.333 | 0 | 588 | <p>can i use linux as a substitute of windows? i mean Can i use MS Office, Photoshop and other softwares which i usually use in windows?</p>
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21521 | 1 | 21522 | 2011-01-14T13:52:14.420 | 12 | 15857 | <p>What is the command to know my PulseAudio version?</p>
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21523 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T14:23:09.680 | 5 | 8337 | <p>Screen brightness is not changing on my ACER 5742 notebook. I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed inside Windows 7 OS. Hotkeys are used for changing brightness. Though, a bar displaying brightness level appears on screen but there is no actual change in brightness of screen.</p>
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21527 | 1 | 21543 | 2011-01-14T14:55:05.830 | 4 | 3251 | <p>I just upgraded to 10.10 and installed Acrobat via Adobe's website. I can't seem to get the Firefox plugin. I updated my software sources to include mediabuntu, but when I enter <code>sudo apt-get install mozilla-acroread</code> I get "Unable to locate package mozilla-acroread"</p>
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21531 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T15:02:50.540 | 4 | 656 | <p>I have an Ubuntu 7.10 Server running and finally there is time to upgrade it... ;-)</p>
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<p>Thanks, Philip</p>
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21537 | 1 | 29878 | 2011-01-14T15:46:07.067 | 3 | 1602 | <p>I'm trying to find a debian installer for Thunderbird 3.3 (in development) or a ppa. I couldn't find any ppas, but I'm guessing someone must have created one by now :D. Anyone know where I can get one?</p>
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21540 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T17:01:52.157 | 1 | 1071 | <p>I was running Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) with no problems. I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 10 (Lucid Lynx) and cannot use it normally. After I log in, the screen scrambles (a purple/green mess)--impossible to see anything, although I can get out by marking the spot on the screen to click for a restart, so Linux is working behind the scenes. </p>
<p>If I start in recovery mode with basic graphics, I have no problems at all (other than limited functionality). If I start the old 2.6.31-22 kernel, I see a bunch of "unmountable" errors in the startup script, but I can use Linux normally with no apparent problems. I'm running an IBM ThinkPad A30 with ATI Mobility graphics. Just to reiterate, the screen looks normal until I log in, at which point it goes bonkers. </p>
<p>What do I need to change in order to fix this?</p>
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21547 | 1 | 21551 | 2011-01-14T18:14:02.237 | 49 | 38981 | <p>Once in a while I need to install a new Ubuntu (I used it both for desktop and servers) and I always forget a couple of libraries I should have installed before compiling, meaning I have to recompile, and it's getting annoying.</p>
<p>So now I want to make a complete list of all library packages to install before compiling Python (and preferably how optional they are).</p>
<p>This is the list I compiled with below help and by digging in <code>setup.py</code>. It is complete for Ubuntu 10.04 and 11.04 at least:</p>
<pre><code>build-essential (obviously)
libz-dev (also pretty common and essential)
libreadline-dev (or the Python prompt is crap)
libncursesw5-dev
libssl-dev
libgdbm-dev
libsqlite3-dev
libbz2-dev
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<p>For Python 3.2 and later:</p>
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<p>More optional:</p>
<pre><code>tk-dev
libdb-dev
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<p>Ubuntu has no packages for v1.8.5 of the Berkeley database, nor (for obvious reasons) the Sun audio hardware, so the <code>bsddb185</code> and <code>sunaudiodev</code> modules will still not be built on Ubuntu, but all other modules are built with the above packages installed.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE</strong></p>
<p>There are in Ubuntu 14.04 even more patches needed for Python 2.6, and 2.7 etc. I would recommend to instead checkout <a href="https://github.com/yyuu/pyenv">pyenv</a>. It contains a script <code>python-build</code> (located in <code>plugins/python-build/bin</code>). With it you can install arbitrary Python versions like this:</p>
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<p>Where 2.7.8 is the version and /opt/python27 is the path it will be installed. Pyenv will download the Python version, apply the necessary patches and <code>configure; make; make install</code> for you.</p>
<p><strong>END UPDATE</strong></p>
<p>Python 2.5 and Python 2.6 also needs to have LDFLAGS set on Ubuntu 11.04 and later, to handle the new multi-arch layout:</p>
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#_ssl _ssl.c \
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<p>Uncomment these lines and change the SSL variable to <code>/usr</code>:</p>
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<p>Python 2.6 and 3.0 also needs Modules/_ssl.c modified to be used with OpenSSL 1.0, which is used in Ubuntu 11.10. At around line 300 you'll find this:</p>
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self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_method()); /* Set up context */
else if (proto_version == PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL2)
self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv2_method()); /* Set up context */
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self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv23_method()); /* Set up context */
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<p>Change that into:</p>
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self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv3_method()); /* Set up context */
#ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2
else if (proto_version == PY_SSL_VERSION_SSL2)
self->ctx = SSL_CTX_new(SSLv2_method()); /* Set up context */
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<p>This disables SSL_v2 support, which apparently is gone in OpenSSL1.0.</p>
<p>Python 2.4 (yes, I still have some old projects that need 2.4) needs this patch to setup.py:</p>
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+++ setup.py 2012-05-08 14:02:14.325174357 +0200
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+ '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu'
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- '/usr/contrib/ssl/lib/'
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] )
if (ssl_incs is not None and
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<p>And it needs to be compiled with: </p>
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21548 | 1 | 21554 | 2011-01-14T18:20:11.577 | 5 | 5120 | <p>since last week I am having a problem using tor. It says bootstrapped 10% finishing handshake with directory server and then it just stops. It might help to say that I am in Iran. Any idea how to solve it? Thanks.</p>
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21553 | 1 | 21560 | 2011-01-14T18:58:13.910 | 12 | 46877 | <p>Since <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/19361/cant-access-ubuntus-shared-folders-from-windows-7">no one can help me with sharing files from Samba</a>, how can I reset it to the defaults and delete any residual configurations from previous releases? Then, presumably, the GUI sharing would work after I reinstall samba. I tried using dpkg reconfigure samba, but it made things even worse, and now my ubuntu computer's hostname stopped existing. >:(</p>
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21555 | 1 | 21559 | 2011-01-14T19:00:59.740 | 197 | 524216 | <p>Assuming i have a line that i want to add to a file without opening an editor.</p>
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21561 | 1 | 21846 | 2011-01-14T19:32:23.073 | 4 | 23396 | <p>I have downloaded a .bin file for JDK and am trying to install it. I have used these commands:</p>
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21563 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T19:38:05.410 | 2 | 768 | <p>Using Ubuntu 10.10, I am having some issues with enabling the visual effects on my system. It doesn't allow me to use the normal & the extra options. It checks for the drivers then it says that the driver is not found.</p>
<p>My laptop model is Compaq PresarioV2000.</p>
<p>How do I enable the visual effects?</p>
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21568 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T20:00:34.180 | 4 | 1742 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16811/how-well-is-the-hfs-filesystem-supported">How well is the HFS+ filesystem supported?</a> </p>
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<p>How to read/write files to hfs+ (journaling) partition?</p>
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21571 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T20:23:48.663 | 10 | 6377 | <p>Is it any way to import/export Radio Station list of Rhythmbox?</p>
<p>If not, could you please suggest me any good music player which has similar functionality like Rhythmbox?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
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21572 | 1 | 21579 | 2011-01-14T20:30:19.940 | 8 | 6846 | <p>Samba gives me 24 MB/s read and 44 MB/s write, while ftp gives 97 and 112 MB/s under the same circumstances.</p>
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<p>In my case it clearly doesn't.</p>
<p>Where can I find tips on how to debug Samba performance? </p>
<p>Or alternatively tips for replacing Samba with something else? (I can't use ftp, unfortunately, as I need something that can be used with rsync/rsnapshot.)</p>
<p>More details:</p>
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<li>Both computers are running Ubuntu 10.10 (using Samba because I have a Mac as well)</li>
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<li><p>Samba performance was tested by copying (<code>cp</code>) a single file of ~4GB to and from the share, using <code>time</code> for timing and calculating transfer speed by hand.</p></li>
<li>ftp performance are the numbers from the ftp client for get/put of the same file.</li>
<li><code>iperf</code> gives network speed ~900 Mbits/s</li>
<li><code>bonnie++</code> gives disk speeds >200 MB/s on both sides for block reads as well as block writes</li>
<li>Tried changing the parameters suggested in the <a href="http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/speed.html">performance tuning HOWTO</a> (read/write raw, read size, socket options), most of them made little to no difference. (The one that made a difference caused write speed to drop 50%.)</li>
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21578 | 1 | 22175 | 2011-01-14T20:45:08.517 | 7 | 8230 | <p>I have google Chrome 8.0.552.237 on Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit and flash is not working, I have tried a variety of methods to install flash, including Firefox flash-aid and the flash-installer package and nothing is working for me. I have even uninstalled and reinstalled chrome to no avail.</p>
<p>I get "missing plugin" message where flash plugin should be in a website.</p>
<p>What am I missing?</p>
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<p>I'm not sure which is necessary and which not.</p>
<p>I should note tho that my Chromium does have flash and it does work... just not chrome or firefox.</p>
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21584 | 1 | 21591 | 2011-01-14T21:35:43.170 | 3 | 562 | <p>I have a triple boot system with Windows,and Ubuntu 10.10, installed in that order, plus a "Data" Partition that has all my data, what I want to do is remove the 10.10, and replace 11.04</p>
<p>I would like to install a fresh copy of 11.04 and leave the rest of the system intact, what is the best way to do this?</p>
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21585 | 1 | null | 2011-01-14T21:36:15.273 | 3 | 191 | <p>I had Windows XP installed without partitioned hard drive, and partitioned and installed Ubuntu with the Ubuntu live cd. There is no menu at startup for which operating system; it just boots up Ubuntu. Suggestions?</p>
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21586 | 1 | 79927 | 2011-01-14T21:42:08.650 | 9 | 10570 | <p>I try to suspend my server using dbus and UPower. The server runs Ubuntu LucidLynx 64bit. </p>
<p>While everything works fine if I am sitting directly at the machine, it won't work via ssh.
If I connect to the server via ssh and try to suspend the machine using dbus and upower, it gives back </p>
<p>dbus.exceptions.DBusException: org.freedesktop.UPower.GeneralError: not authorized </p>
<p>Could anyone please tell me how to configure dbus in order to allow ssh-users to suspend the machine? </p>
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21587 | 1 | 21595 | 2011-01-14T21:45:25.917 | 11 | 15219 | <p>Not to long ago I was using only 35% of my HD. Just recently it shot up to 54% and my diskspace is 16gb so that's more then 3gigs that have been taken.</p>
<p>From what I remember I failed to build mysql, I installed gitolite which required me to build git from source which had a tons of dependencies (I think it was for building docs, I think I saw latex and other packages but I was drowsy when I was installing). I suspect that is what is taking the diskspace.</p>
<p>Anyways so far I deleted source folders I know I had and ran these commands. What else can I do? (3gigs is mighty)</p>
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<p>After doing the above i did ncdu and found that</p>
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<li><p>Git itself was actually using 502mb in 152 files all in '/usr/local/libexec/git-core'. Who knew. I found it strange that most of those files are 4.6mb each...</p></li>
<li><p>MySql was taking up 1+gb in my /tmp folder</p></li>
<li><p>I accidentally made a copy of my mono src folder which has two builds of mono and is 1.7gb together. </p></li>
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<p>After deleting the copy of src and an extra mono build (thats 2.6gb together) + the mysql in my temp folder df now reports 28% instead of 54% which makes me feel a lot better.</p>
<p><strike>I'm still surprised git uses 502mb. On windows it uses 57mb (thats about 10xless). And the equivalent folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\libexec\git-core) has all those apps as shortcuts to git. and git is only 1.2mb (not 4.6). Also i checked if the linux git-core folder were all links, i know they arent softlinks (i used the cmd <code>find . -maxdepth 1 -type l -print0 | xargs -0 ls -ld</code>) </strike> I tried stat git, stat git-add and saw they had the same innode. So most of these files are hardlinks (i assume) of git. So git doesnt actually take up that amount of space.</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18641/theres-an-issue-with-an-alpha-release-of-ubuntu-what-should-i-do">There's an issue with an Alpha Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?</a> </p>
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<p>"Sorry, you don't have 3d support, install it for your graphic hardware to get Unity or please reboot and select 'Classic session' at startup."</p>
<p>So I want to install 3D support but I don't know how to. My machine is a Sony Vaio VGN-SR29XN Laptop with Intel Graphics, but I would like to know the general instructions.</p>
<p>P.S. : I've no problem with the CLI, I just don't know how to proceed in this particular case (what driver, or program...).</p>
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21608 | 1 | 21640 | 2011-01-15T01:27:33.237 | 10 | 19396 | <p>I want to make my video to be a screensaver.</p>
<p>Is there any software to make it?</p>
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"text": "your answer doesn't actually refer to what he asked - I'm confused as to how he marked it as answered. Karthick's link is the correct answer.",
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"text": "Karthick didn't answer, unless you mean his comment. His comment refers to a hack using mplayer from 2009. AniBG is an actively maintained project to \"put videos and screensaves on your desktop\" and has a one-line installation. Not sure where your confusion arises from?",
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21613 | 1 | 21616 | 2011-01-15T02:34:59.120 | 6 | 1211 | <p>When installing an extension in Firefox, the confirmation dialog makes you wait 5 seconds before you can install the extension. I find it annoying and unnecessary, is there a way to shorten or remove the countdown so I can install extensions without waiting? </p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZwTQE.png" alt="alt text"></p>
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"body": "<p>I found this:</p>\n\n<p>You can easily disable the installation wait by a simple <strong><em>\"about:config\"</em></strong> modification.</p>\n\n<p><strong>1.</strong> Type <strong>about:config</strong> into the Firefox address bar and hit enter.</p>\n\n<p><strong>2.</strong> Click on <strong>\"I'll be careful, I promise!\"</strong> button.\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/hgMDU.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n\n<p><strong>3.</strong> Enter <strong>\"security.dialog_enable_delay\"</strong> into the Filter text box.</p>\n\n<p><strong>4.</strong> Double click on that preference value and change the value to <strong>0</strong>\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/R5UOO.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n",
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21614 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T02:46:17.207 | 4 | 1361 | <p>I am attempting to install and use <a href="http://hem.bredband.net/gmogmo/fbgrab/" rel="nofollow">fbgrab</a>, but it requires <code>/dev/fb0</code> to exist. How can I create this file?</p>
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21617 | 1 | 21625 | 2011-01-15T03:22:05.443 | 10 | 1144 | <p>In "Preferences - Preferred Applications" there is a choice of Totem and Rhythmbox (actually it was, before I've uninsulated both of them favouring DeadBeeF for audio, raw mplayer for video and VLC for occasions) and Custom. Can I add a player (VLC for example) to appear in that list, officially recognised as a player application (not just "Custom")?</p>
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21618 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T03:27:48.717 | 3 | 1385 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18724/unable-to-mount-audio-disc">Unable to mount Audio Disc</a> </p>
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<p>I've lost use of my cdrom player in Ubuntu 10.10. The message is "Unable to mount Audio Disc Location is unmountable". How can I correct this?</p>
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21619 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T03:32:44.223 | 2 | 706 | <p>Trying to install any of ubuntustudio- (ubuntustudio-audio, ubuntustudio-font-meta, etc.) "tasks" with tasksel always fails, saying "tasksel: aptitude failed (100)" (while other options, like lamp-server, for example, work ok). Why?</p>
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21621 | 1 | 21623 | 2011-01-15T04:04:31.913 | 5 | 757 | <p>When I try to sync <code>/home/tyler/Pictures</code> I get <code>could not enable /home/tyler/Pictures for syncing to Ubuntu One</code></p>
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21628 | 1 | 21629 | 2011-01-15T05:19:30.777 | 2 | 607 | <p>I have been using Rhythmbox for a long time to transfer music to my 3.1 Ipod Touch 3rd Gen, however after recently transferring an album my music app refuses to load. Sometimes it instantly crashes, sometimes I get a song list and then a freeze, sometimes only the basic GUI comes up, and other times I get a "Updating Library" which crashes or sits there endlessly. Any thoughts on fixing?</p>
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21632 | 1 | 21643 | 2011-01-15T07:45:06.040 | 17 | 27047 | <p>Recently my computer has been responding slowly. It was fine few days ago, but now it always lags.
I need to find the cause. Thanks.</p>
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"text": "Thanks,the kernel log says :Buffer I/O error on device sda5, logical block 28279025",
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"text": "Sounds like you have a disk error on sda5. Type `df` to get information about where/what this drive is (if you don't know). Look at the \"mounted on\" column. You may have to backup/re-format/restore that hard disk. (And don't forget to vote up/accept useful answers - thanks!)",
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