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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/47522/how-to-bypass-try-it-install-screen-when-booting-from-usb-live-session-wit">How to bypass “Try it / Install” screen when booting from USB Live Session? (without installing in the USB)</a> </p>
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<p>I've created a ubuntu booting usb stick. Is it possible to remove the "install ubuntu" dialog that appears everytime I boot from the usb stick?</p>
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21641 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T09:46:40.513 | 0 | 499 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/12909/how-do-i-upgrade-to-the-development-release-aka-ubuntu1">How do I upgrade to the development release (aka. Ubuntu+1)?</a> </p>
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<p>How do I upgrade Ubuntu 10.10 to the latest development version of Ubuntu 11.04?</p>
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21645 | 1 | 22355 | 2011-01-15T10:31:44.840 | 28 | 7869 | <p>A couple of weeks ago a popup has appeared whenever I startup telling me that an application wants to access the keyring but it doesn't say which one. I'm used to seeing the application name on the popup but here it just says 'application'. </p>
<p>I haven't changed any passwords or did anything that might have something to do with that,
to my knowledge.</p>
<p>I saw this <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/867/how-can-i-stop-being-prompted-to-unlock-the-default-keyring-on-boot">question</a> but like I said, I haven't changed any of my passwords, and I don't want my keyring password to be empty.</p>
<p>How can I find out which application is asking to unlock the keyring and fix it?</p>
<p>Here's how it looks like:
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/yUQsF.jpg" alt="alt text"></p>
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"text": "I've been auto logging since forever. How do you know which app is causing it in your case? Can I somehow check what's causing it in my setup?",
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21647 | 1 | 21664 | 2011-01-15T10:50:50.863 | 4 | 4373 | <p>Until two days before today my Ubuntu 10.10 Server updated fine.</p>
<p>The output of <code>sudo aptitude update</code> <strong>→</strong> <a href="http://codepad.org/tkvXq66j" rel="nofollow">http://codepad.org/tkvXq66j</a> </p>
<p>The output of <code>sudo aptitude update</code> after replacing the Ubuntu Central Archive's domain with the IP <strong>→</strong> <a href="http://codepad.org/QkgRhY8E" rel="nofollow">http://codepad.org/QkgRhY8E</a> </p>
<p>APT sources <strong>→</strong> <a href="http://codepad.org/yh6E9TAe" rel="nofollow">http://codepad.org/yh6E9TAe</a></p>
<p>Hosts <strong>→</strong> <a href="http://codepad.org/yODoWbHp" rel="nofollow">http://codepad.org/yODoWbHp</a></p>
<p><code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> <strong>→</strong> <a href="http://codepad.org/Cba5kaEt" rel="nofollow">http://codepad.org/Cba5kaEt</a></p>
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21650 | 1 | 21698 | 2011-01-15T11:36:25.320 | 6 | 5103 | <p>I understand that it may be a rare situation for an executable to have spaces in it, but it could happen. </p>
<p>An example may be the best explanation.. </p>
<p>Using standard tools, I want to determine the location (on the file system) of the executable which owns(?) the current window... </p>
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<li>get the current window ID ...(<code>xdotool</code> getactivewindow ) </li>
<li>use the ID to get the PID ...(<code>wmctrl</code> -p -l | sed ... ID .... </li>
<li>use the PID to get the executable's name ... (<code>ps</code> -A ... <strong>here</strong> is where I run into problems ! </li>
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<p>Whith <code>ps</code>, when listing only the executable's name (<code>-o ucmd</code>), it truncates the name to 15 characters, so this rules out this option for any name which is longer.<br>
Widening the column (<code>-o ucmd:99</code> ) makes no difference.. If <code>pgrep</code> is anything to go by, its matching is limited to 15 because of <code>stat</code> (see: info pgrep).. </p>
<p>Listings in variants of "full" mode (eg <code>-A w w</code>) are not useful when the name concerned has spaces in it, because this name is separated from its args by <em>another space</em>!.. Also, in "full" mode, if the process was started by a link, the name of the link is shown, rather than the executable's name. </p>
<p>Is there some way to do this (using standard tools)? ...or are spaces a show stopper here? </p>
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"text": "This explanation works better than my solution. Try: which \"$(readlink /proc/$(xdotool getwindowpid $(xdotool getactivewindow))/exe)\"",
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"text": "@fred.bear: Thanks for spotting this. Both `tr` commands are meant to swap newlines with nulls. `head` extracts the first line; the whole tr/head/tr pipe extracts the first null-terminated chunk. In this particular case, the second `tr` command could be `tr '\\0' '\\n'` since there's a single chunk left.",
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"text": "@Gilles.. Thanks! another mystery unwravelled... very well explained.... (btw.. It seems the typo gremlim struck again...the first `tr` args should be `\\\\0 \\\\n`)... and thanks for the bonus insight: ..obfiscate the trailing newline by nulling it out... (I'm not sure how bash handles nulls.. I suppose I can use '-d \\\\n' until I have a fuller understanding) .... and another bonus (by example)... not using 'cat' when '<' does the job... I read someone's blog tirrade about that ,and such things, the other day (by a Randal Schwartz (perhaps the one from 'FLOSS Weekly'...:)",
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"text": "Just for the record :), because I need it as a var, I'm going with: `cmd=\"$(</proc/10773/cmdline cut -d '' -f1)\"` ...",
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"text": "Noted... thanks... I tested it... Regardless of any pre-existing newline chars (which remain uneffected), it replaces the '\\0' with a newline (ie, an extra one) and truncates the rest... The result is a trailing newline char which wasn't there beforehand.... I see now why you did it your way.. *experience!* :) ...",
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"text": "@fred.bear: Actually, `head` keeps the newline at the end of the first line, and the second `tr` changes it to a spurious null character. Oops again. Oh well, I've changed it to use awk, which can be told to use a different record separator: I tell it to print the first null-delimited record (with a trailing newline, but the shell will strip that in `$(…)`) and exit.",
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"text": "Gilles. You've resolved the issue very nicely/ Thanks for that... As a side issue, I've time tested 3 ways of extracting the command name from /proc/$PID/cmdline. I'm posting them for general interest (and comment if any are flawed :)... For 10000 calls, the times varied from 31.8s to 33.0 ..... (1) **`cmd=\"$(</proc/$PID/cmdline awk -vRS='\\0' '{print; exit;}')\"`** ..... (2) **`eval cmd=\\\"\"$(</proc/$PID/cmdline sed -n \"s/\\x00/\\\"\\n#/gp\")\"`** ..... (3) **`cmd=\"$(</proc/$PID/cmdline tr \\\\0 \\\\n)\"; cmd=\"${cmd%%$'\\n'*}\"`**",
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"text": "@fred.bear: Only (1) works if there's a newline in argv[0]. `cmd=$(cat /proc/$PID/cmdline); cmd=${cmd%%$'\\0'}` works in ksh, but not in bash.",
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"text": "Thanks again... It's been a lot of effort all around on this one.. I do greatly appreaciate the help.. I feel I've made another step.. (not sure where I'm going with my steps, but it's a fascinating journey) .. and I'll be watching out more carefully for those pesky \"what are they doing there?\" newlines from here on :)",
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21651 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T11:45:42.723 | 16 | 1125 | <p>How can i upgrade all the 50 desktops to Maverick Meerkat. Is there any netinstall method ? </p>
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21652 | 1 | 21656 | 2011-01-15T12:14:39.250 | 1 | 1160 | <p>I am running Ubuntu 10 on a VMware player running on Windows 7.
I have an Geforce 8800 card.</p>
<p>Currently I can't run visual effects, and I wasn't able to find any answer except for changing the VM to VirtualBox.
Since I already use VMWare for other purposes, I don't want to use VirtualBox.</p>
<p>Is there a way to enable Visual Effects and stay in VMWare?</p>
<p>Thanks,
Sakin</p>
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21654 | 1 | 21655 | 2011-01-15T12:26:53.307 | 7 | 20734 | <p>The network interface should not make a request for an IP over DHCP. So, what is the command to turn off NetworkManager in Ubuntu? </p>
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<p>I am writing a script in which the interfaces receive static IPs. For this to happen I need to put a line in the script which will turn off NetworkManager. But when I'm not using that script I want to have DHCP on the interfaces.</p>
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21657 | 1 | 21658 | 2011-01-15T13:04:59.770 | 146 | 172611 | <p>Is there a way to show the history of packages that were changed by apt-get via command line?</p>
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21666 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T13:55:57.847 | 1 | 2466 | <p>I have a Samsung R430 notebook that has been running Ubuntu for close to a year, now. Since I've upgrated to Maverick, I've been dealing with little, but increasingly annoying issues, that put my faith to question.</p>
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21669 | 1 | 21672 | 2011-01-15T14:19:00.463 | 14 | 445 | <p>Is there an API set for Ubuntu One? For example, an API to sync contacts, bookmarks, etc.</p>
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21673 | 1 | 21767 | 2011-01-15T14:42:30.927 | 5 | 2912 | <p>Summary: I'd like to use two Ubuntu computers to extend/compliment an existing wireless access point.</p>
<p>I have a network which currently looks a bit like this:</p>
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<p>What the diagram doesn't show is the interference caused by our house. It's a wifi-blocking robot sent here from the past. The two wired computers are in areas where the signal is most blocked (not by design, just a happy co-incidence).</p>
<p>Both wired computers have fairly good network cards. They're both Ubuntu machines and I would like to turn them into additional base stations.</p>
<p>I know I could throw more networking hardware at this (network extenders or cable in additional, pure wireless access points) but I've got two Linux machines sitting in ideal places and I feel like they should be able to help me out.</p>
<p>I've tried ad-hoc networks but I need something that is a lot more transparent (eg you can migrate from base to base without a connection dropping); it should look like one network to clients.</p>
<p>Here's a diagram of what I want:</p>
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21674 | 1 | 21775 | 2011-01-15T14:43:09.990 | 6 | 138 | <p>Something weird happened today, and I dont know how. Within a folder, all folders have a file by the same name, with a colon appended to it. And all the files from the most inner-most directory in my home, have been dumped to ~, with a size of 0 bytes. </p>
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<p>I have not executed any scripts or anything. I was just checking out some easter eggs, namely the <code>gegls from outer space</code> and <code>free the fish</code> and was away from the computer and was logged because of the screensaver. I couldnt log-back in with my password, so I just reset the PC, and while booting, the PC went into a drive check. BUT, IIRC, i saw the duplicate "folder files" before I had logged out, so thats not the reason! All the files have a timestamp of 14 Jan. Also, the contents of my eclipse folder have been dumped into ~. Right down to the jars and ini files.</p>
<p>HELP!</p>
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21679 | 1 | 21704 | 2011-01-15T14:50:24.057 | 4 | 14757 | <p>I use the following script to make my netbook a full-fledged wireless access point. It creates a bridge with eth0 and wlan0 and starts <code>hostapd</code>. </p>
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ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 #remove IP from eth0
ifconfig eth0 up #ensure the interface is up
ifconfig wlan0 0.0.0.0 #remove IP from eth1
ifconfig wlan0 up #ensure the interface is up
brctl addbr br0 #create br0 node
hostapd -d /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf > /var/log/hostapd.log &
sleep 5
brctl addif br0 eth0 #add eth0 to bridge br0
brctl addif br0 wlan0 #add wlan0 to bridge br0
ifconfig br0 192.168.1.15 netmask 255.255.255.0 #ip for bridge
ifconfig br0 up #bring up interface
route add default gw 192.168.1.1 # gateway
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<p>This script works efficiently. But if I want to revert back to use Network Manager, I cannot do it. The bridge simply cannot be deleted. How can I modify this script so that if I run <code>bridge_script --stop</code>, the bridge gets deleted, network manager starts and interfaces behave as if the machine had a fresh reboot.</p>
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21681 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T15:13:51.253 | 8 | 30132 | <p>As soon as a Windows application creates a shortcut/directory in Wine Start Menu Programs directory (in particular I do this manually by means of Total Commander and it works), it gets reflected in Ubuntu Wine Programs menu. But when a shortcut/folder is removed (manually, by means of Total Commander again),the Ubuntu Wine Programs menu item persists, and this is an undesirable behaviour.</p>
<p>I've once done something causing Wine/Ubuntu to actually refresh the menu state and remove orphan items, but unfortunately I can't remember what. Do you know the way? I am specifically interested in hand-made/removed shortcuts, not installing/uninstalling Windows software.</p>
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21686 | 1 | 64236 | 2011-01-15T16:28:02.670 | 45 | 64150 | <p>I <a href="https://bfiller.wordpress.com/2011/01/13/unity-2d/">read</a> that there is now a 2D version of Unity built on <a href="http://qt.nokia.com/">Qt</a>. How do I install it, and once it's installed, how do I switch to it?</p>
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21689 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T16:40:00.673 | 7 | 1672 | <p>Trying to copy the content of a DVD on a Asrock ION 330 running Maverick, i.e. with:</p>
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<p>...I get errors in /var/log/messages:</p>
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Jan 15 17:18:15 asrock kernel: [ 2616.445966] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Unhandled sense code<br>
Jan 15 17:18:15 asrock kernel: [ 2616.445975] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE<br>
Jan 15 17:18:15 asrock kernel: [ 2616.445984] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Medium Error [current] <br>
Jan 15 17:18:15 asrock kernel: [ 2616.445994] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Id CRC or ECC error<br>
Jan 15 17:18:15 asrock kernel: [ 2616.446004] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 02 00<br></code></p>
<p>I'd tell it is a hardware problem, but it happens with various DVDs and on a second PC, also running Maverick... Both the PCs previously ran Lucid, same problems.</p>
<p>Edit: the DVD-ROMs are proven working on my brother's PC.</p>
<p>Edit #2: I'd like also hints about what to look for on Google.. thanks!</p>
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21690 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T16:40:47.427 | 0 | 1742 | <p>After installation it asks me to restart or continue using live system and im going to use live system but afer wards i can't shut down my computer there is only restart or hibernate available. I think it is a designing fault.</p>
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21692 | 1 | 21716 | 2011-01-15T16:44:39.200 | 10 | 160 | <p>I'm attempting to forward <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/625837">this</a> bug report in Launchpad to the appropriate project, but I'm not sure which one that is. The issue is with the user's keyboard, and the issue is that some multi-key keyboard shortcuts are not being recognised if the user presses them in a certain order.</p>
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21695 | 1 | 22715 | 2011-01-15T16:58:41.040 | 12 | 8563 | <p>Often, when I start up a new terminal, I get the message:
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21697 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T17:07:08.627 | 5 | 1772 | <p>I would just like to know the reason(s) behind this decision (Pros./Cons. of using Qt and NUX). Thank you very much and keep on the awesome work! Ubuntu rocks! :D</p>
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21700 | 1 | 21703 | 2011-01-15T17:14:42.673 | 19 | 44717 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu Lucid Netbook Remix on my laptop and I need to be able to share my desktop for a Skype call. Does anyone know how to get this done?</p>
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21701 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T17:20:39.390 | 5 | 2722 | <p>There's another post about this, but I don't have enough 'points' to say anything on that thread. So I'll start my own ... with more details!</p>
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Current Pending Sector Count
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<p>Is this related to the insane number of DRDY errors on the drive?</p>
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kernel: [51345.233076] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x4
kernel: [51345.233081] ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA
kernel: [51345.233090] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:00:00:8b:4a/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 131072 in
kernel: [51345.233092] res 51/40:00:a8:8b:4a/10:04:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x9 (media error)
kernel: [51345.233097] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
kernel: [51345.233103] ata1.00: error: { UNC }
kernel: [51345.291929] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
kernel: [51345.291944] ata1: EH complete
kernel: [51347.682748] ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0
kernel: [51347.682754] ata1.00: BMDMA stat 0x4
kernel: [51347.682759] ata1.00: failed command: READ DMA
kernel: [51347.682768] ata1.00: cmd c8/00:00:00:8b:4a/00:00:00:00:00/e0 tag 0 dma 131072 in
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kernel: [51347.682774] ata1.00: status: { DRDY ERR }
kernel: [51347.682777] ata1.00: error: { UNC }
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<p>Did Ubuntu 10.10 and/or EXT4 eat my work laptop? What steps can I take to backup my important information, which is probably the home folder. Please include steps to recover my data on the new hard drive as well. It does me little good to have backups I can't use.</p>
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21707 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T17:50:32.660 | 11 | 1229 | <p>Jonathan Ridell said in a <a href="http://kamikazow.wordpress.com/2011/01/14/so-canonical-ported-unity-to-qt%E2%80%A6/#comment-578" rel="nofollow">blog post</a> that there were accessibility problems with Qt. I would just like to know what those problems are. Thank you very much and keep up the excelent work. Ubuntu Rocks!</p>
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21708 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T17:55:40.513 | 5 | 4154 | <p>Most of the time when I share a folder from Ubuntu, the name field is made yellow and it says "Share name too long". But even if I keep this name, it works fine. So what is it too long for? What is the limit?</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/nUHUE.png" alt=""Share name is too long" dialog"></p>
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21711 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T18:07:08.253 | 78 | 78767 | <p>I connected my laptop to my LCD. Using the laptop display hotkey I can switch between different modes - only laptop monitor on, only LCD monitor on, both on and display the same view, both on and the desktop is stretched (divided).</p>
<p>But, I'm looking for something else - I would like to have two workspaces, one visible on the laptop monitor and the other on the LCD.</p>
<p>Is that possible?</p>
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21714 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T18:22:58.257 | 5 | 852 | <p>A picture is worth a thousand words...</p>
<p>Screenshot (gVim) -</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/2SCjh.png" alt="alt text"></p>
<p>Screenshot (LibreOffice) -</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/DDYXc.png" alt="alt text"></p>
<p>The Appearance Preferences dialog -</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/CYaaQ.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
<p>Anyone know what causes it and how it can be fixed?</p>
<p>If it's relevant - the system runs on an AMD Turion and a GeForce Go 6100. I have a feeling it's got something to do with video memory. Although I could be wrong.</p>
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21717 | 1 | 21720 | 2011-01-15T18:45:20.123 | 3 | 3613 | <p>I have tried to completely remove apache2.2 from my system. But the only thing that happens is that apt-get will remove "apache2-mpm-prefork" and install "apache2-mpm-worker".</p>
<p>I have killed all apache processes and tried in both Synaptic. and apt-get from terminal. Why won't my system delete apache, and why will it install "apache2-mpm-worker"?</p>
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21718 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T18:53:33.287 | 5 | 2010 | <p>i have a 500gb external drive (Maxtor One Touch) some days ago i moved some files from the destkop to it.
the operation failed (on the disk there are only 4 or 5 incomplete files ) and i can't remove those files.
i tried through nautilus and from the command line but nothing..
any idea?
thanks</p>
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21719 | 1 | 21723 | 2011-01-15T19:06:22.713 | 65 | 409206 | <p>I have a laptop with win7 installed. I have now made a 60gb partition which I want to install ubuntu into. The question I have, before I do the installation, is how large each of the root, swap, and home partition should be? I have read some place that root could be as small as 8GB, but isn't that too small? Since I guess beside ubuntu all the softwares installed will reside there as well? And I think I'm going to set my swap to be 2GB large.</p>
<p>My main concern is how large should the root partition should be. I'm mainly going to use ubuntu for programming and browse the web.</p>
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"body": "<p>You actually should just install ubuntu on two partitions, <code>/</code> and <code>swap</code>. You can have ubuntu do this automatically by choosing to use the available free space (in other words, do not format your 60GB partition in vista before installing ubuntu).</p>\n\n<p>Some will argue that you should use separate partitions for <code>/home</code>, <code>/boot</code>, <code>/</code> and all kinds of things. This is useful in <strong>some</strong> situations, but for most common situations you are better off <strong>not</strong> doing this. This is because it will fragment your disk in a way that might not be wanted later. Just let ubuntu choose for you and you'll be safe :)</p>\n\n<p>You would often use a separate home in situations where you want to use:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple drives</li>\n<li>Multiple mutually exclusive ubuntu installs sharing the same data (could work with varying distros but not advisable to do this with different distros)</li>\n<li>Situations where your data needs to be safe in the case of a drive failure/upgrade (most normal installs are safe)</li>\n<li>You want it to be easier to reinstall or upgrade the system (just choose not to format the <code>/home</code> partition - please note a backup of important data is highly recommended during any system upgrade)</li>\n<li>The same drive is used by different systems.</li>\n<li>Your disk does not have enough capacity for both home and system data (e.g. a small SSD)</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><strong>NB:</strong> <em>\"Ubuntu's installer offers to preserve the contents of /home, so you don't need to be afraid to lose anything when doing re-installs or upgrades. – htorque\"</em></p>\n\n<p>On another note about swap - if you want to be sure that when doing large tasks you can have a lot of swap space, you can set your swap space to be twice the size of your ram, but either way, ubuntu will handle the requirements rather well if you choose to install on the blank 60GB partition.</p>\n\n<p>You might also want to read up on Swap files instead of Swap partitions. Again this can help reduce fixed fragmentation of your disk and dynamically allocate space as you need it. Supposedly, there is no performance loss.\n<a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/178712/how-to-increase-swap-space\">How to increase swap space?</a></p>\n",
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"text": "A separate `/home` is useful if you dual boot between two Linux distributions, such as if you do development or test for a distro. It also makes it easier to do a clean install without wiping out your `/home` and having to restore from backup. Since the newer you are, the more likely you are to mess something up and not know how to fix it without a clean install, I generally recommend a separate partition to newbies, then to combine it later when you are more comfortable.",
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"text": "@Karl - that's actually my situation. That's why I wonder how large my root partition should be. It is there where all the softwares will reside right? So do you think a size of 20GB is ok?",
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"text": "If you will go that route I'd suggest 25GB to `/` and 35 to `/home`.",
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"text": "From my experience a size of 20GB for / is good, even with some years of installing random stuff, it is not easy to fill that. I don't think I ever exceeded more then 25GB in /. If you are careful with what you install you can probably survive without much issue with 10GB, as a regular fresh Ubuntu install will take less then 5GB, but I wouldn't recommend getting that low, as running out of space in / is hard to fix.",
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"text": "In the past, from a system admin standpoint, part of the rationale to partition (which I don't do on my desktops any more) was to protect the filesystem from getting filled up by something going wrong. The usual examples would be gigantic log files or a script writing higgledy-piggledy to disk. This is obviously more important on multi-user systems and servers.",
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"text": "@htorque, are you sure that ubuntu's installer offers that option...Awesome!!! I was a bit worried on what to do when I upgrade to natty...ubuntu rocks..",
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"text": "@Nik: See this [wiki entry](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/komputes/HowToUbuquityPreserveHome) - it's a bit dated so the information might not reflect the current state 100%.",
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"text": "Just tested it in a VM, and it still works that way. Start the installer, select manual partitioning, use the old / as new / and don't format it - /home, etc. were preserved (after the installation I had my panel setup, a custom launcher on the desktop and my custom wallpaper).",
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"text": "[Generally speaking, you shouldn't bother with a separate /home or /boot partition unless you're running multiple Linux distributions at once.](http://askubuntu.com/questions/247/whats-your-recommendation-on-drive-partitioning-schemes-for-a-desktop-and-home-s/3603#3603)",
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"text": "I always use a separate /home partition. It takes literally no effort to make one, considering that you run through it in the setup process. If at any point something should get fouled up (during an upgrade, configuration error, etc.) having /home will allow you to do a complete reinstall without touching all those config files, pics, docs. The possible benefits far outweigh the extra minute it takes to do it.",
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"text": "A bad idea of not having /home is OS data corruption. The most common situation is the worst situation. Not knowing how to retrieve corrupted system means the user is novice and should take extra care to safe guard their data with a separate home. Misleading and dangerous. Updating suggestion is recommended.",
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21721 | 1 | 21785 | 2011-01-15T19:13:13.533 | 5 | 528 | <p>I want to set up global hotkeys in Audacious as follows. When I try and set these up it doesn't allow two mask keys.</p>
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21724 | 1 | 21727 | 2011-01-15T19:23:21.660 | 10 | 1646 | <p>How do I make 33% "list view" in Nautilus be the default view for the system? </p>
<p>If there isn't a way, another thought I am questioning: Is there a way to set a view to go recursive into all child folders? What if I want my Music folder to have a certain style of view permanently?</p>
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"text": "To add to fluteflute's excellent answer, I must say that sometimes this does not work for me for some directories, even after waiting for changes to take effect. In this case I manually change it using the menu already visible in that particular directory.",
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21730 | 1 | 21734 | 2011-01-15T19:42:23.987 | 99 | 50921 | <p>We get various distros like kubuntu/ubuntu/lubuntu/edu/etc... for free.
We get critical updates constantly. We can download any programs we want from Ubuntu repos.
Gee, I can't even imagine what kind of a CDN network you gotta have to support all this. Also, Ubuntu has a lot of people working for them:
<a href="http://webapps.ubuntu.com/employment/">Ubuntu jobs</a></p>
<p>Can someone explain how this is possible financially?</p>
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"text": "@Bill Had not seen that before myself. I think [this article](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html?pagewanted=3&_r=2) (from two years ago) is probably what you're referring to.",
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"text": "Not that article but one quite similar. I believe the article stated they had reached break even. The conclusion was that Ubuntu had reached a self sustaining level of income and was no longer dependent on Mark. With all the new services I expect some costs have gone up, and I hope revenue has followed.",
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21733 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T19:47:56.840 | 1 | 2889 | <p>I'm trying to set permissions for folders on USB drives that I've mounted with Nautilus, but when I change the permission, it just changes right back again. No error message or any other explanation. I've tried "Open as administrator" and it still doesn't work. How do I set the permissions so that they can be accessed as shared folders on the network?</p>
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21741 | 1 | 21746 | 2011-01-15T20:40:03.527 | 12 | 9248 | <p>A friend just complained to me about Ubuntu being slow. </p>
<p>Although I've noticed a certain lack of snappiness with Linux vs Windows in the past, I really can't say I've had much to grumble about with the recent distributions of Ubuntu. That said, his objections seem much worse than the ones I used to have and I know that his current setup is significantly more powerful than my laptop. </p>
<p>And then it turned out he is running Ubuntu off an external HDD hooked up via USB2.0. The HD enclosure is USB3.0 but apparently he can't manage to get it to boot on USB3.0 so he switched to one of the USB2.0 ports or whatever and that works, albeit not very well.</p>
<p>Now I would expect USB to add some overhead to communication between the computer and the HDD; SATA is after all designed to get the maximum out of a hard drive, whereas USB is, well, universal. </p>
<p>What are your expreriences with booting off external HDDs?</p>
<p>Edit: Does anybody know just how much of a slowdown can be expected?</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4408/what-should-i-do-when-ubuntu-freezes">What should I do when Ubuntu freezes?</a> </p>
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<p>I have a problem with my Ubuntu 10.10 system which regularly freezes and can then only be switched off via the mains switch. When I try to re-start the system I need to try repeatedly before it will log in.</p>
<p>How can I trace the reason for this and correct it?</p>
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21747 | 1 | 21799 | 2011-01-15T21:43:26.833 | 3 | 387 | <p>When I minimize programs to gnome-panel, I now have white vertical lines separating them, this never used to happen.</p>
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<p>I have tried deleting my .gconf, .metacity, .gnome2 folders, re-installing light themes, nothing seems to work.</p>
<p>Any Ideas?</p>
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21749 | 1 | 23260 | 2011-01-15T22:10:41.787 | 5 | 1404 | <p>The computer freezes when i shutdown. I have tried the ACPI options <code>acpi=off</code> and <code>acpi=force</code> but they don't work.</p>
<p>The computer is a MSI U130. The only way to shutdown is by long pressing the power button. It is running Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10.</p>
<p>Wifi: RT3090 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe</p>
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21751 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T22:18:58.803 | 1 | 6537 | <p>I bought this 2tb Segate GoFlex this last Black Friday and since then every 15 minutes or so the drive spins down, and then a little while later completely dismounts. Very annoying.
From what I understand you could turn this off using the including Windows and Mac only software. This function and what controls it isn't proprietary, right? There has to be something that'll let me set it in Ubuntu... Anyone have any suggestions?</p>
<p>Also, I formatted it to EXT4. Hope I didn't screw myself up. :/</p>
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21755 | 1 | null | 2011-01-15T23:05:08.557 | 13 | 8030 | <p>In Unity 2D there isn't any multiple workspaces. How can add more than that 1?</p>
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21759 | 1 | 21761 | 2011-01-15T11:47:52.093 | 14 | 557 | <p>the organization I work at wants to create a custom Ubuntu LiveCD, the customizations are: Pre-installed programs, plugins, some device drivers, and aesthetics such as icons and backgrounds, as well as changing Firefox's homepage and removing unneeded packages.</p>
<p>Not big changes, obviously, and we wish to distribute this custom image for clients to use as a bootable CD or USB stick in order to have a quick environment where all our tools are available instantly.</p>
<p>What are the licensing and legal consequences of this? What if some of the programs or plugins that are to be pre-packaged are not GPL'd?
I should finally note that we are not changing any code in the kernel or any other distro component.</p>
<p>Thank you for your time!</p>
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"text": "IANAL and definitly not american one (I've never been in America so far not mentioning US) but isn't it required by american law that trademark holder activly defend the right in court (failing to do so they would lost the trademark). Canonical is based in Europe where it is not required and the trademarks may be covered by international law (as I said - I am not a lawer).",
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21766 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T01:26:40.567 | 3 | 6149 | <p>How can you get google sketchup to work on ubuntu?</p>
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21768 | 1 | 21772 | 2011-01-16T02:04:58.580 | 27 | 39362 | <p>I have a bunch of pictures I'd like to make into a basic slideshow, as a video (e.g. mpeg/avi). What software is available to do this?</p>
<p>I started using PiTiVi based on recommendation in another question, which seemed nice at first. However, it's very unstable - just crashed my whole system! Regardless, it won't let me do anything over 10 seconds because the timeline keeps jumping back to the start any time I try and move/resize a clip.</p>
<p>All I need is to fade between some images. Anything out there?</p>
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21776 | 1 | 21777 | 2011-01-16T03:36:25.727 | 2 | 3827 | <p>CVS is being used in my workplace and I've no much knowledge of cvs other than installing and creating cvs users and I heard developers share their project with eclipse or something like that. I'm asked to check for best repositories which offers advanced features giving the hints SVN and GIT. If any one using these repositories please short list their features and if possible with links of good installation guides and a bit information of what the eclipse to do with these repositories. </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
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21781 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T04:28:17.077 | 8 | 1721 | <p>Currently, my window decorations are in the top left as per the default Ubuntu, but I have reordered them to "Minimize, Maximize, Close"
However on Unity Desktop, when I maximize my window, and the Unity Panel takes over window decorations, It switches back to the default "Close, Minimize, Maximize"
I tried poking around gconf and couldn't find anything, anybody have a tweak?</p>
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21784 | 1 | 21794 | 2011-01-16T05:21:26.020 | 4 | 1253 | <p>How do I go about changing the white background on nautilus-elementary's side pane?</p>
<p>I want to change it specifically to match the color of the toolbar and status-bar.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lWEVV.png" alt=""></p>
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21787 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T07:50:00.467 | 8 | 795 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/134/how-do-i-create-a-desktop-wallpaper-slideshow">How do I create a desktop wallpaper slideshow?</a><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/174460/how-do-i-set-my-wallpaper-to-auto-change-periodically">How do I set my wallpaper to auto-change periodically?</a> </p>
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<p>Can I set up desktop background picture to be set a random file from a given directory every given period of time?</p>
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21788 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T08:16:04.127 | 3 | 368 | <p>I want to only sync files with a certain prefix in a folder. Is there some way I can get Ubuntu one to only sync these files or ignore other files?</p>
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21790 | 1 | 21791 | 2011-01-16T08:32:56.073 | 4 | 530 | <p>Since Banshee is going to be replacing Rhythmbox in 11.04, is there a PPA for Rhythmbox so I can still keep up to date with the newest stable builds?</p>
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21800 | 1 | 23886 | 2011-01-16T10:42:35.330 | 2 | 3163 | <p>I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 desktop edition. Suddenly today /home became corrupted and I was prompted to run <code>fsck</code> manually. I ran <code>fsck -y /home</code> and rebooted the system. The system booted but I got no GUI interface (GNOME session) but a black screen with a user prompt instead. Any tricks here to start my system normally? Any help is greatly appreciated.</p>
<p><strong>EDIT:1</strong></p>
<p>The error were similar to the the following(may be with some mistakes as I had to type it manually):</p>
<p>machine1 login: root</p>
<p>password:</p>
<p>at login Sun Jan 16 15:30:46 IST 2011 on tty1</p>
<p>EXT3-fs error (devie sda1): ext3_lookup :deleted inode referenced</p>
<p>aborting journal on device sda1</p>
<p>Remounting filesystem read-only</p>
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ktemp: failed to create file via template `/tmp/serverauth.xxxxxxxxxxx: Read-only file
/usr/bin/startx: line 157: cannot create temp file for here-document: Read-only file
xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
/usr/bin/startx: line 173: cannnot create temp file for here-document: Read-only file
xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
/usr/bin/startx: line 173: cannnot create temp file for here-document: Read-only file
X: cannot stat /tmp/.x11-unix (No such file or directory), aborting giving up.
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to xserver
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error
xauth: error in locking authority file /root/.Xauthority
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21801 | 1 | 21806 | 2011-01-16T10:56:11.490 | 13 | 28895 | <p>I have a running Ubuntu Server 10.04.1. When I tried to login to the server via ssh, I could not. Instead, I got <code>connection refused</code> error. I tried to ping the machine and I got reply! So, the clear reason is that SSH daemon is stopped.</p>
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Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process (2469) terminated with status 255
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process ended, respawning
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process (2473) terminated with status 255
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process ended, respawning
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process (2477) terminated with status 255
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process ended, respawning
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process (2481) terminated with status 255
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process ended, respawning
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process (2485) terminated with status 255
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process ended, respawning
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process (2489) terminated with status 255
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process ended, respawning
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process (2493) terminated with status 255
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process ended, respawning
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process (2497) terminated with status 255
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process ended, respawning
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh main process (2501) terminated with status 255
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver init: ssh respawning too fast, stopped
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<p>I searched for a similar problem/solution. Some people said that this is caused by the SSH daemon trying to start before networking and they suggest to change <code>ListenAddress</code> in <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> to be <code>0.0.0.0</code>. I think this is not the cause in my case, because my problem occurs after system is up and running.</p>
<p>Any idea what is causing this? This is Ubuntu Server and it should be running and accessed remotely using SSH.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong></p>
<p>Here is the log snippet I found in <code>/var/log/auth.log</code>.</p>
<pre><code>Jan 16 10:56:38 myserver sudo: user : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/user ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sudo: user : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/user ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/etc/init.d/ssh reload
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[1465]: Received SIGHUP; restarting.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2461]: Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2465]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2465]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2469]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2469]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2473]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2473]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2477]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2477]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2481]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2481]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2485]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2485]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2489]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2489]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2493]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2493]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2497]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2497]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2501]: error: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0 failed: Address already in use.
Jan 16 10:57:09 myserver sshd[2501]: fatal: Cannot bind any address.
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<p>It seems that this error started to appear after I reloaded the SSH daemon. Should I avoid using <code>ssh reload</code> and use <code>ssh restart</code> instead?</p>
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21805 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T11:55:22.833 | 5 | 9390 | <p>I have tried installing <a href="http://code.google.com/p/asusfan/" rel="nofollow">asusfan</a> and lm-sensors but I'm unable to control my fans to cool my laptop down sufficiently. Currently it overheats at about 100 degrees celsius and my sensors output somehow does not have any fan information on it: </p>
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<p>I have checked my bios and there isn't any fan settings there. I can consistently overheat just by converting a video via Handbrake. I have ubuntu-desktop installed for a GUI. </p>
<p>Is there a way for me to control my fans to start spinning before it reaches a critical temperature and kills itself?</p>
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21811 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T12:20:29.280 | 20 | 29737 | <p>I want to convert text to an audio file containing synthesised speech that reads out that text. What free (libre+gratis) software is available for this and how do I install and use it?</p>
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21814 | 1 | 22012 | 2011-01-16T12:29:54.577 | 12 | 5875 | <p>I have hundreds of passwords, since I use a different random one for each website/service.
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But what about when I am copying the password into the clipboard (where it is stored for 5 seconds)? Can any program running in user-space access the clipboard and store the password? If so, how big of a security risk is this?</p>
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21819 | 1 | 21821 | 2011-01-16T13:55:12.057 | 4 | 11366 | <p>I want to add some lines which should execute every time Ubuntu boots up, so I don't have to change them manually everytime. I've read in some place that you should edit this file <code>/etc/rc.local</code>. However when I add the lines I want to execute at start up it doesn't run those lines.</p>
<p>So I wonder where the start up file is located in ubuntu?
Those lines I want to add is to change the sensitivity for the trackpoint</p>
<p>One of the lines I want to add:
<code>echo -n 250 > /sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/sensitivity</code></p>
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21823 | 1 | 21825 | 2011-01-16T14:38:04.970 | 10 | 46673 | <p>How do I create a shortcut to start a Windows application with Wine?</p>
<p>For example I have Notepad++:</p>
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<p>and I would like to have a shortcut to it on the desktop.</p>
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21824 | 1 | 21838 | 2011-01-16T14:42:24.443 | 6 | 271 | <p>I just want to copy and paste the bit of text that describes the panel in my other user account. Which textfile can I paste that into?</p>
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21833 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T15:26:17.427 | 8 | 2343 | <p>My Acer Timeline has a "Disable touchpad button" which works <em>too well</em>. That is, once I've pressed it, pressing it again won't re-enable the touchpad. I've tried a couple of things like:</p>
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<p>which worked once, but now when I do it again, it doesn't work again...</p>
<p>In fact, I'd like to know how to work out what the "disable touchpad" button is actually doing, and why doing it again isn't fixing the issue.</p>
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21836 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T16:13:16.857 | 4 | 351 | <p>I just upgraded to Maverick, and now I can't change my theme except for the cursor and window border/decoration. I've just reinstalled the themes I want to use (Dust + Dust extra) successfully, and while the window border/decorations change properly when I select them, nothing else changes. The icon set doesn't change; gnome-panel doesn't change. I'm stuck on the fugly fallback theme - the one you see when you do <code>gksudo gedit</code> or something.</p>
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21840 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T16:25:43.950 | 28 | 947 | <p>Let me quote from <a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/308#comment-324337" rel="nofollow">Mark's blog</a> almost one year ago:</p>
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<p><em>March 5th, 2010 at 7:19 pm</em><br>
Mark, will there be an update to the sound theme to match the updated visual brand?</p>
<p><em>Mark Shuttleworth:</em> Gack, I completely forgot about that. A very good point. Would you see if you can rally a round of community submissions for a sound theme inspired by light?</p>
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<p>Let's keep it short and sweet: <strong>What are the current considerations for the Ubuntu default sound theme?</strong></p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Update, October 5 2011</strong></p>
<p>This question was "answered" before the release of Natty. However, it proved to be wrong in the mean time. So the legacy continues, and I am reopening this one.</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Update, February 15, 2012</strong></p>
<p>Something is rolling! Looks like there will be a new sound for 12.04. Only a start-up sound however, no complete theme.</p>
<p><a href="http://design.canonical.com/2012/02/sound-theme-update/" rel="nofollow">http://design.canonical.com/2012/02/sound-theme-update/</a></p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Update, April 30, 2012</strong></p>
<p>It seemed to look good, but for some reason the sound did not make it into 12.04. There have been no announcements as to why, however. The sound theme remains a mistery...</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Update, May 2, 2012</strong></p>
<p>Mark Shuttleworth made a statement on IRC recently saying that it simply "was not perfect yet." It will maybe be in 12.10 then.</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Update, December 6, 2012</strong></p>
<p>Not in 12.10, either. But - there's still hope for 13.04!</p>
<hr>
<p><em>As of the last update, the <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-sounds/+bug/539169" rel="nofollow">bug report</a> for getting a new sound theme has been marked as Confirmed (but not In Progress) with the last comment posted October 31, 2011.</em></p>
<hr>
<p><strong>Update, September 11, 2013</strong></p>
<p>Won't be in 13.04, and neither in 13.10. However, an interesting proposal has popped up. The composer of the "Mass Effect" soundtrack offered to make a startup sound for Ubuntu <a href="https://lists.launchpad.net/unity-design/msg10267.html" rel="nofollow">on this mailing list</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/09/mass-effect-composer-ubuntu-14-04-start-up-sounds" rel="nofollow">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/09/mass-effect-composer-ubuntu-14-04-start-up-sounds</a></p>
<p>Discussion on Reddit <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1m659a/mass_effect_composer_offers_to_create_new_ubuntu/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
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21841 | 1 | 21848 | 2011-01-16T16:35:01.220 | 1 | 231 | <p>I tried to run it from total commander, I tried to make a link to it</p>
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<p>but it says </p>
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<p>I can open it slowly by navigating in the slow file open dialog, but I would like to open it from totalcmd or by created link or by passing full location.</p>
<p>P.S. Before that I have opened the DATA Partition.</p>
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21842 | 1 | 21844 | 2011-01-16T16:38:13.697 | 9 | 1585 | <p>I just discovered that I couldn't add more than 4 layouts for my keyboard. Googling revealed that it was a universal limit (at least for GNU/Linux) and the only way(s) to get around it was to use some hackish way with scripts. Is there really a technical reason behind this? If yes, what is it?</p>
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21851 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T17:31:19.807 | 7 | 4612 | <p>I hate how when I turn on the computer it just (after the hp logo, which I hate having also), shows white text on a black background. I'm wondering if there's easy ways to customize this (I'm choosing between Windows 7 and two separate Ubuntu 10.10 installs). I've read a little about some complicated ways to do this, but is there not some simpler ways by installing a package on ubuntu or something? I don't want to hack a bunch of code together to get a simple effect.</p>
<p>I'm hoping for actual images and having like the windows 7 logo and ubuntu logo to choose from.</p>
<p>Ideas?</p>
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21855 | 1 | 22002 | 2011-01-16T17:58:52.877 | 3 | 6330 | <p>I need to provide an FTP service that needs to be web-managed in the simplest way possible. My customer wants to create folders and users, and give them read only or read/write access arbitrarily.</p>
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<p>The folder 'Documents' should be read only for several users, writable for internal users, and invisible for the rest.</p>
<p>The folder 'Pictures' should be read only for journalists, writable for associates, and invisible for the rest.</p>
<p>The folder 'Media' should be read only, writable or invisible for arbitrary users specified on the admin.</p>
<p>There could be a large number of users and folders.</p>
<p>I can't find a good way to accomplish that.</p>
<p>I thought that I could give each user a home folder and put symlinks for the folders he has read access to, and make the user part of the folder's group when he has write access too, but now I think that this wouldn't work, because with PureFTPd (or ProFTPd) I can only specify the virtual user's mapping to a system user, and only one GUID for each virtual user. My approach requires that I could specify several GUIDs for each user (one by each folder he has write access to).</p>
<p>I need to start programming this admin and I still don't know wich approach would work, if any.</p>
<p>The question is: How to give arbitrary permissions to 20 folders or so, to a large number of FTP users?</p>
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21857 | 1 | 21858 | 2011-01-16T18:29:24.800 | 1 | 2414 | <p>I've had a problem with <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/17873/problems-with-cisco-quickvpn-client/18336">making QuickVPN work with Ubuntu</a>. I've got a feeling that it's because the Windows only application needs to listen on port 500, which it cannot without privileges. As you should never run Wine as root, how do you at least give it some privileges?</p>
<p>All I've found is that you should use "<a href="http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-96bebfa287b4288974de0df23351f278b0d41014" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Posix Capabilities</a>", but I haven't been able to figure out how exactly I can do this.</p>
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21859 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T19:01:34.607 | 3 | 686 | <p>In <a href="http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/11/30/testing-natty-and-unity-safely-with-a-usb-stick/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a blogpost</a> Jono explained a nice way to test the latest version of Natty. Under point four he proposes:</p>
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<p>Now, I followed all the steps and am actually writing this question from a session running on a 4GB USB stick. When trying to update the installation though (I just tried to do that using the Update Manager), it always fails because I do not have enough disc space remaining.</p>
<p>How can I get Ubuntu to update properly on my USB stick?</p>
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21860 | 1 | 26583 | 2011-01-16T19:14:58.780 | 5 | 2039 | <p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/1403/whats-the-state-of-multi-seat-in-10-04-lucid">I've asked about multiseat before</a>. The answer (for 10.04) involved doing it the proper way (eg through <code>gdm</code>, multiple server layouts). The problem was that <code>gdm</code> needs to be patched or reverted to 2.20 for multiseat. It's an ugly hack that, worse than anything, will hold up future updates.</p>
<p>As a result, I didn't do anything. I still have a spare video card. I still have the monitor, keyboard and mouse all sitting waiting to jump into action. And I still want to be able to turn that into a simple desktop.</p>
<p>My needs don't seem complicated. I have a second video card, a USB hub and anything connected to that USB hub that I want to be dedicated to another X server. I don't need a login screen (I'm happy hard-coding in a auto-login and I'd be happy with the user starting the X server if that's possible).</p>
<p>This is so simple in my head that I only need two questions:</p>
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<li><p>How can I explicitly start an X server from the command line on an unused video adapter (by passing it whatever configuration I need to)?</p></li>
<li><p>Can I have this new X session load a desktop environment on load?</p></li>
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<p>This seems like something you should be able to write in a little upstart script within 10 minutes. That would be perfect for me as then I'd have a nice start/stop control over the secondary desktop from the main desktop (that I want to leave unscathed!)</p>
<p>I'm thinking something as simple as this for the payload:</p>
<pre><code>su -u other_user -c "startx -- localhost hardware-information"
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<p>And use .xinitrc to load openbox or something...</p>
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21863 | 1 | 21875 | 2011-01-16T19:23:57.757 | 0 | 1693 | <p>For some reason when I plug in the AC the laptop fun will always run, and it is quite noticable also. Is it supposed to be like that, is it some fix for it? My laptop is a thinkpad T400</p>
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21864 | 1 | 21869 | 2011-01-16T19:33:56.713 | 3 | 6407 | <p>For example, I want all avi files to be associated with mplayer <strong>in Wine</strong></p>
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21868 | 1 | 21872 | 2011-01-16T20:01:19.050 | 12 | 6278 | <p>Running <a href="http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/">PowerTOP</a> on an Ubuntu 10.10 system, one of the suggestions are</p>
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21871 | 1 | 21873 | 2011-01-16T20:12:48.733 | 2 | 497 | <p>I recently messed up my Master Boot Record and my system is not booting. I was dual booting Windows and Ubuntu. Both of them are not loading now. I don't care if I lose my windows, but I want my Ubuntu back!!</p>
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21877 | 1 | 21883 | 2011-01-16T20:41:48.567 | 0 | 1270 | <p>I tried code from <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21864/how-to-associate-a-file-type-within-wine-with-a-native-application/21869#21869">this question</a> and for some reason they do not work, why and how to fix them?</p>
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bash: !/bin/sh": event not found
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21879 | 1 | 21885 | 2011-01-16T20:48:16.577 | 4 | 2098 | <p>I recently bought a new laptop with an ATI Mobility Radeon 5470HD graphics card in it and installed Ubuntu. Everything works just fine, but at the startup, no Plymouth splash screen comes up, just a black screen with a white dash. The splash screen on shutdown works fine though.</p>
<p>Does anybody know how to fix this so I can get some eyecandy? </p>
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21880 | 1 | 21882 | 2011-01-16T20:56:01.217 | 6 | 9645 | <p>On Ubuntu 10.10, I have recently started to experience this problem:</p>
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<p>I always have to click to show contacts in groups, it does not remember it. Every time I have to go to options and update some notification settings.</p>
<p>I know all these things should be "remembered" by Skype - this problem started only recently. I don't recall fiddling with any permissions that could have likely caused that.</p>
<p>Do you know what the problem might be? I uninstalled (marking for complete configuration removal) and re-installed Skype, but it still remembers my username (why??).</p>
<p>Can I find Skype configuration files on the filesystem somewhere and change permissions for them - or even better - edit the files to set what I want?</p>
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21886 | 1 | 21887 | 2011-01-16T21:31:33.153 | 37 | 43487 | <p>Is there a way to get java apps to use my gtk theme?</p>
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<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/15318/how-to-remove-the-unwanted-entries-from-the-boot-menu">How to remove the unwanted entries from the boot menu?</a> </p>
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<p>I guess I've got more than one ubuntu installation (either two or three) along with a windows 7 installation. Each of the ubuntu installations also list something extra (maybe like a safe mode?) within grub.</p>
<p>Firstly, how do I remove the ubuntu installations I don't use? (how do I first identify the one I do use? I log into it after booting it, but how do I delete the others)</p>
<p>Also, how do I leave just a Windows 7 option and an Ubuntu option?</p>
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21892 | 1 | 22482 | 2011-01-16T22:25:23.430 | 5 | 5064 | <p>I'm having a nasty problem with the Sound Menu on my Ubuntu 10.10 Installation.
What happens is that the sound control icon is blocked, and I can't control the master volume.<br>
If I try to get to the <em>Sound Preferences</em> I get a little Pop-Up Window saying:</p>
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<p>Don't know what to do... apart of that, sound works great. </p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/oMOHa.png" alt="alt text"></p>
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21895 | 1 | 21921 | 2011-01-16T23:32:34.360 | 3 | 4693 | <p>I have a laptop with broken video card. It has two operating systems installed - Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition. </p>
<p>It has GRUB to manage which operating system to boot up. Windows is default OS. And Windows fails to boot up without video card. I'm checking with ping to the ports which are shown as used by DHCP in my router. </p>
<p>Normal boot of Ubuntu also fails and it restarts after a while. But when I choose (blindly, but checking HDD indicator and by counting button presses when GRUB menu appears) to boot second option of Ubuntu (rescue mode) it starts and I can ping it.
But when I try to connect to it through SSH, I'm getting "connection refused" error from putty.</p>
<p>I've took out HDD from my laptop already and inserted it to WD Passport case so now I can connect it to other computer to edit configuration files.</p>
<p>How can I check if SSH server is working?
How to enable it in rescue mode? Or better, how to disable video card to be required while booting Ubuntu in normal mode?</p>
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21897 | 1 | null | 2011-01-16T23:36:05.047 | 7 | 661 | <p>Ubuntuone is correctly synchronizing selected files between two computers running Ubuntu 10.10. When I open Ubuntuone Preferences, Account tab, on one computer it does not display the usage, name e-mail or current plan. On the other computer all information is shown correctly. On the Devices tab the 2 computers are not shown. They do show correctly on the other computer. Any ideas on how to fix this problem. I have reinstalled Ubuntuone per this <strong><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/FAQ/HowDoICompletelyRemoveAndReinstallUbuntuOne" rel="nofollow">link</a></strong>. </p>
<p>I have installed gir1.0-soup2.4 and magicicada. I have downloaded watgui.py but I don't know how to run it, do I need to put it in a certain directory?? With magicicada I can see traffic when I change a file. Let me know what you would like to look at.</p>
<p>I have run python watgui.py with the following results:</p>
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<p>Reported out as a <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/+bug/708902" rel="nofollow">bug #708902</a>.</p>
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21899 | 1 | 21900 | 2011-01-17T01:29:57.700 | 2 | 670 | <p>Recently I decided to test <strong>natty</strong>, so i download it and try to install it on VirtualBox <em>(v4.0 - 3D Acceleration Enabled)</em> but have problem in using unity <em>(It says to change my desktop to classic...)</em><br>
Now I want to install it on my PC, so I came here to ask is it safe to do that?</p>
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"text": "Well, you're theoretically right but it's very unlikely that an application (talking about standard programs) working in one partition is messing up another one. So the risk lies in the partition resizer (parted?), right? And plz note that's why I strongly suggest a test run of a parallel install on a virtual machine. I don't get your point.",
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"text": "The only thing problem I had was easily fixed - I ran 'sudo apt-get upgrade` this morning and had my 10.10 install disappear from the grub menu. I mounted the 10.10 partition and ran 'sudo update-grub` and the problem was fixed. That just goes to show you that if you don't know what might (or might not) be causing something, then you probably shouldn't be screwing around with Natty *at this point* - by the time we hit Alpha 2, it'll be easier to troubleshoot.",
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21902 | 1 | 21907 | 2011-01-17T02:38:30.673 | 8 | 7302 | <p>Is it possible to run Windows 7 64 bit from a 32bit ubuntu OS? </p>
<p>I can reinstall Ubuntu as a 64bit OS, but would prefer not to if it is not necessary.</p>
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21903 | 1 | 21938 | 2011-01-17T02:47:45.467 | 14 | 3864 | <p>Is there anywhere one can get a copy of Ubuntu's man pages in e-reader (preferably Kindle/mobi, epub can be handled)format?</p>
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21910 | 1 | null | 2011-01-17T01:41:21.867 | 7 | 7317 | <p>I am using Ubuntu 10.04 as ftp server, when I upload file using Filezilla client, I always got "550 Permission denied".</p>
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21914 | 1 | 22166 | 2011-01-17T03:37:11.510 | 25 | 62314 | <p>I do not want NetworkManager to list or manipulate my wireless card. Can I hide its interface from NetworkManager somehow?</p>
<p>I have tried adding this in <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code>,</p>
<pre><code>iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.1.101
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
wireless-essid Synaptotagmin
pre-up wpa_supplicant -B -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
post-down killall -q wpa_supplicant
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<p>and this in <code>/etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf</code>,</p>
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plugins=ifupdown,keyfile
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managed=false
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unmanaged-devices=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/net_00_19_e0_57_86_af
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<p>but NetworkManager Applet still lists and allows me to connect to wireless networks.</p>
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21915 | 1 | null | 2011-01-17T03:42:21.567 | 2 | 118 | <p>The mouse stops and moves jerkily, and sometimes won't register clicks. Gnome stopped responding a few hours ago--everything looks fine, but no clicks on menu items do anything.</p>
<p>I've been running Ubuntu 10.10 since it was released; 8GB RAM and a 60GB SSD. I haven't added any hardware or software recently except the Ubuntu recommended updates; the last thing was the bitcoin client a week ago.</p>
<p>The mouse works on other computers, rebooting does nothing, top shows 3 CPU cores free and over a gig of ram left. I don't know what else to look at.</p>
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21917 | 1 | null | 2011-01-17T03:44:05.757 | 3 | 1564 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/75887/how-do-i-add-a-canon-pixma-mx860-network-printer">How do I add a Canon Pixma MX860 network printer?</a> </p>
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<p>Were do I go or click on to bring up system so I can follow the steps to add a wireless printer. A Canon PIXMA MX860 ?</p>
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21923 | 1 | 21927 | 2011-01-17T04:59:40.633 | 16 | 109958 | <p>I don't have a .Xauthority file in my home folder. I want to create it, please tell me the steps to do so in ubuntu 10.10.</p>
<p>Thank You!</p>
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21924 | 1 | 21926 | 2011-01-17T05:19:03.917 | 6 | 2019 | <p>In Thunar I could easily switch between Vista-style graphical location bar and editable textual location bar (which doesn't look so eye-candy but is far more convenient for me). Can I configure this in Nautilus?</p>
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21928 | 1 | 21937 | 2011-01-17T06:15:18.940 | 6 | 207 | <p>One of the problems with recommending Ubuntu to potential future users, especially those not particularly given to technical endeavours, is that there is a chance that upgrades will break their machine, and they'll have to pay or otherwise coerce some knowledgeable person into fixing them.</p>
<p>In my limited experience of running successive versions of Ubuntu since 8-something on a couple of different laptops, this chance is quite high. I'm not sure if I'm just unlucky with the hardware that I'm using, or if it's a result of the higher-than-average number of packages I have installed, or if upgrades are just typically problematic.</p>
<p>So I'd like to know the likelihood, for a casual user, of doing a release upgrade, for example from 10.04 to 10.10, without experiencing any regression bugs.</p>
<p>Obviously this is dependent on the hardware that people are running. Canonical seems to be making some efforts towards collecting data on this, for example with the "I am affected by this bug" checkbox on their issue tracker, and with the laptop compatibility reports, but I've not seen anything comprehensive.</p>
<p>I'm hoping for an objective reference here, for example a study carried out by relatively unbiased individuals. However, anecdotal evidence is probably useful too.</p>
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21929 | 1 | null | 2011-01-17T06:15:19.523 | 3 | 4464 | <p>I have got this issue with Ubuntu 10.10. I have been with Ubuntu 8.04 and then decided to try out Ubuntu 10.10 . </p>
<p>I booted with a LiveCD and was able to configure the wireless network painlessly using the livecd. So happily I installed Ubuntu 10.10. As soon as Ubuntu came up it detected the wireless network and I was able to assign a static IP to eth1 (i dont use DHCP option on my ADSL router) and enter a wap key and use <code>pppoeconf</code> to configure the dialer. The net was on and I was able to surf the net. All hunky dory so far.
However on the next boot the fun started. It did not detect the wireless network. I could not see the network manager icon in the systray. I used ifconfig and saw that the entry for eth1 was missing. I used <code>ifup eth1</code> and it said that eth1 was already up . </p>
<p>Then I installed wifi-radar. Wifi-Radar detected the wireless network. I configured wifi-radar for the detected wireless network , set the wap driver as wext and used the manual IP settings. However on clicking connect wifi-radar started looking for a DHCP IP , needless to say it failed. For the love of god I cannot understand why wifi-radar is using DHCP when I have specified manual settings . </p>
<p>Next I decided to use the wired network to surf the net looking for a solution . So I plugged in the network cable from my modem , it detected the plugged in connection , I configured eth0 , used pppoeconf and connected to the net. Then I foolishly decided to reboot my PC. And wonders of wonders , the same problem appeared. I cannot see eth0 in my ifconfig anymore. I used pon to start the dsl-provider connection and it said something about network error or something . Now my ifconfig shows only lo , both eth0 and eth1 have disappeared. Can anybody help me on this? </p>
<p>Is it a problem with ipv6 , if so how do you disable ipv6 on Ubuntu 10.10 ? OR is this is a known issue with Ubuntu 10.10?</p>
<p>P.S.</p>
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<li>I tried Linux mint 10 and had the same issue. On rebooting wireless network was not getting detected . </li>
<li>I have made myself the administrator so that there is no issue of rights or anything.</li>
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21931 | 1 | 21933 | 2011-01-17T06:30:53.337 | 10 | 59809 | <p>On a colleagues computer, everytime I use a sudo command, I get this error:</p>
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<p><strong>EDIT:</strong> The colleague told me that he executed this command, god knows why :/</p>
<p><code>sudo chmod -R 777 /</code> or <code>sudo chmod -R 777</code> He isnt exactly sure.</p>
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21934 | 1 | 26820 | 2011-01-17T06:42:46.953 | 15 | 17326 | <p>Currently, I am using the Unity Qt panel in my Gnome desktop, and when I press the Windows key, the Unity's dash launches, and I can't use any compiz based shortcuts. </p>
<p>Same behaviour is exhibited when I log in to Unity 2D as well, as the Windows key launches the dash.</p>
<p>I have no desire to change my Compiz shortcuts, so is there any way to change the keyboard mapping of Unity 2D's dash to something other or disable this shortcut completely?</p>
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"body": "<p>It is not planned for now to make it configurable though it is planned to deactivate that shortcut by default, see <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-2d/+bug/705076\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug #705076</a></p>\n",
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21935 | 1 | null | 2011-01-17T07:06:25.930 | 4 | 1474 | <p>When trying to Activate, Broadcom B43legacy wireless driver I get the following error,</p>
<pre><code>SystemError: installArchives() failed.
</code></pre>
<p>Please help.</p>
| null | 866 | 2011-02-09T19:41:42.710 | 2012-06-08T14:33:52.470 | Why does "Additional Drivers" Fail? | [
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21939 | 1 | 21943 | 2011-01-17T08:11:24.710 | 10 | 1264 | <p>I keep typing in the wrong place because of the pad getting touched while I am typing causing a click that re-place the cursor in another position. In Windows, I can easily disable that so the pad is only used to move the mouse cursor, but I didn't find similar option in Ubuntu. Any help?</p>
| 7280 | null | null | 2012-05-01T17:09:42.250 | Disable pad click | [
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"body": "<p>Isn't this doing what you want?</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/IeQN0.png\" alt=\"mouse preferences window\"></p>\n\n<p>This is in System / Preferences / Mouse.</p>\n",
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"text": "Hmmmm.... never saw that before!! Why would they put under mouse? In Windows it was an icon in the taskbar, so makes it easy to see. Thanks anyway, I will mark your answer as the accepted answer because it is easier.",
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21942 | 1 | 21945 | 2011-01-17T09:30:51.663 | 3 | 478 | <p>I have started writting rss reader in Vala, but I don't know, what database system should I use, I cannot connect to couchdb and sqlite works fine, but I would like use couchdb because of ubuntu one. I have natty with latest updates</p>
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public CouchDB.Database db;
public string feed_table = "feed";
public string item_table = "item";
public struct field {
string name;
string val;
}
// constructor
public Database() {
try {
this.session = new CouchDB.Session();
} catch (Error e) {
stderr.printf ("%s a\n", e.message);
}
try {
this.db = new CouchDB.Database (this.session, "test");
} catch (Error e) {
stderr.printf ("%s a\n", e.message);
}
try {
this.session.get_database_info("test");
} catch (Error e) {
stderr.printf ("%s aa\n", e.message);
}
try {
var newdoc = new CouchDB.Document ();
newdoc.set_boolean_field ("awesome", true);
newdoc.set_string_field ("phone", "555-VALA");
newdoc.set_double_field ("pi", 3.14159);
newdoc.set_int_field ("meaning_of_life", 42);
this.db.put_document (newdoc); // store document
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<p>reports</p>
<pre><code>$ ./xml_parser rss.xmlCannot connect to destination (127.0.0.1) aa
Cannot connect to destination (127.0.0.1) aaa
</code></pre>
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"body": "<p>From a performance point of view, I'd just like to say that CouchDB perhaps isn't the fastest solution when compared to something more mature like SQLite. A gwibber comparison puts SQLite as <em>just</em> <a href=\"http://blogs.nemein.com/people/piotras/view/1274453113.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">10 times faster</a>. </p>\n\n<p>Given that a RSS reader does a lot more <code>SELECT</code> than <code>INSERT</code>, this is something you need to be conscious of because it's going to effect your application's responsiveness.</p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p>In terms of your code, comparing it to <a href=\"http://live.gnome.org/Vala/CouchDBSample\" rel=\"nofollow\">the \"official\" Vala+Couch sample</a>, you're not passing in the connection details so I'm wondering if there's an issue with the auto-detect mechanism. Couch is started on a different port each time it runs but <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8155355&postcount=4\" rel=\"nofollow\">you can get its current port through dbus</a>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>dbus-send --session --print-reply --dest=org.desktopcouch.CouchDB / org.desktopcouch.CouchDB.getPortmethod return sender=:1.231 -> dest=:1.230 reply_serial=2\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I don't know the Vala for that but manually finding out might help you get the initial connection done.</p>\n",
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21948 | 1 | null | 2011-01-17T10:50:28.707 | 1 | 1365 | <p>I'm trying to install <code>opensync-plugin-synce</code> to sync my wm6 phone with Evolution, but when I try (from synaptic, also with ap-get), is:</p>
<pre><code>Depende: opensync-module-python but it is not installable
</code></pre>
<p>In fact, I haven't found opensync-module-python in repositories.</p>
<p>Any hint? Is there any way to sync WM6 and Evolution (preferably without intermediate online syncs as Gmail, for instance)?</p>
<p>Update: <code>opensync-module-python</code> exists in the repositories for previous versions of Ubuntu (mine is 10.10).... could I install it from there or would I ruin something?</p>
<p>Update: should I mark this as impossible? Seems to be no way to sync WM6 phone with Evolution right now....</p>
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