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<p>The <a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/1seg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://en.wikipedia.org/favicon.ico" alt="">1seg</a> protocol allows Japanese and Brazilian cellphones to show television.</p> <p>There are many USB-stick 1seg tuners for sale, to watch TV on PC. Is any of them us...
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2017-03-09T18:04:14.940
2011-01-28T01:25:38.417
Which 1seg TV tuner is supported? (mobile ISDB-T)
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>1seg is better known as <code>ISDB-T</code> for cellphones, laptops, etc.\nTherefore, google for <code>ISDB-T USB dongle Ubuntu</code> in order to find available products.</p>\n\n<p>You need to load the smsusb and smusbtv kernel modules (if they do not load automatically) and...
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23322
1
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2011-01-26T09:34:20.393
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<p>I am looking for a PDF viewer for working with LaTeX and SyncTeX (forward and inverse search) under Gnome. I know from previous questions in various forums that Okular has this feature, but I prefer not to drag KDE dependencies just for this. </p> <p>Is there an alternative that would work nicely in Gnome, withou...
7101
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2011-01-27T04:05:38.897
2012-05-12T19:59:28.207
A PDF viewer supporting SyncTeX for Gnome
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Simply use Evince, the default document viewer for GNOME and Ubuntu.\nSince GNOME 2.32 (found in Ubuntu 10.10 and the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04), Evince supports SyncTex. For more, see\n<a href=\"http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.32/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://library....
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23330
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2011-01-26T11:14:56.050
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<p>I know there's this question <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/358/how-can-i-type-special-characters-like-e">How can I type special characters like ë?</a>, but I'd like to know if there is any possibility to configure the keyboard to use windowish style to insert special characters (<kbd>Alt</kbd>+Code in num...
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2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2016-03-11T12:23:21.573
Ways to enter special characters? Is Alt+Numpad possible?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T11:20:35.577", "id": "25209", "postId": "23330", "score": "1", "text": "For Ctrl+Shift+u + HEX to work, you need to disable IBus.With IBus enabled this feature does not work.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4124" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-2...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use compose sequences which are more usable than the Alt+num method in Windows.\nFor more see <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GtkComposeTable\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GtkComposeTable</a></p>\n\n<p>For example, <kbd>Compose</kbd> + <kbd>t</kbd> + <kbd>m<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use compose sequences which are more usable than the Alt+num method in Windows.\nFor more see <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GtkComposeTable\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GtkComposeTable</a></p>\n\n<p>For example, <kbd>Compose</kbd> + <kbd>t</kbd> +...
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23331
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2011-01-26T11:20:12.927
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<p>I have installed Windows 7 and Kubuntu 10.10, but the boot menu isn't displayed, and the computer boots into Windows 7 directly. <br/> How to fix this?</p>
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4776
2011-01-26T12:17:26.703
2011-01-31T21:07:50.380
Unable to dual-boot Windows 7 and Kubuntu 10.10
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You most probably installed Windows last. This is a known issue where Windows overwrites the boot manager of Linux (called Grub2).</p>\n\n<p>For information, read \"<a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RecoveringUbuntuAfterInstallingWindows\" rel=\"nofollow\">Recoverin...
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user9639
23332
1
23334
2011-01-26T11:22:29.413
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<p>I have a personal repository setup using <code>reprepro</code>. Everything works allright. <code>apt-get update</code> reads the package list from the repository and I can install packages from the repository. A few annoying error messages are printed though and I can't figure out how to resolve them (domain name re...
971
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2011-01-26T11:32:02.117
2011-01-26T11:32:02.117
apt-get update error for a personal repository
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <code>(stdin) is not a bzip2 file</code> error most probably means that the repository is not available anymore. </p>\n\n<p>Now if you visit <a href=\"http://www.mydomain.nl/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.mydomain.nl/</a> (website for the repository), you will notice that the dom...
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23338
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2011-01-26T12:39:35.073
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<p>Is there any serious graphical user interface research for Ubuntu? I mean, are there any improvements planned by Ubuntu in order to improve it's default user interface? Just for example I don't understand why are there two upper bars on every window, menu and controls like close, minimize, maximize, when the title i...
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2011-09-20T14:05:56.423
2011-09-20T14:05:56.423
Is Ubuntu doing GUI research?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T13:06:18.950", "id": "25227", "postId": "23338", "score": "2", "text": "Look around the [Ubuntu | Unity](http://unity.ubuntu.com/) website.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4776" }, { "creationDate": "2012-01-24T19:21:37.150", "id": "112328"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"http://design.canonical.com\">Canonical design team</a> regularly conducts GUI researches and usability tests on different types of people.</p>\n\n<p>Check out <a href=\"http://design.canonical.com\">their blog</a> for more on what they're up to!</p>\n", "commentCount...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>See the work of the Ayatana project, <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana</a></p>\n\n<p>Every person may have a personal view on how the UI should look like. It is important to be receptive to change and open-minded.</p>...
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2011-01-26T12:45:58.640
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<p>After installing OpenVPN properly (<code>network-manager-openvpn</code>) and setting up my VPN, I am not able to connect to any internet page or access anything that's remote. Pinging stuff is totally dead.</p> <p>I have absolutely no idea on how to proceed from now. What should I do?</p>
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2011-01-26T13:06:14.003
2011-01-30T17:46:30.550
VPN connection breaks internet
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's perfectly normal, as by default, all connections are made through your VPN. You have two options:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>you can configure you VPN server to let connections to the outside go through the VPN</li>\n<li>you can configure you client to only use your VPN for connections to...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's perfectly normal, as by default, all connections are made through your VPN. You have two options:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>you can configure you VPN server to let connections to the outside go through the VPN</li>\n<li>you can configure you client to only use your VPN for connec...
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23347
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2011-01-26T13:30:35.227
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<p>I tried to build <a href="http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">dasher</a>, but I got it needs <code>glib</code>. So doing so this came up:</p> <pre><code>Checking for GLIB... configure: error: Package requirements (glib-2.0&gt;= 2.6) were not met: No package 'glib-2.0' found </code...
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2017-02-23T12:04:03.970
2017-02-23T12:04:03.970
Cannot install glib-dev
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>2.26 refers to GNOME 2.26, which is an old version. Do you have Ubuntu 9.10 or a similar old Ubuntu distribution?</p>\n\n<p>If you can upgrade your distribution, you should be able to solve these problems.\nIf you cannot upgrade, then get an older package of the source code o...
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2011-01-26T13:32:16.487
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<p>I have an English Ubuntu. Today suddenly the update manager asks me to download 48 MB of "Japanese TrueType font, Ume-font". It says it is a new install. Do I really need this for something? I can not imagine why I need Japanese fonts.</p> <p>This is the package that I am being 'forced' to install: <a href="http://...
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2805
2011-01-26T14:14:44.927
2011-01-26T15:46:32.190
Do I need to install Japanese TrueType font, Ume-font
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've removed wine, and this \"update\" no more popped up.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T20:39:35.507", "id": "25336", "postId": "23377", "score": "0", "text": "I now found it indeed! http://packages.ubun...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Since I couldn't find that package in the <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">official package list</a>, I'll assume it comes from a third-party repository. </p>\n\n<p>To find out which package depends on ume-font, install apt-rdepends (<a href=\"http://ww...
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user6019
23353
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2011-01-26T13:52:33.730
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<p>When I turn on my computer (a CR-48), I keep loading tty1. I have tried <code>xstart</code>, and all I get is: </p> <blockquote> <p>Fatal server error:<br /> Could not create lock file in /tmp/.tX0-lock</p> </blockquote> <p>When I attempted to make the directory (both sudo and not), I received these two errors...
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2011-01-26T14:29:57.953
2020-09-11T05:25:36.163
Ubuntu boots into terminal
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The hard drive is read only because it's got some errors on it. These have been detected during a scan and now your drive is read only. You need to run <code>fsck</code> against your main root partition while the partition isn't mounted or read only. It's read only so you should just...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The hard drive is read only because it's got some errors on it. These have been detected during a scan and now your drive is read only. You need to run <code>fsck</code> against your main root partition while the partition isn't mounted or read only. It's read only so you sho...
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23355
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2011-01-26T14:07:27.443
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<p>In reading some the questions I find some commands I am not familiar with. I will run a man page on the command and reference the other questions entry to get a better understanding of the command. One was about using <code>chkconfig</code>. Sometimes the command line I reference has a switch that is not referenced ...
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2011-01-26T14:22:36.343
2011-05-13T06:35:35.350
Is there an additional set of information that references more than the man page?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Sometimes you can find more help with <code>chkconfig --help</code>, <code>info chkconfig</code>, or <code>apropos chkconfig</code>.</p>\n\n<p>On this, if you compare the man page for chkconfig on Ubuntu with any other, you'll see that the --level switch seems to have been replaced w...
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2011-01-26T14:50:28.670
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<p>I want to sync my new cell phone contacts but I want to erase all the contacts that I have in my Ubuntu One account first. I use android 2.2 on my phone, on the application I select just to upload contacts but its not doing that, it is replacing the one I have on my cell.</p>
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2011-01-27T08:31:08.617
2011-05-10T07:53:22.483
How do I delete all my Ubuntu One contacts?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>Delete a contact</p>\n \n <ul>\n <li><p>Click on the letter of the contact's last name that you want to edit and\n then click on the contact's link .</p></li>\n <li><p>Click on the trash icon .</p></li>\n </ul>\n \n <p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur....
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user9653
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2011-01-26T15:36:16.187
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<p>I was wondering for quite some time now; is there any way to hide/remove any unwanted updates when I see some in the Ubuntu Update Manager?</p>
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2011-01-26T15:45:25.820
2011-01-26T16:11:58.413
How to hide unwanted updates?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What you want to do is to \"hold\" a package, to prevent it from being upgraded. The ubuntu documentation has <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto#Introduction%20to%20Holding%20Packages\">a page dedicated to it</a>, that will tell you how to hold a package, but wi...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need to use the <code>Synaptic Package Manager</code> (already available in Ubuntu) in order to <code>Lock</code> the version of the specific packages. Therefore, the packages will not be offered for upgrade. You would need to Lock each individual package in your list.</p...
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23373
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2011-01-26T15:41:08.407
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<p>I have just finished moving my development server into a Ubuntu 10.04 Server VM in VMWare Fusion 3. I have all of my mysql and tomcat stuff running and am now trying to connect to my actual site files which are stored on my mac under <code>/{User Root}/Workspace/ColdFusion/</code>. </p> <p>I know that normally yo...
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2014-01-31T18:02:23.973
How to view files from host? (running inside VMWare Fusion)
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/24149/sharing-directories-are-not-shown\">This question and answer</a> from prosseek might help you. The <code>sshfs</code> method seems a bit unorthodox to me, but I don't have vmware-fusion available to test any other way.</p>\n", ...
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23379
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2011-01-26T15:55:31.350
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<p>(There are a few existing questions on Photoshop alternatives, but none seem to focus on reading PSD files specifically)</p> <p>Say I'm a programmer working with a web designer and would like to implement a design she's produced as a PSD file using Photoshop. It's a fairly complicated design using overlays/animatin...
9660
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2013-09-08T19:10:15.330
Reading Photoshop PSD Files with Layers
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I use <a href=\"http://gimp.org\">GIMP</a> to open PSD files.</p>\n\n<p>Some more advanced layer groups might be broken, but in most cases it works OK.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T16:37:32.240", "id": ...
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23381
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2011-01-26T16:08:41.357
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<p>I have installed "Additional Drivers" but there is a problem with ATI Catalyst Control Centre:</p> <blockquote> <p>There is no ATI graphics driver installed or it is not functioning properly</p> </blockquote> <p>I have downloaded the appropriate <code>ati-driver-installer-10-12-x86.x86_64.run</code> file from th...
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2011-01-26T20:55:41.517
2011-01-28T19:43:30.677
Installation of driver from ati-driver-installer-10-12-x86.x86_64.run
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<pre><code>chmod +x ati-driver-installer-10-12-x86.x86_64.run\nsudo ./ati-driver-installer-10-12-x86.x86_64.run\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>you can also try <code>sudo sh ati-driver-installer-10-12-x86.x86_64.run</code> instead of the second line above</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", ...
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user9663
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2011-01-26T16:57:29.987
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<p>I have Ubuntu server 10.04 and it comes with its own couchdb version 0.10 I am trying to upgrade this to 1.0.1 or at least install 1.0.1 on the side. No matter what I try, I can't seem to be able to do it. Things I have tried are below:</p> <ul> <li><code>sudo apt-get install couchdb</code> (installs something, ...
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2011-07-07T19:33:26.837
2011-07-07T19:33:26.837
Installing CouchDB 1.0.1
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T18:06:47.660", "id": "25305", "postId": "23388", "score": "0", "text": "I've finally got it to work, as an FYI to anyone else stuck after installing via the .bin: you need to go and modify permissions on the installation folders to use the couchdb user. I changed t...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>May I suggest you use our <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuone/+archive/stable\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">stable ppa</a>? CouchDB from there will be landing in 10.04 backports soon.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-us...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>May I suggest you use our <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuone/+archive/stable\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">stable ppa</a>? CouchDB from there will be landing in 10.04 backports soon.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how...
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23390
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2011-01-26T17:05:33.387
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<p>How can I fix my update problem. I am using Maverick 10.10 and update daily, however I get the warning triangle that tells me that the update information is outdated. After I perform an update it tells me that it was last updated 26 days ago.</p> <p>Upon looking at the sources list in <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</c...
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2011-01-26T19:35:30.820
2013-06-25T20:05:15.503
Update information is outdated
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You should simply run: <code>sudo apt-get update</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "23", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T17:23:36.590", "id": "25281", "postId": "23392", "score": "0", "text": "tried that it doesnt...
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user9665
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1
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2011-01-26T17:07:15.117
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<p>I installed the KDE plasma desktop through Ubuntu software center. I am on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx.</p> <p>After the install, I'm unable to connect to my WiFi connection in the KDE session. But I can connect to my WiFi perfectly through GNOME session. I've tried a lot without much success. Also KDE doesn't store my passw...
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2015-06-14T17:33:43.817
2016-07-27T20:04:47.557
Unable to connect to wireless internet(wifi) through KDE plasma desktop
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try <code>wicd</code></p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>To install</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install wicd\n</code></pre></li>\n<li><p>Then set KDE to use <code>wicd</code> on: SystemSettings &rarr; Information Sources</p></li>\n</ol>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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user9666
23397
1
23405
2011-01-26T17:49:57.197
4
1707
<p>I like RememberTheMilk as a to-do list thing. It syncs well with my android phone, which is important. However, there doesn't seem to be a simple option for syncing RTM with my Ubuntu desktop. I currently use Getting Things Gnome! which is OK, but not ideal: syncing has to be done manually (AFAIK) and weirdly, the e...
702
169736
2013-10-16T02:36:49.307
2017-03-14T15:12:55.467
How can I sync RememberTheMilk to my Mozilla Thunderbird (or another application)?
[ "sync", "thunderbird" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/tasque\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Tasque</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/tasque\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install tasque\"></a> is a simple to-do application for GNOME that has Reme...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/tasque\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Tasque</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/tasque\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install tasque\"></a> is a simple to-do application for GNOME that ...
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23404
1
23601
2011-01-26T18:43:42.317
17
8508
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/93654/why-does-my-computer-get-less-battery-life-with-ubuntu-compared-to-windows">Why does my computer get less battery life with Ubuntu compared to Windows?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I am running Ubuntu 10.10 on m...
7527
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:44.677
2011-02-12T16:24:32.870
Laptop battery life drastically decreased compared to Windows 7
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4
2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-29T18:06:16.283", "id": "42009", "postId": "23404", "score": "0", "text": "Have you upgraded to Natty? Seems like this bug is back, and I haven't been able to find a fix yet", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2631" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-30T04...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/power-management-in-Ubuntu\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu Power Management Wiki</a> says a system should be waking up about 40 times per second. Yours is 476!</p>\n\n<p>That said, here is my output:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Wakeups-from-idle per second : 18...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It sounds like your laptop's ACPI support is poor. this happens when the laptop manufacturer doesn't document all the quirks in the power saving features. The outcome is that Ubuntu can not make parts of the laptop go to sleep, and worse the cores can't be switched off when n...
null
null
2013-01-11T10:47:47.493
null
null
23406
1
null
2011-01-26T19:08:40.990
1
4074
<p>I have a Mac laptop (10.6) with screen sharing enabled. I would like to connect to it from my Ubuntu desktop running 10.04. </p> <p>I have Remote Desktop Viewer installed. The laptop doesn't show up in the "nearby" list but I can see the machine in the list when I go to <em>Machine->Connect</em> and press <em>Find<...
6168
null
null
2011-01-26T19:46:35.257
Connect Remote Desktop Viewer to Mac on same local network with Screen Sharing enabled
[ "vnc", "macosx" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm fairly certain that Vinagre, the built in VNC viewer tool has excellent avahi (also known as mDNS or ZeroConf) support. Bonjour, which is Apple's version of Avahi is, from memory, reasonably compatible. I've used it both for iTunes library sharing from Mac to Ryhthmbox ...
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null
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null
23408
1
23443
2011-01-26T19:18:56.527
1
126
<p>I have a netbook, a flash drive (512MB), and an SD card (512MB) and the Ubuntu netbook edition is 696MB, is there any way I can put half of the installation on the flash drive and the other half on the SD card, and get it installed?</p>
9673
186134
2014-08-06T11:32:58.017
2014-08-06T11:32:58.017
Can I install on 2 separate storage devices?
[ "system-installation" ]
3
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T20:09:07.890", "id": "25330", "postId": "23408", "score": "2", "text": "No you will destroy the universe if you attempt this.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3889" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As got answered in \"<a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/23426/is-there-an-iso-of-ubuntu-under-512mb\">Is there an iso of ubuntu under 512MB?</a>\", <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Ubuntu minimal</a> is very likel...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Probably, yes, using LVM, that will allow you to create a logical volume that uses your two physical volumes.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation#LVM%20Installation%20Guides\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installatio...
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23413
1
23416
2011-01-26T19:32:06.133
64
306183
<p>How can you quickly get the complete path to a file for use in terminal?</p>
2331
295286
2018-11-27T09:32:38.240
2018-11-27T09:35:38.320
How can you quickly get the complete path to a file for use in terminal?
[ "command-line", "files", "paths" ]
7
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just drag and drop the file in the terminal.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T19:33:53.977", "id": "25325", "postId": "23416", "score": "1", "text": "I'm putting this here so that I don't forget, let's hope...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just drag and drop the file in the terminal.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T19:33:53.977", "id": "25325", "postId": "23416", "score": "1", "text": "I'm putting this here so that I ...
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23418
1
23436
2011-01-26T19:35:56.780
121
98409
<p>After running Update Manager, a debconf window (titled "Configuring grub-pc"), popped up, requiring me to select the appropriate<code>GRUB install devices</code> for my system. I've made no changes to grub or the filesystem recently, and I don't remember what options I selected last time I did make a change. </p> ...
8844
8844
2011-03-12T04:53:45.350
2019-03-18T22:28:18.050
What do I select for "GRUB install devices" after an update?
[ "grub2", "update-manager", "mbr", "debconf" ]
2
6
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-07T13:33:44.997", "id": "52403", "postId": "23418", "score": "9", "text": "This dialog also crops up when upgrading a virtualbox vm's ubuntu version (in my case, 10.10 -> 11.04).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12604" }, { "creationDate": "2015-03...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In your case, the correct selection is <strong><code>/dev/sda</code></strong>, the first one. It's the first and only hard disk in your system, whereas <code>/dev/sda1</code> is a partition on that hard disk. You <em>can</em> install grub on a partition, but it's <a href=\"https://as...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In your case, the correct selection is <strong><code>/dev/sda</code></strong>, the first one. It's the first and only hard disk in your system, whereas <code>/dev/sda1</code> is a partition on that hard disk. You <em>can</em> install grub on a partition, but it's <a href=\"ht...
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23422
1
23822
2011-01-26T20:00:02.060
28
10622
<p>My corporate policy says that Linux boxes must be secured with SELinux (so that a security auditor can check the 'yes, we're extremely secure!' checkbox for each server). I had hoped to take advantage of Ubuntu's awesome default AppArmor security. Is it unwise to run both Apparmor and SELinux? (If so, can this ba...
8844
505385
2018-08-20T05:27:38.327
2022-04-21T02:36:12.013
Is it a bad idea to run SELinux and AppArmor at the same time?
[ "security", "permissions", "apparmor" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 4.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Linux Kernel provides the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_Security_Modules\">Linux Security Module</a> interface, of which SELinux and AppArmor are both implementations of. (Others include TOMOYO, Smack, ...) This interface is designed currently to only allow a singl...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I wouldn't use both.</p>\n\n<p>Both SELinux and AppArmor do the same basic thing: limiting access to files and folders to only the applications that really need access.</p>\n\n<p>But both implement this idea in very different ways.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>SELinux attaches a label to...
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23423
1
23444
2011-01-26T20:05:33.347
5
858
<blockquote> <p>(gedit:4778): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion `object->ref_count > 0' failed</p> </blockquote> <p>What does this error mean?</p>
4203
158442
2017-05-18T01:54:34.067
2017-05-18T01:54:34.067
Why am I getting this error while using gedit?
[ "gedit", "glib" ]
1
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T20:32:20.137", "id": "25334", "postId": "23423", "score": "0", "text": "Are you starting gedit from the command line? How are you invoking it?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8844" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T20:37:30.893", "id": "253...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a harmless message that you will see popup when running most gtk applications on the command line. You can ignore it really. I'm not sure what causes it, but usually it's no problem, unless you are getting other problems with the application.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a harmless message that you will see popup when running most gtk applications on the command line. You can ignore it really. I'm not sure what causes it, but usually it's no problem, unless you are getting other problems with the application.</p>\n", "commentCount...
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23426
1
23431
2011-01-26T20:22:18.797
13
2827
<p>I only have a 512 MB flash drive and was wondering if there's an ISO for Ubuntu that will fit on it. I really need to format my netbook.</p>
9673
1067
2011-01-28T01:22:29.277
2011-02-10T19:49:16.230
Is there a cd image of ubuntu under 512MB?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There's <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD\">Ubuntu minimal</a>. The iso's size is 5-20Mb, but the actual install size is of course larger.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>The Minimal CD downloads packages from online archives at installation time instead of...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There's <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD\">Ubuntu minimal</a>. The iso's size is 5-20Mb, but the actual install size is of course larger.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>The Minimal CD downloads packages from online archives at installation time in...
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23427
1
23433
2011-01-26T20:26:38.263
18
6468
<p>How can I produce a list of all open windows, including dialog boxes and duplicates, from the command line?</p>
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null
2021-02-05T10:49:10.710
How can I get a list of all open windows in the command line?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://tripie.sweb.cz/utils/wmctrl/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">wmctrl</a> to get a list of all open windows. You will first need to install it.</p>\n<pre><code>sudo apt install wmctrl\n</code></pre>\n<p>Then you can just run the command.</p>\n<pre><code>wmctrl -l\n\n0...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://tripie.sweb.cz/utils/wmctrl/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">wmctrl</a> to get a list of all open windows. You will first need to install it.</p>\n<pre><code>sudo apt install wmctrl\n</code></pre>\n<p>Then you can just run the command.</p>\n<pre><code>wmctrl...
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23435
1
23442
2011-01-26T21:05:03.893
3
387
<p>I've never noticed the <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigrationAssistant" rel="nofollow">migration assistant</a> I used to see when installing older versions of Ubuntu. Is it just hidden inside Ubiquity, or is it gone completely?</p>
null
null
2011-01-26T21:54:53.503
2011-01-26T22:00:29.447
What's the current status of migration-assistant?
[ "installation", "ubiquity" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is still there, and it will only appear if you actually have files/settings that are detected for migration.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-10-26T22:58:18.690", "id": "257269", "postId": "23442", "score": "0", ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The Migration Assistant is still there. See\n<a href=\"http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/natty/ubiquity/natty/files/head:/ubiquity/plugins/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/natty/ubiquity/natty/files/head:/ubiquity/plugi...
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user2405
user2405
23446
1
26153
2011-01-26T22:20:23.783
9
6844
<p>Thanks to <code>hdparm -B1 /dev/sdb</code> my HDD does no longer spin up when powered up on boot. But after completing the BIOS POST messages and starting Ubuntu the HDD gets a signal over the SATA data cable and spins up.</p> <p>Leaving the data cable (but still with plugged in SATA power cable) let the system boo...
9680
260447
2016-02-04T04:29:54.807
2016-02-04T04:29:54.807
How to avoid HDD spin up at system start? (Ubuntu from SSD)
[ "boot", "hard-drive" ]
4
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T03:10:06.323", "id": "25366", "postId": "23446", "score": "0", "text": "What do you have on the HDD? Perhaps ureadahead is trying to cache something insignificant? Could you also post your associated /etc/fstab entry(ies) for the drive?", "userDisplayName": nu...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Pretty sure it's the kernel module for the controller scanning for disks that causes your hd to spin. Now, if I'm slightly wrong, and it's really a module for your hard drive, you could block loading that module during the boot process. Check out the blacklists at <code>/etc/modprobe...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would look up the logs for sdb(1), starting with dmesg:</p>\n\n<pre><code>dmesg | grep /dev/sdb\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-13T15:26:29.773", "id": "28680", "postId": "25913", ...
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23450
1
null
2011-01-26T23:00:29.007
17
11786
<p>I'm trying to enable dual monitors in Ubuntu. This is working fine, but every time I do it, desktop effects is disabled. I think I've found the reason why, though:</p> <p><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Multihead/">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Multihead/</a></p> <blockquote> <p>As with the GNOME XR...
4895
4895
2011-02-02T23:14:56.400
2011-07-18T13:21:20.183
How to set default xrandr settings?
[ "compiz", "multiple-monitors", "xrandr" ]
3
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-01T17:11:07.900", "id": "26407", "postId": "23450", "score": "0", "text": "Does this involve an Nvidia card, perhaps?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6016" }, { "creationDate": "2011-02-02T23:11:31.130", "id": "26737", "postId": "23450", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Isn't the \"smart\" program just a compiz crash falling back to the fallback window manager ? Your <code>compiz</code> command restart the 3D Window manager after fixing the offending settings.</p>\n\n<p>Instead of sleeping you can probably chain the command with <code>;</cod...
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23454
1
null
2011-01-26T23:27:36.447
47
33663
<p>In Windows there is a version information page in an executable/library file properties window. How to view that info in Ubuntu?</p>
2390
null
null
2021-11-05T10:28:44.820
How to view a PE EXE/DLL file version information?
[ "wine" ]
7
2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-26T23:30:41.950", "id": "25357", "postId": "23454", "score": "2", "text": "Do you mean how to view such information from Linux binaries/libraries or windows EXE/DLL using a Linux utility ?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "742" }, { "creationDate": ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you install the <code>gnome-exe-thumbnailer</code> package, you can simply look at the version number in <code>nautilus</code>, <code>caja</code> ,<code>nemo</code> and <code>thunar</code>.</p>\n\n<p>The code to do this manually is available in <code>/usr/bin/gnome-exe-thu...
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23461
1
null
2011-01-27T02:29:01.293
4
217
<p>Is there any service with Linux client that can deal with synchronizing 4 GB of data? By synchronizing I mean keeping all data on their server with automatic upload when files are changed. I am happy with Dropbox, but for now there is only 2GB free.</p>
7662
1067
2011-01-27T04:32:48.490
2012-10-01T02:49:54.993
Synchronize 4GB of files
[ "dropbox", "sync" ]
4
5
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T02:45:17.373", "id": "25365", "postId": "23461", "score": "0", "text": "Well, there isn't much else besides dropbox that has more than 1GB or so. You could try and get people to sign up with the referral link, that can get you up to 8GB free (For a total of 10GB) - ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is <a href=\"http://www.sparkleshare.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">sparkle share</a>, but it can be tricky and will make your files public unless you have a private server.\nYou can also use referals in dropbox to get extra space (I personally have about 8Gb).</p>\n", "co...
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23465
1
23466
2011-01-27T03:17:06.380
1
11356
<p>Hi have tried installing Ubuntu and a few other Linux Distro's without luck on one USB stick.</p> <p>I have seen other solutions but they only work with ISO images. What I need to do is to install GRUB2 on a USB and then partition it and install Multiple Distro's on it but I don't know how to install GRUB on a USB....
8169
7035
2011-06-02T19:25:40.117
2011-06-03T03:26:19.870
Installing GRUB2 on one bootable USB stick
[ "installation", "boot", "usb" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>sudo grub-install /dev/devicenamehere</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T03:20:52.430", "id": "25369", "postId": "23466", "score": "0", "text": "But then how do I update grab for any new distro'...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>sudo grub-install /dev/devicenamehere</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T03:20:52.430", "id": "25369", "postId": "23466", "score": "0", "text": "But then how do I update ...
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23470
1
null
2011-01-27T05:34:44.420
4
6573
<p>I'm not looking for an emulator. I would like to install Windows from within Ubuntu so that I can boot into Windows when I restart my computer. I would install Windows normally but my USB ports are shot and I don't have any optical drives. I'd appreciate any help.</p>
640
1992
2012-02-11T17:38:38.250
2012-02-11T17:38:38.250
How can I install Windows from within Ubuntu so that I can boot into it Windows when I start my computer?
[ "installation", "windows" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strike>I'm afraid you can't do that. While there is Wubi for the opposite situation, there's no way to boot the Windows installer other than from an optical drive or a USB disk.</strike></p>\n\n<p>(edited out, see comment)</p>\n\n<p>You could connect an external (optical) dr...
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23473
1
23494
2011-01-27T06:25:14.263
6
6437
<p>OpenOffice.org 3.3 is released. As the past shows, official 10.10 repos are unlikely to update to 3.3. How do I best update to 3.3?</p>
2390
866
2011-01-27T07:37:38.930
2012-04-21T00:20:11.323
How to update to OpenOffice.org 3.3?
[ "10.10", "openoffice.org" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Firstly let me tell you that ubuntu does NOT use Openoffice.org it use GO-OO and it has been discontinued and joined libreoffice. </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Go-oo shares much of its goals and philosophy with The Document Foundation's LibreOffice project, we're therefore supporting Li...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Even though you are asking specifically for OO, I will suggest you to use LibreOffice 3.3 which is based on OpenOffice 3.3 and backed by <a href=\"http://www.documentfoundation.org/supporters/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Google, Canonical and others</a>.\nYou can install by...
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23474
1
23478
2011-01-27T06:29:05.620
6
121
<p>When I originally installed Ubuntu (first time using Linux), I chose to not participate in sending info about Package usage (ti was an install-time option)... I was in pure experimental mode and felt that any info I sent would be rather meaningless. </p> <p>I've now got a good sense of what I want/need, and I'd l...
2670
186134
2015-06-01T16:43:07.047
2015-06-01T16:43:07.047
How to enable 'Send User Package Usage Info', after installation?
[ "system-installation", "popcon" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to <strong>System → Administration → Software sources</strong> sources, tab <strong>Statistics</strong> and check <strong>Submit statistical information</strong>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/iMrj9.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "commentCou...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to <strong>System → Administration → Software sources</strong> sources, tab <strong>Statistics</strong> and check <strong>Submit statistical information</strong>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/iMrj9.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "...
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23475
1
23499
2011-01-27T06:41:08.513
4
525
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13958/vlc-is-set-to-open-the-folders-home-desktop-documents-etc-in-the-places-menu">VLC is set to open the folders (Home, desktop, documents etc) in the Places menu. How to reset this?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I c...
7189
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:44.677
2013-03-28T03:12:56.487
Opening a Nautilus bookmark launches VLC / browser
[ "nautilus" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Note you have most likely done the same for a folder with VLC in the past with this tick engaged (annoyingly it is ticked on by default) which causes the problem initially.\nJust right click on any folder and select the option \"open with\".\nFrom the list choose \"Fie Browser\" and ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Note you have most likely done the same for a folder with VLC in the past with this tick engaged (annoyingly it is ticked on by default) which causes the problem initially.\nJust right click on any folder and select the option \"open with\".\nFrom the list choose \"Fie Browse...
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2011-06-05T20:17:46.497
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23476
1
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2011-01-27T06:48:27.897
12
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<p>I'm looking for a utility that helps me (and my colleagues) to archive documents in a systematic manner (Like Zeitgeist but permanent).</p> <ol> <li>The utility have to clean-out old document from desktops and store them on a server (as automatic as possible and consistent) maybe from just a few locations (Document...
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866
2011-01-27T07:57:18.617
2011-02-03T19:58:08.263
What is the best solution for document archiving?
[ "software-recommendation", "document-management" ]
3
6
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>While it's not based on Ubuntu, the museum I work for has evaluated <a href=\"http://www.archivista.ch/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Archivista</a> . It's a software suite for storing, cataloging and indexing (and, if necessary, scanning and OCRing) documents that is available as a (so...
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23482
1
23486
2011-01-27T07:44:41.450
16
3761
<p>Is there any long-form, if at all? Or is it just a tradition from the 80's?</p>
3778
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2021-11-04T10:25:34.017
What does rc, in bashrc, nanorc stand for?
[ "configuration" ]
3
2
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've heard</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>run commands</li>\n<li>resource control</li>\n<li>run control</li>\n<li>runtime configuration</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Personally, I'd go with run control, because ESR says so.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch10s03.html\">http:/...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>According to this source -- <a href=\"http://kb.iu.edu/data/abdr.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://kb.iu.edu/data/abdr.html</a> -- it means \"run commands\"</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T07:56:47.113", "i...
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23489
1
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2011-01-27T08:31:44.327
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<p>I have a netbook with Windows on the second partition and Xubuntu (<code>/</code> and <code>/home</code>) on the third partition. I selected to encrypt my home folder during installation. The performance of the netbook is adequate for the small machine that it is, but I'm looking to improve performance. I could not ...
9081
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:13.193
2014-02-11T20:03:47.740
What is the performance overhead of encrypted /home?
[ "performance", "encryption" ]
4
7
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T09:22:15.087", "id": "25402", "postId": "23489", "score": "1", "text": "Yes, different filesystems will make a difference. You need to isolate encryption as the only significant difference between tests to attribute any difference to the encryption. I'm guessing `...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Transfer speed is hardly a sufficient metric to assess the overhead of encryption: it might simply be that the bottleneck is your hard drive's IO capacity. You might also want to look at CPU usage, it might (or might not) be different whether you use encryption or not.</p>\n"...
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23491
1
23493
2011-01-27T09:06:42.600
24
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<p>While typing I often hit the <kbd>CapsLock</kbd> key instead of the <kbd>a</kbd> key. (QWERTZU keyboard) This is quite annoying because the moment I realise that I hit the wrong key, I will have to delete multiple character/lines of text an rewrite them in the right form.</p> <p>I am searching for a way to prevent t...
8642
-1
2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2014-01-07T13:42:58.757
How to change CapsLock key to produce "a"?
[ "keyboard-layout", "capslock" ]
2
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T09:30:51.937", "id": "25405", "postId": "23491", "score": "3", "text": "How did you get CapsLock and a to look all fancy and button like?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8515" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T09:42:20.663", "id": "25407", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Specifically, I don't know how to change <kbd>CapsLock</kbd> to <kbd>a</kbd>, because I don't remember the keycode. I'll find it a little later. But generally speaking, you can use <code>xmodmap</code> (and <code>.Xmodmap</code>) to change your keymappings. The first time GNOME detec...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Specifically, I don't know how to change <kbd>CapsLock</kbd> to <kbd>a</kbd>, because I don't remember the keycode. I'll find it a little later. But generally speaking, you can use <code>xmodmap</code> (and <code>.Xmodmap</code>) to change your keymappings. The first time GNO...
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23498
1
23500
2011-01-27T10:09:34.653
2
5255
<p>I'm trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 on a work PC (32bit) to be dual-booting with Win XP.</p> <p>My partition layout is:</p> <ul> <li>/dev/sda</li> <li>-- sda1 - 250gb ntfs WinXP</li> <li>/dev/sdb</li> <li>-- sdb1 - 160gb ntfs</li> <li>/dev/sdc</li> <li>-- sdc1 - 161gb ext4 (this is where ubuntu is</li> <li>-- sdc5 ...
9692
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2014-02-17T22:12:55.347
Grub fails to install
[ "grub2", "10.10", "system-installation" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should install GRUB into the Master Boot Record of /dev/sdc and configure your bios to boot from that drive first - GRUB will detect your Windows XP installation and add it as a boot option.</p>\n\n<p>Have a look at <a href=\"http://members.iinet.net.au/~herman546/p24.html\" rel=...
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23502
1
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2011-01-27T11:20:05.253
0
3445
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/15518/how-do-i-install-wine">How do I install wine?</a><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/14478/identifying-and-downloading-dependency-for-an-offline-pc">Identifying and Downloading Dependency for an Offli...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:27.200
2011-01-27T16:13:45.220
How to install Wine from already downloaded package?
[ "installation", "wine", "kubuntu" ]
2
2
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Assuming you have downloaded the .deb package, then installing it comes down to the following command: <code>sudo dpkg -i your-package.deb</code>. You might run into dependency problems, though. You'll have to find all the missing dependencies, download the packages and insta...
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2011-01-27T16:11:16.203
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user9700
23503
1
null
2011-01-27T11:40:15.157
2
5384
<p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and have a HP-Laserjet-3005P network printer. Occasionally (perhaps related to rebooting) the printer, which is setup as the default printer, becomes disabled. After realizing that I'm not getting anything printed, I must then open printing preferences and click on "enabled". Then it prints ...
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2017-08-02T15:30:01.680
Network printer gets disabled occasionally
[ "10.04", "configuration", "printing" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try setting the printer as enabled from the printer manager when the printer is disconnected. If it still doesn't work, try to boot your system after you have switched on your printer.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02...
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23508
1
42047
2011-01-27T12:16:41.587
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<p>What I want is the following:</p> <ul> <li>When I plug in my headphones, I want the sound to be un-muted and set to a specific volume level. </li> <li>When I unplug my headphones, I want the sound to be muted (or set to a specific volume level).</li> </ul> <p>Setting the volume levels isn't the problem, but I some...
3037
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:12.880
2015-01-05T05:33:45.403
How to automatically change volume level when un-/plugging headphones?
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4
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>During the UDS for Oneiric there has been a session about jack detection. See <a href=\"https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/hwe-o-audio-jack-detection\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">the blueprint</a> for details. It sounds like this will exactly do what I'm looking for: diff...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To set volume level from console use the command amixer.\nFor example:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>amixer sset Master playback 0%</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Will set your level to 0%</p>\n\n<p>I don't know how to change this when you plug in your headphones... but maybe someone c...
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23511
1
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2011-01-27T12:30:08.817
5
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<p>I am using Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix. Some seconds after wake-up, the speaker unmutes, even if it was muted before. I'd like to have it muted always after suspend.</p> <p>I created a rule in <code>/etc/pm/sleep.d</code> but it doesn't work, probably because it is unmuted after some seconds.</p> <p><em>edit</em> ...
9706
9706
2011-01-27T19:57:21.797
2011-11-03T06:22:35.057
How do I stop the speaker from unmuting after wake-up?
[ "ubuntu-netbook", "suspend-resume", "9.04" ]
1
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In the gconf-editor, have you tried /apps/indicator-sound/volume_mute</p>\n\n<p>The description says:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>On start up volume should not be muted.</p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-2...
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2011-12-31T23:22:21.093
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23512
1
null
2011-01-27T06:14:51.513
2
1893
<p>I changed the permissions of my <code>/usr</code> directory to <code>777</code> by mistake and now my system give this error whenever I try to use sudo:</p> <pre><code>sudo: setuid must be root </code></pre> <p>How do I fix this issue?</p>
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208574
2015-12-14T00:11:48.800
2015-12-14T00:11:48.800
sudo: setuid must be root
[ "10.10", "sudo" ]
2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T06:18:13.673", "id": "25435", "postId": "23512", "score": "1", "text": "should be on serverfault, but i'll tell you now your best bet is to re install OS - all the setuid and setgid bits will be gone, short of finding out what all of those are and running `chmod +sS...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Based on your error, you didn't simply changed the permissions of /usr to 777, you did it recursively which is a more serious and problematic change.</p>\n\n<p>Unless you have backups of your system directories, your best option is just to reinstall.</p>\n", "commentCount...
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Piyuesh Kumar
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1
23730
2011-01-27T14:11:55.963
4
5806
<p>I'd like to edit shell commands from vim, and execute them from vim. Currently I use <code>!!sh</code> (pipes current line to command sh), but this removes the line itself.</p> <p>Is it possible to execute the command in a shell, and paste the result below that line?</p>
9656
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null
2015-08-20T06:21:37.660
How to execute a shell-command in Vim, and have the result printed below?
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3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As Clausi <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/23517/how-to-execute-a-shell-command-in-vim-and-have-the-result-printed-below/23529#23529\">pointed out</a>, <code>yyp!!sh</code> yanks (copies) the current line to the register, pastes that line below the original one, and replaces...
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23518
1
null
2011-01-27T14:23:45.137
2
2248
<p>My desktop has intel 82845g/gl (brookdaleg) chipset can't enable intel driver. Runs well with VESA.</p> <p>But when I try to enable the intel driver the xlog shows an error that no device detected and boots in text mode what should i do to solve this?</p>
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235
2011-01-27T15:50:14.770
2012-02-20T12:39:10.517
Can't enable intel driver 82845g/gl (brookdaleg) chipset
[ "xorg", "intel-graphics" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I recently answered a <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/53667/fixing-display-issues-on-intel-82845gl-in-natty/53698#53698\">similar question</a> with this chipset.</p>\n\n<p>In summary - it sort of works in Natty - but you'll need to add a grub boot option of <code>i...
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user9711
23520
1
null
2011-01-27T14:30:57.007
1
337
<p>If I allow the network manager to "manage" my nameserver, it resolves to the IP address of the router. This effectively makes both Evolution and Opera unuseable, slowing them both to a crawl (I am sure other things are affected, but I have yet to notice). </p> <p>However, if I manually configure resolv.conf with th...
null
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null
2011-01-27T16:00:14.060
How to manually configure Nameserver without breaking Ubuntuone?
[ "ubuntu-one", "network-manager" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What you should do is to configure your system to override the default nameserver (given by DHCP), in a way that it is compatible with NetworkManager.\nAnd the way to do this is to add your selected nameservers in the dhcp client configuration file, at <code>/etc/dhcp3/dhclie...
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user9712
23522
1
null
2011-01-27T14:49:25.063
5
1626
<p>I want to use Ubuntu Server on a computer which I want to use for my backups. I would like to be able to add extra disk space if that would be required in the future. Basically, I like what the Drobo does, however, I don't like that it uses a proprietary file system. Which means that I totally depend on them if it b...
9713
null
null
2011-11-21T15:56:30.880
How can I get a redundant filesystem which grows easily?
[ "server", "filesystem", "storage" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use RAID 1 + LVM on top\nWhen need more space - add 2 more disks, create another RAID 1 with them and add it to the existing LVM</p>\n\n<p>LVM also supports snapshots</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T15:12:...
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23523
1
23525
2011-01-27T14:49:59.817
17
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<p>I like Ubuntu and I don't use Windows except at office but I have always felt that every thing in Ubuntu/Gnome is a bit bigger than it should be i.e the fonts, desktop icons, the window borders and every thing else. This thing really annoys me when I am working in Eclipse. As a developer, desktop real estate is real...
6713
6713
2011-01-27T19:03:47.670
2011-11-22T15:37:15.510
How can I make Ubuntu/GNOME look better i.e more smaller and compact?
[ "gnome", "windows", "gui", "desktop-environments" ]
5
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T14:57:49.440", "id": "25452", "postId": "23523", "score": "1", "text": "upgrade to 10.04 or 10.10 and everthing looks better.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5149" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T16:35:48.367", "id": "25464", "postId":...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The GTK themes tend to have a lot of padding. A theme like Clearlooks compact gives Eclipse a whole new look. See here, for instance: <a href=\"http://martin.ankerl.com/2007/11/04/clearlooks-compact-gnome-theme/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://martin.ankerl.com/2007/11/04/clearlooks-comp...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try Win2-7 Pack here: <a href=\"http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Win2-7+Pack?content=113264\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Win2-7+Pack?content=113264</a> which i normally install to some users if they really want to have it like that. I should...
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23528
1
23530
2011-01-27T15:04:07.480
1
1843
<p>I'm trying to get Ubuntu 10.10 running on my wife's Samsung NF208 (same spec as NF210, but shipped without OS), and I have run into a pile of problems: <br/></p> <ul> <li><p>At first, there were problems with audio, display brightness, and WiFi, so I reinstalled Ubuntu from scratch. After reinstalling, the audio ha...
9714
9714
2011-02-04T05:44:19.400
2011-02-04T05:44:19.400
Hardware issues on Samsung NF208 (NF210)
[ "10.10", "hardware", "ubuntu-netbook", "samsung" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may want to have a look at the <a href=\"http://www.voria.org/forum/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Linux on my Samsung project</a>. They maintain a PPA with some Samsung-specific software, that solved my wifi and brightness problems (I have a Samsung netbook myself, although it's another mo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You may want to have a look at the <a href=\"http://www.voria.org/forum/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Linux on my Samsung project</a>. They maintain a PPA with some Samsung-specific software, that solved my wifi and brightness problems (I have a Samsung netbook myself, although it's an...
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23532
1
23706
2011-01-27T15:42:50.097
2
2236
<p>I have a Xen domU provided by a 3rd party vendor, and am running Ubuntu 10.04 on it. Is there a more xen-specific kernel I am running than that provided by the <code>linux-image-2.6.32-21-server</code> package? I note there is an equivalent <code>-virtual</code> package, but I have the <code>linux-virtual</code> pac...
1260
235
2011-01-27T15:48:36.130
2016-03-10T10:54:10.427
Which Ubuntu kernel package should I run in a Xen domU
[ "server", "kernel", "virtualization", "xen" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I believe that the 10.04 -server kernel supports pvops (<a href=\"http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/XenParavirtOps\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/XenParavirtOps</a>) and so you don't need a special kernel to run it as a domU.</p>\n\n<p>From the link above:</p>\n\n<p...
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23533
1
23535
2011-01-27T15:44:08.283
79
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<p>I heard someone talking about a fork bomb, I did some research and found some dreadful information about some strange looking characters people can have you type at the command line and as a result do bad things on the computer. I certainly would not issue commands I do not understand but one never knows what can ha...
9346
4776
2011-01-27T15:47:30.907
2020-06-05T20:41:56.793
How to protect Ubuntu from fork bomb
[ "command-line", "security" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can easily limit the amount of processes that can be spawned in Ubuntu and most other Linux distributions by modifying <code>/etc/security/limits.conf</code></p>\n\n<pre><code>sudoedit /etc/security/limits.conf\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then add this line to the bottom of that file:</...
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23534
1
23537
2011-01-27T15:51:51.577
20
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<p>Is there a way (maybe using some script in nautilus or something) so that you can drag files with the right mouse button and when you release, you're shown the context menu?</p> <p>If it can even be achieved using some modifier key + left button, I'm ok with it. But <kbd>Shift</kbd> + left button (lb) forces a move...
4152
480481
2019-03-26T16:24:57.947
2023-01-24T17:15:06.923
Is it possible to drag files with right click?
[ "nautilus", "mouse", "customization", "usability" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you Middle-click drag and drop (or press <kbd>Alt</kbd> <em>after</em> you've started moving the icon so that it doesn't trigger the window move) and then let go of the file a context menu shows up giving you the choice of Copy, Move, link, etc.</p>\n\n<p>Example dragging a file o...
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23538
1
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2011-01-27T15:57:55.700
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<p>When I restart squid web proxy service, I receive the following errors. What are these errors?</p> <pre><code>/etc/init.d/squid restart Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8) utility, e.g. service squid restart Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to ...
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2011-01-28T12:37:01.237
2013-08-23T07:18:27.787
Squid Proxy Problem to arised after update
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>execute </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>service squid restart</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>as said in the message:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an\n Upstart job, you may also use the restart(8) utility, e.g. restart squ...
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2011-01-27T16:44:25.983
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<p>Why am I not able to execute an application created by Qt? Also, I am not able to give execute permissions to it.</p> <p>When i click "allow executing file as program", it automatically unchecks. <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/NP2Lm.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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8844
2011-02-26T22:00:46.560
2011-02-26T22:00:46.560
Why am I not able to execute an application created by Qt? Also, I am not able to give execute permissions to it
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem is that you are developing on a non-native filesystem which does not understand Unix permissions. Apparently, that filesystem is configured to accept only specific permissions for files, thus does not allow to execute programs. </p>\n\n<p>Simply copy the files on an ext3 ...
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2011-01-27T17:01:40.840
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<p>They seem to both signal BASH to commence with another command following the symbols but is there a distinct difference?</p>
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2011-01-27T18:26:36.337
2011-02-12T03:16:32.917
Is there a difference between the '&&' and ';' symbols in a standard BASH terminal?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>With this line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>command1 &amp;&amp; command2\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>command2 will be executed if (and only if) command1 returns exit status zero, whereas in this line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>command1 ; command2\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>both command1 and command2 will be execut...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>&amp;&amp;</code> is <code>AND</code>, meaning that the second command will only execute if the first one returned true (no errors).</p>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-09T06:34:13.117", "id": "27797", ...
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user6658
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2011-01-27T17:14:54.437
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<p>The model of my laptop is Dell studio 1555 (ATI graphic card and A06 BIOS). I am using dual boot (Vista and Ubuntu). There aren't any problems related to heat and fan while using Vista. However with Ubuntu, the laptop overheats and the fans make noise. I tried to solve this problem with cpu scaling but that doesn't ...
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1067
2011-01-28T01:18:20.560
2011-04-04T07:33:18.740
Dell studio 1555 overheating and fan problem
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T17:41:42.900", "id": "25468", "postId": "23552", "score": "0", "text": "I have same issue on 1773, I do realize that the root of my problem may lie somewhere else, but I'm anyhow interested in this question.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "705" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes, your first option would be to update the BIOS. Dell produces updates quite often and they solve issues such as powersaving related ones.</p>\n\n<p>The most common reason why a computer overheats in Linux is that the DSDT tables of the BIOS are buggy for Linux. Some users...
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2011-01-27T17:40:09.840
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<p>My machine seems to die whenever the CPU does any large amount of work. This is like running a few programs and transferring files. I didn't have any issues with XP.</p> <p>I didn't install any Mobo drivers, could that be a problem?? <br> Any thoughts would help!</p> <p>Hardware :</p> <ul> <li>CPU : AMD 3700+ ATH...
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2011-01-28T01:12:30.953
2013-06-01T17:05:39.057
Crash at high CPU usage
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install <a href=\"http://www.lm-sensors.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">lm-sensors</a> to see the temperatures. See <a href=\"http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-43/\" rel=\"nofollow\">issue 43 of Full Circle Magazine</a>, the Q&amp;A section.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ ...
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2011-01-27T17:48:00.997
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<p><strong>Since posting this question, it has been revealed that the problem was with mpd — <em>not</em> Flash. <a href="https://askubuntu.com/q/29029/4661">Here is the question I posted in an attempt to find a fix</a>.</strong></p> <p>Every time a Flash object with sound (such as a video) loads in my browser (Chromi...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:44.677
2011-07-28T01:05:47.600
Flash Breaking Pulseaudio?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The problem to solve is to get the Music player Daemon to play properly with pulseaudio</p>\n\n<p>You can check that your copy of MPD includes PulseAudio support by running mpd --version and making sure \"pulse\" is in the list of supported outputs. this is the case on Ubuntu now so ...
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2011-01-27T18:03:35.467
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<p>I've got Ubuntu 10.10 installed on a virtual machine (VirtualBox). It works great other than it locks up after 5-10 minutes of doing something over the network. This includes ssh and browsing. My typical test is to let pandora run in a browser in the virtualbox for as long as possible. Ussually within a couple songs...
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2017-04-13T12:23:59.520
2011-11-02T20:44:56.717
Virtualbox Guest (Win 7 host) locks up on network access
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Just to close up my own question -- I ended up installing the Virtualbox 4 and Ubuntu 10.10. This is no longer an issue for me.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-02-10T18:11:02.21...
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23562
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2011-01-27T19:09:01.630
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<p>I don't run gnome-panel normally. Most menubars work correctly. However, with wxMaxima and Audacity, they are not showing. When I start gnome-panel and add an appmenu, I can see the menus again.</p> <p>Without panel:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/5vOT2.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>...
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2011-02-26T22:00:18.743
2011-06-05T20:27:56.743
Why can't I see the menubar in some applications?
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23563
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23564
2011-01-27T19:11:08.327
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<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hTKwG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hTKwG.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
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2011-01-28T02:13:28.990
2011-01-28T02:13:28.990
Why is "shutdown p 01:00" not working?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You want <code>-P</code>, not <code>-p</code>. It's case sensitive. Also realize that you'll have to be root to shutdown like that.</p>\n\n<p>For the time, there are different ways to enter. Taken from <code>man shutdown</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code> TIME may have different fo...
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2011-01-27T19:21:30.530
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<p>Whenever I try to run a 3D app, I get this error, and I can't do anything; I have a NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 graphics card.</p>
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2011-01-27T20:35:33.217
Input signal out of range?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From what i know that means the resolution used by the application is not supported by your monitor, try to change the resolution of the app or force it to run in window mode</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLic...
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user9736
23568
1
23587
2011-01-27T19:32:28.927
4
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<p>Using <a href="http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/man/manpages-3/findsmb.1.html" rel="nofollow"><code>findsmb</code></a> on my home network gives me this:</p> <pre><code>IP ADDR NETBIOS NAME WORKGROUP/OS/VERSION --------------------------------------------------------------------- 192.168.1.3 MINI ...
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2011-01-28T01:08:17.080
Where does the Samba workgroup come from when Samba is not running?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your workground name comes from the <code>NetBIOS Name server</code> which is running on your Ubuntu machines. It's shipped with Samba. </p>\n\n<p>You can change the workgroup name in samba configuration <code>/etc/samba/smb.conf</code> and then restart the NetBIOS server using init:...
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23570
1
23571
2011-01-27T20:04:50.220
5
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<p>I want to display the desktop icons without the text. I only have the Home and Trash icons on the desktop. Any sugestions?</p>
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2019-06-20T01:14:20.950
2019-06-20T01:14:20.950
How can I hide the text under the desktop icons?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open gconf-editor, and go to apps>nautilus>preferences and change the desktop font to 0 (eg. change it from Sans 10 to Sans 0), then there's no text visible.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-27T21:44:51.327", "id": "25524", ...
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23574
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2011-01-27T20:18:03.503
1
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<p>I've installed g++-4.5 via apt, and there exists a <code>/usr/bin/g++-4.5</code>. However, when I try and run g++-4.5, I get this error message:</p> <pre><code>/usr/bin/g++-4.5: not found (hardened-c++ could not find target) </code></pre> <p>In fact, the file /usr/bin/g++-4.5 seems to be a perl script. I understan...
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2011-01-27T20:26:57.673
2017-02-23T13:06:29.647
How do I run g++-4.5?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is just a poor error message, which indicates that g++-4.5 is not installed. I needed to install <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/g++-4.5\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">g++-4.5</a> </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install g++-4.5\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(which I...
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2011-01-27T20:30:09.663
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<p>I understand there is a safer, more targeted way to troubleshoot AppArmor's possible contribution to an issue than completely stopping the service and tearing down AppArmor profiles. Can someone give me the details, and the advantages of the better approach?</p>
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8844
2011-09-16T07:05:00.907
2011-09-16T07:05:00.907
Is troubleshooting AppArmor with 'teardown' unsafe?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here's what I was thinking of (from <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingApparmor\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingApparmor</a> ) -- \"complain mode\" . This doesn't address the issue of relative merits or consequences of this versus other debugging methods....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here's what I was thinking of (from <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingApparmor\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingApparmor</a> ) -- \"complain mode\" . This doesn't address the issue of relative merits or consequences of this versus other debugging ...
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2011-01-27T20:34:47.187
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<p>I'm running a MySQL server, and want to keep it up to date with regular apt-upgrades. I don't want this to cause MySQL to upgrade unless I'm doing it during scheduled downtime! How do I alter my apt-preferences so that this won't happen?</p> <p>I've tried adding this to a file as /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-mysql</p...
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null
2012-02-19T19:27:36.733
How do I pin a particular MySQL version to avoid unnecessary upgrades?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you want to prevent the upgrade of a package, then pinning is not the way to go. What you need is called holding, and you can find out how to do it <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto#Introduction%20to%20Holding%20Packages\" rel=\"nofollow\">on this pa...
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2011-01-27T21:07:36.517
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<p>When I wake up my laptop (Ubuntu 10.04) from suspension, it does not recognize the available wireless networks. The only way to refresh the list is to disable wireless networking, and than enable it.</p> <p>Any idea how to force a refresh on the list of wireless networks?</p>
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2011-01-27T21:19:10.890
2016-10-21T17:06:23.150
Refreshing the wireless network list?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The best way to refresh the list is to go to the command line and type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo iwlist wlan0 scan\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Assuming your wifi is called <code>wlan0</code> (it might be wlan0 or something else) see <code>ifconfig</code> for details.</p>\n\n<p>On newe...
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23588
2011-01-27T21:26:26.827
3
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<p>is there a way to somehow display the number (or identifier) of the current workspace in ubuntu 10.10?</p>
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2011-01-27T21:36:57.037
2011-01-27T21:39:57.893
Display workspace's number?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could use <a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/10/indicator-workspaces-adds-options-maverick-ppa-plus-hints-at-future-features/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Indicator-Workspaces</a>:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jzf8c.png\" alt=\"enter image description he...
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user9746
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2011-01-27T21:46:35.100
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<p>I'm currently running Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit and wanted to change my Dropbox indicator-applet icon to make it look more uniform with the other icons. I found this suggestion of a PPA and package to try and followed these instructions: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18832/how-can-i-change-dropboxs-indicator-ap...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2017-05-02T13:00:05.407
Missing Dropbox indicator-applet icon, how do I get it back?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Going by the info found in <a href=\"http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=23621\" rel=\"nofollow\">this dropbox update</a> and the subsequent <a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/dropbox-icons-now-respect-your-global-theme-no-more-manually-replacing-them/\" rel=\"nofollow\"...
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2011-01-27T22:04:27.043
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<p>Is there a way to have my webcam sense lighting conditions and adjust screen brightness accordingly?</p>
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2011-06-01T10:07:55.293
2020-04-11T16:18:18.960
Use webcam to sense lighting condition and adjust screen brightness
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've improved on my <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/posts/23623/revisions\">previous attempt</a> (python):</p>\n\n<pre class=\"lang-py prettyprint-override\"><code>import opencv\nimport opencv.highgui\nimport time\nimport commands\n\n\ndef get_image():\n image = opencv.highgui.cvQ...
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2011-01-27T22:18:10.350
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<p>Inside the terminal, I could use the command 'explorer .' in Win32 or 'open .' in Mac to open GUI explorer/Finder.</p> <p>What's the equivalent command in Ubuntu?</p>
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2011-01-28T16:02:41.830
2020-08-05T11:39:02.170
What's the equivalent to 'explorer .' (Windows) or 'open .' (Mac)?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>xdg-open .</code> will do what you want based on what is set as the default file manager, however since nautilus is the default I personally find it easier to autocomplete <code>nautilus .</code></p>\n\n<p>(Note that xdg-open is supposed to supercede gnome-open, as it's a <a hr...
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23602
1
23604
2011-01-27T23:07:18.957
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16728/hide-current-working-directory-in-terminal">Hide current working directory in terminal</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>When I open a terminal it shows something like <code>dave@daves:~$</code> or <code>dave@daves:~...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:44.677
2011-01-28T02:10:29.450
How can I change the Terminal prompt to something simple?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could put <code>PS1='\\w&gt; '</code> in your <code>~/.bashrc</code>.</p>\n\n<p>It will look like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>~&gt; \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>when you are in your home directory, and </p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/bin&gt; \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>when you are in <code>/usr/bin</cod...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could put <code>PS1='\\w&gt; '</code> in your <code>~/.bashrc</code>.</p>\n\n<p>It will look like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>~&gt; \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>when you are in your home directory, and </p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/bin&gt; \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>when you are in <code>/usr/...
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2011-01-28T17:34:55.577
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2011-01-27T23:07:28.130
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<p>I download emacs with 'sudo apt-get install emacs'. When I run emacs, I see emacs with too big fonts. I don't know why the default setup to have normal font size in emacs. How can I do that? <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/e3HtL.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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2021-10-07T19:34:46.950
How to change font size in emacs?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h3>The temporary solution</h3>\n\n<p>You can press <kbd>C-x</kbd> <kbd>C-+</kbd> and <kbd>C-x</kbd> <kbd>C--</kbd> to increase or decrease the buffer text size.</p>\n\n<h3>The permanent solution</h3>\n\n<p>Put the following in your <code>.emacs</code>-file:</p>\n\n<pre><code> (set-face...
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23607
1
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2011-01-27T23:33:23.230
5
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<p>I am looking for a good in-depth stocks or investment application. I have tried GRISM but it is lacking. There are others Ive found like JStock which uses java, Eclipse Trader which is not user friendly. Stock Market Eye looks interesting, but it is pricey. Can anyone recommend anything else out there? Thanks!</p>
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2011-01-27T23:35:45.780
2016-09-06T11:47:27.107
Recommendations for Stock Trading and Investment Applications?
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user9752
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1
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2011-01-27T23:39:52.407
2
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<p>For some reason I vaguely recall there being an equivalent of Spiceworks for Ubuntu. I had it running on an old server that crashed and now I can't remember the name. Any thoughts?</p>
9751
9751
2011-01-27T23:59:33.903
2011-01-28T01:18:37.377
Is There A Spiceworks Equivalent?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Based on the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiceworks\" rel=\"nofollow\">description of SpiceWorks</a>, <a href=\"http://www.opennms.org/about/\" rel=\"nofollow\">OpenNMS</a> sounds a bit similar.</p>\n\n<p>And Wikipedia has a longer <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org...
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23610
1
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2011-01-27T23:48:58.360
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<p>when I open a tty (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F1</kbd>) it doesn't have utf-8 support. How can I enable it?</p>
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2014-06-06T03:54:35.107
2017-01-28T20:04:17.273
How to enable unicode support in a TTY?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You should install the <code>console-data</code> package.\nIf you've already installed this package, reconfigure it using </p>\n\n<pre><code>dpkg-reconfigure console-data\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And select the correct keyboard disposition.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "c...
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user9753
23611
1
25878
2011-01-27T23:55:05.373
5
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<p>Since the latest update in Ubuntu 10.10, the nm-applet has started doing some strange things. I boot up the PC, all is fine, internet works, etc... but after a period of time, approx and hour, the nm-applet menu in the Gnome panel fails to respond. when I click on the icon, the menu appears, all looks well, but when...
8119
8119
2011-02-01T18:38:43.770
2011-08-03T16:37:39.260
Network Manager Applet menu freezes and does not respond
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-28T08:26:50.097", "id": "25603", "postId": "23611", "score": "0", "text": "I am using: Ubuntu 10.10, Kernel 2.6.35-24-generic-pae, 4GB Ram DDR2, Intel Quad Core Processor. I am wondering if this strange error has anything to do with the quad core processor, I did have ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Certain sources (notably Elementary Desktop's PPA) have a version of network-manager-gnome which is newer than the one in the canonical maverick repository. A fix has been issued for Natty, but is not in the Maverick repos yet. So Ubuntu sees the newer version in elementary-desktop...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Certain sources (notably Elementary Desktop's PPA) have a version of network-manager-gnome which is newer than the one in the canonical maverick repository. A fix has been issued for Natty, but is not in the Maverick repos yet. So Ubuntu sees the newer version in elementary...
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23615
1
23618
2011-01-28T00:04:30.187
4
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<p>I asked and was answered at <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/23596/whats-the-equivalent-to-explorer-win32-or-open-mac">this post</a> about opening a GUI explorer from a command line. </p> <p>How about the other way around? I mean, is there a way to open a terminal from xdg-open or nautilus?</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:57.633
2017-02-23T13:26:33.957
Is there a way to open a terminal from xdg-open or nautilus?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you install <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-open-terminal\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">nautilus-open-terminal</a> (from Software Center or using <code>apt-get</code>) you can right click and open a terminal from wherever you right click:</p>\n\n<p><img src...
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23616
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2011-01-28T00:05:32.213
3
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<p>When I boot up my ubuntu 9.10 distro, the sound works just fine, but hen I sign into one of my profiles, the screen flickers for a second, and then the sound card no longer works. It appears that my profile is trying to reload my sound card and is confusing it. I have been unable to find out when it is loading the s...
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2011-02-27T21:03:22.917
Sound does not work once my profile loads
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That seems to be a common issue for 9.10 distro, as I experienced the same some time ago.</p>\n\n<p>What I did was to install the new version (10.10), which you can already do. But meanwhile I was stuck in that problems for a while.</p>\n\n<p>If you are using alsa (as I guess...
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user9754
23619
1
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2011-01-28T00:16:29.453
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<p>When I boot up my computer, it takes a long time and has a "failed command: WRITE DMA" error with other lines that looks like the command line, can anyone help me?</p> <p>I replaced the 40 pin cable from my old Hard drive with an 80 pin cable and it didn't fix it. </p> <p>Thanks.</p>
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2011-01-28T01:16:44.553
2012-01-13T04:33:34.737
Failed command: WRITE DMA
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-28T01:16:59.567", "id": "25563", "postId": "23619", "score": "0", "text": "Ubuntu 10.10? Can you reply with the output from 'df -T' please? At first it sounds like a bad controller. But there's this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/569680.", "u...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open the disk utility and check the SMART diagnostics. Run the long self test and make sure you do not have any offline, pending, or reallocated sectors. If you do, then the drive is failing. If you do not, then it could be a bad cable or controller.</p>\n", "commentCo...
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23620
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2011-01-28T00:18:49.160
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<p>I want to force Chrome fonts to be consistent on every site I visit. The Chrome preferences don't affect this at all.</p> <p>I found <a href="http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=05ffb701b2d72050&amp;hl=en" rel="noreferrer">this link</a> which states which webkit settings to edit to accomplish t...
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2018-02-12T08:48:58.643
2018-02-12T08:48:58.643
Where are Chrome/Chromium preferences stored? (to force chrome uniformity in fonts)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Chrome/chromium keeps it's settings hidden in the <code>.config</code> directory in <code>home</code>. You can unhide it by pressing <kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>h</kbd> in nautilus file manager.</p>\n\n<p>The file you're looking for is in:</p>\n\n<p><strong>google chrome:</strong></p>\n\n<b...
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2018-02-13T12:42:39.940
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2010-11-18T17:08:48.310
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<p>I'm trying to get working the Poulbo driver under Ubuntu 9.10. I've installed <code>poulsbo-driver-2d</code> <code>poulsbo-driver-3d</code> <code>poulsbo-config</code> packages from <code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gma500/ppa</code>.</p> <p>The packages installation is working. After I have to put in xorg.conf dri...
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38763
2012-09-04T10:58:51.357
2012-09-04T10:58:51.357
How do I get Poulsbo (GMA500) drivers to work?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is a Ubuntu <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsbo/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wiki</a> where explain well about GMA500 video hardware</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense"...
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slayerman
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2011-01-28T00:55:34.897
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<p>I cannot enter my desktop after an update last night. I realize that they was add another release version(lines) in the GRUB. How can I fix the problem? should I run update again using recovery mode? If so, how? </p>
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2011-01-28T01:03:05.317
2016-06-22T23:11:10.217
Doesn't start up properly after upgrade
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>it was problem with my graphic card driver.\nall going well after using default driver.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-02-24T03:12:51.877", "id": "27821", "lastActivityDate...
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23630
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23631
2011-01-28T02:04:16.107
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<p>How can it be achieved so that every command that is entered, is visible in every open terminal's history?</p> <p>When having multiple terminals open, the history isn't shared, i.e. what you entered in one terminals history, doesn't show up in another one. Think of an alternative to Bash's <code>PROMPT_COMMAND="hi...
9656
9656
2012-07-12T02:47:44.933
2023-09-05T23:08:45.857
How do you share history between terminals in zsh?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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23634
1
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2011-01-28T03:01:09.147
6
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<p>On Adobe Acrobat on Windows there is a "select table" tool that allows me to select tables to cut and paste into Word. I would like to cut and paste tables from PDFs into OpennOffice on Ubuntu now, but there is not similar tool. Is there a way to make evince do this, or another program that does have this tool? I...
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2022-06-08T04:53:36.753
Selecting tables in PDF
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>While this is not exactly what you ask for it may help to get the table data from the PDF that you can then format and use in other documents.</p>\n\n<p>You can use the free Adobe Acrobat reader's text selection tool and the spreadsheet gnumeric, both of these applications c...
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23636
1
26649
2011-01-28T03:15:50.337
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<p>I generally set up power hungry servers with a fairly short timeout before they're supposed to suspend or hibernate, but they seem to occasionally go to sleep during file transfers, ssh sessions, etc. What sort of activities are considered "activity" of the sort that will keep the machine awake?</p>
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2011-02-16T14:51:22.767
What Activities Stop Computer from Sleeping
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As someone above has posted in a comment, it seems to be mouse or keyboard activity that keeps the machine awake. I'm not marking this answer correct, as it's not really mine, and I can't guarantee it's accurate at this point.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As someone above has posted in a comment, it seems to be mouse or keyboard activity that keeps the machine awake. I'm not marking this answer correct, as it's not really mine, and I can't guarantee it's accurate at this point.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": ...
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23637
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2011-01-28T03:38:43.923
4
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<p>My recent linux kernel version is 2.35.24. Yesterday, there was an update which is 2.35.25 but after the update, my kernel version is still stuck at 2.35.24. Is there any option to get it to 2.35.25?</p>
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2011-03-29T18:11:12.803
2011-03-29T23:01:42.353
Linux Kernel won't update to 2.35.25
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did the update install?</p>\n\n<p>There are lots of reasons why a kernel update would refuse to install, perhaps your machine is blacklisted because of known issues.</p>\n\n<p>To find out what kernels you have installed, use this command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ls /lib/modules/\n<...
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23642
1
23648
2011-01-28T04:46:00.943
1
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<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AK0SR.jpg" alt="Pic 1"></p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/hUH7K.jpg" alt="Pic 2"></p> <p>what's the meaning of all that mess?</p>
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2011-01-28T05:56:29.460
2011-01-28T06:28:49.737
Is this a kernel panic?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's what's known as a \"<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_oops\" rel=\"nofollow\">kernel oops</a>,\" a superset of kernel panics. If this is a new installation of Ubuntu, the problem is most likely due to corruption of the installation media.</p>\n\n<p>If it's not ...
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2011-01-28T05:08:09.943
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<p>I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to disable the fn key on my laptop?</p>
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2013-04-02T15:35:26.447
2024-03-19T06:46:55.917
How do I disable the "Fn" keys on a laptop?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I recently had a similar problem with <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/23491/how-to-change-capslock-key-to-produce-a\">CapsLock and fixed it with xmodmap</a></p>\n\n<p>You would only have to find out the code for <kbd>fn</kbd>, perhaps you will find it in the man pag...
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user9758
23644
1
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2011-01-28T05:08:44.550
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<p>Why is there not a 64-bit version of Ubuntu netbook edition around? Now that there are 64-bit Atoms around, I think it would make sense (more CPU registers etc)..(?)</p>
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235
2011-01-28T21:15:52.997
2011-01-28T21:15:52.997
Why is there no 64-bit release of the Netbook Edition?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I imagine it's probably because the 64-bit Atoms are a more recent phenomenon, and the Ubuntu folks just haven't gotten around to it. However, if you really wanted a 64-bit version of the Netbook Remix, I think you could get it - as long as you're willing to do a bit of extra work.</...
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23645
1
23647
2011-01-28T05:19:53.813
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<p>I used <code>sudo apt-get install emacs</code> to download emacs. I expected the command-line emacs to start when I ran <code>emacs</code> but instead the GUI emacs started.</p> <p>How can I download the command-line emacs?</p>
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5
2013-02-09T03:46:32.500
2021-01-03T00:44:32.387
How do I download the command-line emacs instead of the GUI one?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The command-line emacs is installed along with the GUI.<br />\nTo run it, use the <code>-nw</code> option. An explanation from <code>man emacs</code>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>-nw</strong>, <strong>--no-window-system</strong><br />\nTell Emacs not to use its special interfac...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>That would be <code>emacs-nox</code> I believe. This is the meta-package that currently points to <code>emacs24-nox</code> . </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Description: The GNU Emacs editor\n (without X support)</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>So, just as before but with that package:...
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<p>I have a virtualization server which is having a few virtual machines running at top of it. All this was done using Ubuntu server edition with KVM and using virt-manager on SSH connection.</p> <p>These VMs are Lucid 10.04 64 bit Vms. When I upgrade them via<br> <code>apt-get upgrade</code> on an SSH connection in ...
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Do I need to install a bootloader while upgrading a virtual machine?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>KVM hosts full installation of other OS, thus you have to have \"the usual stuff\" you have on system, and that includes bootloader, that will boot when KVM starts to run image/partition when your KVM tries to start that VM.</p>\n\n<p>In your case, I would test exactly how ev...
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/26353/how-to-sync-with-ipod-nano-6g">How to sync with iPod Nano 6G?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is it possible for ubuntu 10.10 (or any of its applications) to support ipod nano, 6th generation?</p>
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Ipod Nano 6th Generation Support
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