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23321 | 1 | null | 2011-01-26T09:15:17.837 | 1 | 1321 | <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 usable with Ubuntu?</p>
| 4066 | -1 | 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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23322 | 1 | null | 2011-01-26T09:34:20.393 | 12 | 8435 | <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, without too many dependencies? I don't mind using PPAs, building from source, using old X-style tools or writing small scripts - But I need something that is known to work and won't clutter my setup too much.</p>
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23330 | 1 | 23333 | 2011-01-26T11:14:56.050 | 18 | 20711 | <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 numpad).
I know it can be done with <kbd>Ctr</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>U</kbd>+Code but...</p>
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<li>I have to enable ibus and don't know how to leave it enabled by default</li>
<li><strike>Hex codes are longer than decimal ones</strike> <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>U</kbd>+Hex codes combos are longer than the <kbd>Alt</kbd>+Decimal code ones</li>
<li>As an ex-Windows(TM) user, I'm so used to it....</li>
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<p>Two examples of characters I use a lot, comparing win style and gnome-style</p>
<pre><code>Tilde (~) character
Windows -> Alt+1-2-6
gnome -> Ctrl+Shift+U+7-e
Superscript 2 - square (²) character
Windows -> Alt+2-5-3
gnome -> Ctrl+Shift+u+b-e
</code></pre>
<p>If you try those 'key combos', the windows style is easier to type (not being subjective: less fingers used simultaneously, less keys pressed).</p>
<p>As I don't want to put it in some subjective way, my question would be it I can configure the keyboard to use <kbd>Alt</kbd>+Numpad style, or if I need to stick to the <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Shift</kbd>+U combo (or the compose key alternative)</p>
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"text": "Already seen that... So guess your answer is \"No, you can't use Alt+Numpad\"... on a side note... is there a default compose key or must I select one in the keyboard settings?",
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23331 | 1 | null | 2011-01-26T11:20:12.927 | 2 | 1412 | <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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23332 | 1 | 23334 | 2011-01-26T11:22:29.413 | 1 | 1235 | <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 removed):</p>
<pre><code>Get:1 http://xxxxxx/packages/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en [3,401B]
99% [1 Translation-en bzip2 0B] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
Ign http://xxxxxx/packages/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Get:4 http://xxxxxx maverick Release [1,243B]
60% [3 Translation-en_US bzip2 0B] [4 Release gpgv 1,243B]bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
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<p>Is this a problem with the way the repository is setup using <code>reprepro</code> or is this a local <code>apt-get</code> problem?</p>
<p>These are the releavant parts of the reprepro distributions file:</p>
<pre><code>Suite: stable
Codename: maverick
Version: 10.10
Architectures: i386
SignWith: yes
Components: multiverse
DebIndices: Packages Release . .gz .bz2
UDebIndices: Packages . .gz .bz2
DscIndices: Sources Release .gz .bz2
DebOverride: override.maverick
UDebOverride: override.maverick
DscOverride: override.maverick
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23338 | 1 | 23343 | 2011-01-26T12:39:35.073 | 10 | 439 | <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 is not very useful.</p>
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23339 | 1 | 23340 | 2011-01-26T12:45:58.640 | 7 | 4695 | <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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23347 | 1 | null | 2011-01-26T13:30:35.227 | 7 | 21824 | <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>= 2.6) were not met:
No package 'glib-2.0' found
</code></pre>
<p>So I tried to install <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/libglib2.0-dev" rel="nofollow noreferrer">libglib2.0-dev</a> </p>
<p>It gave another error:</p>
<pre><code>libglib2.0-dev:
Depends: libglib2.0-0 (=2.26.0-0ubuntu1) but 2.26.1-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
Depends: libglib2.0-bin but it is not going to be installed
</code></pre>
<p>What shall I do?</p>
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23348 | 1 | 23377 | 2011-01-26T13:32:16.487 | 0 | 1140 | <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://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/fonts/ttf-umefont" rel="nofollow">http://packages.ubuntu.com/maverick/fonts/ttf-umefont</a></p>
<p>It is listed under DISTRIBUTION UPDATES.</p>
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23353 | 1 | 23360 | 2011-01-26T13:52:33.730 | 2 | 10727 | <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:
<br /></p>
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<p>sudo: Can't open /var/lib/sudo/don/tty2: Read-only file system (I've gotten other tty's for different virtual terminals)<br />
mkdir: cannot create directory '/tmp/tX0-lock': Read-only file system</p>
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<p>Before I got to the only terminal state, I had the computer moving a few files from a network server to the computer, I put it to sleep without stopping the transfers, and started the computer again away from my home network, and attempted to stop the transfers, the computer than restarted.</p>
<p>Running <code>sudo reboot</code> puts me right back in the virtual terminal, and I can't get into any sort of x application.</p>
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23355 | 1 | 23362 | 2011-01-26T14:07:27.443 | 5 | 218 | <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 in the man page. My question is am I missing something or is there an additional set of information that references more than the man page?</p>
<p>Here is an example:</p>
<p><code>chkconfig --level 3 squid off</code></p>
<p><code>--level</code> is not listed in the man page. Using the man I would've used <code>chkconfig --edit</code> and worked it that way. Clearly using <code>--level</code> would be the better choice in this instance but it is not listed as a choice in the man page.</p>
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23364 | 1 | null | 2011-01-26T14:50:28.670 | 3 | 213 | <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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23371 | 1 | 23382 | 2011-01-26T15:36:16.187 | 6 | 1989 | <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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23373 | 1 | null | 2011-01-26T15:41:08.407 | 1 | 509 | <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 you should be able to setup a shared folder in VMWare and find it under <code>/mnt/hgfs/{Share Name}</code>, but I can't find it. I am not sure if I have to manually mount it or what.</p>
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23379 | 1 | null | 2011-01-26T15:55:31.350 | 2 | 8076 | <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/animating layers, so the ability to examine the PSD file and turn individual layers on and off is necessary. </p>
<p>Is there an app available in Ubuntu that can read PSD files created by Photoshop?</p>
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23381 | 1 | null | 2011-01-26T16:08:41.357 | 3 | 1905 | <p>I have installed "Additional Drivers" but there is a problem with ATI Catalyst Control Centre:</p>
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<p>I have downloaded the appropriate <code>ati-driver-installer-10-12-x86.x86_64.run</code> file from the ATI site. What terminal commands do I need to use to install from this file?</p>
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23388 | 1 | 23389 | 2011-01-26T16:57:29.987 | 2 | 560 | <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>
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<li><code>sudo apt-get install couchdb</code> (installs something, but when I use curl to check on it, it gives me the Welcome JSON with a version number 0.10)</li>
<li><code>sudo apt-get upgrade couchdb</code> (installs a whole bunch of stuff, same result)</li>
<li><code>sudo apt-get remove couchdb</code> (somehow still running - also purged. now, I can curl to <a href="http://127.0.0.1:5984" rel="nofollow">http://127.0.0.1:5984</a> and get the welcome JSON, but couchdb is not installed any more i.e. typing in couchdb stop gives me a "not installed" error)</li>
<li>Installed from the 1.0.1 binary, but after installation, it is not actually running - tested with netstat)</li>
<li>Tried to change the port number in the local.ini file and tried to restart, but now can't figure out how to restart couchdb1.0.1 or even if it is actually running.</li>
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<p>In case I haven't made it abundantly clear, I am completely new to linux. I have some rudimentary experience with .htaccess and configuring Apache and PHP but that's it. If you can help me, I will be very grateful!</p>
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23390 | 1 | null | 2011-01-26T17:05:33.387 | 5 | 4419 | <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</code> it shows the following:</p>
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# See http:/ /help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
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23391 | 1 | null | 2011-01-26T17:07:15.117 | 7 | 13778 | <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 password correctly and keeps prompting for authorization again and again.</p>
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<li>Network is detected, Network name and strength is also displayed. Other characteristics also appear properly.</li>
<li>When the credentials are supplied, it accepts them and continually displays the message "Setting network address". However this process never succeeds.</li>
<li>At this stage the password is repeatedly asked many times but the connection is never established.</li>
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<li><p>Some of the other things that I did:</p>
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<li>I have also tried other things like restarting my modem and the computer. That didn't work. </li>
<li>I tried to restart <code>nm-applet</code> and <code>KNetworkManager</code>. That didn't work either.</li>
<li><code>ifconfig</code> display all my interfaces and Mac addresses correctly.</li>
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<p>Since it's working fine GNOME the drivers are fine. This is sure a KDE specific issue. Other threads related to this on the interwebs don't offer much information either.</p>
<p>Please share a solution for this.</p>
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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 extra features of GTG are annoying: since RTM doesn't support subtasks, I'd rather not have the option of subtasks on my desktop to-do widget.</p>
<p>I can sync RTM with my google calendar and use that through thunderbird, but this had some weird effects: for every day where I had a to do item with a deadline in the future (i.e. every day) I had an all day event in my calendar for that event: doubleplus suboptimal.</p>
<p>So is there a better option? Preferably one that fits with thunderbird, since that's where all my other organisational shenanigans are taking place.</p>
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<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>
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<p>I am running Ubuntu 10.10 on my Dell Studio XPS 1640 and have about one hour of battery life in it, compared to about 2.5 hours running on Windows 7.</p>
<p>This is with wireless and bluetooth on, but still, the difference seems incredible.</p>
<p>What could be causing such a difference and is there a way to close the gap without losing core functionality?</p>
<p><strong>EDIT:</strong> here's some <strong>output from powertop</strong>. This is with bluetooth turned off and Wifi turned on. The output seems pretty normal to me, but as indicated, this is about 1 hour of battery life on a full battery...</p>
<pre><code>Wakeups-from-idle per second : 476.2 interval: 10.0s
Power usage (ACPI estimate): 2.5W (1.2 hours)
Top causes for wakeups:
30.0% (167.2)D chrome
21.0% (117.3) [extra timer interrupt]
13.9% ( 77.4) [kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick
3.4% ( 18.9)D xchat
7.1% ( 39.8) [iwlagn] <interrupt>
5.9% ( 32.9) AptanaStudio3
3.9% ( 21.6)D java
2.7% ( 14.9) [TLB shootdowns] <kernel IPI>
2.5% ( 14.1) docky
1.8% ( 10.0) nautilus
1.6% ( 9.0) thunderbird-bin
1.0% ( 5.5) [ahci] <interrupt>
0.9% ( 5.0) syndaemon
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<p><strong>EDIT</strong>: after changing <code>/proc/sys/vm/laptop_mode</code> to <code>5</code> (it was set to <code>0</code>), wakeups seem to have decreased, although usage still seems far too high:</p>
<pre><code>Wakeups-from-idle per second : 263.8 interval: 10.0s
Power usage (ACPI estimate): 2.6W (0.9 hours)
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<p><strong>EDIT</strong>: I seem to have discovered the main cause: I was using the open source ATI Drivers. I recently installed the official ATI drivers and laptop battery life seems to have doubled since.</p>
<p><strong>EDIT</strong>: last edit. The previous 'solution' of installing the official ATI drivers turns out to be a non-solution. Although it <em>does</em> increase battery life, my laptop resolution is maxed out at 1200x800 after a reboot. (Please note that this problem does not need answering in this question as it is a seperate case)</p>
<p><strong><em>EDIT & SOLUTION:</em></strong></p>
<p>After more trial and error I finally <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/524281" rel="nofollow noreferrer">found</a> a <a href="https://launchpad.net/~brian-rogers/+archive/power" rel="nofollow noreferrer">custom PPA</a> that patches Maverick's 2.6.35 kernel. My wakeups have now decreased from 450-1100 to a maximum of 120 (!).</p>
<pre><code>Wakeups-from-idle per second : 110,2 interval: 15,0s
Power usage (ACPI estimate): 2,7W (0,7 hours)
Top causes for wakeups:
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3,0% ( 4,1) ksoftirqd/1
0,1% ( 0,2)D flush-8:0
1,6% ( 2,2) mysqld
1,2% ( 1,7) python
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<p>What does this error mean?</p>
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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>
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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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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>
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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 boot up completely from my SSD without spinning up the HDD.</p>
<p>What causes the HDD to spin up? Maybe Grub2?</p>
<hr>
<p>Edit: nope, doesn't seem to be Grub2 that spins up the drive. I just set up Grub to show its menu without timer. Nothings happens until I hit the Ubuntu standard boot option, then a few seconds later the drive spins up. </p>
<hr>
<p>Edit: <code>dmesg | grep sdb</code>:</p>
<pre><code>[ 7.080043] ata2.00: qc timeout (cmd 0xef)
[ 7.080057] ata2.00: failed to IDENTIFY (SPINUP failed, err_mask=0x4)
[ 9.830035] ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
[ 9.836555] ata2.00: ATA-8: SAMSUNG HD105SI, 1AJ10001, max UDMA/133
[ 9.836564] ata2.00: 1953525168 sectors, multi 0: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
[ 9.842364] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133
[ 9.842644] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA SAMSUNG HD105SI 1AJ1 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 9.843249] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 1953525168 512-byte logical blocks: (1.00 TB/931 GiB)
[ 9.843270] sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[ 9.843487] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 9.843497] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
[ 9.843590] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 9.844091] sdb:
[ 9.845127] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM ATAPI iHDS118 5 RL0C PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 9.851182] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 9.851191] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 9.851554] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 9.851802] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
[ 9.942896] sdb1
[ 9.943773] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
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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 XRandR configuration
method, setting Virtual to too large a
value may result in a loss of hardware
acceleration, and thus an inability to
use Compiz and its desktop effects.</p>
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<p>When I use the GNOME monitor applet, or the Monitors configuration in the System menu, the default xrandr settings puts the second monitor to the right of the first, and, as I found with <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/460616">this bug</a>, for most monitors this creates a virtual desktop larger than the maximum 2048 horizontal resolution needed for hardware acceleration on my netbook hardware.</p>
<p>So, it seems like if I can modify xrandr's default settings so that it places the new desktop above or below (north or south of) the main LVDS display, then hardware acceleration, and therefore compiz will continue to work. Can anyone tell me, what is the easiest way to achieve this?</p>
<p>UPDATE: </p>
<p>I have confirmed that multihead support with desktop effects and hardware acceleration works when I move the external monitor display north of the main LVDS display. Right now this involves the following process: plugging in the external monitor, starting the Monitors configuration menu, desktop effects are disabled automatically (and all of the windows on my workspaces are moved to the first workspace), repositioning the external display so that it is north of LVDS display and clicking apply, and then navigating to the Appearance menu and telling it to reenable desktop effects. Is there a simpler way do this?</p>
<p>UPDATE 2:</p>
<p>OK, so I thought that perhaps the GNOME Monitors configuration screen was trying to be clever, and might be disbling desktop effects. So, I just tried using the xrandr command-line client instead, as follows:</p>
<pre><code>xrandr --output VGA1 --above LVDS1
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<p>When I do that, desktop effects are still disabled, and I need to manually reenable them. This, despite the fact that hardware acceleration works, and there is never a point where hardware acceleration stops working because the horizontal dimension of the virtual display is too large. So what program is trying to be clever, and is turning off desktop effects when it doesn't need to? And how do I make it stop?</p>
<p>If there were a way to re-enable desktop effects from the command line, which I could then put into a script along with the proper xrandr invocation, I would accept that as a workaround.</p>
<p>UPDATE 3:</p>
<p>OK, here's my script to enable a second monitor with desktop effects. It might be evil, I'm not sure:</p>
<p>second-monitor.sh</p>
<pre><code>xrandr --output VGA1 --above LVDS1
sleep 3
compiz --replace &
</code></pre>
<p>The sleep statement might not be necessary.</p>
<p>If there's a better way to do this, please let me know.</p>
<p>UPDATE 4:</p>
<p>This is a Dell Mini Inspiron 1012.</p>
<p>Here are my system specifications:</p>
<p>lspci -vv</p>
<pre><code>00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
Subsystem: Dell Device 041a
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx+
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 29
Region 0: Memory at f0b00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Region 1: I/O ports at 18d0 [size=8]
Region 2: Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Region 3: Memory at f0900000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
Subsystem: Dell Device 041a
Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
Latency: 0
Region 0: Memory at f0b80000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
</code></pre>
<p>lsmod | grep i915</p>
<pre><code>i915 287458 2
drm_kms_helper 29329 1 i915
drm 162409 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
intel_agp 24375 2 i915
i2c_algo_bit 5028 1 i915
video 17375 1 i915
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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>
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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.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance,</p>
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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>
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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>
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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 like to know how to enable this option.. </p>
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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>
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<p>I came back after a month long vacation to check out my parents computer, only to realize that the bookmarks (e.g. Places → Downloads) opened up VLC. To try and fix this, I uninstalled VLC. But when I open those bookmarks, the browser (Firefox) launches instead.</p>
<p>How do I fix this and get Nautilus to launch?</p>
<p>PS. I'm using docky, and opening mounts from docky also has the same behavior.</p>
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23476 | 1 | null | 2011-01-27T06:48:27.897 | 12 | 4728 | <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
directory) </li>
<li>Documents shall be
stored on cheap large media for many
years to come - hard disk and
file system maybe? Easy to maintain
and manage for a small organization.</li>
<li>Documents have to be easy to find
and restore</li>
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<p>One systematic manner could be a directory-structure by year, month, user or user, year, month. Its a plus if documents could be linked to a project, if documents could be search-able and if document could also be mail, IM-discussions not only OpenOffice traditional documents.</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
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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>
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23489 | 1 | null | 2011-01-27T08:31:44.327 | 38 | 38396 | <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 find much information about the overhead (CPU or drive) associated with home partition encryption. I ran the following, writing to my home partition as well as the the mounted Windows partition: </p>
<p><code>dd if=/dev/zero of=~/dummy bs=512 count=10240</code> </p>
<p><code>dd if=/dev/zero of=/media/Windows/dummy bs=512 count=10240</code></p>
<p>The first returned 2.4MB/s and the second returned 2.5MB/s. Can I therefore deduce that there is very little overhead to home folder encryption? I'm not sure if the different filesystems will make any difference (<code>/</code> and <code>/home</code> are ext3).</p>
<p><strong>Update 1</strong> </p>
<p>I don't know why I didn't use <code>/tmp</code> instead of the mounted Windows folder. Only <code>/home</code> is encrypted, so <code>/tmp</code> is unencrypted ext3. The results of the <code>dd</code> as above are astounding: </p>
<p><code>~</code>: 2.4 MB/s </p>
<p><code>/tmp</code>: 42.6 MB/s</p>
<p>Comments please? The reason I am asking this is that disk access on the netbook is noticeably slow.</p>
<p><strong>Update 2</strong> </p>
<p>I timed each of the <code>dd</code> operations with <code>time</code>: </p>
<p><code>~</code>: </p>
<pre><code>real 0m2.217s
user 0m0.028s
sys 0m2.176s
</code></pre>
<p><code>/tmp</code>: </p>
<pre><code>real 0m0.152s
user 0m0.012s
sys 0m0.136s
</code></pre>
<p>See also: <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1587266" rel="noreferrer">discussion on UbuntuForums.org</a> and <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ecryptfs-utils/+bug/654764" rel="noreferrer">bug report</a> <em>(2012/05/11: now seems to be a bug relating to SSD)</em></p>
<p>Edit: Output of <code>mount</code>:</p>
<pre><code>/dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,commit=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/USER/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=USER)
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<p><strong>Update 2012/05/01:</strong> More related links for reference: an (old) Phoronix <a href="http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/?k=profile&u=phorocrypt-16497-10491-19665" rel="noreferrer">test</a>, a <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/100752/how-does-ecryptfs-impact-harddisk-performance">similar</a> question here, a <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/46240/will-encrypting-my-huge-home-directory-slow-performance">duplicate</a> question here and a <a href="https://superuser.com/questions/397252/ecryptfs-and-many-many-small-files-bad-performance">similar</a> SuperUser question. A good summary answer <a href="https://askubuntu.com/a/100833/9081">here</a> suggests that performance penalties are only noticeable on small/netbook (Atom) processors and SSDs. </p>
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23491 | 1 | 23493 | 2011-01-27T09:06:42.600 | 24 | 12811 | <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 this.</p>
<p>I have found a possibility to <em>disable</em> the <kbd>CapsLock</kbd> key in <em>Keyboard Layout Options</em>. But this would in my case mean that instead of writing an <code>a</code> I would write nothing.</p>
<p><strong>Positive</strong> -> I don't have to rewrite a whole line, but only one character</p>
<p><strong>Negative</strong> -> It's not that obvious that I hit the wrong key, as a missing character is not perceivable as an upper-case line of text.</p>
<p>I would therefore prefer a possibility to map <kbd>CapsLock</kbd> to <kbd>a</kbd> . Thus when hitting <kbd>CapsLock</kbd> an <code>a</code> character would be written.</p>
<p><strong>Positive</strong> -> If I hit <kbd>CapsLock</kbd> instead of <kbd>a</kbd> I get the output I actually wanted to type.</p>
<p><strong>Negative</strong> -> If I hit <kbd>CapsLock</kbd> in any other context I will get an <code>a</code> character. As I don't ever <em>intentionally</em> use the <kbd>CapsLock</kbd> key this would not really pose a problem. (I think, or does it?)</p>
<h1>My Question:</h1>
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<li>So how do I change to <kbd>a</kbd> ?</li>
<li>And is there any case where this could be dangerous/provoke unwanted behaviour?</li>
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"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 detects your <code>.Xmodmap</code> file, it'll ask if you want to always load it, and then you're set.</p>\n\n<p>I also think caps lock is silly. However, the key position is useful. I like mapping it to the Control key. I use control <strong>a lot</strong>, and it's tiring for my pinky to be constantly reaching down in that awkward position. And as I later found, historically <kbd>Control</kbd> is where <kbd>Caps Lock</kbd> is currently. Anyway. Create a file in your home directory called <code>.Xmodmap</code> with the following lines:</p>\n\n<pre><code>remove Lock = Caps_Lock\nkeysym Caps_Lock = Control_L\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>To make these changes take effect right this instant, run <code>xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap</code>.</p>\n\n<p>You can find keycodes on your own using <code>xev</code>. Turns out the keycode for <kbd>a</kbd> is 38, or hex 0x61. So instead your .Xmodmap could be:</p>\n\n<pre><code>remove Lock = Caps_Lock\nkeysym Caps_Lock = 0x61\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I highly recommend reading through the man page, lots of interesting stuff.</p>\n",
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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>
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<li>-- sdc1 - 161gb ext4 (this is where ubuntu is</li>
<li>-- sdc5 - 4 gb swap</li>
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<p>I tried following the suggestion of the answer to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6025/grub-always-fails-to-install-furthest-i-get-is-grub-prompt">this question</a>, but get the following in the terminal as a response:</p>
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<p>root@ubuntu:/# sudo grub-install /dev/sda<br/>
sudo: unable to resolve host ubuntu<br/>
/usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib: 38: cannot create /dev/null: Permission denied<br/>
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /boot/grub (is /dev mounted?).<br/></p>
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<p>How should I proceed? I'd really like to move away from Windows being my only development environment.</p>
<p>EDIT: it would seem that this problem is due to a non-stardard bios and hardware restrictions on my work computer. I managed to install ubuntu at home with no issues. Don't know how to close a question as too localised / no real question? Many thanks to Mr Rooney for trying to help.</p>
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"text": "Mark: this didn't work for me. I got the same error trying to install onto sdc, also tried installing on sdb - same thing happened. When I look in the BIOS though, there doesn't seem to be any way to set the second/third hard disks as boot devices? The only option is to turn them on or off.",
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23502 | 1 | null | 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 Offline PC</a> </p>
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<p>I downloaded Wine from Windows but don't know how to install it in Ubuntu. Please help.</p>
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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 happily until the next time that it becomes disabled...</p>
<p>Any ideas why this is happening and/or how I could fix it?</p>
<p>I know I'm giving very little information, I can't think of anything else to give...if there's something I should be providing, please let me know.</p>
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23508 | 1 | 42047 | 2011-01-27T12:16:41.587 | 37 | 9892 | <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>
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<p>Setting the volume levels isn't the problem, but I somehow need to do this when un-/plugging the headphones, so I'm looking for a way to get notified of those events.</p>
<p>I quickly found <code>/proc/asound/card0/codec#0</code> to indicate whether headphones are plugged in or not, so I tried to monitor it using <code>inotifywait</code> and change the volume level based on <em>modified</em> notifications. Unfortunately <code>inotifywait</code> failed because <em>proc</em> isn't an ordinary filesystem.</p>
<p>Are there other ways to do this (maybe via PulseAudio)?</p>
<p>Audio device: <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/558961/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Intel HDA</a>, audio codec: <a href="http://paste.ubuntu.com/558965/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Conexant CX20585</a>.</p>
<hr>
<p>To summarize what I've tried so far:</p>
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<li>Ear Candy: didn't run at all on my system. Seems to be an abandoned project?</li>
<li>The code posted by <a href="https://askubuntu.com/users/1138/karl-bielefeldt">Karl Bielefeldt</a> might work on some hardware, it doesn't on mine.</li>
<li>The idea from <a href="https://askubuntu.com/users/10173/stephenpaulger">StephenPaulger</a> fails due to the lack of a 'Speaker' channel.</li>
<li>Motivated by <a href="https://askubuntu.com/users/5768/aking1012">aking1012</a> I made it work by hacking around in the kernel code (after finding the jack sensing code of the codec), but that's a rather cumbersome solution.</li>
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<p>So, I'm still looking for an easy way to do this. </p>
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23511 | 1 | null | 2011-01-27T12:30:08.817 | 5 | 383 | <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> I have the impression that this gnome soundcontrol does the unmuting, but I am not sure. I looked thru all the gconf but couldn't find an option.</p>
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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>
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<p>How do I fix this issue?</p>
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23517 | 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>
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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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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 the ACTUAL nameservers pulled from my router, and make it immutable with the "chattr -i" command, both Evolution and Opera run as they should, but this breaks Ubuntu One. I get the dreaded list of "unknown" everythings...</p>
<p>Any idea how to make both function properly?</p>
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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 breaks.</p>
<p>So I have looked into mdadm for RAID 5 + LVM. However, that will not use all disk space if new disk are larger than the old ones. (LVM for the snapshots)
I think ZFS could do the trick, however, that is unsupported on Linux.
BtrFS is a bit too young to trust my files to, it is my backup after all, I want stuff to be safe there.</p>
<p>Another reason for me to want an ubuntu machine instead of a NAS, is that I want to run other stuff on it as well, like Django, mythtv backend and mail server.</p>
<p>So what options do I have if I want my files to be stored in a redundant fashion, and to be able to take snapshots of these backups as well?</p>
<p>I'm still in the research phase, so I am open for suggestions. :)</p>
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23523 | 1 | 23525 | 2011-01-27T14:49:59.817 | 17 | 20239 | <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 really important for me and I cant afford to waste it. </p>
<p>So the question is how can I make things look more like Windows i.e crispier and smaller?</p>
<p>I have attached the screen shot of same version of Eclipse running on Windows and Ubuntu at same resolution (1400*900)</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PemAG.png" alt="Eclipse on Ubuntu 9.10"></p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/SpcB0.png" alt="Eclipse on Windows 7"></p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:</strong>
I am actually using Ubuntu 10.10 but at the time when I wrote this question I only had 9.10 machine available to me so I used it to get screen shot. </p>
<p>I want things to be compact, not exactly windows like. I say windows because it looks lot more space efficient and I don't like the wasted space. Also I know that I can tweak almost every aspect of GNOME seperately but I want something that can do this for me like some theme or some thing else that can later be easily undone (if I dont like it) </p>
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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>
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<p>Is this system utterly incompatible with Ubuntu, or are there working WiFi and display drivers for it somewhere? I have googled for days but haven't found anything useful.</p>
<p>Help me.</p>
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<p><strong>Update:</strong> I never got it working properly. I came across lots of useful tips and tricks over at the forum linked to in the accepted answer but I just wasn't able to get it working and stable enough for the intended use. Hopefully a future version of Ubuntu and/or the samsung tools will solve that. Related thread over at the other forum: <a href="http://www.voria.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=682" rel="nofollow">http://www.voria.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=682</a></p>
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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> package installed and my kernel is still happily -server.</p>
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23533 | 1 | 23535 | 2011-01-27T15:44:08.283 | 79 | 20303 | <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 happen.</p>
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23534 | 1 | 23537 | 2011-01-27T15:51:51.577 | 20 | 2980 | <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>
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23538 | 1 | null | 2011-01-27T15:57:55.700 | 0 | 1313 | <p>When I restart squid web proxy service, I receive the following errors. What are these errors?</p>
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23546 | 1 | 23558 | 2011-01-27T16:44:25.983 | 1 | 339 | <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>
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23549 | 1 | 23551 | 2011-01-27T17:01:40.840 | 61 | 44444 | <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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23555 | 1 | 23591 | 2011-01-27T17:40:09.840 | 3 | 1672 | <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>
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<p><strong>Updated</strong> : When the machine does shut off, the power light does a slow blink. To turn it back on, I have turn the power supply off for a bit and/or pull the power cord out until the light turns off.</p>
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23556 | 1 | 23703 | 2011-01-27T17:48:00.997 | 3 | 1685 | <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 (Chromium or Firefox), it seems to break Pulseaudio. Further Flash content will play just fine, but other software, such as MPD, will not be heard. I can reset this problem by ensuring that no instance of Flash are running in my browser and running <code>pulseaudio -k</code>, but the problem just comes back as soon as another Flash object initialises.</p>
<p>In being a little more specific, if I have sound playing (such as with MPD) and load a Flash object, sound continues to play but Flash doesn't output any sound. If I stop playing sound and then load the Flash object, Flash gets sound and seemingly takes control of Pulseaudio until <code>pulseaudio -k</code>.</p>
<p>May or may not be related: When Flash doesn't get to output sound it tends to crash Chromium. I can't say if this is only when Flash gets control of Pulseaudio or not, as it doesn't always crash.</p>
<p>I'm running the latest version of Flash, just downloaded and installed from Adobe's site using their 32-bit deb. I have tried flashplugin-installer but the problem is the same. Running Ubuntu 10.10.</p>
<p>Any idea how I can fix this, or why it's happening? Does it matter that I'm running mpd as root?</p>
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23557 | 1 | 25679 | 2011-01-27T18:03:35.467 | 0 | 1288 | <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 the Ubuntu guest hangs and I cannot do anything to it other than power down the virtual machine. I've tried getting to a plain text tty (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd>-<kbd>F6</kbd>) to no avail. The virtual box appears to have completely hung.</p>
<p>Note the guest OS will run for days doing various things (mostly local development) without hanging. Only when doing something that requires network access does it hang.</p>
<p>Some Specs:
VirtualBox 3.2.12, Windows 7 w/8.00 GB Ram Intel i5 Quad Core (760@2.8 GHz)</p>
<p><a href="http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=35214&start=0&sid=272b6119abfa9650fa5010d4c9999e92I" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This issue</a> at the VirtualBox discussion board may possibly be related.
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/17937/why-cant-unity-run-in-virtual-machines">This question</a> may be related, but seems more tied to 3D performance. Still it may imply I may need to upgrade to VirtualBox 4.0.0:</p>
<p>(I'll go ahead and experiment with this)</p>
<p>How can I get my guest to not freeze?</p>
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23562 | 1 | 23573 | 2011-01-27T19:09:01.630 | 2 | 1627 | <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><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/b8nd9.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
<p>With panel:</p>
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<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/jocsB.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
<p>I get no relevant errors when I run from a terminal.</p>
<p>Why does this happen and what could I do to fix it? Against which package would I file this if this is a bug?</p>
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23566 | 1 | null | 2011-01-27T19:21:30.530 | 0 | 779 | <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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23568 | 1 | 23587 | 2011-01-27T19:32:28.927 | 4 | 10454 | <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>
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---------------------------------------------------------------------
192.168.1.3 MINI [MSHOME] [Unix] [Samba 3.0.25b-apple]
192.168.1.9 SERVER +[ MSHOME ]
192.168.1.11 NAS [ WORKGROUP ]
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<li>SERVER - Ubuntu 10.10 server; Samba installed but not running.</li>
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<p>When Samba is running the Ubuntu groups are the values from <code>/etc/samba/smb.conf</code>, but with Samba turned off it falls back to these defaults - even different defaults for two installations of the same OS.</p>
<p>I would like to change the workgroups, but I can't figure out where the value is coming from: Not from Samba (that's a different value), not from Winbind (not running), not from Avahi (not installed); and I don't know of anything else involved in network groups.</p>
<p>How can I find this setting so I can change it? </p>
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23570 | 1 | 23571 | 2011-01-27T20:04:50.220 | 5 | 3308 | <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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23574 | 1 | null | 2011-01-27T20:18:03.503 | 1 | 957 | <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>
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<p>In fact, the file /usr/bin/g++-4.5 seems to be a perl script. I understand that Ubuntu uses hardening wrappers around gcc, but I don't know how to actually compile something using g++ in this state.</p>
<p>How can I fix this?</p>
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23577 | 1 | 23640 | 2011-01-27T20:30:09.663 | 7 | 2656 | <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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23578 | 1 | null | 2011-01-27T20:34:47.187 | 4 | 9016 | <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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Package: mysql-common
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<p>That then states the packages are pinned with "apt-cache policy" outputting:</p>
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500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/universe Packages
release v=10.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lucid-security,n=lucid,l=Ubuntu,c=universe
origin security.ubuntu.com
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/restricted Packages
release v=10.04,o=Ubuntu,a=lucid-security,n=lucid,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted
origin security.ubuntu.com
... etc
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mysql-server -> 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.7
mysql-server-core-5.1 -> 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.7
mysql-client-core-5.1 -> 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.7
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<p>However... running aptitude safe-upgrade just updated MySQL... what am I doing wrong?</p>
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23586 | 1 | 23588 | 2011-01-27T21:26:26.827 | 3 | 837 | <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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23590 | 1 | 23606 | 2011-01-27T21:46:35.100 | 8 | 12606 | <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-applet-icon#answer-18834">How can I change Dropbox's indicator applet icon?</a></p>
<p>This worked fine, however, after deciding that I didn't like those icons I uninstalled them via a <code>sudo apt-get autoremove monochrome-icons-extra</code> then did a ppa-purge on that PPA. I then stopped and started Dropbox and at that point was missing an icon all together. I can click in the empty space where the Dropbox icon should be and get the drop-down menu, so I know Dropbox is running. I also confirmed this buy running <code>dropbox status</code> and it returned <code>idle</code>. I tried rebooting but that didn't make a difference, the icon still wont show up.</p>
<p>Next I tried reinstalling Dropbox via <code>sudo apt-get --reinstall install nautilus-dropbox</code>, that had no effect. I then tried to completely remove everything and reinstall. To accomplish this I did the following:</p>
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sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox*
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<p>I then went to dropbox.com and downloaded the latest .deb and installed it that way and the icon was still missing, ARGH!</p>
<p>Through a little research, I discovered that the PPA installed the icons to to <code>/usr/share/icons/ubuntu-mono-dark/status/22/dropboxstatus-*.svg</code> and that's how it changed the icons. The images aren't there any more (having uninstalled the PPA), but when I checked on my laptop where Dropbox is working fine, there aren't any other icons in that location, either.</p>
<p>What is going on and how do I fix this?</p>
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23593 | 1 | 23623 | 2011-01-27T22:04:27.043 | 34 | 11018 | <p>Is there a way to have my webcam sense lighting conditions and adjust screen brightness accordingly?</p>
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23596 | 1 | 23597 | 2011-01-27T22:18:10.350 | 21 | 21831 | <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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<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>
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23603 | 1 | 23608 | 2011-01-27T23:07:28.130 | 23 | 32044 | <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?
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23607 | 1 | null | 2011-01-27T23:33:23.230 | 5 | 3839 | <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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23609 | 1 | null | 2011-01-27T23:39:52.407 | 2 | 3315 | <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>
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23610 | 1 | null | 2011-01-27T23:48:58.360 | 21 | 20896 | <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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23611 | 1 | 25878 | 2011-01-27T23:55:05.373 | 5 | 3015 | <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 I select any option, eg DISCONNECT, nothing happens. Even the VPN sub menu disappears (no triangle to select the menu.) However I do not lose the network connection...</p>
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<p>i tried uninstall/reinstall... I even reinstalled Ubuntu, but once the latest updates are applied this issues arises...</p>
<p>Any help?</p>
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23615 | 1 | 23618 | 2011-01-28T00:04:30.187 | 4 | 1277 | <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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23616 | 1 | null | 2011-01-28T00:05:32.213 | 3 | 7768 | <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 second instance though. Any help would be greatly appreciated. </p>
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23619 | 1 | null | 2011-01-28T00:16:29.453 | 4 | 4213 | <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>
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23620 | 1 | 23621 | 2011-01-28T00:18:49.160 | 12 | 46123 | <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>
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23622 | 1 | null | 2010-11-18T17:08:48.310 | 3 | 2671 | <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>
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I realize that they was add another release version(lines) in the GRUB.
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should I run update again using recovery mode? If so, how? </p>
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23630 | 1 | 23631 | 2011-01-28T02:04:16.107 | 56 | 41190 | <p>How can it be achieved so that every command that is entered, is visible in every open terminal's history?</p>
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"text": "\"SHARE_HISTORY: This option both imports new commands from the history file, and also causes your typed commands to be appended to the history file (the latter is like specifying INC_APPEND_HISTORY, **which should be turned off if this option is in effect**).\" (From [manual](http://zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc/Release/Options.html#History) emphasis added) i.e. just the INC_APPEND_HISTORY option will do what you want.",
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"text": "Actually, just the SHARE_HISTORY option alone will do what you want. The phrase \"which should be turned off if this option is in effect\" translates to \"[INC_APPEND_HISTORY] should be turned off if [SHARE_HISTORY] option is in effect\". I've tested this on zsh 5.1.1 on Ubuntu Xenial.",
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"text": "@opert is correct: `setopt share_history` is what will accomplish the desired result. @MJB would you be willing to edit your answer to remove the mention of `setopt inc_append_history`? It obscures the actual answer.",
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"text": "[_Names are case insensitive and underscores are ignored_](https://linux.die.net/man/1/zshoptions) so if you `setopt | grep hist` will get `incappendhistory` and `sharehistory`.",
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23634 | 1 | null | 2011-01-28T03:01:09.147 | 6 | 3520 | <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 also looked at pdfedit and xpdf, but no success.</p>
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23636 | 1 | 26649 | 2011-01-28T03:15:50.337 | 7 | 392 | <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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23637 | 1 | null | 2011-01-28T03:38:43.923 | 4 | 578 | <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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23642 | 1 | 23648 | 2011-01-28T04:46:00.943 | 1 | 270 | <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/AK0SR.jpg" alt="Pic 1"></p>
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<p>what's the meaning of all that mess?</p>
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23643 | 1 | null | 2011-01-28T05:08:09.943 | 20 | 27580 | <p>I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to disable the fn key on my laptop?</p>
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23644 | 1 | 23773 | 2011-01-28T05:08:44.550 | 4 | 580 | <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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23645 | 1 | 23647 | 2011-01-28T05:19:53.813 | 76 | 86067 | <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>
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"text": "This answer only covers **running** non-X emacs. This does not explain how to **download** emacs that is only for command line.",
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"text": "@user2943160 What do you mean? This answer starts out with the sentence \"The command-line emacs is installed along with the GUI\". We know from the question that the OP already knows how to install it.",
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"text": "@JonBentley hello from your necropost comment. This answer still doesn't cover a non-windowed (that is, no support for system windowed operation) installation of emacs, though such a thing isn't particularly necessary given, yes, the rest of the content.",
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"text": "@user2943160 This is a Q&A site, not a forum, so there is no concept of a \"necropost\". The value is in the question and the answers, not in the timing. I don't think the OP particularly cares whether or not there is no support for a windowed vesrion, so long as they can run it on the command line (and even if we interpret the question title in that way, a frame challenge would be valid given the OP's underlying objective). This answer is perfectly fine as it is in addressing the root of the question, and is a valuable alternative to the other options.",
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"text": "This is a very poor answer, because when the ordinary emacs package is installed via apt on a headless system not normally used with X, it will not only unnecessarily install the X version of emacs, it will install all of the X client libraries that are dependencies of that - which is a *huge* amount of unnecessary installation.",
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23650 | 1 | null | 2011-01-28T06:57:36.617 | 3 | 3196 | <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 between the ncurses screen, it asks me if it should install a bootloader and to select <code>Yes</code> or <code>No</code> for it. </p>
<p>I have no clue what should I select here and I cancel the upgrade.Since it is a production machine I can not specify any thing like this. So let me know what will be a correct.</p>
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23651 | 1 | null | 2011-01-28T07:44:46.860 | 0 | 1177 | <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>
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<p>Is it possible for ubuntu 10.10 (or any of its applications) to support ipod nano, 6th generation?</p>
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