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<p>My flash disk is password protected. When I plugged it into my Ubuntu machine I didn't see the flash disk appear, but when I plugged it into Windows I can see the drive but can't open the drive. It gives me the option to "format" but when I click on "format" it says "password protected".</p> <p>Is there a way to fo...
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2013-09-10T01:22:05.717
2013-09-10T01:22:05.717
Format password protected USB flash on ubuntu
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<p>I am part of a small team that develop an intranet web app. We want to a method of easy installation, so we were thinking about how <code>apt-get</code> works, especially with installing dependencies.</p> <p>Our app has many dependencies (PHP5, PostgreSQL, FOP etc) but we need control over who has access to the ins...
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2011-08-19T00:11:05.313
2017-04-22T01:56:29.867
Building a .deb file, install dependencies too
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<p><strong>Before:</strong></p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/oxRrX.png" alt="enter image description here" /></p> <p><strong>After:</strong></p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/6h6XW.png" alt="enter image description here" /></p> <p>I suspect this is the undesired font:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
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Chinese font with no smoothing got set as default after installing Chinese Languge Support (how to disable it?)
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16446/how-to-get-my-software-into-ubuntu">How to get my software into Ubuntu?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>How can I publish my open-source project in open Ubuntu repositories?</p> <p>I have already compiled a deb wh...
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2017-04-13T12:23:59.520
2011-02-01T19:12:54.773
How can I get my deb file into the repositories?
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<p>For the command </p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get update </code></pre> <p>I get following error:</p> <pre><code>W: Failed to fetch http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-updates/multiverse/binary-i386/Packages.gz 407 Proxy Authentication Required (The ISA Server requires authorization to fulfill the req...
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2017-04-13T12:24:26.937
2018-09-21T13:06:09.963
'apt-get' does not work with Proxy
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try setting <code>http_proxy</code> to <a href=\"http://user:pass@proxyserver:port/\">http://user:pass@proxyserver:port/</a></p>\n\n<p>edit:<br>\nIf setting <code>http_proxy</code> does not work try editing <code>apt.conf</code>. In<br>\nUbuntu <code>apt.conf</code> is fragme...
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2011-01-28T10:48:37.867
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<p>Okay, before you ask me to <em>RTFM</em>, I'll show you a screenshot, and describe my situation:</p> <h2>Screenshot</h2> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XxcAF.png" alt="Screenshot"></p> <p>This is what I want to get. The screenshot above shows (semitransparent) Conky, but the transparency is provided by ad...
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2011-06-16T21:33:56.870
How to make Conky text semitransparent?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This worked for me:</p>\n\n<pre><code>own_window yes\nown_window_title conky\nown_window_type normal\nown_window_transparent yes\nown_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then go to the compiz setting (CCSM), enable \"opacity, bri...
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<p>I have Acer EEE PC with SSD drives and ubuntu 10.10. It works fine - most of the time - but after boot or io-intense operation (copying file, installing updates, etc...) load increases to 2, stays for a few minutes and slowly decreases back to 0.5 or so.</p> <p>How I can confirm source of the problem? Is it SSD dri...
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2012-07-28T21:38:05.070
Netbook freezes with high load on every IO operation
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could try the workarounds I already provided in <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/154097/why-does-wubi-slow-down-or-freeze-when-there-is-heavy-disk-activity/155678#155678\">this thread</a>:</p>\n\n<p>I noticed awful freezes during IO operations as well. While I can't tell...
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2011-01-28T11:31:06.903
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<p>I ordered some addon RAM a few days ago to install on my Ubuntu 10.10 stationary computer and while giving it some thought, I remember that I previously did change the SWAP memory file size on a XP computer after doing a RAM upgrade in the past. </p> <p>Should I change the SWAP memory size (increase?) after install...
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2011-12-10T11:47:08.607
Change swap memory size after adding RAM?
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2011-01-28T12:02:37.633
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<p>When I create a file in Ubuntu, it creates with only read/write permissions for the owner. But if I copy a file from a fat32 USB drive, the file permissions give read/executable powers to Owner,Group and Others.</p> <p>How do I make files copied from a USB drive adopt the same file permissions as other files in Ubu...
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2011-01-31T14:04:41.583
File Permissions on files copied from USB do not match File Permissions of files I create in Ubuntu
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The best answer that I can give you is to use a UNIX/Linux based archival tool, like tar(1) or cpio(1). That will preserve the date and permissions of the file(s), but the archive file itself we don't really care about. <code>tar cf /media/stickdrive/foobar.tar path/to/my/fi...
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<p>Lately, I have received errors while using wget against github on ubuntu 10.04. </p> <pre><code>ERROR: certificate common name `*.github.com' doesn't match requested host name `github.com'. To connect to github.com insecurely, use `--no-check-certificate'. </code></pre> <p>Does anyone know why this error ocours an...
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2011-02-27T15:03:20.733
Problems with certificate with wget and github lately
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<p>I have a web application where I create some folders on my server and put executables there. Then I try to run them with chroot but I get a message that access is denied there.<br> I tried <code>chmod -R 777 blah blah....</code> and then I get a message that the folder or the file that I call (sudo chroot mydirector...
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2012-05-26T19:29:28.790
2012-05-26T19:29:28.790
Ubuntu chroot “No such file or directory”
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<p>I have changed fonts DPI from 96 to 85. Now the desktop really looks great but the problem is that Firefox and Open Office won't apply the new settings. They still use 96 DPI.</p> <p>Any suggestion?</p> <p>thx</p>
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2011-03-29T22:38:41.013
Fonts DPI problem in Firefox and Open Office
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<p><p>What would be the best way to list 100 first files in a directory sorted by the created timestamp (oldest first). The directory is quite large (around 100000 files). </p><p><b>ls</b> piped to <b>head</b> takes an awful long time to complete.</p></p> <p> Edit:<br> <ul> <li>Filesystem is ext3.</li> <li>limiting th...
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2011-01-28T15:38:41.233
2011-01-28T15:38:41.233
Best way to list 100 first files in a directory sorted by time
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<p>I'm having problems with my motion eye webcam and my microphone. it doesnt work on Ubuntu... i already tested it with cheese, empathy and pidgin, but ubuntu doesnt recognize it.</p> <p>My system:</p> <ul> <li>sony vaio vgn fz21s </li> <li>RAM: 2GB</li> <li>graphics: nvidia geforce 8600m gs </li> <li>cpu: intel cen...
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Motion eye webcam and micro doesn't work
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>we need more information about your hardware in order to understand exactly what it is and how it's failing to work, you can follow the instructions in the question here:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/14008/i-have-a-hardware-detection-problem-what-logs-d...
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chaosbrain
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<p>Can I do something about it? I'm running out of disk space.</p>
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Why is /var/lib/mlocate.db almost 800 MB?
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<p>Today I have been unable to boot into my Ubuntu (10.10) or Windows (7) partition.</p> <p>Ubuntu kernel panics on boot with the error:</p> <pre><code>init: hash.c:296: Assertion failed in nih_hash_search: hash != NULL </code></pre> <p>I can boot into a LiveUSB environment, and from there can access all my files on...
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2011-01-29T12:24:30.047
2011-01-29T12:24:30.047
Unable to boot either Ubuntu or Windows after kernel panic
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<p>I am using the Ubuntu 10.04 OS. </p> <p>For my work I have had to install many open source numerical software on my laptop. Going about "compiling", "building" and "linking" libraries, editing .bashrc files, etc during installation phase is giving me nightmares. </p> <p>I know the manuals of the required software...
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Guide for installing open source software
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<p>I have a lot of filesystems:</p> <ul> <li><code>/</code> on a PCI-E SSD</li> <li><code>swap</code> on a SATA SSD</li> <li><code>/media/ned</code> is a RAID5 array</li> <li><code>/tmp</code> lives on RAM</li> <li>Parts of <code>/home/oli</code> are symlinked and bind-mounted in from <code>ned</code></li> <li>I also ...
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Find out what filesystem a file or directory is part of
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2011-01-28T15:14:32.623
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<p>I recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 on my Dell Latitude E6510 and I didn't find how do I do to clone monitors, I can only extend it. </p> <p>Is the Intel® HD Graphics, it is not the Nvidia version.</p> <p>Cloning monitors used to be simple.</p>
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2011-01-28T18:22:40.340
2011-01-28T18:22:40.340
How do I clone my monitor?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>System -> Preferences -> Monitors\nCHeck \"Same image on all monitors\"\nApply\nClose</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-28T18:27:11.450", "id": "25731", "postId": "23713", "score": "0", ...
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23716
2011-01-28T15:28:53.610
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<p>Although I am not a professional programmer, I have written a program or two. Yet, nowadays every engineer and scientist learns to program a bit as well, and as such I am used to writing programs in Python, C and MATLAB. Now I want to give back a bit to Ubuntu and its great folks and fix a bug!</p> <p>I had a look ...
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2012-06-13T14:41:17.870
2017-12-20T10:20:37.937
I want to fix a bug. Where do I start?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Answering this question can get long and complicated, so I am instead going to point you to resources available instead of rehashing them here.</p>\n<h3>Documentation</h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/GettingSetUp\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Getting Set Up ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Answering this question can get long and complicated, so I am instead going to point you to resources available instead of rehashing them here.</p>\n<h3>Documentation</h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/GettingSetUp\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Getting...
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23715
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23732
2011-01-28T15:30:22.040
1
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<p>On my Maverick laptop I have synced some folders like Pictures and Documents. Also I have some purchased Music.</p> <p>With Natty Narwhal Ubuntu One just syncs the Ubuntu One folder. What's wrong?</p>
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2011-01-28T16:22:59.743
Ubuntu One syncs only the Ubuntu One folder. Where is my purchased music?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As of Natty subscription to synchronized folders is no longer automatic. You will be prompted as to which ones you want to synced on signing in to an existing account, and if and when you add additional synchronized folders. However not all of that work is done in Natty right now, so...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As of Natty subscription to synchronized folders is no longer automatic. You will be prompted as to which ones you want to synced on signing in to an existing account, and if and when you add additional synchronized folders. However not all of that work is done in Natty right...
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23721
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2011-01-28T15:39:26.763
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<p>I'm running Unity on Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition here.</p> <p>In this <a href="http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4432/calendarm.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">screenshot</a>, there is this small orange square on the calendar which I presume is supposed to mark the present day of month.</p> <p><img src="https://i...
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2011-01-28T15:58:45.703
2011-01-28T16:04:01.927
Square in calendar on random day
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-28T15:40:28.553", "id": "25688", "postId": "23721", "score": "0", "text": "By the way, activating NTP didn't solve any of the issues.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9785" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You're running into <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-datetime/+bug/649800\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">this bug</a>.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/20119/how-do-i-subscribe-to-a-bug\">How do I subscribe to a bug?</a></li>\n</ul>\n", ...
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23724
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23727
2011-01-28T15:50:52.390
4
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<p>Ratings &amp; Reviews hit Natty yesterday, and I can confirm they're working pretty well. The process is pretty much painless, the interface is straightforward and even server-side, it looks like its working pretty well. </p> <p>My question is, are we going to see Ratings &amp; Reviews cherrypicked from Natty and b...
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2011-01-28T16:48:32.057
2011-01-28T16:48:32.057
Are Ratings & Reviews going to be in Maverick?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes.</p>\n\n<p>According to the Software Centre's <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter#February%202011\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu Wiki</a> page, ratings and reviews will be released in Maverick in February 2011.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>February 2011</p>\n \n <p>We plan...
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23726
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23740
2011-01-28T15:58:52.597
3
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<p>Does anyone know why Nautilus would allow me to login to a server but not display any files, but when I log in via the 'ftp' command-line binary, it works and allows me to display all the files, make directories, etc.?</p> <p>I was able to login and see/edit files via FileZilla too. Here's part of the log:</p> <pr...
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2011-01-28T16:59:09.330
Nautilus can not display FTP files, FileZilla and comman-line 'ftp' can
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-28T16:08:58.913", "id": "25692", "postId": "23726", "score": "0", "text": "Can you give us an example (public) FTP server to see whether we get the same issue?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4124" }, { "creationDate": "2011-01-28T16:11:10.430", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is a gvfs issue, where it cannot connect to some FTP servers. See the relevant bug report at <a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516704\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516704</a>\nIf you can identify a public FTP server that uses the ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is a gvfs issue, where it cannot connect to some FTP servers. See the relevant bug report at <a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516704\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516704</a>\nIf you can identify a public FTP server that u...
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23731
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2011-01-28T16:21:35.080
4
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<p>I use ubuntu 10 with VMWare Fusion for Mac OS X. Mac uses <kbd>Command</kbd> for what Mac/PC uses <kbd>Control</kbd> key.</p> <p>Can I make the <kbd>Command</kbd> sends the <kbd>Control</kbd> command in VMware or get the same effect in ubuntu?</p>
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2012-03-11T17:30:35.733
2012-03-11T17:30:35.733
Mimic command key as control key in VMware
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If I'm reading your question correctly, you are running Ubuntu in VMWare Fusion for Mac OS X. There are two possible ways to remap the command key with that setup (choose only one):</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>VMWare Fusion for Mac has an option in Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse to choose...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If I'm reading your question correctly, you are running Ubuntu in VMWare Fusion for Mac OS X. There are two possible ways to remap the command key with that setup (choose only one):</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>VMWare Fusion for Mac has an option in Preferences > Keyboard and Mouse t...
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23734
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2011-01-28T16:40:19.160
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<p>So I swapped my shiny SATA SSD for an even shinier PCI-E SSD. I run my core OS on the SSD because it's silly-fast. I did this on my old SSD so I created a new EXT4 partition and then just <code>dd</code>ed the data across (sorry I don't know the exact command I ran anymore) and after reinstalling grub, I booted onto...
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2012-08-09T17:12:17.177
2013-11-13T11:24:45.440
Drive reporting incorrect free space
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The tool you used <code>dd</code> isn't a file copy tool, it's a disk copy tool and it copies byte for byte. This means that every piece of information, including meta data about the amount of space in the partition on the drive, has been copied.</p>\n\n<p>You need to do a full backu...
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23735
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23744
2011-01-28T16:47:50.690
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<p>I have lots of VCDs which I want to convert to DVDs. Can you suggest me a software with GUI which would do it for me?</p> <p>Thanks.</p>
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2011-01-28T16:55:02.210
2011-01-28T17:28:26.740
How to convert VCD to DVD?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I suggest <strong>qdvdauthor</strong> or <strong>dvdrip</strong> as gui based. But i HIGHLY suggest using console tools like <strong>ffmpeg</strong>, <strong>mencoder</strong> and similars. They do a fast, excellent job.</p>\n\n<p>You can also MAKE an iso of a vcd with <strong>aceton...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I suggest <strong>qdvdauthor</strong> or <strong>dvdrip</strong> as gui based. But i HIGHLY suggest using console tools like <strong>ffmpeg</strong>, <strong>mencoder</strong> and similars. They do a fast, excellent job.</p>\n\n<p>You can also MAKE an iso of a vcd with <stron...
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23741
1
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2011-01-28T17:12:46.110
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<p>I have a network which connects a couple of hosts. I would like to be able to reach other hosts from one of them using the hostname. I just discovered the ".local" domain, which is available through <code>avahi</code> and <code>/etc/nsswitch.conf</code>. But it's not set up this way on my servers. And I don't want t...
9547
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2011-01-28T17:34:51.097
2017-03-08T00:02:03.187
How to reach a host in the same network by hostname?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-01-28T22:23:03.493", "id": "25779", "postId": "23741", "score": "0", "text": "Avahi mDNS is pretty good for you needs. See answer about `/etc/nsswitch.conf` for how to configure it.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9061" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your /etc/nsswitch.conf should already have this for mDNS (avahi):</p>\n\n<pre><code>hosts: files mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns mdns4\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Just install <code>avahi-daemon</code> on the machines you want talking to eachother, and you should be set to use...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>An alternative is to add an entry in your <code>/etc/hosts</code> file:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksudo gedit /etc/hosts\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>An entry takes the form <code>123.123.123.123 host.domain</code> or just <code>123.123.123.123 host</code>.</p>\n\n<p>If you do that, you can...
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23745
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2011-01-28T17:20:05.260
3
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<p>Please help me to find a reliable way to compute (in a bash script) a jboss PID cpu load. </p> <p>To be specific, I don't know how to aggregate <code>/proc/[pid]/stat</code> fields to obtain the load a specific process makes on a multiple cpu 64 bit env. Ubuntu.</p> <p>Thanks a lot, Xander</p>
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2011-01-28T17:31:32.880
2011-01-28T17:49:23.490
How to compute PID cpu load?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The tool that interprets the <code>/proc/[pid]/stat</code> information is <code>ps</code>, this tools allows you to get the cpu load of any single process on the system:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ps S -p [pid] -o pcpu=\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>To monitor using this command, you can use w...
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23748
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2011-01-28T17:44:46.190
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/162075/my-computer-boots-to-a-black-screen-what-options-do-i-have-to-fix-it">My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have an nvidia geforce 295 GTX, and it...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:27.937
2011-01-28T18:03:22.910
No image when booting into either recovery mode or normal gnome session
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You don't say if you are using the latest nvidia Drivers, which would be useful in order to give you an answer. But assuming that you have the latest nVidia Drivers installed, try setting up your nVidia Settings by dropping the next in a terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo nvidi...
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2012-12-29T07:19:46.127
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2011-01-28T18:01:04.270
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<p>Question from which this arose is here: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/20680/what-does-it-mean-to-mount-something">What does it mean to mount something?</a></p> <p>Since asking about which is "better" or which "worse" can lead to subjective and argumentative answers, I'd like to know about the technical d...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:48.743
2012-07-20T19:08:35.617
Technical differences between ways in which UNIX and Windows "mount" devices
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>mount</code> is just terminology. It has long roots and it ended up staying until today. Other obscure terms are <code>patch</code> (software patch, that changes the main software in a small way so as to fix a problem) which comes from the clothing industry. Or <code>bu...
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1
23872
2011-01-28T18:24:12.920
1
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<p>I'm using a script in Conky in order to display my new gmail on my desktop.</p> <p>It works beautifully, but is kind of ugly, and I'm not sure how to fix it.</p> <p>What I've currently got looks like this:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/D91Wj.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>And what I...
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2011-01-29T16:50:22.407
2011-01-29T17:35:41.787
Tweak Conky Layout via a script
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The relevant part to update can be found in this part of the script (taken from the link you provided and with \"From:\" and quotes edited out):</p>\n\n<pre><code>case \"s\" { #print $from and $subj for new email\n &amp;gmail;\n if ($new&gt;0){\n my $size=@from;\n ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The relevant part to update can be found in this part of the script (taken from the link you provided and with \"From:\" and quotes edited out):</p>\n\n<pre><code>case \"s\" { #print $from and $subj for new email\n &amp;gmail;\n if ($new&gt;0){\n my $size=@from;\...
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2011-01-28T18:49:23.930
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648
<p>I have a simple question: how do I turn on logging of the shutdown sequence and X-server, which both keep failing; shutdown that doesn't shut it down, XServer that crashes.</p> <p>I would like to create the equivalent of a windows memory dump, the windows event viewer's System-bucket and a crash-dump on SIGTERM for...
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2012-07-09T13:57:56.550
2012-07-09T13:57:56.550
How do I turn on 'shutdown logging' or operating system tracing?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This may help with creating a program dump or catching a crash:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProgramCrash</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationD...
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2011-01-28T18:53:52.363
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<p>I have two NTFS partitions (<strong>DOWNLOADS for downloaded files</strong> and <strong>VM for my VirtualBox .vdi file</strong>) for which i must have full permissions for my allday use account. They should be also automounting when i login to this account.</p> <p>But i've also set Guest account for guests. For Gue...
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2011-12-29T10:38:46.733
How to set individual NTFS partitions permissions behaviour for each user account?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think i have solution, here it is:\n<a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1678406\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1678406</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p><em>The second \"0\" in umask=0077 combined with uid=gid=1000 will do that.\n A...
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2011-01-28T19:23:49.867
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<p>I have an Acer Aspire 5742Z using Ubuntu operating system - how do I disable the touch-pad click </p>
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2011-11-10T23:45:21.823
2011-12-14T17:46:56.687
How to disable touchpad click on Acer Aspire 5742z
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As an update to this : I have tried to access system>mouse and select the touchpad tab. There isn't one!</p>\n\n<p>I have searched the internet and tried changing xorg.conf. This does not work. I am using ubuntu 10.04 and have also tried with 10.10</p>\n", "commentCount":...
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2011-01-28T20:10:01.283
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<p>I'm PXE-booting a Ubuntu 10.10 system, where I specify the kernel parameters as follows:</p> <pre><code>append root=/dev/nfs initrd=ubuntu-boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic nfsroot=11.22.33.44:/data/nfsroot,fsc ip=dhcp rw </code></pre> <p>I need to use the mount option 'fsc' in order to use FS-cache functionality ...
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2011-01-30T05:01:17.377
2017-03-24T15:45:52.073
Using the fsc mount option with nfsroot kernel parameter to allow FS-cache
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I finally manged to solve it. Here are the steps:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Add mount.nfs from Ubuntu 10.04 to the initramfs image (copy it into the <code>/usr/lib/klibc/bin folder</code>.)</li>\n<li><p>Change the nfsmount line in <code>/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/nfs</code> to:</p>\n\...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The kernel has not been compiled with that module (CONFIG_NFS_FSCACHE in kernel config).\nAnd a link to a guide for that: <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu Kernel/Compile</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "9", "comments": [...
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2011-01-28T20:57:06.290
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<p>After I tried installing <code>vim</code> using <code>apt-get install</code>, <code>apt-get</code> keeps giving me a segmentation fault while trying to install <code>vim-runtime</code>. I'm pretty sure it's just with that one specific package, and whenever I try to do <code>apt-get install</code> to install any othe...
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169736
2014-01-04T23:46:13.667
2016-06-22T23:25:40.540
How to remove a package from the list of packages to be installed in apt-get?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I suspect that the .deb file for vim-runtime did not download properly, so <code>apt-get</code> crashes on it.</p>\n\n<p>Look into <code>/var/cache/apt/archives</code> and delete this <code>vim-runtime*</code> file. To do so, run </p>\n\n<pre><code>gksudo -- nautilus --no-des...
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2011-01-28T21:39:11.107
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<p>Microsoft Office Web Apps has SkyDrive; Google Docs also has storage. Is it possible to store documents in Ubuntu One and edit them online from there?</p>
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2014-05-12T19:48:45.370
2014-05-12T19:54:52.890
Is it possible to store documents in Ubuntu One and edit them online?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ubuntu One storage is about to close - </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://one.ubuntu.com/services/shutdown/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ubuntu One - Shutdown</a></p>\n\n<p>Look elsewhere for your storage needs. If you need to edit online, Google Docs is proably your best bet. </p>\n", "commentCou...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Currently this is not possible, but it is a good idea, and one you should suggest to the ubuntu-one developers.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-31T17:54:16.100", "id": "26200", "postId": "23778", ...
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2011-01-28T21:52:22.847
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<p>There seems to be roughly 4 lines of space next to the album art. However only 3 are used.</p> <ul> <li>Song Title </li> <li>Artist </li> <li>Album </li> </ul> <p>If nothing is planned for the 4th line. I propose that it is used for track time/length. This way you can tell how far along a song is without the ne...
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2011-01-28T22:11:24.250
2011-01-28T22:11:24.250
Are there plans to use the empty space in the SoundMenu?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From the <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoundMenu\" rel=\"nofollow\">SoundMenu wiki</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Track metadata item<br>\n If the music player is not running, or if it is running but has no active track, this item should not be present at all. </p>\n ...
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2011-01-28T22:53:09.450
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<p>To be sure connection is working i want to connect to same computer from same computer ive set up remote desktop.</p> <p>Can't access from my Same comp to same comp to test if all is ok. Tried all mentioned posibilities.</p> <ul> <li>Tryd my ip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx / localhost</li> <li>with / without :5900 added</li> <...
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9550
2012-06-03T15:49:06.670
2012-06-03T15:49:06.670
To same computer Remote desktop thrue WRT54G router
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you checked out how is your firewall handling the incoming requests?</p>\n\n<p>What I think is that you are trying to use a system such as vnc or krdc in order to gain access to your desktop.</p>\n\n<p>If you aren't using a firewall software, give a chance to \"Firestart...
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2012-08-22T01:49:06.453
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2011-01-28T23:25:43.090
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<p>In Totem the youtube plugin first loads all the video, taking a lot of time for a video of 5 minutes. Only when all the video is loaded it starts playing it.</p> <p>Is this normal?</p>
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8844
2011-03-27T03:54:15.093
2012-06-26T18:25:21.530
Youtube plugin in Totem first loads and then plays the video?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't use Totem with that plugin, but I don't think that is normal, because I develop an extension for Firefox, called <a href=\"http://www.webgapps.org/addons/flashvideoreplacer\" rel=\"nofollow\">FlashVideoReplacer</a>, that loads YouTube videos with other plugins or stan...
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23790
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23799
2011-01-29T00:05:22.220
3
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<p>When I pull down a bzr branch using</p> <pre><code>bzr branch lp:ubuntu/&lt;package name&gt; </code></pre> <p>I get one set of source files. However, when i go</p> <pre><code>apt-get source &lt;package name&gt; </code></pre> <p>I get another. The command</p> <pre><code>debuild </code></pre> <p>will not work on...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:52.877
2017-03-14T15:31:13.750
How to build and compile a bzr branch for testing
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In order to build from a bazaar branch, the command you are looking for is <code>bzr builddeb</code> or <code>bzr builddeb -S</code> for a source package. This is part of the <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/bzr-builddeb\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">bzr-builddeb</a> <a href=\"ht...
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2011-01-29T00:38:44.553
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<p>I'm trying to use cron to automate my system updates. You can see my crontab, commands, and resulting errors below.</p> <p>When I run upgrades.sh as root, the script runs fine. When cron runs it, <code>apt-get -y update</code> runs no problem, but <code>aptitude -y safe-upgrade</code> fails. I'm guessing this error...
8515
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2011-11-05T00:00:06.543
Why does apt-get fail when automated with cron?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The messages are telling you that your <code>PATH</code> environment variable is wrong.</p>\n\n<p>Try adding</p>\n\n<pre><code>PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>to the top of your <code>crontab</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Or you could put the same <code>PATH</code> line a...
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2011-01-29T00:41:53.263
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/674/add-options-to-move-to-when-you-right-click-on-a-file">Add options to &ldquo;Move to&rdquo; (when you right click on a file)</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Assume I want to copy a file from <code>/home/foo/bar/baz</...
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2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2011-01-29T03:52:24.243
Add entries to Nautilus' right-click menu (copy, move to arbitrary directories)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This was a long time running idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1366\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1366</a> and I would like to see this too on Nautilus.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate":...
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2011-10-16T18:12:41.663
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23831
2011-01-29T01:46:32.090
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<p>With Mac, I have <code>istat</code> that shows computer info (memory/cpu/network ...) in real time.</p> <p>Does Ubuntu have a similar application? </p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/S7et4.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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2017-03-14T15:53:09.960
2024-03-16T15:50:21.047
Istat menu 3 of Mac equivalent?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can get what you want with <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/gkrellm\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">gkrellm</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gkrellm\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/9SOjZ.png\" alt=\"Install gkrellm\"></a>\n -- it works ou...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's not a direct equivalent, but you can add the System Monitor panel applet, which will show you real-time graphs of CPU, Memory, Network, etc. Right click on the panel <strong>Add To Panel</strong> and add the System Monitor applet. Then, right-click on the applet in the...
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2011-01-29T01:57:29.260
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<p>I mistakenly typed <code>cd //</code> instead of <code>cd /</code>. To my surprise, current directory showed up as <code>//</code>. </p> <p>What is that directory? Why does it exist?</p> <pre><code>apple@snipped $ pwd /home/apple apple@snipped $ cd / apple@snipped $ pwd / apple@snipped $ cd // apple@snipped $ pwd ...
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2017-06-23T01:04:45.083
2017-06-23T01:04:45.083
What is the double slash (//) directory?
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2011-01-29T02:14:43.257
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<p>I need create a special user group which is only allowed to login in to gnome and execute only one application.</p> <p>How can I do that?</p>
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2014-01-29T12:08:15.373
How to create a user group that can only use one application?
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2011-01-29T02:40:59.293
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<p>In ubuntu, I can run firefox with the command firefox in Terminal, or click the button in dock or panel.</p> <p>How does this possible with ubuntu? I googled to find the name launcher, but I don't know exactly how does it work.</p> <ul> <li>Q1 : How to make launcher? If I make a GUI program, does that mean that I ...
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2011-01-29T05:08:06.320
2011-01-29T08:49:52.160
How to make/use launcher?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Q1. If you right-click on a panel, you can \"Add to panel\" several things.... including a launcher. Similarly, you can right click the desktop and add a launcher. No, you don't have to create a launcher always. You can do it, or not.</p>\n\n<p>Q2. Yes</p>\n\n<p>Q3. Right clicking, a...
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2011-01-29T02:44:21.623
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<p>I installed Ubuntu 10.10 and found that the GRUB menu was showing Windows Vista for recovery mode and vice-versa. How can I fix this error?</p>
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2011-06-07T02:54:45.160
2011-06-07T02:54:45.160
Fixing GRUB2 Vista problem
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This problem relates to GRUB2 sometimes confusing the partition numbering system, for example, by specifying set root=’(hd0,1)’ for Vista when this OS is actually located on the second partition (hd0,2) of the disk. See: <a href=\"http://linuxnorth.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/installa...
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2011-01-29T02:47:49.987
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<p>I happen to install model sim VHDL simulator on Linux. The manual says it only supports RedHat or Suse, but I just tried to install it on Ubuntu. And, I could install it without any problem.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ilv43.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <ul> <li>Is linux binary unive...
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25798
2012-09-23T06:01:40.780
2012-09-23T06:01:40.780
Is linux binary universal to all kinds of distributions?
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23820
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2011-01-29T03:01:06.290
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<p>I have Tomboy Notes on my Debian desktop. I would like to download my backed up notes at my Ubuntu One acct. I can login, but don't know how to download all my notes (about 80)</p> <p>I don't need to make Ubuntu One run on Debian, I just need to make Tomboy download and also sync with my Ubuntu One account. Can it...
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2011-01-29T03:17:50.003
2011-01-31T16:54:31.500
I switched to a Debian desktop, how can I download my notes from Ubuntu One acct?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Make sure you are running Tomboy 1.0.1 or greater. 1.2.2-2 is the version in Testing and Unstable currently. It will also be the version included in the next release of Debian Stable.</p>\n\n<p>This version should support on-line sync. Ubuntu patches Tomboy to use U1 by defau...
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user9824
23829
1
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2011-01-29T04:34:50.063
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<p>I would like to install the latest version of Totem. I want to use a PPA or a .deb and I couldn't find anything on the web.</p>
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25863
2012-11-21T22:25:14.130
2012-11-29T09:29:44.210
Where can I get the latest version of Totem?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can download it on the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/totem\" rel=\"nofollow\">launchpad page of totem</a></p>\n\n<p>Or alternatively on the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem\" rel=\"nofollow\">launchpad page for totem in Ubuntu</a></p>\n\n<p><strong>E...
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23830
1
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2011-01-29T05:05:47.803
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<p>I use a dual boot with two hard disks and two OS is Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7. Windows 7 installed on the first disk, first partition. Grub is installed on a second hard disk MBR, and Ubuntu installed on an extended partition on a second hard drive.</p> <p>When I select Windows 7 on the Grub menu, the HDD lamp li...
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2011-01-29T10:56:08.827
2015-10-08T07:37:38.807
Windows 7 can't boot with Ubuntu on different hard drive
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think the source of the confusion is how Grub works. Grub typically attaches itself to the MBR of your hard disk, and it is the hard disk that you have setup in the BIOS to boot first. In addition, you can select that hard disk with F12 as you already have done.</p>\n\n<p>In the MB...
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2011-01-29T06:58:49.173
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<p>After using Vim for few years a realised that I can do this faster without the mouse.</p> <p>Is it possible to customise/configure Ubuntu to have Vim-like features? </p>
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2011-11-01T19:23:21.210
Is it possible to customize/configure Ubuntu to have Vim-like features?
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2011-01-29T07:03:36.453
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<p>I tried to install updates from the update manager but it always displays an error message <code>Failed to download package file</code> and the details is:</p> <blockquote> <p>Failed to fetch <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/h/hplip/hplip-data_3.10.6-1ubuntu10.2_all.deb" rel="nofollow">http://...
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2011-01-29T19:40:18.967
2012-12-22T17:49:11.270
Failed to download package
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It looks like a package partially downloaded and is having trouble completing. Open up a terminal and run</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get clean\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then try the update again.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null,...
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user9834
23847
1
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2011-01-29T09:01:36.760
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-offline">How can I install software offline?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I just installed Ubuntu on my old desktop computer, and I have to say—I freaking love it! Except at the moment I...
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2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-01-29T22:39:09.857
How to download apps from different OS to USB and then transfer to Ubuntu?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://keryxproject.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Keryx</a> is what you need.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Keryx is a free and open source tool for easily managing packages on offline Debian based computers including support for Ubuntu and Linux Mint. It provides an easy gra...
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2011-01-31T18:40:17.063
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2011-01-29T09:07:22.100
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<p>There is no package name glassfish or something else related to glassfish.I have to download it to local and unpack the file,but I don't know what to do next,How to start it at startup.</p> <p>Thanks for your help</p>
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2011-01-29T19:39:42.557
2012-04-26T13:10:07.430
How to setup glassfish v3?
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2011-01-29T09:53:11.783
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<p>I have recently installed Ubuntu version 10.10 but I cannot install any software from the Software Center.</p>
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2012-01-18T16:29:43.310
2012-01-18T16:30:49.863
Failure to install software from Software Center
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2012-08-21T16:04:01.780
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2011-01-29T10:19:45.727
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<p>This is something that's been bothering me, and I would like to know if it's an issue that's known. OK, I have monitored the HDD temperature, for a couple of days, when running in Ubuntu and Windows 7. I have both OS installed on the same laptop, and I'm using <code>Speedfan</code> to monitor the hdd temp in Windows...
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3037
2011-01-31T07:38:19.327
2011-01-31T07:38:19.327
Does a HDD run more in Ubuntu?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The hard disk temperature depends on the ambient temperature, so it is not easily comparable.</p>\n\n<p>There are other discussions on askubuntu.com that talk about <code>powertop</code> which is a tool to control the fine issues of power tuning. Have a look at it (search) to...
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23854
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2011-01-29T10:22:02.027
1
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<p>I have created a private/public SSH key pair using <code>ssh-keygen</code>. I use this to authenticate to remote servers. However, I find that when I log in, <code>ssh-add -l</code> already lists my identity key even though I have not added it! </p> <p>If I use the command <code>ssh-add</code> it prompts me for my ...
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null
2012-06-15T21:22:56.823
2012-06-15T21:22:56.823
Why is ssh-add adding duplicate identity keys?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Using <code>ssh-keygen</code> creates a key <code>~.ssh/id_rsa</code> or <code>~.ssh/id_dsa</code>. These are the default file locations for ssh keys and are read in automatically. Use <code>ssh-add</code> when you need to add extra keys.</p>\n\n<p>If you don't want a default...
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user8979
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2011-01-29T10:40:40.363
1
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<p>I wanted to install virtualbox-4.0 (or any other version)</p> <ul> <li><p>I went to <em>System → Administration → Synaptic Package Manager</em></p></li> <li><p>Then I marked virtualbox-4.0 for installation but i get this error:</p> <pre><code>virtualbox-4.0: Depends: libqt4-opengl but it is not going to be insta...
9841
9841
2011-01-29T11:09:17.053
2011-05-08T08:30:53.313
Missing dependency when trying to install VirtualBox
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you do not mind installing the Ubuntu version of VirtualBox 3.2 instead of the latest 4.0, install <code>virtualbox-ose</code> (VirtualBox Open Source Edition) instead of virtualbox-4.0. <code>virtualbox-4.0</code> isn't in the default repositories, you've possibly added a 3rd par...
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2011-01-29T10:44:38.433
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<p>I have synced my contacts with Ubuntu One, however, an error occurred, and I have instead of 300 contacts over 1700 contacts and all are messed up.</p> <p>How can I delete all contacts, and restart the sync process? I tried deleting the contacts via Evolution, but I cannot see any of these 1700 contacts.</p>
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2011-06-05T22:42:52.767
2011-06-05T22:42:52.767
Ubuntu One Contacts Sync Error
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This might help: <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/FAQ/WhyArentMyContactsInEvolutionSyncing\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/FAQ/WhyArentMyContactsInEvolutionSyncing</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creation...
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user9842
23859
1
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2011-01-29T10:49:40.337
1
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<p>I am using Ubuntu 10.10 for web development by using the symfony framework.</p> <p>Normally I install Ubuntu Lamp (Turnkey edition), log in as root and configure all the necessary software in the server needed to work with symfony. (Samba, symfony etc..)</p> <p>The problem is when I am root the file permissions ar...
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47151
2012-03-13T14:34:50.770
2012-12-29T14:47:41.777
Ubuntu user credentials, file permissions
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>With ACL, you can create a group for that purpose and add the user to the group, so that getting the right stuff to each new user is as simple as this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo usermod -a -G developers $username\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>That takes a little work, though, to start. T...
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user9843
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2011-01-29T10:53:18.883
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<p>From searching, I have found a lot of suggestions for synchronizing the unix account and the samba account using smbpasswd, but how do I tell which accounts need synchronizing, and which accounts are already synchronized? If I cannot get this information, is it at least possible to get a list of those user accounts ...
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2014-01-29T14:02:30.610
2014-01-29T14:02:30.610
How do I list samba user accounts that need synchronizing?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try this command in the terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo pdbedit -w -L | awk -F: '{print $1}'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>For more options <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=4674173&amp;postcount=12\" rel=\"nofollow\">refer this link</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1...
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user8979
23864
1
125995
2011-01-29T11:11:04.507
1
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<p>What can I do to make Ubuntu automatically mount an external drive when it is connected to an eSATA port?</p> <p>Currently I must go to <strong>Home Folder ▸ Go ▸ Computer</strong> and click on the disk to mount it.</p>
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2011-08-10T21:32:20.630
2013-11-16T15:27:26.737
How can I automatically mount eSATA drives when plugged in?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions\" rel=\"nofollow\">This page</a> lists all the methods available.</p>\n\n<p>Note that one of them allows you to automount the drive at boot, for all users, without editing a single config file, through the 'pysd...
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2011-01-29T12:41:52.063
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<p>I'm using Nvidia 7300 gt and monitor-Acer V173w, on 64 bit Ubuntu 10.04. Compiz and Emerald went well, but at the time of entry into the GUI, I always receive the message :<br> <strong>"Could not apply the stored configuration for the monitor, could not find a suitable configuration of screens"</strong></p> <p>Why ...
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2022-11-18T09:40:17.043
Could not apply the stored configuration for the monitor
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2011-01-29T12:47:57.990
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<p>When you share a directory using samba, you can do this system-wide by editing the <code>/etc/samba/smb.conf</code> file (the advanced way) or by right-clicking a directory using Nautilus and selecting 'Sharing Options' (the easy way). However, while I can see what directories are shared system-wide by looking at <c...
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2011-01-29T18:06:59.827
2011-01-29T18:06:59.827
How do I see all of the directories shared using Nautilus Sharing Options?
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user8979
23871
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2011-01-29T12:51:23.070
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<p>I've been trying to get HDMI with sound working for the last few days, and I'm a little bit out of ideas. <em>(I've verified that the hardware/Setup works via Windows.)</em></p> <p><code>aplay</code> does not list my HDMI device:</p> <pre><code>$ aplay -l **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: NVidia ...
1029
1029
2013-12-02T10:14:48.327
2013-12-02T10:14:48.327
No HDMI Audio with GeForce 9600GT and nForce board
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have a GeForce too. Mine works with this trick: </p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Backup: </p>\n\n<p><code>sudo cp /etc/pulse/default.pa /etc/pulse/default.pa.backup</code></p></li>\n<li><p>Add one of this lines to the file (gksu /etc/pulse/default.pa): </p>\n\n<p><code>load-module m...
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2013-10-04T02:08:26.613
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2011-01-29T13:08:59.260
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<p>Let's say I have a small "Hello World" Java program compiled in my home directory. I can run it with <code>java helloWorld</code> from my home directory and it executes without any problem. </p> <p>Now I need to schedule to execute this program let's say after 10mins from now. So, I am executing following commands ...
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25863
2012-06-18T18:15:00.263
2013-09-03T14:00:37.940
How can I schedule execution of a program?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What does <code>helloworld</code> do? If it is text application, you would not see the output (unless you setup to receive the cron reports to your local e-mail). If it is a GUI application, it will not work because <code>cron</code> cannot start GUI applications.</p>\n\n<p>Therefore...
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2011-01-29T14:31:10.843
1
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<p>I have ubuntu 10.10 32bit running on my Asus EEEPC 1005PX. I am experiencing frequent desktop crashes. When I turn on my netbook at least once in 5 times the defualt ubuntu theme disapears and the classic gnome theme appears. Many times while doing some work, the desktop crashes and the CLI gets shown, and after a f...
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2012-08-18T06:23:16.180
2017-09-27T09:44:25.600
How to prevent Gnome desktop from crashing?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm having the same problem but not very frequently at all, try opening another window(<code>CTRL+ALT+F6</code>) and <code>startx</code> from there, if the process is already active and you can't have it running twice try to kill it, looking for the process number with <code>ps aux</...
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2011-01-29T15:40:16.777
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<p>I'd like to ask whether Ubuntu will run better or worse with Unity on my NVidia GeForce 9400 GT.</p> <p>Thank you.</p>
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1067
2011-01-29T16:18:11.630
2011-01-29T17:52:46.907
Will Unity run well on my 9400GT?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Natty's Unity is build on top of Compiz, so, if <em>desktop effects</em> in the Desktop Edition work for you now, then Unity will run too. As long as your graphics card is supported (which your is), it will work very well. </p>\n\n<p>Furthermore, your graphics card is more than fast ...
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user9852
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2011-01-29T16:07:25.650
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<p>This question may apply more roundly to all bluetooth mice but in my case I am dealing with an Apple Magic Mouse. I have followed the set up instructions here; <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch/AppleMagicMouse" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch/AppleMagicMouse</a> closely. I have even remov...
9854
9854
2011-01-30T17:07:31.327
2012-12-29T15:35:45.277
Is it possible to configure Apple's Magic Mouse to be recognised on start up?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>For me this setup works quite well.</p>\n\n<p>Some things you might want to check:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Do you use the gnome display manager?</li>\n<li>Have you deconnected the mouse from all other computers it's has ever been paired with? My mouse connected automatically to my f...
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2011-01-29T17:34:15.577
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<p>The headphones and microphone on my Ubuntu 10.10 work fine. But when I start an audio conversation using <code>empathy</code> or <code>pidgin</code>, my computer hangs, the microphone doesn't work, and I can't record anything.</p> <p>I have tried <code>sudo alsa force-reload</code>, I have installed <code>pavucontr...
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4776
2011-01-29T18:24:06.650
2011-01-30T05:26:38.040
How do I use my headphones and microphone?
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user9859
23898
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2011-01-29T17:40:25.723
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<p>I want to <a href="http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/05/13/nautilus-open-terminal-terminal-quick-launch/">install nautilus-open-terminal</a> on my 64 bit Lucid Lynx and I'm getting this:</p> <pre><code>antonio@antonio-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal Reading package lists... Done Building depen...
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2011-03-30T19:38:47.570
Error: package has no installation candidate
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The package is available, and you can find it at <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/nautilus-open-terminal\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/nautilus-open-terminal</a>\nThere might have been a recent update, and you may have to update your APT cache.</p>\n...
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2013-03-13T23:43:08.433
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2011-01-29T17:52:25.973
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<p>When I have my Empathy chat status set to "available", I'd like it to get set to "away" when I lock my computer of the screensaver kicks in. It seems that it stays set to "available" as I frequently have people initiate chats when I'm actually away. I was under the impression that the status control as I desire was ...
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1217
2011-02-01T23:55:50.650
2011-02-01T23:55:50.650
Empathy Chat Status Timeout
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>See <a href=\"http://serenadetoacuckooo.blogspot.com/2010/11/xscreensaver-and-empathy-presence.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">xscreensaver and empathy presence notification</a> for instructions on how to get the screensaver to notify empathy that the screen has been locked. The sour...
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23901
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2011-01-29T17:59:39.567
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<p>I have Ubuntu OS and running Windows XP on Virtual Box of Ubuntu as my guest OS.</p> <p>I wanted to know how can I be able to connect to my guest OS - Windows XP of Virtual Box using tsclient.</p> <p>When I try to connect using RDP protocol of tsclient I am getting following error message:</p> <p><img src="https://i...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2011-01-30T14:21:57.640
How to connect to Windows XP(Guest OS) of the VirtualBox from Ubuntu using tsclient
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have same configuration. And I setted my VBox as a (terminal)service, and it runs in background.</p>\n\n<p>This configuration is multi-step, no too easy, if you are a beginner. But I did it...</p>\n\n<p><strong>VirtualBox</strong></p>\n\n<p>Start here, at first, you have to...
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24046
2011-01-29T18:13:00.400
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<p>I am running XBMC, which is built around Ubuntu 10.04. It does not come with samba pre-installed, and I need to share some media with a couple other boxes. I followed the Think Geek directions found <a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/install-samba-server-on-ubuntu/">here</a>. I had it all set up a couple...
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2011-01-30T20:06:39.507
2011-01-30T23:26:18.943
Samba fails to install
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2011-01-29T18:35:43.407
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<p>I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a Sony Vaio laptop. The brightness functions keys don't change the brightness. When I try to change the brightness I can see the levels going up and down in the notification bubble but it doesn't actually change the brightness. Is there any way to fix this?</p>
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2011-03-09T08:10:00.823
2013-05-04T04:03:08.123
Changing brightness on a Sony Vaio laptop
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>These shortcuts are controlled by the <code>udev</code> subsystem. </p>\n\n<p>In technical terms, all shortcuts are defined in <code>/lib/udev/keymaps</code>. For example, for a standard Sony laptops, the file is <code>/lib/udev/keymaps/module-sony</code> (new Sony laptops).<...
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2011-01-29T19:14:59.333
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<p>First question here!</p> <p>I have a 13" MacBook Pro with Ubuntu 10.10 and I get every piece of hardware working without problem... but sound input.</p> <p>My machine can reproduce sound correctly, but I can record nothing. The 13" MacBook pro only has one jack connector for both, input and output.</p> <p>How can...
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2011-01-29T20:29:25.670
Is there any way to use the audio input of a 13" MacBook Pro?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See my answer at <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/22297/bad-sound-quality-and-headphones-not-working/23883#23883\">Bad sound quality and headphones not working</a> for the steps to troubleshoot the issue and provide more information. This is an issue with sound support in th...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You either need hardware that works with that combo-port or you need an adapter that splits it into one line-in and one line-out port. Bottom line: not an Ubuntu problem.</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-29T20:34:24.6...
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23915
1
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2011-01-29T19:30:45.250
2
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<p>I am using Audacity. I have an <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B00120XDEM" rel="nofollow">ART USB Dual Pre</a> preamp. Ubuntu is not recognizing it whatsoever. I am able to record in Audacity, but it is using the mic that is built into my computer (which is a compaq Presario CQ50) instead of the on...
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235
2011-01-29T19:44:26.640
2011-07-05T11:22:16.913
How do I get my ART USB Dual Pre preamp to work?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Does the installation CD come with a Linux version? If not, there's a small chance that you might be able to use Wine to install the Windows version. Barring that, you may be out of luck unless someone writes a Linux driver for your preamp.</p>\n\n<p>If, however, the preamp s...
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user9865
23917
1
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2011-01-29T19:45:27.513
2
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<p>Every respected dock out there (docky, awn, cairo dock) has these 2 important features that I really consider a must:<br/></p> <ol> <li>The ability to re-size them (someone may like smaller or bigger icons than the default ones)<br/></li> <li>The ability to change their position (bottom, left, right)<br/></li> </ol...
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18612
2012-03-21T13:45:10.283
2012-03-21T13:45:10.283
Why won't Unity include these simple features?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h3>Question 1</h3>\n<p>Mark Shuttleworth <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/18345/will-the-unity-launcher-be-resizable\">answered a question on this topic</a> on this very site:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>No, the size and position of the Unity launcher are fixed. In future, t...
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user9867
23919
1
null
2011-01-29T20:13:22.997
5
452
<p>Will the Ubuntu Software Center get an option to sign out of your Ubuntu single sign-on account?</p>
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4
2011-02-04T16:51:30.353
2011-05-29T01:54:51.160
Sign out of Ubuntu single sign-on account in software center reviews
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From what I'm reading in the <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter/RatingsAndReviews\" rel=\"nofollow\">Software Center Specifications</a>, and from what I'm seeing as I'm exploring the Ubuntu Software Center on Natty (11.04), the answer is \"No\". </p>\n", "co...
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user9871
23920
1
23925
2011-01-29T20:21:10.347
3
2206
<p>I'm trying to work around a <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs23/+bug/581486" rel="nofollow">known bug</a> in Ubuntu 9.10, where using the scrollbar in emacs causes text to be highlighted, and the cursor to move. <a href="http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=4870" rel="nofollow">Thi...
9869
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2011-01-29T20:36:17.547
2011-01-29T20:41:14.937
Application specific environment variable settings
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use the <a href=\"http://linux.die.net/man/1/env\" rel=\"nofollow\"><code>env</code></a> command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>env GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 emacs\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and you can alias this as before:</p>\n\n<pre><code>alias emacs=\"env GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1 emacs\"\n</code></pre>\n"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What you need to do is to clear the variable once emacs started. I am not sure how you can do this, however I am pretty sure it can be done.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-29T20:28:57.700", "id": "25933", ...
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1
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2011-01-29T20:39:46.127
4
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<p>If I play a Hulu video in a browser on one monitor and then click the "full-screen" button, the video takes over the whole screen. But a glitchy copy of the video also takes over my second screen. But I'm not running my two monitors in mirror mode. I'm using a Radeon HD 4650 graphics chip.</p>
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2011-01-29T20:52:49.440
2011-02-14T13:41:29.593
When I full-screen a flash video, it takes over both monitors
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Flash didn't know this, just until recently, so try updating flash and download the latest one. The latest features include fullscreen only on one display.</p>\n\n<p>Check <a href=\"http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/12/new-flash-player-10-2-goes-easy-on-the-cpu/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this</...
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23926
1
23938
2011-01-29T20:41:55.743
5
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<p>I recently purchased a new monitor for my laptop, and I'm using it for dual desktops. I'm using my new monitor as the primary "desktop" instead of my laptop screen. However, Conky is still on my laptop's screen. How can I move Conky onto my main monitor?</p>
5674
25863
2012-11-21T22:57:23.073
2015-10-06T03:18:28.527
How do I change the desktop Conky appears on with dual desktops?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can set or increase the value of gap_x property so that it is larger than the width of your laptop screen. This should push conky onto your second monitor.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-01-29T21:52:40.777", "id": "25939", ...
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23929
1
26430
2011-01-29T21:25:13.217
2
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<p>I want to be able to run openbox as my window manager while running GNOME.</p> <p>If I install openbox, I get the additional choices at the GDM login window of a 'GNOME/Openbox' and an 'openbox session'. If I log in with the 'openbox session', it starts openbox successfully. However, if I log in using the 'GNOME/Op...
null
null
2011-02-13T20:30:37.583
2011-02-14T23:16:09.657
How can I run Openbox using the GNOME/Openbox session?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The GNOME/Openbox session will work if you edit the file <code>/usr/share/applications/openbox.desktop</code> and add the following line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>X-GNOME-Provides=windowmanager\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>At the next login, GNOME will start with openbox as the window manager inste...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Setting the GConf key /desktop/gnome/applications/window_manager/default to \"/usr/bin/openbox\" (or where ever that binary is) makes Openbox the default window manager for your Gnome session.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": ...
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user8979
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1
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2011-01-29T21:26:14.050
1
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<p>I don't even know how long it's been but I had given up. until now.</p> <p>My screen does not come on AT ALL, not even and the BIOS loading screen. I have to connect it to my TV in order to see. </p> <p>But there's one thing that has always started it back up, and that is by running a hardware Diagnostics * Provid...
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29112
2011-12-07T19:19:16.497
2011-12-07T19:19:16.497
Blank screen ... no BIOS loading screen either
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>if you don't see a BIOS loading screen i doubt it is ubuntu's fault.</p>\n\n<p>I never heared anything about a Nvidia driver destroying the firmware.</p>\n\n<p>Maybe your BIOS is set to some sort of \"Quick Boot mode\" and \"Show Logo = Off\" mode?\nYou may try to press<br>\n...
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user9874
23932
1
23933
2011-01-29T21:29:57.803
32
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<p>Sometimes it may be needed that a user only has access to a certain application. Running the desktop environment then may be unwanted be it either for security reasons or for acchieving a better accessibility to the given application.</p> <p>In these cases it may be desired to replace the desktop by an application ...
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null
2012-08-21T07:06:29.410
How do I replace the desktop by an application?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>Replacing Desktop By An Application</h2>\n\n<h3>Define User Defined Session</h3>\n\n<p>First we will have to define a User Defined Session that handles the special case when no desktop should be loaded. We will define this session by creating a custom.desktop file in /usr/share/xses...
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2011-01-29T21:37:42.530
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<p>I have an Ubuntu server in my apartment and I just got a printer, so it's time to share!</p> <p>In the past I've used CUPS on my Desktop and I'd just point the browsers to localhost:631 to set things up. Can I used the web based admin tools remotely? </p> <p>I've been playing with the <code>/etc/cups/cupsd.conf</c...
4500
3037
2011-01-31T07:42:00.740
2023-12-13T17:32:20.803
How do you administer CUPS remotely using the web interface?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Mission achomplished! This <a href=\"http://thismightbehelpful.blogspot.com/2008/09/remote-access-to-cups-web-interface.html\">page helped me out a lot</a>.</p>\n\n<p>All I had to do was add \"Allow all\" to to the access to the server and the admin pages so that my configuration now...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Mission achomplished! This <a href=\"http://thismightbehelpful.blogspot.com/2008/09/remote-access-to-cups-web-interface.html\">page helped me out a lot</a>.</p>\n\n<p>All I had to do was add \"Allow all\" to to the access to the server and the admin pages so that my configura...
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23941
1
23951
2011-01-29T22:19:57.437
2
594
<p>I have a partition encrypted with Kaspersky KryptoStorage in Windows XP. I reinstalled Windows XP and am now no longer able to access the partition. How can I mount that NTFS partition and access its data from the Ubuntu 10.10 live CD? I do know the password.</p>
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2013-03-18T20:08:26.243
2013-03-18T20:08:26.243
How to access an encrypted NTFS partition?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>i fear kaspersky kryptostorage is not compatible with linux and uses an proprietary format.</p>\n\n<p>You have to try with xp and the original software. In the future i would the opensource + cross platform truecrypt.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwne...
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23942
1
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2011-01-29T22:26:15.497
12
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<p>About a few months ago I was using Ubuntu (doing something in the command line) when it started lagging really bad. I would hit <kbd>S</kbd> (or any other key) and like 20 seconds later it would show up in my terminal. </p> <p>Naturally I killed the machine and rebooted. The system started working just fine, but ab...
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2012-09-24T14:29:39.673
2021-07-03T19:29:20.480
Ubuntu slows down over time?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Check your memory usage - I run the <code>System Monitor</code> applet in my panel, and it lets me know if I'm getting close to running out of memory. When I run too many programs, I have similar problems - <em>really</em> slow responsiveness. </p>\n\n<p>If it is a memory p...
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23948
1
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2011-01-29T22:59:00.960
15
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<p>Is it possible for <code>notify-send</code> to show notifications even if there is application opened in full screen (e.g. chromium, hit <kbd>F11</kbd>)? Currently, it does not appear.</p>
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25863
2012-06-18T18:14:53.583
2017-09-11T17:32:18.660
Show notifications with notify-send when application is full screen?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There have <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/notify-osd/+bug/372789\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img src=\"https://launchpad.net/favicon.ico\" alt=\"alt text\"> been</a> <a href=\"http://www.mail-archive.com/ayatana@lists.launchpad.net/msg00416.html\" rel=\"nofollow\...
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23950
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2011-01-29T23:16:21.220
0
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<p>I have a PC with a current Ubuntu distribution installed. I've upgraded many times since 5.10. </p> <p>It always went well, however some tools or features were kind of left behind in a unsatisfactory state:</p> <ol> <li><p>GRUB to GRUB2 - is it an really necessary to switch the boot loader some time to GRUB2. Upg...
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3037
2011-01-31T07:30:26.483
2011-01-31T07:30:26.483
Five years old Ubuntu system - dist-upgrades always went fine, however some tasks remain
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I know this is what you may have already Google'd and found on your own, but here is my opinion, for what it's worth.</p>\n\n<p>Grub v Grub2\n<a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275</a></p>\n\n<p>I...
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23955
1
null
2011-01-30T00:39:27.010
2
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16874/boot-screen-in-low-graphics-text-mode">Boot screen in low graphics/text mode</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>The situation before this all happened is pretty standard. I have a HP Pavillion dv5 laptop with an ATI M...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2012-02-24T00:37:30.777
How to solve the problem booting FGLRX 8.780 + Kernel 2.6.35-25?
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try to reinstal fglrx with</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get purge xorg-driver-fglrx\nsudo apt-get install xorg-driver-fglrx\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-08-15T21:23:59.283", "id": "217978", "...
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2012-02-24T19:21:18.303
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2011-01-30T01:45:28.180
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<p>I have been setting up Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.</p> <p>When I visit "192.168.2.14:8443" in my browser I get:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BShZQ.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>But when I visit "192.168.2.14:8773" (which is the url of euca2ools, right?) I get:</p> <p><img src="https:...
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235
2011-01-30T05:18:52.150
2011-03-13T08:36:23.260
Error 500 with euca2ools UEC (enterprise cloud)
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Can you clarify what you mean by, But when I visit \"192.168.2.14:8773\".... As you shouldn't be visiting that URL from your browser. It is to use against euca2ools application for controlling your cloud.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOw...
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1
23964
2011-01-30T02:28:44.537
7
6893
<p>I want to know if the official 700MB installation images can be used to do a network installation. What would be the easiest way to do it?</p>
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2012-01-14T19:52:58.260
2012-01-14T19:52:58.260
How do I set up a network installation?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The easiest way to do a network install would be to boot <a href=\"http://www.netboot.me/\" rel=\"nofollow\">netboot.me</a> or <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/billix/\" rel=\"nofollow\">billix</a>, both of which have Ubuntu network installers provided. However, both of tho...
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23962
1
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2011-01-30T02:34:44.483
4
1185
<p>I need some help in fixing up the TV tuner in my Dell Mini 10.10 in Ubuntu. It worked in Windows with Dell's default Dell Digital TV. I've tried using Kaffeine but that didn't work.</p>
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3037
2011-01-31T07:25:03.983
2011-10-27T03:18:30.593
How to make the TV tuner in the Dell Mini 1010 work?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This might help you. </p>\n\n<p>There has been a bugfix in Intrepid for the Dell TV base on sms1xxx. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/302509?comments=all\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/302509?co...
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23966
1
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2011-01-30T04:09:52.693
1
1006
<p>I have Lubuntu 10.10 I think... running on an old machine but it runs well. But I can use the terminal to see all my wireless cards but is there an easy way to connect to a wireless access point. Once again answers are very appreciated </p>
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22949
2012-12-29T04:59:31.497
2012-12-29T05:20:36.567
How do I connect to a wireless access point?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open 'Desktop Session Settings' from the applications menu then tick the netwrok manager and when you restart you will find the network manager switched on.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2....
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user9893
23967
1
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2011-01-30T04:32:08.653
3
381
<p>Why there is considerable difference in moving speed between touchpad and usb mouse? The mouse is ok, but touchpad is very slow. Why is this happening and how to fix it?</p>
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6005
2012-02-19T03:16:28.443
2012-02-19T03:16:28.443
Why there is considerable difference in moving speed between touchpad and usb mouse?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can adjust your speed settings a couple ways. <strong>First</strong>, use <em>System > Preferences > Mouse</em>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/XUpg8.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p><strong>Second</strong>, install <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu...
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1
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2011-01-30T05:07:11.147
1
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<p>I tried everything, but Ubuntu simply doesn't show any updates. How do I resolve this?</p>
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2011-01-31T06:24:29.870
2011-01-31T06:24:29.870
Why aren't there any updates showing up?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>try opening the terminal and typing <code>sudo apt-get update</code> after it finishes run <code>sudo apt-get upgrade</code> If you get the following message </p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>The...
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