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25351 | 1 | 25377 | 2011-02-08T23:14:54.793 | 5 | 535 | <p>Is it possible to install Desktop edition in Server edition, then access remotely? I can think of lots of applications for this, but don't know if it's possible, or what the drawbacks could be.</p>
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25352 | 1 | 182913 | 2011-02-08T23:15:55.100 | 3 | 1241 | <p>The current ubuntu repo contains an extra set of packages for version 2.27.57 of the <code>unison</code> file sychronization utility:</p>
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p unison - A file-synchronization tool for Unix and W
p unison-gtk - A file-synchronization tool for Unix and W
p unison2.27.57 - A file-synchronization tool for Unix and W
p unison2.27.57-gtk - A file-synchronization tool for Unix and W
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Package: unison
Version: 2.32.52-1ubuntu2
Package: unison2.27.57
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<p>What is the reason for this? Are there backwards incompatibilities in more recent versions of unison?</p>
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25356 | 1 | 48234 | 2011-02-08T23:47:11.580 | 5 | 10231 | <p>I love the command line options of imagemagick. Mogrify is great to resize images and change quality, which is what I use most often. However, I have noted that the filesize if often larger than what it should be. Especially with small images. For instance, I have a regular 640px (width) photo, which I change to quality 80 and a width of 80px:</p>
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<p>Works well and my image gets resized and the quality is changed to 80. However, the filesize is around 40Kb. For such a tiny image, that is huge! When I use mtPaint, and open the file and save it (not changing anything, just CTRL+O, CTRL+S), the filesize decreases with more than 95% to less than 2Kb! I have seen this is often the case. </p>
<p>What goes wrong?</p>
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25359 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T00:20:06.363 | 1 | 1855 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21325/1920-x-1080-splash">1920 x 1080 Splash</a> </p>
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<p>The Plymouth boot splash screen is off center, although the shut-down one works as i set it (not original).</p>
<p>why are my boot Plymouth and shut-down Plymouths different</p>
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25361 | 1 | 25371 | 2011-02-09T00:35:47.490 | 24 | 6741 | <p>I've checked the man/info page, but there is no reference to some aspects of the output fomat of <code>apt-cache depends</code> </p>
<p>The man/info page tried to be helpful (in an obtuse manner); quote: "For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it is best to consult the apt source code" </p>
<p>Now in fairness to the info page, that quote was in regards to the 'showpkg' option which it had reasonably explained, but my option had no such explanation... I understand that Linux info comes from many sources (not just man/info pages), and I don't particularly want to rummage through the source (altough somtimes I do), so here is an example of what I'd like to know the meaning of. </p>
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# What does | mean? (probably means 'or'???)
# What does <pkg> and the following indentations mean?
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Depends: libcommons-fileupload-java
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Depends: libcommons-io-java
Depends: libjaxp1.3-java
Depends: libjetty-java
Depends: liblucene2-java
Depends: libservlet2.5-java
Depends: libslf4j-java
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Suggests: libmysql-java
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Recommends: solr-jetty
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25372 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T01:48:37.760 | 5 | 1408 | <p>Just loaded Ubuntu 10.10 and loaded all updates on a hard drive by itself (without Windows). Would like to change the time for the system to shut down automatically from 60 seconds to 5 seconds, thus just hitting the shutdown icon once and in 5 seconds the system would shut down or give me just enough time to hit the restart button if I wanted to restart. Any way to do it??</p>
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25374 | 1 | 25381 | 2011-02-09T01:50:01.613 | 38 | 53209 | <p>I ran the following commands</p>
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<p>I keep getting this extremely frustrating message </p>
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<p>Please help.</p>
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25396 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T06:56:14.957 | 7 | 3156 | <p>I want to have a shared media drive be transparently usable to all users, whilst also sticking to FHS and Ubuntu standards. The former takes priority if necessary. I currently mount it at <code>/media/Stuff</code> but <code>/media</code> is supposed to be for external media, i believe. The main issue is setting right permissions so that access to read and write to the drive can be granted to multiple users working within the same directories.</p>
<p><a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingANewHardDrive" rel="nofollow">InstallingANewHardDrive</a> seems both slightly confused and not what I want. It claims that this sets ownership for the top-level directory (despite the recursion flag):</p>
<pre><code> sudo chown -R USERNAME:USERNAME /media/mynewdrive
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<p>And that this will let multiple users create files and sub-directories but only delete their own:</p>
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<p>However, the group writeable bit does not seem to get inherited, which is troublesome for keeping things organised (prevents creation inside sub-folders originally made by another user). The sticky bit is probably also unwanted for the same reason, although currently it seems that one userA (perhaps the owner of the mount-point?) can delete the userB's files, but not vice-versa. This is fine, as long as userB can create files inside the directory of userA. So:</p>
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<li>What is the correct mount point?</li>
<li>Is plugdev the correct group?</li>
<li><em>Most importantly</em>, how to set up permissions to maintain an organised media drive?</li>
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<p>I do not want to be running cron jobs to set permissions regularly!</p>
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25397 | 1 | 25401 | 2011-02-09T07:29:05.870 | 1 | 8019 | <p><strong>Overview:</strong><br>
My Host OS is Ubuntu 10.10 and guest OS is WinXP on the VirtualBox version downloaded from Oracle including "VirtualBox 4.0 Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack" so that USB passthrough works. This <strong>works in general</strong> (I was able to back up my iPhone to iTunes in the guest OS), <strong>but some devices aren't available</strong> even though they're ptrovided in the VirtualBox settings.</p>
<p><strong>Specifics:</strong> </p>
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<li>In the VirtualBox settings for the guest OS, there's the part where you can select which of your USB devices should be visible to the guest OS. I've selected several devices including the iPhone. So far so good. </li>
<li>Then an iOS upgrade came along; my iPhone is now in DFU mode (or recovery mode?) and represents itself not as "iPhone" but as "iPhone (DFU mode)". </li>
<li>I have now also added <strong>this</strong> device to the list of USB devices that the guest OS should see -- <strong>but it doesn't see this device.</strong> <em>The DFU device is listed in the menu of USB devices available to the guest OS, but it's disabled (greyed out)! So I can't select it, so the guest OS doesn't see it.</em></li>
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<p><strong>Questions:</strong> </p>
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<li>Am I right in expecting that the guest OS ought to see the DFU device when I add it in the VirtualBox settings? </li>
<li><strong>What steps do I need to take so that the guest OS will really see the DFU device?</strong> <em>Why is the DFU device greyed out, and how do I make it selectable?</em></li>
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"body": "<p>Disclaimer: I don't own an iphone, and have no way to test any part of this answer. So it is all theoretical knowledge, quite possible wrong.</p>\n\n<p>DFU is a standard way of updating device firmware. The device will appear as a DFU device to the host, the host will upload a firmware update to it, it will apply the update and appear as a <strong>new</strong> device to the host. So what it's likely happening is that VirtualBox is not seeing the new device, not the DFU one.</p>\n\n<p>This are the steps that I would take to resolve/debug the problem:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Go to VirtuabBox configuration, in the USB section delete everything. This will allow VirtuaBox to catch all the USB devices. See the screenshot.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/bd6IT.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Start VirtualBox, connect the device. It should appear on the <code>Devices->USB Devices Menu</code> as a DFU device. Click on it. Now the guest OS will install it's drivers and upload the firmware to it. Wait patiently.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/EYjfG.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Go again to the <code>Devices->USB Devices</code> menu. It should be there as a different device. Click on it. Enjoy.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Sorry for the screenshots language, if you don' understand then just ask. The devices are disabled on the second screenshot because VirtualBox is running under an user not member of the virtualbox group.</p>\n",
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"text": "Screenshots always help, don't worry! And your steps is exactly the process I expected. But I already did this and the odd thing is that the submenu for USB devices *does* show the DFU device but it's *greyed out* --> so I can't select it --> so the guest OS can't see it --> so no drivers are installed for it --> so the phone stays in DFU mode.",
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"text": "The usual reason why usb devices are greyed is because you are not member of the vboxusers group. If all the usb devices are greyed this is the likely cause. If not, then try to run VirtualBox with sudo to rule out permission problems.",
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"text": "My user was in the `vboxusers` group and I still see grayed out deviced - the thumb drive from which I booted Lubuntu, and a SATA SDD connected via a USB adapter. Extremely frustrating to not be able to access the SDD. Of course, the host Lubuntu can access it just fine.",
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25398 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T07:37:13.653 | 2 | 677 | <p>I wonder if there are a better tool than the panel at <em>System → Preferences → Power Management</em> to manage the power consumption for the HDD. Specifically HDD in a laptop.</p>
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25399 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T07:45:29.907 | 1 | 69 | <p>The update manager (possibly combined with the janitor) does a reasonable job of bringing packages up to date with a new release, removing ones that are replaced by different projects etc. However, I'm left with the lingering feeling that quite a few settings are lingering from old releases.</p>
<p>For example, some packages may be left around that I installed myself whereas now the functionality is provided by default. Another example is that my user doesn't get the new theme, and the panel bar is a mess. I can compare against an inactive user on the same system: everything seems tidier. There are also things like the explosion of System Preferences, user groups (inactive user, more recently created, is in groups that the older, active user isn't). In other areas (e.g. default font) I do seem to get given the new defaults.</p>
<p>Another example is Spotlight-equivalent search. I remember Beagle and Tracker, I remember removing tracker when it used all system RAM and swap for 2 entire release cycles, but I don't know what I'm "supposed" to be using now. Is there even a default indexing-search installed and exposed? aptitude install ubuntu-desktop doesn't do anything, so the basics are in place package-wise.</p>
<p>Is there any way to update my settings to the modern "Ubuntu way" without reinstalling from scratch? Can I do so selectively i.e. show the differences?</p>
<p>Most of the time package management on Linux is an absolute joy compared to the alternatives, but if the desktop gets messed up after only a release or two, we're back to reinstalling just like Windows.</p>
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25404 | 1 | 25452 | 2011-02-09T08:31:49.120 | 2 | 6192 | <p>I have created a graphic with multiple layers in Inkscape. One of the layers is some text. I have applied a drop shadow filter to the text. When I save the file as PNG, the drop shadow is not saved. I have also tried applying a gaussian blur to the text layer and to the text layer after converting it to an object. The blur is not applied.</p>
<p>How can I save the file as PNG with the drop shadow intact?</p>
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25406 | 1 | 25445 | 2011-02-09T08:55:07.507 | 2 | 1786 | <p>I am trying out Ubuntu 11.04, and one of my favourite features is the global application menu. I'm not a big fan of Unity, so I'm running the Classic Desktop. While the global application menu is here too, in Unity it replaces the titlebar when maximized, giving more screen space. Is it possible to have this functionality with gnome-panel?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
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25407 | 1 | 25411 | 2011-02-09T08:58:44.977 | 3 | 2678 | <p>I was trying to find <code>/boot/grub/menu.lst</code> OR <code>/boot/grub/device.map</code> as usual on Ubuntu Desktop or other versions to change the GRUB selection, but there is no file <code>munu.lst</code> or <code>device.map</code> in the grub directory. Where can I find GRUB's configuration file? to modify the grub selection </p>
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25408 | 1 | 25412 | 2011-02-09T09:09:37.977 | 2 | 3236 | <p>I have downloaded the Ubuntu 10.10 ISO file and am trying to burn it to a blank disc so that I can install it, using Ubuntu 8.04. I have a dual boot system with Windows and Ubuntu. </p>
<p>Here's my experience so far:</p>
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<li>Boot up my current install of Hardy Heron</li>
<li>Go to install updates. Click on Check and informed that 8.10 is available. Firstly install any other updates.</li>
<li>Click on Upgrage, get error 'Could not find release notes'</li>
<li>Manually download entire 10.10 image from the internet</li>
<li>Attempt to burn to disc using Brasero.</li>
<li>Burn fails</li>
<li>Can no longer mount any discs</li>
<li>Restart</li>
<li>Can no longer mount any blank discs, but can mount audio discs</li>
<li>Restart, now I can mount blank disks</li>
<li>Right click on .iso image and choose "Open with CD/DVD creator"</li>
<li>Attempt to burn image to disk</li>
<li>Wait 20 minutes while disc is apparently burning, for some reason when it is finished it is still blank</li>
<li>Attempt to burn again with Brasero, burn completes. Asks me to reenter disk for checksum. Checksum check freezes after 10 minutes. I attempt to eject disk and it tells me 100% success.</li>
<li>After restarting from newly burned CD it shows me a screen with Ubuntu and 5 dots, it stays like that for 10 minutes and then eventually I get an error cannot mount disk.</li>
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25409 | 1 | 25424 | 2011-02-09T09:13:35.310 | 52 | 15828 | <p>In Windows, you have these shortcuts:</p>
<ul>
<li><kbd>Win</kbd><kbd>Arrow Up ↑</kbd>: Maximize current window</li>
<li><kbd>Win</kbd><kbd>Arrow Down ↓</kbd>: Unmaximize</li>
<li><kbd>Win</kbd><kbd>Arrow Right →</kbd>: Maximize, set width as half the screen width, stick window to the right</li>
<li><kbd>Win</kbd><kbd>Arrow Left ←</kbd>: Maximize, set width as half the screen width, stick window to the left</li>
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<p>I’m particularly interested in the last two shortcuts.</p>
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"text": "True about the \"fn\" key, but I just happen to feel that I can't do this as easily \"without looking\", so I have found that I need to change to something that can be done quick and sight free. Hitting ctrl + shift is a one finger operation, and the arrows are easy to find \"by feel\". I know the same is true for many who have gotten used to using the FN keypad, but not me... nice it is such an easy tweak for everyone to have their preference.",
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25414 | 1 | 25439 | 2011-02-09T09:27:49.357 | 17 | 32335 | <p>I have been testing various Firefox extension for screenshot grabbing, but none of them suited my needs.</p>
<p>Then I have found Shutter (0.86.3), and it is really nice. I use exporting to imageshack and FTP a lot. </p>
<p>The only thing I miss is grabbing the whole web page area (not just the part currently visible on the screen). Is there any Shutter extension for this or similar app with such a feature?</p>
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25425 | 1 | 27389 | 2011-02-09T10:13:19.737 | 5 | 32277 | <p>I have the latest Puppy Linux (5.20, I think) but it has a problem with grub install at the end of the setup process.</p>
<p>How can I install grub (or grub2, the easiest one will be great) manually using my Ubuntu 10.04 CD? </p>
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25430 | 1 | 25433 | 2011-02-09T10:35:29.840 | 0 | 948 | <p>Anybody could help me in troubleshooting audio problem on Ubuntu 9.04 desktop edition?. For some reason I've to keep this os not upgraded and I'm trying to fix the audio problem on this for months. It works well on upgraded version (9.10, 10.04) but not on jaunty.</p>
<p>aplay -l:</p>
<pre><code>**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC883 Analog [ALC883 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: ALC883 Digital [ALC883 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
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<p>lsmod | grep snd:</p>
<pre><code>snd_hda_intel 436148 7
snd_pcm_oss 46336 0
snd_mixer_oss 22656 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 83076 4 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy 10756 0
snd_seq_oss 37760 0
snd_seq_midi 14336 0
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snd_seq 56880 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer 29704 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 14988 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
snd 62756 21 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore 15200 1 snd
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<p>cat /proc/asound/cards:</p>
<pre><code> 0 [Intel ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel
HDA Intel at 0xe1280000 irq 16
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<p>cat /proc/asound/version:</p>
<pre><code>Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.18rc3.
</code></pre>
<p>vim /etc/modules:</p>
<pre><code># /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.
lp
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<p>Audio Settings:</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/V5ip1.png" alt="enter image description here">
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/p0FZn.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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"text": "As you said `I believe the soundlevel is not set correct.` the problem is with the settings but the hardware settings. The front panel audio ports are not at all connected which I used. I realised this when I could hear audio when connected my earphones to the back panel. Your solution will be helpful if it still doesn't connect even having proper connection. Thanks you!",
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25434 | 1 | 25435 | 2011-02-09T10:52:10.173 | 4 | 3757 | <p>I want to run a virtualisation server on my notebook.</p>
<p>When ever I log onto my notebook I want to be able to initialise a virtual machine and work with it.</p>
<p>The virtual machine could be located off of the notebook on a removable hard disk drive or web ftp etc.</p>
<p>I would like 3D support on my virtual instances as I still want to be able to play StarCraft 2 on a Windows 7 virtual machine.</p>
<p>Is there software out there that allows for all of this?</p>
<p>I know of software which supports 3D and I know of virtualisation server software but I want both in one.</p>
<p>Does it exist or is it possible to do so but maybe not as elegantly as I have described?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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25436 | 1 | 25886 | 2011-02-09T11:04:29.273 | 6 | 1037 | <p>I previously had Heron 8.04 installed. Today I decided to upgrade.</p>
<p>During the partition phase of the install of 10.10 it asked me what portion of the drive I should use. There were a few options:</p>
<ul>
<li>Drag the partition size to indicate what I wanted to use</li>
<li>A button that said use entire partition</li>
<li>A button that said use entire drive</li>
</ul>
<p>I selected use entire partition as the Windows partition did not appear on the screen I assumed this was just displaying the existing Ubuntu partition.</p>
<p>After install I think I have wiped my entire Windows partition, I can't see it anywhere.</p>
<p>I would appreciate some advice as to find if it really is gone forever (My stupidity I didn't back up my Windows partition which includes 3 years of baby photos).</p>
<hr>
<p>UPDATE: Thanks all for your great answers. I read on a forum last night about Active Partition Recovery. I didn't realise it was a commercial product, so the demo doesn't let you recover, but it did allow me to see that the whole partition still exists somewhere on the drive. It even let me see the individual files.</p>
<p>As suggested I have stopped doing anything with the drive until I can give Testdisk a try. If this works I will confirm it in a separate answer for future reference.</p>
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25441 | 1 | 25448 | 2011-02-09T11:33:38.607 | 6 | 336 | <p>Is Futon on the Ubuntu One Server availible? Is it possible to see/modify the CouchDB Databases on the Ubuntu One server?</p>
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25442 | 1 | 25443 | 2011-02-09T12:08:21.150 | 15 | 12383 | <p>I want to see which files are read or written to.</p>
<p>Is there any program or a command for that? I can remember I used this method to hunt down viruses and malware hiding locations when I used windows a few years back.</p>
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25446 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T12:40:49.700 | 2 | 22469 | <p>Please give me a step by step process on how to install CodeIgniter on Ubuntu. I'm still a newbie. Thank you!</p>
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25462 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T14:23:10.910 | 4 | 885 | <p>I've a Dell, with a Broadcom BCM4312 802.11b/g wireless card. It works well when the laptop is plugged to the power suply, but when it's with battery it doesn't work well.</p>
<p>Do you know why is this?</p>
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25463 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T14:53:01.837 | 2 | 159 | <p>I have here two computers, both installed with Ubuntu 10.10. The Laptop uses the Netbook Edition. Both are connected, file sync and Tomboy Notes are working.</p>
<p>My Desktop syncs databases with Ubuntu One, my Laptop does not. If I delete for example the contacts Database on my Desktop, the database is back a view seconds later. If I delete the same database on my laptop, nothing happens. (I'm using Futon)</p>
<p>If I kill beam, delete the config and try to restart with the dbus-send I got an error</p>
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<p>Error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.</p>
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<p>How can I fix that?</p>
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25466 | 1 | 25467 | 2011-02-09T15:05:31.680 | 3 | 6611 | <p>I had a problem with my Ubuntu install, and I need to uninstall it. However, I have one folder on there with an important assignment in it that I'd like to keep still. I can still get into Ubuntu with the command line, and it was installed beside Windows so I had access to my Windows partition as well. My question is - is it possible to access the Windows partition using the command line?</p>
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25468 | 1 | 25471 | 2011-02-09T15:44:07.923 | 4 | 770 | <p>If I plan to install a newer version Ubuntu, </p>
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<li>how shall I know what software that
were installed on my previous
Ubuntu, if I want to reinstall them?
Is there a convenient way to install
all previous softwares?</li>
<li>How can I keep the settings and
configurations for the software?</li>
<li>will it be possible for the newer
version Ubuntu, the software
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be found for the newer one?</li>
<li>will there be other considerations
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software?</li>
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<p>Thanks and regards!</p>
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25470 | 1 | 25472 | 2011-02-09T15:48:13.717 | 25 | 42048 | <p>When I run <code>w</code> - to see who is logged on and what they are doing, i see this: </p>
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<p>What are the <code>pts/</code> ?</p>
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25473 | 1 | 28750 | 2011-02-09T16:02:58.953 | 8 | 7768 | <p>I can run Notepad++ the Angry bird exe is not working. Whenever I open the exe, I see one of my screens flicker a bit (as lines and not the whole screen) and nothing happens. Any ideas?</p>
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fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.VC90.CRT" (9.0.21022.8)
err:module:import_dll Library MSVCP90.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\AppUpWrapper.dll") not found
err:module:import_dll Library AppUpWrapper.dll (which is needed by L"C:\\windows\\system32\\angrybirds.exe") not found
err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"C:\\windows\\system32\\angrybirds.exe" failed, status c0000135
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<p>I think it didn't even install. I manually dropped those files in the folder but still no gain.</p>
<p><strong>Edit: Progress</strong></p>
<p>I dropped the file <strong>MSVCP90.dll</strong> manually and now this is what I get in the output</p>
<pre><code>fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.VC80.CRT" (8.0.50727.4053)
fixme:actctx:parse_depend_manifests Could not find dependent assembly L"Microsoft.VC90.CRT" (9.0.21022.8)
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation 0x541000 0 0x32fd48 4
fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
EXCEPTION: Failed to open data/scripts/starLimits.lua
wine: Unhandled exception 0x40000015 at address 0x7b880023:0x78b271d0 (thread 0009), starting debugger...
fixme:msvcr90:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x10267694) stub
fixme:msvcr90:__clean_type_info_names_internal (0x78506644) stub
ashfame@ashfame-desktop:~$ Process of pid=0008 has terminated
No process loaded, cannot execute 'echo Modules:'
Cannot get info on module while no process is loaded
No process loaded, cannot execute 'echo Threads:'
process tid prio (all id:s are in hex)
0000000e services.exe
00000014 0
00000010 0
0000000f 0
00000011 winedevice.exe
00000018 0
00000016 0
00000013 0
00000012 0
00000019 explorer.exe
0000001a 0
You must be attached to a process to run this command.
No process loaded, cannot execute 'detach'
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<p>and there the terminal hangs (I mean I would have to Ctrl + C to get out). It shows up the famous message, that it needs to close down.</p>
<p>I don't use wine for anything else, so I am ready to do a clean install of wine and everything if anyone is willing to provide me instructions.</p>
<p><strong>Resolved</strong></p>
<p>As per the marked correct answer by @DoR, I did a <code>mv ~/.wine ~/wine.bak</code> and then re-ran the game and it worked. So basically it was something wrong in the wine install. :)</p>
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"text": "@DoR Sadly that didn't work. I am having the same errors with `wine AngryBirds.exe` as I have in my question along with a few more.",
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"text": "@Ashfame try moving your wine directory: `cp -r ~/.wine ~/wine.bak` and launching it again.",
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"text": "@DoR and after that? Try re-running?",
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"text": "@DoR Nothing new! What was supposed to happened with the copying of files?",
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"text": "@Ashfame Doh! Sorry, I meant to write `mv` (move) instead of `cp` (copy). Replace `cp` with `mv` and try again.",
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25478 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T16:19:52.133 | 6 | 1964 | <p>I like to experiment with lots of different software in my Ubuntu install. Then, every time Ubuntu reaches a new release cycle, I simply do a clean install (instead of upgrading) to get rid of all the extra software (and their respective config files/folders). The only thing I always backup and carry to the next install (besides personal files) are the config files for gnome, so my desktop is always the way I like it. =)</p>
<p>The problem with that, is that the different packages I test out never get properly uninstalled, so my gnome main menu is full of broken links referring to software I had in previous installations (which got carried over because I kept the gnome config files). </p>
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25480 | 1 | null | 2011-02-08T10:17:27.313 | 4 | 8439 | <p>Trying to fix my apt-get upgrade, it always stopped at setting up grub-pc... I read somewhere that I should purge remove my grub2 and then reinstall it.</p>
<p>I did that and after lots of paying around i was able to remove it(wasn't such a smart move). Now i can't get it to install again.</p>
<p>I am trying sudo apt-get install grub-pc and it just stops at "Setting up grub-pc.." and does nothing and because of this it isn't allowing me to do any kind of upgrade or install.. It asks me to sudo dpkg --configure -a which again stops at setting up grub-pc</p>
<p>I think I need help and real soon. Thanks, I really appreciate any inputs here to get my system in place before the next reboot.</p>
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25482 | 1 | 25518 | 2011-02-09T16:34:05.233 | 4 | 233 | <p>I have built and installed an application under a directory of my choosing, let's say under <code>/home/jim/usr</code>, so files have been put in three-four folders, all under this <code>$HOME/usr</code> folder (e.g., <code>bin</code>, <code>include</code>, <code>lib</code>, <code>share</code>, etc.).</p>
<p>I can launch this application from the command line just fine as I added the proper paths to my environement variables <code>PATH</code> and <code>LD_LIBRARY_PATH</code> in <code>~/.bashrc</code>.</p>
<p>I added the same paths to the <code>~/.profile</code> file, which, if I'm not mistaken, is supposed to be parsed by Ubuntu.</p>
<p>Doesn't work. Nothing. Where can I go from there?</p>
<p>EDIT: I logged out/in and restarted my computer. Both didn't change a thing. The problem seems to come from the fact that no matter what I do the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable is not properly passed to Ubuntu.</p>
<p>Using log files, I found that the application I'm trying to run in this example doesn't find one it's dependencies located in <code>~/usr/lib</code>.</p>
<p>One solution would be to add the <code>/home/jim/usr/lib</code> folder inside a file located in <code>/etc/ld.so.conf.d/</code>, but I don't have admin rights on this machine.</p>
<p>Making a wrapper script like this one works:</p>
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<p>but that would force me to wrap all my home compiled applications with this script. Any ideas?</p>
<p>Why does Ubuntu/Gnome remove the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable from my set variables? Is it because trying to do this is bad practice?</p>
<p>UPDATE (and solution): As found by Christopher, there is a bug report about this on launchpad. LD_LIBRARY_PATH is <em>unset</em> after parsing of the <code>~/.profile</code> file. <a href="https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/366728" rel="nofollow">See the bug report</a>. Seems the only solution for now is to make a wrapper script.</p>
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25483 | 1 | 25535 | 2011-02-09T16:58:06.457 | 13 | 5337 | <p>I installed wine and now I notice a different font on facebook and a couple of other sites I use a lot. So, how do I get back the default Ubuntu fonts?</p>
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25484 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T17:02:13.650 | 2 | 354 | <p>Does anyone know if FaceVsion’s TouchCam N1 is UVC certified, or if it works with Ubuntu 10.10?</p>
<p>If so does it work with cheese, and or skype?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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25485 | 1 | 25512 | 2011-02-09T17:02:38.043 | 2 | 954 | <p>I would like to make Gedit fit more to the Ubuntu default themes Ambiance and Radiance. Therefore I would like to place the tab close buttons on the left instead of the right of each tab.</p>
<p>I asked <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18739/how-can-place-firefoxs-tab-close-buttons-on-the-left">a similar question</a> about Firefox, but the best answer was adding an extension. So what can I do for Gedit ?</p>
<p>Besides, I bet I will shortly ask equivalent questions for Nautilus, etc.</p>
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25488 | 1 | 25491 | 2011-02-09T17:18:15.703 | 171 | 66735 | <p>What is the difference between executing a script (e.g. /some/script) with <code>source /some/script</code> and <code>. /some/script</code> in Bash?</p>
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25489 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T17:20:06.240 | 2 | 808 | <p>I have a crontab job set. It is a script to change the Desktop background wallpaper every 3 minutes. It was perfectly working before upgrading from Hardy to Lucid. When upgraded to Lucid, the wallpaper changes only when I login. It shows new wallpaper everytime I logout and login again or after restarting. It shows the same wallpapers which were set as the cron job script path.</p>
<p>Is crontab feature changed in Lucid? What is happening? Please help.</p>
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25492 | 1 | 25496 | 2011-02-09T17:30:05.373 | 2 | 307 | <p>I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and have downloaded the iso for Ubuntu 10.10. I wish to install Ubuntu 10.10</p>
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2. Can I install from CD burnt from the 10.10 iso while running ubuntu 9.10
3. Can I install Ubuntu 10.10 to a different partition, do I get the option to create a partition during setup?<br>
4. Can I install Ubuntu 10.10 from the iso while running 9.10, without having to burn to a DVD or a USB</p>
<p>If yes, how?</p>
<p>I am asking these questions because, I tried the upgrade option in 9.10 and it gave me the 10.04 upgrade option, which warned me that Bluetooth and a whole bunch of apps won't work with 10.04. </p>
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"text": "I didn't know you could 'record' your installed apps in such a way. Will I be able to re-install the bluetooth and other device drivers once I am done? Ubuntu says that it won't be officially supported in 10.04",
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25493 | 1 | 25497 | 2011-02-09T17:31:53.937 | 3 | 639 | <p>I was wondering which version of Ubuntu is better for my laptop, the current LTS release or the latest stable (but not LTS) release.</p>
<p>Is it always recommended to go for the latest version for personal laptop?</p>
<p>Is it advised to wait for several months after the version was released before installing it, so that the version can be more stable? If yes, does the CD got right after the release become less useful?</p>
<p>I plan 50 GB for Ubuntu partitions, 20 GB for root and 26 GB for home and 4 GB for swap. </p>
<p>My main use is programming with several popular programming languages and database and typesetting and browsing internet, seldom gaming, and therefore I will install related applications and compile some libraries for use in programming.</p>
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25498 | 1 | 25500 | 2011-02-09T17:49:44.220 | 7 | 18591 | <p>I want to append this text:</p>
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<p>I have access via SSH but I don't know how to use VIM. I would like to do this via a command.</p>
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25510 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T18:41:11.513 | 2 | 774 | <p>Are UbuntuOne services coming to Kubuntu/KDE desktop in 11.04?</p>
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25514 | 1 | 25532 | 2011-02-09T18:52:29.297 | 12 | 60265 | <p>I received 4 .mov files from a client that they want on their mobile website via SlideShowPro. Each original file was between 200 and 400 mb. I've gotten each one down to about 30 mb using transmageddon as described <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5198/what-is-the-best-way-to-shrink-hd-quicktime-mov-files">here</a>, but that's still really big for a mobile connection. </p>
<p>Is there any way to shrink them even further? Maybe it's the settings; I used Output Format = MPEG4, Audio = AAC, Video = H264 (which is what is suggested by SlideShowPro.)</p>
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25516 | 1 | 25539 | 2011-02-09T19:04:15.487 | 2 | 5638 | <p>I used <a href="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/" rel="nofollow">Universal USB Installer</a> to install an Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook LiveCD image on an SD Card. During this installation, I indicated that I wanted a persistent LiveUSB with 4GB dedicated to customization/settings.</p>
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25519 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T19:11:24.320 | 13 | 26086 | <p>I installed driver from <code>Additional drivers</code>.... AMD Radeon HD 6450</p>
<p>My resolution is at maximum and Catalist Control Center is working but I have <code>AMD Unsupported hardware</code> image on the right bottom of my screen. How can I remove it without reinstalling driver? Because the drivers from official amd site does not work. </p>
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25521 | 1 | 29371 | 2011-02-09T16:45:45.687 | 2 | 582 | <p>I uninstalled <code>kpackagekit</code> using Ubuntu software center. When it uninstalled, it also uninstalled some dependencies. I was not aware it would do that. Now, if I try to install any software using Ubuntu software center, I get the error</p>
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<p>How can I resolve this? For example, when I try to install <a href="http://shutter-project.org/" rel="nofollow">shutter</a>, I get the error</p>
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The following information may help to resolve the situation:</p>
<p>The following packages have unmet dependencies:</p>
<pre><code>shutter: Depends: libxml-simple-perl but it is not installable
Depends: libgoo-canvas-perl but it is not going to be installed"
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25523 | 1 | 25526 | 2011-02-09T19:24:18.047 | 9 | 16605 | <p>I have a creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio, And i faced so many problems with this card regarding compatibility with Linux. </p>
<p>Now i am looking for a new audio card and want to make sure that this time it will be compatible with linux.</p>
<p>If you don't know a websites that has a list of supported Linux audio cards just tell me what audio card you are using on Linux.</p>
<p>Thanks for help!</p>
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25528 | 1 | 25534 | 2011-02-09T20:00:27.283 | 7 | 5610 | <p>I replaced my graphics card but I'm not sure how to set things up on Ubuntu.</p>
<p>When the computer boots, it doesn't start GDM (I think that's what it's called). Instead, it asks me to log in the command line. If I try to do a <code>startx</code>, it tells me there is no AMD device connected or something to that extent. </p>
<p>I originally installed the ATI drivers using the GUI. It said that I was using the limited drivers or something to that extent with a popup on the right of one of the taskbars, so I clicked there and updated it. I think it could also be reached by going to <strong>System > Administration > Restricted drivers</strong> or something close to that.</p>
<p>I tried installing the nivida drivers by doing a <code>sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-185</code> and then doing <code>sudo modprobe nvidia</code> and <code>sudo nvidia-xconfig</code> as <a href="http://ubuntuguide.net/install-nvidia-graphical-driver-in-ubuntu-lucid-10-04" rel="nofollow">this guy</a> says but that didn't work. </p>
<p><code>modprobe</code> couldn't find anything related to Nvidia and <code>nvidia-xconfig</code> wasn't an available command for me. Since I wasn't sure how to remove the ATI drivers I did that without messing with them. Not sure if that was a good idea.</p>
| 10534 | 2816 | 2011-02-10T09:02:58.567 | 2011-02-10T09:02:58.567 | Uninstalling ATI's drivers and installing Nvidia's? | [
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25531 | 1 | 25537 | 2011-02-09T20:52:25.907 | 13 | 4752 | <p>There is an option in the <em>Sound Preferences</em> dialog, <em>Sound Effects</em> tab, to toggle Alert volume <em>mute</em>. It works and suffices for my needs to disable the irritating system beep/bell.</p>
<p>However, I reinstall systems a LOT for testing purposes and would like to set this setting in a shell script so it's off without having to fiddle with a GUI. But for the life of me I can't seem to find where this can be toggled via a command line tool.</p>
<p>I've scanned through <code>gconf-editor</code>, PulseAudio's <code>pacmd</code>, <code>grep</code>ped through <code>/etc</code>, even dug through the <code>gnome-volume-control</code> source code, but I am not seeing how this can be set.</p>
<p>I gather that <code>gnome-volume-control</code> has changed since a few releases ago.</p>
<p>Ideas?</p>
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25536 | 1 | 26867 | 2011-02-09T21:38:34.687 | 5 | 1265 | <p>I think I'm having difficulty fully understanding subvolumes and snapshots.
The /home partition is btrfs. I want to create a "backup" snapshot of /home/user (for example) but user has existed for years (previously ext4 > btrfs-convert). I believe you can only make a snapshot of a subvolume. I checked and there are no "default" subvolumes already present. </p>
<p>1) Is there another way for me to backup /home/user other than creating a subvolume /home/user2 and copying everything from user to user2 in order to snapshot it?</p>
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25538 | 1 | 33396 | 2011-02-09T21:51:26.387 | 4 | 209 | <p>I've been experiencing this <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/network-manager/+bug/619093" rel="nofollow">perhaps slightly odd bug</a>.</p>
<p>It works flawlessly in Lucid, but not in Maverick and Natty. I find it seems to work when I'm booting a partition everyday (as I do for my main 10.10 partition) but for my 11.04 testing partition it's a real pain - usually refusing to connect.</p>
<p>I think the problem might be due to the PSK authentication/encryption my router is using, but I don't really know anything about this.</p>
<p>So given that I have both a working (10.04) and not-working (10.10 and 11.04) installs, how can I troubleshoot my problem?</p>
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25540 | 1 | 25552 | 2011-02-09T22:26:56.137 | 4 | 2497 | <p>My suspend did not correctly since I installed a USB 3 extension card in my PC. Instead of going to S3, the computer just woke up instantly. dmesg gave the hint "usb_dev_suspend+0x0/0x20 returns -2" so I rmmod'ed the "xhci_hcd" module which did the trick.</p>
<p>Is there a good way for me to work around this? The builds from the Kernel Mainline PPA did not help, unfortunately, and blacklisting the module is not my favorite option. Where is the best place for me to report this issue?</p>
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25543 | 1 | 25562 | 2011-02-09T22:47:06.993 | 9 | 4483 | <p>I just added a disk, with partitions but none of them are mounted. The disk will still spin up every now and then. it goes like this:</p>
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hdparm -Y /dev/sdb;date
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issuing sleep command
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<p>Also it always spins up when I shut down the computer.</p>
<p>Any tips are welcome, e.g. how can I figure out which process is accessing the disk, are there any daemons doing this? I know it isn't a cron job.</p>
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25545 | 1 | 37227 | 2011-02-09T23:13:47.810 | 5 | 2057 | <p>I am just wondering, how do I get smooth scrolling in Nautilus? </p>
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25546 | 1 | 25547 | 2011-02-09T23:14:44.687 | 3 | 312 | <p>I am only able to use wireless network while installing Ubuntu right now.</p>
<p>The installer says for best results, ensure the computer is connected to the internet. I was wondering if not connected to internet, will there be a problem? Is there some remedy after installation without connection to internet?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
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25549 | 1 | 25563 | 2011-02-09T23:23:41.603 | 0 | 5776 | <p>I am installing Ubuntu on the same hard drive as Windows 7.</p>
<p>The partitions of Windows 7 have already occupied the left part of the hard drive. From left to right, the Windows partitions are one partition for Windows booting, one for Windows OS and software installation, and one for data which is planned to mount on Ubuntu. </p>
<p>I was wondering how to arrange the order of partitions of root, home and swap, i.e. which is on the left just besides one Windows partition, which is in the middle and which is on the far right? Is there some consideration regarding about this arrangement?</p>
<p>Thanks and regards!</p>
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25553 | 1 | null | 2011-02-09T23:56:22.550 | 4 | 5543 | <p>Akonadi refuses to start on my fresh installation of KDE 4.6.0 from the <em>kubuntu-backports</em> PPA on Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, preventing me from usking KMail. Here is the full error output:</p>
<pre>patches@pleistocene:~/.local/share$ akonadictl start
Starting Akonadi Server...
done.
patches@pleistocene:~/.local/share$ Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString)
search paths: ("/home/patches/bin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec", "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin")
Found mysql_install_db: "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
Found mysqlcheck: "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi//mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/socket-pleistocene/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "Could not open required defaults file: /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi//mysql.conf
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
110209 16:41:12 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/pleistocene.lower-test
110209 16:41:12 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/pleistocene.lower-test
110209 16:41:12 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi: Can't find file: './mysql/plugin.frm' (errno: 13)
110209 16:41:12 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.
110209 16:41:12 InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.
InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'create'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.
"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
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14: akonadiserver(_ZN7Akonadi13AkonadiServerC1EP7QObject+0xca) [0x8088b6a]
15: akonadiserver(_ZN7Akonadi13AkonadiServer8instanceEv+0x48) [0x808a1d8]
16: akonadiserver(main+0x364) [0x8080fb4]
17: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe7) [0xb6e8bce7]
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ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255 (Unknown error)
search paths: ("/home/patches/bin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec", "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin")
Found mysql_install_db: "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
Found mysqlcheck: "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi//mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/socket-pleistocene/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "Could not open required defaults file: /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi//mysql.conf
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
110209 16:41:12 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/pleistocene.lower-test
110209 16:41:12 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/pleistocene.lower-test
110209 16:41:12 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi: Can't find file: './mysql/plugin.frm' (errno: 13)
110209 16:41:12 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.
110209 16:41:12 InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.
InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'create'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.
"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
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ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255 (Unknown error)
search paths: ("/home/patches/bin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec", "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin")
Found mysql_install_db: "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
Found mysqlcheck: "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi//mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/socket-pleistocene/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "Could not open required defaults file: /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi//mysql.conf
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
110209 16:41:12 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/pleistocene.lower-test
110209 16:41:12 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/pleistocene.lower-test
110209 16:41:12 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi: Can't find file: './mysql/plugin.frm' (errno: 13)
110209 16:41:12 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.
110209 16:41:12 InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.
InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'create'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.
"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
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ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255 (Unknown error)
search paths: ("/home/patches/bin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/bin", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/bin", "/sbin", "/bin", "/usr/games", "/usr/sbin", "/usr/local/sbin", "/usr/local/libexec", "/usr/libexec", "/opt/mysql/libexec", "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin", "/opt/mysql/sbin")
Found mysql_install_db: "/usr/bin/mysql_install_db"
Found mysqlcheck: "/usr/bin/mysqlcheck"
Database process exited unexpectedly during initial connection!
executable: "/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi"
arguments: ("--defaults-file=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi//mysql.conf", "--datadir=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/", "--socket=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/socket-pleistocene/mysql.socket")
stdout: ""
stderr: "Could not open required defaults file: /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi//mysql.conf
Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted
110209 16:41:12 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/pleistocene.lower-test
110209 16:41:12 [Warning] Can't create test file /home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/db_data/pleistocene.lower-test
110209 16:41:12 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled.
/usr/sbin/mysqld-akonadi: Can't find file: './mysql/plugin.frm' (errno: 13)
110209 16:41:12 [ERROR] Can't open the mysql.plugin table. Please run mysql_upgrade to create it.
110209 16:41:12 InnoDB: Operating system error number 13 in a file operation.
InnoDB: The error means mysqld does not have the access rights to
InnoDB: the directory.
InnoDB: File name ./ibdata1
InnoDB: File operation call: 'create'.
InnoDB: Cannot continue operation.
"
exit code: 1
process error: "Unknown error"
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ProcessControl: Application 'akonadiserver' returned with exit code 255 (Unknown error)
"akonadiserver" crashed too often and will not be restarted! </pre>
<p>I tried moving the ~/.local/share/akonadi folder and running it fresh, and I also tried starting Akonadi from a brand new user, all to no avail.</p>
<p><strong>Requested by @djeikyb:</strong></p>
<pre>patches@pleistocene:~$ ls -ld ~/.local
drwxrwx--- 3 patches patches 4096 2011-02-07 03:15 /home/patches/.local
patches@pleistocene:~$ mysql_upgrade
Looking for 'mysql' as: mysql
Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: mysqlcheck
Running 'mysqlcheck' with connection arguments: '--port=3306' '--socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'
mysqlcheck: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2) when trying to connect
FATAL ERROR: Upgrade failed
patches@pleistocene:~$ mysql_upgrade -S ~/.local/share/akonadi/socket-pleistocene/
Looking for 'mysql' as: mysql
Looking for 'mysqlcheck' as: mysqlcheck
Running 'mysqlcheck' with connection arguments: '--port=3306' '--socket=/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' '--socket=/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/socket-pleistocene/'
mysqlcheck: Got error: 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/home/patches/.local/share/akonadi/socket-pleistocene/' (111) when trying to connect
FATAL ERROR: Upgrade failed</pre>
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25555 | 1 | 25557 | 2011-02-10T00:36:10.730 | 4 | 1864 | <p>Where should I put my script in my home directory so that I can access it from any directory? </p>
<p>I've tried:</p>
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/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
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<p>But it seems there is no /home/user/ path. The thing is that I'd like only my user to have access to it so putting it in another directory than my home folder is not an option. Should I add something like /home/user/scripts/ to my PATH variable? If so, what's the recommended way to do it... Should I put it in my ~/.bashrc?</p>
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25556 | 1 | 25825 | 2011-02-10T00:42:27.917 | 5 | 14397 | <p>I want to execute bash script on startup that opens several terminals in different workspaces.
Script works just fine if I call it from terminal, but it doesn't work if executed from crontab using @reboot:</p>
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#1 make sure we have enough workspaces
gconftool-2 --set -t int /apps/metacity/general/num_workspaces 7
#2. Launch programs in these terminals
wmctrl -s 6
gnome-terminal --full-screen --execute bash -c "tmux attach; bash"
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google-chrome --start-maximized
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<p>I think it's because crontab job triggers before desktop environment is loaded...maybe...?
How can I execute this script after desktop environment is loaded?
thanks:)</p>
<p><strong>Update 1:</strong></p>
<p>i've started it from crontab initially like this:</p>
<pre><code>@reboot $HOME/andreiscripts/startup.sh >> $HOME/andreiscripts/testlog.txt 2>&1
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<p>and was getting these errors:</p>
<pre><code>Cannot open display.
Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display:
Cannot open display.
Failed to parse arguments: Cannot open display:
Cannot open display.
.....
</code></pre>
<p><strong>Update 2</strong></p>
<p>I've tried to launch script from System > Preferences > Startup Applications</p>
<pre><code>/home/andrei/andreiscripts/startup.sh >> /home/andrei/Desktop/out.txt 2>&1
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<p>but script only opened first gnome-terminal in workspace 6... and wouldn't continue executing the rest of the script until I close that gnome-terminal and so on....</p>
<p><strong>Update 3 - success</strong></p>
<p><strong>Look for my answer below to see the script that worked in the end.</strong></p>
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25560 | 1 | null | 2011-02-10T01:01:13.033 | 15 | 6961 | <p>I have a server with multiple users which each have multiple authorized SSH keys. Is there any effective way (command line utility?) to keep track of which key belongs to who and to quickly remove/add keys (apart from ssh-copy-id)?</p>
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25564 | 1 | 25570 | 2011-02-10T01:37:14.773 | 9 | 16166 | <p>Back in 2006, Ray (3DLover) posted the same question in:
<a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=309680">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=309680</a>
but none of the answers were really useful. Now with a little help from AskUbuntu community, I would like to repeat his question again to see if this time it can be answered correctly.</p>
<p>So this is the question (and what I wish too):</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I'm looking for a UI tool for
managing partitions in a console. I
have installed Ubuntu Server, so I
don't have X Windows at all. fdisk and
sfdisk are entirely command line.
parted is slightly better, but it's
not really a UI. cfdisk has somewhat
of a UI, but it only works on one
disk at a time, and there's no
advanced options like configuring LVM
or RAID. Just partitioning.</p>
<p>I love the partition tool that is
available during the OS install
procedure. You can partition,
configure RAID's and LMV sets. It can
format the partitions with several
different file systems, it can set
labels, mount options and it can insert your volumes
into your fstab. Is this tool
available as a stand-alone program? I
can't find it anywhere. I think it's
called parted_server, but I can't find
much information about where to get
it.</p>
<p>In the past, I have run the Ubuntu
install procedure just to use the
partition manager that comes with it.
(canceling the install after making my
partition edits)</p>
<p>Anyone help me on this? Thanks</p>
<p>-Ray</p>
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<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>[<strong>Update</strong>] Use Case:</p>
<p>I manage some servers (dedicated rental service) in which I have no physical access to them (so no CD option) with multiple HDDs. I would like to be able to manage those drives (partition, RAID, LMV, etc), in exactly the same way I do when I install Ubuntu Server Edition in any other server (using the installation CD). </p>
<p>The installation CDs comes with that application, and I'm sure there should be a way to be able to install and execute that application in a running system (without requiring the CDs).</p>
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"text": "Thank you djeikyb for you answer but it is not what I'm asking for. I know many things can be done from command, but I really like that installation partition tool. \nI'm hoping someone knows a way to run it without having to use the installation disk (as I would like to use it remotely). \nAlso, it is not just about RAID, but LVM, format options, file systems, labeling, and all the options that tool provides. \nThank you anyway.",
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25565 | 1 | 25568 | 2011-02-10T01:50:39.567 | 2 | 632 | <p>I've tried and tried, but I just can't seem to find gnomad2 ( <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=93810" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=93810</a> ) in the Ubuntu repositories. I've already enabled all the "categories" in Software Sources (except Source Code), and I've "reloaded" (<code>apt-get update</code>) the repositories several times already. I feel like I'm doing something really stupid though...</p>
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25566 | 1 | 74862 | 2011-02-10T02:12:44.230 | 3 | 446 | <p>In the past, I could compose an e-mail in Thunderbird, and in the TO field write</p>
<p>"icecream"</p>
<p>and then my contact john@the <strong>icecream</strong> factory.com - to given an example - would show up.</p>
<p>Not anymore. TB only looks for names and the first part of e-mail addresses. Any idea what can be done?</p>
<p>Using Ubuntu 10.10, TB 3.1.7.</p>
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25573 | 1 | 25583 | 2011-02-10T04:21:44.000 | 2 | 4267 | <p>I am trying to install Oracle on my 32-bit machine that runs Ubuntu 10.4. I am following <a href="http://www.pythian.com/news/13291/installing-oracle-11gr2-enterprise-edition-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx/" rel="nofollow">install Oracle on Ubuntu</a> tutorial. At the very first step there is a requirement to manually install library libstdc++5. Author does 2 steps:</p>
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<li>download libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_amd64.deb from <a href="http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gcc-3.3/" rel="nofollow">here</a></li>
<li>download ia32-libs_2.7ubuntu6.1_amd64.deb from <a href="http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/i/ia32-libs/" rel="nofollow">here</a></li>
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<p>As you may have probably noticed these 2 files contain an "_amd64" postfix, which pointed me out that author is using 64-bit amd processor. Each of these files author copied to /usr/lib64 and /usr/lib32 folders correspondingly and simply make soft links libstdc++.so.5 in both folders. </p>
<p>Since I am running 32-bit machine I have simply downloaded those 2 files without "_amd64" postfix.</p>
<p>Unexpectedly for me I have also found 2 lib folders in my /usr folder: /usr/lib64 and /usr/lib. </p>
<p>So here is my problem: I do not understand which files and where do I have to copy:</p>
<p>1) Do I have to make the same steps as the author has done, i.e. download files with "_amd64" postfixes and place them in my /usr/lib64 and /usr/lib folders?</p>
<p>2) Or do I have to use libraries without "_amd64" postfix?</p>
<p>And one more question: why do I have /usr/lib64 at all?</p>
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25575 | 1 | 25579 | 2011-02-10T04:33:36.413 | 2 | 1316 | <p>I really like multiplayer racing games, like Need for Speed World or similar.</p>
<p>I wonder if there is any MMO racing game for Ubuntu (2D or 3D). Browser-based games are also accepted.</p>
<p><strong>Note:</strong></p>
<p>I tried this question in the Gaming Q&A of StackExchange (see link below), but one user said that my question was off-topic.</p>
<p><a href="https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/16329/racing-mmo-for-linux-2d-or-3d-massively-multiplayer-online-racing-games">https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/16329/racing-mmo-for-linux-2d-or-3d-massively-multiplayer-online-racing-games</a></p>
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25581 | 1 | 25586 | 2011-02-10T05:27:10.557 | 3 | 1866 | <p>Basically, I have a quad-monitor wallpaper that I want to stretch across all of my workspaces (1 monitor), I have compiz manager installed, but can't seem to get the single image to fill the entire cube. How should I go about this?</p>
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25585 | 1 | 25711 | 2011-02-10T06:32:06.160 | 2 | 417 | <p>Is it Possible to? or is it an emesene problem?, is there a plug in or a workaround?</p>
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25590 | 1 | 25594 | 2011-02-10T07:32:54.890 | 5 | 7589 | <p>What is the best way to fix Ubuntu's Root file system permissions? </p>
<p>I was changing file permissions on a whole bunch of files that needed to be removed, I had accidentally changed the permissions for <code>/</code>, <code>/etc</code>, <code>/var</code>, <code>/home</code>, <code>/bin</code>, <code>/media</code> and all the files underneath. majority of them were changed to <code>0777</code>. All this because I added a space to <code>chmod</code> command that I was running.</p>
<p>Now I am running into issues with stuff not working correctly and unable to log into root with either <code>su</code> or <code>sudo</code>. So administration from the desktop is not possible, and trying to get into grubs OS selection is also impossible, because last upgrade for some reason turned it off the menu when it boots. Any kind of admin action is nearly impossible to do because of this.</p>
<p>Is there a script I can run in the root shell that will fix it or should I just re-install Ubuntu? Are there any other things that I can do to fix this other then changing each directory and file to the correct permissions?</p>
<p>I am currently running Ubuntu 10.10 64bit </p>
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25591 | 1 | 25601 | 2011-02-10T07:37:17.583 | 11 | 1678 | <p>If I am using the command line in xterm, gnome-terminal, etc., I can keep <code>sudo</code> from re-prompting for a password, within some limits, or I can disable it.</p>
<p>As a compromise between usability and security, I usually just want this re-querying wait-time lengthened.</p>
<p>By default, there is only a 15 minute grace-period after entering a sudo password before it prompts for it again. To change this to 45 minutes, I can edit <code>/etc/sudoers</code>, and set timestamp_timeout to the waiting period I want (in minutes) . </p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Mew6P.png" alt="sudoers file"></p>
<p>If I am within the same terminal session, and start a new shell (typing in <code>csh</code> or <code>bash</code>) the wait period is respected.</p>
<p>But if I go to another window to access the command line there, it will immediately ask for my password if I try to <code>sudo</code>. </p>
<p>Within the same pseudoterminal session (<code>pts</code>) (for example, if I spawn a new shell inside the same gnome-terminal window), the timeout is respected. </p>
<p>If I launch a new xterm, gnome-terminal, etc., I must enter credentials again. </p>
<p>Despite being the only user active on my home system (a single-user system), etc., sudo doesn't trust that all of my <code>pts</code> entries are from the same user: </p>
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<p>Is there a way to tell sudo that it should regard all the windows I open as coming from the same user, and to not ask again for my password if the last sudo timer hasn't expired?</p>
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25596 | 1 | 25600 | 2011-02-10T08:27:46.730 | 136 | 409267 | <p>I'm using Ubuntu Maverick and Virtual Box 3+. I have Windows 7 Ultimate. The problem is that it doesn't detect USB drives in Windows 7, but USB peripherals (mouse + keybord) are working.</p>
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"text": "@learner That's very strange, since `-aG` and `-a -G` should have the same effect when passed as options to `usermod`. Is it possible that instead you had not logged out and back in the first time, but had done so the second time?",
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"text": "@EliahKagan its been so many months so I have forgotten. But your explanation is the logical one so may be I have logged out and back the second time.",
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"text": "This pointed me in the right direction with my problem of defining the correct USB controller using a USB1-only compatible device in Vagrant, which is a VirtualBox configuration tool. The clue is that USB1.1 is ohci, USB2.0 is ehci and USB3.0 is xhci. Thanks!",
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"text": "It is **actively insane** the installing the extension pack doesn't prompt you to add users to the `vboxusers` group. I only install VirtualBox every 5-6 years. This has bitten me and cost me time the last two times now. Thank you for this answer.",
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"text": "\"Make sure your user is added to the vboxusers group\": While this is obvious to you, I hit a roadblock here. HOW do you do this? Is it on the host or the guest? No clue.",
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<p>How do I get it to work on Ubuntu?</p>
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25599 | 1 | 25612 | 2011-02-10T09:01:01.940 | 24 | 81555 | <p>How can I do it? I am trying it like this
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25602 | 1 | 25613 | 2011-02-10T09:15:23.240 | 1 | 3255 | <p>Bittorrent trackers are a bit of a mystery to me, but I do recall (a couple of years ago) that I managed to set up a MS Window bittorrent client (uTorrent) to make a private .torrent and then manage it (privately)... </p>
<p>I'd like to do the same with a Linux/Ubuntu program... and I'd prefer to stay with Upuntu repository options. </p>
<p>I want to <strong>be the tracker</strong>.. (not just make a "private" .torrent)</p>
<p>Update: in 'Deluge' terminology, it is called an <strong>embedded tracker</strong> (but Deluge doesn't have one)</p>
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"text": "It may(?) suit, but I'm running 10.04 and the repo only has v2.2.5-1.. The tracker is only available from v2.5.0 on.. (even 10.10 repos have only v2.4.3-0).. so you're on track (+1), but I'll hang out for another \"in the repo\" option... (and perhaps use this as a fallback if it is suitable for 10.04)....",
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"text": "#sagarchalise: I've taken the launchpad PPA route... I had quite a time getting it running .... I gradually isolated the problem to my router, so I phoned my ISP (they provided the router)... and I found out that they were port blocking by default... That may explain a few other problems I've been having! .. anyhow it was easily resolved and I've got all my ports back :).... and qBitTorrent' embedded tracker works fine... Dhanyavaad",
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25604 | 1 | null | 2011-02-10T09:35:17.547 | 0 | 675 | <p>I have Ubuntu 10.04, my laptop is ASUS k50ij, intel duo t3000, 2gb ram, 320 HDD, intel gma 4500M video card.</p>
<p>My problem is that a couple days ago my monitor had start blinking for a few seconds. Then it stops and begins the same behaviour let's say in next 2 hours. What am i missing here?</p>
<p>Another funny problem is that when i give more or less brightness to monitor the pop up window shows and giving "Power information: Laptop battery is charged". When my brightness is lower the blinking increases and vice versa.</p>
<p>thx for help</p>
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25605 | 1 | 25606 | 2011-02-10T09:36:34.300 | 14 | 12185 | <p>I often use Python 3000's interactive interpreter, but it's missing the convenience of tab-completion I'm used to from ipython, which isn't available for Python 3.x.</p>
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25609 | 1 | null | 2011-02-10T10:27:11.440 | 21 | 34774 | <p>I'm looking for an application similar to teamviewer to install on ubuntu 10.10.
I know that the teamviewer's staff has released a version for ubuntu, but I'd like to use something completely open.
Someone can help me?</p>
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25616 | 1 | 25663 | 2011-02-10T10:48:11.620 | 0 | 235 | <p>Probably like most of you, I am concerned about the privacy of Facebook. Some people suggested that I use the HTTPS address instead. Unfortunately, many links in the HTTPS page itself link back to HTTP. So I am wondering whether it is possible in Ubuntu to redirect any request to:</p>
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<p>This way I feel safer.</p>
<p>If you also know the solution for Windows, it might be great to share (probably as a comment to my question rather than answer, as this forum is supposed to be for Ubuntu) so that I can share it with friends.</p>
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25622 | 1 | 25632 | 2011-02-10T11:19:27.793 | 20 | 15128 | <p>This seems to be a problem with pulseaudio. I was logged in over VNC on my phone and started playing a video this caused X to crash (as sometimes happens). I restarted and suddenly the sound doesn't work.</p>
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<li><p>I have a Intel HDA/Realtek ALC889</p>
<pre><code>00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
</code></pre></li>
<li><code>alsamixer</code> is detecting this just fine.</li>
<li>PulseAudio doesn't detect this alsa device so is using <code>auto_null</code> as the default sink (logs below).</li>
<li>When I properly kill PulseAudio (tell it not to auto-start) direct ALSA communication with the sound card works just fine. <code>speaker-test</code>, for example, works. So the hardware and ALSA layers are fine IMO.</li>
<li>In the logs, it seems that the card might be "busy" but I really don't know how or why it would be now (and never before). Is there an ALSA lock file somewhere that it still there because of my crash?</li>
<li><p>I just ran <code>sudo fuser /dev/snd/*</code> and saw this:</p>
<pre><code>oli@bert:~$ sudo fuser /dev/snd/*
/dev/snd/controlC0: 1884
/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c: 1884m
/dev/snd/timer: 1884
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<p>A look at the process list (<code>ps aux | grep 1884</code>) tells me process 1884 is <code>arecord -c 1 -f S16_LE -r 8000 -t raw</code>. No idea what this is or why it's running.</p></li>
<li><p>When I try and kill <code>arecord</code> (as root), it just respawns and rebinds on the hardware.</p></li>
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<p>I'm in a very annoying situation where I don't know what is going on and don't know how to find out. I'm open to all suggestions to get this working again. Fire away.</p>
<p>And here's what I get when I stop PA auto-loading, kill it and then start it with <code>-vvvv</code>. </p>
<pre><code>oli@bert:~$ pulseaudio -vvvvv
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_NICE, (31, 31)) failed: Operation not permitted
I: main.c: setrlimit(RLIMIT_RTPRIO, (9, 9)) failed: Operation not permitted
D: core-rtclock.c: Timer slack is set to 50 us.
D: core-util.c: RealtimeKit worked.
I: core-util.c: Successfully gained nice level -11.
I: main.c: This is PulseAudio 0.9.21-63-gd3efa-dirty
D: main.c: Compilation host: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
D: main.c: Compilation CFLAGS: -g -O2 -g -Wall -O3 -Wall -W -Wextra -pipe -Wno-long-long -Winline -Wvla -Wno-overlength-strings -Wunsafe-loop-optimizations -Wundef -Wformat=2 -Wlogical-op -Wsign-compare -Wformat-security -Wmissing-include-dirs -Wformat-nonliteral -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Winit-self -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wfloat-equal -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-noreturn -Wshadow -Wendif-labels -Wcast-align -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -Wwrite-strings -Wno-unused-parameter -ffast-math -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fno-common -fdiagnostics-show-option
D: main.c: Running on host: Linux x86_64 2.6.38-rc3 #1 SMP Tue Feb 1 10:53:04 GMT 2011
D: main.c: Found 8 CPUs.
I: main.c: Page size is 4096 bytes
D: main.c: Compiled with Valgrind support: no
D: main.c: Running in valgrind mode: no
D: main.c: Running in VM: no
D: main.c: Optimised build: yes
D: main.c: All asserts enabled.
I: main.c: Machine ID is 8310740c4729ef474fe5ecec4bbf5a6b.
I: main.c: Session ID is 8310740c4729ef474fe5ecec4bbf5a6b-1297338553.571075-1050119523.
I: main.c: Using runtime directory /home/oli/.pulse/8310740c4729ef474fe5ecec4bbf5a6b-runtime.
I: main.c: Using state directory /home/oli/.pulse.
I: main.c: Using modules directory /usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules.
I: main.c: Running in system mode: no
I: main.c: Fresh high-resolution timers available! Enjoy ol' chap!
I: cpu-x86.c: CPU flags: CMOV MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4_1 SSE4_2
I: svolume_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized functions.
I: remap_mmx.c: Initialising MMX optimized remappers.
I: svolume_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized functions.
I: remap_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized remappers.
I: sconv_sse.c: Initialising SSE2 optimized conversions.
D: memblock.c: Using shared memory pool with 1024 slots of size 64.0 KiB each, total size is 64.0 MiB, maximum usable slot size is 65472
D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/oli/.pulse/8310740c4729ef474fe5ecec4bbf5a6b-device-volumes.tdb'
I: module-device-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/oli/.pulse/8310740c4729ef474fe5ecec4bbf5a6b-device-volumes'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-device-restore" (index: #0; argument: "").
D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/oli/.pulse/8310740c4729ef474fe5ecec4bbf5a6b-stream-volumes.tdb'
I: module-stream-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/oli/.pulse/8310740c4729ef474fe5ecec4bbf5a6b-stream-volumes'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-stream-restore" (index: #1; argument: "").
D: database-tdb.c: Opened TDB database '/home/oli/.pulse/8310740c4729ef474fe5ecec4bbf5a6b-card-database.tdb'
I: module-card-restore.c: Sucessfully opened database file '/home/oli/.pulse/8310740c4729ef474fe5ecec4bbf5a6b-card-database'.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-card-restore" (index: #2; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-augment-properties" (index: #3; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-udev-detect.so': success
D: module-udev-detect.c: /dev/snd/controlC0 is accessible: yes
D: module-udev-detect.c: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 is busy: yes
I: module-udev-detect.c: Found 1 cards.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-udev-detect" (index: #4; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-bluetooth-discover.so': success
D: dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus system bus ba7c9a1f90b3d49d930bca2100000015 as :1.62
D: bluetooth-util.c: dbus: interface=org.freedesktop.DBus, path=/org/freedesktop/DBus, member=NameAcquired
D: bluetooth-util.c: Bluetooth daemon is apparently not available.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-bluetooth-discover" (index: #5; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-esound-protocol-unix.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-esound-protocol-unix" (index: #6; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-native-protocol-unix" (index: #7; argument: "").
D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-gconf.so': success
I: module.c: Loaded "module-gconf" (index: #8; argument: "").
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default sink 'auto_null' not existant, not restoring default sink setting.
I: module-default-device-restore.c: Saved default source 'auto_null.monitor' not existant, not restoring default source setting.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-default-device-restore" (index: #9; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-rescue-streams" (index: #10; argument: "").
D: module-always-sink.c: Autoloading null-sink as no other sinks detected.
I: sink.c: Created sink 0 "auto_null" with sample spec s16le 6ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-left-of-center,front-center,front-right,front-right-of-center,rear-center
I: sink.c: device.description = "Dummy Output"
I: sink.c: device.class = "abstract"
I: sink.c: device.icon_name = "audio-card"
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: source.c: Created source 0 "auto_null.monitor" with sample spec s16le 6ch 44100Hz and channel map front-left,front-left-of-center,front-center,front-right,front-right-of-center,rear-center
I: source.c: device.description = "Monitor of Dummy Output"
I: source.c: device.class = "monitor"
I: source.c: device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
D: module-null-sink.c: Thread starting up
I: module.c: Loaded "module-null-sink" (index: #11; argument: "sink_name=auto_null sink_properties='device.description="Dummy Output"'").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-always-sink" (index: #12; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-intended-roles" (index: #13; argument: "").
D: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null becomes idle, timeout in 5 seconds.
I: module.c: Loaded "module-suspend-on-idle" (index: #14; argument: "").
I: client.c: Created 0 "ConsoleKit Session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1"
D: module-console-kit.c: Added new session /org/freedesktop/ConsoleKit/Session1
I: module.c: Loaded "module-console-kit" (index: #15; argument: "").
I: module.c: Loaded "module-position-event-sounds" (index: #16; argument: "").
D: dbus-util.c: Successfully connected to D-Bus session bus efbffc6788fad56cfd64d40c00000018 as :1.182
D: main.c: Got org.pulseaudio.Server!
I: main.c: Daemon startup complete.
I: client.c: Created 1 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
I: client.c: Created 2 "Native client (UNIX socket client)"
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Protocol version: remote 16, local 16
I: protocol-native.c: Got credentials: uid=1000 gid=1000 success=1
D: protocol-native.c: SHM possible: yes
D: protocol-native.c: Negotiated SHM: yes
D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for gnome-volume-control-applet
D: module-augment-properties.c: Looking for .desktop file for gnome-settings-daemon
D: core-subscribe.c: Dropped redundant event due to change event.
I: module-suspend-on-idle.c: Sink auto_null idle for too long, suspending ...
D: sink.c: Suspend cause of sink auto_null is 0x0004, suspending
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<p>Note the one section that seems to find the hardware but says it's busy (no idea if this is relevant).</p>
<pre><code>D: cli-command.c: Checking for existance of '/usr/lib/pulse-0.9.21/modules/module-udev-detect.so': success
D: module-udev-detect.c: /dev/snd/controlC0 is accessible: yes
D: module-udev-detect.c: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1b.0/sound/card0 is busy: yes
I: module-udev-detect.c: Found 1 cards.
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<p>Is it possible?</p>
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<p>Basically, imagine all those images being a single png file, how would I give it that curved effect?</p>
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25633 | 1 | 25645 | 2011-02-10T13:07:06.080 | 70 | 106112 | <p>I'm new to Ubuntu and recently started using it on my PC. I'm going to replace that PC with a new machine. I want to transfer my data and settings to the nettop. <strong>What aspects should I consider?</strong></p>
<p>Obviously I want to move my data over. <strong>What things am I missing if I only copy the entire home folder?</strong></p>
<p>This is a home pc (not corporate) so user rights and other security issues are not a concern, except that the files should be accessible on the new machine!</p>
<p>Please take into account that the new machine is a nettop that doesn't have an optical drive and doesn't allow me to hook the old SATA disk into it, so any data transfer must be handled via home network (I can have both the old and the new machine turned on and connected to the home LAN) and I have an USB thumbdrive with limited capacity (2GB).<br>
<em>This sounds like it might limit the general applicability, but it would in fact make it <strong>more</strong> general.</em></p>
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"text": "Absolutely excellent overview! Thank you also for the detailed explanation of the commands. Given that I only have one monitor, I'd like to set up both machines next to each other and use some kind of VNC to access the old machine. I'm sure I can quickly google a great guide for dummies - but perhaps can you recommend one?",
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"text": "I have not used other VNC other than the supplied application with Kubuntu (Krdc). If you do not need a GUI (like this copy process), just install `openssh-server` and you'll be able to connect with your machine by running `ssh your-username@192.168.1.2`. For remote *GUI* access, I do not use VNC as it's painfully slow, even over a (wireless) network. I recommend [X2go](http://www.x2go.org) for remote *GUI* control ([installation guide](http://wiki.x2go.org/installing_x2goserver-home_ubuntu)).",
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"text": "The source machine tells me:\n\"This is nc from the netcat-openbsd package. An alternative nc is available in the netcat-traditional package.\nusage: nc [-46DdhklnrStUuvzC] [-i interval] [-P proxy_username] [-p source_port] [-s source_ip_address] [-T ToS] [-w timeout] [-X proxy_protocol] [-x proxy_address[:port]] [hostname] [port[s]]\", the terminal prompt is visible again, and the target machine gets nothing. Am I doing something wrong?",
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"text": "@Daniel: The only thing you're doing wrong is to post your question as a comment. [Open a new question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) and link to this one.",
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"text": "Hi @Lekensteyn, I get many \"Cannot open\" and \"Cannot mkdir: no such file or directory\" ... Does the same apply when trying to do that on a VM (as guest) ?",
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"text": "result is I have many files with 0 size (empty)",
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"text": "@GeorgeKatsanos If you are not extracting your own home directory (or if you have abused sudo), then you may be unable to read some files. Be sure to execute the commands on the right machine (understand what the commands do!) and add sudo if necessary.",
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"text": "I don't think I have abused sudo... actually I used an rsync command that worked a lot faster (like 1/10th of the time) and only got one error.. all files copied, with proper permissions.. but I will verify on Monday exactly. Are you sure the fact that the destination is a VM has nothing to do with it?",
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"text": "could it be because rsync before copying made a connection and asked for the password of the user for the source machine? in constrast with netstat? I am just saying this to help folks who will try to do the same, maybe rsync should be a proposed as a faster and more modern solution?",
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"text": "@GeorgeKatsanos `rsync` works over SSH (or with a rsync daemon), that is the password that was asked. It is probably better for synchronization purposes where you already have part of the files. I would suggest to try both commands, `tar` has easier options than rsync (I often have to look up whether I need to add a trailing slash or not).",
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"text": "@Ubuntuit Use `rsync` if you have a unreliable network and are fine with transferring the home directory of your single user, try: `rsync -a /home/you/ you@otherhost:`. Pay attention to the trailing slash and note the colon. It copies the contents of you local home directory to the remote location (which starts in its home directory). The `-a` (`--archvive`) preserved mtimes, permissions, etc.",
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25635 | 1 | 26265 | 2011-02-10T13:09:05.087 | 3 | 1731 | <p>I would really like people to be able to use my locked computer to surf, so I would like some way to run a browser on login screen. So can I make GDM run Firefox in some way? It would be cooler if I could have a browser as a screensaver, but that seems a bit harder.</p>
<p>Please ignore all the security problems with this, if you let someone use your computer you have lost that race anyways. Though of course it would be nice to have a browser running as another user.</p>
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25643 | 1 | null | 2011-02-10T14:25:21.717 | 2 | 1096 | <p>Is there any way to sync the <em>Sent</em> folder in Evolution in Ubuntu One? Received items are updated from the mail server as I leave them there 7 days before deletion, but I need to keep my sent items on each computer too.</p>
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25644 | 1 | 25806 | 2011-02-10T14:31:01.110 | 8 | 14744 | <p>I'd like to know (programmatically) which window has current focus. Is there a window-manager independent way of discovering that?</p>
<p>Otherwise, how does one determine which window has focus in Compiz or Metacity?</p>
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"body": "<p>Well if you can ping something back to the shell:</p>\n\n<pre><code>xdpyinfo | grep focus\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Should work.</p>\n\n<p>Edit: For slightly cleaner output, try this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>xdpyinfo | grep -Eo 'window 0x[^,]+' | cut -d\" \" -f2\n</code></pre>\n",
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25646 | 1 | 25751 | 2011-02-10T14:38:03.587 | 4 | 17866 | <p>How to do a grep in a variable? I have stored the wget output in a variable and I need to extract out some strings from it.
Like the content of the variable is </p>
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<p>And how to actually grep in a variable?</p>
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25648 | 1 | 25652 | 2011-02-10T14:43:41.553 | 9 | 4192 | <p>I am interested in knowing which options are used to compile vim in the package "vim" as I am trying to compile vim from source on another system, not running Debian/Ubuntu, and would like it to work in a similar way.</p>
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"text": "So I will have to run it like so: ./script, as I have discovered. This is better than having to type \"bash\" each time, and it makes sense.\nI believe I knew this before, it just slipped my mind. Oh well, thanks!",
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"text": "In theory you can put the current working directory into the PATH variable so then you can use just \"script\" instead of \"./script\" but I warn you: this is really not a habit on UNIX systems and it can be a security problem! Also it's not nice in a school to learn things in a way which has never been the solution on UNIX systems, so I would avoid this solution ...",
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25655 | 1 | 25665 | 2011-02-10T15:19:29.120 | 11 | 30965 | <p>On my user folder, I have folders like <strong>D</strong> ropbox, <strong>D</strong> ocuments, <strong>D</strong> ownloads & <strong>d</strong> ump.</p>
<p><code>ls a*</code> should list all the files whose name starts with <code>a</code>. Right?
But when I gives the command <code>ls d*</code>, instead of just displaying <code>dump</code> it shows me the ls of dump directory. And When I gives the command as <code>ls D*</code>, then it displays ls of all foldes starting with <strong>D</strong></p>
<p>So what part did I miss in understand it?</p>
<p><strong>Edit:</strong> Attaching a screenshot
<img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/K37r6.png" alt="ls screenshot"></p>
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"text": "Thanks! That cleared my doubt. I did a `ls p*` and it showed up a file because it exists and a `ls P*` shows the _Pictures Public_ folder as there is no file starting with **P**. And when I created a directory named **poo**, it showed up on `ls p*`",
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25661 | 1 | null | 2011-02-10T15:57:37.290 | 2 | 7879 | <p>so I need to connect to a remote server. Remote server is running Debian, I am on Ubuntu Lucid -- and a noob in SSH.</p>
<p>I need a public key to connect to the remote server. The key has been created as a PuTTY Pageant File (.ppk). I used <code>putty-tools</code> to convert the .ppk key to Linux files (namely, <em>id_rsa</em> and <em>id_rsa.pub</em>). SSH works okay, but when I try to SCP a file terminal says :</p>
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Permission denied (publickey).
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<p>Also, it's not working using SFTP with FileZilla:</p>
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<p>How come it's working with SSH and not SCP? Thanks!</p>
<p>Edit: it's working now! Not really sure why... How is that passphrase system working with SSH? Does it keep the passphrase in th terminal's memory? This time I've connected to SSH in one terminal tab. I was prompted my passphrase, entered it and got in. Then on another terminal tab, I tried to scp a file and I've been asked the passphrase and it worked!....</p>
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25664 | 1 | 34721 | 2011-02-10T16:14:36.137 | 4 | 16008 | <p>I want to attempt some simple programs using MPI on my desktop which runs KUbuntu 10.04.2. Which MPI package should I install?</p>
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25668 | 1 | null | 2011-02-10T16:34:53.547 | 15 | 73430 | <p>Is it possible to install Ubuntu from the hard disk?</p>
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25670 | 1 | 25674 | 2011-02-10T16:51:10.217 | 2 | 4079 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicates:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4109/how-do-i-increase-resize-margin-on-windows">How do I increase resize Margin on windows?</a><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/25212/why-are-window-borders-so-hard-to-click-in-ambiance">Why are window borders so hard to click in Ambiance?</a> </p>
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<p>It seems like it's very difficult on this computer to get the mouse right at the corner of a window so that I can resize it. My other box seems much less sensitive. Is there a way to change that setting?</p>
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25671 | 1 | null | 2011-02-10T16:51:33.127 | 11 | 1994 | <p>Because I like Qt and Python, is there a Quickly template for PyQt similar to the PyGTK one?</p>
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25672 | 1 | null | 2011-02-10T16:51:56.737 | 3 | 727 | <p>I keep having problems with my GNOME panels. What I have done is moved both panels to the bottom of the screen and added a bunch of icons / widgets etc.</p>
<p>However I am finding often that when I login sometimes my panels have been restored to the default state with the icon panel at the top but with nothing other than the Firefox icon.
Also sometimes the panels are in the correct place but all the icons have been removed from at least one of the panels.</p>
<p>This is quite irritating as I seem to have to spend time setting my entire panel up again at least once every 2 days or so.
Also my wine applications (such as Spotify) used to be able to dock in the main notification area, now they are docked in a separate "wine dock" which hovers on the desktop, this is not really ideal as I prefer to keeps these in one place.</p>
<p>In my <code>$HOME/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers</code> folder there seems to be a bunch of symlinks which appear to be the icons that I would usually have on my panel, but they are not visible on the panel.</p>
<p>Other than this all my profile settings and application settings do not seem to have been lost or changed, just the panels.</p>
<p>I can't seem to find much evidence of anyone else having this problem and I've never had it before so I am confused as to why this has started happening and what I can do to prevent it.</p>
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