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<p>Installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a hard drive by itself (no windows). All updates are up to date. Everything`works fine except when I plug in a 320 gig Toshiba external hard drive....it is not recognized. When I plug in an 8 gig flash drive it is recognized no problem.</p> <p>What do I mean by "not recognized"? I mean: ho...
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2011-02-10T23:40:36.353
2011-03-02T20:25:32.680
External hard drive not recognized
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2012-02-20T23:25:21.667
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2011-02-10T18:27:01.157
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<p>I can seem to run scripts (.sh) with and without them being set as executable. So where exactly this matters?</p>
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2019-08-09T10:48:39.330
Can scripts run even when they are not set as executable?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Let's say you have the file <code>myscript</code> containing the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\necho \"Hello, World!\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you make this file executable and run it with <code>./myscript</code>, then the kernel will see that the first two bytes are <code...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Don't think of it in the way that. Can I execute this file? Think of it in the way that: Who can execute this file?</p>\n\n<p>If the computer is yours and the file is yours I am sure you can execute it. You might want to look further into commands like <a href=\"http://en.wik...
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25682
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2011-02-10T18:35:49.900
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<p>How would you go about choosing which graphics card to purchase. In the past I've run into situations with graphics cards whose drivers weren't that solid in Linux. </p>
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2011-02-10T23:27:29.140
2011-02-11T00:04:14.773
How to research graphics cards
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you want to know whether a video card is supported, you have two main guides. </p>\n\n<p>For free drivers, check the <a href=\"http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/Projects/Drivers?action=show&amp;redirect=VideoDrivers\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.org site's list</a> of supported card...
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25683
1
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2011-02-10T18:44:08.160
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<p>I'm using the OCR-utility of <em>OCRFeeder</em>. OCRFeeder is using the <em>tesseract</em>-engine. I have installed the several language-packs needed for tesseract. How can I set the language such that tesseract will use the right language-file for converting the scanned document into text?</p>
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2011-02-11T22:34:08.290
How can I specify the language to be used by Tesseract when using OCRFeeder
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need to setup the engine command line on OCR Feeder settings. It should look like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>-l lang_id $IMAGE $FILE; cat $FILE.txt\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Where lang_id is the id as shown on the correspondin language package name.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", ...
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25685
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2011-02-10T18:48:31.967
7
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<p>It seems that Nautilus doesn't have the usual headings under 11.04. I'm used to selecting <em>Edit > Preferences > Behavior</em> and then choosing single-click. How do we enable single-click in 11.04?</p>
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2017-11-21T06:02:43.793
2017-11-21T06:02:43.793
Enabling single click to open items in Nautilus
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sounds like it might be a bug. I'm installing Natty now, but in the meantime, it might be worth trying this. Press Alt-F2 to open a run dialogue and enter <code>gconf-editor</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Now scroll down to apps/nautilus/preferences and try altering the click policy the...
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25687
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2011-02-10T18:59:12.203
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/370/is-there-an-equivalent-to-windows-remote-assistance-ichat-screen-sharing">Is there an equivalent to Windows Remote Assistance/iChat screen sharing?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm using TeamViewer right now from ...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:28.223
2011-02-11T22:44:12.477
Free remote support applications?
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2011-06-05T20:26:30.660
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25692
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2011-02-10T19:27:14.617
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<p>I <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/02/suspended-sentence-becomes-first-post-release-app-to-land-in-ubuntu/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">keep reading</a> about an <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/8570/what-is-http-extras-ubuntu-com-repository-for">extras repository</a> for Ubuntu with new software that ...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:27.937
2012-05-23T15:50:40.530
How do I enable the "extras" repository?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This repository should be enabled by default and is only available for 10.10 and up.</p>\n<h1>Ubuntu Desktop</h1>\n<p>In the Software Center (Applications -&gt; Ubuntu Software Center) navigate to Edit -&gt; Software Sources...</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/I8bDk.png\"...
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25693
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2011-02-09T21:52:49.397
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<p>When I use apt to get a package, I have been receiving the same error message. Here is an example trying to install wicd (which is already installed):</p> <pre><code> Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... wicd is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installe...
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2012-08-15T05:22:51.240
dpkg behaving strangely?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It looks like you are missing <a href=\"https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/texlive-base\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">texlive-base <img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-small\" alt=\"Install texlive-base\"></a>.</p>\n\n<p>You can install it in the Software Center from ...
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2011-02-10T19:34:34.650
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<pre><code>Boot from (hd0,0) ext3 238ac8ca-9576-443d-8e23-8dd836cd2683 Starting up ... mount: mounting /dev/disk/by-uuid/238ac8ca-9576-443d-8e23-8dd836cd2683 on /root failed: Invalid argument mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: No such file or directory mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: No such file or ...
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2011-02-10T23:44:35.880
2020-08-19T13:42:35.670
Initramfs error during boot
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Boot loader tries to boot from a partition which is not a correct linux root.\nWould you please provide more information?How did it happen?</p>\n\n<p>If it happened after an unexpected shutdown (just a guess) maybe file system check can help you: <a href=\"http://members.iine...
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2011-02-10T19:56:03.317
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<p>I use two computers, a Linux one for coding and building and a Windows one which has the programming application to load the built program onto the hardware. Both computers have access to a network drive which I use to pass the files from Linux to Windows.</p> <p>My problem is, that every time I build I have to cop...
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2011-02-10T20:32:54.010
2011-02-10T21:27:22.407
How can I make a permanently updated copy of a file in a different place to the original file?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Many options come to mind but here are two.</p>\n\n<p>1) Work directly from files on the actual network share. (I personally would use NFS on the nix machine and tell the coding app on the Win7 machine to open / save all the working files on that mapped drive)</p>\n\n<p>2) Dr...
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2011-02-10T20:19:10.577
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<p>I have paired my nokia 3110c via bt on my pc, I can receive a file from my pc to the phone, but I can not browse the contents of phone from my computer. Here is the error message</p> <pre><code>Error: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus secu...
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2011-02-15T14:45:41.517
2011-02-15T14:45:41.517
Error : Could not display "obex://" when paired with a Nokia 3110c
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have solved the problem, or rather say found the reason behind the problem.</p>\n\n<p>The main reason behind this problem was battery level, </p>\n\n<p>(Guess) if the battery level reaches below some point, the device doesn't recognize or process the request sent by the machine and...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Most likely you will need to debug <code>obex-data-server</code>.</p>\n\n<p>You can install <code>qt4-dev-tools</code>, launch <code>qdbusviewer</code> and search for \"obex\" in the session bus. If it doesn't find anything, launch <code>obex-data-server</code> from terminal....
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25707
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25718
2011-02-10T20:47:29.440
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<p>I reinstalled my desktop machine with Ubuntu 10.10., coming from Gentoo where I used XFCE. My home is usually NFS-mounted from a server. During the install I let the installer set up my user, but of course my NFS-home wasn't mounted then; I have a regular /home/user now.</p> <p>If I <code>mv /home /home.old</code> ...
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2011-02-10T20:51:33.327
2011-02-10T21:32:59.370
Merge home directory after fresh installation with existing (Gentoo) home
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well, I guess .gnome2 and .gnome2_private and similar. However, if I were you, I would create a new user (with empty home) to log into gnome. Then you can check the new user's home and you will clearly see what kind of directories are created so you will know what you need copy then....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well, I guess .gnome2 and .gnome2_private and similar. However, if I were you, I would create a new user (with empty home) to log into gnome. Then you can check the new user's home and you will clearly see what kind of directories are created so you will know what you need co...
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25713
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25715
2011-02-10T21:17:22.720
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<p>I have postgresql 8.4 installed on my desktop. It keeps starting on bootup because I think I used default settings. </p> <p>so I issue <code>/etc/init.d/postgresql stop</code> everytime and sometimes i keep forgetting</p> <p>It has folder paths as,</p> <pre><code>/etc/postgresql/8.4/main /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4 <...
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2017-05-24T11:05:55.607
2019-06-23T19:29:24.253
How to stop postgres from autostarting during start up
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This can help you: <a href=\"http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/how-to-remove-postgresql-from-startup-481963/#post2417585\">http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/how-to-remove-postgresql-from-startup-481963/#post2417585</a></p>\n\n<p>But install...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This can help you: <a href=\"http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/how-to-remove-postgresql-from-startup-481963/#post2417585\">http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-general-1/how-to-remove-postgresql-from-startup-481963/#post2417585</a></p>\n\n<p>But...
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25714
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25721
2011-02-10T21:20:49.143
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<p>How to add a contextual menu item to .psd files in Nautilus? The menu item would execute a script and pass it the path of the file.</p>
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2017-02-24T06:02:56.330
How to add a contextual menu item to .psd files in Nautilus?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/nautilus-actions\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">nautilus-actions</a>. This lets you add items to the context menu.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Open <strong>System>Preferences>Nautilus Actions...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>if you want Gnome-wide action on particular MIME type of file (within your login), you make right mouse click on one of those files icon in Nautilus, choose \"Open with Other Application...\" and in dialog popped up, make open edit window \"Use a custom command\" at bottom, t...
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25717
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25722
2011-02-10T21:31:52.990
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<p>How to enable the backports repository so I can get newer versions of software?</p>
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2014-12-15T19:36:40.257
2018-10-04T08:24:07.323
How do I enable the "backports" repository?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ubuntu Backports are enabled by default in Ubuntu.</p>\n\n<p>If for some motive you still don't get the backports use any of these 2 ways:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Click the Ubuntu button on the launcher and search for \"Software Sources\". Search for \"Software\" if using 12.04+.</p></li...
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25723
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25744
2011-02-10T21:51:39.833
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<p>This is similar to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18222/how-to-prevent-system-applications-like-the-software-center-from-asking-for-pas">How to prevent system applications (like the Software Center) from asking for password?</a> However that solution does not work for Synaptic Package Manager in 10.04.</p>...
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2017-04-13T12:23:07.557
2018-01-26T20:05:36.867
How to prevent Synaptic Package Manager from asking for password?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Software Centre falls on PolicyKit for its permissions. This allows the fine grain permissions you've seen. Synaptic does not. Like the command line tools, it needs to run as root.</p>\n\n<p>The most simple way to allow a user access to it without having to type their password is...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Software Centre falls on PolicyKit for its permissions. This allows the fine grain permissions you've seen. Synaptic does not. Like the command line tools, it needs to run as root.</p>\n\n<p>The most simple way to allow a user access to it without having to type their pas...
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25724
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25726
2011-02-10T21:51:57.117
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<p>I am transferring from 8.10 to 10.10. I was wondering what is the difference between Ubuntu Software Centre and Synaptic Package Manager in 10.10? For what kinds of things do I need to go which? </p> <p>Thanks!</p>
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2011-02-10T23:46:51.943
2016-07-30T18:04:50.067
What is the difference between Ubuntu Software Centre and Synaptic Package Manager?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Both of them are package managers. Software center is simple to use, but synaptic is more complicated and provides more options (more details about packages for example). Synaptic will be removed from Ubuntu soon (but still available to install) since software center can do the work ...
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2011-02-10T21:55:14.863
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<p>My laptop's battery performance is awful. I can get about an hour and a half out of it, so I've been looking for some ways to boost the power efficiency of my laptop.</p> <p>I saw the tip to enable this:</p> <pre><code>echo 1 &gt; /sys/devices/system/cpu/sched_mc_power_savings </code></pre> <p>But it does not exi...
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2011-02-17T22:21:14.260
2011-05-08T12:41:31.247
What happened to sched_mc_power_savings
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This seems to be part of <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man8/laptop-mode.conf.8.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">laptop_mode (Ubuntu man page)</a>: <code>sudo apt-get install laptop-mode-tools</code></p>\n\n<p><code>more /etc/laptop-mode/conf.d/sched-mc-power-savings.conf...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Same for me! I have read that for somebody recompiling the kernel with the right processor family (core 2 instead of standard) resolved that problem (see <a href=\"http://www.linux-solved.com/post/Solved-Missing-sys-devices-system-cpu-sched-mc-power-savings-61510.html\" rel=\...
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25727
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25741
2011-02-10T22:02:33.660
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<p>I'm trying build the Android source using these packages. ButI am getting this error:</p> <pre><code>$ sudo apt-get install git-core gnupg flex bison gperf build-essential zip curl zlib1g-dev gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6-dev-i386 lib32ncurses5-dev ia32-libs x11proto-core-dev libx11-dev lib32readline5-dev lib32z...
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2011-02-11T02:56:03.703
2011-02-11T14:43:37.650
How do I install the build dependencies for Android?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I believe that the android.com page is a little out of date. There are a lot of different workarounds that are floating around the net. I'll try to summarize what worked for me. </p>\n\n<p>Two helpful, if imperfect, pages are located here: </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.crashcou...
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25732
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2011-02-10T22:39:58.263
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<p>I notice when I do:</p> <pre> sudo update-initramfs -u </pre> <p>With the latest kernel release (2.6.38) I get the following warning messages:</p> <pre> update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-3-generic-pae W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169 W: Possible ...
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2011-08-10T01:24:10.157
2015-07-09T20:11:25.710
Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8168d-2.fw for module r8169 with 2.6.38 kernel
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>take a look at this PPA... it has updated firmware packages:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~chasedouglas/+archive/linux-firmware\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://launchpad.net/~chasedouglas/+archive/linux-firmware</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://launch...
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25739
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2011-02-10T23:43:30.377
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<p>Is there a way to force DVDs to be auto-mounted using the "unhide" option by default? Currently, in order to see hidden files on a DVD that Ubuntu has auto-mounted, I have to unmount it and then re-mount manually like this:</p> <pre><code>sudo mount -t udf -o ro,unhide /dev/cdrom ~/cdrom0/ </code></pre>
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2011-02-10T23:58:28.927
2011-10-18T06:53:12.587
Force DVDs to be auto-mounted using "unhide" option by default?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Use a text editor (not a word processor!) and edit the file /etc/fstab (note you need to be root or use sudo to do this.)</p>\n\n<p>One of the lines should concern the DVD/CD, something like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 ...
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25742
1
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2011-02-10T23:58:00.727
3
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<p>Some of the items in the Wine menu are given a prefix that is their entire path.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZFzEi.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>The items that don't have the long prefix seem to work fine, but those that do, don't respond to the Properties button or double-click in...
9215
235
2011-02-11T00:00:55.243
2011-02-11T00:00:55.243
Why is this happening with the wine menu?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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2012-02-21T22:08:42.327
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25745
1
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2011-02-11T00:35:15.713
19
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<p>Recently VLC has been having issues displaying video in fullscreen mode. AFAIK, nothing has changed with the video card drivers and it's certainly the same version of VLC. (/me shakes a fist at the repository maintainers)</p> <p>This has worked without issue in the past. In fact, I've had as many as 6 instances o...
80
-1
2017-04-13T12:37:16.607
2015-11-24T08:39:07.060
VLC will sometimes have issues displaying video in fullscreen.
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In <code>Tools</code> > <code>Preferences</code> > <code>Video</code> > <code>Output</code> change the Default to X11, save and restart vlc.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2013-08-20T04:21:19.843", "id": "426457", ...
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25746
1
25749
2011-02-11T01:12:04.350
10
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4662/where-is-the-x-org-config-file-how-do-i-configure-x-there">Where is the X.org config file? How do I configure X there?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm trying to get my video card properly setup to handle 3D acce...
10556
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:27.937
2011-02-11T11:56:29.493
/etc/X11/xorg.conf doesn't exist?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You COULD create your own xorg.conf by typing in a tty (not running gdm) the following:</p>\n\n<p><code>X -configure</code></p>\n\n<p>That will create a file called <strong>xorg.conf.new</strong></p>\n\n<p>To test the file type <code>X -config xorg.conf.new</code></p>\n\n<p>If you ca...
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null
null
2011-02-11T14:19:48.037
null
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25747
1
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2011-02-11T01:17:00.840
11
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<p>I have both KDE and GNOME desktop environments installed on Ubuntu 10.10. When I add the entry <code>OnlyShowIn=GNOME;</code> in a .desktop file, the application doesn't appear in the KDE menu.</p> <p>However, when I add <code>OnlyShowIn=KDE;</code> the file still appears in the GNOME menu. Does anyone know why thi...
10606
3037
2011-02-11T07:53:50.387
2020-06-19T03:24:43.850
Why doesn't GNOME respect OnlyShowIn=KDE; in .desktop files?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't know about the whole Gnome story but you could use this in the meanwhile:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://linux-apps.com/content/show.php/Gnome+Menu+Extended+(Debian+Package)?content=73515\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Gnome Menu Extended (Debian package)</a></p>\n<p>There's...
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25748
1
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2011-02-11T01:17:16.227
2
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<p>Yesterday my WUBI/Vista installation was working fine. I shut it down at the train station, all good then when I attempted to boot Ubuntu at home I got a message saying the UUID for root could not be found. By booting with the Ubuntu live CD I found that the <code>C:\ubuntu\disks</code> folder stat structure was bro...
null
3037
2011-02-11T07:59:17.353
2011-02-11T07:59:17.353
WUBI installation can no longer boot, UUID disk not found
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
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2011-12-01T13:19:21.840
null
user10607
25750
1
74723
2011-02-11T01:53:42.347
2
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<p>I just tried out using the Ubuntu One Contacts app for Android. First I imported all the contacts from my phone, SIM-card and Google mail account, then I spent quite a while removing duplicates which got imported. Then I tried to sync it for the first time.</p> <p>The strange thing is that I also got all the contac...
10609
3037
2011-02-11T08:01:49.550
2011-11-02T11:18:20.430
When syncing, removed contacts still show up (One contacts)
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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null
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25753
1
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2011-02-11T03:43:21.747
4
1474
<p>My Ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop Lenovo T400 is not able to suspend or hibernate. </p> <p>Whenever I click Suspend or Hibernate, </p> <ul> <li>the moon LED on the bottom of the lid flashes a few seconds, the screen quickly shows something like "some devices fail to suspend, error 5",</li> <li>and then the moon LED goe...
1471
1471
2011-02-11T04:23:05.893
2011-10-15T14:32:12.747
Not able to suspend or hibernate
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What graphics adapter do you have? The proprietary drivers for nVidia and ATI sometimes do not play well with ACPI suspend mode.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-11T04:24:01.710", "id": "28193", "postI...
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25754
1
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2011-02-11T03:44:22.307
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/24187/support-trendnet-tew-643pi-wireless-n-network-card">Support TrendNet TEW-643PI Wireless N network card</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I've unstalled Ubuntu, but I can't connect to my wireless network.</p> <p>I ha...
null
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.310
2011-02-11T08:05:19.797
Wireless network card not working (Trendnet TEW-643pi)
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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null
0
2012-03-12T19:03:45.567
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user10610
25759
1
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2011-02-11T05:54:47.897
5
10262
<p>Currently, whenever I insert a CD or DVD into my DVD drive, it mounts to a location such as <code>/media/&lt;LABEL&gt;</code>, where <code>&lt;LABEL&gt;</code> is the arbitrary label assigned to the optical disc.</p> <p>I remember, once upon a time, CD and DVD media being reliably located at /media/cdrom0 or someth...
2186
null
null
2012-12-14T07:13:21.717
Auto-mount CD/DVD drive to single, specific mount point every time?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you have one cdrom drive, add this line to your /etc/fstab:</p>\n\n<p><code>/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0</code></p>\n\n<p>Make sure you edit it as root. Ie: <code>gksudo gedit /etc/fstab</code> or <code>sudo nano /etc/fstab</code>.</p>...
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25761
1
25835
2011-02-11T06:38:04.793
2
2344
<p>I updated my system using the Update Manager and now I am getting a "Broken Package" error.</p> <p>I went into Synaptic Package Manager and clicked on <em>Fix Broken Packages</em> but then I got this error:</p> <pre><code>E: /var/cache/apt/archives/dockmanager_0.1.0~bzr80-0ubuntu1~10.10~dockers1_i386.deb: trying t...
2910
16835
2016-07-14T02:52:59.780
2016-07-14T04:21:07.800
Broken package error after updating
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>...And here is the fix -- <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/fix-dpkg-error-trying-to-overwrite-x.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/fix-dpkg-error-trying-to-overwrite-x.html</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "201...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First, remove the faenza-icon-theme package:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get purge faenza-icon-theme\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now, try to reinstall the dockmanager.</p>\n\n<p>You can also try to run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install -f\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": ...
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25764
1
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2010-09-13T20:00:49.100
7
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<p>I'm dual booting W7 and Ubuntu (installed from Wubi). I've had it up and running a few times but today I'm getting a message from Windows Boot Manager when I select Ubuntu that wubildr.mbr is missing or corrupt. Any help would be greatly appreciated. </p>
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2011-02-13T19:29:58.197
2014-04-07T19:42:28.847
wubildr.mbr missing or corrupt
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-15T01:33:25.247", "id": "4229", "postId": "25764", "score": "0", "text": "Is Ubuntu on the same drive as Windows, or external? Are you using anything special on your disk, such as encryption or RAID?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2224" }, { "cre...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is a general problem that happens with WUBI.Since Ubuntu is installed to a file inside windows partition,it becomes susceptible to corruptions that generally happen in Windows.You can reinstall Ubuntu but I recommend a full install.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "co...
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creade
25767
1
null
2011-02-11T08:11:06.557
2
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/9922/how-do-i-disable-the-home-encryption-offered-during-install">How do I disable the Home encryption offered during install?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have installed Ubuntu as a virtual machine on my Windows ma...
9025
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-02-11T08:27:33.990
How to get rid of home data encryption?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-11T13:23:36.340", "id": "28257", "postId": "25767", "score": "1", "text": ".ecryptfs is using the same amount of space as your home folder because it is your (actual) home folder. The data is not duplicated. ~/.ecryptfs contains the encrypted files, and ubuntu mounts i...
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2011-06-05T20:27:03.530
null
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25768
1
25803
2011-02-11T08:14:29.370
13
19660
<p>I know it's the compose key, and I set it to right <kbd>Alt</kbd> and I set the "3rd level" option to the <kbd>Shift</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd>, but I can't figure out for the life of me for example how to do the copyright symbol, or the registered mark, or trademark symbol, etc. I try alt then c but I get č.</p>
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2014-03-25T13:15:20.103
2017-07-09T16:03:17.730
Typing special character ©/copyright?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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25769
1
25773
2011-02-11T08:25:24.673
18
844
<p>The <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu">Ubuntu wiki</a> describes the "sections" of the official Ubuntu repositories as follows:</p> <blockquote> <p>Main - Officially supported software. </p> <p>Restricted - Supported software that is not available under a completely free lice...
866
1067
2011-02-11T10:15:19.923
2011-06-30T13:54:05.720
Why do we have non-free software in the official repositories?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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25772
1
25776
2011-02-11T08:43:45.767
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<p>Not long ago, <a href="http://www.canonical.com/content/canonical-releases-world%E2%80%99s-most-comprehensive-date-component-catalog-linux" rel="nofollow">Canonical published a database of supported components for Ubuntu</a>, and I noticed, that my video card Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] have full supp...
10623
235
2011-02-12T20:56:49.983
2011-04-14T10:40:20.060
Manhattan [Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series] support on 10.10
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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25775
1
null
2011-02-11T08:58:14.697
0
1068
<p>3 vertical dots appears instead of Network Manager applet in Panel. I can connect to ethernet but I'm not able to connect to my wireless network. I tried to add/remove the Notification area from the Panel, but nothing helps.</p>
null
1067
2011-02-11T09:02:55.003
2012-03-07T15:48:37.137
Network Manager disappeared
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There are 3 possible solutions for this problem,</p>\n\n<p>I prefer to take a look at: </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntugeek.com/possible-solutions-to-fix-the-missing-network-manager-icon-in-ubuntu-9-10.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ubuntugeek.com/possible-solutions...
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user10625
25778
1
null
2011-02-11T09:26:38.417
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<p>I've two interfaces: eth0 and wlan0 on a notebook.</p> <p>Possible use cases:</p> <ul> <li>eth0 grants me Internet access, and wlan0 is currently connected to a router which does not have Internet-connectivity. For development purposes, I need to connect to the wlan0 by default, but use eth0 for surfing</li> <li>e...
6969
6969
2011-02-11T20:36:56.770
2014-09-17T15:24:01.397
How can an application (like Firefox) be forced to use a certain network interface?
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=7550769&amp;postcount=5\" rel=\"nofollow\">Here</a> is a sample solution. It uses SOCKS server, setup on current machine to route coneections. Each application should be configured to use each server.</p>\n", "commentCount"...
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25779
1
null
2011-02-11T09:32:36.827
3
4689
<p>I'm sshing into my friends machine and I'm wondering how would i launch a GNOME session over SSH? I need to open a web browser on his machine to view something which can only be done from his hostname. What's the easiest way to achieve this via SSH?</p>
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null
null
2011-02-11T10:54:05.550
Launch a GNOME session in a Ubuntu machine I'm SSH'd into?
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>try <code>ssh -X user@hostname</code>. When you then get the prompt you can just type in <code>firefox</code> or any X application on the remote machine and pipe the visual output to your machine.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDat...
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25785
1
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2011-02-11T09:53:52.823
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<p>Will there be a way to disable auto-hide behavior of global application menu in Unity. While I would prefer to have this behavior disabled by default (as it is bad UX), it looks like it's here to stay, so I'm wondering if, as a user, I will be able to turn it off.</p>
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787506
2018-04-13T18:53:10.520
2018-04-13T18:53:10.520
Can auto-hide for the application menu be turned off in Unity?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The is suggested in the following bug.\nAs a user you can vote for it.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/732653\">Menus are hidden by default </a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense"...
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25786
1
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2011-02-11T10:04:52.937
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<p><strong>I would like to deactivate the amplification feature on my sound volume slider.</strong> Using any amplification makes the sound really bad with clipping sounds taking over.</p> <p>It's really annoying to have to worry about where the amplification starts/stops when adjusting the slider from my keyboard or ...
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null
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2023-07-15T18:34:52.567
Deactivate volume amplification?
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8
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Actually, you CAN slide all the way up: when using the indicator applet icon, the max slider IS 100% <strong><em>unamplified</em></strong></p>\n\n<p>To raise it <em>ABOVE</em> 100% (ie, to use <em>amplified</em> levels), you must go Sound Preferences.</p>\n\n<p>So, when using the app...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I always install the pulse audio volume control its official name is \"pavucontrol\", available in the software centre. With Music player playing adjust the playback volume. I find 80% improves the sound as it appears most players, always set their outputs at 100% and this di...
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25788
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25801
2011-02-11T10:17:03.040
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<p>I have a Samsung Galaxy 5, but the <a href="https://one.ubuntu.com/phones/" rel="nofollow">Ubuntu One phone page</a> reports it as "Other/Unspecified"? How do I add my phone's information?</p>
10609
711
2011-02-11T11:53:02.240
2011-02-11T11:56:15.480
Why does the Ubuntu One website report my phone as "My Phone: Other/Unspecified"?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That phone information page is merely to give you the right instructions for enabling contact sync on your phone, and the database (which we get from funambol) is by no means complete. Given that you're seeing that page for the first time with your phone already there, it means that ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That phone information page is merely to give you the right instructions for enabling contact sync on your phone, and the database (which we get from funambol) is by no means complete. Given that you're seeing that page for the first time with your phone already there, it mea...
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25789
1
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2011-02-11T10:19:54.813
5
1969
<p>Cramming window controls and window title into the top panel, doesn't really appeal to me, since it looks like it's a permanent fixture, I'm wondering if there is a way to disable this behavior.</p>
10629
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2011-11-06T18:55:16.103
2012-01-29T20:33:15.353
Is there a way to remove maximized window controls/title from top panel in Unity
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4
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-02T06:09:38.777", "id": "166003", "postId": "25789", "score": "0", "text": "I'm feeling the same pain. I've opened a bug report here, hoping it will get addressed in 11.10 : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/775346", "userDisplayName": null, ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I suppose you could uninstall indicator-appmenu but I've not tried that and removing it is not really a supported configuration in 11.04.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-28T16:37:47.057", "id": "41636", ...
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25790
1
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2011-02-11T10:29:09.547
4
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<p>I just got known that GTK+ 3.0.0 <a href="http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-list/2011-February/msg00031.html" rel="nofollow">has been released</a>.</p> <ul> <li><p>Will Ubuntu 10.10/11.04 come with runtime libraries for GTK+ 3.0? Are these installed by default?</p></li> <li><p>Will Ubuntu have development librari...
4772
235
2011-02-11T19:59:29.843
2011-12-30T15:08:28.797
When will Ubuntu migrate to GTK+ 3.0?
[ "gtk" ]
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-07T11:43:36.980", "id": "32641", "postId": "25790", "score": "0", "text": "how can i know abt the gtk version which ubuntu does have during installation...and do nautilus use gtk..??? \r\n\r\nin what IDE nautilus is written..?", "userDisplayName": "user11965", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It will be available in Natty (11.04):\n<a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gtk+3.0</a></p>\n\n<p>Apart from that fact I'm not sure if it is a good idea to rush to a recent version of a library in your...
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25793
1
25810
2011-02-11T10:40:07.603
3
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<p>Since Opera now support extensions and I use it for my daily use (great integration of Torrent downloader, browser and mail application), will there be an extension or is there any instructions on how to sync clients with Opera and Ubuntu One?</p>
10609
3037
2011-02-11T11:22:59.283
2011-02-11T13:24:54.670
Will there be an Ubuntu One sync extension for the Opera browser?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>We don't currently have plans to bring contacts sync to Opera, but if someone is interested in building an extension to do that I am happy to provide all the Ubuntu One information that would be needed to do so! If you, or someone you find, wants to make Opera a better citizen on the...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I know opera does have its own mechanism for sync, or do you need Ubuntu One specific and opera's own is not acceptable choice for you?</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T01:13:41.417", "id": "28405...
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25794
1
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2011-02-11T10:41:49.800
-1
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<p>I am in server 1. I need to remotely login to server 2 from server 1. Now from server 2 I will run a script that will scp some file to server3.</p> <p>I need to write a script in server 1 that will will automatically remote login from server 1 i.e. it reads password of user@server2 from some file or i can echo pass...
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1165986
2023-01-27T21:07:40.673
2023-01-27T21:07:40.673
Automation of remote login such that password of remote machine is read from somewhere
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1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>By using ssh and scp you can use key based authentication instead of passwords. Then you can make this \"automated\" without user interaction which would be the case with password authentication. Some hits about this topic with google:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.debuntu.o...
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2014-04-18T02:00:24.983
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user10631
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1
25804
2011-02-11T11:26:52.353
6
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<p>I was just at a lecture, where I noticed the lecturer using a command (probably aliased) to jump to a specific folder.</p> <p>Example:</p> <pre><code>~/code$ j sciproj ~/projects/sciproj2011/$ </code></pre> <p>This looked quite slick, so I started wondering:</p> <p>Is this a standard utility, and if so, what is ...
9506
null
null
2014-08-27T16:15:02.083
Quick path jumping
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As an addition to sagarchalise's comment:</p>\n\n<p>It's in natty: <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/autojump\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://packages.ubuntu.com/natty/autojump</a></p>\n\n<p>Should work in older releases as well.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>How about this?</p>\n\n<pre><code>function j() { for dir in ~/projects/$@*; do if [ -d $dir ]; then cd \"$dir\"; fi; done ;}\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It finds the nearest possible match. So say I have a dir listing like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>~/projects/\n~/projects/apples/\n~/p...
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25800
1
25807
2011-02-11T11:46:00.883
0
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<p>i have a pc with dual boot - "windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10". is it possible to run my windows 7 through Ubuntu login? if possible what app should i have and please give my instructions to install and use it. thank you.</p>
6698
7035
2011-06-07T02:47:53.087
2011-06-07T02:47:53.087
How to run preinstalled Windows 7 through Ubuntu logged in system?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Though I am not a windows user, I guess you can do something similar with some kind of virtualization technology. I guess some desktop virtualization software like VirtualBox (or vmware, etc) can be used. However you may have got problems that you want to run the preinstalled windows...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Though I am not a windows user, I guess you can do something similar with some kind of virtualization technology. I guess some desktop virtualization software like VirtualBox (or vmware, etc) can be used. However you may have got problems that you want to run the preinstalled...
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25811
1
25812
2011-02-11T13:28:28.767
24
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<p>Is there a way to make Chrome/Chromium's notifications use notify-osd instead of the ugly boxes it uses by default?</p>
9494
41
2011-02-16T19:46:16.037
2016-09-09T23:48:33.027
Chrome desktop notifications use notify-osd?
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4
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yeah: <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/chromify-osd\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Chromify-OSD</a>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/QJx1C.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>This can be installed from the <a href=\"https://chrome.google.com/webstore/de...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yeah: <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/chromify-osd\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Chromify-OSD</a>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/QJx1C.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>This can be installed from the <a href=\"https://chrome.google.com/web...
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25813
1
25816
2011-02-11T13:49:42.850
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87644
<p>When i use the cp or move command in a terminal window, i'm currently with bash in a certain folder like this.</p> <pre><code>NES@server:~/Desktop/dir1$ </code></pre> <p>And now i wanna copy a file from here <code>~/anotherdir/dir2</code> into the current chosen folder in bash (dir1) i would use the command</p> <...
7155
8844
2011-02-11T15:49:26.447
2021-11-23T14:31:07.983
Commandline shortcut for current directory similar to ~ for home directory?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your current directory is <code>.</code> . So, <code>cp /foo/fam/foo .</code> copies the file to your current directory.</p>\n\n<p>The analogous construction for \"one directory up,\" or the parent directory of your current working directory, is two dots, i.e., <code>..</code> . (Th...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use $(pwd), it will resolve to the output from the pwd command.</p>\n\n<p>Example:</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo $(pwd)\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-11T15:52:13.053", "id": "28293", "po...
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25822
1
25831
2011-02-11T14:25:33.913
1
8712
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6200/how-do-i-open-visio-files">How do I open Visio files?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Can anyone suggest a program which can open MS Visio .vsd files for editing in Ubuntu?</p>
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2013-11-29T17:01:48.893
viewing/editing .vsd files in ubuntu
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As far as I know (and I've researched this for somebody else before), there are no desktop apps that can open Visio VSDs on Linux. Even Visio under Wine seems to struggle.</p>\n\n<p>However, there is <a href=\"http://www.zamzar.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zamzar</a>. It's a webservice th...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As far as I know (and I've researched this for somebody else before), there are no desktop apps that can open Visio VSDs on Linux. Even Visio under Wine seems to struggle.</p>\n\n<p>However, there is <a href=\"http://www.zamzar.com/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Zamzar</a>. It's a webse...
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2011-02-11T16:44:49.067
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25823
1
null
2011-02-11T14:29:21.117
6
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<p>i.e. i have a file called Porträt.pdf.</p> <p>But the filename was created with a charsets which isn't properly shown in ubuntu like the following example.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/PvLOc.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>What would be the best practice to rename such chars in filen...
7155
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null
2013-05-09T00:55:02.970
Best practice to replace unknown chars from unknown charsets in filenames?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I guess that modern OSes often chooses UTF-8 for encoding file names. In this sense it's not a problem to have non-US characters in the file names. What you have experienced is probably the result of a file name which was created with non-UTF-8 encoding. It's quite hard to te...
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25826
1
25827
2011-02-11T14:55:05.483
1
1963
<p>I run a command from my computer:</p> <pre><code>ssh user@server-name "df -hP | egrep '(/home|/cors)'" </code></pre> <p>the problem is that i get 3 more rows:</p> <pre><code>tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified tput: No value for $TERM and no -T specified /etc/bash.bashrc.local: line 9: HISTSIZE: readonly...
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2011-02-11T16:28:33.357
Execute commands on remote computer
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You say you <strong><em>also</em></strong> get these rows, so I assume you get the output you want, along with these stderr messages. You could just redirect the stderr parts to <code>/dev/null</code> like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh user@server-name \"df -hP | egrep '(/home|/cors)' ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You say you <strong><em>also</em></strong> get these rows, so I assume you get the output you want, along with these stderr messages. You could just redirect the stderr parts to <code>/dev/null</code> like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ssh user@server-name \"df -hP | egrep '(/home|...
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25828
1
25836
2011-02-11T15:05:19.120
2
303
<p>I am still fairly new to linux hosting and am currently working on some policies for our production ubuntu servers. The servers are public facing webservers with ssh access from the public network and database servers with ssh access from the internal private network. We are a small hosting company so in the past ...
9270
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null
2011-02-11T15:17:32.340
Proper policy for user setup
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's mater of taste, however from security reasons, I think it's better to have more users. Why? Because even \"internal workers\" of your company may have different works so they need different privileges. It's always better to give only the minimal rights for a given function/progr...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's mater of taste, however from security reasons, I think it's better to have more users. Why? Because even \"internal workers\" of your company may have different works so they need different privileges. It's always better to give only the minimal rights for a given functi...
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25829
1
25832
2011-02-11T15:07:56.367
1
796
<p>I have a user who's home directory is a Mercurial repository.</p> <p>Mercurial notified me that there were 2 new unversioned files in my repository. <code>.bash_history</code> and <code>.cache/motd.legal-displayed</code>. </p> <p>I assume bash_history is the history of bash commands for my user. I have no idea wha...
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2011-02-11T16:10:11.727
.bash_history and .cache
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Would it be a problem to use a directory inside the home as Mercurial repo, and not the home directory itself? I just ask this, since it's a bit unfortunate: like bash creates .bash_history, some commands can have there config files written into the home, so you have to fight with th...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Would it be a problem to use a directory inside the home as Mercurial repo, and not the home directory itself? I just ask this, since it's a bit unfortunate: like bash creates .bash_history, some commands can have there config files written into the home, so you have to fight...
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25833
1
25846
2011-02-11T15:12:30.140
15
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<p>I have a desktop install of ubuntu, not server. But I am running a localhost LAMP stack for development. Is there a simple mail server I can install so that PHP's sendmail works? </p> <p>Ideally it will have few options and minimal configuration, and preferably a GUI rather than CL interface.</p> <p>EDIT to add - ...
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2011-02-11T18:31:25.363
2017-11-19T21:38:43.907
Is there a simple mail server I can install?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The easiest one I've ever installed is postfix with dovecot. There is a dovecot-postfix package, but it also looks like the Ubuntu server team has packaged this as mail-stack-delivery :</p>\n\n<pre><code>Description: mail server delivery agent stack provided by Ubuntu server team\n ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, GUI or CL interface for a mail server is not as important question, since you don't need UI for a mail server anyway, only at for initial configuration (ok, and maybe at times when there are configuration changes like relayhost, etc, but it's quite rare situation with a...
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25838
1
25841
2011-02-11T15:41:42.343
2
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<p>I just learned there are several ways to transfer files between Windows on two computers from <a href="http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/File-sharing-essentials" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I was wondering </p> <ol> <li>what are the possible ways to transfer files between Ubuntus on two computers? And b...
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2011-02-11T19:01:59.277
What are ways for file transfer between computers
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Between Linux/UNIX boxes, ssh/scp is quite good solution, it also provide you an encrypted file transfer. Note, that with \"sshfs\" (there is an ubuntu package called this, you can install it) you can even \"mount\" (with FUSE, but it's not important to know) the remote directory, an...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>My favourite is through ssh. You can use the fish:// handler to achieve file management and sharing through via ssh both in dolphin (in KDE) or nautilus (in GNOME). Also you'd be able to add a \"shortcut\" to shared folders in the Ubuntu menu, clicking on \"Resource\" and the...
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25849
1
25895
2011-02-11T16:33:05.193
4
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<p>So I'm sure you've heard the song before, but after trying to sync my notes with Ubuntu One(on 10.10 AMD64) I get "Could not synchronize notes. Check the details below and try again." Of course the problem is that there are no details and trying again doesn't help. So I ran <code>tomboy -debug</code> and compared my...
10611
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2011-02-12T01:11:12.253
2011-10-17T11:54:14.397
Tomboy error while tring to sync with Ubuntu one; Can anyone help?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-11T23:02:11.537", "id": "28394", "postId": "25849", "score": "1", "text": "This shouldn't be happening. Could you please [file a bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomboy/+filebug?field.title=Another+Tomboy+error+while+tring+to+sync+with+Ubuntu+one)?", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>So for the time being My notes are syncing again. Turns out there was <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-servers/+bug/709378\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bug</a> reported on launchpad that was the same as mine. The fix was some what annoying, but all I did was back up my local note...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>So for the time being My notes are syncing again. Turns out there was <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-servers/+bug/709378\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bug</a> reported on launchpad that was the same as mine. The fix was some what annoying, but all I did was back up my lo...
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2011-02-11T17:15:16.867
4
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<p>Under Windows one of my favorite software packages was <a href="http://cFosSpeed" rel="nofollow">cFosSpeed</a>, a traffic shaping tool. It yields major performance improvements when, for example, having a video conversation while downloading a torrent in the background.</p> <p>Is there an alternative for this under...
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2011-02-11T17:28:39.300
2016-12-26T02:37:42.467
Traffic shaping (like cFosSpeed)?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Linux kernel itself has these capabilities, but for sure, it's not trivial to set up for people not familiar with these in-deep stuffs (using the command line oriented \"tc\" command which can manipulate the traffic control capabilities of the Linux kernel). I am not sure that yo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The Linux kernel itself has these capabilities, but for sure, it's not trivial to set up for people not familiar with these in-deep stuffs (using the command line oriented \"tc\" command which can manipulate the traffic control capabilities of the Linux kernel). I am not sure...
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25860
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2011-02-11T17:10:05.960
1
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<p>Immediately after I start the <code>./qt-sdk-linux-x86-opensource-2010.05.1.bin</code> setup and press submit, I get a "Segmentation fault" in the Terminal. What should I do?</p>
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2011-02-12T09:28:59.537
2020-09-10T17:30:32.003
Qt-sdk Setup causes Segmentation Fault
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You probably don't need to install the \"official\" Qt SDK in order to do Linux Qt development. You can install the Qt development libraries (<code>libqt4-dev</code>, etc.) and programs (e.g. Qt creator) from within the Ubuntu repositories. If you're trying to compile your ...
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NekitoSP
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2011-02-11T17:48:11.207
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<p>I rebooted the hard way after my system jammed again because FF eats all the ram. (that's a different problem)</p> <p>I've always gotten away with it, but not this time.</p> <p>The system came up ok BUT it absolutely refuses to log onto the local house wifi net. I know the net is ok as the Windows box I'm writing ...
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2011-02-12T20:52:06.493
2011-02-12T22:02:18.010
Wifi won't enter working net after hard reboot
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Some troubleshooting steps :</p>\n\n<p>Open a terminal and run <code>tail -f /var/log/kern.log</code>, then try connecting to your terminal. On a successful authentication, you should see something like this :</p>\n\n<pre><code>Feb 12 21:45:37 GroovyTosh kernel: [19329.56023...
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2011-02-11T17:55:53.117
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<p>I can listen to view the video with built-in audio (ac3) and listen to the audio track as regular sound file, but how to do these same time? </p> <p>Can't see such options in Totem, Kplayer, VLC, KMplayer, Gnome-Mplayer.</p> <p>Also I can't find how to do this using mplayer, though I may be lost in its huge man fi...
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2011-02-14T20:10:44.247
2016-07-30T18:02:32.413
How to view video file with external ac3 audio track?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As workaround for other possible readers of this question.</p>\n\n<p>Used advices from <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/12038/add-an-audio-file-to-and-mkv-video\">this thread</a> to add the sound track into the video. This works perfectly.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "c...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>First install smplayer:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install smplayer\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then open the video file and select audio > load external audio file</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/w9Phv.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n", "comm...
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25864
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2011-02-11T18:37:09.917
0
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<p>for some reason the Google Chrome I installed from the Ubuntu Software Centre is not working. Version number: 9.0.597.94-r73967 (google-chrome-stable). What can be wrong?</p> <p>Also, what exactly is Chromium web browser? What's the difference between the two. Firefox is working fine, but I prefer Google Chrome.</p...
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2011-02-11T19:58:29.997
2011-02-11T20:27:01.567
Google Chrome not working
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What do you mean with \"non working\"? \nWhat's the issue you experience? \nChromium and Google Chrome is <em>almost</em> the same by the way. Chromium is an open source software, and usually not as stable as Google Chrome. Google releases Chrome based on Chromium regularly. Chrome i...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What do you mean with \"non working\"? \nWhat's the issue you experience? \nChromium and Google Chrome is <em>almost</em> the same by the way. Chromium is an open source software, and usually not as stable as Google Chrome. Google releases Chrome based on Chromium regularly. ...
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25865
1
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2011-02-11T18:44:32.043
2
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<p>I recently started to use ubuntu to program - University standards. I was checking out different text editors and tried to install VIM through Ubuntu Software Centre. Everything went fine and I got it installed, but I couldn't find the launcher (not sure if that is the right term). Any reason why this might be the c...
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2017-02-24T07:13:09.913
VIM text editor not found
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Vim is a text based editor (to be used in a terminal), not a GUI program. It doesn't use menus but keyboard shortcuts. I use it a lot, but this is likely because I grow used to it long time ago, while I was working on Xenix and SCO Unix machines.</p>\n\n<p>It has no launcher on the m...
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1
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2011-02-11T19:21:47.137
1
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<p>First of all, I don't use indicator applet, but I suppose that the icon/process managing Tomboy is the same for both indicator applet and system tray.</p> <p>I want only notificaitons in my system tray (apps have a different dwelling!). How do I, if at all possible, force Tomboy to always start in the "search all n...
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2011-02-11T20:02:58.170
Disable Tomboy System Tray
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I did some checking around in gconf, and sadly this is not possible in the standard version. You could add the unsupported <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~tomboy-packagers/+archive/development\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">tomboy ppa</a> and use the latest version (which has no indi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I did some checking around in gconf, and sadly this is not possible in the standard version. You could add the unsupported <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~tomboy-packagers/+archive/development\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">tomboy ppa</a> and use the latest version (which has...
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2011-02-11T20:33:47.580
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<p>Is the <a href="http://www.logitech.com/en-us/keyboards/keyboard/devices/k750-keyboard?wt.mc_id=global_pr-k750_redirect_112010" rel="nofollow">Logitech K750</a> working in Ubuntu 10.10, Maverick Meerkat?</p>
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2013-06-09T14:51:03.530
2013-06-09T14:51:03.530
Will a Logitech K750 keyboard work?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Both my keyboard and mouse both use the wireless receiver and they both worked with NO fiddling at all.........Work perfect (mx 3200 Lazer)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creation...
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25880
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2011-02-11T20:51:58.427
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<p>I <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/426395/" rel="noreferrer">read recently</a> that someone demonstrated a security attack on a PC via the use of automount and a USB stick.</p> <p>How vulnerable am I to this attack and what steps are developers doing to be proactive against this sort of thing?</p>
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2011-02-11T20:58:34.270
2011-02-11T22:05:57.877
Is Ubuntu vulnerable to recent exploits using USB sticks and automount?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You're not vulnerable to the specific attack, but the approach is very interesting. The vulnerabilities used are <a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1035-1\" rel=\"nofollow\">already fixed</a>.</p>\n\n<p>I've been chatting with Jon Larimer since I heard about his <a href=\"http:/...
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2011-02-11T21:50:40.167
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<p>This is an important question for me. I have to decide to whether to use DesktopCouch or pure CouchDB.</p> <p>Will DesktopCouch be stable in Natty?</p> <p>Up to this point, I've had too many problems with DesktopCouch. DC does not start, DC does not sync, and so on.</p>
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2011-02-12T01:12:58.133
2011-02-12T01:12:58.133
Will DesktopCouch be stable in Natty?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes. Desktopcouch went through some rough patches during Natty, because we changed several things (both in desktopcouch itself, and in the libraries and services it depends on), but it will be stable by the time the beta comes out.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ {...
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25885
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2011-02-11T21:52:41.617
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<p>I'm running Ubuntu in a virtual machine via VirtualBox. I have the seamless mode turned on, which is pretty cool. However, if I move an Ubuntu window around quickly, I can see the redraw of the ubuntu background quickly before it's hidden by VirtualBox again. This isn't a huge deal, but I'd like to fix it, if possib...
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2012-11-21T22:47:08.693
2013-02-04T18:01:06.680
Is it possible to make the desktop background transparent or otherwise hidden?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Use the same wallpaper in the VM and in the Host?</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-11T23:35:34.180", "id": "28399", "postId": "25894", "score": "0", "text": "I'm doing that now, but it ...
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25898
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2011-02-12T00:09:51.153
1
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<p>I know that if I wrote in <code>crontab -e</code> following command <code>01 04 * * * somecommand</code> then it will run <code>somecommand</code> at 4:01am on every day of every month. </p> <p>What happens if I wrote <code>* * * * * somecommand</code>? Will it run <code>somecommand</code> every single minute? Wil...
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2011-02-12T00:42:06.663
2011-02-12T09:40:17.530
How to interpret this crontab command?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This will run your command every minute. It is valid syntax.</p>\n\n<p>Here are the gory details from <code>info crontab</code> :</p>\n\n<pre><code> The first five fields shall be integer patterns that specify the\n following:\n\n 1. Minute [0,59]\n\n 2....
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25899
1
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2011-02-12T00:25:53.167
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<p>I have a problem I on my device HP dv4 with i3 processor </p> <p>After getting back from suspend the flash player on youtube or any other website lags on full screen ... audio goes perfect but video is lagging I tried some solutions from google nothing worked ... So am seeking the experts help here </p> <p>Thanks<...
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2011-03-22T14:24:46.810
Flash lags after getting back from suspend
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This may be an issue with the suspend feature. I'm going to assume by \"Suspend\" you mean \"Hibernate\". This kind of issue is well known to be caused by the hibernation feature in Linux. My advice is to restart your computer, and try to not hibernate your computer (if yo...
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25901
1
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2011-02-12T00:43:00.423
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<p>How do I move the minimuze/maximise/close buttons to the right hand under Unity, for maximised windows?</p> <p>I've used <code>gconf-editor</code> to change <em>/apps/metacity/general/button_layout</em> to move them to the right hand side for windows which aren't maximised, but once maximised it moves back to the l...
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2011-02-12T03:28:22.853
2011-02-12T04:50:38.663
Moving min/max/close buttons back to right hand side for full screen windows
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The way unity works, the buttons appear on the left side, and it's coded to work that way only. You would have to write a bug report about this (I would support it).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC...
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2011-02-14T02:50:14.590
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25905
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2011-02-12T00:57:50.080
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<p>Is it possible to execute an action (a command or a Bash Script) by double clicking on the Desktop?</p> <p>I want to emulate the function that Fences does in Windows systems: By double clicking the desktop, you show/hide the icons/folders you have in the Desktop.</p> <p>The script is not the problem, what I want t...
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2011-04-18T00:37:24.940
2011-07-05T04:29:05.410
Is it possible to execute an action by double clicking on the Desktop?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as the icon organising feature of Fences: I haven't found anything yet for GNOME, but KDE.4 has a desktop widget called FolderView that I think does close to what you want. Here's the announcement, search for \"folderview\":</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kde.org/annou...
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2011-02-12T02:03:23.490
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<p>When I plug in my 32GB iPod Touch 4G, it mounts a 1GB drive. Rhythmbox does not react, neither does Banshee.</p> <p>Any ideas how to copy my music?</p> <p>The output of <code>df</code> with ipod plugged is:</p> <pre><code>Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 288...
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2011-02-12T14:54:09.877
2011-07-11T22:34:02.063
How to mount my iPod Touch 4G?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T02:20:41.587", "id": "28415", "postId": "25908", "score": "0", "text": "What gen ipod do you have? Which Ubuntu? With the ipod plugged in, what is the output of `df`? of `sudo fdisk -l`?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8515" }, { "creationDate"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It appears there are issues with the iOS firmware on the iPod Touch 4G and Ubuntu - there is a long and detailed post on Ubuntu Forums <a href=\"http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1576249\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a> detailing methods to troubleshoot and fix.</p>\n", ...
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25914
1
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2011-02-12T05:35:03.627
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<p>I'm looking for a music player similar to Winamp.</p>
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2011-02-12T09:10:33.570
2017-02-24T07:17:34.323
Is there a music player like Winamp?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There's no software in Linux like the current Winamp. If you want something almost similar, try <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/audacious\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Audacious</a>, BUT the skined interface ONLY supports winamp 2.x skins. I came from a Winamp environment so I can say this,...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is Rhythmbox or VLC.Rythmbox can also be used to sort your music as winamp does.VLC media player,It can also transcode and convert media files, and act as a streaming server over unicast or multicast and IPv4 or IPv6.but doesnt have a good sort function like rythmbox wh...
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2015-12-19T13:11:26.893
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2011-02-12T05:49:07.177
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<p>The left mouse button stops working after 5 or 10 minutes of running Ubuntu 10.10. It is a Logitech MX 1000 wireless USB mouse. Also is there a way to emulate the left mouse click on the keyboard? Mouse pointer move fine, right button works, wheel works.</p>
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2011-02-12T06:05:22.080
2012-05-04T09:35:30.453
Left mouse button stops working
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had exactly the same problem. Here's how to solve it. Open a terminal and type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:raof/aubergine\nsudo apt-get update\nsudo apt-get upgrade\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>...and when the update/upgrade is complete, reboot your system and V...
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25919
1
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2011-02-12T06:12:02.413
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<p>The "touch sensitive keys", that control volume and media worked great out of the box when I was running Ubuntu on a LiveCD, but they are totally unresponsive after installation. </p> <ul> <li>HP Pavilion dv9740us with dual-boot Vista Ultimate and Ubuntu 10.10</li> <li>Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 / 1.67 GHz</li> <li>NVI...
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2012-03-14T11:58:21.363
2012-04-19T20:11:05.867
HP QuickTouch media keys worked with LiveCD but not after install
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Most likely it was because there was a certain driver in use due to Windows/Vista being installed. During your LiveCD usage it's using the currently loaded drives from the main installation I.E. Windows and it uses those. When you install well, that all goes away. Most likely...
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2011-02-12T06:49:23.647
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<p>Using Ubuntu 10.10. I have an external screen and frequently move my computer in and out of the room. </p> <p>Is there a way of avoiding manually configuring via <code>nvidia-settings</code> every time I need to take my laptop out of my room?</p> <p>Would like to be able to press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>1</kbd> and...
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2011-02-12T09:18:04.000
2012-01-11T10:46:08.940
Assigning keyboard shortcuts to multi-monitor configurations
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>My answer may not 100% appropriate for your case as I use ATI drivers, but I use a little script that would detect an external monitor and in that case enable it, using xrandr command line tool. Then I created a key shortcut that runs it.</p>\n\n<p>If xrandr also runs on your...
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25923
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2011-02-12T07:38:57.437
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<p>I have an external USB-based fingerprint scanner. On MS Windows it is used to save fingerprints as images. Are there any drivers and softwares to get it working on Ubuntu?</p> <p>Edit: The device I use is "Digital Persona U are U 4500"</p>
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2011-02-15T16:37:12.387
2017-03-13T19:36:44.943
How do I get a Digital Personal U 4500 fingerprint scanner working?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T08:34:23.897", "id": "28433", "postId": "25923", "score": "0", "text": "Can you tell us which fingerprint scanner you have? One way to do this is to edit your post to include the output of `lsusb`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "866" }, { "cre...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h1><a href=\"http://www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Main_Page\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Fprint</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/fprint-demo\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"install fprint-demo\" /></a></h1>\n<p>Fprint i...
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2011-02-12T07:51:40.380
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<p>is there a shared location for all python interpreters? I want to install a module so it becomes avaiable to all interpreters (2.6, 2.7, 3.1). </p> <p>Thanks you in advance,<br> rubik</p>
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2011-02-12T11:58:42.537
Shared location for all python interpreters
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>All the interpreters first look if there's an environment variable <code>$PYTHONPATH</code> set, which contains directories separated by <code>:</code>.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>To add a directory to it, type</p>\n\n<pre><code>export PYTHONPATH=\"$PYTHONPATH:/home/stefano/my_modules\"\n</...
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25927
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2011-02-12T08:04:53.353
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<p><strong>Till yesterday</strong>, my Ubuntu 9.10 was working fine. I had watched a movie using vlc. I had also charged my ipod using the laptop. </p> <p>Today, when I started it, I automatically booted into command line. There seems to be no filesystem corruption etc as I can view/open (text) files. Before the CLI a...
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2011-02-12T20:47:46.090
2011-12-22T05:52:16.417
No GUI boot; startx error, I suspect no filesystem corruption
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T08:37:55.737", "id": "28435", "postId": "25927", "score": "1", "text": "Did you have a kernel update before? Are you able to run X with previous kernel? Did you try `dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg`? Have you installed fglrx (proprietary ATI driver)? See also [bug #51...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>/var/log/Xorg.0.log should contain the log of the X server, you can check what the exact problem is. If the problem is about the X server itself, you can check that by launching X with just command \"X\" (capital letter). It won't start any login manager, desktop environment ...
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user10683
25928
1
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2011-02-12T08:24:18.527
3
505
<p>I have been using Ubuntu since 9.10. Now Maverick crashed and my MBR is wrecked. I have run <code>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1</code> on advice from another Ubuntu user but now I can only install any Windows release and no Ubuntu. How do I completely erase the MBR and then use an Ubuntu live CD or ano...
10681
3037
2011-02-12T09:28:07.767
2011-05-13T20:50:35.697
How to install MBR with Maverick or Karmic
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3
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T10:41:47.060", "id": "28440", "postId": "25928", "score": "0", "text": "`dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1` It just fill the MBR with zeroes (on /dev/sdb in this case ...). To install/reinstall MBR you should use grub-install.", "userDisplayName": null,...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have to admit I don't know exactly what you are asking, but if you want to reinstall the bootloader <em>grub</em> then you need to enter the following at a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal):</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo grub-install /dev/sda\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This...
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25930
1
26645
2011-02-12T08:27:25.487
3
8818
<p>I am trying to install some applications but some of them fail to install. The three applications I tried are Vim, Emacs and GNOME-Do. I am using Ubuntu 10.10 installed as a guest OS in VirtualBox. The kernel version installed is 2.6.35-26.</p> <p>The error I got is :</p> <pre><code>alvinsim@ubuntu:/etc/apt$ sudo ...
969
3778
2011-02-12T10:35:41.563
2011-02-16T14:34:25.947
Install packages with unmet dependencies
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1
2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T09:36:20.943", "id": "28439", "postId": "25930", "score": "1", "text": "Can you dump the apt sources using `find /etc/apt/ -name '*.list' -ls -exec cat {} \\;` on http://paste.ubuntu.com/? This problem is likely caused by third party repositories.", "userDisplay...
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2013-07-18T10:32:12.480
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25934
1
25936
2011-02-12T08:51:44.767
7
2807
<p>So, here's my setup. I have one partition with the newest version installed, a second partition with an older version installed (as a backup just in case), a swap partition that both share, and a boot partition so the bootloader doesn't need to be setup after each upgrade.</p> <p>Partitions:</p> <ul> <li>sda1 ext3...
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2017-12-25T12:16:02.723
2017-12-25T12:16:02.723
Non-standard installation (installing Linux from Linux)
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T12:51:36.863", "id": "28453", "postId": "25934", "score": "1", "text": "Thanks for the answers. Debootstrap is definitely the way to go with Ubuntu. Unfortunately, I'm trying to load Mint (which doesn't include a debootstrap script with its distros). As soon as I fi...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ubuntu has an article on <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromLinux\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Installing Ubuntu from a Unix/Linux System</a> , using <code>debootstrap</code> to do a \"cross-install.\" It won't be a perfect fit to what you're doing, but it ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>For all Debian based distribution (like is Ubuntu, see <a href=\"http://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives</a>), you should really look at the <a href=\"http://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap\" rel=\"nofollow\">debootstrap</a> tool w...
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25941
1
25948
2011-02-12T09:38:59.623
0
1119
<p>this is a very special question. Currently I'm starting to develop a new online shop using Python (Flask). I want to use CouchDB to store (and sync) new orders. But CouchDB does not encrypt the replication as far as I know.</p> <p>Is it possible to use Python to get authentication with OAuth an start a replication ...
4871
null
null
2012-01-01T11:58:07.820
Encrypted replication between normal CouchDB and Ubuntu One?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes. Desktopcouch does replication between a CouchDB (on your desktop) and <a href=\"https://couchdb.one.ubuntu.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://couchdb.one.ubuntu.com</a>, and that will work from any CouchDB; the CouchDB that desktopcouch runs is not something special.</p>\n\n<p>To st...
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25951
1
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2011-02-12T09:45:56.870
5
2715
<p>Hi I am trying to get Tor working with Irssi.</p> <p>The directions at the bottom of this page <a href="http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml#tor" rel="noreferrer">Freenode Install Link</a> say to </p> <pre><code>:~/.irssi$ tor MapAddress 10.40.40.40 p4fsi4ockecnea7l.onion Feb 12 04:26:51.101 [notice] Tor v0.2.1.2...
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2011-02-12T19:47:23.643
2011-02-12T19:47:23.643
Get Tor and Irssi working together
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
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2012-02-21T22:07:33.617
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Joey Bagodonuts
25954
1
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2011-02-12T12:17:29.680
7
2158
<p>Is it possible to use more than two monitors in Ubuntu?</p> <p>If so, which graphics cards are known to work for example with three monitors in Ubuntu?</p>
1241
1241
2011-02-14T09:32:07.290
2011-02-14T09:32:07.290
Is it possible to use more than two monitors?
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T12:57:10.133", "id": "28458", "postId": "25954", "score": "2", "text": "To the best of my knowledge, it's \"sort of possible\" - there are some special requirements and some limitations when you get it working. [This question on superuser.com](http://superuser.com/q...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ordinary graphic cards support only up to 2 monitors. Laptop usually support own monitor (LVDS) and one external (VGA/DVI/HDMI), while desktop has 2 monitor ouptups.</p>\n\n<p>You can use more graphics cards if your motherboard and graphics card support.\nExample: <a href=\"h...
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25955
1
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2011-02-12T12:27:05.487
0
1884
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/14228/how-do-i-install-a-nice-notification-indicator-for-the-keyboard-layout">How do I install a nice notification indicator for the keyboard layout?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>how can I see my keyboard layout in th...
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2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2011-05-21T15:34:05.397
How can I see my keyboard layout in the panel?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T12:57:02.563", "id": "28457", "postId": "25955", "score": "0", "text": "Possible Duplicate: http://askubuntu.com/q/14228/3940", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3940" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From 10.10 the keyboard indicator applet is shown in the panel as soon as more than one layout was defined. For additional hints on configuration see also <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/10223/display-current-layout-language-code-country-flag-in-keyboard-indicator/1...
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2011-05-21T19:38:45.933
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user10691
25961
1
1030
2011-02-12T13:01:39.990
686
5355164
<p>I have downloaded tar.gz files. But I don't know how to install it. How do I install this kind of file?</p>
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114489
2014-11-10T18:51:40.833
2021-08-24T07:13:11.383
How do I install a .tar.gz (or .tar.bz2) file?
[ "software-installation", "install-from-source" ]
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6
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2015-04-15T14:49:05.820", "id": "855548", "postId": "25961", "score": "23", "text": "As mentioned in some of the answers below, try hard not to install packages via tarball as it will often bork managed packages and get you into in unresolvable state, and make you very sad. In...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The first thing you need to do is extract the files from inside the tar archive to a folder. Let's copy the files to your desktop. You can extract an archive by right-clicking the archive file's icon inside your file browser and pressing the appropriate entry in the context menu.\nEx...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The first thing you need to do is extract the files from inside the tar archive to a folder. Let's copy the files to your desktop. You can extract an archive by right-clicking the archive file's icon inside your file browser and pressing the appropriate entry in the context m...
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25964
1
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2011-02-12T13:41:41.043
4
1111
<p>any scripting language will do, to check when the clipboard (both primary and clipboard) contents change, so that specific actions can be executed.</p>
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2011-05-16T05:50:58.163
How to check if clipboard contents have changed from a script, other than polling?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can access the Gtk Clipboard by a gtk script wrapper such as Pygtk for Python. It has functions for waiting for different kinds of clipboard input while keeping the main event loop going. Please see the <a href=\"http://developer.gnome.org/pygtk/stable/class-gtkclipboard....
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user10695
25966
1
null
2011-02-12T13:56:48.880
7
4908
<p>How can I switch between fglrx and ati (open source) drivers without uninstalling fglrx? The thing is I'm using FGLRX on a daily basis, because it's better for movies--OS driver displays annoying horizontal line while playing movies. FGLRX also does this, but it's less visible. That's only disadvantage of OS driver....
10509
235
2011-02-12T20:38:26.200
2011-04-14T07:40:20.253
How can I switch between fglrx and ati drivers?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Unforunately you cannot switch between open and closed source graphic drivers as they need to install kernel modules.</p>\n\n<p>If you need different settings you may consider a dual boot setup.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate"...
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25967
1
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2011-02-12T13:58:28.440
3
2304
<p>I recently installed <a href="https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi2/" rel="nofollow">hamachi²</a> and haguichi on my 10.10 machine. It works, but it loses its connection every few minutes and I have to reconnect. </p> <p>I looked into this, and apparently I need to set the KeepAlive in the configuration file...
10286
235
2011-02-12T20:37:47.857
2011-05-19T21:52:03.973
Hamachi² configuration file... Where is it?
[ "10.10", "configuration", "vpn" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-16T20:05:18.807", "id": "39604", "postId": "25967", "score": "0", "text": "How did you install it (or from where)?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8844" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can also use Haguichi, this is a GUI for Hamachi.</p>\n\n<p>See:\n<a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/install-hamachi2-and-haguichi-gui-for.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/install-hamachi2-and-haguichi-gui-for.html</a></p>\n\n<p>I have seen the...
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25968
1
null
2011-02-12T13:59:02.060
1
253
<p>After I log into unity-2d i see gnome panel and some other services working along side with unity services and I cannot get rid of these services.</p> <p>Besides, unity panel gets locked sometimes and i have to logout and login. Why?</p>
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7035
2011-06-07T02:48:16.910
2011-09-19T10:59:00.490
Why Gnome desktop services work simultaneously with Unity desktop?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>May be this can fix, </p>\n\n<p>get your terminal and type this:\n\"killall unity\"</p>\n\n<p>and remove unity in the startup services or whatever its called.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA ...
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25970
1
25982
2011-02-12T14:07:11.557
0
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<p>I run into wireless router and networking issues very often. I'd like to finally just read a book on how to trouble and diagnose problems, using tools like ifconfig, editing files like /etc/network/interfaces, and whatever. Any recommendations?</p>
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8986
2011-02-12T14:14:01.877
2011-02-12T15:45:10.450
What book should I read to learn how to deal with networking issues?
[ "networking", "wireless", "wireless-access-point" ]
1
4
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T14:24:21.520", "id": "28472", "postId": "25970", "score": "0", "text": "Really, the best source is internet. Why not post your details here or ubuntuforums.org and someone will be be able to help you?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8973" }, { ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Also you may want to look at Amazon.com for books on the subject. Many times there are used books at discount price that will give you want you need. </p>\n\n<p>I found a \"Linux Network Administration\" that normally lists for ~35USD for 12!</p>\n\n<p>Hope this helps.</p>\n\n<p>Rand...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Also you may want to look at Amazon.com for books on the subject. Many times there are used books at discount price that will give you want you need. </p>\n\n<p>I found a \"Linux Network Administration\" that normally lists for ~35USD for 12!</p>\n\n<p>Hope this helps.</p>\n\...
2011-02-12T23:21:35.697
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25974
1
26000
2011-02-12T14:39:04.490
6
119589
<p>here's my problem. When I log in I'm beeing asked for a password connecting to the internet which is strange because I'm the only user and the admin. I have auto log in and it never asks for passwords, (except when i do administrative tasks.) I have looked in the menu (System --> preferences, but i can't find any to...
10698
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null
2021-02-24T05:30:20.357
How do I change the "Default" password
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5
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-12T16:11:37.533", "id": "28496", "postId": "25974", "score": "2", "text": "Are you connecting via wireless or wired connection. I had this same problem with a wireless connection when I was set up for auto login. I think the problem is that the WPA password for the wir...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's also possible that since your using auto-login, you might be hitting another problem - sometimes network manager doesn't seem to save the WEP/WPA key properly. You can usually get round this by opening the connection and changing it \"available to all users\".</p>\n\n<p>So, rig...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In order to change the root password, open a terminal</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo passwd\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>When asked, provide your user password in order to perform sudo tasks, then enter the \"new UNIX password\" twice.</p>\n\n<p>Now the root user has a new password.</p>\n\n<...
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25976
1
null
2011-02-12T14:50:18.200
3
3800
<p>I proposed to implement this feature in <a href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/27164/" rel="nofollow">http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/27164/</a>, but it was marked as already implemented. Could someone shed light on how i can do it? I would like a shortcut to a specific connection (vpn or broadband) on my pane...
10660
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null
2011-05-06T10:32:55.547
NetworkManager connection shortcut
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3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>NetworkManager has D-Bus interface, which you can use in other programs or scripts.</p>\n\n<p>For example, I managed to connect one of my network-manager's VPN connections using this command:</p>\n\n<pre><code> qdbus --system \\\n org.freedesktop.NetworkManager \\\n /org/...
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25979
1
26175
2011-02-12T15:39:08.277
6
13997
<p>In GNOME panel we could add a notification indicator by doing "Add to Panel". How to do the same in Unity 2D?</p> <p>Well what I mean is how to add additional indicators like Weather, RSS... that seems to be missing as I cannot right click on the panl and add one.</p>
9013
235
2011-05-03T20:27:56.157
2011-05-05T01:40:17.317
Adding a indicator / panel in unity panel
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2
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-13T11:15:12.430", "id": "28647", "postId": "25979", "score": "0", "text": "Well what I mean is how to add additional indicators like Weather, RSS... that seems to be missing as I cannot right click on the panl and add one.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Neither Unity or Unity 2D will support applets, see here for more information:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/10597/can-i-use-gnome-applets-in-unity\">Can I use GNOME applets in Unity?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/list-of-a...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Neither Unity or Unity 2D will support applets, see here for more information:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/10597/can-i-use-gnome-applets-in-unity\">Can I use GNOME applets in Unity?</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/l...
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25981
1
26012
2011-02-12T15:44:43.903
4
4140
<p>I have run <code>sudo fdisk -l</code> and have got the following information:</p> <pre><code>Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes </code></pre> <p>This utility shows the whole size of the hard disk (<code>120034123...
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2011-02-12T19:00:40.373
Which numbers does fdisk show?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'd say the use of <code>cylinder</code> is now deprecated and used mainly for historical reasons.</p>\n\n<p>By looking at the <code>fdisk</code> source code it seems to me that the <em>total number of bytes of a device</em> is retrieved via an <em>ioctl</em> call</p>\n\n<pre><code> ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Hmmm, as far as I see the difference is marginal, so it can be caused by the different meaning of \"kilo\", \"mega\" and \"giga\" (prefixes) in the IT world and the SI: in normal life eg \"kilo\" means 1000, while in IT the common habit was 1024. Now the confusion is even big...
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25983
1
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2010-12-07T07:06:13.043
0
141
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/16508/hardware-drivers-item-missing-from-menu">&ldquo;Hardware Drivers&rdquo; item missing from menu</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I just installed the newest version of Ubuntu (10.10) and I am trying to get the approp...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-02-12T21:12:42.850
Hardware Divers option is not there
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-12-07T07:41:41.537", "id": "28490", "postId": "25983", "score": "1", "text": "System->Administration->Additional Drivers ??", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5340" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The name was change to <strong>Additional Drivers</strong> as one of the <strong>One Hundred Paper Cuts</strong>. See here : <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/409338\" rel=\"nofollow\">Change the name of \"Hardware drivers\"</a></p>\n\n<p>The principa...
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2011-02-13T10:00:30.767
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zucchininja
25987
1
25992
2011-02-12T16:11:49.700
11
5992
<p>I want to see the content of the sector 0 (mbr) of my hard drive. It is possible?</p>
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527764
2018-06-28T19:24:27.343
2018-06-28T19:24:27.343
How do I dump disk sectors?
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0
CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, sure.</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ dd if=/dev/sda of=mbr bs=512 count=1\n1+0 records in\n1+0 records out\n512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.000188571 s, 2.7 MB/s\n\n$ stat -c %s mbr\n512\n\n$ hd mbr\n00000000 eb 48 90 d0 bc 00 7c 8e c0 8e d8 be 00 7c bf 00 |.H....|......|..|\n00000010 06 b...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, sure.</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ dd if=/dev/sda of=mbr bs=512 count=1\n1+0 records in\n1+0 records out\n512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.000188571 s, 2.7 MB/s\n\n$ stat -c %s mbr\n512\n\n$ hd mbr\n00000000 eb 48 90 d0 bc 00 7c 8e c0 8e d8 be 00 7c bf 00 |.H....|......|..|\n000000...
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