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<p>With modern hard disks is necessary to use gnome-power-manager to spin down the hard disks? Or are they prepared to sleep automatically after certain amount of inactivity time?</p>
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2011-02-14T16:48:02.670
gnome-power-manager is necessary to spin down hard disks?
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2011-02-14T14:33:20.430
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<p>I installed a new icon theme but I want to use custom Empathy's status icons. I go to usr/share/empathy/hicolor &amp; replace the icons there but it doesn't take effect ! Any help ?</p>
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2011-06-07T02:47:07.957
2011-06-07T02:47:07.957
Change Empathy's status icons
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should replace files in theme folder -/usr/share/icons/</p>\n\n<p>A better idea would be creating a custom theme, which inherits original theme, but contains modified icons. <a href=\"http://stuffidowithubuntu.blogspot.com/2010/12/replacing-selctive-icons-in-ubuntumint.html\" rel...
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26346
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2011-02-14T01:04:03.197
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/25409/how-to-emulate-winkeyarrow-windows-7s-maximise-shortcut-keys">How to emulate winkey+arrow Windows 7&#39;s maximise shortcut keys?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I am trying Ubuntu and I want to have my windows sna...
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2017-04-13T12:23:52.807
2011-02-14T16:27:08.117
How to use Window snapping for Ubuntu?
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2011-02-14T16:30:08.533
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<p>I'm having no luck at all with this <a href="http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/">iPod Nano</a>.</p> <p>I've tried the following software:</p> <ul> <li>Banshee - The iPod shows up and files seem to be copied, but they don't show up on the iPod.</li> <li>Rhythmbox - Same as Banshee. Claims to sync but no files available...
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How can I sync with an iPod Nano 6G?
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2011-02-14T15:44:17.477
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<p>I compile/create my own deb packages of kernel with:</p> <pre><code>make-kpkg --rootcmd fakeroot --initrd --append-to-version=$version --revision=1 kernel_image kernel_headers </code></pre> <p>But when I install both packages, in /lib/modules/(*name_kernel_compiled*) it creates two links, <em>sources and build</em...
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2011-02-16T20:51:19.943
I think "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build" points to incorrect folder
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2011-02-14T17:36:52.783
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<p>I have got a proxy auto-configuration script which works on browsers and not on synaptic or cli. any idea where to put the proxy.pac file so that i can use the terminal / synaptic for internet access? </p>
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2011-02-15T00:34:36.020
2011-02-15T00:34:36.020
How to add .pac files?
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26362
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2011-02-14T14:22:19.753
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18023/how-do-i-upgrade-mysql-to-5-5-am-i-best-off-waiting-for-it-to-be-available-thro">How do I upgrade MySQL to 5.5, am I best off waiting for it to be available through apt-get?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>This fet...
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2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-02-14T17:45:23.020
How to fetch the latest version of MySQL using tools like APT?
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<p>I'm trying to export a bash function during Gnome login using one of the login shell start-up scripts. I've tried doing it in ~/.profile and ~/.xprofile but it results in X dying and restarting at the login screen.</p> <p>I am able to export environment variables from these scripts without problems during Gnome log...
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2011-02-14T19:54:10.703
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Exporting bash function in .profile or .xprofile kills X during login
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2011-02-14T18:39:00.263
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<p>I tried </p> <p>export <code>TASK=$HOME/Ubuntu\ One</code> and export <code>TASK="$HOME/Ubuntu One"</code> </p> <p>but neither works. </p>
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2011-02-14T19:02:57.030
2013-02-26T22:14:35.957
How to have a path containing spaces in PATH?
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<p>Starting Feb 11, my Ubuntu 10.10 desktop respawns FileManager many times(hundreds). You can observe the "Starting File Manager" processes at the bottom of the gnome desktop.</p> <p>I can make this behaviour stop by: System -> Preferences -> Ubuntu One -> Services -> uncheck "Files".</p> <p>Can someone walk me tho...
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2011-02-15T12:41:34.060
2011-02-15T12:41:34.060
File manager respawns with ubuntuone
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2012-02-21T22:05:26.490
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<p>I got an "FATAL ERROR: Could not find /lib/modules/2.6.35-25-generic: file not found" or something like this when booting. The system appears to be stable, but this message is annoying.</p> <p>How can I see what modules is missing?</p>
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2011-02-14T19:49:02.190
How to determine what modules are missing
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<p>By default <code>127.0.0.1</code> has the <em>localhost</em> alias.</p> <ol> <li>I found several approaches to changing it to a different string, but what is the standard, effective and safe best-practice way of doing it?</li> <li>Can I give the same IP, but with a different port, a specific/different alias e.g. wh...
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2011-02-15T15:57:06.400
2011-02-15T15:57:06.400
Renaming localhost
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2011-02-14T20:16:27.343
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<p>I'm using ubuntu 10.10 and recently my package manager has stopped working because of some problems with dependencies or something. I can't upgrade, install or uninstall anything at all. This is a huge problem. I couldn't find a solution to this with google so I'm asking here for help.</p> <p>This is what apt-get -...
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2011-02-14T21:11:36.697
2011-02-14T21:18:54.540
Package manager doesn't work anymore
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<p>I have just ran <code>lshw</code> to get some information about a machine I know nothing about, and I just wanted to confirm something.</p> <p>Does this basically mean it is a dual core 64 bit processor that is installed?</p> <pre><code>*-logicalcpu:0 description: Logical CPU physical id: 0.1 ...
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Getting Processor Information
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's often overlooked, so worth a shot. Sorry if this is insultingly obvious :</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/AewTU.jpg\" alt=\"System Preferences\"></p>\n\n<p>Alt-F2, then <code>gnome-system-monitor</code></p>\n\n<p>Also, when I ran <code>sudo lshw | grep -i cpu</co...
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<p>I have Realtek RTL8191SEvB wireless card on Ubuntu 10.10:</p> <pre><code>$ lspci -v | grep Network 03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8191SEvB Wireless LAN Controller (rev 10) </code></pre> <p>When I load <a href="http://218.210.127.131/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&amp;PNid=48&...
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2012-01-24T15:51:15.417
Wireless keeps disabling or stays disconnected (Realtek RTL8191SEvB)
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2011-02-14T20:36:42.800
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<p>I'm trying to install ruby on rails and I can't seem to install libopenssl-ruby. I'm on a VPS and I've installed Jaunty as the newer releases don't seem to work very nicely. When I do:</p> <pre><code>apt-get install libopenssl-ruby </code></pre> <p>I get:</p> <pre><code>E: Package libopenssl-ruby has no installat...
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Can't install libopenssl-ruby
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<p>I'm using setpci to set the clockspeed of my Intel 945GME like so:</p> <pre><code>setpci -s 00:02.0 f0.b=00,60 setpci -s 00:02.0 f0.b=33,05 </code></pre> <p>However I'm stuck on how to read the information back, I tried:</p> <pre><code>setpci -s 00:02.0 f0.b </code></pre> <p>as the setpci man page says to simply...
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2012-02-05T12:09:46.783
How can I read information set with setpci?
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2011-02-14T20:56:48.683
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<p>I want to make full disk images of different computers that I could later restore if something goes wrong. Also, being able to mount the image/access the backed up files would be really useful.</p> <p>What are my options?</p>
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What full partition/disk imaging solutions produce mountable images?
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/55868/how-to-get-broadcom-bcm-43xx-wireless-card-working">How to get Broadcom BCM 43XX Wireless card working</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I used 'additional drivers' to install 'Broadcom STA wireless driver' and it re...
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2017-04-13T12:24:13.310
2015-10-06T04:02:22.573
Broadcom wireless card disappears after restart
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have the same Inspiron 1545 with the 14e4:4315 card, and for me the broadcom-sta driver works without issue. (I've worked really hard to get the non-sta/wl drivers working on all kinds of distros and this particular wlan card just seems to be difficult)</p>\n\n<p>I am guess...
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2012-11-13T14:47:32.953
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user10854
26413
1
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2011-02-14T21:37:57.837
1
703
<p>A am asking about problem with USB data stick (<em>that uses fat32 file system</em>).</p> <p>If you unplug USB stick without unmounting (<em>safly remove</em>) data may become locked when you mount USB stick another time (<em>you can't make changes to files</em>). If you unmount and mount partition few times, data ...
1982
7035
2011-06-07T02:47:18.937
2012-02-24T21:58:38.363
FAT32 partition lock
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-14T22:18:19.580", "id": "29043", "postId": "26413", "score": "0", "text": "Never had this happen..", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8515" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you unplug a USB flash drive without unmounting it first you can easily have data loss.</p>\n\n<p>The type of messages you are seeing is a reflection that the data is not clean and some of it is thus locked. fsck will fix these issues as well, but sometimes with data loss....
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26415
1
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2011-02-14T21:46:36.423
3
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<p>The title is the first error that has sent me on a mission to fix things.</p> <p>Motivation: I was trying to install the new Enthought Python Distribution -- when the error above first showed up. The install finished -- and looked like there were a few more times it flagged dcopserver problems: </p> <ul> <li>Pleas...
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2011-12-24T02:07:51.820
Session management error: None of the authentication protocols specified are supported
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What fixed this Session error business -- upgrading to Ubuntu 10.10.</p>\n\n<p>What fixed the problems I had with the readline python errors in the Enthought Python Distribution: getting the 64 bit distro. </p>\n\n<p>Everything worked as expected after those two things were t...
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26425
1
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2011-02-14T22:45:47.107
4
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<p>Situation is like that. Many times has happened that Xorg freezes and with it also keyboard. Quite some times because of some Compiz effects or Flash (fullscreen switch). Keyboard becomes totaly unresponsive, while mouse still works (I can move cursor, but can't click since desktop freezes) and music still plays and...
1982
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2011-11-15T00:29:22.933
Keyboard freezes when xorg crashes
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4
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-15T22:48:40.480", "id": "29201", "postId": "26425", "score": "0", "text": "just to double-check, you are also holding the ctrl-alt-prntscrn keys while pressing reisub sequentially? i've never had a freeze that i couldn't get out of w/ the magic keys.", "userDisplay...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This has been affecting me also. Sometimes the mouse still works, sometimes not. Keyboard never responds. Most times, I can ssh into my machine and killall -9 chrome and the system will return to normal. Now trying Firefox to replicate the problem.\n(Btw, I intended this just...
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2012-02-01T11:29:08.943
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26433
1
26484
2011-02-14T23:55:23.150
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<p>I have the following configuration:</p> <pre><code>P == U ---------------- W </code></pre> <p>P is a HP Laserjet, connected to U, which is an Ubuntu 10.04 desktop machine with a standard gnome setup from the live cd. I just selected the HP Laserjet in the gnome printer admin and it works, I can print locally.</p> ...
1467
1467
2011-02-15T13:27:16.480
2017-11-06T21:49:04.307
How to print over ssh?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found this \"how to.\" i think it can be your solution</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=774213\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">HOWTO Print remotely through ssh access</a></p>\n\n<p>From that article:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Forward a local printer port to the ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well... I'd say you can <code>ssh</code> your U machine and then issue the necessary <code>lp</code> or <code>lpr</code> commands. It's a bit of DIYish, but if ssh is already configured there's no need to open any ports.</p>\n\n<p>Maybe this would work, from command line:</p>...
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26439
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26440
2011-02-15T02:35:15.527
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<p>Is there a way to set fish as the default shell in ubuntu netbook remix? I put in my .bashrc to run fish, which works fine, but ubuntu recognizes it as fish running inside bash, which means that when I try to close the shell it warns me that a task is still running.</p> <p>It doesn't pop up as a new application, so...
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2018-03-08T22:38:33.133
2022-08-16T07:47:49.850
How do I set fish as the default shell?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can set fish as your default shell by running</p>\n<pre class=\"lang-sh prettyprint-override\"><code>chsh -s $(which fish)\n</code></pre>\n<p>To do so for another user, just add the username at the end of the command, and use <code>sudo</code>.</p>\n<p>Then log out and back in.</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can set fish as your default shell by running</p>\n<pre class=\"lang-sh prettyprint-override\"><code>chsh -s $(which fish)\n</code></pre>\n<p>To do so for another user, just add the username at the end of the command, and use <code>sudo</code>.</p>\n<p>Then log out and ba...
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26441
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2011-02-15T03:48:35.487
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<p>When I connect my external drive, which has 4 partition, it opens 4 nautilus windows. When I connect a pen-drive, it opens another one for that. Is there a way that new windows will create a tab in an open instance of nautilus, and if there isn't any instance open, create a new one, and open further windows in that....
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2015-01-19T12:27:07.143
Can I make new nautilus create tabs, instead of making new windows?
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[ { "creationDate": "2012-04-20T15:27:46.647", "id": "147757", "postId": "26441", "score": "0", "text": "*sighs* I really wish this were possible, and really don't get why this isn't a config/setting in nautilus by this point. Why even have tabs if you can't enforce them, since you're going to a...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I know this is not available in Nautilus, however as an alternative you can install PCMan File Manager from the software centre which supports tabs <a href=\"http://pcmanfm.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">here is a link</a> to their homepage which has all the de...
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26448
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2011-02-15T06:20:27.020
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<p>I have installed Ubuntu server 10.04 and my server doesn't detect the external USB devices. Mouse, keyboard and usb harddisk.</p>
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2011-02-15T14:46:47.770
2011-06-25T03:17:07.543
USB devices are not working on server
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Please check to make sure that your USB ports are working: try to connect a mic, or a USB laptop flashlight, or another USB device to ensure they draw power from USB. Then update your question with the results. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "commu...
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2012-02-28T02:35:50.427
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2011-02-15T07:21:25.660
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<p>I have 1 git server and few systems(git installed) connected to server. I'm trying to setup a gui based setup for server and clients systems both. I'm have Ubuntu on all systems. Could anyone help me in this regard? Any help would be greatly appreciated....</p>
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2011-03-19T16:44:21.723
2011-07-09T07:56:53.050
How to make gui based setup of git server?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>WHat is \"GUI based setup\"? In its core, \"git clients\" and \"git servers\" (for real GIT is distributed system, not so much \"central server\" and \"clients\" exists unlike in SVN or CVS, but for sure you can treat a GIT repository as the \"master one\") communicate throug...
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user10867
26451
1
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2011-02-15T07:48:43.730
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<p>I have tried almost everything I can think of and I couldn't find out why (through google) my grid hotkeys aren't working.</p> <p>I'm using the grid plugin for compiz .</p>
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2011-03-01T00:48:05.547
2011-11-20T21:32:22.853
Grid hotkeys in compiz are not responding
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-15T13:30:37.323", "id": "29119", "postId": "26451", "score": "1", "text": "What are grid hotkeys, in the context of Ubuntu One (or even Ubuntu)?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "711" }, { "creationDate": "2011-02-15T19:45:18.620", "id": "29169"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ive just tested, and mine work perfectly.</p>\n\n<p>2 wild guesses:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Did you ever / recently change your LOCALE settings? Yes, i know it sounds absurd, but compiz have several bugs regarding locales and settings. Some of the settings have localized (transla...
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2011-12-21T18:00:36.860
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2011-02-15T08:21:50.160
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<p>I have my computer on a dual-boot linux/winXP with a partitioned hard drive for each. Recently my linux ran out of memory and cannot update. I tried sudo apt-get clean and that worked for a while but not any more. I tried using the windows program to change the partitions up but the linux one was locked for some rea...
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2011-02-15T08:51:51.520
2011-02-15T08:51:51.520
Cannot Update- Insufficient Space- Extend Folder to External HDD?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Extending root partition to an external drive is not a good idea as this drive may not be ready at boot or become inaccessible in other ways (e.g. by unplugging).</p>\n\n<p>If you run out of disk space in addition to</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get clean\nsudo apt-get autoclean\nsudo ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Extending root partition to an external drive is not a good idea as this drive may not be ready at boot or become inaccessible in other ways (e.g. by unplugging).</p>\n\n<p>If you run out of disk space in addition to</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get clean\nsudo apt-get autoclea...
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26461
1
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2011-02-15T09:31:15.590
1
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<p>I really need to <a href="http://www.itek.it:81/index.php/it/producttmp.html?page=shop.product_details&amp;product_id=63&amp;category_id=21&amp;flypage=ilvm_fly_admirable.tpl" rel="nofollow">run this product</a> with a linux distro. For first I choose Ubuntu but I do not have particular preference... I need to run a...
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2011-02-15T14:39:03.490
2011-07-05T13:58:17.073
How do I get a UGA iTek ITUGA17D1 DisplayLink USB adaptor to work?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You will need to install the <code>xserver-xorg-video-displaylink</code> package to get this device working. I am unsure whether it can handle 1920x1080, and suspect that the limited current state of XRandR support for this driver will make it difficult to use at 1080x1920. ...
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2013-12-21T14:00:00.410
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26497
2011-02-15T09:57:54.417
6
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<p>How can I have my google-calendars availabe offline on my PC as well?</p> <p>I have been using dropbox to sync my calendars in ics-format between different PC's instead of using google calendar. The disadvantage of google-calendar is, that I can only see my appointments when online. </p> <p>Now I want to sync my c...
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2017-04-13T12:23:27.200
2014-06-09T17:19:50.780
Google-Calendar offline?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Google Calendar (and Contacts) can be synced with Gnome Evolution, which comes with Ubuntu. Evolution can be used off-line. The Google Calendar page <a href=\"http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Calendar/thread?tid=28cb4a5d7afbd49a&amp;hl=en\" rel=\"noreferrer\">How to sync goog...
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26463
1
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2011-02-15T09:58:24.117
1
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<p>I want to initialise a variable with yesterday's date in a specific format . ex---if today is 15 Feb, then variable should be-- var=Feb 14</p> <p><code>date -d"-1day" +"%b %d"</code> is not working. I don't know whether the syntax is incorrect or why else it is not working.</p> <p>What is the correct way to use it...
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2011-02-15T11:09:52.077
2011-02-22T16:47:14.893
Initialise a variable with a specific date in a specific format
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Put <code>$( )</code> around the command when assigning, eg:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\n\nhi=$(date -d'-1day' +'%b %d')\n\necho \"$hi\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Works.</p>\n\n<p><em>Updated as per geirha's comment.</em></p>\n", "commentCount": "9", "comments": [ ...
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user10631
26466
1
26468
2011-02-15T10:36:37.380
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<p>This is the output of <code>ls -l</code></p> <pre><code>ls -l total 53484 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2011-02-10 05:59 ~ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54313810 2011-02-13 05:09 jobs.jar -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 384035 2011-02-15 05:33 jobsLog.out </code></pre> <p>I can't do <code>rm -rf ~</code> because that will re...
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2011-03-24T09:34:29.240
2011-03-24T09:34:29.240
Removing folder named ~
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>rm -R ./~</code></p>\n\n<p>That will make it look for <code>~</code> in the current folder.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-15T11:29:45.010", "id": "29111", "postId": "26468", "score": "0", "text": "wow...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Brilliant problem :)</p>\n\n<p>You can delete the directory by <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_character\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://wikipedia.org/favicon.ico\" alt=\"\"> escaping</a> the tilde:</p>\n\n<pre><code>rm -rf \\~\n</code></pre>\n\...
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26474
1
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2011-02-15T08:33:53.510
5
6588
<p>At the moment, I try to install Arduino on my Ubuntu 10.04 (32 Bit) computer. I downloaded the latest release at <a href="http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software" rel="nofollow">http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software</a>, cd'ed to the directory and unziped the package. When I try to run ./arduino , I get following error:</p>...
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235
2011-04-17T04:56:58.747
2014-01-26T14:11:20.467
Unable to install Arduino
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4
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This was solved by copying <code>librxtxParallel.so</code> and <code>librxtxSerial.so</code> to <code>/usr/lib/</code> and the details on this post: <a href=\"http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1238062036/all\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2...
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26475
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2011-02-15T12:02:21.160
2
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<p>When i attach my Notebook (Nvidia Geforce GT 240M) to my Panasonic-TV via HDMI, both screens are activated. I use Nvidia-Driver Version 260.19.06.</p> <p>I wonder how to deactivate my notebook display automatically or with one Script and switch to the external Monitor when attached. The TV needs an overscan-correct...
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2017-02-24T07:26:17.713
Geforce GT240M: How to disable Notebook screen and enable external Monitor
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>So at least i found a solution for my problem.</p>\n\n<p>What i found out is, that xrandr is nor supported by the propietary NVIDIA-drvers. Xrandr even can't detect my displays. The nvidia tool nvidia-settings can be used from command line, but is not capable to activate or deactivat...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here is a simple script to turn off notebook display when external monitor is connected:</p>\n\n<pre><code>if xrandr -q | grep -q \"HDMI connected\"; then\n xrandr --output LVDS --off --output DFP1\nelse\n xrandr --output VGA --off --output LVDS\nfi\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If...
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26483
1
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2011-02-15T14:25:19.243
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<p>I can watch youtube movies just fine, but sometimes they stick to the screen when I close them. When that happens, I can't see them. But, when something black comes over that area of the screen, the black changes into the frozen image of the youtube video. For some reason, it's not on the screenshot. It's kind of ha...
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2011-11-12T11:28:05.543
Youtube videos sticking to the screen
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-24T00:12:04.100", "id": "30789", "postId": "26483", "score": "1", "text": "I'm having the same problem on windows 7 using chrome :/", "userDisplayName": "user11367", "userId": null } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try running this on a terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mkdir /etc/adobe\nsudo bash -c \"echo 'OverrideGPUValidation = 1' &gt;&gt; /etc/adobe/mms.cfg\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Flash Player has a freeze problem on ubuntu.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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2012-02-11T18:39:40.673
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user10881
26492
1
26493
2011-02-15T15:11:44.177
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<p>Is there e-book reader on Ubuntu that read <code>mobi</code> file format?</p>
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2011-02-15T15:20:56.697
2022-05-29T01:36:01.447
Is there an application for reading mobi files?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1><a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/calibre\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">calibre</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/calibre\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install calibre\" /></a><a href=\"https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applicati...
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26498
1
26518
2011-02-15T15:52:57.983
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<p>So I have installed gcc-4.4 and gcc-4.3 (same for g++). Now as far as I remember there is a tool in Ubuntu which sets the symlinks for you if you just tell it which version you want. However it does not seem to work in the newest version, which I find disappointing.</p> <pre><code>root@nexus:~# update-alternatives ...
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2018-05-30T08:59:20.613
2023-02-01T16:01:22.747
How to choose the default gcc and g++ version?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First erase the current <code>update-alternatives</code> setup for <code>gcc</code> and <code>g++</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo update-alternatives --remove-all gcc \nsudo update-alternatives --remove-all g++\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><strong>Install Packages</strong></p>\n\n<p>It seems ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Is this really desirable? There are ABI changes between <code>gcc</code> versions. Compiling something with one version (eg the entire operating system) and then compiling something else with another version, can cause conflict.</p>\n\n<p>For example, kernel modules should al...
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26501
1
36281
2011-02-15T16:35:42.730
5
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<p>While a form control like <code>&lt;select&gt;</code> or <code>&lt;input&gt;</code> is focused the arrow keys, Page Up, Page Down, Home and End all navigate inside the contents of that control rather than the web page itself. This is very useful, but makes it difficult to navigate web pages by keyboard - After focus...
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2020-04-27T12:23:43.727
2020-04-27T12:23:43.727
Keyboard shortcut to un-focus form controls
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>While there isn't really a shortcut to what you asked, there are workarounds, the easiest being hitting F6 twice. The first time will take you to the URL-bar, the second will go back to the page (works in Firefox 3.6.16, didn't try Firefox 4 yet). </p>\n\n<p>I know this it not really...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>While there isn't really a shortcut to what you asked, there are workarounds, the easiest being hitting F6 twice. The first time will take you to the URL-bar, the second will go back to the page (works in Firefox 3.6.16, didn't try Firefox 4 yet). </p>\n\n<p>I know this it no...
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26506
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26514
2011-02-15T17:38:29.590
5
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<p>I have a pretty large(50Gb) tar.gz file that I can't untar anymore. Error that I am getting is this:</p> <pre><code>gzip: stdin: not in gzip format tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now </code></pre> <p>Is there any way to repair broken tar.gz?</p> <p>UPDATE: Output of file comma...
2594
2594
2011-02-15T17:52:55.750
2011-02-15T20:15:36.867
Repair gzipped tar
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-15T17:46:59.187", "id": "29148", "postId": "26506", "score": "1", "text": "Can you post the output of `file filename.tar.gz`?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6969" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your file is an uncompressed tarball. The extension <code>.tgz</code> is misleading, you might want to give the file a better extension, like <code>.tar</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mv projects.tgz projects.tar\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You've possibly tried to extract the file by running:</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Your file is an uncompressed tarball. The extension <code>.tgz</code> is misleading, you might want to give the file a better extension, like <code>.tar</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>mv projects.tgz projects.tar\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You've possibly tried to extract the file by ru...
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26507
1
26508
2011-02-15T17:42:11.910
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<p>Many packages built for Ubuntu seem to have a "-0ubuntu1" suffix (or, more generally, -XubuntuY). For example, the version string for a bleeeding-edge package from the nova project looks like: </p> <pre><code>2011.2~bzr663-0ubuntu1 </code></pre> <p>I understand that 2011.2 is a major version, and bzr663 refers to ...
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2011-02-15T17:54:08.130
What's the significance of "-0ubuntu1" at the end of a package version string?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Packages are versioned in a pattern like <code>&lt;upstream version&gt;-&lt;debian revision&gt;</code>. In this case, the upstream version is <code>2011.2~bzr663</code> &amp; the debian revision is <code>0ubuntu1</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Normally in Debian, the revisions are just numbers su...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Packages are versioned in a pattern like <code>&lt;upstream version&gt;-&lt;debian revision&gt;</code>. In this case, the upstream version is <code>2011.2~bzr663</code> &amp; the debian revision is <code>0ubuntu1</code>.</p>\n\n<p>Normally in Debian, the revisions are just nu...
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2011-02-15T17:59:43.540
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<p>Has anyone had problems with how Windows and Linux drivers configure the network card? I have a Realtek 8112L LAN Controller and am dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10. After using network processes under both systems the network card stops working under either, forcing me to reset the CMOS.</p> <p><strong>Upda...
10897
10897
2011-05-02T19:12:01.993
2011-05-02T19:12:01.993
Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10 network controller driver conflict?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-22T06:30:58.307", "id": "35265", "postId": "26509", "score": "0", "text": "Would you explain this futher, if this is still a problem? You say after using network processes.. Does that mean network card stops working in both windows and Ubuntu at times after working som...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In my case, it works well on Ubuntu 10.10 but Win 7 cannot recognize the card. The solution is to cold reboot and wait for a few minutes then turn on and boot into Win 7 ( I googled somewhere but now I forgot). According to some explanation, Ubuntu loads some kind of firmware...
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26510
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27217
2011-02-15T18:32:29.090
1
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<p>I don't like the netbook interface released with 10.10, so i want to use the old interface (released with Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.04). Here how it looks at the moment:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/rz6Pa.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <ol> <li>The problem is, that this box is bigger th...
5306
14356
2011-09-04T19:26:21.627
2011-09-04T19:26:21.627
Some gui issues with netbook edition
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found a solution for the font size problem. I'm using the netbook-launcher-efl, which have two themes: alternative.edj and default.edj, both can be found under <code>/usr/share/netbook-launcher-efl/data/themes</code>. I have extracted the default theme with <code>sudo edje_decc def...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found a solution for the font size problem. I'm using the netbook-launcher-efl, which have two themes: alternative.edj and default.edj, both can be found under <code>/usr/share/netbook-launcher-efl/data/themes</code>. I have extracted the default theme with <code>sudo edje_...
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26511
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26677
2011-02-15T18:32:44.327
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<p>I just downloaded the developer driver from <a href="http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cuda_3_2_downloads.html" rel="nofollow">Nvidia's CUDA Zone</a>. Executed it and typed in restart gdm and the it worked. However after rebooting X didn't come up (<a href="http://codepad.org/6DS8TVDK" rel="nofollow">xorg log</a>),...
10887
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2011-02-16T23:07:38.780
2011-02-16T23:07:38.780
X doesn't find nvidia module when installing developer driver
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I've written about it on the Ubuntu Forums: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1687189\" rel=\"nofollow\">HOWTO: install or uninstall nVidia drivers</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-09-08T20:51:51.667", "id": ...
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2011-02-15T18:34:46.663
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<p>This <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Swap-Space.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Linux Swap Space Mini-HOWTO</a> describes how to share swap space between Windows and Linux. **Do these instructions still apply to Ubuntu in 2011? How should I modify the steps for Ubuntu? </p> <p>Is there a better approach to sharing s...
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2020-01-14T10:25:17.773
2020-06-19T22:55:44.217
Sharing swap space between Windows and Ubuntu
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Not possible. The format of pagefile.sys is proprietary and unknown.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-15T19:19:51.460", "id": "29163", "postId": "26520", "score": "3", "text": "The act...
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26519
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26527
2011-02-15T19:06:16.017
2
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<p>I just installed Ubuntu 10.10. When I run <code>df -h</code>, I get: </p> <pre><code>Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 285G 20G 251G 8% / none 1.5G 264K 1.5G 1% /dev none 1.5G 176K 1.5G 1% /dev/shm none 1.5G ...
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2011-02-15T19:14:10.613
2011-02-15T20:15:24.487
Should I get rid of the filesystem at /var/lib/ureadahead/debugfs?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-15T19:11:02.123", "id": "29162", "postId": "26519", "score": "1", "text": "Can you indent the output with four spaces? This way, we can see it formatted nicely.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1676" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There isn't anything to get rid of, other than the dangling entry in /etc/mtab. debugfs is a virtual filesystem like /proc; it does not actually exist on disk. There is a bug somewhere in the boot process where it is unmounted, but /etc/mtab is not updated, so it still shows it in ...
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26521
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2011-02-15T19:09:53.177
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<p>I'd like to have certain windows on a list of virtual desktops, not just on one desktop, or all desktops.</p> <p>For example, if I have these desktops: 1 2 3 4</p> <p>I'd like to put a window on desktop 1 and 4 at the same time.</p> <p>Can this be done with Gnome and/or Compiz?</p> <p>If not, what are the list o...
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2012-11-21T22:47:00.983
2012-12-05T19:19:58.293
Can you put a window on a list of virtual desktops, rather than just one or all of them?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>KDE 4.6 has a great feature called \"activities\" that allows you to assign applications to virtual workspaces. This seems like a good blog explaining activities in more detail: <a href=\"http://bsmith1012.blogspot.com/2011/02/changes-in-kde-46-activities.html\" rel=\"nofoll...
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2011-02-15T19:53:50.263
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/25409/how-to-emulate-winkeyarrow-windows-7s-maximise-shortcut-keys">How to emulate winkey+arrow Windows 7&#39;s maximise shortcut keys?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I would like to have two windows next to each other....
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2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-02-16T06:03:27.927
Having two windows next to each other on gnome, similar to the win-left/right shortcut on Win7?
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2011-06-05T20:22:18.977
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2011-02-15T19:56:23.613
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<p>My Ubuntu 10.10 sometimes totally freezes. I suppose that it is somehow related to my graphic card and would like to check Xserver log. Where is this file located ?</p>
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2022-08-12T10:30:06.847
Where is Xserver log file located?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Where most of log files located: <code>/var/log/</code> </p>\n\n<p>Log filename: <code>Xorg.0.log</code> <code>Xorg.1.log</code> etc...</p>\n\n<p>Update:</p>\n\n<p>You can check out the log files: </p>\n\n<p>Click on </p>\n\n<p><strong>System menu</strong> > <strong>Choose Administra...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Where most of log files located: <code>/var/log/</code> </p>\n\n<p>Log filename: <code>Xorg.0.log</code> <code>Xorg.1.log</code> etc...</p>\n\n<p>Update:</p>\n\n<p>You can check out the log files: </p>\n\n<p>Click on </p>\n\n<p><strong>System menu</strong> > <strong>Choose Ad...
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1
26547
2011-02-15T20:16:31.717
10
36034
<p>I am using a transparent proxy (other box). When I try to do an 'apt-get update' I get these warnings (in german):</p> <pre><code>... W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/maverick-security/restricted/source/Sources.gz 503 Service Unavailable W: Fehlschlag beim Holen von http://se...
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2017-08-04T09:37:43.183
error 503: service unavailable when using apt-get update behind proxy
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't think that you can do anything with this on your box. 503 is the answer from the proxy. If you were sure, it's the good proxy what you set (192.168.120.199:8080) then it's not your problem, but the administrator's of the proxy. If it's you, then it's another question but then...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't think that you can do anything with this on your box. 503 is the answer from the proxy. If you were sure, it's the good proxy what you set (192.168.120.199:8080) then it's not your problem, but the administrator's of the proxy. If it's you, then it's another question ...
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26529
1
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2011-02-15T20:22:58.943
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4497/workspace-specific-wallpapers-with-compiz">Workspace specific wallpapers with Compiz?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>The Gnome &amp; Compiz feature of having many virtual desktops is appreciable, but I would have l...
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2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-02-15T20:42:41.687
How do I set different wallpapers for different virtual desktops?
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2011-02-17T16:11:13.290
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2011-02-15T20:28:04.553
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<p>Usually, when I plug in a second monitor and I want my computer to be aware of it, I have to go to 'System' -> 'Preferences' -> 'Monitors'. Then, without clicking anywhere, my desktop knows it has to adapt itself (by cloning the screen or broadening the virtual desktop).</p> <p>How can I make this happen automatica...
5592
5592
2011-03-12T20:50:31.270
2011-03-13T05:49:30.463
How do I make Ubuntu aware of plugging in and out a second monitor?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-20T12:50:28.307", "id": "30035", "postId": "26531", "score": "0", "text": "you probably 'could' make this automatic but I'm not sure you would want to. Detecting changes can cause the screens to flicker and I don't think thats something you want happening automaticall...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>AFAIK, you cant. And thats a hardware restriction, not Ubuntu's.</p>\n\n<p>It has to do with the way videocards (onboard or not) deal with its connectors: when they are unpplugged, the card \"shuts down\" the connector.</p>\n\n<p>When you open Monitors, it \"scans\" the card(...
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26533
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2011-02-15T20:34:43.413
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<p>I found a tutorial with people saying it works; here are the instructions I followed.</p> <p>I opened a shell as root on my system and launched the following:</p> <pre><code>wget http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb/archive/tip.tar.gz tar zxvf tip.tar.gz cd v4l... (whatever the newly created directory name is) make all s...
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5592
2011-02-15T20:51:07.207
2011-09-02T13:25:38.910
Installing Microsoft VX1000 webcam
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Change <code>tar zxvf tip.tar.gz</code> command to <code>tar -zxvf tip.tar.gz</code></p>\n\n<p>-</p>\n\n<p>The tar command</p>\n\n<pre><code>Usage: tar [OPTION]… [FILE]…\n\nLet us check the option used in this example\n\n-c, –create create a new archive\n-z, –gz...
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user10907
26534
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2011-02-15T20:45:53.790
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<p>I've tried to set up a trivial repository with binary .debs for internal use, but apt-get doesn't see the packages. I've done the following:</p> <p>On the web server: </p> <ol> <li>Created the binary debs with dpkg-buildpackage</li> <li>Put all of the binary debs in a web-accessible directory which corresponds to ...
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2011-02-16T15:02:02.027
apt-get doesn't see packages in my trivial repository
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4
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>can you try with <code>dpkg-scanpackages</code> instead of <code>dpkg-scansources</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-02-16T15:02:02.027", "id": "26651", "lastActivityDat...
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2011-02-15T20:58:28.557
3
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<p>I'm currently trying to figure out some kind of set-up for my music collection. The music collection is located on my "main PC" and I'm using Banshee to play/manage the music. </p> <p>Since I'm often at a different location where I use my laptop I have a FTP server running on my main PC, use curlftpfs to mount the ...
3955
3955
2011-02-15T21:04:53.623
2011-02-17T12:27:53.097
Music server + Banshee
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well, it seems like Banshee doesn't skip any tracks when I add them to the queue and play them from there. I'd say that's good enough :)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-02-17T11...
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26536
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26537
2011-02-15T21:17:10.893
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<p>I am using this command</p> <pre><code>gvfs-move file smb://server/directory/file </code></pre> <p>to move files over a samba share I would like to transfer multiple files by piping the results of a gvfs-ls to the same command however I cannot use a wild card to limit the search like this</p> <pre><code>gvfs-ls s...
6450
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2011-02-15T21:31:14.397
How to move multiple files over network from terminal
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Would this work? </p>\n\n<pre><code>find . -iname *.mkv | xargs 'command'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Goodluck.</p>\n", "commentCount": "7", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-15T21:37:17.863", "id": "29189", "postId": "26537", "score": "1", "text...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Would this work? </p>\n\n<pre><code>find . -iname *.mkv | xargs 'command'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Goodluck.</p>\n", "commentCount": "7", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-15T21:37:17.863", "id": "29189", "postId": "26537", "sc...
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26554
2011-02-15T21:57:04.133
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<p>I love Ubuntu One and I use it all the time. I have my documents and music composition folders set to sync. It's been a real boon. However, sometimes I feel that constantly saving my progress forces the file to sync dozens and dozens of times to the servers. It seems wasteful to me so I've been disconnecting U1 unti...
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2011-02-15T23:32:19.257
Does saving my progress on a U1-synced file/folder put unneccesary strain on the servers?
[ "ubuntu-one" ]
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's totally fine to save progress as you go, we're doing a lot of work to make this cheaper for both the user and our servers.\nI'd encourage you to use it however you feel most comfortable :)</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "content...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>i would not worry about this. Given the observed speed of syncing, I would not consider Canonical's Amazon storage system to be even nearly overwhelmed.</p>\n\n<p>If you are concerned about ensuring the service remains viable, you may wish to consider <a href=\"https://one.ub...
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user6658
26541
1
null
2011-02-15T22:08:51.653
3
1013
<p>I have problem with monitor flickering and <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal-info/+bug/415023" rel="nofollow">here</a> i found that possible solution is to run gnome-power-manager like this:</p> <pre><code>gnome-power-manager --no-daemon </code></pre> <p>For some people this fixed the issues. ...
4921
7035
2011-06-07T16:49:34.313
2011-07-12T16:10:31.527
What exactly is --no-daemon function in Gnome-power-manager
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1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The description of the <code>--no-daemon</code> option from <code>man gnome-power-manager</code> is:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>--no-daemon</p>\n \n <blockquote>\n <p>Do not detach gnome-power-manager into the background so that error messages will be displayed on console...
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26542
1
26544
2011-02-15T22:14:32.433
12
18249
<p>I hear a lot of talk about Daemons running on my Ubuntu computer - what are they?</p>
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235
2011-12-22T06:00:22.320
2016-12-20T17:46:25.077
What is a Daemon?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In short, a Daemon is a <strong>background process</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>Daemons can just be normal programs that run in the background, however most are created by starting a process, forking it and exiting the parent. </p>\n\n<p>To fork a process means to create an exact copy of it. ...
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26546
1
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2011-02-15T22:30:24.090
3
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<p>I modded my docky-sources, so i have no reflection anymore. Where can i remove the separators or change the metrics like <a href="http://illusionmist.deviantart.com/#/d31mrq6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a></p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/fbLbZ.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
10911
235
2011-02-16T04:22:54.823
2011-02-16T04:22:54.823
Docky customization
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I am using \"docky 2.07 release\" as seen in the \"about\" window of my Docky. </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/HCIKG.jpg\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>I don't know what exactly you mean with \"change the metrics\" but the image in your link...
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26550
1
26551
2011-02-15T22:53:37.557
10
265
<p>I'm interested in <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/23714/i-want-to-fix-a-bug-where-do-i-start">fixing a bug</a> in Ubuntu, but I don't want to step on anyone's toes. How do I "claim" a bug to let people know I'm working on it?</p> <p>(Screenshots of where in Launchpad to click please)</p>
235
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2011-02-16T15:23:17.850
How do I assign a bug to myself in Launchpad?
[ "development", "launchpad" ]
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To assign a bug to yourself in Launchpad, first navigate to the bug page (e.g. <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/397393\" rel=\"noreferrer\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/397393</a> )</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To assign a bug to yourself in Launchpad, first navigate to the bug page (e.g. <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/397393\" rel=\"noreferrer\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/397393</a> )</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack...
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26553
1
26588
2011-02-15T23:29:16.383
5
348
<p>I would like to create a custom startup image (in place of the default Ubuntu logo) on a LiveCD that I will be producing for internal use within my company. I would like to brand it with a company logo during the bootup process, and be able to customize various icons in the installation process (similar to <a href="...
10917
null
null
2011-02-16T05:51:21.387
How to create a custom startup image on a LiveCD
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To create your own Live CD, please take a look at this question: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/25623/how-can-i-make-a-live-cd-dvd-from-my-harddisk-installation/\">How can I make a live CD/DVD from my harddisk installation?</a></p>\n\n<p>To use your own company branding, y...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To create your own Live CD, please take a look at this question: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/25623/how-can-i-make-a-live-cd-dvd-from-my-harddisk-installation/\">How can I make a live CD/DVD from my harddisk installation?</a></p>\n\n<p>To use your own company bra...
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26555
1
26565
2011-02-15T23:47:06.743
2
2981
<p>I recently got interested in the WebSocket technology. I built myself a server using PHP which I ran on Windows using the PHP CLI. That was fine for development, but now I need to think about deployment.</p> <p>I got myself a little VPS running Ubuntu Server 10.10. I have basic knowledge of Linux, so I set up my SSH...
10918
1157209
2023-10-21T23:21:12.700
2023-10-21T23:21:12.700
Running PHP-CLI server
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1
0
CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To redirect both output and any errors to some_other_file:</p>\n\n<pre><code>php server.php 2&gt;&amp;1 some_other_file\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The <strong>>&amp;</strong> redirects a stream to another file descriptor (in BASH shell):</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>0 is stdin</li>\n<li>1 is stdout</l...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To redirect both output and any errors to some_other_file:</p>\n\n<pre><code>php server.php 2&gt;&amp;1 some_other_file\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The <strong>>&amp;</strong> redirects a stream to another file descriptor (in BASH shell):</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>0 is stdin</li>\n<li>1 is s...
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26557
1
26559
2011-02-15T23:50:02.603
8
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<p>I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10 on a rented dedicated server.</p> <p>When I ssh to it using PuTTY (on a Windows machine), I find it responds to <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>S</kbd> and<br> <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Q</kbd> as XON/XOFF transmission control (i.e. the terminal freezes everytime I type <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>S...
10919
114
2011-02-28T04:44:05.883
2011-02-28T10:33:51.653
Turning off XON/XOFF when SSHing via PuTTY
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-16T01:25:05.033", "id": "29219", "postId": "26557", "score": "0", "text": "I still use xon/xoff. I often view log streams from webservers, looking for exceptions and errors. It is very convenient to stop the terminal and then scroll back to view the error. Think of ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Based on <a href=\"https://superuser.com/questions/124845/can-you-disable-the-ctrl-s-xoff-keystroke-in-putty\">a SuperUser question</a>, just run this once connected:</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo \"stty -ixon\" &gt;&gt; ~/.bash_profile\nreset\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And that should fix it.</p...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Based on <a href=\"https://superuser.com/questions/124845/can-you-disable-the-ctrl-s-xoff-keystroke-in-putty\">a SuperUser question</a>, just run this once connected:</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo \"stty -ixon\" &gt;&gt; ~/.bash_profile\nreset\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And that should fi...
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26558
1
null
2011-02-16T00:01:16.540
1
575
<p>My Facebook doesn't work with Chromium, but it works fine with Firefox.</p>
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1067
2011-02-16T00:10:15.663
2011-11-06T21:13:51.583
Facebook doesn't work with Chromium, works fine with Firefox
[ "firefox", "chromium" ]
1
4
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As you stated yourself in a comment, after you re-installed chromium everything worked.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-11-06T22:50:57.097", "id": "86111", "postId": "76236", "score": "0", ...
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2012-08-17T20:07:25.493
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26563
1
null
2011-02-16T00:44:15.600
2
1427
<p>I'm encountering boot failure while trying to install a Linux distro from a CD. I'm using an older PC; here are its specs:</p> <p>HP Pavilion a255c 2.66GHz CPU, 512MB RAM with a BIOS revision of 6/30/2003</p> <p>I reclaimed an older drive (Seagate ST340810A) that seems to be working, as it's recognized in the BIOS...
10922
235
2011-02-16T04:21:04.590
2011-02-16T16:12:22.380
Boot failure on installation from a burned iso image
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1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-16T04:21:26.133", "id": "29228", "postId": "26563", "score": "0", "text": "You checked the md5sum of the image I assume?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I didn't understand what's your problem exactly whether you've installed the os or you are trying to boot from CD but if it a HW related issue,</p>\n\n<p>Try if the following could help:</p>\n\n<p>To boot from a device selecting it, press <code>F5</code> or <code>F8</code> or...
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26564
1
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2011-02-16T00:46:00.697
3
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<p>I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 with all its updates (without Windows) on it’s own drive and everything is working fine.</p> <p>I want to play WMA audio files, also mp3 files. The mp3 files play fine. The WMA files do not play. Used "Rhythmbox Music Player" with and without "Ubuntu-restricted" -extras. Still does not...
10485
10581
2011-02-16T12:14:59.747
2017-02-24T07:27:40.307
Cannot play windows WMA lossless files on Rhythmbox
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try installing package <code>gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg</code> from the Software Center.</p>\n\n<p><code>apt-cache show gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg</code> at least shows wma in the description.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-16...
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26566
1
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2011-02-16T01:53:25.417
4
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<p>I'd like to start using LVM snapshots to help ensure quality backups.</p> <p>If I have a <code>/var</code> partition that is on a separate volume from the rest of the root filesystem, can I still ensure that a backup accurately reflects the state of the entire system at a particular point in time? Is it worthwhile...
3865
null
null
2017-04-25T17:35:33.293
Possibility of inconsistencies in backups across LVM logical volume snapshots
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Create snapshots for both filesystems at the same time.</p>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-16T15:28:20.917", "id": "29322", "postId": "26648", "score": "1", "text": "Yes, well certainly, ...
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26567
1
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2011-02-16T01:56:36.597
6
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<p>If I am doing backups from LVM snapshots of a live system, how can I best avoid problems due to the snapshot being taken during things like upgrades? Presumably this wouldn't be catastrophic, since it would be less serious than a power outage during the upgrade, but it could cause at least some amount of inconvenie...
3865
3865
2011-02-17T04:56:11.980
2011-09-17T18:57:20.653
Using LVM snapshots on a live system: possibility of corruption due to system activity
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Don't start a backup while you are also doing an upgrade. If you are doing both via a cron script, then have both scripts use a lock file or something to make sure they do not run at the same time, or schedule them far enough apart that the first one should be done before th...
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26569
1
26576
2011-02-16T02:15:24.787
18
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<p>I've read through <code>man pngcrush</code> and it seems that there is no way to crush a PNG file and save it over the original. I want to compress several folders worth of PNGs so it would be useful to do it all with one command!</p> <p>Currently I am doing <code>pngcrush -q -d tmp *.png</code> then manually cut-p...
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235
2012-06-12T18:43:57.690
2019-11-20T18:49:03.843
How to get pngcrush to overwrite original files?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>All on one line:</p>\n\n<pre class=\"lang-bash prettyprint-override\"><code>for file in *.png; do pngcrush \"$file\" \"${file%.png}-crushed.png\" &amp;&amp; mv \"${file%.png}-crushed.png\" \"$file\"; done\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>should do it.</p>\n\n<p>(Though so far in my own tests, le...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>All on one line:</p>\n\n<pre class=\"lang-bash prettyprint-override\"><code>for file in *.png; do pngcrush \"$file\" \"${file%.png}-crushed.png\" &amp;&amp; mv \"${file%.png}-crushed.png\" \"$file\"; done\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>should do it.</p>\n\n<p>(Though so far in my own t...
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26571
1
26636
2011-02-16T02:25:29.003
0
6654
<p>When I put a DVD into the DVD drive, it appears in Nautilus <em>Places</em>, but is not automatically mounted. (this is by personal choice). </p> <p>In this unmounted state, <code>mount</code> (of course) reports nothing, and likewise for <code>df</code>..<br> but Nautilus is aware of the DVD hardware unit and ha...
2670
-1
2017-04-13T12:37:16.353
2017-07-26T15:07:35.827
How can find out the device Id of my unmounted DVD?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-16T09:57:26.337", "id": "29259", "postId": "26571", "score": "0", "text": "So you haven't got /dev/scd0 what you wrote too? Or what do you mean about \"device id\", the name of the device entry in /dev, like that /dev/scd0? You may want to examine entires like /dev/dvd...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>So here it is my comment as an answer finally: if you think about those entries in /dev as \"device ids\" then you have already the answer: it's maybe /dev/scd0 as you wrote. You may want to examine entires like /dev/dvd, usually udev (which manages /dev entries) creates it as a syml...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>So here it is my comment as an answer finally: if you think about those entries in /dev as \"device ids\" then you have already the answer: it's maybe /dev/scd0 as you wrote. You may want to examine entires like /dev/dvd, usually udev (which manages /dev entries) creates it a...
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26574
1
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2011-02-16T02:54:19.030
4
1243
<p>I have connected my ipod touch 32gb in my ubuntu 10.10 os.It's connected on os and shows in desktop. but it's not showing as a device in Rhythmbox music player. and also I can't open directly like folder or drive or usb device. when I try to open it show this Error:</p> <pre><code>Could not display "gphoto2://[usb:...
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235
2011-02-16T04:14:40.010
2011-08-28T05:35:55.523
I can't use my iPod touch (32GB)
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4
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-16T03:36:25.713", "id": "29226", "postId": "26574", "score": "2", "text": "What generation is your ipod touch?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8515" }, { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T02:21:51.407", "id": "29613", "postId": "26574", "sco...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Apparently Apple borked linux support with iOS 4 and Nano 6+, and it's proven difficult to hack the music database to allow access to non-iTunes apps. I suspect your device is included in the bug.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=631006\" rel=\"n...
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26580
1
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2011-02-16T04:00:45.363
1
687
<p>I need help.</p> <p>My portable hdd can be plugged into my new ASUS N43J laptop in WINDOWS 7 from any of the 3 USB ports.</p> <p>In Ubuntu, it only works with 1 port.</p> <p>using 10.04 64bit.</p> <p>Please advise.</p> <h1>Edit:</h1> <p>I just realised that the port is usb3.0. Sorry for my ignorance. HOw do i get my...
10591
-1
2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2013-04-27T11:43:26.377
One of my 3 USB ports can automount my portable HDD, not the other 2
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-16T08:22:37.523", "id": "29246", "postId": "26580", "score": "0", "text": "Do any other devices work on those USB ports in Linux? A thumbdrive or digital camera?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "7705" }, { "creationDate": "2011-02-20T15:54:01.527",...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I dont have a solution to your problem, but I guess you have one usb2 port and 2 usb3 ports. So your HDD is only working with the usb2 port. I have the same problem, and are looking for a solution.</p>\n\n<p>Here is one solution: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...
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26584
1
null
2011-02-16T05:08:00.023
10
7183
<p>During system installation from a Desktop LiveCD (10.10) I checked the "Download updates during installation" option.</p> <p>Before starting the install I had configured an apt proxy server.</p> <p>The proxy server was configured by writing</p> <pre><code>Acquire::http { Proxy "http://apt-proxy-server:3142"; }; <...
3865
3865
2011-02-17T01:57:07.867
2012-02-13T01:14:33.017
Using an APT proxy for downloads during installation
[ "installation", "apt", "live-cd", "proxy" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-27T22:36:26.107", "id": "126978", "postId": "26584", "score": "0", "text": "possible duplicate of [apt-get does not work with proxy](http://askubuntu.com/questions/23666/apt-get-does-not-work-with-proxy)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" }, { "...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you are using the Live CD, Apt is not set to use your proxy, you may be able to configure apt on the live CD to use the proxy. If you want to make this more permanent you could use a custom live CD or set your network to use the proxy by default for all connections. </p>\n...
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26585
1
26596
2011-02-16T05:08:26.433
1
2433
<p>I have a corrupt the partition table on the laptop that is running Ubuntu 10.4.</p> <p>Before the partition table was corrupt I had the following partitions: 2 primary partitions: 1st - NTFS 2nd - Extended 4 logical partitons that are built within 2nd extended: 1st NTFS (68 Gib) 2nd Linux (19 Gib) 3rd Swap (1.4 Gib...
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2011-10-09T22:00:56.160
2011-10-09T22:00:56.160
The partition table is corrupt
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use open-source tool: TestDisk to repair the corrupt partition table.</p>\n\n<p>Example of repair a damaged partition table:\n<a href=\"http://geekyprojects.com/storage/how-to-repair-a-damaged-partition-table-or-mbr/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://geekyprojects.com/storage/how-to-...
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26586
1
26621
2011-02-16T05:40:17.493
4
709
<p>Is it possible to know that?,like when were they deleted, by which user, etc; or is any information regarding the files completely erased</p>
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2011-02-16T19:20:52.270
Is it Possible to know when files were deleted?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If by delete, you mean \"moved to the trash bin\", yes and no. You'll always know who moved the file to the trash, because it'll end up in their trash bin. You won't know when it was moved to the trash, because move operations don't update the file's timestamp.</p>\n\n<p>If by delete...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If by delete, you mean \"moved to the trash bin\", yes and no. You'll always know who moved the file to the trash, because it'll end up in their trash bin. You won't know when it was moved to the trash, because move operations don't update the file's timestamp.</p>\n\n<p>If b...
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1
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2011-02-16T05:59:56.603
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<p>Hibernate is working fine. A bit slow when resuming from a hibernate but I can bear with it just so that I have all open applications on the desktop as I left it. Then again the "slowness" might be because of the 4GB RAM, although I'm assuming only what is used gets <em>swapped</em> and not the entire memory.</p> <...
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2014-02-18T11:58:46.207
2014-02-18T11:58:46.207
No splash screen on hibernate
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've never seen anything like that. Only \"Splash screen\" I've ever seen on Ubuntu has been the startup (And occasionally) the shutdown screens.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "cr...
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<p>My system is <strong>working perfectly but it freezes during shutdown</strong>/reboot/suspend/hibernate: All windows and the menu bar disappear but the desktop wallpaper remains. It doesn't even show the shutdown screen (the one with the animated dots) where I could hit ESC and watch the shutdown console text. The s...
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2017-04-13T12:24:13.310
2018-08-30T19:33:16.467
New computer hangs on shutdown/reboot, how to troubleshoot?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-16T09:00:38.050", "id": "29252", "postId": "26601", "score": "2", "text": "Hanging at shutdown/restart shouldn't prevent any kind of installation. Linux is not windows, files can be replaced while in use, Ubuntu will not make the upgrades while rebooting. Reboot is onl...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10489760&amp;postcount=4\">This answer on Ubuntu Forums</a> has the exact solution! (Why didn't I post there in parallel to here on AU? It would have saved a week of calendar time and several hours of computer time!)</p>\n\n<blockquote...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It could be an ACPI problem. You can try to pass the kernel some parameters to disable some of ACPI functions. Note this will result in a loss of features (power management) or performance (lots of polling).</p>\n\n<p>First a little explanation about how to add some kernel pa...
2011-02-19T07:11:05.760
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2011-02-16T09:25:03.323
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<p>I have a computer that has no monitor attached to it. </p> <p>When I boot the system, X fails to start because there is no monitor detected. If I boot it with a monitor attached and after X has started, when I remove the monitor everything works fine.</p> <p><strong>Details and Background:</strong></p> <p>This co...
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How can I force X to start in a computer without a monitor?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1452600\" rel=\"nofollow\">this tread</a> a possible solution for 10.04 may be to both</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>define a standard xorg.conf, and</li>\n<li>prevent KMS at boot.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>However solution <a href=\"http://...
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<p>I have problem with functional keys. </p> <p>When I want <kbd>F1</kbd> I must press <kbd>Fn</kbd> + <kbd>F1</kbd>. I want to change to press only <kbd>F1</kbd>. Under <kbd>Fn</kbd> + <kbd>F1</kbd> i would have the functional key (now is mute)</p>
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2011-02-16T14:42:30.417
2011-04-18T12:40:46.633
How do I configure function keys and Fn on a ThinkPad Edge?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>BIOS I would say would be your best bet</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-02T17:54:44.323", "id": "43159", "postId": "26644", "score": "0", "text": "Reuben is correct. You'll find the op...
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2011-02-16T10:15:55.303
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<p>Hey,<br> I've got a problem with JavaScript under Ubuntu, that drives me crazy.</p> <p>I'm using Gedit for my web sites since I'm an Ubuntu user. When I start a new website I create (usually with the gnome terminal) folder structure, and I copy the files I need into them.<br> The next step is creating an index.html...
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2019-09-16T05:41:10.617
Javascript is not loading
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-16T12:41:50.000", "id": "29287", "postId": "26619", "score": "0", "text": "No need for \"777\", also it's a security problem. If your work is tested through a web server, it's enough if only the user can read (and nor write, nor executable) your files the webserver run...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Neither apache nor the browser need a javascript file to be executable. The apache user (www-data) must be able to read the files and execute the directory they are in. Usually the group or user would be set to www-data, or \"other\" is given read permissions. Check <code>/va...
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2011-02-16T10:29:27.867
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<p>On my Ubuntu I needed to install a newer version of erlang.</p> <p>Then I installed rabbitmq-server with <code>dpkg --force-depends -i rabbitmq-server_2.1.1-1_all.deb</code></p> <p>And everything worked fine, till...</p> <p>Now I have the following problem when doing an apt-get install or upgrade:</p> <pre><code...
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10581
2011-02-16T12:15:09.747
2011-02-16T12:15:09.747
How to mark dependencies as solved?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>apt tries to resolve the problem, you can also use \"apt-get -f install\" to ask it for that. However you can't expect it can fix the dependencies (with other solution than removing the problematic package) if there is no package in the configured repositories which is needed by the ...
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2011-02-16T11:03:24.047
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<p>I can't switch workspaces using the panel or the shortcut[<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>alt</kbd>+<kbd>left</kbd>/<kbd>right</kbd>>]. When I click on the workspace panel, there is no response. How do i fix this problem?</p>
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2011-11-02T21:06:33.803
2016-12-10T18:41:28.280
Can't switch workspaces
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you are using compiz, go to System/Preferences/Compizconfig Settings Manager\" and lead to the \"Desktop Wall\" options.</p>\n\n<p>Make sure you are using Desktop Wall, otherwise you may be using \"Desktop Cube\" in which case you should open \"Rotate Cube\".</p>\n\n<p>In both cas...
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2011-02-16T11:28:01.483
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<p>I run a TwinView, dual monitor system. I like to play games fullscreen on one of the monitors, not spanning both. With <code>wine</code>, this works by just setting it to desktop mode and setting the resolution to that of one screen. For OpenTTD, I used Compiz's Window Rules plugin.</p> <p>But I have a few native g...
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2011-12-07T23:41:09.540
Fullscreen windowed mode in id games
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well after years of putting up with just having decoration, I've found a fix. The problem is SDL. It doesn't seem to adhere to the standard way of painting windows, making them impossible to target with Compiz (to then remove decoration via the FULLSCREEN hint)... Until now.</p>\n\n<...
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2011-02-16T11:54:30.870
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<p>I want to install the latest version of Eclipse but the Ubuntu Software Centre contains an older version.</p> <p>Is there a PPA or some other way to install latest Eclipse? Please describe the steps for full installation.</p>
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2022-02-24T03:40:10.447
How to install Eclipse?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you've downloaded Eclipse from their official website, follow these steps for the installation.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Extract the eclipse.XX.YY.tar.gz using</p>\n\n<pre><code>tar -zxvf eclipse.XX.YY.tar.gz\n</code></pre></li>\n<li><p>Become root and Copy the extracted folder to <cod...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I recommend you to download directly from the <a href=\"http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/\">eclipse website</a>. the installation process very easy, just extract the files tar.gz, to remove it is also quite easy, simply by deleting the eclipse folder :D</p>\n", "commentCo...
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2011-02-16T12:53:51.960
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<p>While performing a Ubuntu 10.10 installation on my laptop, it doesn't show partitions pertaining to the PC.</p> <p>My PC configuration is as follows : </p> <ul> <li>HP Pavilion dv6 - 2020AX</li> <li>AMD Turion II Dual Core Mobile Processor M500</li> <li>4 GB RAM </li> <li>OS Installed : Windows 7 </li> <li>500...
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3550
2011-02-16T14:08:22.937
2011-02-16T21:02:05.750
Installer doesn't display partition I want to install to
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have often seen this after an installation of windows what has happened,for technical reasons,is windows C partition has been placed 1Mb in. normally this would not matter except in this case linux knows you can only have four partitions and that is what it shows.\nSolution...
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<p>I have an AMD SB with Raid 1 set up through that. I installed Ubuntu Server with no problems. However I know through windows one can set up SMART Tests with AMD's software. Is there a way to run SMART tests on a recurring schedule in Ubuntu and have it email failures?</p>
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2011-02-17T13:14:06.217
AMD Raid SMART Tests Ubuntu Server
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Alright I found that smartmontools works even with hardware raid.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install smartmontools \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Information</p>\n\n<pre><code>smartctl -i /dev/sda \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Turn SMART On for sda</p>\n\n<pre><code>smartctl -s on /dev/sda \n</co...
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2011-02-16T14:58:02.603
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<p>I'm running 64-bit Ubuntu 10.10, and I'm trying to make SRGP work. SRGP is an old graphics package that accompanies the book "Computer Graphics" by Foley, van Dam, et al. </p> <p>I have installed libx11-dev, but I still can't get through make.</p> <p>I get the error "cannot find -lsrgp" when I typed make PROG=show...
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2011-02-16T15:18:18.777
2011-06-08T14:40:15.270
How to get SRGP working?
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<p>I use igoogle for my rss reader, now i need to use Liferea on my Desktop and i need to Export my iGoogle rss and Import into liferea. I was trying export my rss from iGoogle (The default export format is .xml) but when i tried to import into Liferea I get this error message <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Fizd...
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2011-02-16T15:09:56.697
2011-02-16T16:58:39.693
Export iGoogle RSS and Import into liferea
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<p>When I click on the "Log in / Register" link on the website <a href="https://launchpad.net" rel="nofollow">https://launchpad.net</a>, I always arrive on a blank page only displaying "Invalid OpenID transaction". This happens every time in Firefox, but never in Chromium nor in Epiphany.</p> <p>Where does that come f...
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2011-02-16T17:16:03.717
2011-04-25T23:41:36.300
"Invalid OpenID transaction" when signing into Launchpad
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<p>Some times I copy something to the clipboard, and it doesn't paste with <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Insert</kbd>, but with <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd> or right-click paste. The behavior seems confusing and a bit unpredictable. Is there some logic behind the variation?</p>
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2011-02-16T16:27:54.613
2019-03-11T06:40:26.593
How do you know when to use SHIFT+INSERT vs CTRL-V vs right-click-paste to paste?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This question seems to be related to the behaviour of keys combinations, but you don't give an application in which you perform these keys combo. So, taking in consideration what Javier Rivera says, the reason of why it is needed to use SHIFT+CTRL in a terminal, is because of some of...
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2011-02-16T16:30:11.933
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<p>I synced a folder called "travel". I want to exclude a file in this folder from being synced. Is this possible? Do the other big syncers, like dropbox and mozy, have this feature?</p>
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2011-02-16T16:35:15.717
2013-05-12T23:46:48.950
Is it possible to exclude a file or folder from being synced, while it is in a directory that was synced?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu One does not currently support this; a workaround would be to move the folder out from the folder it is currently in (and point a symlink at it from the synced folder if necessary), or rename it to something unique and add that name to the 'ignore' pattern list (<stron...
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2011-02-16T16:59:57.273
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<p>I am running Ubuntu 10.10 amd64 in a Virtualbox on windows host. whenever i try to take a screenshot by pressing the print screen or by launching the gnome-screenshot option the screenshot appears completely black. any idea how to get a screenshot inside the Virtualbox?</p>
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2011-06-07T16:56:09.660
2020-07-15T17:33:19.573
How to take screenshot on Ubuntu-guest (Virtualbox)
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ok guys! I have found out the problem and the solution. :P</p>\n\n<p>The problem is Compiz and the solution is to disable it using the command:</p>\n\n<pre><code>metacity --replace &amp;\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now, I can take screenshot of any window inside the VirtualBox.</p>\n", "c...
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2011-02-16T17:20:42.993
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<p>In Windows I was using Cisco VPN client to connect with VPN. In connection properties I set only hostname and choose certificate which are stored in <code>C:\Program Files\Cisco Systems\VPN Client\Certificates</code>.</p> <p>I moved yesterday to Ubuntu and I need to be able to connect with that host using those cer...
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2011-03-02T15:19:59.547
2011-05-01T22:42:46.130
Cisco VPN connection using CertStore as in Windows
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I am not sure about the use of certificates but I use Cisco vpns for connecting to work and I just import the .pcf files into netowrk-manager and the connection works.\nPerhaps you can try that.</p>\n\n<p>Else you may try installing the Cisco VPN client from cisco for Linux. Here's t...
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2011-02-16T18:22:28.340
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<p>I'm trying to export video for use with the HTML5 tag. I've already created a nice webm encoding but can't create the equivalent mp4 video.</p> <p>The MP4 option in Pitivi says it's not recommended and produces corrupted MP4 video when I use it. It recommends using mp4mux to render the project instead, but I can't...
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2011-03-21T15:17:17.357
How do I use mp4mux to create mp4 as recommended by Pitivi?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Even if this may not give the right answer to your question, I put my answer here as requested by djeikyb: </p>\n\n<p>Transcoding may be useful for you. </p>\n\n<p>You render your video in whatever lossless format you wish (AVI, MPG, etc.) and transcode it changing the video ...
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2011-02-16T18:45:27.177
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<p>I am trying to install 10.10 along with a Win7 installation, but I can't. When I run the installer it says that the entire disk is free (unallocated). If I try to run the "Try Ubuntu" thing instead, it <em>can</em> access the other partition(s), but when I run GParted it will say the disk is free.</p> <p>I've read ...
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2011-02-16T23:01:09.617
2011-09-14T23:53:38.767
Installing alongside Win7; entire disk shows as unallocated
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Parted, which is used by Ubuntu's installer, generally complains when you try to list partitons on a drive whose partition table is in some way invalid. Unfortunately the error from libparted isn't displayed by either Ubuntu's installer or GParted. Instead, because of the err...
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<p>I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 and i'm interested in hearing a few tips on how to improve performance and tune my system to be faster. Any articles or links on this? Thanks in advance!</p>
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2011-02-16T21:30:48.057
Tuning my Ubuntu installation
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Some links that could be helpful:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.zolved.com/synapse/view_content/28224/How_to_tune_your_Ubuntu_PC_for_faster_performance_\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.zolved.com/synapse/view_content/28224/How_to_tune_your_Ubuntu_PC_for_faster_performan...
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2011-02-17T16:11:45.910
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2011-02-16T20:04:37.893
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<blockquote> <p><strong>FINAL UPDATE:</strong> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/100900/how-do-i-set-the-correct-monitor-resolution-with-nvidia-drivers-for-a-monitor-th">Here is the best solution</a> that I found after going through this problem lots of times. The question below is outdated because as it turns...
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2015-10-08T10:50:23.887
How can I set my resolution to 1280x1024 on an Acer Aspire Revo 3700?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's an EDID issue. Your monitor is trying to tell your graphics card which modes is supports (at various refresh rates) but one side of the conversation is failing.</p>\n\n<p>The fix is fairly simple, you just manually tell the driver what modes you can work at. In this case it seem...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's an EDID issue. Your monitor is trying to tell your graphics card which modes is supports (at various refresh rates) but one side of the conversation is failing.</p>\n\n<p>The fix is fairly simple, you just manually tell the driver what modes you can work at. In this case...
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2011-02-16T21:49:05.963
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<p>Does anyone have a good installation manual to install samba 4 on ubuntu 10.10. I found a lot of articles to install samba 4 but all are different and most will not work with my ubuntu version. So some questions has been arised like "Where get I the recent built for ubuntu" and so on.</p>
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2011-04-25T00:55:18.497
How do I install Samba 4?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There is a samba 4 package in Ubuntu's Universe repository. It's currently in the alpha phase, so it's not recommended for critical applications.</p>\n\n<p>You can install it by searching for \"samba4\" in the Software Center or Synaptic or by typing <code>sudo apt-get instal...
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2011-02-16T21:55:13.807
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<p>I am currently planning to buy a hardware-raid controller. This became necessary since I am running Linux and Windows in parallel and now need the redundancy for both OS (Im am going to use RAID1 / Mirroring).</p> <p>Therefore I am searching for a hardware raid controller which is well supported by linux / ubuntu (...
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Well supported Hardware Raid Controller
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I suggest that you take a look at following:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog\">http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog</a></p>\n\n<p>Edit:</p>\n\n<p>Following raid cards are certified:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/catalog...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I suggest you find a product and then find out if it works in Linux. I say this because Linux support of these sorts of devices is usually very good because they're commonly used in enterprise situations on Linux servers.</p>\n\n<p>Pricing and hardware features are going to b...
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