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<p>I want to setup an ubuntu server in which some users are limited to a specific download/upload speed.Is it possible?</p> <p>I know about Wondershaper, Trickle or similar tools but I don't want to limit programs or an interface bandwidth because the machine will have different kind of users.</p> <p>A solution for l...
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2017-02-08T07:12:17.393
2017-02-08T07:12:17.393
How to limit download/upload speed for specific users?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><em>iptables</em> with <em>tc</em>? Then again I think I remember pfSense (yeah it's not Ubuntu :/ ), used for traffic shaping, among its many roles, in a small office I used to work for. Since we were in a LAN, everything passes through pfSense. Each user is considered as 1...
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2011-02-16T19:40:30.310
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<p>How to install Java Plugin to these browsers manually ? I downloaded JRE from Oracle Site, run it in terminal. Now, what I should do ?. I want to do it manually because, I want to be up-date with recent Java version.</p>
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2013-05-30T22:20:06.563
2013-11-07T23:09:54.400
How do I manually install the Oracle Java Plugin for Google Chrome and Firefox?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think this problem is quite common. This <a href=\"http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=3ef7b4f7b08118ed&amp;hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow\">thread</a> may have the answers that you are looking for. Let me know if it helps you out, if not we can discuss further....
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2011-02-16T22:33:39.030
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<p>I have a script that I would like to run daily. I set it up in gnome-schedule to run every day at 00:00, and I'm wondering whether it will run on startup if my computer was not turned on at 00:00. If not, is there a way to make it do that?</p>
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2017-03-03T15:05:45.297
Does gnome-schedule run things on startup if the run time is missed?
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2011-02-16T22:46:18.733
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<p>I created an APT repository using deb-scanpackages, and it seemed to go well.</p> <p>When I did a <code>apt-get update</code> on another server, the Packages.gz file was retrieved, and all seemed well - until I went to search for the packages contained in that repository (all packages are created locally).</p> <p>...
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2011-03-08T18:27:09.600
2011-03-08T18:27:09.600
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes, you do need to build 2 sets of packages - you cannot install i386 packages on an amd64 system without forcing the installation, which generally should not be done.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T00:24:18.773...
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2011-02-16T23:09:28.607
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<p>When I import music from an external source, it sorts it into the nice and organized folders by artist - album, but when I import music from Downloads, it just references the file in Downloads and doesn't sort it. How can I force Rhythmbox to sort my downloaded music. Ubuntu 10.10, Rhythmbox 0.13.1</p>
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2013-03-08T10:29:45.490
2013-03-08T10:29:45.490
How do I force a folder sort for my downloaded music on Rhythmbox
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Assuming you mean you want the files to be placed in a directory hierarchy on import I'm afraid it looks like rhythmbox doesn't currently support this feature. There is a bug open in the GNOME bugzilla:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=636980\" rel=\"nof...
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2011-02-16T23:54:27.883
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<p>I am looking for a music player with a few specific requirements:</p> <ol> <li>Must have a search function that whittles down results as you type, searching the entire library.</li> <li>Must start playing a song when double clicked, and not continue to another song when that song finishes.</li> <li>Must be approach...
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2011-02-17T16:11:01.590
Music player with a few specific requirements
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26711
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2011-02-16T23:58:15.510
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<p>by following the instructions here... but when I do I get following errors. Anyone have any ideas as to why? This is a really neat program that I like a lot and would like to get it going again.</p> <pre><code>W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/pj-assis/ppa/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Release.gpg Could not connec...
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2014-08-06T11:32:58.817
2014-08-06T11:32:58.817
Trying to install Pithos but
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2011-02-17T01:42:10.843
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<p>When I play Flash videos from sites such as YouTube, the videos initially play ok. However when the videos are full screened, a number of problems arise. Usually when the full screen button is first clicked, the video will take up the full screen, but will be frozen (however the video audio can still be heard). </p>...
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2011-02-17T10:16:20.137
2011-05-21T17:05:45.073
Full screen Flash problems
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a known Bug,</p>\n\n<p>See this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/13238/cannot-watch-youtube-in-fullscreen-mode\">Cannot watch youtube in fullscreen mode</a></p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mkdir /etc/adobe\necho \"OverrideGPUValidation = 1\" | sudo tee -a /etc/adobe/mms.cfg\n...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is a known Bug,</p>\n\n<p>See this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/13238/cannot-watch-youtube-in-fullscreen-mode\">Cannot watch youtube in fullscreen mode</a></p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mkdir /etc/adobe\necho \"OverrideGPUValidation = 1\" | sudo tee -a /etc/adobe/m...
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26720
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2011-02-17T02:10:11.173
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<p>I was trying to add the installed matlab to the menu of Applications under Ubuntu 10.10.</p> <p>I clicked Gnome-Menu -> Preference -> Main Menu -> Programming -> New Item, where I input the Matlab file .../MatlabR2010b/bin/matlab as the command, and selected the type to be "Application". Then I finished.</p> <p>Bu...
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2011-12-12T16:17:01.590
2013-09-04T15:01:33.413
How do I add Matlab to the main menu?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I found some useful instructions which work for me (Ubuntu 10.04).</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://jonon.gs/blog/math/how-to-install-matlab-on-ubuntu-linux/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">How to Install MATLAB on Ubuntu Linux</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.mathworks.com/support/...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As Kaustubh P said, it could well be a script. The best way to tell is to try <code>head -1 .../MatlabR2010b/bin/matlab</code> and see if it starts with <code>#!/bin/sh</code> or similar.</p>\n\n<p>If it is a script you may wish to set your gnome menu entry to \"Application\"...
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2011-02-17T02:23:30.783
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<p>I was wondering what "loop" mean in this usage of mount:</p> <pre><code>mount -t iso9660 -o loop matlab.iso /media/cdrom0 </code></pre> <p>Is it a type of device? What does this device type "loop" mean? Can I choose other device types for the iso file? Thanks!</p>
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2011-02-17T02:33:33.707
Device type "loop" in mount command
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26727
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2011-02-17T02:33:05.370
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<p>Is there any specific package for <code>cp</code> command which shows the process of being copied.</p> <p>I'm wondering if there is any package cp which shows additional information that what has been copied and what are left or how many percentage it has been copied...etc. Any body using any?</p>
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2011-04-25T13:04:23.767
2011-04-25T13:04:23.767
cp command process info
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can pipe things into the <code>pv</code> command to add progress indication to programs that might not have their own progress meter. </p>\n\n<pre><code>cp -a source/ dest/ | pv\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>However if I'm doing a copy large enough that I need a progress bar I end up usin...
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26730
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2011-02-17T02:43:18.143
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3697/how-do-i-install-fonts"> How do I install fonts?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>to use for various stuff... thanks for the help.</p>
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2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2011-02-17T16:44:23.993
How do you download a font and then install it?
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2011-02-17T18:07:20.383
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2011-02-17T04:07:35.857
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<p>A tutorial or specific directions would be great.</p>
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2013-01-27T16:50:10.627
2013-04-30T01:43:22.890
Is there any way to take my current setup and put it on a live disk, then install it to another machine?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No, you cannot :)! (just kidding).</p>\n\n<p>There is <a href=\"http://remastersys.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">remastersys</a>. It is highly documented, so I won't bother to re-document it here ^^!\nHere is a link: <a href=\"http://www.ubuntugeek.com/creating-custo...
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2011-02-17T04:18:11.417
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<p>should I install something like gufw?</p>
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2011-02-18T03:59:28.447
2011-09-30T03:56:00.283
Is a Firewall really necessary these days?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, more than ever. The internet hasn't changed a lot, since the old days. So a firewall is still a necessity these days. A firewall like gufw, with basic rules works. Use iptables, if you are a CLI geek ;)</p>\n", "commentCount": "9", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would recommend to install a firewall. Something is always better than nothing. isn't it?. Ubuntu , By default comes with a firewall '<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncomplicated_Firewall\" rel=\"nofollow\">ufw</a>'. gufw(Mentioned in the question) is nothing but th...
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2011-02-18T21:21:05.437
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2011-02-17T04:51:37.807
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<p>It appears to me that Spotify have released a Linux client... however every attempt I've made to get it from the repositries have failed. It would really help me if someone could provide a .deb package.</p>
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2017-12-06T02:18:36.933
2017-12-06T02:18:36.933
Where can I find a Spotify .deb package?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is available from spotify repo <a href=\"http://repository.spotify.com\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://repository.spotify.com</a>. Just follow this article: <a href=\"http://linuxhub.net/2010/07/linux-gets-spotify-love-install-spotify-in-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">...
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2011-02-17T06:21:36.293
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<p>I am using the alarm-clock application and the alarm-clock-applet, and the only frequency I can set, are for days of the week. I want an hourly alarm, is there any way to do that? Googling did not provide any answers, neither did AU, seems like no one has asked this question ever before. ATM, I use crontab to fire a...
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How to set an hourly alarm?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sounds like an App request to me Kaustubh or at least a feature request for <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/alarm-clock\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">alarm-clock</a>. In the meantime if you don't understand <code>cron</code> you can use the <a href=\"http://packages.ubun...
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2011-02-17T07:50:31.777
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<p><code>apt-get</code> installs Eclipse version 3.5 when I do this:</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install eclipse-platform </code></pre> <p>However I would like to install version 3.6.<br> How can I do that?</p>
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2013-07-23T17:03:20.223
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How to tell apt-get to install another version of Eclipse?
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2011-02-17T08:05:58.270
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<p>I am planning to install Ubuntu on a new laptop soon. I want to put <code>/opt</code> and <code>/usr/local</code> directories separately from the root and home partitions, but I don't need two partitions for them, just one.</p> <p>Is it possible to put these two directories on a single separate partition, preferab...
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2011-02-17T08:41:48.577
2011-02-17T08:41:48.577
/opt and /usr/local on the same partition but not under root
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2011-02-17T08:51:08.447
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<p>I set up an UbuntuOne account on PC1 (Ubuntu 10.10) and the same account on PC2 (Ubuntu 10.04).</p> <p>I did the following:</p> <ol> <li>Created file named <code>maverick.txt</code> in PC1's <code>~/Ubuntu One/log</code></li> <li>Created file named <code>venus.txt</code> in PC2's <code>~/Ubuntu One/log</code></li>...
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2011-02-20T15:41:58.550
2012-03-22T15:02:17.143
My files disappeared from the UbuntuOne synced folder
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T10:26:26.660", "id": "29446", "postId": "26760", "score": "1", "text": "There probably is, but we need to find out more, and this is not the place to do it. Please [file a bug](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client/+filebug?field.title=My+files+are+disappeared...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I cant answer why Ubuntu One is failing.</p>\n\n<p><strong>you must run foremost from live cd otherwise you will lose deleted files</strong> (thanks for that comment!)</p>\n\n<p>I recommend <a href=\"http://www.deftlinux.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">DEFT Linux LiveCD</a></p>\n\n<p...
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26762
1
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2011-02-17T09:12:02.360
2
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<p>Sir, I am using both Chromium and Firefox on Ubuntu 10.10. While Firefox works fine, Chromium gives Error 105 (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED) for all sites except Google searches, i.e. if I type anything in the smart-search bar of Chrome, I get the search results. But if I try to open www.google.com or any other site, ...
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10579
2011-02-17T10:26:33.133
2011-02-17T10:26:33.133
Chromium Error 105 (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED)
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It seems there is some problem with the DNS resolver, as far as I can tell. Check it out what's in your /etc/resolv.conf, is it the correct nameserver you want to use? I am not sure about your problem: on Ubuntu only chromium behaves like this, or other browsers too? It's not...
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user10995
26766
1
26769
2011-02-17T09:42:18.403
1
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<p>i installed wsgi, python, apache and django on my Ubuntu 10.04 but when i </p> <pre><code>django-admin.py runserver </code></pre> <p>i get this error</p> <pre><code>Error: Settings cannot be imported, because environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined. </code></pre> <p>how to solve this?any replies...
10376
7035
2011-06-07T16:50:16.263
2013-10-11T11:55:31.837
How to solve the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE error?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE.</p>\n\n<pre><code>function setdsm() {\n # add the current directory and the parent directory to PYTHONPATH\n # sets DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE\n export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$PWD/..\n export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$PWD\n if [ -z \"$1\" ]; then \n ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE.</p>\n\n<pre><code>function setdsm() {\n # add the current directory and the parent directory to PYTHONPATH\n # sets DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE\n export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$PWD/..\n export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$PWD\n if [ -z \"$1\" ]; t...
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26772
1
105472
2011-02-17T10:11:00.127
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<p>I have a <a href="http://www.geekalerts.com/u/usb-gamepad.jpg" rel="nofollow">Gamepad</a> which is not working, I say "not working" because I was playing Urban Terror and the game was not responding to the gamepad button presses. How do I get the gamepad to work?</p> <p>I tried it in some other games Torcs, SuperTu...
2910
29112
2012-01-17T18:57:12.847
2021-06-01T17:52:21.013
DragonRise USB gamepad not working
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T12:41:39.420", "id": "29477", "postId": "26772", "score": "0", "text": "Gurav could you post the output of lsusb terminal command while your controller is plugged in so we can identify the controller chipset", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6450" }, ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If your game supports generic gamepads, than its going to work with this one as well.</p>\n\n<p>To calibrate your gamepad use this command:</p>\n\n<p><code>jscal -c DEVICE</code></p>\n\n<p>You have to replace DEVICE with the path to your device (e.g /dev/input/js0 ).</p>\n\n<p>To te...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If your game supports generic gamepads, than its going to work with this one as well.</p>\n\n<p>To calibrate your gamepad use this command:</p>\n\n<p><code>jscal -c DEVICE</code></p>\n\n<p>You have to replace DEVICE with the path to your device (e.g /dev/input/js0 ).</p>\n\n...
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26775
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26778
2011-02-17T10:32:25.317
11
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<p>I've plugged an external hdd into my usb port, and it shows up on the desktop and in nautilus. How can i access this mounted hdd via the command line?</p>
2978
866
2011-03-22T19:49:56.770
2020-10-16T03:07:59.347
Access mounted volumes via the command line
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>automounted drives usually sit on /media/{label of your partition}. You can browse into it by cd command in terminal\nsay if my pendrive is labeled SAGAR </p>\n\n<pre><code>cd /media/SAGAR\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You can view the path in nautilus with ctrl+l and cd from terminal copyin...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>automounted drives usually sit on /media/{label of your partition}. You can browse into it by cd command in terminal\nsay if my pendrive is labeled SAGAR </p>\n\n<pre><code>cd /media/SAGAR\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You can view the path in nautilus with ctrl+l and cd from termina...
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26779
1
26789
2011-02-17T10:47:40.483
5
16291
<p>What is the best way on Ubuntu to hide my computer from network monitoring tools(network sniffer)?</p>
9701
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2011-02-22T20:05:37.953
2011-02-22T20:05:37.953
The best way to hide my computer on a network
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T10:50:28.657", "id": "29453", "postId": "26779", "score": "0", "text": "Do you mean preventing access, or preventing other machines knowing about the existence of your machine?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2978" }, { "creationDate": "2011-11...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Obviously the best way is to disconnect it.</p>\n\n<p>When that is not an option, second best is to deny all incoming connections using DROP.</p>\n\n<pre><code>iptables -I INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT \niptables -p INPUT DROP\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This way all ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Obviously the best way is to disconnect it.</p>\n\n<p>When that is not an option, second best is to deny all incoming connections using DROP.</p>\n\n<pre><code>iptables -I INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT \niptables -p INPUT DROP\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This ...
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1
26785
2011-02-17T11:03:13.187
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<p>Where are extensions stored once they've been installed to Chromium?</p>
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2023-05-28T18:21:58.520
Where are chromium extensions located?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Extensions are (<a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/a/445301/8515\">usually</a>) stored at <code>~/.config/chromium/Default/Extensions</code>. Here's an example featuring the amazing <a href=\"https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom\" rel=\"nofollow n...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>On the filesystem? In <code>~/.config/chromium/Default/Extensions</code> (a hidden folder inside your home directory).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-02-17T11...
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2011-02-17T12:18:49.560
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<p>I'm using a VPN when I'm online at an unencrypted wifi. Unfortunately, at my university the connection is quite unstable and at every reconnect the VPN connection is terminated and I manually need to reconnect to it using the NetworkManager, which obviously only works if I notice the reconnect. I enabled the option ...
3604
12469
2011-04-13T05:36:32.170
2011-04-13T09:42:59.400
Enforce VPN connection to access the Internet
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2016-06-11T11:08:15.310", "id": "1178461", "postId": "26793", "score": "0", "text": "OpenVPN can automatically reconnect, see [this post](https://askubuntu.com/questions/679059/auto-reconnect-to-vpn-on-disconnect/779391#779391).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "54...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, I dont know if there is a better way to do what you asked but a crude way would be just to manually delete the default route for your Wifi connection after you connect to VPN. This way when your VPN is disconnected traffic will not be able to leave your system as there ...
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26801
2011-02-17T12:52:20.673
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<p>I installed mozplugger and created the file mozpluggerrc with the following content according to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/22492/troubles-with-acrobat-reader-within-firefox/22523#22523">this post</a> but when I open a .pdf it opens in a separate evince window. </p> <p>is there a way I can truly embed...
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2017-04-13T12:23:59.520
2012-07-28T21:58:07.197
How to embed evince in firefox 4?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Evince is a GTK+ PDF and PS viewer to replace gpdf/xpdf/acroread and ggv, and it's open source. Using mozplugger you can embed all sorts of stuff into Mozilla and/or Firefox like media players and openoffice. </p>\n\n<p>First make sure you have Evince and mozplugger installed.</p>\n\...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Evince is a GTK+ PDF and PS viewer to replace gpdf/xpdf/acroread and ggv, and it's open source. Using mozplugger you can embed all sorts of stuff into Mozilla and/or Firefox like media players and openoffice. </p>\n\n<p>First make sure you have Evince and mozplugger installed...
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60137
2011-02-17T13:04:55.123
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<p>Is there a web front-end for <a href="http://irclogs.ubuntu.com">http://irclogs.ubuntu.com</a> that allows me to search through all the IRC chat logs?</p> <p>I tried to google for <code>site:irclogs.ubuntu.com +search-term</code> but that doesn't seem to work reliably.</p> <p>I'm <strong>not</strong> looking for a...
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2011-09-05T18:31:13.520
Is it possible to search through http://irclogs.ubuntu.com?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-22T19:34:37.983", "id": "30498", "postId": "26798", "score": "0", "text": "This question might be better on [the Webapps StackExchange site](http://webapps.stackexchange.com).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3256" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Currently, this is not possible.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-09-05T18:31:13.520", "id": "60137", "lastActivityDate": "2011-09-05T18:31:13.520", "lastEditDate": null, ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>IRSeek.com might help you find what you are looking for it logs the ubuntu IRC channels</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-07-04T10:18:14.583", "id": "57788", "postId": "26805", "score": "3", ...
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26802
1
101687
2011-02-17T13:20:12.517
3
2538
<p>First of all, the audio used to play from the speaker but whenever I connected a headphone or speaker in the I, the sound didn't came. So I installed a realtek sound driver to fix this (actually I didn't find any relevant driver for my sound card so I installed it hoping it would show some light)</p> <p>When I rebo...
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2011-02-19T22:57:04.743
2012-02-07T08:03:28.427
Sound Problem due to wrong driver installation
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T13:44:57.690", "id": "29484", "postId": "26802", "score": "0", "text": "how did you install the driver?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5499" }, { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T13:53:59.087", "id": "29486", "postId": "26802", "score":...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Finally, with lots of trouble.... with no sound, wrong-driver problem. I got the sound system working on mine.</p>\n\n<p>It was all about correct alsa option of hda-intel</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Follow Steps from <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HdaIntelSoundHowto\" rel=\"nofollo...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I am new to Ubuntu latest version 64 bit clean install. I had no sound for headphones. This is how I fixed it.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>left single click system settings (the icon looks like crescent-wrench in front of a gear)</p></li>\n<li><p>left single click sound.</p></li>\n<l...
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1
26808
2011-02-17T13:27:48.413
4
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<p>I have installed MS Office 2007 via wine, which all works remarkably well.</p> <p>However, MS Office has now laid claim to any 'office' files on my computer. </p> <p>Is there a way to change the default application for a file type?</p>
2978
67346
2012-06-21T07:58:29.100
2012-08-30T15:18:13.010
Change default application for a File type
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Can't you just right click the file, properties > Open with, and move the mark to the program you wish to be default?</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-12-07T12:20:25.103", "id": "98402", "postId": "26808", "score": "1"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu-Tweak has a file type manager however to install it you will have to google for it and if you want to use it in natty you will need a ppa.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "cr...
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2011-02-17T13:31:27.957
0
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<p>Ive installed Microsoft office via wine. </p> <p>Office now believes that some non-office files (my .pub public key file for example) are office files. This understandable, i know .pub is the is the file type for Microsoft publisher files. </p> <p>In the case of my public key i can easily remove the file ending wi...
2978
null
null
2011-02-17T13:52:10.670
Microsoft office incorrectly claims non office files
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T13:36:43.877", "id": "29483", "postId": "26804", "score": "0", "text": "Why is Microsoft thinking your public key is a Publisher file bad? What negative behaviour is there?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8515" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To be exact, Microsoft Office is claiming some Office file format extensions (like .doc, .docx, .pub etc.).</p>\n\n<p>That really shouldn't cause any problems, except for your user experience in graphical UI.</p>\n\n<p>To my knowledge, .pub is only problematic format. And that extens...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I think this will only affect files you open from nautilus (or other file managers), since the system opens files with given programs, like you would do from a terminal. </p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedD...
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26814
1
26815
2011-02-17T14:14:02.943
2
2668
<p>Is there a way to view IO stats based on process in Ubuntu. I have an ubuntu server 10.10 that every once and while will grind on the hdd's for 30 seconds, I'm trying to figure out what is causing that. Thanks in advance. All I'm running on it is mysql however it happens even when mysql is not under any load (no con...
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2017-02-24T14:04:08.467
Display IO statistics for a process
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I use <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/iotop\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>iotop</code></a> (command line tool).</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install iotop\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY...
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26817
1
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2011-02-17T14:30:30.353
3
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<p>I just downloaded the ISO for Ubuntu 10.10 and burned it to CD. When I click Try Ubuntu, it starts up and then asks for Login info. I couldn't find anything on the website (though I didn't search very hard). Does anyone know what it is.</p> <p><strong>Edit:</strong> If I must ask the obvious question, then what is ...
11012
11012
2011-02-17T15:00:48.113
2013-06-07T23:16:17.447
Asks me to Login when I run from CD
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-20T11:15:34.777", "id": "34953", "postId": "26817", "score": "2", "text": "Yes, in some strange cases it may ask you for the login (which is a bug). But if it does, try user \"ubuntu\" and password \"ubuntu\", or user \"ubuntu\" and no password (note that both the logi...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, in some strange cases it may ask you for the login (which is a bug). </p>\n\n<p>But if it does, try using:</p>\n\n<p><strong>user</strong>: ubuntu, <strong>password</strong>: ubuntu</p>\n\n<p>or</p>\n\n<p><strong>user</strong>: ubuntu, <strong>password</strong>: (blank password)...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The liveCD have only account Ubuntu</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T20:52:09.833", "id": "29584", "postId": "26819", "score": "4", "text": "And it has no password and is set to auto...
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26821
2011-02-17T14:39:37.753
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<p>I have this bash script;</p> <pre><code>for (( i = 1 ; i &lt;= 160 ; i++ )); do qsub myccomputations"${i}".pbs done </code></pre> <p>Basically, I would prefer if there was a 1 second delay between each iteration. The reason is that at each iterations, it sends the program file <code>mycomputation"${i}$.pbs</code...
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2018-02-15T11:56:28.377
2018-02-15T11:56:28.377
How to make bash script run with a latency (i.e. wait 1 sec at each iterations)?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Simply use <code>sleep 1</code> in Bash.</p>\n\n<pre><code>for (( i = 1 ; i &lt;= 160 ; i++ )); do\n sleep 1\n qsub myccomputations\"${i}\".pbs\ndone\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T14:49:07.000", "id": "29504"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Simply use <code>sleep 1</code> in Bash.</p>\n\n<pre><code>for (( i = 1 ; i &lt;= 160 ; i++ )); do\n sleep 1\n qsub myccomputations\"${i}\".pbs\ndone\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T14:49:07.000", ...
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1
26837
2011-02-17T15:09:08.153
3
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<p>I was wondering what is the difference between the two item type in menu of Applications: "Application" and "Application in Terminal"?</p> <p>What kinds of applications are specified as "Application" and what kinds for "Application in Terminal"? </p> <p>This question is motivated from <a href="https://askubuntu.co...
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2017-04-13T12:24:13.310
2011-02-26T21:56:07.963
Item type in menu of Applications: "Application" or "Application in Terminal"?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Application is something with separate UI, for example calculator or GIMP.</p>\n\n<p>Application in Terminal is command line software, that should run inside of terminal emulator. Otherwise you can't interact with it. </p>\n\n<p>Basically, select Applucation for software with graphic...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Application is something with separate UI, for example calculator or GIMP.</p>\n\n<p>Application in Terminal is command line software, that should run inside of terminal emulator. Otherwise you can't interact with it. </p>\n\n<p>Basically, select Applucation for software with...
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26829
1
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2011-02-17T15:27:41.750
2
4024
<p>I got <strong>WordPress</strong> up and running fine on <strong>Ubuntu 10.04</strong> by using <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/installing-wordpress-3-0-on-ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx.html/comment-page-3#comment-92106" rel="nofollow">this source</a> except that when I try to update and install themes/plugins I get thi...
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2011-02-17T19:02:25.007
2011-06-21T22:05:40.020
How come I can not install plugins on my local Wordpress install?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you read the README file into the .zip file :</p>\n\n<p><strong>== Installation ==</strong></p>\n\n<p>The automatic plugin installer should work for most people. Manual installation is easy and takes fewer than five minutes.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Create a <code>stats</code>...
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1
26832
2011-02-17T16:05:31.593
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<p>Is there a way to print out my Tomboy notes?</p>
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2011-02-17T16:27:27.417
Is there a way to print notes from Tomboy?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>With a note open, click the tools (cog) icon and select <strong>Print</strong>.\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/pueda.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>If the option is not there, ensure printing support is enabled (it is by default):</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Edit >...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>With a note open, click the tools (cog) icon and select <strong>Print</strong>.\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/pueda.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>If the option is not there, ensure printing support is enabled (it is by default):</p>\n\n<ul>\n<l...
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26835
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2011-02-17T16:16:51.100
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<p>The "Put" functionality of CompizConfig Settings Manager is great. I'd like to be able to move windows to the desktop corners by using Super+Down/Up+Left/Right for this; is that possible? Whenever I try to set something like that it is just reset to "Disabled".</p> <p>A workaround is of course to use the numeric pa...
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2014-04-23T18:42:40.423
Compiz shortcut with two arrow keys
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>By design, it is not possible to create a keyboard shortcut that uses multiple non-<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modifier_key\" rel=\"nofollow\">modifier keys</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Imagine you've created shortcuts for both <kbd>Super</kbd>+<kbd>Up</kbd> and <kbd>Super</kbd>+<kbd>Up...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have not tried to set these to use the arrow keys in the Put plugin before, but I do not believe it is possible if compiz resets the keys. You may have to resort to using your normal number keys at the top of the keyboard.</p>\n\n<p>The arrow keys work otherwise though.</p>...
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<p>How do I get the newest version of freewins compiz plugin working?</p> <p>It comes in a folder, but it has no Makefile?</p> <p>I am trying to get a nice multitouch compiz working, and to do so, I need this plugin.</p>
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1992
2011-11-25T18:42:18.843
2012-03-23T02:02:46.027
How to get freewins plugin working in compiz?
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3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-11-07T15:04:15.477", "id": "86293", "postId": "26839", "score": "0", "text": "This question appears to be abandonded, if you are experiencing a similar issue please [ask a new question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) with details pertaining to your problem. If you fe...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This plugin is not longer supported, and when was being developed was very very buggy, and would cause a total system freeze. It also does not support input redirection, so if you rotate a window, the window becomes useless for anything but looking at it.</p>\n\n<p>I would suggest yo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This plugin is not longer supported, and when was being developed was very very buggy, and would cause a total system freeze. It also does not support input redirection, so if you rotate a window, the window becomes useless for anything but looking at it.</p>\n\n<p>I would su...
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26840
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2011-02-17T17:43:40.113
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<p><strong>Thanks to @Taylor and @Olli I fully revised my question.</strong></p> <p>Hi,</p> <p>I'm developing a windows application in ubuntu. Everything is fine. The only problem is that every web call I perform with <code>wininet.dll</code> is sent to localhost instead of target server.</p> <p>I have no idea what'...
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1792
2011-02-17T18:28:22.757
2011-02-17T18:44:13.843
Wine: wininet.dll sends request for any domain to 127.0.0.1
[ "wine" ]
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use <code>/etc/hosts</code> to do same thing. Format is at least almost the same, and there is examples in that file already in place.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T18:05:23.817", "id": "29528", ...
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26842
1
26843
2011-02-17T17:54:00.937
4
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<p>I'm looking for minimal/alternate ISO image files of current unstable releases. Where can I find them?</p> <p>Furthermore, are the core packages in the command line installs stable enough for daily use?</p>
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2011-02-17T18:00:54.070
2011-02-17T18:00:54.070
Alternate ISO image for current unstable (alpha/beta) releases
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Milestone builds (Alphas and such) are always linked from:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/testing\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ubuntu.com/testing</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Daily builds of ISOs are available here:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/dai...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Milestone builds (Alphas and such) are always linked from:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/testing\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.ubuntu.com/testing</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Daily builds of ISOs are available here:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://cdimage.ubuntu...
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26848
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26856
2011-02-17T18:15:48.907
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<p>I know file permissions have been covered on here before, but im struggling to get my head around the concept for my scenario. </p> <ul> <li>I created the files on an old ubuntu installation.</li> <li>Ive copied the files into my new ubuntu installation and put them in my webroot.</li> <li>When i attempt to run the...
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2011-02-19T11:31:19.080
2015-12-17T16:13:20.607
Permissions issue: how can Apache access files in my Home directory?
[ "permissions" ]
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4
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T18:47:08.130", "id": "29545", "postId": "26848", "score": "0", "text": "Ok, i have solved my problem of the files not executing, but i did it by simply running `chmod -R 777 dir` on the directory in question. I cant help thinking theres a better way of doing it thou...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The directories above your webroot should have the execute bit set to allow Apache descend into the directories.</p>\n\n<p>If you have your webroot located at <code>/home/user/htdocs</code>, the <code>/</code>, <code>/home</code>, <code>/home/user</code> and <code>/home/user/htdocs</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The directories above your webroot should have the execute bit set to allow Apache descend into the directories.</p>\n\n<p>If you have your webroot located at <code>/home/user/htdocs</code>, the <code>/</code>, <code>/home</code>, <code>/home/user</code> and <code>/home/user/...
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26849
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26857
2011-02-17T18:19:10.293
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<p>I know the title is confusing, because honestly it is hard to find the correct title. What I am asking is basically, in light of unity, ubuntu-one and other such projects, is Canonical/The Ubuntu Development team (correct me about the proper title :P) planning on more original software?</p> <p>For instance, Ubuntu ...
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2012-06-20T19:50:34.503
2012-06-20T19:50:34.503
What are the (possible) future plans for Ubuntu-izing 3rd party software (please read details)?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's possible that your best bet for a heads up on this stuff is to follow the Ayatana mailing list here :\n<a href=\"https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/</a></p>\n\n<p>However that list focusses mostly on design, rather than st...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's possible that your best bet for a heads up on this stuff is to follow the Ayatana mailing list here :\n<a href=\"https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://lists.launchpad.net/ayatana/</a></p>\n\n<p>However that list focusses mostly on design, rather...
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26851
1
26877
2011-02-17T18:24:35.750
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<p>I've just got my first 64-bit-capable laptop (previously I've only dealt with 64-bit on servers). Of course the first thing I am going to do is to format the hard drive and install Ubuntu instead of Vista, and the question is should I install 32-bit or 64-bit Ubuntu?</p> <p>Here are the details which can matter:</p...
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2390
2011-02-17T19:07:00.533
2013-04-26T18:52:13.583
Should I install 64-bit Ubuntu if my hardware supports it?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T19:17:16.810", "id": "29550", "postId": "26851", "score": "0", "text": "I cannot answer why 32-bit system worked faster in your case, however 64-bit systems consuming more memory is probably because it processes more than 32-bit systems simply due to it's capability...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Points to consider:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Because address space is larger, applications do consume more RAM. It's ralatively tiny but can be a deciding factor if RAM is the deciding factor (eg in a rented server). Desktop and even laptop RAM is cheap though.</p></li>\n<li><p>Native pro...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I highly recommend 64 bit operating systems wherever possible. One of the biggest benefits is security, though you also get an increase in speed, the maximum supported memory, and a few other areas. For running Virtual systems, 64 bit systems tend to be a better fit :)!</p>\n...
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26865
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2011-01-01T18:23:12.660
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<p>Because it's almost obvious that either Thunderbird or Firefox freeze my whole system after some time, I'd like to not use FF at the moment and let Thunderbird run only for a short time as long as I check e-mails. Thunderbird web links should be opened with opera from now. For that I went in Thunderbird to Preferenc...
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2011-02-17T19:49:04.903
2011-12-08T07:42:34.437
How do I set Thunderbird to open links in Opera?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T21:21:13.457", "id": "29589", "postId": "26865", "score": "0", "text": "What is the output of these two commands? `update-alternatives --display gnome-www-browser`, `sh -x /usr/bin/sensible-browser www.google.com`?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9340"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To always launch opera instead of firefox you can do the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and choose the entry with opera.<br>\nIf the command says something like <code>There is only one alternative in link ...
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Bevor
26868
1
26876
2011-02-17T19:26:16.350
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9995
<p>I've just got a laptop with Intel GMA X4500HD card (which is said to be DirectX10-compliant, while my previous laptop had Intel 82852/855GM and no chance to play modern 3D games at all). It would be nice if I could play some games (like HalfLife 2, StarCraft 2, Fallout 3) from time to time (while I am ok using lo-fi...
2390
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null
2012-04-12T21:58:15.247
Will 3D games run in a VirtualBox4-hosted Windows system under Ubuntu with Intel GMA X4500HD card?
[ "virtualbox", "intel-graphics" ]
3
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T20:10:51.353", "id": "29570", "postId": "26868", "score": "0", "text": "Just for information: you will have better performance with [Wine](http://www.winehq.org/), but this is not the point of your question.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6475" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No you can't the 3D Driver that Virtualbox Uses it's not even capable of running the Aero interface in the virtual machines, the 3D it's just basic, and it can't directly access your GPU to provide full 3D support</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I know it's not possible.Virtualbox emulated a graphic processor for your VM and you can not use your actual device.</p>\n\n<p>Read more here: 3D Acceleration Support - <a href=\"http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&amp;t=16&amp;start=0\" rel=\"nofollow\">...
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26870
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27735
2011-02-17T19:30:04.817
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5977
<p>When I connect to a VPN, all my network traffic is automatically routed through it. Is there a way to add exemptions to that? I don't know if adding exceptions has anything to do with the VPN protocol, but the VPN I'm using is of the OpenVPN protocol.</p> <p>Speaking of OpenVPN, why is it not installed by default o...
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2019-12-01T15:44:19.750
2019-12-01T15:44:19.750
Exempt programs or domain from VPN connection
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CC BY-SA 4.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-28T01:00:21.997", "id": "31484", "postId": "26870", "score": "1", "text": "The command that should be run is: `route add -host irc.irchighway.net gw 192.168.1.1`", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10540" }, { "creationDate": "2011-02-28T01:01:37.877"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Create a file, irc_route.sh, that contains:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\n# script to make connections to irc.irchighway.net go via DEV.\nDEV=eth0 \nGW=$(ip route list | sed \"s/.* via \\([0-9.]*\\) dev $DEV.*/\\1/;t;d\"|head -1)\nroute add -host irc.irchighway.net gw $GW $DEV\n</co...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can not hinder specific programs to make connections through the VPN, but if they want to reach a specific host or port number then it's possible. I'm going to assume worst case, that you want certain apps to bypass the firewall. </p>\n\n<p>This should be possible to do b...
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26873
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26875
2011-02-17T19:38:01.053
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<p>I'm looking at different Nvidia cards and would like to know which are supported by the nouveau driver - is there a list of these available and the levels of support offered?</p>
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2011-02-17T19:44:37.257
2011-02-18T06:30:01.410
How can I find out which cards are supported by the nouveau driver?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T19:45:32.370", "id": "29564", "postId": "26873", "score": "0", "text": "Supported in what way? By default Ubuntu uses the open-source driver, so basically it supports all the basic function of Nvidia cards.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "814" }, {...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here is a list of Nvidia chipsets and supported features by the nouveau driver: <a href=\"http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix</a> </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/m89zI.png\" ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here is a list of Nvidia chipsets and supported features by the nouveau driver: <a href=\"http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/FeatureMatrix</a> </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/m89z...
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26874
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2011-02-17T19:38:55.233
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<p>I have 4 PCs running 10.10 and they all are configured with the same time servers. However, one of them was 6 minutes wrong and it obviously wasn't getting its time synchronized via the defined servers. I tried changing a few of those, but nothing short of a reboot would get its clock set properly. Any ideas what th...
10590
10581
2011-02-17T20:02:54.887
2011-06-29T07:18:54.663
Time server not being used
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T22:51:01.973", "id": "29738", "postId": "26874", "score": "0", "text": "What happens if you use ntpdate manually on the problem system?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8844" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Is there firewall preventing UDP traffic?</p>\n\n<p>Also, NTP typically corrects time very slowly. You can try stopping your ntpd and run something like</p>\n\n<pre><code>ntpdate pool.ntp.org\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>And see what it outputs. If it's something like</p>\n\n<blockqu...
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26878
1
26904
2011-02-17T19:55:46.340
8
2002
<p>I often connect to a network, that is open, but requires a key-pass authentication before used in a webpage. Is it possible to automate the authentication with a script?</p>
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2011-02-17T22:33:50.400
How to programatically sign into a hotspot-type network?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What a fun problem.</p>\n\n<p>While I'm sure ændrük's answer would probably work, I'm slightly adverse to letting something dependant on desktop software manage the network availability.</p>\n\n<p>I would suggest you play around with <a href=\"http://wwwsearch.sourceforge.net/mechani...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Depending on the type of captive portal in place, you might be able to authenticate via a POST request sent using Wget (use <a href=\"https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/tamper-data/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tamper Data</a> to learn what data needs to be sent) or by usin...
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26880
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2011-02-17T20:04:05.010
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/20280/ubuntu-one-sync-for-multiple-folders-in-windows-not-just-the-ubuntu-one-folder">Ubuntu One Sync for multiple folders in Windows, not just the Ubuntu One folder</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Ubuntu one on windows ...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:32.903
2011-06-21T07:50:57.840
Ubuntu One Windows beta: how can I set the synchronized folders?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think you can't. It synchronizes <code>My Documents\\Ubuntu One</code>, but there is no settings for changing this or adding multiple locations.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "c...
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2012-09-01T05:10:25.430
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user11028
26884
1
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2011-02-17T20:23:09.313
3
646
<p>I have ATI Graphics on my machine. </p> <p>I was trying to fix plymouth logo which was bad looking because of my graphics by following an <a href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml" rel="nofollow">article on Softpedia</a>. Now I cannot login, becau...
1436
6969
2011-02-17T21:08:50.653
2015-10-01T13:34:17.843
Blank blue screen after trying to fix plymouth logo
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T20:34:47.650", "id": "29575", "postId": "26884", "score": "0", "text": "Which one of these two solutions you used?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "52" }, { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T20:47:23.957", "id": "29582", "postId": "26884", ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In this situation I would boot using a live cd and go through each step of the article to make sure it matches what you have done on your own machine if everything matches then remove the changes you have made to get back to a working installation.</p>\n\n<p>Hope this helps</...
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26886
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26936
2011-02-17T20:33:33.990
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51111
<p>I just did an installation from the 10.10 Desktop LiveCD, making the root volume an LVM LV.</p> <p>Apparently this is not supported; I managed it by taking these steps before starting the GUI installer app:</p> <ul> <li>installing the <code>lvm2</code> package on the running system</li> <li>creating an LVM-type pa...
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2022-10-25T16:17:08.103
Fixing unbootable installation on LVM root from Desktop LiveCD
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3
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2022-10-25T16:17:08.103", "id": "2506253", "postId": "26886", "score": "0", "text": "I've fixed the issue and written the solution on my [blog](https://blog.isweluiz.com.br/2022/10/bug-cannot-unlock-encrypted-root-after.html), have a look you have the same issue. https://blog....
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You hit the problem right on the head: the initramfs does not have LVM support. Here's how to fix it:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Boot the LiveCD again</li>\n<li>Install <code>lvm2</code> again in the Live environment</li>\n<li><p>Bring up the Volume Group (if -a y does not work try -a yes)</p>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>After installing the system to the hard disk, you need to install lvm2 into that system before it can boot. If you installed lvm2 on the livecd, then the packages will still be in /var/cache/apt/archives. Change to that directory, mount the hard disk, and install the packag...
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26887
1
26907
2011-02-17T20:33:46.620
8
1009
<p>I have used a tool that calculates the minimal set of packages you can install to get the current set of packages you have. This is different than telling you what your selections are. It literally finds the shortest list of packages that will, through dependencies, give you what you currently have.</p> <p>I forg...
1304
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null
2012-04-19T16:43:32.100
Find minimal equivalent of packages currently installed
[ "apt", "package-management", "dpkg" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>aptitude</code> can get you most of the way with its search feature. Here's how you find everything installed that wasn't only an automatic dependency:</p>\n\n<pre><code>aptitude search -F \"%p\" \"?installed ?not(?automatic)\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This wont be optimal some of ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>aptitude</code> can get you most of the way with its search feature. Here's how you find everything installed that wasn't only an automatic dependency:</p>\n\n<pre><code>aptitude search -F \"%p\" \"?installed ?not(?automatic)\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This wont be optimal ...
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26889
1
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2011-02-17T20:47:00.710
5
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<p>How can I find a list of every file that is modified or added outside the debian package management system?</p> <p>Cruft is unmaintained and doesn't know about the way today's debian package management tools, etc work. For instance, it misses postinst created files and logs that are actually listed as handled by a...
1304
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null
2011-02-17T21:58:35.240
How to find and back up only files not part of a package
[ "apt", "package-management", "dpkg", "deb" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Cannot understand why you want to backup such files, but you can have such a list with a command like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/bash\nexport LC_COLLATE=C\njoin -v1 &lt;(find / -mount | sort) &lt;(cat /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list | sort -u)\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCou...
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26919
2011-02-17T20:59:05.877
2
840
<p>I ave been told that for RAID configurations you don't what to use standard desktop drives because they when/if they enter a error recovery mode they might time out and get dropped from the raid.</p> <p>Is this true for LVM software RAID or this this a hardware RAID issue primarily?. We are running this server prim...
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6005
2012-07-09T13:12:22.893
2012-07-09T13:12:22.893
Is Error Recovery Control or TLER necessary for software RAID5 using LVM
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No. The whole TLER thing is for stupid hardware raid cards that drop the drive if it does not respond quickly. Software raid does not suffer from such foolishness.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "...
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user11033
26892
1
26940
2011-02-17T21:02:28.447
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17311
<p>I'm having a problem with the clock drifting on my PC. I'M running</p> <ul> <li><p>Ubuntu 10.10 on an somewhat crusty IBM e-server (1.5GB RAM, 2.4GHz CPU)</p></li> <li><p>ntpd is running (started at run level 2)</p></li> <li><p>servers are defined:</p> <pre><code>server 1.us.pool.ntp.org server 2.us.pool.ntp.org s...
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2011-02-17T22:41:27.747
2019-07-29T15:18:43.300
Clock drift even though NTPD running
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2
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-17T22:46:47.177", "id": "29597", "postId": "26892", "score": "0", "text": "Can you post your whole ntp.conf file? What do you get if you run the \"ntpq\" command and type \"peers\"?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "11040" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>NTP daemons don't want to do a sudden massive jump in system time. For one, it borks the chronology of entries in your log files, system daemons might freak out, etc. What it does instead is \"drift\" your system clock into place. If you want to check how far off from \"the actual ti...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>NTP daemons don't want to do a sudden massive jump in system time. For one, it borks the chronology of entries in your log files, system daemons might freak out, etc. What it does instead is \"drift\" your system clock into place. If you want to check how far off from \"the a...
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26894
1
26899
2011-02-17T21:23:03.130
5
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<p>In Windows XP, I right click on <em>my computer</em>, select <em>manage → Disk management</em>, right click on the Ubuntu partition and choose <em>Delete logical drive</em>.</p> <p>Can I remove Ubuntu like this? If not please suggest a way.</p> <p>Note: I want to remove ubuntu 10.10 and setup Suse 11.3 instead.</p...
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18612
2012-03-06T07:31:18.937
2012-03-06T07:31:18.937
How can I remove Ubuntu from my dual-boot and replace it with another distribution?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no need to remove Ubuntu before you install openSUSE; Its installer will offer you to use the old Ubuntu partition on the hard drive.</p>\n\n<p>If you want to check which hard drive and partition this is, in Ubuntu, go to <em>System → Administration → Disk Utility</em>. Find...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This way, your bootloader will be erased and you can not boot window$ anymore.If you want to do this you must repair your window$ installation after deleting the partition.</p>\n\n<p>The easiest way for you is formatting the ubuntu partition in suse installation process.So yo...
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26896
1
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2011-02-17T21:27:42.423
4
5595
<p>I bought a KVM switch and I'm trying to use it to have it connected to my main PC (win7) and my new machine I just installed ubuntu on. I hooked it up properly, and tried using it. It worked when switching from the win7 machine to the ubuntu one, but after the (1st and only) successful switch, ubuntu just didn't see...
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23382
2011-10-18T18:04:08.597
2012-02-25T00:46:51.333
How can I get my IOGear GCS632U KVM switch to work?
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would check with IOGEAR. Product Info:\nPre-Sales product questions / product information: support@iogear.com</p>\n\n<p>According to them:\nThe mouse and keyboard console ports on the GCS632U are hardwired for their particular device. These ports emulate the generic connect...
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2012-02-25T09:45:12.227
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user11036
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1
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2011-02-17T22:18:45.703
5
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<p>I have a 10.04 server and I have installed gnome-desktop on it so that I can do some of work in a nicer way. I connect to gdm remotely via XDMCP (Hummingbird Exceed) but at the same time I want the console to remain in text mode. Is there a way to do this? Thanks!</p>
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2011-09-21T18:28:17.267
Make GDM accessible only remotely via XDMCP, while console remains in text mode
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-09-11T00:20:13.983", "id": "69626", "postId": "26902", "score": "0", "text": "Do you mean a local console, a console via a VM control center, etc.? Are you looking for speed, stability, etc. with the text-only console?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8844" ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't believe there is currently, the XDMCP protocol is there for remote logins for thin client machines and that's how the functionality is implemented.</p>\n\n<p>What is it you need gdm to do? I just wrote a gdm greeter.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": []...
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user11039
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1
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2011-02-17T22:58:28.693
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<p>I have a phone (an HTC Hero) and when I plug it into my computer, Shotwell shows me my photos and some other files that are on some applications folders that I don't want to import.</p> <p>Everytime I unselect these photos, but a better solution would be to exclude these folders from being scanned by shotwell.</p> ...
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6450
2011-02-18T11:26:08.677
2011-02-21T20:30:38.960
Exclude folders from being scanned by shotwell
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T10:48:18.403", "id": "29664", "postId": "26906", "score": "0", "text": "Does making the folder Hidden stop it from being scanned eg adding a period to the beginning of the folder name", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6450" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is actually an issue with gphoto2, the library Shotwell relies on to work with digital cameras. I've reported this <a href=\"https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&amp;aid=3000202&amp;group_id=8874&amp;atid=108874\" rel=\"nofollow\">bug here</a>. </p>\n\n<p>Our ow...
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26908
1
26951
2011-02-17T23:52:09.697
10
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<p>I'm adding menu items to an appindicator in pygtk. I don't want them to behave like ordinary menu items: I want them to have normal appearance, but not to respond to mouse hovers and mouse clicks. The way I imagine <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/some-natty-sound-menu-updates/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">...
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9781
2011-10-10T19:30:04.757
2011-10-10T19:30:04.757
How do I make a rich menu for an appindicator?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unfortunately, appindicator doesn't allow adding custom widget, as it requires GObject introspection. This will be available when <code>ido</code> package will have GObject instrospection.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ido/+bug/582985\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bug report</a...
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2011-02-17T23:54:15.003
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<p>I am just wondering..... Why is there no battery icon? It's hard to work without any battery status around.</p> <p>I am using Maverick, and the GNOME3 files came from git.</p>
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2011-02-18T22:53:48.387
2011-11-12T01:27:40.243
GNOME Shell Battery Icon missing
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try going to \"Power Management\" and over to the \"General\" tab, and make sure something other than \"Never display an icon\" is chosen.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/ct0QM.png\" alt=\"Power Management Window\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comment...
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2011-12-05T16:53:17.767
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26911
1
26924
2011-02-18T00:22:31.120
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<p><em>Background</em></p> <p>I have a Squeezebox, and am running the Server on my (Natty) machine. This server scans my music directory and adds all files found therein to the server's library, to be streamed over the network to the devices.</p> <p><em>Problem</em></p> <p>There's a problem though — not all of my fi...
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2016-09-07T02:41:47.937
2016-09-07T02:41:47.937
Erase and rewrite MP3 ID3 tags
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T06:25:06.267", "id": "29633", "postId": "26911", "score": "0", "text": "you could also give `EasyTag` a try. `sudo apt-get install easytag`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3778" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Picard is an amazing program, highly recommend it. +1 to ssweeny's rec.</p>\n\n<p>However, if you just want to rewrite all existing tags, I think <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Ex Falso</a> (<a href=\"http://appnr.com/install/exfalso\" rel=\"norefe...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>For a task like this I recommend <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/picard\" rel=\"nofollow\">MusicBrainz Picard</a> (<a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/picard\" rel=\"nofollow\">apt link</a>)</p>\n\n<p>It allows easy manipulation of MP3 tags, and will even query the MusicBr...
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26912
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26930
2011-02-18T00:33:27.587
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/994/can-i-sync-with-my-iphone-4-and-ipad">Can I sync with my iPhone 4 and iPad?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I am mainly curious about my Music and Contacts...</p>
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2017-04-13T12:23:27.200
2012-02-21T09:43:50.407
How can I sync an iPad?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://banshee.fm/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Banshee</a>. It will be default in 11.04, but for now you can see <a href=\"http://banshee.fm/download/\" rel=\"nofollow\">how to install</a> it from their website.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://banshee.fm/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Banshee</a>. It will be default in 11.04, but for now you can see <a href=\"http://banshee.fm/download/\" rel=\"nofollow\">how to install</a> it from their website.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": []...
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2012-02-21T09:33:10.607
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2011-02-18T00:45:02.317
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<p>below is the error and corresponding script lines:</p> <pre><code>spec@Lucifer:~/Documents/seagull.svn.LINUX$ ./build.ksh ./build.ksh: 36: typeset: not found ./build.ksh: 39: typeset: not found ./build.ksh: 44: function: not found Command line syntax of - options -exec &lt;RELEASE|DEBUG&gt; : mode used for c...
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2011-02-20T12:41:44.987
2011-07-13T03:09:20.380
typeset: not found error when executing shell script. Am I missing a package or something?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I can see, you are using the ksh (Korn SHell) shell (at least I have that suspect because of filename \"build.ksh\"). Note, that different shells have different syntaxes, I am not sure ksh does know \"typeset\" at all, I am not sure about this one, since I am not us...
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user11045
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2011-02-18T01:14:05.183
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<p>So there are a lot of AVI files who have 2 audio files embedded. I want to remove the 6 channels and only keep 2 channels because i want it to play on my XBOX360. On windows this task is very easy as there are specific apps for this. Does Linux Ubuntu have these apps? If not, what can I do to make sure this happens...
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2012-02-25T03:49:48.800
2013-04-08T02:40:23.300
Edit Audio: Delete a 6+2 channel audio to 2 Channel only
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Even when this question seems to be related to audio, you are referring to an AVI, which is indeed a video file.</p>\n\n<p>However, transcodification can be done by several applications which features GUI and command line.</p>\n\n<p>I prefer -of course- those which feature a ...
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2011-02-18T04:40:47.350
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7578/unlock-keyring-promts-three-times-instead-one-time">Unlock keyring promts three times instead one time</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Whenever I turn on my computer, I would expect the keyring to ask for my passwor...
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2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2011-03-29T18:49:41.363
How to disable Multiple Keyring Popups?
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2011-03-30T16:31:01.850
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2011-02-18T05:42:06.477
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/22265/updating-ubuntu-server-from-8-10-to-10-04">Updating Ubuntu server from 8.10 to 10.04</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm in a plan to upgrade ubuntu 8.10 vbox vm servers to LTS(obviously 10.04) as 8.10 has no suppo...
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2017-04-13T12:23:44.677
2011-02-18T06:17:54.890
Upgrading 8.10 server to LTS
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>LTS to LTS upgrades are supported, so you could go from 8.04 to 10.04 directly. However, since you're on 8.10, you would need to upgrade to 9.04, then 9.10, then to 10.04. The primary problem, however, is that 8.10 is extremely out of date. 9.04 is already end-of-life, and 9.10 will ...
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2011-02-19T14:39:08.643
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2011-02-18T07:16:52.257
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<p>I have installed lucid on my Lenevo Laptop (Y 410 series , x86 platform) and it is working fine. Now I have compiled kernel 2.6.37 downloaded from the kernel tree. I followed usual procedure of compiling kernel (<code>make menuconfig</code>, <code>make</code>, <code>make modules</code> etc). Then I created the initr...
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2014-02-18T14:04:42.617
2015-08-11T05:06:21.527
Boot error for custom compiled kernel - gave up waiting for root device
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user11053
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1
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2011-02-18T07:28:22.117
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<p>Besides a number of other issues, I still cannot enable Compiz or any effects with Maverick on a Thinkpad X201. I understand this laptop is supported by Ubuntu, yet I have found a good number of posts reporting problems. I would like to know if they have been solved by now.</p> <blockquote> <p>Processor: 4x Intel(R)...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2011-09-13T05:52:22.773
Is it already possible to enable Compiz on an i5 Thinkpad laptop?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T12:59:23.763", "id": "29674", "postId": "26953", "score": "1", "text": "I have the same machine and have no problems with Compiz; although am having some display issues with apps under Wine.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2692" }, { "creationD...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I feel your pain as the proud owner of a T510 with i915. I had way too many freezes to be\nproductive, and this was 10.04. I ended up disabling compiz completely, and eventually installed Enlightenment which was much more stable and faster.</p>\n\n<p>So how does this help you...
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2011-02-18T07:34:20.107
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<p>Just that. By good I mean something at the level of SolidWorks, AutoCAD, or similar. This is a complete limitation for me (and many others) to use Ubuntu.</p>
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2011-02-18T19:06:30.423
2022-01-05T12:16:08.007
What good CAD programs are available?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T08:02:42.923", "id": "29647", "postId": "26954", "score": "2", "text": "Please specify what you need the CAD application for. There are plenty of open and commercial solutions available.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3940" }, { "creationDate"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See for example</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.linuxlinks.com/CAD/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">6 of the Best Free Linux CAD Software</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.tech-edv.co.at/05_LUnIx/80_CAD~2f3d/10_CAD~20Links/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">The LUnIx Linux...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>See for example</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.linuxlinks.com/CAD/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">6 of the Best Free Linux CAD Software</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.tech-edv.co.at/05_LUnIx/80_CAD~2f3d/10_CAD~20Links/index.php\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">The LUn...
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2011-02-18T08:07:52.543
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7648/many-directories-have-a-d-suffix-extension-what-does-it-mean">Many directories have a &ldquo;.d&rdquo; suffix/extension. What does it mean?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Why do most of the folders in /etc/* end wi...
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2017-04-13T12:23:55.357
2013-08-14T10:08:31.813
Why do configuration folders have *.d in their name
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The <code>.d</code> denotes a directory containing configuration files, as opposed to a single config file.</p>\n\n<p>This applies to other configuration directories under <code>/etc</code> such as <code>/etc/apt.conf.d/</code>, <code>/etc/rc.d</code></p>\n", "commentCoun...
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2011-02-18T09:42:40.183
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2011-02-18T09:25:45.770
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<p>Today I set up an ecryptfs directory, which is automatically mounted at login via pam. To do so i followed the guide in the ecryptfs readme</p> <p><a href="http://ecryptfs.sourceforge.net/README" rel="nofollow">ecryptfs-readme</a></p> <p>To sum up, I now have a key stored in the usser session keyring. The first th...
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2011-02-18T22:29:12.010
Security of keyctl
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <code>gnome-keyring</code> session is separate from the \"in kernel\" session keys. The Gnome Keyring Manager is used to hold direct passwords and hand them out when applications need them (like when checking your email or logging into remote systems). The kernel keyring is used ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <code>gnome-keyring</code> session is separate from the \"in kernel\" session keys. The Gnome Keyring Manager is used to hold direct passwords and hand them out when applications need them (like when checking your email or logging into remote systems). The kernel keyring ...
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26969
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2011-02-18T09:47:37.060
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<p>Hi am Computer Science student currently in college and very interested in developing open source software especially ubuntu.Is there a one stop go-to place for reading about developing ubuntu.</p> <p>For example I scoured through the official tutorial and documentation of Python and I was good to go.I could write ...
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2012-05-17T15:56:40.497
2012-05-17T15:56:40.497
Where to start studying for developing ubuntu?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Developing for Ubuntu</strong></p>\n\n<p>Thanks for taking interest. Just some few clarifications. There is nothing such as an Ubuntu software (I know you didn't mean it). All the Ubuntu specific changes can be made available in other distros too. Their packagers have to pack...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>A good starting point might be the Ubuntu Wiki. Especially for Unity take a look at the Ayatana Project</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ayatana</a></p>\n\n<p>[EDIT] If you like Python also take a look at Quickly</...
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2014-07-13T12:45:46.650
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2011-02-18T11:19:36.733
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<p>First Unity was developed for Netbooks. But the Netbook Market is shrinking. Unity is not specialized for tablet pcs like Android 3, but it may work well with some specialized Apps for those devices.</p> <p>Unity is still nice for Notebooks with small displays, but there is no big advantage on the desktop compared ...
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2012-11-21T22:03:12.570
2013-03-27T22:21:14.270
What is the target of Unity?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<blockquote>\n <p>Unity is still nice for Notebooks with\n small displays, but there is no big\n advantage on the desktop compared with\n other desktop environments like Gnome\n 2/3 or KDE.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>Unity is still GNOME. Uses Gnome technologies under the hoo...
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26980
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2011-02-18T11:29:28.417
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6490/is-a-boot-partition-necessary-anymore">Is a /boot partition necessary anymore?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Well, the question title says it all. Are there any benefits of creating a separate directory for /boot....
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-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2011-02-18T18:48:35.507
is it better to have a separate partition for /boot?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T12:16:34.973", "id": "29671", "postId": "26980", "score": "0", "text": "see [6490](http://askubuntu.com/q/6490/3940) and [247](http://askubuntu.com/q/247/3940)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3940" }, { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T12:36:57.100"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Exactly what you said. For example, i once had (am talking about 9.04 or 9.10 here) a problem where the root partition got all weird on me. Since i had the boot partition in the same place as everything else i could not boot and try to fix anything. After that i learned that ...
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2011-02-19T14:40:15.503
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26983
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2011-02-18T12:32:58.370
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<p>I own a Line6 UX1 soundcard and I would like to make it work for Ubuntu.<br> I have followed the instructions <a href="http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-a-line6-guitarport-or-toneport-ux1-or-gx.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and it worked. </p> <p>But at some point I upgraded my kernel version (not sure what...
8817
235
2011-02-18T18:49:08.550
2011-02-22T05:38:09.540
How do I get a Line6 UX1 soundcard to work?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Install dkms package. After that all your drivers will be rebuilt every time you update your kernel.</p>\n", "commentCount": "7", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-19T03:25:24.450", "id": "29770", "postId": "27025", "score"...
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26984
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28280
2011-02-18T12:49:50.757
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<p>I'm attempting to use the LyZ plugin for Zotero and LyX and it requires the LyX server to be present.</p> <p>I've looked on the <a href="http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXServer" rel="nofollow">LyX wiki</a> for information and it makes reference to .lyxpipe.in and .lyxpipe.out but these are not present when I install LyX ...
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2013-04-11T01:52:55.940
How can I set up the lyxserver
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The English version of the <a href=\"http://www.klubko.net/wp/?page_id=945&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">LyZ</a> page has some instructions for this, which I assume are the requirements. Here's how to set the path you need :</p>\n<p>Go to Tools &gt; Preferences &gt; Pat...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The English version of the <a href=\"http://www.klubko.net/wp/?page_id=945&amp;lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">LyZ</a> page has some instructions for this, which I assume are the requirements. Here's how to set the path you need :</p>\n<p>Go to Tools &gt; Preferences ...
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26985
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27268
2011-02-18T12:50:43.230
7
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<p>This is the output of <code>ulimit -a</code></p> <pre><code>core file size (blocks, -c) 0 data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited scheduling priority (-e) 0 file size (blocks, -f) unlimited pending signals (-i) 16382 max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 64 m...
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2013-02-05T13:05:12.090
2013-02-05T13:05:12.090
What is a safe ulimit ceiling?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>max-open is number of files one user can keep open in <strong>single session</strong> simultaneously.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Also, please note that all limit settings are set per login. They are not global, nor are they permanent; existing only for the duration of the session.</p>...
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26992
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26993
2011-02-18T13:52:22.550
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<p>I know questions like this have been asked before, but this is a bit different. I told it to install Ubuntu on the Partition that had Windows on it. After that, I couldn't start windows anymore. Can anyone help me?</p>
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2012-06-14T04:52:43.953
Can't find Windows after installing Ubuntu
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[ { "creationDate": "2012-06-14T04:52:43.953", "id": "182473", "postId": "26992", "score": "0", "text": "I have answered it here: http://askubuntu.com/a/150644/68508", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "68508" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Indeed your question is different. If you <strong>really</strong> installed Ubuntu over your Windows partition then your Windows has been overwritten and is deleted.</p>\n\n<p>In case you had non-backuped data on this partition you may be able to restore them (at least partly) with <...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Indeed your question is different. If you <strong>really</strong> installed Ubuntu over your Windows partition then your Windows has been overwritten and is deleted.</p>\n\n<p>In case you had non-backuped data on this partition you may be able to restore them (at least partly...
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26999
1
27001
2011-02-18T14:57:10.247
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<p>My friend and i would like to translate Ubuntu. where should we start? where to find translation tools? </p>
9701
9701
2011-06-10T09:35:59.210
2011-06-10T09:35:59.210
How do I get started with Translations?
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-19T00:31:49.217", "id": "29755", "postId": "26999", "score": "0", "text": "Also, see the answer here : http://askubuntu.com/questions/25089/how-can-i-read-manpages-in-my-mother-tongue/25109#25109", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8844" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations\" rel=\"nofollow\">Translations</a> page in the Ubuntu Wiki explains the process very well. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-08-24T03:50:49.900", "id": "223294", "postId": ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Go to <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">launchpad.net</a>, and get an account (there's a <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/+login\" rel=\"nofollow\">Creating an account</a> link in the \"Get started\" section). </p>\n\n<p>Then go to the <a href=\"https://trans...
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27005
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2011-02-18T16:08:41.037
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<p>I have a <code>.mov</code> file that I am trying to run using VLC and totem movie player.</p> <p>When I try running it with VLC I get audio but no video, and when I try running it using totem I get the following error message:</p> <pre><code>Internal GStreamer error: negotiation problem. Please file a bug at http...
7601
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2017-03-14T20:06:10.213
2017-03-14T20:06:10.213
.mov file, video not playing just audio
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>MPlayer plays most MPEG, VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, FLI, RM, NuppelVideo, yuv4mpeg, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, RealPlayer, and Win32 DLL codecs. It can also play VideoCD, SVCD, DVD, 3ivx, RealMedia, and DivX movies.</p>\n<h1>...
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27014
1
27298
2011-02-18T17:55:55.783
10
2606
<p>When I'm running Gnome, ssh-agent will run ssh-add upon slogin/ssh if the identity is not loaded. I want to mimic this behavior on remote shells, but everything I find suggests to run ssh-add upon login. I only want to run ssh-add if I subsequently run slogin/ssh on the remote shell, not every time I login.</p>
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2019-04-15T11:21:49.840
Doing an ssh-add upon ssh/slogin if key is not in ssh-agent?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I worked out a solution for this via the bash shell.</p>\n\n<p>Add to .bashrc:</p>\n\n<pre><code>check-ssh-add() {\nif [ \"$DESKTOP_SESSION\" == \"\" ]; then\n if [[ `ssh-add -l` != *id_?sa* ]]; then \n ssh-add -t 5h ## 5 hour ssh-agent expiration\n fi\nfi\n}\n\nslogin() {\nche...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I worked out a solution for this via the bash shell.</p>\n\n<p>Add to .bashrc:</p>\n\n<pre><code>check-ssh-add() {\nif [ \"$DESKTOP_SESSION\" == \"\" ]; then\n if [[ `ssh-add -l` != *id_?sa* ]]; then \n ssh-add -t 5h ## 5 hour ssh-agent expiration\n fi\nfi\n}\n\nslogin(...
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27016
1
27022
2011-02-18T18:19:39.230
2
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<p>I have a python script that I would like to run daily using anacron, but I haven't been able to get it to work.</p> <p>The script is in my home directory, and I have put a symlink to it in /etc/cron.daily/. I saw somewhere that things here can't have dots in the filename, so the symlink has the .py extension remove...
6887
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2011-02-18T19:05:22.110
How to make a python script run in Anacron
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Dumb question, but is your script executable? Right click on file and then Properties. In Permissions tab ther should be checkbox to set script as executable.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T19:48:48.137", "id": "29723", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Dumb question, but is your script executable? Right click on file and then Properties. In Permissions tab ther should be checkbox to set script as executable.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T19:48:48.137", ...
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27018
1
null
2011-02-18T18:31:10.510
4
1863
<p>It is possible to demonstrate .PPT with audio under Ubuntu? <a href="https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B-Lf32QN-yXBM2Y3M2RiOTEtNTQ0Yi00ZWE3LWI1M2QtNjZlZjYzMjE1Yjhi&amp;hl=en" rel="nofollow">example such of .ppt - it is short tales for kids</a></p>
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235
2011-02-18T18:38:08.043
2013-09-08T01:17:23.053
Can I present a powerpoint presentation with sound?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It should* work, since Ubuntu's Open Office (and the new libre office) have multimedia support. If you have problems with the audio you should add the details to your question.</p>\n\n<p>After trying to playback this file I found a number of problems. Firstly the slide transi...
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27019
1
27030
2011-02-18T18:31:34.930
6
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<p>So I'm noticing some severely incorrect behavior from calls to standard library functions inside GDB. I have the following program to illustrate:</p> <pre><code>#include &lt;stdio.h&gt; #include &lt;stdlib.h&gt; #include &lt;string.h&gt; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char *s1 = "test"; char *s2 = calloc...
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2020-12-03T07:21:40.260
strlen returns incorrect value when called in gdb
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The library is working just fine. The program reports the correct value even when run under gdb. The bug seems to be in the way that gdb is evaluating the expression and forcing the target program to call the function. I'm seeing this same behavior on 10.04 as well. Strangely p p...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The library is working just fine. The program reports the correct value even when run under gdb. The bug seems to be in the way that gdb is evaluating the expression and forcing the target program to call the function. I'm seeing this same behavior on 10.04 as well. Stran...
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27021
1
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2011-02-18T18:56:16.713
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38985
<p>I have a USB mic I keep plugging into my laptop dock. When I drop into the dock I'd like the mic setup as my current audio input automatically. I do have a "I'm docked" script I run which sets xrandr/etc items, I'd just need some method perform the action of:</p> <p>gnome-volume-control, input tab, choose mic</p> ...
1550
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2014-06-11T12:25:39.687
2021-05-31T11:04:22.150
Setting microphone input volume using the command line?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you are using ALSA, amixer can be helpful for your script programming.</p>\n\n<p>When dropping the <code>amixer --help</code> command in a terminal you will see something like this:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/vWLVy.png\" alt=\"enter image description he...
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27023
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27064
2011-02-18T19:06:45.073
5
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<p>Is it possible to have multiple lines for any type of field in a dpkg control file? This is not about line continuation, but e.g. Depends interspersed with Recommends like so:</p> <p>Depends: git, etckeeper, apt-file<br> Recommends: equivs<br> Depends: mplayer, pidgin, dlocate, pwsafe, ciso<br> Recommends: aria2 <...
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2022-09-05T17:04:30.083
Multiple Depends/Recommends/[…] in a control file?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No you can't do this. It had never occurred to me to try such a thing, but I took a stab at it. I tried building a package with the following in the <code>debian/control</code> file:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Package: bzr-explorer\nArchitecture: all\nXB-Python-Version: ${python:Versions}\nDe...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>No you can't do this. It had never occurred to me to try such a thing, but I took a stab at it. I tried building a package with the following in the <code>debian/control</code> file:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Package: bzr-explorer\nArchitecture: all\nXB-Python-Version: ${python:Versi...
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user11080
27031
1
27033
2011-02-18T19:45:31.027
4
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<p>What does the <code>/apps/indicator-sound/volume_mute</code> GConf key do?</p>
1859
1859
2011-07-07T00:13:23.557
2011-07-07T00:13:23.557
What does the /apps/indicator-sound/volume_mute GConf key do?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>When checked, the volume is muted by default when you log in. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/InR8t.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/InR8t.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></a></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comment...
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27034
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27043
2011-02-18T20:31:54.217
4
6457
<p>Have been using my drive since 6.04 often just updating, if I want to clean my drive and start again,which is best method to carry this out.</p>
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2011-02-19T05:30:48.580
How to clean a hard drive before reinstall
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>if you do a fresh install, and you select \"Use the entire disk\" (the most common, and most used option) assuming that you are not needing to dual boot. The installer will automatically delete all the previous partitions, and repartition it as needed. If you are using the latest sta...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you refer to a fresh reinstall, when reinstalling you will find several options for the usage of your hard disk drive, which includes but not limits to: </p>\n\n<p>\"Side by Side\" install, which will install your new OS sharing the hard disk drive but without losing your ...
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27035
1
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2011-02-18T20:38:23.027
4
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<p>Does anybody know of some documentation that would show me the best way to create a scripted install of Ubuntu Server (10.04)?</p>
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2011-02-18T20:49:26.800
2011-02-18T20:49:26.800
How do I script an install?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You want to do a kickstart or debian-installer preseed:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/i386/automatic-install.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/i386/automatic-install.html</a></li>\n</ul>\n", ...
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27036
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2011-02-18T20:47:50.973
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<p>Using Maverick, I am not able to get the <kbd>CapsLock</kbd> behaviour I want: I would like it to affect essentially the alphabetical, numerical, and punctuation keys, i.e. <strong>all</strong> the keys that <em>print</em> something (as opposed to, say, the arrow keys), but <strong>only</strong> them. </p> <p>To il...
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10068
2018-08-07T08:35:16.230
2018-08-07T08:35:16.230
How to specify which keys CapsLock affects?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Answers in the comment lead to the impression that there is no easy GNOME setting to toggle. Vote up mikel's answer in the comments, not mine: <a href=\"http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29195040/mswindows-capslock.patch\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29195040/m...
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user11087
27038
1
27048
2011-02-18T20:56:48.547
2
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<p>Is there a place where I could check what are the differences between kernel in version 10.04 and 10.10 ? The reason is that from time to time I have total system freezes with 10.10 on Dell Inspiron 1501 which was no the case on 10.04.</p>
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2011-02-18T21:48:11.543
2011-02-18T22:35:20.457
What are the changes between kernel in 10.04 and 10.10?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-19T00:29:05.177", "id": "29754", "postId": "27038", "score": "1", "text": "As the first question states, there's been a **lot** of changes, any of which that maybe the cause of your problems. I suggest you change your question ask for help in debugging this matter. Or ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ubuntu 10.04 used Kernel version 2.6.32 with the DRM from 2.6.33<sup><a href=\"https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2010-March/009214.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">[src]</a></sup>. Ubuntu 10.10 used 2.6.35. </p>\n\n<p>The change logs are at <a href=\"http://www.kernel.org/pub/lin...
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27042
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2011-02-18T21:26:27.583
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<p>What's the easiest way to get a <strong>debug</strong> Flash Player (the one you can <a href="http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html">download from here</a>, though I don't care if it's downloaded automatically) working in Firefox?</p> <ul> <li>64 bit system, default Firefox from repository</li> <l...
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2012-01-19T22:55:23.700
What's the ultimate way to install debug Flash Player in Firefox?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you follow the links from the site you provided, download \"For Other Linux (.tar.gz). Once you download it, untar it, <code>tar xvf install_flash_player_11_linux.i386.tar.gz</code> (or whatever version you downloaded, then copy the .so into the right directory <code>sudo...
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27045
2011-02-18T22:09:06.237
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<p>Does anyone know what changes are coming?</p>
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2011-02-18T22:44:06.410
2011-03-06T07:16:24.060
What's going to change in the kernel in Natty?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The short answer is: <em>Lots</em>.</p>\n\n<h2>Official:</h2>\n\n<p>As a kernel is released, though not before, all of the changes are written up in the Changelog: <a href=\"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/</...
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27050
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2011-02-18T22:55:04.340
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<p>I have a txt-file one of my user's homedir which is regularly updated there by a script. I now want to be able to access (read) this file from the web.</p> <pre><code>/home/user/folder/file.txt </code></pre> <p>So what I tried now is to log in as root, go into my webservers httpdocs folder</p> <pre><code>/var/www...
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2017-02-24T15:05:52.213
Making file in user's homedir accessible from web/webserver
[ "permissions", "apache2", "root", "symbolic-link" ]
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-18T23:40:04.457", "id": "29741", "postId": "27050", "score": "0", "text": "can you try `chmod o+r /home/user/folder/file.txt\n`", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3226" }, { "creationDate": "2011-02-19T09:42:24.083", "id": "29808", "postId": ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The symbolic link will always have these permissions: lrwxrwxrwx. The \"<strong>l</strong>\" indicates that it is a link. Therefor, all users can follow the link because the effective permissions are those of the file to which the link points. It is never useful to try changing the p...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I was able to access files from my system with <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/mediatomb\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">mediatomb</a> (see <a href=\"http://mediatomb.cc/pages/documentation\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">the documentation</a>) as it has a web UI. I would re...
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27056
2011-02-18T23:15:25.170
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<p>I did a clean install of Ubuntu 10.10, and I have no audio. My Windows partition has no problem with the audio card and an 10.04 32 bit version recognised the audio card after the install. This one apparently does too, but I don't know what should I tweak. What should I look into? </p> <p><a href="https://i.stack.i...
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2011-02-19T01:54:58.163
2011-02-19T01:54:58.163
No audio after clean installation
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-19T02:13:56.450", "id": "29764", "postId": "27052", "score": "0", "text": "check the output tab as well and see what it is using (if it is set to headphones only, or speakers, etc).", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1992" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Run <code>alsamixer</code> in a terminal and check that all channels are not muted. You'll know because they have an <code>M</code> at the bottom of a slider. Press m on your keyboard to toggle the channel mute status.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwne...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Run <code>alsamixer</code> in a terminal and check that all channels are not muted. You'll know because they have an <code>M</code> at the bottom of a slider. Press m on your keyboard to toggle the channel mute status.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
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27061
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27062
2011-02-19T00:59:14.637
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<p>I'm aware there's already been <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/22118/can-i-install-my-graphics-drivers-via-the-command-prompt">a question and answer</a> regarding Nvidia drivers, but my case is a little different. My wireless adapter's driver is proprietary, and for a minimal install, I need a command to in...
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2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2012-10-17T19:16:10.163
Install restricted drivers in command line
[ "command-line", "wireless", "drivers", "proprietary", "ubuntu-minimal" ]
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-19T01:28:29.590", "id": "29762", "postId": "27061", "score": "0", "text": "Do the instruction in the other answer work for you? (`--list` in particular)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1067" }, { "creationDate": "2011-02-19T05:56:55.563", "id"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can run <code>jockey-text</code>, which is the command line equivalent of the \"Additional Drivers\" GUI tool.</p>\n\n<p><code>jockey-text -h</code> will show you the options available.</p>\n", "commentCount": "9", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-02-19T19:49:4...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can run <code>jockey-text</code>, which is the command line equivalent of the \"Additional Drivers\" GUI tool.</p>\n\n<p><code>jockey-text -h</code> will show you the options available.</p>\n", "commentCount": "9", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "20...
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2011-02-19T01:29:29.590
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18654/how-to-forbid-a-specific-package-to-be-updated">How to forbid a specific package to be updated?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I don't want my kernel or grub updated until I do it manually. Is this possible in Ubu...
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2017-04-13T12:25:03.423
2011-02-19T14:16:56.743
How to hold a package back from being upgraded?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-19T17:25:32.867", "id": "29894", "postId": "27063", "score": "0", "text": "posible duplicate http://askubuntu.com/questions/18654/how-to-forbid-a-specific-package-to-be-updated", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3550" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As your question is tagged synaptic, I'll assume that this you package manager of choice. In order to hold a package back with synaptic, you simply need to \"lock the version.\" </p>\n\n<p>Find and select the package you wish to hold back. Then go to <code>Package &gt; Lock Version</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As your question is tagged synaptic, I'll assume that this you package manager of choice. In order to hold a package back with synaptic, you simply need to \"lock the version.\" </p>\n\n<p>Find and select the package you wish to hold back. Then go to <code>Package &gt; Lock V...
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2011-02-20T14:16:16.953
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