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27065 | 1 | null | 2011-02-19T01:42:04.157 | 8 | 20702 | <p>I just bought a brand new battery to replace one that had seemingly died. I followed the instructions that came with the battery and charged it overnight, then ran my computer on battery until it was in a critical state and charged it overnight again. Now the battery appears to be 100% charged and at the same time a... | 5758 | 5758 | 2011-02-21T16:09:14.817 | 2015-04-04T18:04:10.357 | Brand new battery is 100% charged but at 0% capacity | [
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27069 | 1 | null | 2011-02-19T02:46:46.330 | 3 | 1436 | <p>Videos on YouTube load for a few seconds and then it shows that it has completely loaded but not really. The video plays for some seconds and then stops and doesn't load any more. What's going on?</p>
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27070 | 1 | 27090 | 2011-02-19T03:18:11.167 | 1 | 389 | <p>I've got a vps which runs solusVM. I'm now trying to install ruby 1.9.2 in it.</p>
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27073 | 1 | 27079 | 2011-02-19T04:50:29.873 | 3 | 207 | <p>Is there a modern (I mean excluding Ext2/3 as they are obsolete for general usage when there is Ext4 today) free-born (I mean excluding FAT and NTFS) file system working equally good in Ubuntu and Windows (maybe after installing some extra drivers) (or any active project of such)? </p>
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27074 | 1 | null | 2011-02-19T04:59:44.210 | 2 | 727 | <p>I've got a dual-boot system, having WindowsXP-NTFS and Ubuntu-Ext4 partitions. It would be cool if I could use the same bookmarks database in Firefox under Linux and Windows.</p>
<p>How to achieve this? What files should I link and is this expected to work any stable?</p>
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27075 | 1 | 57817 | 2011-02-19T05:00:02.073 | 13 | 7242 | <p>I'd like to use in both Ubuntu and Windows (dual boot) my MySql database files residing on a NTFS partition. Will it work? Any gotchas?</p>
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27080 | 1 | 27100 | 2011-02-19T06:12:42.070 | 3 | 109 | <p>I've recently started using the Ubuntu One Music <a href="https://one.ubuntu.com/mobile/" rel="nofollow">streaming client</a> for Android. From the web page it says that the android app is based on <a href="http://www.subsonic.org/pages/index.jsp" rel="nofollow">Subsonic</a>.</p>
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27081 | 1 | null | 2011-02-19T06:17:23.360 | 0 | 2108 | <p>I want to install something Debian-based, now I have pre-installed SLED 11 SP1, Laptop HP 4520s.</p>
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27088 | 1 | 27140 | 2011-02-19T06:56:59.397 | 2 | 590 | <p>I've just discovered Tomboy and like it. I added it to the startup applications, and on next boot <strong>Tomboy won't start.</strong> It then also won't start when I select it manually from the menu. </p>
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27093 | 1 | 27094 | 2011-02-19T07:23:56.120 | 43 | 44886 | <p>I'm planning to have a house built. I want to draw up some sketches on the computer, so I am looking for a program that can help me do this. It doesn't have to be a professional architecture tool; in fact that would be too complicated just yet (but maybe later on, for the detailed work...?). A simpler tool would be ... | 5786 | 40581 | 2016-02-06T02:39:22.033 | 2022-08-11T11:38:10.480 | Good floor planner program? | [
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27097 | 1 | 27112 | 2011-02-19T08:53:55.210 | 45 | 71900 | <p>In gedit, printing a file gives an option of printing to file where the file can be saved as a pdf. How can I do the same thing from the command line?</p>
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27098 | 1 | 27104 | 2011-02-19T08:58:54.597 | 1 | 3245 | <p>I was playing around with Compiz and now the Close/Minimize/Restore buttons are gone. Please help me to fix this.</p>
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27099 | 1 | 27411 | 2011-02-19T09:22:46.927 | 3 | 4406 | <p>I've got an old Eee PC 701 4G with the following specifications:</p>
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27101 | 1 | 27108 | 2011-02-19T09:38:38.017 | 6 | 3189 | <p>I am new to Ubuntu development. As a learning experience, I have written a custom chat application using qt4 and I want to deploy it in some sort of setup file. Whats the easiest way of deploying an application viz a viz</p>
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27106 | 1 | 27107 | 2011-02-19T10:03:20.530 | 10 | 1821 | <p>In usual text editors, when you move your cursor left at the beginning of a line, the cursor goes up at the end of the above line. Is it possible to get this behavior in Vim?</p>
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27113 | 1 | null | 2011-02-19T13:11:56.587 | 1 | 110 | <p>I get this message whenever I boot. It has something to do with the fontconfig/cache. Any ideas how to resolve it?</p>
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27114 | 1 | 29955 | 2011-02-19T13:22:10.340 | 19 | 651 | <p>When my package gets build by launchpad using a recipe, it ignores the <code>./debian/changelog</code> file I provide, and it generates a useless one like following:</p>
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27115 | 1 | 27130 | 2011-02-19T13:26:59.320 | 5 | 4549 | <p>Is there a terminal-command that backups thunderbird's addressbook?</p>
<p>I would like to set up a cron-entry for that. Note that I only want to back up the address book, not my entire profile. </p>
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27117 | 1 | 27123 | 2011-02-19T13:33:11.117 | 12 | 565 | <p>As a former Windows user I was used to accepting EULA's and other licenses when installing any piece of software, or when installing the whole OS. On Ubuntu it happens extremely rarely (I've met it only once). Is it correct? Ubuntu and most of it's software is under some free-to-use-and-modify license like GNU GPL o... | 705 | 705 | 2011-02-19T14:04:45.163 | 2011-02-19T18:55:59.827 | Why isn't a license shown when installing (and when installing most software)? | [
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27124 | 1 | 27138 | 2011-02-19T14:14:29.340 | 8 | 465 | <p>The Adobe Flash Player has a <a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/pdfs/PlatformClients_PC_WWEULA_Combined_20100108_1657.pdf" rel="nofollow">quite restrictive EULA</a> but it is not presented to the user when he installs it. Isn't the user obliged to accept it, before using it? Maybe some users would refuse u... | 705 | 235 | 2012-01-03T17:28:24.830 | 2012-01-03T17:28:24.830 | Why don't I have to accept a EULA when installing Adobe Flash Player? | [
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27127 | 1 | null | 2011-02-19T14:39:11.420 | 3 | 2320 | <p>I am using VMware Workstation 7. I have the VMware tools and 3D acceleration enabled but when I try to enable desktop effects I get the message "Desktop effects could not be enabled". I have an Nvidia GeForce graphic card. And mine is a Dell XPS L501X . </p>
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27129 | 1 | 27255 | 2011-02-19T14:43:28.203 | 10 | 4566 | <p>I just backed up the contents of my home partition onto my external hard drive using <a href="http://backintime.le-web.org/" rel="noreferrer">Back In Time</a>. I browsed to the backed up contents in the external drive and under properties it showed me the size as 9.6 GB. </p>
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27134 | 1 | 27137 | 2011-02-19T15:22:01.147 | 154 | 235496 | <p>How can I disable autostart for a service without uninstalling? For example, I'd like to leave tomcat installed, but I don't want it turning on every time I restart.</p>
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27136 | 1 | null | 2011-02-19T15:54:13.730 | 3 | 1843 | <p>I have a problem when trying to login to my Kubuntu 10.10.
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27141 | 1 | 27163 | 2011-02-19T17:36:57.117 | 13 | 31964 | <p>Look at the video; the iPhone is supposed to appear as a photo collection of some sort but nothing happens with my iPhone! I have installed and upgraded all of the <code>libimobiledevice</code> versions.</p>
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27142 | 1 | 27144 | 2011-02-19T17:44:32.597 | 6 | 12125 | <p>Is it possible to change the window button color of the close, minimise and maximise buttons of the Ambience theme from orange to an user defined color? I tried to find anything relavant in the gtkrc, but failed. </p>
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27146 | 1 | null | 2011-02-19T18:48:25.900 | 1 | 2991 | <p>Skype 2.1 has been working in Ubuntu 10.10 but now stops me from logging in - it says <strong>there maybe another instance of Skype running</strong>. <strong>There is not, so I can't use Skype</strong>. I have changed passwords several times but this hasn't rectified the problem. Please can someone help?</p>
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27148 | 1 | 216670 | 2011-02-19T18:55:10.910 | 23 | 15205 | <p>I'm trying to compile a kernel for a 32bit single-core Intel Atom machine. Needless to say, the compile is taking inordinate amounts of time. It's been going for 2 hours and it's still only halfway through the driver modules.</p>
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27155 | 1 | 27179 | 2011-02-19T20:28:12.890 | 2 | 1129 | <p>I just got a new SSD hard drive for my thinkpad laptop. I just installed Vista with the factory CDs. On my old OS, my main OS was Ubuntu but I do want to keep Windows on a separate partition as a dual booth system. I definitely want to upgrade to Win 7 though and I will get it in a few days. </p>
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27157 | 1 | 27158 | 2011-02-19T20:31:48.220 | 4 | 3371 | <p>When I download a package from Synaptic, where does Ubuntu store the install files, if at all? Bandwidth is limited in my country, and I would like to download programs only once and back them up for future use.</p>
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27162 | 1 | 27173 | 2011-02-19T21:17:41.660 | 3 | 1404 | <p>What I'm trying to do is set up a SSH key that only gives access to certain directories, for security reasons I don't want it to have full access to my SSH server. I already have the ability to access the directories I need over my local network (right now using SMB, although I also used UPnP for awhile). I need, ho... | 10611 | 6576 | 2011-02-19T21:47:06.863 | 2011-02-19T23:11:57.460 | Is there a way to use a SSH connection to access SMB or UPnP files without setting up a VPN? | [
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27164 | 1 | null | 2011-02-19T21:35:49.367 | 3 | 2931 | <p>I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 Server on my VPS and would like to install a minimal GUI onto this and allow VNC access to.</p>
<p>Please could someone outline the steps required to set this up so that I can VNC to my machine under a newly created user account.</p>
<p><strong>Create the user:</strong></p>
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27165 | 1 | null | 2011-02-19T21:39:08.407 | 1 | 1781 | <p>How can I get my Canon Pixma MX 310 Printer to work with Ubuntu?</p>
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27168 | 1 | 28432 | 2011-02-19T22:05:32.403 | 9 | 23001 | <p>I'm trying to use a free service using the OpenVPN protocol using OpenVPN's GUI module in the network manager.</p>
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27170 | 1 | 27177 | 2011-02-19T22:22:09.997 | 2 | 6383 | <p>I have a separate monitor that I use for Toodledo (a web-based task managment app), in which I like to display various views (Next Action Status, Waiting Status, Planning Status, and Overdue Due-Date items). I've been playing around with some add-ons on Firefox that allow you to split the browser, but they are cumbe... | 2692 | null | null | 2012-01-30T21:19:22.473 | Technique to Display Multiple Browser Windows Tiled at Same time? | [
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27171 | 1 | 27191 | 2011-02-19T22:35:06.303 | 3 | 3217 | <p>I have had an Acer Revo box as a media centre for a while. I recently installed Ubuntu Server (10.10) on it and polished it up with <code>nodm</code> (one of the most simple ways to launch an X session) and installed <code>boxee</code>. It's been working fine for over a month.</p>
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27176 | 1 | 27185 | 2011-02-19T23:42:27.653 | 14 | 3720 | <p>When trying to manage trash can from mounted NTFS volumes, I ended up reading <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/trash-spec" rel="noreferrer">FreeDesktop.org's reference</a> on it.</p>
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27178 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T00:04:17.010 | 2 | 812 | <p>I was hoping to set my local host in my resolv.conf to hermes. So in affect if I type in hermes:8080 into the browser, I get the localhost:8080</p>
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27187 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T00:30:00.877 | 2 | 1356 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/22946/how-to-install-the-latest-gnome-3-build">How to install the latest GNOME 3 build?</a> </p>
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27189 | 1 | 27451 | 2011-02-20T01:30:34.363 | 11 | 18570 | <p>It would be very useful, and am thinking of switching to XFCE for the speed.</p>
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27190 | 1 | 37199 | 2011-02-20T01:47:58.133 | 2 | 932 | <p>I recently upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat and to my dismay, the mediakeys "volume up" and "volume down" do not send Dbus signals anymore... how can I add these back?</p>
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27192 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T02:52:53.547 | 1 | 819 | <p>I recently upgraded to ubuntu 10.10 , and installed the proprietary drivers for the ATI video card.Now when i go to change monitor from Mirror to individual or change the resolution it asks for me to log out and log back in , now when i do that it just reverts back to the same resolution and same mirrored preference... | 4005 | null | null | 2011-11-20T03:34:59.697 | Monitor resolution wont change | [
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27198 | 1 | 27199 | 2011-02-20T03:52:40.770 | 2 | 483 | <p>Is there any lock-keys-applet alternative to kubuntu. I just want some indication whenever I use caps lock or num lock key. I am using dell inspiron n5010 laptop and it does not have inbuilt indicator. Thanks</p>
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27200 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T04:29:01.813 | 4 | 420 | <p>I had the following repository for virtualbox in my /etc/apt/sources.list: <code>deb ttp://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick non-free</code></p>
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27203 | 1 | 33485 | 2011-02-20T05:06:30.973 | 7 | 792 | <p>I recently upgraded to Firefox 4. There is extension in synaptic - xul-notify that can be used in Firefox 3.x to get native notifications through notify-osd but it is not working with Firefox 4. Is there a similar separate extension for Firefox 4 or some other workaround to get native notifications?</p>
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27213 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T07:36:50.313 | 232 | 539254 | <p>Under Windows, most applications and application data are stored in a special directory known as <code>C:\Program Files</code> (and occasionally <code>C:\Program Files (x86)</code>). What is the Ubuntu/Linux equivalent to this path? Is there even one?</p>
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27224 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T09:05:55.797 | 8 | 1803 | <p>What essential software do you have on a Ubuntu Desktop machine?<br>
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27228 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T09:25:09.707 | 16 | 23085 | <p>I tried searching for a guitar tuner for Ubuntu(something similar to PitchPerfect tuner for Windows) and installed lingot but couldn't get it to work. Which guitar tuner do you guys suggest?</p>
<p>I hope this isn't the wrong place for this question!!</p>
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27242 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T11:08:58.273 | 4 | 26699 | <p>I have a special thing: I want to share my scanner over the network. The scanner is connected to a Windows 7 machine, but I want to use it from Ubuntu 10.04...</p>
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27247 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T12:19:22.000 | 3 | 126 | <p>I have a client that wants to have Flash buttons on their website. As much as I hate Flash, I am trying to comply with their request. </p>
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27251 | 1 | 27253 | 2011-02-20T12:43:00.790 | 3 | 458 | <p>I've got an NTFS partition which I never need as a whole. When using it from Ubuntu I only need a specific directory of it which I like to have mounted into a dedicated directory under my Linux FS root. Can I specify it in fstab?</p>
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27254 | 1 | 27256 | 2011-02-20T13:17:05.360 | 5 | 5098 | <p>When I apt-get update I get the following error:</p>
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27258 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T13:26:00.393 | 3 | 17173 | <p>I've posted this question up on #Ubuntu and #Firefox Forums, and really could do with some help.. Anyone know where i could look or help with the answer. I'm hoping the power of social media will come through…
I have a need to perform the following action:</p>
<p>Firefox 3.6.x: </p>
<p>Quote:</p>
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27259 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T13:30:02.213 | 2 | 6924 | <p>I have installed Oracle 10g Express edition in Ubuntu 10.10 and it doesn't show or ask to give my password during installation.</p>
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27261 | 1 | 27269 | 2011-02-20T14:30:13.123 | 2 | 405 | <p>Installing a minimal version of Ubuntu does not have the usual folders of Documents, Downloads, etc. in Home. Is there a way to have them just as it is in regular installs?</p>
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27270 | 1 | 27276 | 2011-02-20T15:40:31.550 | 56 | 92569 | <p>I've recently switched to Ubuntu, and the one thing that has been bothering me is the scroll speed, which I can't seem to change. In windows I used to have it set around 7 lines, but it seem to be around 3 on Ubuntu, and unchangeable. How can I change the speed?</p>
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27281 | 1 | 27285 | 2011-02-20T17:47:21.207 | 2 | 1648 | <p>I am running 10.10 and it has been a nightmare getting my X-fi soundcard to work with it. But I finally have sound coming out of 1 speaker. Anyway, somehow during the whole ordeal of trying to get the sound to work I removed <strong>Sound Preferences</strong> <em><sup>(System ➜ Preferences ➜ Sound)</sup></em> whe... | 11150 | 8844 | 2011-10-28T05:51:15.837 | 2017-02-24T16:06:45.193 | Reinstall Sound Preferences | [
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27284 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T17:56:11.607 | 4 | 570 | <p>I want to know if it is possible to use DesktopCouch without UbuntuOne, but with a local CouchDB Server. I found a pairing Tool, but this crashes, when I try to pair two computer.</p>
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27287 | 1 | 27289 | 2011-02-20T18:00:27.407 | 9 | 4152 | <p>I have a netbook with Ubuntu Netbook 10.04 and a desktop with Mint 10 (~ Ubuntu Desktop 10.10)</p>
<p>Both of them have read/write NTFS partitions mounted via /etc/fstab. And it works fine.</p>
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27290 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T18:12:24.517 | 3 | 988 | <p>I've got a problem with my graphic card. When I try to enable desktop effects on Ubuntu 10.10, "Desktop effects could not be enabled" message appears.</p>
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27295 | 1 | 34052 | 2011-02-20T19:26:45.590 | 6 | 3548 | <p>Is there anyway to create shortcuts for functions like <kbd>Home</kbd>, <kbd>End</kbd>, <kbd>Pg Up</kbd>, <kbd>Pg Down</kbd>, etc? I frequently use the aforementioned keys, however those keys are only available when the numpad is disabled - there is no dedicated keys for those function on my laptop. I was thinking o... | 814 | 814 | 2011-02-21T06:35:11.703 | 2018-05-13T20:28:18.230 | Make shortcut for navigational functions | [
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27299 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T19:48:04.837 | 2 | 152 | <p>I was installing Ubuntu server the other night and I was not able to hook up to the network while installing because I don't have a monitor for my desktop machines. I had to go into the living room and connect to the HDTV instead. This leaves me without network connectivity.</p>
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27301 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T19:51:06.383 | 2 | 429 | <p>Screenshot:</p>
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<p>Why is the grid not showing up?</p>
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27303 | 1 | 27310 | 2011-02-20T19:58:31.523 | 1 | 997 | <p>I have very a simple question. How to recover a <code>.ogv</code> file on my <code>/home</code> ext4 partition?</p>
<p>I overwrote the <code>.ogv</code> file (I confused input and output in <em>Arista transcoder</em>).</p>
<p>I did research.</p>
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27305 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T20:05:27.637 | 6 | 2848 | <p>I've just upgraded from 10.04 to 10.10 and my fonts are all just small rectangles with nothing in them. They are completely unreadable. EVEN THE FONTS IN THE TERMINAL.</p>
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27306 | 1 | null | 2011-02-20T20:14:31.657 | 3 | 340 | <p>On my HTC Desire I pressed "sync all" and at about the 77th contact it just said "last sync failed".</p>
<p>Why did it fail? What could the problem be? Thanks.</p>
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27312 | 1 | 27325 | 2011-02-20T21:09:25.950 | 3 | 2048 | <ol>
<li>For pdf: How can I create outlines/bookmarks
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27314 | 1 | 279014 | 2011-02-20T21:19:05.677 | 130 | 173232 | <p>Throughout the internet I have seen many people with scripts that prints out a bunch of stuff in all the colors defined in <code>~/.Xdefaults</code>. However when I try to use these, I always get <code>error: Bad Substitution</code>. Does anyone have a working script that does the same thing?</p>
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27317 | 1 | 27319 | 2011-02-20T21:55:52.747 | 1 | 749 | <p>I bought a 320gb Seagate FreeAgent Go Hard Drive and I'm not sure how to install it on my system, I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 . It seems to have recognized it, but now I have an icon on my desktop I can't get rid of. (Update: I just 'rebooted' system and now the external hard drive isn't being recognized at all!?)</p>
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27321 | 1 | 27324 | 2011-02-20T22:57:46.680 | 3 | 1265 | <p>I have an external hard drive that I can't get to 'mount,' the only place on the system I can find info about the drive is in disk utility, under mount point it says it is unmounted!</p>
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27333 | 1 | 27335 | 2011-02-21T02:43:12.323 | 1 | 1168 | <p>I have been desperately trying to get my creative x-fi soundcard to work with my 10.10 install and I am almost there! I have 1 speaker working and when I open volume control I see that my device is Creative X-Fi (Also mixer). </p>
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27339 | 1 | 27444 | 2011-02-21T04:15:59.843 | 29 | 39043 | <p>Recently I have been playing around in terminal and typed the <code>who</code> command. As I see my username and date, I don't know what <code>tty7</code> (<code>tty2</code> on Ubuntu 17.10 and newer) or what this <code>pts/0</code> is, can somebody explain this to me?</p>
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27343 | 1 | 27395 | 2011-02-21T04:44:37.050 | 8 | 1999 | <p>I do a lot of local web development work on my Ubuntu machine, and I'm constantly setting up virtual hosts in Apache. I don't need to do hard core server management, but I am getting tired of the repetitive process of manually adding config directives to files in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ and then updating the /... | 10852 | null | null | 2012-10-18T00:52:01.710 | Recommended workflows for Apache virtual hosts? | [
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27346 | 1 | 30377 | 2011-02-21T05:26:47.213 | 5 | 1519 | <p>When on Windows I commonly use <a href="http://www.winsplit-revolution.com/" rel="nofollow">WinSplit Revolution</a> to arrange my windows. </p>
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27349 | 1 | 27369 | 2011-02-21T06:00:05.757 | 239 | 594079 | <p>I'm trying to compress a directory and ftp it to a windows ftp. </p>
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27352 | 1 | 32343 | 2011-02-21T06:21:08.787 | 2 | 377 | <p>I have this Java script runner installed in my gedit external tools:</p>
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cd $GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_DIR
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then
java ${GEDIT_CURRENT_DOCUMENT_NAME%\.java}
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27354 | 1 | 27374 | 2011-02-21T07:18:54.067 | 4 | 1306 | <p>When i right click on one Directory there is <code>move to</code> action, and there is only two options, <code>Home folder</code> and <code>Desktop</code></p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lA8xB.png" alt="enter image description here"> </p>
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27355 | 1 | 27356 | 2011-02-21T07:40:54.600 | 16 | 14041 | <p><code>man echo</code> works. but out of curiosity, does echo have something similar to a <code>--help</code> flag/parameter? </p>
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27358 | 1 | null | 2011-02-21T08:23:47.590 | 3 | 7931 | <p>The default DNS server was running too slowly, so I changed the configuration by adding a nameserver.<br/></p>
<p>/etc/resolv.conf :</p>
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domain ***edu.cn
search ***edu.cn
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27362 | 1 | 163958 | 2011-02-21T08:55:49.703 | 42 | 139517 | <p>How do I limit the updates that are installed to those from a specific set of repositories? Is this at all possible?</p>
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27367 | 1 | null | 2011-02-21T09:24:57.240 | 1 | 177 | <p>The Title says everything. Does dconf use DesktopCouch as database backend? Will it be possible to sync the configuration? And is it possible to select, what should be synced?</p>
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27375 | 1 | null | 2011-02-21T11:01:50.770 | 1 | 330 | <p>Hello I have ubuntu 10.04 installed with mysql on it and I have a problem with remote connection. </p>
<p>When I connect through putty it works but sometimes it looks like it hangs for example when I execute the command <code>ln --help</code>. </p>
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27377 | 1 | 27396 | 2011-02-21T11:28:29.747 | 2 | 11492 | <p>I'm trying to compile a program which uses Google's V8 library (which is 32 bit). Therefore any library I use within my program also has to be 32 bit. Where can I download the 32 bit version of libraries on Ubuntu 64 bit? More specifically, I'm looking for the libnotify 32 bit version.</p>
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27378 | 1 | null | 2011-02-21T11:33:49.303 | 2 | 983 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/247/whats-your-recommendation-on-drive-partitioning-schemes-for-a-desktop-and-home-s">What's your recommendation on drive partitioning schemes for a desktop and home server?</a> </p>
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<p>Hi all,
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27381 | 1 | 39906 | 2011-02-21T11:40:29.747 | 154 | 130370 | <p>I need a command line tool for editing metadata of pdf-files. </p>
<p>I'm using a Aiptek MyNote Premium tablet for writing my notes and minutes on this device, import them later and convert them to pdf automatically with a simple script using inkscape and ghostscript.</p>
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27383 | 1 | 27442 | 2011-02-21T11:54:48.153 | 1 | 517 | <p>I dual-boot my laptop due to lousy VM performance, and have a new 500GB/7200rpm drive coming in to replace the stock 320GB/5400rpm drive. I have the drive set up in three partitions: one for the Win7 system files, one for storage, and the third as the ext4 Linux file system. The system file and storage partitions ... | 7800 | null | null | 2011-02-21T20:24:21.577 | Upgrading a dual-boot system HDD | [
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27385 | 1 | 27387 | 2011-02-21T12:24:09.433 | 5 | 1474 | <p>I want to start a recording job at a precise time. As I understand cron only guarantees a job to be started within a minute.</p>
<p>One possible solution is to start the cron job earlier and than wait until the precise time. What other possibilities do I have?</p>
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27392 | 1 | 27394 | 2011-02-21T13:26:17.243 | 2 | 3205 | <p>I have a 10.10 installation. <code>/etc/fstab</code> mounts a partition to <code>~/Desktop</code> and my desktop icons work fine. However mounted volume icon always appears on Desktop.
Altough I have unchecked <code>volumes_visible</code> option in <code>gconf-editor</code>, still icon is shown.
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27397 | 1 | null | 2011-02-21T14:41:52.583 | 13 | 362 | <p>I'd like to suggest to the developers of <a href="http://www.simfy.de/?locale=en#/downloads" rel="nofollow">simfy</a> that their desktop application be submitted to the Software Center. How should they go about doing this?</p>
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27398 | 1 | 28003 | 2011-02-21T14:51:37.633 | 7 | 7694 | <p>What is the best way to learn how to set up a VPN using OpenVPN on an Amazon EC2 server/a VPS? What level of proficiency is required in Linux System Administration for this?</p>
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27402 | 1 | 27417 | 2011-02-21T15:46:45.827 | 31 | 12179 | <p>As a former Debian user, I "kind of" remember that I should only use one of the package managers...
Either <code>apt-get</code>, <code>aptitude</code>, or <code>synaptic</code>, but not the three in combination 'cause there may be conflicts, they don't mix well.</p>
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27403 | 1 | null | 2011-02-21T15:51:13.847 | 2 | 614 | <p>Having used <code>gnome-terminal</code> I noticed that it does not remember its state, once closed. I would like a terminal which remembers its state, this includes the title of the tabs and the current directory in which I was. IIRC the <code>konsole</code> of KDE3 did this. So I installed <code>konsole</code>
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27404 | 1 | 27406 | 2011-02-21T15:56:17.240 | 0 | 1460 | <p>I have been trying to get Natty running on my desktop pc with a Nvidia 8400GS card but not having much luck.
I can see on the forums that it is related to the X server version and the nvidia driver.
Will i be able to install 11.04 with Unity desktop using my Nvidia card? </p>
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27405 | 1 | 27415 | 2011-02-21T16:16:13.787 | 18 | 1504 | <p>I'm sure I've seen a picture of the full building somewhere. The image is a blue-tinted display of the building's facade - facing into a blue sky. It's a part of the stock wallpapers in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick).</p>
<p>Can someone help me identify this building? I can't be the first - or the only - person to be inte... | 10966 | 866 | 2011-02-21T19:11:34.347 | 2011-02-21T22:01:43.663 | What is the building photographed in this stock wallpaper? | [
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"text": "No idea, but [the original is on flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/elslunko/4897785821/in/pool-1468716@N24) if it helps.",
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"body": "<p>It is the Walt Disney Concert hall in Los Angeles, designed by <a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/fFWQd.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Frank Gehry</a>.</p>\n\n<p>From the photographer's site: <a href=\"http://edltphoto.com/2010/09/ubuntu-blue/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://edltphoto.com/201... | [
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27409 | 1 | null | 2011-02-21T16:24:15.070 | 1 | 4927 | <p>Apparent I should set LC_TIME to en_DK (why danish? I don't want danish months!) but nothing I've done manages to change the output of <code>locale</code>.</p>
| 11219 | 3550 | 2011-02-21T16:32:54.717 | 2017-09-22T17:07:43.583 | How do I set the system date/time format from the command line? | [
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27410 | 1 | 27413 | 2011-02-21T16:34:30.407 | 13 | 30525 | <p>I would really like to switch over to Thunderbird from Evolution. I have had a look around and haven't found a good up to date how to for migrating. I have quite a lot of emails and filters and would like to make the transition as painless as possible.</p>
<p>thanks for any help. </p>
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27416 | 1 | 27539 | 2011-02-21T17:20:29.677 | 3 | 3326 | <p>I want to record the 8 separate Line IN Channels from my M-Audio Delta
1010 Card. The card is recogniced nicely and a can record a single
channel via arecord -d 10 -f cd -t wav -D channel1 out2.wav. I've set
up the different channels in ~/.asoundrc.</p>
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