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28458 | 1 | null | 2011-02-28T18:57:39.587 | 3 | 4065 | <p>I have an Ubuntu 10.04 Server installation with PHP 5.3.2 installed, I want to upgrade it to PHP 5.3.5. I'm led to believe that <code>apt-get upgrade</code> will only install security updates, we're on this LTS release and don't plan on updating our servers until 12.04, so it's pretty important for us to be able to ... | 826 | 32580 | 2012-04-30T14:57:09.010 | 2012-08-17T17:19:05.867 | How to upgrade to a specific version of PHP? | [
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28459 | 1 | null | 2011-02-28T18:59:36.207 | 2 | 417 | <p>I want to simulate the following network with 2 laptops connected over internet. How can I do it? How can I set up the intefaces? [I'm using KVM if it matters]. Any help appreciated.</p>
<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/WwY7q.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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28464 | 1 | 28465 | 2011-02-28T19:17:52.050 | 5 | 10273 | <p>SiSoftware Sandra is a hardware diagnostic tool for windows: <a href="http://www.sisoftware.net/">http://www.sisoftware.net/</a>
the time update my little note book has come, and i encountered the problem of not knowing
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28468 | 1 | 28691 | 2011-02-28T19:37:07.237 | 4 | 4456 | <p>With an Ubuntu Live Disc, I have copied my Ubuntu 10.04 installation to a new harddisk (with the same hardware). However, it doesn't boot, since I think I still need to set up grub for this new installation.<br>
How do I set up grub2 for a copied Ubuntu installation?<br>
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28470 | 1 | 28472 | 2011-02-28T19:50:03.863 | 66 | 27866 | <p>I'd like to know how I would build Unity from source code in the current development release. Please cover the following topics:</p>
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<li>What are the steps to actually configure and compile Unity?</li>
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28471 | 1 | 28475 | 2011-02-28T19:52:33.353 | 1 | 108 | <p>I am trying to do something which involves pushing data to my Ubuntu 10.10 desktop from web (PHP) and somehow I can catch that data. Just like Push emails. Thoughts? Ideas?</p>
<p>I know I can setup a cron job to keep checking for events, but is there anything like PUSH which can be done?</p>
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28474 | 1 | null | 2011-02-28T20:18:41.983 | 4 | 655 | <p>and not NFS?</p>
<p>click on a folder and select proprieties, tab "share".</p>
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28476 | 1 | 28482 | 2011-02-28T20:38:55.403 | 322 | 353166 | <p>I'm trying to create a zip file from a folder and I'd like to exclude the <code>.git</code> sub-folder from the resulting zip file.</p>
<p>I have gone to the parent folder of the one I want to zip (<em>called bitvolution</em>) and I'm doing:</p>
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28477 | 1 | 28488 | 2011-02-28T20:45:23.707 | 44 | 26280 | <p>I'm looking for a list which paths/files are safe to exclude for a full system/home backup. </p>
<p><em>Considering that I have a list of installed packages.</em></p>
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<li><code>/home/*/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/Cache</code></li>
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28479 | 1 | null | 2011-02-28T20:57:19.197 | 2 | 1653 | <p>The problem is that if I make an entry in <code>/etc/fstab</code> to mount a samba share I can give the option <code>iocharset=utf8</code> and this then mounts the share correctly and in the right encoding with special characters displayed correctly.</p>
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28491 | 1 | 28502 | 2011-02-28T21:52:21.300 | 2 | 583 | <p>I'm thinking of an investment in a new root server running ubuntu. Due to the fact, that the provider won't have extra backup-space, I need an other solution.</p>
<p>Is it possible to download the server backups automatically when my desktop machine is connected to the internet and in idle state?</p>
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28493 | 1 | 28497 | 2011-02-28T22:16:21.007 | 3 | 2434 | <p>I'd like to run a script every time that a DVD is inserted into the drive.</p>
<p>Ideally, it would be auto-mounted and then a script would be run. The script would NOT be on the drive (not looking for autorun functionality a la Windows).</p>
<p>A command line solution would be optimal!</p>
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28495 | 1 | null | 2011-02-28T22:23:31.860 | 63 | 237633 | <p>If you select "USB" and "Mac" on <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download">this download page</a>, it gives a series of command line instructions to make a USB key which the MacBook will boot into Ubuntu from.</p>
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28496 | 1 | 28498 | 2011-02-28T22:40:02.510 | 70 | 183828 | <p>Broadcasting the output of the soundcard as an internet radio stream is a reliable way to stream audio in a network. This can nicely be used to e.g. transmit audio in a wireless LAN to another computer or any other device capable of playing internet radio streams.</p>
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28501 | 1 | 112184 | 2011-02-28T23:19:51.030 | 1 | 219 | <p>I know that on Windows it's quite futile to try to backup the "C:" partition file-wise and that's why a full partition backup is needed. Is it OK to backup a the root Linux partition file-wise? Are there any downsides?</p>
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28504 | 1 | 53450 | 2011-02-28T23:51:40.400 | 10 | 18802 | <p>After many days and a lot of frustration, I managed to get freenx to work on my home server. I can connect to it with nomachine's linux client, but I want to use Remmina for this purpose. The problem is that I don't exactly know how to connect to a NX-server with the program.</p>
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28505 | 1 | null | 2011-02-28T23:53:55.453 | 0 | 166 | <p>I'm trying to use this code from webupd8 to fix the problem I have. It seems it didn't work. </p>
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28511 | 1 | 28513 | 2011-03-01T00:40:03.513 | 85 | 52159 | <p>In 10.10, when opening a directory in Nautilus, I was wondering how to copy the current path?</p>
<p>My address bar, pictured here, is not copyable: </p>
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28514 | 1 | 28551 | 2011-03-01T01:01:06.973 | 4 | 548 | <p>I have an issue with my new Toshiba laptop. Whenever I plug in an external USB device, if the laptop is not plugged in to the wall, the laptop freezes. However, nothing happens if the laptop is plugged in to the wall.</p>
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28516 | 1 | 28658 | 2011-03-01T02:56:47.417 | 15 | 54796 | <p>Is it possible to redirect connections to a specific IP/port to an external IP/port?</p>
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28517 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T04:14:20.860 | 1 | 969 | <p>I'm new to Ubuntu and my question is pretty much the title. I just need help with this because I don't want to go through and specifically name ALL of my songs.</p>
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28519 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T04:35:36.600 | 3 | 1226 | <p>I am running Ubuntu Wubi in Windows 7 on my netbook.</p>
<p>I want to share files between the two OS's. </p>
<p>I know how to make a partition in Windows and give it a name like <code>D:</code> but how do I then access it from Ubuntu?</p>
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28520 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T04:38:16.853 | 1 | 782 | <p>I want to buy a new PC to be used as a media server that streams HD movies, music to any wireless device on my network (laptop, desktop, TV, etc.).</p>
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28522 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T06:02:10.520 | 3 | 464 | <p>I want to log in to a database by running a SQL file from a UNIX script without supplying username and password (as root). Any command to do so?</p>
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28523 | 1 | 28528 | 2011-03-01T06:03:26.673 | 15 | 33866 | <p>For instance for mechanical engineering; from what I've seen, Blender is quite flexible and powerful so maybe it serves well for this also?</p>
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28530 | 1 | 28537 | 2011-03-01T08:17:06.483 | 92 | 32956 | <p>I have <code>unattended-upgrade</code> set up on my Ubuntu systems. Occasionally I will log in remotely to one of them and I'll see a message informing me that I need to reboot the system (in order to complete an upgrade). Is there a way to determine the specific package (or set of packages) which is triggering ... | 8844 | 169736 | 2014-03-30T22:05:25.980 | 2016-02-10T10:22:29.037 | How can I tell what package requires a reboot of my system? | [
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28538 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T09:14:16.863 | 5 | 771 | <p>In 11.04, if you don't want to use the new Unity desktop, you can use Ubuntu Classic Desktop (selectable from the login screen), which is similar to the Gnome 2 desktop provided in 10.10. Will Ubuntu Classic Desktop continue to be improved, or is it in "maintenance mode"? If the latter, will it continue to exist for... | 11642 | 25863 | 2012-11-21T21:54:42.113 | 2012-11-21T21:54:42.113 | Will Gnome 2 aka "Ubuntu Classic Desktop" continue to be developed after 11.04? | [
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28544 | 1 | 28554 | 2011-03-01T10:24:01.510 | 11 | 10639 | <p>I depend upon Ubuntu for most of my work but I still need Windows 7 for some applications such as </p>
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28547 | 1 | 28582 | 2011-03-01T10:34:33.563 | 3 | 12490 | <p>I don't want this to be default behavior for Chromium though.</p>
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28550 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T11:06:13.507 | 1 | 1079 | <p>I have downloaded the tar.gz file for Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit from <a href="http://plcemu.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">http://plcemu.sourceforge.net/</a> but I don't know how to install this.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how to install plc-emu from the .tar.zip?</p>
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28556 | 1 | 28560 | 2011-03-01T12:11:56.013 | 60 | 39308 | <p>Are there any good alternatives to Nautilus? I'm looking for something lightweight, with a cleaner interface, but the ability to manually enter file paths is still important. Any suggestions?</p>
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28559 | 1 | 28640 | 2011-03-01T12:29:46.633 | 2 | 245 | <p>It was suggested I use hg-buildpackage to build my Ubuntu packages because it will ignore my .hg folder and files.</p>
<p>However I can't seem to find it in the Ubuntu 10.10 repos.</p>
<p>How can I get hg-buildpackage on Ubuntu 10.10?</p>
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28561 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T12:32:50.593 | 9 | 55248 | <p>The current home directory gets full.</p>
<p>Can I assign more disk space to the home directory somehow or are there any other solutions?</p>
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28562 | 1 | 28629 | 2011-03-01T12:49:42.043 | 38 | 6545 | <p>Let's assume I have a working application written in C, C++ or Python. I want to create a Launchpad PPA so others can easily install it from a package. Please give step by step instructions for doing this from beginning to end. (Or provide a link that does the same ;)</p>
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28563 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T12:55:03.277 | 3 | 8044 | <p>I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 Server on nodes of a computational cluster, and I access the nodes via ssh. I configured a X server, which I start with the command <code>startx -- -ac</code>. The server is running fine on port :0. Then, I set the environment variable DISPLAY to :0. Now, when I run a GTK appli... | 11599 | null | null | 2019-05-20T14:10:35.310 | GTK applications do not start | [
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28564 | 1 | 28580 | 2011-03-01T13:00:30.667 | 4 | 9735 | <p>I want to run a simple bash script automatically when I log in. For example</p>
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28566 | 1 | 28574 | 2011-03-01T13:06:30.997 | 5 | 228 | <p>When I login after boot, or maybe after a idle time, I am presented with a login box. If I enter the incorrect password, it takes a longer time to verify, and give the error message, than entering the correct password, and getting logged in. Why is that?</p>
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28567 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T13:08:49.757 | 15 | 58051 | <p>I'm not able to switch to <em>Seamless Mode</em> in VirtualBox with Ubuntu 10.04 or 9.10 as guest OS's. I have tried the seamless mode with XP as guest OS, and it works absolutely fine. The host OS is Windows 7.</p>
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28570 | 1 | 28615 | 2011-03-01T13:26:35.607 | 1 | 739 | <p>I currently have Kubuntu running on a large SATA drive. I am considering setting up KXStudio to dual boot. Rather than messing up my current partitions I am thinking of adding an old IDE drive and installing KXStudio there. I'll probably share the swap and data partitions.</p>
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28575 | 1 | 28577 | 2011-03-01T14:11:08.500 | 0 | 292 | <p>I want to schedule my machine to run all my updates unattended at night, but this requires my authentication (which pretty much axes the unattended part). Would it be best to use a cron job or is there something better?</p>
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28578 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T14:54:38.053 | 6 | 1852 | <p>Does anyone knows if the 2D (Qt) version of unity will be theme-able and also will support transparency in the top panel?</p>
<p>How customizable is Unity 2D planned to be?</p>
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28579 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T13:44:19.520 | 2 | 1049 | <p>When I put a site on a shared folder on Virtualbox I get a very slow response time. If i move it to a non-shared folder such as my home folder it responsed instantly. I am running a Ubuntu guest on a Snow Leopard host.</p>
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28581 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T15:10:00.210 | 1 | 1002 | <p>I'm probably missing something here. I'm using the default Ubuntu power manger, I set it up like this:</p>
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28583 | 1 | 28611 | 2011-03-01T15:20:37.190 | 12 | 7373 | <p>I have manually installed a software to <code>/opt</code> and I wanted to add it to the Applications menu. </p>
<p>Although Ubuntu makes it dead easy to add it to my user's menu, how do I add it system wide, so that all users will see the application in their menu?</p>
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28584 | 1 | 28591 | 2011-03-01T15:22:44.953 | 1 | 7270 | <p>When try to cd into <code>init.d</code> or less <code>init.d</code> I get an error message: </p>
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28586 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T15:35:09.390 | 12 | 669 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/15749/alternative-to-dragon-naturally-speaking">Alternative to Dragon Naturally Speaking?</a> </p>
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28592 | 1 | 29273 | 2011-03-01T15:51:11.383 | 15 | 7733 | <p>I want to merge the standard Ubuntu Mono icon set and the Faenza icon set. I would like to keep the standard Ubuntu icons in the panel (including icons for the likes of Dropbox, file transfers etc.) and replace all the other application icons with the Faenza versions. </p>
<p>How would I go about this?</p>
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28593 | 1 | 28602 | 2011-03-01T16:44:58.660 | 3 | 2103 | <p>There is not much documentation in the project page. Did anyone try it on Ubuntu?</p>
<p>In any case, what to expect from it? Can it become a FOSS alternative to Catia, Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks?</p>
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28594 | 1 | 28598 | 2011-03-01T16:50:00.343 | 1 | 88 | <p>I mistakenly removed by message indicator from the panel. How can I add it again?</p>
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28597 | 1 | 28599 | 2011-03-01T16:54:34.363 | 17 | 43667 | <p>From apt-get or aptitude there's just termcap-compact, but I still see "no termcap library found" when trying to install my software (a development kit from another enterprise).</p>
<p>This happens just on my computer.</p>
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28600 | 1 | 29947 | 2011-03-01T17:14:57.920 | 3 | 1646 | <p>Does Lucid support hotswapping of AHCI devices? Is there anything more to it than simply unmounting all filesystems on the drive to be disconnected and plugging in the new disk?</p>
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28603 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T17:29:20.197 | 1 | 299 | <p>I've a question concerning a weird issue I never ran into before even though I am working with many servers for quite a long time.</p>
<p>So there is the <a href="http://www.cherokee-project.com/" rel="nofollow">cherokee web server</a> that I compiled and installed with </p>
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28604 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T17:34:08.107 | 2 | 2110 | <p>Heartbeat don't start on automatic.
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28606 | 1 | 28630 | 2011-03-01T17:38:42.217 | 3 | 378 | <p>Basically I am using AwOken icon set and the notification area shows different icons than that of awoken i.e colored tray icon. What can I do to bring in consistency or similarity? I found <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/use-ubuntu-mono-icons-with-any-icon-theme/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> and <... | 1543 | 44179 | 2013-08-28T17:25:01.687 | 2013-08-28T17:25:01.687 | How do I get Notification Icons to follow my Icon theme? | [
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28608 | 1 | 30862 | 2011-03-01T17:55:40.957 | 94 | 164017 | <p>I've noticed people using a product for Windows and Mac called <a href="http://www.shapeservices.com/en/products/details.php?product=idisplay&platform=none">iDisplay</a> which lets you use your Android or iPad as a secondary display. This seems like a great idea, and something that could be done on Ubuntu. Unfor... | 347 | 866 | 2011-03-01T17:58:15.240 | 2024-01-12T17:44:03.453 | How do you use an android tablet as a second display? | [
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28610 | 1 | 41805 | 2011-03-01T18:02:10.073 | 2 | 1164 | <p>The account I'm using is the first account on the system and it can use the sudo command. But when I'm trying to change anything in the User Settings program nothing happens. I can change my own password but not the other user's which I have created. Could this be because of that I'm using a NX remote session to adm... | 10609 | null | null | 2011-05-10T15:02:27.603 | I can't change any user settings with my login, why? | [
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28613 | 1 | 28782 | 2011-03-01T18:21:43.163 | 8 | 9730 | <p>I was reading a bit about gnome-mount, HAL, udev, etc. It left me with a couple of faint ideas how mounting a hotplug device might work in the latest Ubuntu release.</p>
<p>Could someone give a detailed explanation about what exactly is going on after a hotplug device (i.e. usb-stick) was plugged in?</p>
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28614 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T18:22:49.860 | 0 | 641 | <p>I have a little problem with my vim config. </p>
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28619 | 1 | 28670 | 2011-03-01T18:32:57.510 | 38 | 13522 | <p>When installing applications via the software center or by a DEB file they will usually be installed system wide for all users.</p>
<p>Is there a way to install an application for a single user only?</p>
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28624 | 1 | 28715 | 2011-03-01T19:05:41.337 | 1 | 776 | <p>I used to have dockbarX applet installed on my gnome panel. However one day when I login in I got a error message which can be seen in the screenshot below. So I removed it, and then tried adding it again to the gnome panel but I still get the error message.</p>
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28627 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T19:40:38.810 | 2 | 727 | <p>I'm seeing some weird behaviour in Ubuntu 10.04. I have a cifs mount that's mounted by fstab as follows:</p>
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28631 | 1 | 28641 | 2011-03-01T20:07:45.847 | 5 | 4569 | <p>What is wrong with this picture?</p>
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28632 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T20:15:16.733 | 4 | 3792 | <p>I have an HP Pavilion dv1000 laptop with a widescreen monitor.</p>
<p>My monitor works well at its native resolution, But when I choose 1024x768, I see black bars on left and right side of the monitor. </p>
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28635 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T20:41:06.393 | 2 | 12786 | <p>I use Ubuntu (Spanish language). Sometimes I get this error when I use special characters (codification error) so I read that if I edit a file of my hard disk by using <code>gedit /etc/fstab</code> and adding <em>utf8</em> I can fix it....</p>
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28637 | 1 | null | 2011-03-01T22:03:35.487 | 2 | 297 | <p>How can I try the newest codebase of Unity, so that I can send bug-reports and feature requests to the Unity developers?</p>
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28639 | 1 | 28643 | 2011-03-01T22:13:35.597 | 9 | 18492 | <p>I accidentally removed the trash icon from the desktop, is there a way to put it back?</p>
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28644 | 1 | 28655 | 2011-03-01T22:30:25.410 | 30 | 8698 | <p>Related to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/24022/how-can-i-backup-my-repositories">this question</a>. But my concern is that over the past year, most of my more interesting (or used) applications are from PPAs, and just backing up my sources list won't add the associated launchpad keys the way that <code>a... | 861 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:24:41.703 | 2022-03-10T07:22:41.923 | How can I backup my PPAs? | [
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28649 | 1 | 28651 | 2011-03-01T22:54:26.737 | 11 | 4736 | <p>It competes with the <kbd>Alt</kbd> behavior in Photoshop, so I want the left <kbd>Alt</kbd> key to do nothing.</p>
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28656 | 1 | 28688 | 2011-03-02T00:20:20.853 | 4 | 856 | <p>On 10.04 (and other versions, but I am asking about 10.04), going to<br>
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28659 | 1 | 28660 | 2011-03-02T01:25:06.997 | 0 | 539 | <p>I have noticed that when I type in some programs, Text Editor, Terminal, Bluefish, Gnome Baker, etc. the mouse cursor disappears while I am typing. In other programs like Firefox and LibreOffice, it does not.</p>
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28661 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T01:53:22.557 | 1 | 399 | <p>On my <code>top</code> output, at header level, swap is showing 0k used. But on each individual process the SWAP is shown as a non-zero value (output column enabled with option p). What does this mean?</p>
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28663 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T02:32:43.990 | 1 | 198 | <p>Ubuntu 10.10 Server x64 installed as Virtual Box VM.</p>
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28667 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T04:55:02.570 | 6 | 7048 | <p>I can't figure out how I allow my iBook to right click in Ubuntu. It's one big button; so, I used to hold Option and click. I'm willing to do that, but I can't figure out how. Unless, of course, I've completely let the noob out and one doesn't right click in Ubuntu. </p>
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28669 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T05:44:05.370 | 11 | 35952 | <p>I added the Japanese Layout in Keyboard preferences, however all the layouts look like being in katakana. </p>
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28676 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T06:54:00.000 | 2 | 10540 | <p>I set up Apache web server.</p>
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28682 | 1 | 28694 | 2011-03-02T07:36:48.627 | 2 | 6309 | <p>I tried to install <code>xinetd</code> by the command <code>sudo apt-get install xinetd</code>. I got this error message</p>
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28685 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T07:47:25.497 | 47 | 73286 | <p>How to delay a program such as cairo-dock (No openGL) or Firefox?</p>
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28697 | 1 | 28699 | 2011-03-02T10:23:07.353 | 8 | 8549 | <p>Is it possible to remove the window border for gnome-terminal only in Compiz? I recall that it used to be possible to do this with a command-line option, but I can not find it anymore.</p>
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28698 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T10:36:57.097 | 0 | 236 | <blockquote>
<p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/80251/keyring-on-startup-popup">Keyring On Startup popup</a> </p>
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28700 | 1 | 28727 | 2011-03-02T10:47:59.907 | 2 | 345 | <p>I want only two keyboard layouts in my system: <code>us altgr-intl</code> (USA International (AltGr dead keys) ) and <code>gr</code> (Greece), so this is what I've selected in System → Preferences → Keyboard → Layouts. However, every time I begin a new Gnome session (reboot, logout/login), the <code>us</code> keyboa... | 1629 | null | null | 2011-03-02T15:21:37.097 | How can I have only two specific keyboard layouts in my system without 'us'? | [
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28704 | 1 | 28718 | 2011-03-02T11:44:51.543 | 2 | 264 | <p>I have Ubuntu Server 10.04 1 system disk, and 5 disks in RAID-5 configuration.
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28706 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T11:59:40.320 | 2 | 1127 | <p><br>
I'm trying to analyze an enormous text file (1.6GB), whose data lines look like this:</p>
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28710 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T12:58:57.087 | 0 | 342 | <p>My laptop touchpad has left button (for mouse click 1), a right button (for mouse click 3). To get mouse click 2 you must simultaneously press the left and right buttons. Will Unity let me reprogram this action to. say, Alt-Z (or some other key combination)?</p>
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28711 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T13:09:11.433 | 6 | 54263 | <p>I have always backed up my home directory to an external hard drive using the <code>cp -r</code> command.</p>
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28716 | 1 | 28722 | 2011-03-02T14:01:54.497 | 1 | 4976 | <p>If I have HTTP_PROXY defined in default my environment (by ~/.bash_profile), how can I unset the variable from a script?</p>
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28719 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T14:09:40.357 | 11 | 381 | <p>I have a 2 yr old HP pavillion dv4 laptop. Ubuntu runs fine.
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28721 | 1 | 74725 | 2011-03-02T14:33:51.657 | 1 | 2394 | <p>I have always had trouble setting up samba shares with ubuntu. In the past I've tried getting it to work by configuring <code>/etc/samba/smb.conf</code> but never achieved what I wanted. Last time I managed to get it working by making a share with nautilus built in file sharing (which utilises samba). Now when I try... | 10609 | 10609 | 2011-03-02T15:35:22.847 | 2011-11-02T11:23:40.157 | Nautilus file share for multiple users is not working. Only owner gets access | [
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28723 | 1 | 28726 | 2011-03-02T14:46:03.803 | 4 | 3432 | <p>By default when Evolution is launched, I have to press the button "Check emails" (or press <kbd>F9</kbd>) to receive new emails. I would like it to be automatic each time I launch Evolution. Is it possible?</p>
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28728 | 1 | null | 2011-03-02T15:25:57.980 | 2 | 16443 | <p>I want to use Thunderbird as an IMAP client to backup Gmail and would prefer to run it from a CRON... Basically want to wake it up, sync IMAP folders than shutdown... I tried offlineIMAP with no success and it seems that Thunderbird is a reasonable solution.</p>
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28730 | 1 | 103733 | 2011-03-02T15:30:07.857 | 3 | 2046 | <p>I just upgraded to 10.10 last night and I'm having issues now with dual display from my laptop dock. This was working in the previous release with a manual xrandr command:</p>
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28733 | 1 | 28755 | 2011-03-02T15:35:24.833 | 60 | 243851 | <p>How can I associate a script to OpenVPN so that it runs when the VPN is connected successfully?</p>
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"text": "This question should instead be filed as a bug report, and [as such](http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/1317/what-to-do-with-questions-that-describe-known-bugs/) is off-topic, thanks! [Instruc... | null | [
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28736 | 1 | 28737 | 2011-03-02T15:57:23.923 | 0 | 164 | <p>I downloaded and installed a Python-based application according to <a href="http://comix.sourceforge.net/download.html" rel="nofollow">this page</a>. How do I use it?</p>
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28738 | 1 | 28744 | 2011-03-02T16:27:08.437 | 62 | 7428 | <p>I know there have been other questions like "<a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6586/what-native-games-are-available">What native games are available?</a>" and they often have issues because they turn into a never-ending list of every game ever released for Linux.</p>
<p>But I'd like to know what's coming out... | 449 | -1 | 2017-04-13T12:23:40.050 | 2017-03-22T14:46:43.237 | What new games are available for Ubuntu in 2011? | [
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"body": "<h1><a href=\"http://oilrush-game.com/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Oil Rush</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/oilrush\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/vyWhw.png\" alt=\"(Software Center)\" /></a> <a href=\"http://www.desura.com/games/oil-rush/play\" rel=\"noreferre... | [
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28742 | 1 | 28753 | 2011-03-02T16:37:18.443 | 2 | 798 | <p>I was trying to install the Crysis 2 demo on wine, but after extraction it said </p>
<pre><code>Unable to find a volume for file extraction.
Please verify that you have proper permissions.
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<p>and ended the setup there.</p>
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28749 | 1 | 28973 | 2011-03-02T17:07:40.127 | 7 | 212 | <p><a href="http://oilrush-game.com/" rel="nofollow">Oilrush</a> is a game with a high-end graphics engine due for release on the linux platform very soon. As a matter of fact, preordering is <a href="https://store.unigine.com/products/category/oilrush/" rel="nofollow">already possible</a>! </p>
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"body": "<p>I think it will, eventually, there is a post in <a href=\"http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/27219/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Ubuntu Brainstorm</a> to add a few more paid apps to the Software Center. Besides, Oilrush is a huge release as a Linux game, there are few games t... | null | null | null | null | null |
28754 | 1 | 28758 | 2011-03-02T18:22:20.443 | 3 | 4289 | <p>Some files on my hard drive are corrupted (no worries, nothing system-related, just a junk of data files, mp3 etc.). I found that out when I tried to burn them all to a DVD, the burning application show a message that it cannot read the files as they are corrupted. [This is probably a drive issue, it had happened me... | 705 | null | null | 2011-04-01T21:39:08.777 | How to find corrupted files? | [
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"body": "<p>do what luri suggested (copy the files somewhere else). then, use a diff tool like meld (<code>sudo apt-get install meld</code>) will be very helpful by doing a directory comparison between the original and the copy. you can filter out the identical files, and only see the difference... | [
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