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2011-03-05T04:01:58.727
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<p>When I log into my account, nautilus uses about 90~95% of CPU. What is it doing?</p>
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2011-03-05T07:59:16.657
2011-03-05T15:21:43.557
Why does nautilus use 90%+ cpu at startup?
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29084
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2011-03-05T06:06:16.673
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<p>I have downloaded the drivers from NVIDIA ----NVIDIA-Linux-x86-260.19.36.run----It's for my Nvidia 6600gt APG 8x-- I'm using Ubuntu10.10. How do I get them installed, is there a way that my "additional drivers" program could download it somehow. I have been using Linux for 10 days, so my knowledge is limited. The dr...
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2013-02-20T15:02:28.973
need help installing NVIDIA 6600gt drivers
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Manually installing a driver is not reccommended, especiallyby a new user like you. Since your Card is not a current generation one, You can always use the \" 173 \" version driver from the \"additional drivers\" Program. I had a Geforce 6 series card which worked perfectly w...
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29086
1
29093
2011-03-05T06:22:49.627
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<p>I've imported an OpenVPN configuration file that behaves differently when trying to connect from Network Manager and command line. I would like to see what the imported configuration file looks like.</p>
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2016-03-27T19:43:52.620
Where are VPN configuration files imported by Network Manager saved?
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29092
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2011-03-05T08:03:03.837
4
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<p>What is the best quality Apple IIGS emulator for Ubuntu that is relatively easy to install?</p> <p>I have tried KEGS, but get the following (working without probs on my Windows partition):</p> <blockquote> <p>Preparing X Windows graphics system</p> <p>Visual 0</p> <p>id: 00000021, screen: 0, depth: 24,...
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2011-03-05T23:11:59.760
2022-03-13T14:47:20.353
Apple IIGS emulator?
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29098
1
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2011-03-05T09:47:54.770
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<p>The text cursor in X Windows is too thin for me to see easily. It would be great if I could make the text cursor wider so that it was more visible.</p> <p>I know how to change the size of the mouse cursor in X by going to System > Preferences > Appearance and customizing the Pointer so that it is larger. But I have...
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2011-05-04T11:43:12.743
How can I make the text cursor in X Windows easier to see?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Use something like <a href=\"http://gursormaker.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Gursormaker</a> to edit one of the existing cursor themes from <code>/usr/share/icons</code> to make the \"xterm\" cursor more visible, then export it to an X11 cursor theme. Place the theme ...
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29131
2011-03-05T10:46:06.080
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<p>So, it'm about to buy a fresh videocard. Since I do most of my stuff on Linux, I wonder how well will either videocard perform. I recently had a good experience with GeForce 6600 with proprietary drivers and a less than satisfactory experience with Radeon 9000 a while ago. From my experience, proprietary drivers for...
7956
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2011-03-05T19:20:35.700
GeForce and Radeon: what is present condition of opensource and proprietary drivers?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What you have mentioned in your post is still relevant today. However the proprietary \"fglrx\" driver for ati has caught up very much with the proprietary nvidia. So much so that i barely notice a difference between catalyst on windows and fglrx on linux. One area where ATI still la...
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29102
1
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2011-03-05T11:06:24.910
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<p>requested use case is having a Windows XP SP3 guest running in 64bit Ubuntu.<br> (Linux pcs 2.6.35-22-server #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 22:02:33 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux)<br> I want this guest to access an LVM LV on the Ubuntu disk.</p> <p>I've setup the following LVM config:<br> --- Logical volume --- </p> <pr...
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2011-03-05T15:40:27.350
2011-03-05T18:30:47.443
Accessing host LVM partition from Windows XP through Virt.manager 0.8.5 / Qemu / KVM
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29103
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29104
2011-03-05T11:34:19.797
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<p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/RXPvn.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>I want to add a <strong>Public</strong> folder at here. -The <strong>Public</strong> folder exists in <em>~/Public</em> as default.<br> How can I do?</p>
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2011-03-05T13:15:34.543
How to customize "Places" menu
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29106
1
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2011-03-05T11:49:46.940
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<p>I have an issue with the Youtube Player within Ubuntu. It seems that when playing videos, they are in black and white, no matter whether they are normal resolution or HD.</p> <p>I kind of figured out how to prevent this from happening by deleting the cookie <code>PREF</code> that holds a KV Pair like this:</p> <p...
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2011-03-06T07:03:57.523
2011-03-06T14:44:58.880
Black & White Video with Youtube
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You might see if any of this fix from webupd8 applies : <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/fix-pinkred-youtube-videos-bug-using.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Fix Pink/Red Youtube videos</a> .</p>\n\n<p>It's about monochromatic issues with flash, in any case, and th...
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29108
1
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2011-03-05T12:34:06.683
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<p>It should help me pause copying, so I dont have to wait for each copy to finish. Basic googling didnt help out. The windows equivalent is Teracopy, or Fastcopy.</p> <p>I need the application to be GUI based, but wouldn't mind shell commands.</p> <p>I wait for the copy to finish, in cases where I copy to the same d...
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2011-03-05T15:45:42.573
2011-03-05T16:48:46.123
Is there any utility like the Windows program smartcopy?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you're doing copies from the command line, <code>rsync</code> will optimize the copies about as much as is possible and you can press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Z</kbd> to pause it, then type <code>fg</code> to resume.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ {...
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29111
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29112
2011-03-05T13:09:02.427
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<p>I want to automatically create a directory called ".virtualenvs" in each new user's home directory upon creation of that new user. </p> <p>I am using the useradd command to create new users.</p>
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2011-03-28T18:06:49.617
2011-03-28T18:06:49.617
When I create a new user, how do I automatically create a .virtualenvs directory in their home directory?
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29115
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2011-03-05T13:35:35.163
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<p>Do any of the NetworkManager VPN plugins support IPv6? The two I've tried so far (PPTP and StrongSwan) only show an "IPv4" tab. I would have thought at least the IPsec one would support IPv6?</p>
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2011-04-20T19:24:41.953
2012-08-14T15:50:36.940
Do any NetworkManager VPN plugins support IPv6?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As far as I know, no plugin for Network Manager supports IPv6. Even OpenVPN does not support it straightforward.</p>\n\n<p>You can drop Networkmanager and use OpenVPN directly. I have put my experiences on setting up OpenVPN+IPv4+IPv6 on Serverfault: <a href=\"https://serverf...
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29118
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2011-03-05T14:50:57.823
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<p>Just to start off, I know of <code>lubuntu</code> but it really doesn't meet what I am looking for. Basically what I am looking for is the standard Desktop Ubuntu install, but with out all the word processing, multimedia, and games installed.</p> <p>I have seen posts out about how to get the desktop environment ru...
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2011-03-05T20:01:11.813
2012-05-29T19:08:18.520
Is there a way to install Ubuntu stripped down without desktop applications?
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29121
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2011-03-05T15:13:43.973
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<p>I've tried reading through guides for <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/amd64/appendix-preseed.html" rel="nofollow">preseeding</a> and <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallCDCustomization" rel="nofollow">customization</a>, but I did not understand how and where to modify which op...
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2011-03-15T05:24:11.043
2011-12-06T22:48:09.573
Guide to particulars in customizing Ubuntu Installer
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29122
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2011-03-05T15:19:56.070
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<p>When plugging my Nexus One (Android 2.3.3) via USB and activating the "USB Tethering" option, I cannot enable the connection via Network Manager, because I just see a gray "Disconnected" option.</p> <p>If I connect manually (<code>dhclient usb0</code>, add nameserver to <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code>) it works.</p> ...
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2011-06-07T06:08:19.200
USB tethered connection via Nexus One not showing on NetworkManager
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29125
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29129
2011-03-05T15:33:01.580
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<p>While trying to install Nagios 3.2.3, I ran their ./configure script and got these errors:</p> <pre><code>checking for main in -liconv... no checking for gdImagePng in -lgd (order 1)... no checking for gdImagePng in -lgd (order 2)... no checking for gdImagePng in -lgd (order 3)... no checking for gdImagePng in -lgd...
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2013-11-01T17:44:32.013
What's the best way to install the GD graphics library for Nagios?
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29128
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29130
2011-03-05T15:53:54.603
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<p>i've a 22" monitor, i'm using Ubuntu 10.10. My video card is a Radeon X1300 and i've poor performance at that resolution. If i decrease resolution to 1280x1024 for example, i can use netbeans, monodevelop etc. without problem. </p> <p>So i'm asking: which agp video card can i buy to have GOOD performance with Ubu...
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2011-03-05T16:15:18.727
Which video card for a 1680x1050 resolution?
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29132
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2011-03-05T12:20:32.153
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<p>I am completely new to Linux and Ubuntu. But after taking a lot of time and pain..I installed Ubuntu Server edition onto my server, got the GUI installed.</p> <p>Now when I press Alt+F2, I get the "run application" window. But when ever I enter gnome-terminal it gives me this error message "could not open location ...
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2011-04-04T21:09:20.297
2011-10-20T14:54:11.707
gnome-terminal "cannot open location" error
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2012-01-26T19:58:21.820
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Yash
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2011-03-05T17:49:13.057
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<p>I've got an IMAP mail server running dovecot.</p> <p>I use several different mail clients -- K-9 mail on my Nexus One, and RoundCube Webmail when I'm not on my main computer.</p> <p>On my main computer, I use Evolution. However, it doesn't show the latest emails on the server. I can see them with other clients; ju...
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2019-05-26T19:26:20.440
Evolution not showing latest email in my IMAP inbox
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To force evolution to reload the entire IMAP account is to delete the IMAP folder in the hidden evolution folder in your home folder while evolution is closed.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/qqU8B.png\" alt=\"IMAP folder\"></p>\n\n<p>Alternatively if you have ...
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29139
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2011-03-05T17:53:02.077
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<p>I have an NTP server I want to connect to. I know its IP address.<br> How can I connect to it through the command line?</p>
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8844
2011-03-06T07:34:15.660
2021-02-01T20:55:16.293
How can I connect to a specific NTP server?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>sudo ntpdate your.ntp.server</code></p>\n\n<p>This should work.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-03-05T17:55:16.490", "id": "29140", "lastActivity...
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29141
1
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2011-03-05T18:02:00.733
2
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<p>I am facing a weird problem. I am connecting to my dsl modem via ethernet.</p> <p>After booting, sometimes Ubuntu 10.10 does not detect the eth0 card properly or does not connect to the modem. </p> <p>I have made the following observations: </p> <ol> <li>My modem is fully on. All indicators are on except ether...
8452
8844
2011-03-05T22:08:55.417
2011-08-21T21:33:03.863
Intermittent ethernet connectivity
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1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-16T18:36:32.853", "id": "39593", "postId": "29141", "score": "0", "text": "Please, post the output of \"ifconfig\" command both when Internet works and when it doesn't.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "271" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I see you're using e1000 module so you're using the latest driver.</p>\n\n<p>Maybe you're hit by a weird issue i face from time to time: if I plug a gigabit network card on a 10 Mb ethernet port (hub, modem...), the card connects/disconnects all the time.</p>\n\n<p>Do you hav...
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29142
1
44910
2011-03-05T18:07:03.190
4
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<p>Unity Dash shows some big buttons by hitting the Ubuntu logo: Internet, Mail, Games, Music. I'm currently using different programs than the original ones included in Ubuntu, but these buttons have become useless, not opening any application. Is there any way to fix this?</p>
10446
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null
2011-05-24T13:32:44.997
How to associate Unity Dash's buttons to the preferred applications?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is not possible in Unity in 10.10.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-05-24T13:32:44.997", "id": "44910", "lastActivityDate": "2011-05-24T13:32:44.997", "lastEditDate": ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Your preferred applications dictate which apps do what in the dash.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-25T16:07:09.900", "id": "40997", "postId": "36641", "score": "0", "text": "Not in Ma...
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29145
1
107201
2011-03-05T18:43:46.223
1
813
<p>I have installed ubuntu through wubi and all was well until I updated to the next kernel version.<br> I am now trying to boot into ubuntu and it shows me the GRUB rescue command line.<br> I am able to boost windows and the problem seems to be related to the fact that I have no menu.lst on ubuntu\disks\boot\grub and ...
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2012-02-24T06:01:33.660
GRUB's menu.lst deleted after a kernel update
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Boot into Ubuntu with a live CD or USB then install boot-repair ---follow the instructions. </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair &amp;&amp; sudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install -y boot-repair &amp;&amp; boot-repair\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><img src...
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29148
1
null
2011-03-05T19:08:33.603
3
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<p>Driver application in natty offers a free nvdia driver, and it works with compiz and unity. Will natty be able to use nouveau and gallium,</p>
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2011-03-06T00:28:27.327
Is ubuntu switching to nouveau?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It isn't a case of switching, <code>nouveau</code> is maturing in the kernel and it will be automatically selected by the kernel if no other driver is available.</p>\n\n<p>But the binary <code>nvidia</code> driver is still preferred. It offers more features and better perform...
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29149
1
29151
2011-03-05T19:12:32.167
7
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<p>I have two screens set up on my desktop, the second is a projector. For obvious reasons I would like to have the secondary screen ( projector) display the full-screen view of OO Presentation. </p> <p>I am using an NVIDIA Graphics card and the NVIDIA X Server settings.</p>
10252
null
null
2011-03-05T19:47:21.903
Can OO Presentation go full-screen to the secondary monitor?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes it is possible.</p>\n\n<p>Go to <code>Slide Show</code> -> <code>Slide Show Settings...</code> and select the desired display as your <code>Presentation display</code>.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/wgPz4.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>Now ...
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29152
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29158
2011-03-05T19:46:59.530
13
12801
<p>I'm trying to get Python working with Apache, however I'm failing to have success with either CGI or mod_python.</p> <p>Does anyone know a good tutorial or something?</p> <p>Thanks.</p>
9940
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null
2011-03-07T15:20:28.503
How do I use Python with apache2?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>mod_python</code> is basically non-maintained - you should look into <code>mod_wsgi</code>. Install the package <code>libapache2-mod-wsgi</code>, then issue <code>sudo a2enmod wsgi</code> to enable it.</p>\n\n<p>Just as a quick example to get it running, stuff something like th...
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29154
1
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2011-03-05T19:57:23.333
1
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/5435/will-there-be-data-loss-for-upgrade">Will there be data loss for upgrade?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Can we upgrade a previous version of ubuntu to the latest version <strong>without losing data</strong> ? (For...
11118
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:46.240
2011-03-05T22:24:41.620
Upgrading from a previous version of Ubuntu
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Yes. Upgrades do not erase your settings/data. You can run the command <code>sudo do-release-upgrade</code> in terminal to check for available upgrades. Run <code>do-release-upgrade -h</code> to see options, such as how to upgrade early (prior to release).</p>\n\n<p>Also, if ...
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2011-03-05T22:37:21.520
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29155
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2011-03-05T20:17:26.633
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<p>Everytime I start up, I get an error message from Ubuntu One that says I've exceeded my quota, but I'm only using 1.8 MB and I thought you got 2 GB.</p> <p>How do I fix this?</p>
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2011-03-06T01:09:32.077
2011-04-20T08:40:59.413
Quota Exceeded but I only use 1.8 MB
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I had the same problem, with actually (0.0 MB) usage. Later it came to my mind that i had turned off the 'autostart Ubuntu One daemon' at Startup Applications. After re-enabling, it started working normally. You should check if your's running...</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i...
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29156
1
29157
2011-03-05T20:17:26.663
2
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<p>I'm in the process of migrating a computer from Windows To Ubuntu. I followed <a href="http://fosswire.com/post/2008/03/migrate-your-thunderbird-emails-from-windows-to-linux/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">these instructions</a> to move my Thunderbird emails over. The emails that I moved show up, but when I try to che...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2019-08-30T11:37:26.863
What does "[IN-USE] account is locked by another session or for maintenance, try again." mean?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The reason for my migration was a virus on the Windows machine. As it turns out, the virus was automatically sending email. A pop server can only handle one client at a time so I was prevented from accessing the account on another machine. Unplugging the infected machine's interne...
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29160
1
29193
2011-03-05T21:21:58.623
14
8836
<p>Now that VirtualBox supports multiple monitors for guests, I decided to try it out with Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha3 (i386) as a guest.</p> <p>Unfortunately, the second screen stays black and I can't even get <code>xrandr</code> to see the other display.</p> <p>Is there some way of getting this feature to work?</p>
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2011-03-06T07:12:29.683
How to get Ubuntu guest VM to recognize second VirtualBox monitor?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I finally figured out how to get it working - I had to install:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-x11\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>...and restart. The VM didn't boot the first time, but a hard reset seemed to sort things out.</p>\n\n<p><strong>Note:</strong> at firs...
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29163
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29171
2011-03-05T21:50:18.583
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<p>I'm following the <a href="http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/quickstart-ubuntu.html">Nagios Ubuntu quickstart instructions</a>. I'm on Ubuntu 10.10 and installing Nagios 3.2.3.</p> <p>At the bottom of the docs it says I need to install the mailx and postfix packages. (Postfix is already installed.) But when...
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null
null
2011-03-06T04:07:17.960
Which mailx package should I install for Nagios?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You should be able to install any of them. I have <code>bsd-mailx</code> on my system, and I don't see any reason not to go with it.</p>\n\n<p>It appears that this is the intended migration path.<br>\nHere's some of the <code>apt-cache show mailx</code> output:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Dep...
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29166
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29170
2011-03-05T22:15:18.873
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<p>Sometimes ago I used KDE 3.5 I think, and really liked the transparency option for windows, which gave all my text editor a really killer look and feel, really nice/ethereal environment for coding.</p> <p>I haven't managed to find such a possibility with GNOME.</p> <p>Any idea if it is possible and how?</p>
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2017-02-25T10:06:30.597
2017-02-25T10:08:45.313
Is there a way to set transparency of windows in GNOME?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Assuming that your system is able handle the <code>Opacify</code> compiz plugin then you just have to install <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Advanced Desktop Effects Settings</a> </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-g...
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29169
1
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2011-03-05T22:23:39.690
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<p>I'm installing Ubuntu 10.10 32-bit version on an HP Envy 15. I get the same problem these people have here:</p> <p><a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/15425/unable-to-find-a-medium-containing-a-live-file-system-error-when-installing">Error when installing: &quot;unable to find a medium containing a live file s...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2012-11-06T10:19:34.173
Installing on a computer with USB 3.0 hardware
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8
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If your computer have an SD slot card, install from it. Put the image in both, the CD and the SD card. Your computer will start from the CD and it will load the installation from the SD. This is because your SD has USB 2.0 ports.</p>\n\n<p>The HP Envy 15 have more issues to s...
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29175
1
29180
2011-03-05T22:52:14.050
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<p>I have many 7zip Archive with same password. When I extract it, both using GUI application and command line, I must enter same password again and again. When I read the 7za command manual pages, I just found how to specify the password to add an archive, not to extract it. 7za command need us to manually type the pa...
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866
2011-03-22T19:49:42.170
2011-03-22T19:49:42.170
Automation Extracting Many Passworded Archive
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes there is.</p>\n\n<p>You can write a shell script to do that.</p>\n\n<pre><code>PASSWORD=\"YOUR PASSWORD\"\n\nfor archive in *.7z\ndo\n echo \"Extracting $archive\"\n 7z e -p{$PASSWORD} $archive\ndone\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This will simply extract every <code>.7z</code> archive i...
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29179
1
null
2011-03-05T23:20:55.040
1
866
<p>Using Clonezilla, I cloned a Windows 7 installation from the first partition on one drive to the first partition on a second larger drive and then installed Ubuntu into the second partition (same configuration as the original drive, just newer version instead of old). </p> <p>Ubuntu detected the Windows 7 partition...
10458
10458
2011-03-21T21:51:51.743
2011-03-21T21:51:51.743
Windows partition not booting
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>1.\nBoot from Windows Recovery CD, Windows Recovery Partition, or Installation CD</p>\n\n<p>2.\nClick on \"<a href=\"http://www.pctechbytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/windows_7_startup_repair.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">Repair your computer</a>\"</p>\n\n<p>3.\nClick on \"<a hr...
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29181
1
29182
2011-03-05T23:28:02.637
3
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<p>Hey there, I'm trying to install a gedit plugin called <a href="https://github.com/dinkel/gedit-zoom/downloads/" rel="nofollow">zoom</a>, and in order for it to be picked up by gedit it needs to be extracted in this folder <code>/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins</code>.</p> <p>My problem is I can't copy paste the files ...
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3037
2011-03-06T08:46:47.173
2011-03-06T08:46:47.173
Gaining access to a folder which requires you to be the admin/owner?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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29183
1
29192
2011-03-05T23:34:51.300
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<p>I have an OpenVPN config that I use on my Windows XP box and on my Ubuntu machine.</p> <p>When I use it with my Windows machine, I can connect to the VPN and access sites on the VPN, and the internet as normal. When I use it on my Ubuntu box, when connected to the VPN, I can only access internal sites - No internet...
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2011-03-06T17:31:43.207
2018-08-25T19:40:32.920
No internet access when VPN connected
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Found it - The option is under \"IPv4 Settings\", \"Routes\", \"Use this connection only for resources on its network\".</p>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-06T02:46:41.590", "id": "32521", "postId": "29192", "score": ...
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29185
1
29186
2011-03-05T23:37:02.177
5
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<p>This is pretty confusing to me, even after reading through Audacity and PulseAudio's Wiki and Docs. </p> <p>I know this may be a pretty detailed and long explanation, so thank you in advance for any advice you can give.</p>
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1992
2013-08-31T18:01:31.887
2013-08-31T18:05:10.197
How do I setup Audacity and PulseAudio to Record from a line in?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open gnome-volume control, and choose line-in from the input tab.\n<img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/CQYkq.png\" alt=\"screenshot\"></p>\n\n<p><strong>NB:</strong> <em>While the screenshot is outdated, in the latest versions of Ubuntu this has been tested and works. However, resul...
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29187
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29191
2011-03-05T23:48:03.483
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<p>I know quickly is supposed to make life easier for developers of all kinds, I'm just curious as to if there is an IDE for quickly (something like QtCreator or Monodevelop)?</p> <p>If not, as a part B, is there one on the way?</p>
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2012-04-08T21:07:43.300
2012-12-06T13:26:31.100
Does Quickly have an IDE of some sort?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The short answer is no.</p>\n\n<p>A <code>quickly edit</code> command will open all python files in your default editor. You can however use your preferred editor or IDE for development.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-06T00:22:11.3...
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29188
1
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2011-03-05T23:56:50.387
3
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<p>I'm (trying to) switch to Ubuntu from Windows XP on my work laptop. Unfortunately, one of the dealbreakers is that I need full Exchange contact/calendar syncing.</p> <p>Our email is hosted by Rackspace (owa.mailseat.com). We login using the usernames of the format first.lastname@ourcompany.com.</p> <p>I'm trying t...
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2011-06-06T03:45:49.523
Evolution - exchange-connector, Rackspace global catalog server
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The Global Catalog Server name can be found in your outlook Names</p>\n\n<p>Steps below</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open a new email message in Outlook.</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>then</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the \"To:\" button to get the\n\"Select Names\" dialog</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>then</p>\n\n...
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29190
1
null
2011-03-06T00:12:24.223
6
2512
<p>Whenever I type in 'boot' I get the error message, "no loaded kernel".<br> How do I boot normally again? </p> <p>grub version 1.98<br> dual-booting ubuntu and windows</p>
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25798
2012-07-09T13:11:16.233
2012-07-09T13:11:16.233
In GNU GRUB, I receive error: no loaded kernel. How do I load a kernel?
[ "grub2", "kernel" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Looking at various reports about this error which is related to the version of grub that comes with 9.10 Karmic Koala. The solution would be to burn a copy of 10.04 livecd and follow the steps detailed here <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20from...
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user11890
29195
1
null
2011-03-06T00:49:44.843
3
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<p>I have inserted an audio CD. I have also logged into another account on the same machine through <code>ssh -X</code>.</p> <p>I can successfully launch Rhythmbox, but it doesn't see the CD I have inserted, even though it is visible in my main account.</p> <p>How can I convince Rhythmbox that a CD has been inserted?...
5
5
2011-03-20T21:30:39.470
2011-03-20T21:30:39.470
How to get Rhythmbox running on another user account to see the audio CD I inserted?
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3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You probably need to add your user to the 'cdrom' group. <code>System &gt; Admin &gt; Users and Groups</code> provides a handy GUI app.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-14T00:00:55.217", "id": "33858", ...
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29197
1
29198
2011-03-06T00:58:35.477
3
83
<p>When coal was young I was using fvwm (or maybe tvwm?) which allowed me to define many different zooms and control them using keyboard, something like</p> <ul> <li><kbd>Super</kbd>+<kbd>left</kbd>: make the window fill the left half of the screen</li> <li><kbd>Super</kbd>+<kbd>top</kbd>: the same for the top half</l...
10802
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2011-03-06T01:13:19.293
2011-03-06T02:36:24.633
Different partial zooms using keyboard
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The compiz grid plugin is what you want. You can use Cntrl + Alt + NumPad keys for what aligning to top left, right, etc.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-03-06T02:10:20.987", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The compiz grid plugin is what you want. You can use Cntrl + Alt + NumPad keys for what aligning to top left, right, etc.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-03-06...
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29199
1
29214
2011-03-06T02:15:56.423
4
4243
<p>I've seen screenshots with different backgrounds on the AisleRiot card game. How do I set one in Ubuntu?</p> <p>Here is a picture of the background I made in GIMP which I want to use in AisleRiot;</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/q02th.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>Please don't take cr...
2935
2935
2011-03-06T17:34:56.200
2011-03-06T17:34:56.200
How do I add a background in AisleRiot Solitaire?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>At the moment, I think the built-in method to do this is broken. </p>\n\n<p>You should be able to install themes by going to the \"View\" menu, selecting \"Card Style,\" then selecting \"Install card themes...\" . </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/cUeCH.png\" alt=\"ente...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>At the moment, I think the built-in method to do this is broken. </p>\n\n<p>You should be able to install themes by going to the \"View\" menu, selecting \"Card Style,\" then selecting \"Install card themes...\" . </p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/cUeCH.png\" al...
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29200
1
null
2011-03-06T02:19:39.757
5
1475
<p>I have a <strong>Samsung RF510</strong> laptop computer. Upon installing Ubuntu 10.10 onto it I could not get the trackpad to function properly. It works as a basic mouse (point and click) but had no functionality for edge scrolling or any of the multitouch settings the trackpad is capable of. </p> <p>I discovered ...
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47291
2013-02-01T20:12:09.493
2013-02-01T20:12:09.493
How to get Elantech trackpad to be identified properly, curently has no extended functionality
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3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-08-28T12:24:07.860", "id": "67307", "postId": "29200", "score": "0", "text": "I had a similar problem on my asus. This worked for me: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/681904/comments/64 (afterwards, \"sudo rmmod psmouse && sudo modpr...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>While this doesn't fix the problem you're having, it does fix all the other problems that exist with the RF510. Things such as the backlight and function keys. He did address the touchpad problem, but doesn't know of a fix at the moment.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforum...
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user11895
29201
1
null
2011-03-06T02:41:16.377
2
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<p>I can start up IntelliJ Idea using the commandline, which is a shell script that starts up a java process. It then appears in the launcher, as normal. I can select "Keep in Launcher", but it only remains there until I reboot, then it disapears again.</p> <p>This is the only application I've seen that does this - St...
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235
2011-03-06T17:32:43.463
2011-03-13T02:39:22.517
Certain applications don't stay in Launcher
[ "10.10", "unity" ]
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-06T17:32:54.370", "id": "32566", "postId": "29201", "score": "1", "text": "Related: http://askubuntu.com/questions/6222/how-do-i-add-programs-to-the-unity-launcher", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Docky has the same problem with Java applications and their entries in the dock. Following this advice should help in Unity: <a href=\"http://wiki.go-docky.com/index.php?title=How_to_Customize_Window_Matching\" rel=\"nofollow\">How to Customize Window Matching</a> .</p>\n", ...
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user11891
29203
1
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2011-03-06T02:56:27.730
0
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<p>I have an Asipre One D255E netbook. </p> <p>Installed 9.10 sucessfully, but no internet connections to upgrade to 10.04 or 10.10. </p> <p>Have 10.10 alternate (couldnt get 10.04). However it says that no cd-rom present (netbook via live usb), and I directed it to sdb1 but that did not work. </p> <p>Could someone ...
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67335
2014-08-04T14:20:29.670
2014-08-04T14:20:29.670
netbook alternate installation/update
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have a read of the Upgrade Notes <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>. It is recommended that you upgrade from progressive versions or LTS releases only.</p>\n\n<p>Try and install via the method outlined by UbuntuGeek <a href=\"...
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user11847
29209
1
37805
2011-03-06T04:31:03.737
26
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<p>Is it possible to disable the the new resize gripper that shows up in Ubuntu Natty/11.04?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/DnJZJ.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
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169736
2014-05-15T14:53:47.933
2014-05-15T14:53:47.933
Disable resize gripper in windows?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is possible to resize grippers or hide them by setting width and height to a zero. Put the following into <code>~/.gtkrc-2.0</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>style \"default-style\"\n{\n GtkWindow::resize-grip-height = 0\n GtkWindow::resize-grip-width = 0\n}\n\nclass \"GtkWidget\" styl...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>As a user, this isn't possible. Since it would require you to manually modify the source of an application and include the below line:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gtk_window_set_has_resize_grip(window, false);\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This feature was backported from GTK3 and hence the dev...
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29211
1
30644
2011-03-06T05:26:05.903
7
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<p>I have an application installed which can make use of my CUDA graphics card, but I'm not sure if I have it configured correctly. Is there a way to check the graphics card activity (throughput, power draw, anything which will tell me if it is being utilised)?</p>
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3739
2011-03-06T05:36:49.670
2012-12-11T15:13:21.933
Check graphics card activity
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Are you using the proprietary nvidia drivers (otherwise CUDA doesn't work anyway, I think)? If so, you can run the <code>nvidia-smi</code> command in a terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>nvidia-smi -a\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This gives you – among other infos – the GPU utilization in %.</p>\n"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Are you using the proprietary nvidia drivers (otherwise CUDA doesn't work anyway, I think)? If so, you can run the <code>nvidia-smi</code> command in a terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>nvidia-smi -a\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This gives you – among other infos – the GPU utilization in %...
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29212
1
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2011-03-06T05:51:46.587
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<p>I'm just curious to know if the Light themes will get overhauled for Natty since they jumped from being okay in Lucid to being awesome in Maverick.</p>
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1067
2011-03-06T09:45:15.550
2011-03-06T09:45:15.550
Does somebody know if the Light themes will get overhauled for Natty?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Currently the themes have the following changes from the maverick version from the changelog.</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <ul>\n <li><p>Ambiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc</p>\n \n <ul>\n <li>Removed style for IdoMessageDialog *\n Radiance/gtk-2.0/gtkrc</li>\n <li>Removed style for Ido...
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29215
1
29217
2011-03-06T07:06:52.743
21
88626
<p>How could I read user input as an array in the <code>bash</code> shell?</p>
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420786
2019-03-11T03:43:55.963
2021-09-04T08:54:01.227
How can I read user input as an array in Bash?
[ "command-line", "bash" ]
5
2
CC BY-SA 4.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-06T07:48:31.027", "id": "32512", "postId": "29215", "score": "0", "text": "I'm presuming you want to read from stdin? My answer will also work with execution like `cat war_and_peace.txt | ./array_test.sh`.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1067" }, { ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here's one way to do it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>while read line\ndo\n my_array=(\"${my_array[@]}\" $line)\ndone\n\necho ${my_array[@]}\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you just run it, it will keep reading from standard-input until you hit Ctrl+D (EOF). Afterwards, the lines you entered will be...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here's one way to do it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>while read line\ndo\n my_array=(\"${my_array[@]}\" $line)\ndone\n\necho ${my_array[@]}\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you just run it, it will keep reading from standard-input until you hit Ctrl+D (EOF). Afterwards, the lines you entered...
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29218
1
null
2011-03-06T08:16:07.827
1
877
<p>I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Remix on my HP Mini 1000. Everything worked fine right up until I tried typing - apparently the left and right arrow keys on my keyboard are uncontrollable. Everything I type ends up looking messed up because the left and right keys keep automatically inserting themselves into e...
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235
2011-03-06T17:34:09.607
2011-06-08T01:58:51.653
Left and right keys acting crazy?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-06T03:36:04.560", "id": "44476", "postId": "29218", "score": "0", "text": "First keys that broken on my notebook, was arrows too. But try another OS or LiveCD for sure", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2026" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think its an issue with the hardware. But you may also check 'Applications' > 'Keyboard' (under System).</p>\n\n<p>There you can check the configuration and see if there is anything making your arrow keys go crazy (though I guess You have tried that already).</p>\n\n<p>Also...
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user11903
29219
1
29224
2011-03-06T08:44:23.500
2
673
<p>I need help making a script that would do this</p> <p>This is what I would do manually in terminal (I will be using the .getmusic script from 360 percents to download myspace music):</p> <pre><code>cd /home/eric/Music </code></pre> <p>to make sure music gets downloaded to <code>/home/eric/Music</code>:</p> <pre>...
11902
6969
2011-03-06T09:25:07.463
2011-03-06T09:25:07.463
Script to download music and transfer to Ipod?
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1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-06T09:26:26.477", "id": "32526", "postId": "29219", "score": "0", "text": "It's not really efficient to `scp` all files in `~/Music`, especially if the folder gets big.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6969" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Create <code>mus.sh</code> and make it executable (<code>chmod +x mus.sh</code>):</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/sh\ncd /home/eric/Music\n/home/eric/getmusic.sh \"http://www.myspace.com/$*\"\nscp -r /home/eric/Music/* root@192.168.0.183:/var/mobile/Media/Music\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Usage:</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Create <code>mus.sh</code> and make it executable (<code>chmod +x mus.sh</code>):</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/bin/sh\ncd /home/eric/Music\n/home/eric/getmusic.sh \"http://www.myspace.com/$*\"\nscp -r /home/eric/Music/* root@192.168.0.183:/var/mobile/Media/Music\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>...
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29222
1
29223
2011-03-06T09:08:48.137
1
567
<p>How can I make a OpenVPN run automatically whenever my system is connected to the internet?</p>
814
6969
2011-03-06T09:17:22.320
2011-03-06T09:17:22.320
Run OpenVPN service on connection to internet
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1
4
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-06T09:18:16.887", "id": "32523", "postId": "29222", "score": "0", "text": "Please use \"OpenVPN\" instead of \"VPN\". From [your other question](http://askubuntu.com/q/28733/6969), I guess you really meant \"OpenVPN\".", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6969...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>When OpenVPN starts with a VPN (<code>/etc/openvpn/*.conf</code>), it will continue to try connecting to the server. No worries :)</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-06T09:18:18.017", "id": "32524", "postId": "29223", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>When OpenVPN starts with a VPN (<code>/etc/openvpn/*.conf</code>), it will continue to try connecting to the server. No worries :)</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-06T09:18:18.017", "id": "32524", "pos...
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29229
1
29237
2011-03-06T10:10:28.567
12
9538
<p>It seems I am running <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/580735">this bug</a>. Sometimes my clock applet just stops running, and I have a pop-up window saying 'The clock has quit unexpectedly'. Between 'Reload' and 'Close', I have unfortunately chosen the second option. Even if I hav...
5592
17739
2011-11-02T21:09:00.010
2014-08-10T16:19:56.413
How do I reload the clock applet?
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2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2015-02-25T02:21:07.917", "id": "818956", "postId": "29229", "score": "2", "text": "**ATTENTION**: For users running **unity**, see my answer above, at the bottom of the page", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "236280" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As long as you didn't tell the panel to \"delete\" the clock applet, you should be able to get it back with a simple restart of the gnome-panel itself. Just hit <kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>F2</kbd>, then run :</p>\n\n<pre><code>killall gnome-panel\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>That will restart the ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As long as you didn't tell the panel to \"delete\" the clock applet, you should be able to get it back with a simple restart of the gnome-panel itself. Just hit <kbd>Alt</kbd>-<kbd>F2</kbd>, then run :</p>\n\n<pre><code>killall gnome-panel\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>That will rest...
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29230
1
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2011-03-06T10:11:25.887
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<p>I have some PDFs which are actually forms, with fields to fill. Is there some software that can fill those fields?</p>
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235
2011-03-06T19:45:32.773
2023-06-27T01:49:01.657
Is there software that can fill PDF forms?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>PDFEdit (<a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/pdfedit\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Click To Install</a> on 12.04 or earlier)</p>\n\n<p>Just Launch it from application -> Graphics and then \nclick \"Add text\"</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/BgWzs.png\" alt=\"ente...
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29231
1
29234
2011-03-06T10:26:14.763
2
750
<p>I'm using 64 bit version of Ubuntu 10.10 and have some problems with broken dependencies. I needed Adobe Air but it was not availble via apt-get, so I downloaded it from Adobe and installed. Then I succesfully installed adobe air application. It started and works pretty good. However when I start synaptic it claims ...
1994
235
2011-03-06T17:26:58.870
2011-03-06T17:26:58.870
How to fix a broken Adobe Air package?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would advise you to uninstall the manually installed version and then <a href=\"http://ubuntuone.com/p/euK/\" rel=\"nofollow\">download this deb</a> and install it. (Packaged by prakash advani <a href=\"http://cityblogger.com/archives/2011/02/25/64-bit-adobe-air-for-ubuntu\" rel=\"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would advise you to uninstall the manually installed version and then <a href=\"http://ubuntuone.com/p/euK/\" rel=\"nofollow\">download this deb</a> and install it. (Packaged by prakash advani <a href=\"http://cityblogger.com/archives/2011/02/25/64-bit-adobe-air-for-ubuntu\...
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2013-12-30T12:55:35.990
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29233
1
null
2011-03-06T10:36:34.270
3
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<p>I can't get my e-mail account (a free Tiscaly account) set up, following the video guide to enter some special settings. When I use a GMail account I created for this, it works very well indeed; most of the information was filled in automatically.</p> <p>Can someone help me? Thanks.</p>
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720
2011-03-06T17:50:02.367
2011-03-06T18:27:15.783
Need help with account setup, e-mail settings
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You'll need to input Tiscali's server settings for IMAP, which can be found at <a href=\"http://www.kitz.co.uk/isp/isp_information.php?isp=tiscali\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.kitz.co.uk/isp/isp_information.php?isp=tiscali</a> under the Technical section along with your user...
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user11907
29239
1
29241
2011-03-06T11:40:07.513
65
520006
<p>I want to put new aliases to my <code>.bash_profile</code> file, but I cannot find this file.<br> Where is it supposed to be?</p>
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2013-12-29T01:43:43.823
2019-06-21T21:07:36.423
Where is .bash_profile?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's a hidden file, located in your home folder:</p>\n\n<pre><code>~/.bash_profile\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(the <code>~</code> expands to your home directory. If your username is <code>user</code>, the result would be: <code>/home/user/.bash_profile</code>).</p>\n\n<p>Since it's an hidd...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's a hidden file, located in your home folder:</p>\n\n<pre><code>~/.bash_profile\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>(the <code>~</code> expands to your home directory. If your username is <code>user</code>, the result would be: <code>/home/user/.bash_profile</code>).</p>\n\n<p>Since it's...
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2018-06-22T05:34:03.580
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29240
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2011-03-06T11:42:45.803
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<p>I can't connect to file shares on Windows computers using <code>smbclient -L //hostname</code> when the firewall is enabled.</p> <p>This occurs whether I'm using ufw (which allows outgoing traffic and replies back in with the default configuration) or iptables (where I'm allowing outgoing traffic and replies back i...
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2012-02-03T12:09:19.853
How can I use smbclient to connect to Windows shares by hostname when a firewall is enabled?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Turn off the firewall; you have blocked the SMB packets from the other machine trying to tell you its name.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-09T20:27:07.350", "id": "33142", "postId": "29332", ...
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user8979
29243
1
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2011-03-06T12:03:20.577
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<p>The text that appears in empathy chat windows is quite small, even though I have set the font DPI to a large value in Preferences > Appearance. There does not appear to be any option to make this larger so that I can read what other people are sending me easily. I've been using pidgin in the meantime because it is a...
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2011-03-14T23:33:14.243
How can I increase the text size in empathy chat windows?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Empathy uses adium themes, so what you would need to do is install/edit an adium theme to make the text larger.</p>\n\n<p>Links:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://live.gnome.org/Empathy/Themes\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://live.gnome.org/Empathy/Themes</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://trac...
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29244
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2011-03-06T12:19:22.840
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<p>I want to search for a line that contains <code>log4j</code> and take 7 lines before and 3 lines after the match.</p> <blockquote> <p>grep -B7 -A3 "log4j" web.xml</p> </blockquote> <p>After that I want to add comment tags before this paragraph and after it.</p> <pre><code>&lt;!-- paragraph that i found by grep ...
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2011-03-06T13:51:30.337
2011-03-06T14:05:58.490
Problem manipulating text using grep
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This would be better done with an XML library, but here it is in sed...</p>\n\n<p>Sed has <code>i</code> and <code>a</code> commands for inserting and appending lines. I think the following script will help.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sed -n '/log4jConfigLocation/=' &lt; test.test |\\\nwhile ...
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29245
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2011-03-06T12:54:17.567
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<p>I'm using the Ambiance theme in Ubuntu 10.04 which I am generally quite happy with but I would like to change the tooltip color or font. I sometimes find it hard to make out the white text on the black background, so I would like to be able to change this to make it more readable.</p> <p>So how can I change the too...
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2012-07-22T13:56:07.843
2012-07-22T13:56:07.843
How can I change the tooltip color or font in Ambiance?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Goto <code>System</code> -> <code>Preferences</code> -> <code>Appearance</code>. In <code>Themes</code> select the <code>Ambiance</code> theme and hit the <code>Customize...</code> button.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/VuVUK.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"...
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29247
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2011-03-06T13:03:55.453
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<p>I'd like to install a Subversion server on my Ubuntu machine.<br> What packages to I need? How do I create a repository and set a new user?</p>
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2012-07-05T12:10:41.403
2013-10-18T08:53:28.073
How to install subversion server
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2011-03-06T13:55:48.213
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<p>I just forked the source code of Unity. I am new to contributing to the project.</p> <p>Do unity developers use any specific IDE?</p> <p>I am asking this because I am confused about where to start and how exactly do I check a change after I do it?</p> <p>Should I recompile entire natty? If so, then how?</p> <p>I...
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2013-01-25T02:17:14.120
2013-01-25T02:17:14.120
How to start contributing to Unity?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"http://unity.ubuntu.com/getinvolved/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">getting involved</a> page on unity.ubuntu.com has an initial set of instructions to get started. </p>\n\n<p>It looks like you've already branched the code. You can just edit it with whatever editor you p...
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29252
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2011-03-06T13:58:47.123
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<p>I'm trying to use my Apple Wired Keyboard's usb ports, however ubuntu refuses to pick up anything and dmesg doesn't tell me anything either.</p> <p>Many thanks will be appreciated, Joe</p>
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2011-06-23T20:05:58.870
2011-06-23T21:21:16.060
The side usb ports don't work on my Apple Wired Keyboard
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-06T14:51:59.917", "id": "32548", "postId": "29252", "score": "0", "text": "What version of Ubuntu are you using?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "449" }, { "creationDate": "2011-03-07T18:45:03.867", "id": "32719", "postId": "29252", "sc...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This sounds like it might be a hardware problem. I've got an apple keyboard and the USB ports work fine. I know there can be problems with USB if there is insufficient power. Have you tried a different USB port or connecting the keyboard via a powered hub?</p>\n", "commen...
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29253
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2011-03-06T14:04:15.717
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<p>I am using Ubuntu 10.10 (<code>Linux pc07 2.6.35-27-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 22 20:25:46 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux</code>) and the default python package (Python 2.6.6).</p> <p>I would like to install <code>python-psyco</code> to improve the performance of one of my scripts, but only <code>python-psyco-doc</c...
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2011-03-07T14:48:31.927
2022-09-27T21:37:03.987
How can I install a 32bit python on 64 bit Ubuntu
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To run 32 bit applications on a 64 bit Ubuntu system, you will need <code>ia32-libs</code>.\nFrom a terminal, validate if you have this using </p>\n\n<pre><code>dpkg -l ia32-libs\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you've installed it, the output should looks like:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ii ia32-li...
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2011-03-06T14:07:58.210
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<p>I have the following configuration:</p> <ul> <li>CPU: amd athlon 64bit</li> <li>Motherboard: Phoenix with awardBIOS v6.0 APIC mode = disabled</li> <li>Video card: GeForce 5500</li> <li>Sound card: soundblaster live 24bit</li> <li>RAM: 1.5GB</li> </ul> <p>Partitions:</p> <ul> <li>ext3 32GB where I installed Ubun...
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2011-03-08T06:58:29.173
2011-03-09T02:34:31.060
Ubuntu 10.10 freezes
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>After I tried many things I finally think that I discovered the problem. Actually in the logs I noticed the following lines. </p>\n\n<pre><code>Mar 6 23:31:11 ubuntu kernel: [ 148.400120] Marking TSC unstable due to cpufreq changes\nMar 6 23:31:11 ubuntu kernel: [ 148.400...
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2011-03-06T14:25:41.190
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<p>I tried to follow the instructions on the <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OperaBrowser" rel="nofollow">opera page</a>, but it didn't work. I was assuming the base install should be the same for 64-bit, but it doesn't look so. After executing</p> <pre><code>wget -qO - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | su...
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2011-03-06T14:36:06.920
Install Opera on 64-bit
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The deb you are installing is from opera.com and the wiki you refer to is about opera 10 the latest stable build of opera is 11.01 which you can download from <a href=\"http://www.opera.com/browser/download/\" rel=\"nofollow\">opera</a>. </p>\n\n<p>All you need to do is select the Ub...
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29264
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2011-03-06T15:05:03.927
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<p>I accidentally deleted <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code>. Now <code>apt-get update</code> doesn't quite get as much good stuff as it's supposed to. Please, somebody, paste contents of your <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code> so that I can copy-&amp;-paste it back.</p> <p>I'm on Kubuntu 10.10.</p>
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2012-06-26T23:18:52.937
2012-06-27T00:17:02.627
What is the /etc/apt/sources.list file supposed to look like for 10.10?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm running Kubuntu 10.10 as well, this comes from my <code>sources.list</code>. You should change <code>nl.archive.ubuntu.com</code> to your local mirror.</p>\n\n<pre><code># deb cdrom:[Kubuntu 10.10 _Maverick Meerkat_ - Release amd64 (20101007)]/ maverick main restricted\n\n# deb c...
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2011-03-06T15:39:36.527
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<p>I would, ideally, like to run a distribution upgrade that doesn't end in a complete reboot of the machine (owing to an irritation in my hardware that requires a period of disconnection from the power supply before my SSD can be detected).</p> <p>What would be the procedure for doing this from a desktop environment?...
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2024-01-26T12:06:05.980
Can I perform a distribution upgrade without rebooting?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think you want to restart dbus. I thought I remember reading somewhere that restarting dbus (for when dbus is upgraded) would restart x too, so they opted for a reboot.</p>\n\n<p>But since you want all that: sudo service dbus restart</p>\n", "commentCount": "7", "c...
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2011-03-06T15:47:20.287
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<p>My laptop committed suicide. Is there a way I can boot into my ubuntu using an external screen? </p> <p>Ubuntu 10.10 video: Nvidia 9500 gm i think</p> <p>I can get dual screen upto and until the ubuntu login screen at which point it goes back into laptop display only. Then I can just type and enter my password. Th...
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2011-03-06T18:44:25.863
2011-03-19T07:33:24.150
Change X settings to boot into laptop with non working screen using an external monitor
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just plug in a monitor, and the monitor will mirror what the laptop screen ought to be showing. You can use System -> Preferences -> Monitors to get the resolution right, and turn off the laptop screen (so Ubuntu doesn't try to render everything twice).</p>\n", "commentCo...
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2011-03-06T16:35:25.160
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<p>I asked yesterday about how to configure Audacity, which I found out doesn't work right with Pulse Audio. I have since removed them and am looking for the best way to set up a DAW on my desktop.</p>
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2017-08-19T07:10:02.790
What is the best way to record audio into my desktop?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I use a variety of programs depending on what I am trying to achieve and how hard I want to work with it. You can install any of them from Software Center or using <code>apt-get</code></p>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http://audacity.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Audacity...
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2011-03-06T16:48:11.317
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<p>I have downloaded Ubuntu 10.10 and burned the ISO but it will not boot.</p> <ul> <li><p>I discarded problems with the ISO, as I've downloaded from the official website with no errors, and burned it with no errors.</p></li> <li><p>I discarded problems with the burning, as looks like it was recorded with no errors he...
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5304
2011-03-18T00:26:48.393
2011-03-18T00:26:48.393
Why is my Ubuntu 10.10 CD not booting?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you boot your computer with... anything bootable, and then you insert the 10.10 CD you burned, is it recognized and mounted (i.e. is it readable)? </p>\n\n<p>If not, and you have an Ubuntu distro running, you can test with <code>wodim -atip</code> and <code>wodim -toc</code> (they...
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2011-03-06T16:59:50.057
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<p>Is it possible to change slides in dual screen mode by clicking the slide on the left monitor? For instance, if the slide view is on the left screen, and the full-screen is on the right screen. I could do this on windows, but cannot see how to do this with Ubuntu.</p>
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2011-06-07T16:58:36.773
2011-06-07T16:58:36.773
OpenOffice Presentation change slide by clicking slides
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I'm pretty sure that one way to do this is to show the same image in both monitors - if that would work for you. I have recently switched from Open Office to Libre Office on my machine that has a second monitor attached. The version of Impress in Libre Office certainly works this w...
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2011-03-06T17:09:57.220
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<p>I would like to change tags of ordinary video files (AVI container). Are there any video file (AVI) tag editors available in Ubuntu ?</p>
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2011-03-08T06:57:31.420
2011-03-08T06:57:31.420
Video files (AVI) tags editor?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There's a partial answer in <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8031373#post8031373\" rel=\"nofollow\">this ubuntuforums post</a> .</p>\n\n<p>There are examples using ffmpeg and mencoder, which \"works with mp4,avi,mpeg,wmv1,wmv2,mkv output\" . </p>\n\n<p>The t...
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2011-03-06T17:20:47.247
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<p>I am looking for a list of higher end mobile workstations that run Ubuntu/Kubuntu well and also have a hardware pointer stick.</p> <p>Here's an illustration of one (from <a href="http://www.sciencesurvivalblog.com/wp-content/uploads/ad_files/2010/pointing_stick.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">sciencesurvivalblog</a>...
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2011-03-08T05:13:56.760
2013-02-05T06:13:30.833
High end mobile workstations with pointer stick
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have a Dell Latitude E6510. I and several of my coworkers are running Ubuntu on it (10.04, 10.10). </p>\n\n<p>We aren't running Kubuntu specifically, but the support for the input hardware should be identical. </p>\n\n<p>Ubuntu integration is great, and it's a pleasure...
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2011-03-06T17:22:09.810
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<p>Experts. I've successfully installed VMware tools for Ubuntu. Everything seems to work fine, but shared folders were not mounted automatically.<br> How do I get them to work?</p> <p>If I run <code>vmware-hgfsclient</code> in terminal, I get the list of shared folders, but <code>ls -l /mnt/hgfs</code> is empty. Actu...
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2014-06-26T10:52:54.750
2022-04-28T21:09:57.527
How do I mount shared folders in Ubuntu using VMware tools?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've been having the same problem but I think I have just been able to make some progress.</p>\n\n<p>Type <code>vmware-hfgs</code> and then press the <code>&lt;Tab&gt;</code> key which will show you that there is also a <code>vmware-hgfsmounter</code> command. If you call tha...
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2011-03-06T17:29:27.227
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<p>When I switch windows on current Unity using <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Tab</kbd>, I get an ugly outline of size of the selected window occasionally showing on random places. Is there a way to change this outline to something better looking or eliminate it altogether?</p> <p><strong>NB</strong> These outlines appear on Ubu...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2011-03-07T14:01:28.090
How to remove outlines around windows when switching with Alt+Tab?
[ "10.10", "unity", "ubuntu-netbook", "window-management" ]
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I can reproduce this in a normal GNOME session (without Compiz running). Unfortunately I don't think it's possible to disable those preview borders (I skimmed through Metacity's source code and couldn't find anything relevant).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "comm...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I can reproduce this in a normal GNOME session (without Compiz running). Unfortunately I don't think it's possible to disable those preview borders (I skimmed through Metacity's source code and couldn't find anything relevant).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments":...
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2011-03-06T17:32:54.723
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<p>On Ubuntu 10.04 Server, you can edit a file and it will automatically add a nameserver to the <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> on boot. Unfortunately, Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop does not have this feature that I'm aware of, although perhaps I could be wrong. </p> <p>See, as a web developer, I replace my localhost domain wit...
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2014-04-20T02:59:32.327
2014-04-20T02:59:32.327
How To Auto Add To /etc/resolv.conf?
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2013-04-09T00:08:26.963
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2011-03-06T17:35:35.517
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<p>Hamster is <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hamster-applet/+bug/529687" rel="nofollow noreferrer">unable to detect</a> my four Unity 3D workspaces:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/MvVdC.png" alt="screenshot"></p> <p>Is there currently any time tracker that can?</p>
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1859
2011-10-26T19:47:20.363
2013-04-05T02:03:39.943
Is there any time tracker that is aware of Unity workspaces?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Nope.</p>\n\n<p>Source: Absence of responses to this question.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2013-04-05T02:03:39.943", "id": "278032", "lastActivityDate": "2013-04-05T02:03:39....
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just checked on LaunchPad and it is still a known bug within Hamster.\n<a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hamster-applet/+bug/529687\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hamster-applet/+bug/529687</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", ...
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29291
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2011-03-06T18:01:40.363
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<p>Ubuntu 10.10, 32 bit. Firefox 3.6.14</p> <p>Why don't BBC videos play in Firefox if Youtube has no problem? Moreover videos play fine in Chrome. Another strange thing: there seem to be two flashplugins in about:plugins</p> <blockquote> <p>File: libflashplayer.so Version: Shockwave Flash 10.1 r102</p> <p>F...
11930
866
2011-03-06T20:07:02.567
2011-03-17T14:30:08.063
BBC flash videos don't play in Firefox (Youtube videos do, and all is fine in Chrome)
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Solved. No idea what the problem was. Just know the symptom -- the presence of two flash plugins. Reinstalled flashplugin from the Ubuntu repo and cleared the Firefox cache and cookies and restarted Firefox. And voilà! videos work. Now about:plugins shows only the 10.2 r152 plugin.</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Solved. No idea what the problem was. Just know the symptom -- the presence of two flash plugins. Reinstalled flashplugin from the Ubuntu repo and cleared the Firefox cache and cookies and restarted Firefox. And voilà! videos work. Now about:plugins shows only the 10.2 r152 p...
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2011-03-06T18:25:21.380
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<p>Ubuntu 10.10, 32 bit, XTerm(261), Keyboard layout = Canadian</p> <p>Somehow, the backquote (backtick = `) character can't be input does not get entered in XTerm. I type it and nothing happens. The cursor does not move forward. Nor can I type the è (e with grave). This is normally input by typing the backtick follow...
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2011-06-03T18:02:52.690
Cannot type backquote or backtick in xterm
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>On foreign keyboards, there are <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_keys\" rel=\"nofollow\">dead keys</a> - of which the backtick is one in languages like French. The standard response - as you mentioned - is to do nothing and present the accented è when an \"e\" is pressed (...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>On foreign keyboards, there are <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_keys\" rel=\"nofollow\">dead keys</a> - of which the backtick is one in languages like French. The standard response - as you mentioned - is to do nothing and present the accented è when an \"e\" is p...
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2011-03-06T18:46:39.527
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/86977/how-to-correctly-enable-desktop-cube-in-unity-3d">How to correctly enable Desktop Cube in Unity 3D?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I can't currently enable Compiz Cube. It conflicts with the Desktop Wall plugin, a...
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2017-04-13T12:23:44.677
2012-08-26T18:14:39.110
Does the Compiz Cube plugin work with Unity?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is currently <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/711561\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">by design</a> as the plugin requires the wall as part of the switching experience. </p>\n\n<p>The cube is not officially supported but you can work around it if you're willi...
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2012-11-29T17:28:35.430
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29303
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2011-03-06T17:29:02.930
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<p>I've had this problem intermittently for a while. It seems to occur after the endless Ubuntu updates, then I fix it. Then it comes back again. Recently it effected several characters, now (as of last restart) it's only uppercase P from the 'Ubuntu' font that is effected.</p> <p>Any ideas on solutions?</p> <p>Bonus...
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2011-03-06T19:46:43.913
2011-03-06T19:46:43.913
Uppercase 'P' appearing as a block
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2012-02-20T23:21:35.523
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2011-03-06T20:03:52.677
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<p>I am trying to compile the abgx360 GUI. </p> <p>First I run <code>home/eric/Desktop/abgx360-1.0.5/configure</code> but I receive this error:</p> <blockquote> <p>checking for C++ compiler default output file name... </p> <p>configure: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables</p> <p>See `config.log'...
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2011-03-23T00:15:46.983
2013-09-10T13:13:19.317
Error when trying to compile abgx360: C++ compiler cannot create executables
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The error message is very obvious:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/home/eric/Desktop/abgx360gui-1.0.2/configure: line 2441: g++: command not found\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Solution: install the C++ compiler, <code>g++</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install g++\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCou...
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29313
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2011-03-06T21:19:43.927
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<p>Acer Aspire One Netbook<br> Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.10 (freshly installed)<br> 1 GB Ram 150 GB HDD Space </p> <p>When I try to install Picasa, it apparently completes, and tells me that it has been installed. But when I try to look for Picasa to run it, it doesn't appear in the menu anywhere.</p> <p>I am ...
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2011-04-15T02:24:38.710
2011-04-15T02:24:38.710
Picasa installs but is missing in the menu
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This appears to be a problem with Unity itself:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/bamf/+bug/657771\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Bug report</a></li>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/6222/how-do-i-add-programs-to-the-unity-launcher\">ht...
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2011-03-06T21:49:46.873
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<p>I have a Philips SNU5600 WiFi dongle plugged into two machines (ie I have two SNU5600 dongles, one in each machine). One machine is running 10.10 and the other is running Linux Mint.</p> <p>The dongles work absolutely fine, except if I do a lot of file transfers to a NAS attached to the wireless router. After a whi...
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2011-03-10T21:39:14.193
2011-03-13T21:17:09.723
Steps to diagnose SNU5600 disconnection problem
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have read that the best option is to change from the Minstrel algorithm, so I have asked <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30226/change-from-the-minstrel-algorithm\">a new question</a> about how to do that.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedD...
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2011-03-06T22:07:16.227
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<p>I am apt-get installing Ardour, a sound mixing program, just to try it out. Installing Ardour also installs JACK, a dependency. As part of the JACK installation script, I get the following dialog:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you want to run jackd with realtime priorities, the user starting jackd needs realtime permiss...
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2012-07-11T19:56:59.883
2015-10-06T02:51:57.007
Can it be harmful to grant jackd realtime priority?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Jackd does not normally replace ALSA. Jackd usually uses ALSA to provide it's output. What Jackd provides is a low-latency audio patching/routing network that other software can use. Only software designed to use Jackd will use JackD. Jackd only needs to be run when you are runni...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Jackd does not normally replace ALSA. Jackd usually uses ALSA to provide it's output. What Jackd provides is a low-latency audio patching/routing network that other software can use. Only software designed to use Jackd will use JackD. Jackd only needs to be run when you a...
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2011-03-06T22:07:49.413
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<p>I can drag any .desktop file to the launcher, which is great, but where to put a .desktop file for it to appear in Unity's dash and dash searches? Apparently not in /usr/share/applications.</p>
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2012-06-18T18:14:41.713
2012-06-18T18:14:41.713
How to add a custom launcher in Unity's applications place
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The apps place has a ~5s gracetime before it indexes new apps. They are indeed picked up from <code>/usr/share/applications</code> (among other places). I just tested here and it seems to work fine.</p>\n\n<p>Right now you have to do a search or something else to change the result se...
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2011-03-06T22:16:47.180
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<p>I am running 10.04 within Windows 7, as a virtual machine using VMware. I want to upgrade to 10.10 now and later 11.04. Can I do this using the usual upgrade procedure ( from the update manager) ? or do I need to do something special ?</p> <p>Thnx - Egon.</p>
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2011-03-07T00:02:21.140
2011-03-07T00:31:29.887
How do I upgrade from inside a VMware Image?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A virtual machine doesn't really know it's virtual, so yes, it will be the same as normal.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2011-03-07T00:31:29.887", "id": "29336", "lastActivityD...
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29323
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2011-03-06T22:17:45.873
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<p>I am continuing an abandoned thread <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6485/arabic-reading-error">Arabic reading error</a>, since it was not solved.</p> <p>I'm using Ubuntu 10.04, Firefox 3.6.14. I've checked for Flash Player, I have the recent version installed.</p> <p>In the Flash Player window arabic scri...
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2017-04-13T12:23:20.487
2011-07-21T00:55:05.033
Right-to-Left script fail with Flash Player
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to <a href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1579410/arabic-letters-shown-disconnected-in-flash/1713696#1713696\">this post</a>, the problem is due to a shortcoming of the version of Adobe Flash that the web developer used.</p>\n\n<p>There are no known user workarounds....
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2011-03-06T22:37:05.053
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<p>I'm currently running Natty, but whenever I do a <code>sudo apt-get update</code>, and then <code>sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</code>, it doesn't update nothing, and this has been happening for a couple of months now. Thanks for any help.</p> <p>(I can't put my sources.list because askubuntu doesn't let me, due to all...
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2012-03-23T21:10:32.050
2012-03-23T21:10:32.050
Why isn't my 11.04 system being upgraded? (because I want to test the latest code for Unity)
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I found the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/natty/+source/apt-setup/+changelog\" rel=\"nofollow\">following info</a> on Launchpad for Natty, have a read through it and make sure your sources are pointing to the correct repositories.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", ...
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2011-03-06T22:46:03.700
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<p>I have ubuntu-server on my server and also in terminals and an application squeegee in text mode. This version 9.10 of ubuntu-serversystem came with a resolution at the terminal, which makes use of the application, the fonts (letters) are very small. </p> <p>Please, if anyone knows how to take the resolution of tex...
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2011-06-23T20:07:37.947
2017-06-06T22:32:22.327
How do I increase the text size of the text on a console?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If I understand you correctly, you are arguing about the font size in the virtual terminals (VT), accessible with <code>CTRL + ALT + F[1-6]</code>!?</p>\n\n<p>These terminals are configured during the boot process. Depending on your version of Grub you can configure the setup...
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2011-03-06T22:52:34.410
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<p>I cannot add any applet to any (top or bottom) panel, cannot delete any panel nor create a new panel. When I right-click on the panel the only options available are: <em>Properties</em>, <em>Help</em> or <em>About panels</em>.</p> <p>[I cannot post an image because of spam prevention, so I'll do my best]<br> I can ...
11936
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2011-07-25T01:28:20.547
Can't add to panel nor delete panel
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If it's something in your gnome settings that has gone wrong, you could reset them to defaults using Ubuntu Tweak. If you open Ubuntu Tweak and then look under the \"Desktop Recovery\" section you can restore any of several settings folders to the initial defaults.</p>\n", ...
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2011-03-07T00:29:47.160
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<p>I have too little space in my /dev/loop0 :</p> <pre><code>/dev/loop0 5,6G 5,1G 170M 97% / none 3,0G 268K 3,0G 1% /dev none 3,0G 1,5M 3,0G 1% /dev/shm none 3,0G 144K 3,0G 1% /var/run none 3,0G 0 3,0G 0% /var/lock /dev/sda5 16G 9,5G 6,2G 61% /host /dev/sdb1 373G 373G 130M 100% /media/disco externo-1 </code></pre> <p...
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2016-04-06T10:31:20.770
2016-04-06T10:31:20.770
/dev/loop0 doesn't have enough disk space
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It seems you have installed through WUBI, so you can try this solution: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/23198/how-to-increase-wubi-root-disk-space\">How to increase wubi /root disk space</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "c...
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29339
2011-03-07T01:15:20.083
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<p>I would like to get the iso image of Ubuntu 10.04 netbook edition but can't find it on the Ubuntu web site.</p> <p>Is this file still available? If so, could someone point me to a link.</p> <p>Thanks.</p>
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2013-10-19T18:26:43.227
Can one still download 10.04 netbook edition
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can get images for netbooks with ARM processors: <a href=\"http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ports/releases/lucid/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ports/releases/lucid/</a>.</p>\n\n<p>However, please be warned that there is no support f...
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2011-03-07T02:55:08.930
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<p>My NVIDIA graphic card is a 7050/610i. My problem is that after upgrading to the last NVIDIA drivers when I use fullscreen apps (or almost fullscreen) the windows goes white.</p> <p>My xorg.conf file:</p> <pre><code># nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 270.2...
11946
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2011-05-04T05:39:37.107
Problems with NVIDIA drivers: White screen with full(or almost full)screen apps
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Solution:</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the Ubuntu-Symbol in the top left corner</li>\n<li>Type hardware and select hardware-drivers</li>\n<li>Activate driver number 173</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10748878\" rel=\"nofollo...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><strong>Solution:</strong></p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the Ubuntu-Symbol in the top left corner</li>\n<li>Type hardware and select hardware-drivers</li>\n<li>Activate driver number 173</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10748878\" rel=\...
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<p>I have a app I am packaging for ubuntu.</p> <p>I don't like the idea that if included in the ubuntu repositories I will have no control over updating that application. I don't want my users stuck on an out dated version for up to 6 months. I also do not want my users to have to manually add a PPA themselves to get ...
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2011-03-07T04:36:09.350
2011-03-07T13:34:01.960
Adding PPA on install
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In short, yes. You can add a ppa with the deb (Google does something similar for example).</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-17T10:47:43.423", "id": "39705", "postId": "29347", "score": "0", "text": "Actually w...
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2011-03-07T04:23:00.930
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<p>I read that LTS releases are based on Debian testing while non-LTS releases are based on Debian unstable. Given the long release cycle of Debian, is it possible for some software to be of a more recent version in a non-LTS release X than in an LTS release X+1?</p> <p>If yes, would there be a difference between doin...
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2011-05-26T14:03:18.430
2011-05-26T14:03:18.430
Software versions of LTS and non-LTS releases synced from Debian
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Due to the way the archive works, that doesn't really happen.</p>\n\n<p>First of all, you should know that release n+1 is seeded from release n when it is opened for development. Roughly, this means that release n is copied and renamed to n+1 (there is some tinkering that happens bef...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Due to the way the archive works, that doesn't really happen.</p>\n\n<p>First of all, you should know that release n+1 is seeded from release n when it is opened for development. Roughly, this means that release n is copied and renamed to n+1 (there is some tinkering that hap...
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