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2011-03-16T15:11:47.080
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<p>I was using Fedora for about six months, and recently switched to Ubuntu.</p> <p>Here in Ubuntu, there is no code/syntax highlighting for groovy in Vi editor, which was actually there in Fedora Vi. How to enable that?</p>
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2020-11-25T06:05:33.243
2020-11-25T06:05:33.243
How do I enable syntax highlighting for groovy in Vi?
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To enable syntax highlighting in vim you have to enable it through <code>.vimrc</code>.<br>\nAdd:</p>\n\n<pre><code>syntax on\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>to your <code>.vimrc</code>.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=945\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Here</...
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30639
1
30643
2011-03-16T15:19:46.777
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<p>How do I open "Nautilus CD burner" as root from the shell?</p>
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2012-04-04T00:58:44.377
2012-04-04T00:58:44.377
How open Nautilus CD burner as root?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For more info see the link below</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.andrewault.net/2008/12/26/nautilus-as-root-in-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow\">How to open files as root via a right click</a></p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.pendrivelinux.com/how-to-open-files-as-root-via-a-right-click/\" rel...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Check the actual command used to start the burner, or plain nautilus, at this point. Then, on a command line, enter the following:</p>\n\n<p>Example:</p>\n\n<pre><code> gksudo nautilus \n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Nautilus will then execute with root credentials FOR THIS WINDOW....
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30640
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2011-03-16T15:25:05.960
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<p>The preference menu in Shotwell allows the user to specify both an 'External photo editor' and an 'External RAW editor', but I'm confused as to why two external editors would be required. I'm not a photographer, so this confusion may simply be a result of my ignorance, but I thought RAW images were unprocessed photo...
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null
null
2013-01-28T13:05:34.947
'Photo editor' and 'RAW editor' in Shotwell
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You are correct about RAW files being unprocessed shots. In fact, they're so unprocessed that the files are not even JPEG files. Thus RAWs are typically converted to JPEG. For this, you would typically use a RAW Editor. A RAW editor usually does things like handle tint, exposure,...
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user2405
30641
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2011-03-16T15:43:29.320
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<p>I'm trying to install ubuntu but i already have windows 7 on the same computer and i can't afford losing it. everything went perfectly well until allocating drivespace. i dont have the option to "install it besides another operating system " like in the instructions. i only get this menu when my external hard disk ...
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2014-01-24T20:00:46.797
2014-01-24T20:00:46.797
Allocating drive space?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To answer more <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30641/allocating-drive-spaceprecisely\">Allocating drive space?</a>, you will need to provide how many windows partitions are there.\nRefer this documentation on disk partitioning. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/c...
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30650
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2011-03-16T17:09:21.860
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<p>I installed Ubuntu, on my work PC, a couple a years ago(2007?) on a separate partition. Typical setup that comes with the installation CD. The primary partition has WinXP. Due to new policies (and lack of use) <strong>I want to eliminate Ubuntu from my machine.</strong></p> <p>How can I do this without breaking m...
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2012-10-08T19:31:24.850
2012-10-08T19:31:24.850
Purging unused Ubuntu partition
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30655
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2011-03-16T17:50:16.260
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<p>On my Windows machine, I use USA International with deadkeys, and I have no problem typing <code>ç</code> (<kbd>'</kbd> + <kbd>c</kbd>). However, on my Ubuntu machine, I set my layout to "USA - International (with dead keys) and that key combination returns <code>ć</code>. How can I have it return a C with a cedilla...
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null
2024-01-07T05:17:26.757
What keyboard layout allows me to type ç?
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30657
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2011-03-16T17:59:26.797
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<p>1) Is there a gui or curses tool that allows you to view/manage btrfs subvols/snapshots?</p> <p>2) Is there a utility or already made script that would automatically create and delete snapshots daily/weekly? I'm aware that I could probably use a simple sh via cron but is there anything more elaborate that already e...
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2019-10-14T06:46:45.980
btrfs snapshot management
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>1) I have not seen any GUI or curses tool.</p>\n\n<p>2) There are a couple of existing scripts out there. I haven't tried them, but they look interesting:</p>\n\n<p>SnapBtr: <a href=\"https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/SnapBtr\">https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/...
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30662
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2011-03-16T18:44:05.587
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<p>I have a bunch of OGG files that I would like to convert to WMA (v9) format.</p> <p>Is there a native Ubuntu tool I can use for this? (Since WMA is a proprietary format, I'm guessing that there won't be a tool that does this in the repos.)</p>
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2011-03-16T18:53:54.713
2011-03-16T22:41:01.017
Tool to convert OGG files to WMA?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have found a way to convert OGG files to WMA (v8) files using <a href=\"http://videolan.org\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">VLC</a>:</p>\n<ol>\n<li><p>Launch VLC and go to File-&gt;Convert / Save</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/sygz2.png\" alt=\"enter image description h...
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30665
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2011-03-16T18:51:02.617
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<p>What's the best way to maintaing a incremental backup on a external USB Drive (HD 500 GB)? There are any GUI tool for this? or a easy shell script to make a backup of my home folder (music, video, documents...)</p>
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2020-04-29T20:13:16.723
Backup in a external USB drive
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Personally for backup all my home file I use Back In Time, it's a great applications! You can find more info at <a href=\"http://backintime.le-web.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://backintime.le-web.org/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwne...
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30668
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2011-03-16T19:06:14.570
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/6588/visual-studio-style-tool">Visual Studio style tool?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Are there any alternative c++ IDEs like Microsoft's Visual Studio on ubuntu?</p>
12499
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2017-04-13T12:24:13.310
2011-03-18T09:34:39.990
Visual Studio alternatives for ubuntu?
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2011-06-05T20:04:45.943
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30673
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2011-03-16T19:35:23.013
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<p>I'm trying to make a backup of my /home to transfer all data from one computer to another. I wanted to save the backup on the same computer and than transfere it to another one. For safety reasons, I'm trying to learn how does it work on the computer without a lot of data (the new one) to be sure I won't delete some...
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2012-05-10T02:18:03.290
2020-12-15T07:35:12.057
Backup files with rsync: error 23
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well, because you are running <code>rsync</code> in the verbose mode, you should be able to see in its output where the problem lies. Usually it is a <em>permission denied</em> error.</p>\n\n<p>For example, suppose I want to back up the <code>~/.gvfs</code> folder:</p>\n\n<pre><code>...
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30681
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2011-03-16T20:27:04.523
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<p>Hi i need some help to install the drivers from my pc, on Ubuntu 10.10 i just installed it, and i a newbie on Ubuntu, but i understand a bit of Windows...but i want to try ubuntu and then Maybe change to UBUNTU!!!</p> <p>My hardware:</p> <p>QuadCore Intel Core i7-870, 3266 MHz (24 x 136)</p> <p>Asus P7P55D-E (2 ...
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6005
2011-12-14T01:49:28.803
2011-12-14T01:49:28.803
How to Install Linux on my PC
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Looks like you have a dual boot system and I'm assuming you have Ubuntu installed from a CD. I also suspect that you're wireless card was not detected, hence it is unable to download updates etc.</p>\n\n<p>I've been in this situation a couple of times and the best thing to do...
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2011-12-14T04:54:29.850
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user12418
30682
1
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2011-03-16T20:29:19.833
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<p>Synchronization worked fine for me until the adressbook of my Idevice crashed today. Now it's fixed and the uploading of my contacts seems to work. Anyway the contacts do not appear in ubuntuone. Reinstalling the app or relogging doesnt matter.</p>
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2012-04-23T16:47:39.990
synchronization works - no contacts
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Looks like they ended ubuntu one contacts sync mobile support. \nSee <a href=\"http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/2011/05/09/some-changes-to-contacts-2/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this</a> canonical blog post.</p>\n\n<p>There's an upcoming change / revamp in the contacts system, i...
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30689
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2011-03-16T21:32:14.957
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<p>Please tell me where I can get an Ubuntu driver for a Samsung SCX=4x24-Series-2.</p>
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22949
2012-08-16T19:22:11.817
2012-08-16T19:22:11.817
Samsung SCX-4x24-Series-2 driver?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The <a href=\"http://www.bchemnet.com/suldr/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Samsung Unified Linux Driver</a> might be appropriate. I haven't tested it driver, but this <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2033542&amp;postcount=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">installation guide</a> looks...
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30691
1
30692
2011-03-16T21:54:54.487
1
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<p>an upstart question (I think I have read all relevant man pages but could not find the answer there): What is the sense of using a "stop on ..." stanza in the definition of a job which is a task?</p> <p>The manuals tell us that such a job, after being started, just waits until its script (or exec stanza) is execute...
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2011-03-17T23:39:19.723
2011-03-17T23:39:19.723
Sense of "stop on..." stanza when job is a task
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That would abort the task; if you tell the system to reboot because of a failure of some kind while bringing the system up, you generally don't want it to finish trying to boot first, or (worse) try to bring the system up and shut it down at the same time.</p>\n", "commentCount": "...
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30693
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2011-03-16T22:04:08.020
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<p>There 're somebody i want to talk with him in a video conference in Ubuntu, how can i do that?</p>
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2017-02-25T18:30:41.947
What video conferencing software is available?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<h2>Skype:</h2>\n\n<p>You can use Skype, which fully supports video conferencing and other useful features, such as screen sharing. <a href=\"http://www.skype.com/download\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://www.skype.com/download</a> </p>\n\n<h2>aMSN</h2>\n\n<p>Even when aMSN ...
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2015-03-02T18:49:41.803
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30697
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2011-03-16T22:28:56.417
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<p>I just can't understand how Upstart's rc job definition in Natty 11.04 works. To illustrate the problem, here is the definition (empty lines and comments are left out):</p> <pre><code>start on runlevel [0123456] stop on runlevel [!$RUNLEVEL] export RUNLEVEL export PREVLEVEL console output env INIT_VERBOSE task exec...
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2011-03-17T23:38:48.990
2011-04-07T16:35:45.903
How does rc job work / order of (contradicting) "start on ..." and "stop on ..." stanzas
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you see my answer to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30691/upstart-sense-of-stop-on-stanza-when-job-is-a-task\">Sense of &quot;stop on...&quot; stanza when job is a task</a>? Same answer applies to the first part of your question, it's used to abort the runleve...
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30701
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2011-03-16T22:45:42.477
3
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<p>I installed <a href="http://shutter-project.org/" rel="nofollow">Shutter</a> then removed it, and now <kbd>Print Screen</kbd> and <kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>Print Screen</kbd> shortcuts are no longer triggering screenshots with gnome-screenshot. How do I restore this setting?</p>
9545
12864
2011-12-16T23:35:46.663
2012-07-14T17:49:41.803
Keyboard shortcuts not working after removing Shutter
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2
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open gconf-editor and change the following keys back to this:</p>\n\n<p>/apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_screenshot => <code>/usr/bin/gnome-screenshot</code> </p>\n\n<p>/apps/metacity/keybinding_commands/command_window_screenshot => <code>/usr/bin/gnome-screenshot --window<...
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30702
1
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2010-12-14T01:50:31.790
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<p>So how do I go from installing MySQL from the Software Center to inputing data into fields and bringing in a comma delimited file? </p> <p>I've only had brief experience with MSAccess and OOo Base a long time ago, so details are appreciated, I just want to get up and running. </p> <p>I have Ubuntu 10.10, 64 bit, i...
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247661
2019-01-05T02:51:31.897
2019-01-05T02:51:31.897
I want to install and get to building a personal MySQL DB
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0
CC BY-SA 4.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I found installing as a complete package from <a href=\"http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#374\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html#374</a> save LOTS of headaches. This will set up apache, mysql, and php. </p>\n", "commentC...
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Ari Hall
30713
1
30715
2011-03-17T01:25:47.787
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168
<p>If I upgrade through update-manager, will my current Gnome 'classic' session be reset to the default panel configuration, or will the system keep the current layout? Is a backup preferable?</p>
10446
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2011-03-17T02:45:30.887
What's the effect of Ubuntu upgrade on the session configurations?
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30717
1
30719
2011-03-17T03:28:57.463
2
541
<p>I've got Chromium installed from their PPA. Is there anywhere that various addons or plugins for anti-advertising and similar functionality are listed, so that I can add the addons to my installation?</p>
10616
8515
2013-07-08T16:40:46.190
2013-07-09T05:47:09.637
Chromium: Anti Ad Plugin(s)/Addon(s)?
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1>Blocking ads</h1>\n\n<p>Adblock Plus, of Firefox fame, now has an extension for Chrome: <a href=\"http://adblockplus.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://adblockplus.org/</a></p>\n\n<p>However, it took them a long time to start the (still incomplete) project, and <a href=\"http://chromead...
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30720
1
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2011-03-17T04:24:41.593
0
620
<p>Im currently running Win7, and want to wipe the drive and install 10.10.</p> <p>I have 10.10 loaded on a USB thumbdrive and it sees the device in BIOS but it only reaches a screen saying;</p> <pre><code>Unknown Filesystem grub rescue&gt; </code></pre> <p>Ive read several results from google and a couple here wher...
12519
6005
2012-07-09T13:11:37.233
2012-07-09T13:11:37.233
'unknown filesystem' grub rescue prompt; trying to wipe drive and boot 10.10 live
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>None of the common automated tools for creating an Ubuntu LiveUSB use grub2 (instead they use syslinux) so your immediate and likely only problem is that you're not actually booting from the Ubuntu LiveUSB but from a different drive (likely your internal hard drive).</p>\n\n<...
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30728
1
null
2011-03-17T06:48:54.487
3
6793
<p>I would like to ask if it is possible to update/upgrade packages through ftp. It means accessing ppa.launchpad.net via ftp/https. Or does launchpad.net have mirrors?</p> <p>I know that I can download package through <a href="https://launchpadlibrarian.net" rel="nofollow">https://launchpadlibrarian.net</a> and I ca...
null
null
null
2015-10-29T17:38:34.520
download packages from ppa.launchpad.net via ftp or https
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong><em>Update:</em></strong></p>\n\n<p><strong>HTTP / HTTPS</strong>:<br>\nAfter checking with the Launchpad channel on IRC, only private PPAs get HTTPS, under the current system. Public PPAs do not get HTTPS connectivity methods.</p>\n\n<p><em>Manual Downloading Method...
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user12522
30732
1
30733
2011-03-17T07:03:07.923
1
867
<p>I'm using on-board Nvidia 6100. I got an offer to buy a second-hand, cheap, ATi 4350 card. The card only have one VGA output (not DVI/HDMI). My plan is to buy it and a second monitor. So, one monitor will connect to the onboard Nvidia, and another to the ATi card.</p> <p>Is it doable? What steps should I prepare?</...
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2012-10-25T15:13:08.530
Mixing onboard Nvidia and an ATi card, each connect to one monitor
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In order to do this, both cards would require crossfire or SLI support. Typically, onboard cards do not have this, and cheap ATI cards do not either. So in short, no you cannot do this without the cards having crossfire compatibility or SLI support.</p>\n\n<p>Assuming they do have ...
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30742
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30748
2011-03-17T09:11:24.387
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<p>So I'm messing around with Natty a little, and I noticed that all the apps that would normally use the system tray (or "notification area"?) aren't displaying there. Is that a bug, or is that the way it's going to be? I heard something about Ubuntu getting rid of that feature entirely. Is there a way to add it back?...
6699
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2016-03-29T00:13:36.723
2017-11-24T14:25:38.820
How do I access and enable more icons to be in the system tray?
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0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>From Ubuntu 13.04 onwards you have to whitelist the applications if you want to allow access to the system tray.</p>\n\n<p>Firstly install dconf-tools from the software center ( or by <a href=\"http://apt.marcoceppi.com/p/dconf-tools\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">clicking here</a>)\n...
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30750
1
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2011-03-17T10:55:26.167
11
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<p>Why does the "monospace" font look great in Terminal and gedit, and terrible in IntelliJ IDEA? IDEA uses Java's Swing library, and I understand it might be an issue with this. Is there a known fix?</p>
12532
null
null
2014-07-11T10:52:57.753
Why does the "monospace" font look great in Terminal and gedit, and terrible in IntelliJ IDEA?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have the same problem. Apparently its a problem with the \"hinting\" level of the font, which IntelliJ forces to \"full\" no matter what the OS selects. This makes the fonts look jagged and thin rather than how its supposed to. There was a workaround I saw on a website, but...
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30751
1
30756
2011-03-17T10:59:54.767
0
906
<p>I use my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS instance (via Virtual Box on Windows 7) with a non-root user. I am trying out developing Rails applications and I notice that I need to run some rails commands with sudo. The problem this gives me is some files are created by the root user then, and I cannot edit them via a GNOME window wit...
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2011-03-17T15:16:26.663
Root access issues - how do others manage this?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As mentioned by @mount.cifs the ubuntu file permission page, includes tips on settting sticky &amp; SGID bits etc.</p>\n\n<p>I would suggest routinly change group ownerships and access rights to your folder.</p>\n\n<p><code>sudo chgrp -R foobar /home/foo/bar</code></p>\n\n<p><code>su...
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30755
1
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2011-03-17T11:35:14.630
5
1314
<p>It seems like Rhythmbox has a bad habit of not downloading some of the podcast files completely: </p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/78Rms.png" alt="Incompletely downloaded podcasts"></p> <p>But I don't seem to find the option of re-downloading the episode anywhere. Deleting the episode, either from within...
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null
2017-11-11T19:10:33.447
How to re-download incomplete podcast downloads in Rhythmbox
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Workaround: Right-click on the file, click <strong>Properties</strong>. Click on the <strong>Details</strong> tab. \nCopy the <strong>Source</strong> property to clipboard. (you may have to stretch the window to see the whole URL). Go to the download location in terminal. </...
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30757
1
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2011-03-17T11:40:25.110
6
857
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/101650/thunderbird-contacts-sync-with-ubuntu-one">Thunderbird Contacts sync with Ubuntu One</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>How can I synchronize Thunderbird contacts with Ubuntu one?</p>
12533
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:59.520
2011-10-22T20:29:03.667
Thunderbird Contact Sync to Ubuntu One
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is not possible right now but it is being worked on.</p>\n\n<p>You can find more details on <a href=\"http://mikeconley.ca/blog/2011/03/15/my-campaign-to-get-thunderbird-integrated-into-ubuntu-natty-narwhal-continues/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mike Conley's Blog</a>.</p>\n", ...
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2012-03-29T21:13:07.270
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30758
1
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2011-03-17T11:44:12.737
5
847
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13562/how-do-we-get-this-magic-performance-boosting-200-line-patch">How do we get this magic performance-boosting 200 line patch?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Will the 26.38 natty kernel have this patch.</p>
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2017-04-13T12:24:13.310
2013-02-08T03:13:16.487
Is the "magic" 200 lines kernel patch included?
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2011-06-05T20:04:24.587
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2011-03-17T12:02:38.803
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<p>im trying to install Ubuntu but am facing some problems with data allocations. apparently the current partitions made it such that i cant install this OS without erasing the current one (Windows 7) this is what the installation menu gives: dev/sda1 size 161000MB used: 119000MB dev/sda2 size 102MB used 35MB dev/sda3 ...
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7035
2011-06-07T02:57:05.097
2011-06-07T02:57:05.097
Technical help for disk space allocation
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1
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Looks like this is related to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/30641/allocating-drive-space/30653#30653\">Allocating drive space?</a>.</p>\n\n<p>Boot in to windows 7.</p>\n\n<p>Open my computer and see if you can free up any drive (like D drive/E drive which are hard disk pa...
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30762
1
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2011-03-17T12:13:19.013
12
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<p>I want to mount usb drives with option flush (or sync). </p> <p>I'm using Kubuntu 10.10 and as far as I understood <em>udisks</em> is responsible for the mount options. I've read various threads and two solutions are proposed: </p> <ol> <li>edit <code>fstab</code> for every usb drive, </li> <li>change default opti...
12534
2647
2011-09-22T07:53:05.237
2021-02-24T13:26:33.517
Is setting default mount options for udisks really not possible?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think there isn't. </p>\n\n<p>But you can try a workaround: using <code>udev</code> rules to override the <code>udisks</code> options by creating your own <code>/etc/udev/rules.d/*.rules</code> file; for details see <a href=\"https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Udev#Mount_...
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30767
1
30774
2011-03-17T13:26:34.787
2
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<p>Ubuntu 10.10 Screenshot of full screen works. Screenshot of "selected area" works. But Screenshot of current (active) window doesn't. Nothing happens. The save screenshot window doesn't open.</p> <p>Tried using Alt+Print as well as from the Panel->Accessories->Screenshot. Same result. No screenshot.</p> <p>Any ide...
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2012-07-09T13:11:30.663
2012-07-09T13:11:30.663
Screenshot of active window doesn't work
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Try this. Change the delay from 0 sec to 4 or 5 seconds and then try.</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/e3m3Y.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of ScreenShot window\"></p>\n\n<p>Hope you got the reason why it was not working. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { ...
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30768
1
30778
2011-03-17T13:30:42.567
2
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<p>I have installed this application here: <a href="http://linux-apps.com/content/show.php?content=116618" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://linux-apps.com/content/show.php?content=116618</a></p> <p>We drop a MKV file into it, and a progress bar should appear.</p> <p>Seems simple. However, when I do that, I get no progr...
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2020-06-19T03:19:11.063
2020-06-19T03:19:11.063
Meteorite GUI not working?
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CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unfortunately it looks like the project has died for the minute.</p>\n\n<p>Quote from the projects SourceForge page:-</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>This project is paused. dead. R.I.P.\n It will be reincarnated (with God's\n help) but don't know when.</p>\n</blockquote>\n\n<p>You may w...
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30770
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2011-03-17T02:28:46.450
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2988/how-do-i-install-and-manage-rpms-in-ubuntu">How do I install and manage RPMs in Ubuntu</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I can't open git-0.99.1.rpm. So, I need the rpm command to install git-0.99.1.rpm. Is there any ...
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631600
2017-12-21T13:49:48.317
2017-12-21T13:49:48.317
How to get RPM install in my Ubuntu Linux system?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You don't use rpms on Ubuntu -- you use apt. Just type</p>\n\n<p>sudo apt-get install git</p>\n\n<p>and you'll be all set!</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-17T10:24:22.693", "id": "34484", "postId": "3...
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2011-04-16T23:01:05.233
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Angela
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2011-03-17T14:00:00.800
12
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<p>I got this error during installation.</p> <blockquote> <p>The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk: [Errno 5] Input/output error This is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive, or a faulty hard disk. It may help to clean the CD/DVD, to burn the CD/DVD at a lower speed, to ...
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2014-08-03T20:40:37.507
2016-03-25T21:26:01.580
Hard disk error
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Either the cd or your hard disk is bad. You can check the CD with the \"Check disc for defects\" option when you boot it up. You can check your hard disk by opening Administration->Disk Utility and checking the SMART attributes. Look for non zero values for reallocated, pe...
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2017-09-20T10:31:58.553
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2011-03-17T14:18:45.987
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<p>I'm testing out Natty, and one thing I notice is that the custom commands I put in my old main menu don't appear in dash. I click "Applications" and what I get is different from the list in the "Main Menu" preferences. I'd like to be able to write a custom command and have it launched with Unity Dash, is that possib...
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2011-03-18T09:54:58.540
Why doesn't unity dash respect the gnome Main Menu entries?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, this was due to a bug in Unity. When you get the latest version of the package unity-place-applications (version 0.2.40-0ubuntu1) this should work. The package hit the main archive last night and should be available in local mirrors shortly.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "com...
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2011-03-17T14:18:53.077
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<p>I noticed in screen shots of Unity the presence of the "Session Menu" indicator in the right corner of the top-panel. This menu drops down to offer Log Out, Hibernate, Restart, Shut Down, etc.</p> <p>I know the keyboard shortcuts are not complete yet. But are there plans to implement a shortcut for accessing this S...
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10543
2012-02-02T11:40:27.710
2012-05-06T12:33:48.917
Will Unity have a keyboard shortcut for accessing the "Session Menu" that appears on the panel?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In Unity, the Session Menu, and other indicators, are standard menu items. You can reach the menu bar with <kbd>F10</kbd> or other <kbd>Alt-…</kbd> combination; for instance:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><kbd>Alt+F</kbd> <kbd>←</kbd> <kbd>↑</kbd> <kbd>↑</kbd> <kbd>Enter</kbd></li>\n</ul...
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user12539
30781
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2011-03-17T14:48:28.320
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<p>I'm wondering if it's possible to get UFW to list the configured firewall rules even when it's not enabled. I only have ssh access to the server at this time, and I don't want to enable UFW if there's not a rule configured allowing ssh. However, since UFW is currently not enabled, I just get an &quot;<code>inactive<...
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2024-02-19T17:11:19.663
2024-02-19T17:11:19.663
See configured rules even when inactive
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1
CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is currently not a way to show the rules you have entered before enabling the firewall via the CLI command. You can inspect the rules files directly however. /lib/ufw/user*.rules contain the rules controlled via the 'ufw' CLI command. Eg:</p>\n\n<pre><code> $ sudo grep '^### tu...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From the command line, there doesn't seem to be a way. However, if you're SSH'ing from an Ubuntu box (to an Ubuntu box), you might want to try this, slightly convoluted method :</p>\n\n<p>Basically, install gufw on the remote box, then connect with X forwarding and run the G...
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1
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2011-03-17T15:37:40.697
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<p>I have come across this problem a couple of times when creating build servers with keyed authentication. </p> <p>I was wondering if anyone else has experience this. I have a couple of keys for my current user that may connect to different machines. Let say machine1 and machine2. I have pasted my public key into the...
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2023-03-16T04:30:13.080
Does ssh key need to be named id_rsa?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>By default, SSH searches for <code>id_rsa</code>, <code>id_ecdsa</code>, <code>id_ecdsa_sk</code>, <code>id_ed25519</code>, <code>id_ed25519_sk</code>, and <code>id_dsa</code> files. The keys do not have to be named like this, you can name it <code>mykey</code> just as well, or even ...
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30790
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2011-03-17T15:49:36.867
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<p>I'm moving from an old ubuntu box to a new one.</p> <p>Is there a way to export the network manager settings from the old machine and import them in the new one?</p>
1132
null
null
2013-12-22T18:24:27.627
How to migrate network manager settings
[ "networking", "wireless", "network-manager" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Network manager configuration file are stored in <code>/etc/NetworkManager</code>.Browse the folder and you can see your defined connections.</p>\n\n<p>Moving appropriate files from this folder to the same folder in new ubuntu will solve your problem.</p>\n\n<p>Use this comma...
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30791
1
31066
2011-03-17T15:53:51.920
3
7295
<p>Yeah, I know I should have backed up my files before proceeding, I completely forgot. Well, the thing is that I had a dual-boot system with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10. Yesterday, I installed Ubuntu 11.04 alpha 3 (through live USB). I chose that 11.04 would install over 10.10 on the installation wizard, where I have ...
9067
60294
2014-05-28T14:34:52.707
2014-05-28T14:34:52.707
All files erased after installing Ubuntu
[ "windows-7", "data-recovery", "partitioning" ]
2
9
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-17T16:33:17.183", "id": "34510", "postId": "30791", "score": "2", "text": "Did it really overwrite Windows, or does Windows just not show up at the boot screen? First thing to do is boot off live USB again. If you did overwrite everything, you'll want to use the hard d...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>After a partition table has been accidentally overwritten you will need <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Data Recovery Tools</a> to restore the remainders of your data. Mind that the likelihood for successful recovery decreases wi...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Sounds like the installer decided to butcher your entire drive. (i.e. it was set up to use the entire drive).</p>\n\n<p>If that is what the installer did, then your windows data is, at this point, gone. Having said that, its unlikely you'll be able to recover it.</p>\n", ...
2013-07-08T18:11:25.133
0
2014-06-04T20:46:02.247
null
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30794
1
null
2011-03-17T16:03:44.187
27
45901
<p>Is there a way to stream audio or video to an Apple Airplay device?</p> <p>I have an Aiprort Express that can play audio, but the same question applies to the Apple TV or any other Airplay device.</p> <p>It is really easy to do this in iTunes and I was wondering if there is a way to do it on ubuntu?</p>
12544
169736
2014-06-12T20:26:01.010
2015-09-04T03:56:35.493
Is there a way to stream audio/video to an Apple Airplay Device?
[ "streaming", "itunes" ]
4
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-17T17:50:37.330", "id": "34517", "postId": "30794", "score": "0", "text": "Audio streaming protocol (RAOP) should be the same for Airport Express and Airplay device, did you try? Unfortunately I have no Airplay device at hand to test. Video streaming may eventually be ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu One has a paid feature for that, too. <a href=\"http://hothardware.com/News/Ubuntu-streams-MP3-music-through-iPhone-and-AirPlay/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://hothardware.com/News/Ubuntu-streams-MP3-music-through-iPhone-and-AirPlay/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", ...
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30796
1
30807
2011-03-17T16:22:39.840
34
65688
<p>Ubuntu 10.04 </p> <p>I have created this upstart script (<em>/etc/init/pure-ftpd.conf</em>):</p> <pre><code># pure-ftpd - FTP server description "Pure-FTPd server" start on filesystem stop on runlevel S respawn respawn limit 10 5 pid file /var/run/pure-ftpd.pid console output pre-start script test -x /usr/...
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158442
2018-07-27T08:24:36.757
2018-07-27T08:24:36.757
Upstart script doesn't start
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6
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2014-04-13T09:54:04.010", "id": "586524", "postId": "30796", "score": "0", "text": "I met same trouble. Please try initctl command at console.\nTo enter console session, press Ctrl + ALT + F1 and login. (I can't understand why, but I successed this way)", "userDisplayName"...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It usually means you have an error in the <code>.conf</code> file - for instance I'm not sure the <code>pid</code> stanza is supported in 10.04, <code>stop</code> can't be used in the script etc. </p>\n\n<p>I'd try starting the file from scratch (with only <code>start</code>, <code>s...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It usually means you have an error in the <code>.conf</code> file - for instance I'm not sure the <code>pid</code> stanza is supported in 10.04, <code>stop</code> can't be used in the script etc. </p>\n\n<p>I'd try starting the file from scratch (with only <code>start</code>,...
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null
null
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30799
1
30802
2011-03-17T16:54:27.280
1
510
<p>is there any reason this wouldn't work or is a bad idea? in bios make the HD1 the default boot drive and installing ubuntu, and HD2 installing windows 7. Then if i prefer to boot into windows i just go into my bios and change the boot order to start with drive 2? I would rather not install both OS's on same drive...
12546
720
2011-03-17T18:37:59.827
2011-03-17T19:28:52.823
2 hard drives / HD1: UBuntu HD2: Win7. best practice isolated os's for dual boot
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can set up GRUB to boot into the Windows OS. Just install Windows 7 first on your first disk, install Ubuntu on the second and configure the BIOS to boot the second disk. The installer will take care of detecting your Win7 disk.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can set up GRUB to boot into the Windows OS. Just install Windows 7 first on your first disk, install Ubuntu on the second and configure the BIOS to boot the second disk. The installer will take care of detecting your Win7 disk.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comme...
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null
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null
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30803
1
null
2011-03-17T17:20:27.613
2
615
<p>I have two external HDD attached to my PC which start normally when I turn on the PC. When I restart (after an update for example) one of the two drives does not mount, always the same drive. It has always acted like this but I was wondering was there a way to fix this.</p> <p>Currently running Ubuntu 10.10, let me...
267
null
null
2011-03-17T17:48:31.663
HDD does not mount when restarting
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1
6
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Add the disk to the fstab configuration file. </p>\n\n<p>Check following page:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/fstab\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/fstab</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creati...
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30806
1
30808
2011-03-17T17:39:20.680
2
979
<p>I want to use gnome-terminal to set the directory to a different one than the home folder and also execute a program in that directory.</p> <p>The program I would like to run is Foremost.</p> <p>atm I have the command:</p> <pre><code>gnome-terminal --working-directory="/usr/local/bin/" --execute="foremost -h" --...
4511
null
null
2011-03-17T18:35:34.153
Using Gnome-Terminal would like to execute program
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1
3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-17T17:49:38.860", "id": "34516", "postId": "30806", "score": "0", "text": "Do you get any errors from the command? Does it just not operate? Can we get more details from you?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10616" }, { "creationDate": "2011-03-1...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Out of curiosity, why do you not write a shell script that changes the directory to the directory its located at, then does the command? And execute that shell script from your home directory or something?</p>\n\n<p>Sorta like this (with this being stored in a file, such as <code>ex...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Out of curiosity, why do you not write a shell script that changes the directory to the directory its located at, then does the command? And execute that shell script from your home directory or something?</p>\n\n<p>Sorta like this (with this being stored in a file, such as ...
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30810
1
null
2011-03-17T18:01:51.670
2
255
<p>After the computer is resumed from sleep, the trackpad no longer works. I've tried different settings using the s2ram command, just to see if it would change anything. But that doesn't seem to be the problem. Where else do I check?</p>
12551
12551
2011-03-18T00:40:52.193
2013-04-30T13:21:25.120
Touchpad frozen after resume on a Gateway MX6650/MA2A
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2
2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2013-09-16T14:34:56.017", "id": "443450", "postId": "30810", "score": "0", "text": "Did you ever get this fixed? I'm having the same problem in xubuntu 13.04.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "29556" }, { "creationDate": "2013-10-25T19:30:40.527", "id"...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Look at the <code>pm-powersave</code> package, and see <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/65632/why-is-wireless-down-strange-after-switching-to-battery\">Why is wireless down/strange after switching to battery or closing/opening the lid?</a> for some help.</p>\n", ...
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null
null
null
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30817
1
null
2011-03-17T19:18:40.367
1
5057
<p>I've tried the brightness keys for my laptop in both Maverick and Natty and they don't work in either distribution. The key seems to be taken as a shortcut somewhere because it won't allow me to reassign it else where. How can I actually get these brightness keys to work?</p> <p>Pending that, where/to whom should I...
12558
null
null
2011-06-19T20:39:47.470
How to get Compaq Presario CQ62 brightness keys to work?
[ "keyboard", "brightness" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>They do work with Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick. Do not use Fn with F2, instead just press the F2 key by itself to reduce contrast. Press F3 by itself to increase contrast. Some idiot must have thought that the Functions keys are hardly being used, and set the secondary function of t...
null
null
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null
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30825
1
null
2011-03-17T21:42:28.303
10
2008
<p>I'm responsible for about 30 Ubuntu computers at a private K-8 school. We have only a 3Mbps internet connection serving the entire campus, and I would like to ensure that updates are done in the middle of the night - so that daytime tasks are not slowed down.</p> <p>I'm using Ubuntu 10.04, and have set all compute...
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235
2011-03-17T21:45:36.903
2011-03-17T22:17:03.413
How to schedule time-of-day upgrades
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2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Looks like you are using two independent update mechanisms: cron-apt and the Update Manager. Try disabling automatic updates in the Update Manager. If cron-apt is configured correctly, you will get a notification email each time a new update is installed.</p>\n", "comment...
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user12567
30826
1
30837
2011-03-17T21:43:37.443
1
351
<p>I have 3 relevant partitions split between 2 disks,</p> <pre><code>sda2: Windows 1 partition sda3: Ubuntu partition sdb1: Data partition </code></pre> <p>I was using pysdm to add a label to my partitions and somehow I seem to have screwed up my installation. Now, every time I access the Data partition mounted in /me...
12566
null
2020-09-05T22:07:32.010
2020-09-05T22:07:32.010
Ubuntu confuses my partitions
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1
5
CC BY-SA 4.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use the UUID instead of the device name. /dev/sda and /dev/sdb can change places.</p>\n\n<p>UUID=BCD83AE3D83A9B98 /media/Data ntfs nls=iso8859-1,ro,users,umask=000 0 0</p>\n", "commentCount": "8", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-07T01:20:29.193", "id": "...
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user1094181
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30828
1
null
2011-03-17T21:55:51.403
1
1032
<p>Right now all we can do is set the TV to 1280x768 instead of its native resolution of 1360x768. Setting it to its native resolution gives you a screen with a large portion of the left side of the screen cut off. We've tried everything with the TV so now we're turning to the innards of Ubuntu in hopes of fixing this....
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2011-03-17T22:33:50.357
2012-03-01T19:44:10.740
Over-scan Issues when using HDTV through VGA
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1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Televisions do not have a native resolution of 768 lines. Standard def is 540, and HD is either 720 or 1080. It probably expects 1280 x 768 from a VGA connector and scales it. When you give it the wider resolution, it scales wider than the TV. Stick to the resolution that...
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30830
1
null
2011-03-17T22:06:17.540
3
773
<p>I find the icons that show up when I plug a flash drive useful, as much as SD cards and devices. However, the icon to my Windows partition is useless. How can I hide it?</p>
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25863
2012-11-21T22:23:18.277
2012-11-21T22:23:18.277
How do I hide a specific volume from the desktop, but keep all others?
[ "partitioning", "icons", "customization", "gconf" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-17T10:08:22.240", "id": "39692", "postId": "30830", "score": "0", "text": "I like to add something. Is there any way, hide drive icon without unmounting that drive?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "11769" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To hide a partition, mount the partitions in your '/mnt' folder. I use the fstab file to accomplish this automatically on boot up.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "...
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user12569
30833
1
30850
2011-03-17T22:20:54.013
3
1758
<p>How do I learn Dvorak typing in Ubuntu? I'm planning to learn one of the <a href="http://tlundqvist.org/sv_dvorak/" rel="nofollow">Swedish dvorak versions</a> included in Ubuntu.</p> <p>Is there a good program to learn dvorak (sv)? I've linked the version that I want to learn and I really need a picture of the keyb...
10698
158442
2016-06-20T17:36:08.850
2016-06-20T17:36:08.850
Are there any good programs to learn Dvorak?
[ "software-recommendation", "dvorak" ]
4
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use any existing typing program (say, <code>junior-typing</code> or <code>klavaro</code>) and run with it.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/en/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/en/</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { ...
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2016-06-23T22:40:21.320
null
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30841
1
31123
2011-03-17T23:27:58.857
5
1259
<p>I enable compiz and switch windows by tab, but I don't want to iterate all windows in all workspaces. How can I switch windows in one workspace?</p>
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2011-03-17T23:36:36.307
2011-03-19T22:21:42.703
How can I switch windows only in one workspace?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Solved :-) I use <em>CompizConfig Settings Manager</em>, and it can be invoked in bash: <code>$ ccsm</code>. My setting job: <strong>Window Management > Application Program Switcher (or other enabled window switchers) > Next Window = Alt+Tab &amp; Previous Window = Shift+Alt+Tab (...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The scale plugin might help (Press Super+W)</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-18T20:19:01.457", "id": "34720", "postId": "30843", "score": "0", "text": "Thanks. I solved the issue: Compi...
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30845
1
30847
2011-03-18T00:12:43.327
0
891
<p>I'm planning to install Ubuntu on an aging Compaq Presario V5000.</p> <p>I've established that the Unity desktop is not suited to this laptop, and am now using the standard (Gnome?) desktop.</p> <p>I'm grappling with ndiswrapper and my wireless chipset.</p> <p>But I'm still running it off a USB drive before I tak...
12572
12572
2011-03-21T17:27:31.633
2011-03-21T17:27:31.633
If Ubuntu freezes when running off a USB drive, will it freeze after full installation?
[ "installation", "usb-drive", "freeze" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Is it possible that your freezes are related to running off the USB drive? <strong>Yes</strong>. Is it likely? <strong>*shrug*</strong>. You'd have to track down what is causing the freeze. It could be freezing because:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>the usb disk is bottlenecking your throughput.<...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Is it possible that your freezes are related to running off the USB drive? <strong>Yes</strong>. Is it likely? <strong>*shrug*</strong>. You'd have to track down what is causing the freeze. It could be freezing because:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>the usb disk is bottlenecking your thro...
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30848
1
null
2011-03-18T00:56:21.433
3
1874
<p>I keep receiving this error every-time I try to do some updates.</p> <p>I tried <code>sudo dpkg --configure</code>, <code>sudo apt-get update</code> and <code>sudo apt-get install -f</code> but they failed on me.</p> <pre><code>installArchives() failed: (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading data...
12573
8844
2011-04-15T02:53:28.933
2011-04-15T02:53:28.933
Update/Installs fails with unrecoverable dpkg fatal error because libc6-i386 is missing
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1
6
CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You might want to take a look at the following:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/145648\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/145648</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+...
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30849
1
33678
2011-03-18T01:00:12.000
4
1282
<p>I am about to start my masters project and I will need to gather some data, for the requirements stage, about the performance footprint applications have on my system. The main things I am look for are load times, memory and CPU usage and shutdown time, although I would like to get as much information as possible. I...
null
null
2011-04-05T20:04:24.767
2011-04-06T13:46:34.893
How can I test the system footprint of applications?
[ "benchmarks" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could simply do <code>time command</code>, it will give you something like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ time sleep 3\nreal 0m3.001s\nuser 0m0.000s\nsys 0m0.000s\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you need more output, use <code>/usr/bin/time -v</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ /usr/bin/time -...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could simply do <code>time command</code>, it will give you something like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ time sleep 3\nreal 0m3.001s\nuser 0m0.000s\nsys 0m0.000s\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you need more output, use <code>/usr/bin/time -v</code>:</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ /usr/bi...
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user2405
user2405
30851
1
null
2011-03-18T01:15:57.187
0
2783
<p>I tried installing mysql server a couple of times and I'm having problems. First of all, when I install it gives me a message that it's setting up and it just hangs. I can't ctl + c out of it, so I reboot the server and try to log into the db with </p> <pre><code>sudo mysql -u root -p </code></pre> <p>I enter my p...
12574
235
2011-04-01T00:23:50.407
2011-04-01T00:23:50.407
Installing mysql causes Error 2002 error
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2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Does the file <code>mysqld.sock</code> exist? If not, try the following:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mkdir /var/run/mysqld\nsudo touch /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock\nsudo chown -R mysql /var/run/mysqld\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "6", "comments": [ { "cr...
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30856
1
40727
2011-03-18T02:05:53.260
9
2228
<p>I am using Ubuntu Natty with the latest updates and the Unity Dash is in full screen. My laptop has a 17" screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768. If this is not the normal behavior I will report it as a bug on Launchpad but I'm not sure of the specifics if anyone could tell me what the specifics are regarding the Da...
null
25863
2012-11-21T21:38:40.107
2012-11-21T21:38:40.107
Should my Dash be full screen?
[ "unity", "unity-dash" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you want to disable Unity Dash full-screen mode, just type in a terminal:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gsettings set com.canonical.Unity form-factor 'Desktop'\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>For more details, see <a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/quick-tip-enable-full-screen-dash-in-natty-de...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Someone has already posted a bug report about this at launchpad:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/732008\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/732008</a></p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate":...
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user931
30857
1
30984
2011-03-18T03:07:55.530
4
7154
<p>I'd like to connect my laptop via a displayport2HDMI adapter to a TV. I tried simply connecting everything, but unfortunately that didn't work. I also didn't see any option in nvidia-settings to configure any output via the displayport. Has anybody such a setup working, or the displayport at all?</p> <p>I'm running...
12579
null
null
2013-03-30T19:03:04.953
Thinkpad (T510) Display Port to HDMI TV
[ "10.10", "nvidia", "thinkpad", "hdmi" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Update, it works. I retried connecting my laptop to the TV after verifying everything with a second laptop running Windows 7. This time in nvidia-settings a second monitor appeared and I could extend my desktop to the TV. But sound does not work. There is a HDMI audio device in the m...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Update, it works. I retried connecting my laptop to the TV after verifying everything with a second laptop running Windows 7. This time in nvidia-settings a second monitor appeared and I could extend my desktop to the TV. But sound does not work. There is a HDMI audio device ...
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30858
1
30861
2011-03-18T03:19:08.577
7
14703
<p>I have a ubuntu 10.10 VMWare image that I set up a while back and have forgotten the login details. Normally I'd boot into single user mode to fix this, but I'm having trouble doing this on the vmware image. No grub screen comes up on boot, and attempts to hold down or press shift, space or escape during boot do n...
6055
158442
2014-09-22T11:26:35.127
2014-09-22T11:26:35.127
How to reset lost user password on a guest on VMWare server?
[ "10.10", "vmware", "password-recovery" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As suggested by <a href=\"http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004129\" rel=\"nofollow\">VMware KB 1004129</a>, edit the virtual machine's configuration (<code>.vmx</code>) and add or edit this option:</p>\n\n<pre><code>bios.bootDelay = \"15000\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>This adds a 15 seconds delay...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I don't know VMWare, but is there any way you can mount the guest's disk image in your host system?</p>\n\n<p>If yes, then you can edit the password file and set the password to the empty string.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": n...
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30859
1
null
2011-03-18T03:47:52.780
2
7611
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/13007/is-it-possible-to-obtain-an-e-mail-address-like-myname-surnameubuntu-com">Is it possible to obtain an e-mail address like myname.surname@ubuntu.com</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>If it is possible how can I get on...
8673
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2013-03-27T09:36:28.597
Can anyone get an myname@ubuntu.com email address?
[ "email", "ubuntu-email-address" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-18T04:10:54.273", "id": "34590", "postId": "30859", "score": "1", "text": "Am guessing only developers or anyone related to the development, design and production of Ubuntu", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "7035" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>An @ubuntu.com email address is a benefit of <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership\">Ubuntu Membership</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <h1>Benefits of Membership</h1>\n \n <p>Membership entitles you to the following\n benefits:</p>\n \n <ul>\n <li><p>Voting privilege...
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null
2011-03-19T02:42:25.250
null
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30866
1
30977
2011-03-18T04:32:27.863
3
1337
<p>I need to create an http url at my laptop to have a Ubuntu installation in my laptop on a Xen environment. <a href="http://bderzhavets.wordpress.com/2008/10/28/install-ubuntu-intrepid-server-pv-domu-at-xen-33-port-via-httpgetco-centos-52-dom0/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">This is what the final thing will look like</a...
12580
527764
2017-03-15T09:57:09.970
2021-08-19T15:29:58.583
How can I create the smallest possible mirror of the archive?
[ "system-installation", "xen", "mirrors" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Using <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/apt-mirror\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">apt-mirror</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/apt-mirror\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install apt-mirror\"></a> you can get it down to only 7.5...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Using <a href=\"http://packages.ubuntu.com/apt-mirror\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">apt-mirror</a> <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/apt-mirror\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://hostmar.co/software-large\" alt=\"Install apt-mirror\"></a> you can get it down to ...
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30869
1
null
2011-03-18T05:24:59.763
2
212
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4428/how-to-create-a-screencast">How to create a screencast?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I want to make a video tutorial on some Ubuntu functionality but don't know how to record it.</p>
8673
10616
2017-08-21T16:58:31.947
2017-08-21T16:58:31.947
What is the easiest way to record my desktop in Ubuntu?
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0
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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null
[]
null
0
2011-03-18T12:48:24.673
null
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30877
1
30934
2011-03-18T06:28:48.513
2
215
<p>We recently introduced Edbuntu to a team of school teachers. One of them tried installing Edubuntu in their school computers and have reported us this problem. I have no answer for the problem. So can anyone help?</p> <p>One of the teacher's wrote: I was able to install edubuntu in some of the pc. But not able to i...
4157
null
null
2011-03-18T15:43:42.920
Error during Edubuntu installation: process:226
[ "installation", "edubuntu" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I believe the installation was tried from a DVD since we had given a copy of Edubuntu in a DVD to all the participants. The teacher later contacted us and now the problem is solved. The solution was rather simple. He wrote like this:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Sorry guys for disturbin...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I believe the installation was tried from a DVD since we had given a copy of Edubuntu in a DVD to all the participants. The teacher later contacted us and now the problem is solved. The solution was rather simple. He wrote like this:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Sorry guys for d...
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30882
1
122313
2011-03-18T07:13:12.610
6
2630
<p>How to make the dash in Unity 2D open up full-screen?</p>
5434
235
2011-03-27T20:02:03.147
2012-04-15T16:20:15.350
How do I make the Dash open up fullscreen in 2D?
[ "unity-2d", "unity-dash" ]
5
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>12.04</h2>\n<p>Fortunately this is very simple now in 12.04</p>\n<p>First open the Dash</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/5dNZG.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\" /></p>\n<p>Then click the maximize button:</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/9PirM.png\" a...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Hopefully this article covers what you want:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/quick-tip-enable-full-screen-dash-in-natty-desktop/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/quick-tip-enable-full-screen-dash-in-natty-desktop/</a></p>\n", "c...
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30887
1
35509
2011-03-18T08:27:32.257
2
47
<p>When the text gets longer than, for instance, a circle. It just scales the circle. Is there any way to make the text go to the next line?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/3RC7A.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/4F9M2.png" alt="enter image description here...
8583
null
null
2011-04-16T18:50:57.897
Disabling autoscaling when the text inside gets bigger than the object in Dia (diagrams editor)?
[ "graphics" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think the answer is no. You'll have to keep pressing <em>Enter</em>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-16T18:50:57.897", "id": "35509", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-16T18...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think the answer is no. You'll have to keep pressing <em>Enter</em>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-16T18:50:57.897", "id": "35509", "lastActivit...
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30888
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2011-03-18T08:51:48.763
2
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<p>Sometimes (about once a week) the control keys (ctrl, shift, alt) so not work anymore. They do work when I boot up, but after a while they stop working. Logging out and in again repairs it. What can cause something like that?</p> <p>It is a laptop keyboard (HP EliteBook 8730w) with german layout.</p> <p>Incidental...
583
34401
2012-01-23T11:01:04.220
2012-01-23T11:01:04.220
Why do control keys (ctrl, shift, alt) not work sometimes?
[ "10.10", "keyboard" ]
0
6
CC BY-SA 3.0
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2012-03-18T15:34:38.130
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30891
1
30900
2011-03-18T09:11:08.560
52
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<p>Is there any way to kill a zombie process without reboot? Here is how it happened:</p> <p>I want to download a 12GB file using torrent. After adding the .torrent file, transmission turned into a zombie process (I tried ktorrent too. Same behavior). Finally I could download the file using µTorrent but after closing ...
10494
10494
2014-05-26T08:53:50.360
2014-07-19T09:16:56.807
Is there any way to kill a zombie process without reboot?
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5
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-18T10:52:03.930", "id": "34628", "postId": "30891", "score": "0", "text": "Can you add the output of `ps -o pid,ppid,stat,comm` and `pstree` to your question?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1951" }, { "creationDate": "2011-10-20T18:06:58.043", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't thing zombie process is much of a headache. A zombie process does not take up any resources. It is just that it has it's entry in the process table.</p>\n\n<p>A Zombie process is not an orphan process, it does have a parent.</p>\n\n<p><code>kill</code>, <code>skill</code> <co...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't thing zombie process is much of a headache. A zombie process does not take up any resources. It is just that it has it's entry in the process table.</p>\n\n<p>A Zombie process is not an orphan process, it does have a parent.</p>\n\n<p><code>kill</code>, <code>skill</c...
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30895
1
30898
2011-03-18T09:29:30.413
2
1104
<p>I installed unity, used for a while. Then i installed gnome-shell, used it for a while. Now decided to switch back to standard. Gnome is not working the way it use to be. I am using T61 with nvidia-latest drivers. Following issues... </p> <ol> <li>Window borders are not showing. Installed compiz settings, and re-c...
5924
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2011-03-19T05:38:03.883
Unity install removed window borders, and display drivers
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2
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Are you selecting the \"classic\" session from the login screen? The empty-desktop-of-doom was a bug that plagued Unity a few weeks back - so you might also want to make 110% sure you have all the latest updates installed.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "c...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Are you selecting the \"classic\" session from the login screen? The empty-desktop-of-doom was a bug that plagued Unity a few weeks back - so you might also want to make 110% sure you have all the latest updates installed.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ ...
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30896
1
null
2011-03-18T09:52:32.947
1
376
<p>I am using the 64 bit of ubuntu maverick desktop. The problem is that as soon as I login, the wallpaper and the desktop icons appear almost instantly, however the panel-takes an eternity to load, sometimes as long as 30 secs. I have a fairly modern system, so I am sure this is software related. Any fixes? Thanks in ...
5845
6450
2011-03-18T10:56:52.567
2011-04-22T13:55:01.207
Gnome-panels take a long time to load on startup
[ "gnome-panel" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-19T16:19:16.933", "id": "34850", "postId": "30896", "score": "0", "text": "What does `top` say? Do you see any related error messages in `~/.xsession-errors`?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "9340" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have the same issue. .xsession-errors isn't especially interesting. Watching top -- use ctrl-alt-F3 (or anything but F7, actually) to access a shell -- shows a lot of stuff booting up. In my case, Munin uses a lot of resources (so I'm looking into disabling it). Liferea tak...
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30899
1
35195
2011-03-18T10:11:21.067
0
1196
<p>Hey folks, I have a problem with my Gnome-Panel. Occasionally my gnome-panel freezes, meaning that all icons (network status, sound, etc.) freeze along with the time displayed. When I kill the process, the panel restarts automatically and works just fine. Is there a way to prevent the panel from freezing?</p> <p>Th...
11493
11493
2011-03-21T08:52:43.083
2011-04-15T06:52:25.107
Gnome-Panel freezes occasionally
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1
5
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you cannot find your problem in these bug reports about freezing gnome-panels:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>At <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel?field.searchtext=freeze&amp;orderby=-importance&amp;search=Search&amp;field.status%3Alist=NEW&amp;field.status%3Ali...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you cannot find your problem in these bug reports about freezing gnome-panels:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>At <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel?field.searchtext=freeze&amp;orderby=-importance&amp;search=Search&amp;field.status%3Alist=NEW&amp;field.sta...
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30902
1
33861
2011-03-18T11:03:22.747
6
572
<p>I'd like to reduce the contrast of the GTK widgets, that is, make the borders less articulate. E.g. in the screenshot below, the separator above and below the toolbar is very strong. I'd like smoother borders.</p> <p>How is this possible?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/I2xUP.png" alt="current situation...
12590
235
2011-03-18T22:10:05.563
2011-04-07T02:37:57.287
how to adjust "contrast" of a gtk2 theme?
[ "gnome", "themes", "gtk" ]
2
4
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Actually, I don't know of any way to do that. The only way to make such a change would be to open up the gtkrc file (it's found in your <code>/home/usernamehere/.themes</code> or in <code>/usr/share/themes</code>) and to modify settings there.</p>\n\n<p>You appear not to be using any...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This is not possible in the way you imagine without getting a new or different theme (system > preferences > appearance). Although you can <em>kindof</em> reduce or increase the contrast of a window with compiz, this will likely not give you the output you desire, as it will ...
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30907
1
30908
2011-03-18T12:03:30.977
46
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<p>I have some passwords that are long, complicated and hard to remember. </p> <p>I would like to use a password-manager application to save all of my passwords instead of saving them using a text editor. </p> <p>What is the best password manager?</p>
9701
8844
2011-03-29T18:54:40.300
2021-04-26T19:23:36.920
Password Management Applications?
[ "software-recommendation", "password" ]
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4
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1><a href=\"http://www.keepassx.org/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>KeePassX</strong></a> <a href=\"http://apt.marcoceppi.com/p/keepassx\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/vyWhw.png\" alt=\"install\" /></a></h1>\n<blockquote>\n<p>KeePassX is a free/open-source pas...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<h1><a href=\"http://www.keepassx.org/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>KeePassX</strong></a> <a href=\"http://apt.marcoceppi.com/p/keepassx\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/vyWhw.png\" alt=\"install\" /></a></h1>\n<blockquote>\n<p>KeePassX is a free/open-so...
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30913
1
30991
2011-03-18T12:33:47.857
4
3679
<p>The Android System Info application on my tablet says that my processor is <strong>ARM926EJ-S rev 5 (v5l)</strong>. Which version of Ubuntu ARM will work on it?</p> <p>Will I have any issues finding packages for the ARM architecture?</p>
814
814
2011-03-19T05:32:43.537
2011-03-19T05:32:43.537
Does any version of Ubuntu ARM support ARM926EJ-S rev 5 (v5l)
[ "arm" ]
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That processor is an ARMv5TEJ architecture processor. </p>\n\n<p>From <a href=\"http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/</a> :</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Ubuntu targets the ARM EABI, with an expetation of minimum compliance with the ARMv7+VFP ISA. Lim...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>That processor is an ARMv5TEJ architecture processor. </p>\n\n<p>From <a href=\"http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/</a> :</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Ubuntu targets the ARM EABI, with an expetation of minimum compliance with the ARMv7+VFP ...
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30914
1
46483
2011-03-18T12:34:44.053
6
11685
<p>My doubts are in the Authentication Section:</p> <ul> <li>Authentication Method ?!</li> <li>Session?</li> </ul> <p>And I also don't know how to fill in the Details tab:</p> <ul> <li>Search base ?</li> <li>Search Scope ?</li> <li>Search filter ?</li> </ul> <p>How should I fill these in?</p>
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23878
2015-05-05T08:27:06.590
2015-05-05T08:27:06.590
How to configure Evolution to use DavMail's LDAP contacts?
[ "evolution", "ldap", "ms-exchange" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here are instructions, adapted from <a href=\"http://davmail.sourceforge.net/thunderbirddirectorysetup.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://davmail.sourceforge.net/thunderbirddirectorysetup.html</a>. I successfully use these settings for my Exchange account.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Here are instructions, adapted from <a href=\"http://davmail.sourceforge.net/thunderbirddirectorysetup.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://davmail.sourceforge.net/thunderbirddirectorysetup.html</a>. I successfully use these settings for my Exchange account.</p>\n\n<ol>\...
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30917
1
30921
2011-03-18T13:14:44.153
14
36120
<p>I would like to use Jetty as a webserver.</p> <p>I have edited the configuration file at <code>/etc/default/jetty</code> and set: </p> <pre><code># change to 0 to allow Jetty start NO_START=0 # Listen to connections from this network host # Use 0.0.0.0 as host to accept all connections. JETTY_HOST=0.0.0.0 </code>...
4692
3778
2011-03-18T15:23:39.287
2018-09-10T20:59:17.963
How to make Jetty webserver listen on port 80?
[ "webserver" ]
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You will need to edit the <code>/etc/jetty/jetty.xml</code> file. Look for a paragraph that says:</p>\n\n<pre><code>&lt;Call name=\"addConnector\"&gt;\n &lt;Arg&gt;\n &lt;New class=\"org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector\"&gt;\n &lt;Set name=\"host\"&g...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You will need to edit the <code>/etc/jetty/jetty.xml</code> file. Look for a paragraph that says:</p>\n\n<pre><code>&lt;Call name=\"addConnector\"&gt;\n &lt;Arg&gt;\n &lt;New class=\"org.mortbay.jetty.nio.SelectChannelConnector\"&gt;\n &lt;Set name=\"...
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30918
1
34281
2011-03-18T13:16:48.727
2
551
<p>When I freshly installed maverick on my new notebook, I set up my keyboard shortcuts like this: Switch to WS 1 = <code>Mod4+1</code>, Move Window to WS 1 = <code>Mod4+Shift+1</code>, Switch to WS 2 = <code>Mod4+2</code> and so on (Mod4 being the "Windows" key). But now the three-key combinations (i.e. the ones I use...
12597
null
null
2011-05-08T03:19:48.883
Broken keyboard shortcuts
[ "10.10", "gnome", "keyboard", "shortcuts" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think Compiz is preventing these shortcuts to work. Can you try this: </p>\n\n<pre>metacity --replace</pre> \n\n<p>Then try your shortcuts. </p>\n\n<p><strong>Else, if you want your visual effects by Compiz, you can do a trick:</strong> </p>\n\n<p>If you are using Compiz, you w...
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2011-03-18T13:28:53.673
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<p>Is it possible to integrate tomboy a bit more during startup? I'm using on a kind of index-note where I always start the program. Maybe it can show up open every time I log in? (See pictures)</p> <p>I hope there is a plugin or something.</p> <p>This is the current situation after startup:</p> <p><img src="https:/...
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2011-03-18T20:59:05.623
2011-03-18T21:17:43.223
How can I make Tomboy start a certain note on login?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can do this by executing the command </p>\n\n<p><code>tomboy --open-note &lt;Note Title&gt;</code></p>\n\n<p>In your example this would be <code>tomboy --open-note TODO</code></p>\n\n<p>How to add this to your startup applications is described here: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.co...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can do this by executing the command </p>\n\n<p><code>tomboy --open-note &lt;Note Title&gt;</code></p>\n\n<p>In your example this would be <code>tomboy --open-note TODO</code></p>\n\n<p>How to add this to your startup applications is described here: <a href=\"https://asku...
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30922
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2011-03-18T14:03:22.617
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<p>I use gnome-screensaver on my system, and it operates near my expectations. One question. Is there a way to get the screensaver to show up when the system is operating on battery power only? Right now, the system just blanks the screen, but I'd really like to see an actual screensaver when I blank my screen. An...
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2011-04-29T23:00:12.260
2011-05-06T13:37:45.620
Screen Saver Does Not Show When On Battery
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Open Settings → Power Management Preferences, select the On Battery Power tab, and adjust the “Put display to sleep when inactive for” option to suit your needs.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-05-06T13:38:15.950", ...
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30923
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2011-03-18T14:08:58.740
1
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<p>Is it possible to install Ubuntu on MacBook? If so, how can I modify my partitions without affecting my existing Mac OS X installation?</p>
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2011-03-18T17:25:41.643
2012-02-10T13:18:23.593
How can I install Ubuntu on a Macbook without affecting my existing OS X installation?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I believe the partitioning process would be similar to what you do using bootcamp for windows.</p>\n\n<p>A lot of good info is available at <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro</a></p>\n", "...
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30929
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31361
2011-03-18T15:10:32.633
2
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<p><a href="http://localhost:8080/manager/html" rel="nofollow">http://localhost:8080/manager/html</a> gives a 404 error on apt-get install of tomcat6 (6.0.28 on JVM 1.6.0_20-b20 on 2.6.35-27-generic amd64).</p> <p><a href="http://localhost:8080/host-manager/html" rel="nofollow">http://localhost:8080/host-manager/html<...
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2011-03-18T22:01:39.830
2011-03-21T17:39:42.777
Tomcat6 Manager Webapp returns a 404
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Pursing the error log message from <code>catalina.out</code>, finally realized that I got confused when copy-pasting and put the <code>&lt;role&gt;</code> and <code>&lt;user&gt;</code> tags in both <code>tomcat-users.xml</code> and <code>manager.xml</code>. Those tags can only go in ...
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30931
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2011-03-18T15:28:53.727
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<p>I frequently need to start several programs that I use every time I start my computer. How can I make it so that whenever I login the program is automatically launched?</p>
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2014-05-02T03:04:59.160
2015-08-31T20:17:04.947
How do I make a program auto-start every time I log in?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2>To make a program start with Ubuntu:</h2>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>If you're using <strong>Unity</strong>, search\nfor the program <code>Startup\nApplications</code>.</p></li>\n<li><p>If you're using <strong>Ubuntu Classic</strong>,\nit's under <strong>Start Menu >\nPreferences > Startup App...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you are using the <strong><a href=\"https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/GNOME\" rel=\"noreferrer\">GNOME</a></strong> <strong><em><a href=\"http://www.gnome.org/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Desktop Environment</a></em></strong>, then this is rather simple to accomplish...
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30938
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2011-03-18T16:18:06.093
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<p>When using Classic Edition, I would like to start Cairo-Dock automatically, when using Desktop-Edition, I don't want to start it. </p> <p>How can I do that? And how does that work with XFCE and KDE?</p>
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2011-03-19T12:06:42.387
How can I have different startup programs for "Desktop Edition" and "Classic Edition" sessions in 11.04?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>There's a guide at <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompizStandalone\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompizStandalone</a> for making your own session file, where you can customize exactly what programs you want to start for what sessions. </p>\...
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30940
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2011-03-18T16:42:20.480
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<p>One thing that has always annoyed massively is that all my ratings get lost when I reinstall my system. And that happens often.<br> I know from MediaMonkey for Windows that it is possible to write the rating to tags. Interestingly, when loading the songs into Banshee, for instance, the ratings are recognized in fac...
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2016-09-07T02:50:15.067
2016-09-07T02:50:15.067
Which music player can write ratings to tags, or: How to not lose my song ratings upon reinstall?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Banshee can do this, but you first need to go to Edit->Preferences and tick the checkbox labelled \"Write ratings and play counts to files\".</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/eh5UI.png\" alt=\"Screenshot\"></p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "cre...
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30942
1
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2011-03-18T17:03:03.777
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<p>My <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> file gets regenerated every time, making me loose Google DNS servers when I reconnect my 3G modem.</p> <p>For changing the DNS settings, I looked at <a href="http://code.google.com/intl/fr-FR/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html">http://code.google.com/intl/fr-FR/speed/public-dns/docs/u...
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2011-04-07T02:47:39.430
2013-01-25T14:36:30.697
Why does my resolv.conf file get regenerated every time?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>you propably have the packet resolvconf installed. in that case, whenever an interface comes up, the resolv.conf is updated.\nyou can add static entries using the /etc/resolv.conf.tail file, see the man page for resolv.conf for more.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comm...
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30948
1
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2011-03-18T18:01:02.737
7
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<p>Basically I'm looking for a way to mimic Windows' ReadyBoost.</p> <p>I asked <a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/9508/linux-equivalent-to-readyboost">this question</a> on Unix.SE to get an idea of whether this was even possible and it seems like it is. Appparently there is a <code>cachefs</code> files...
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2017-04-13T12:37:16.607
2012-03-01T20:06:50.257
Get flash drive to cache disk reads to primary partition
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Unfortunately, this is not currently possible. CacheFiles has only been implemented for NFS so far. Another upcoming possibility is CleanCache. Currently CleanCache only has two backends: one for xen tmem, and one for storing cached pages in compressed ram. Hopefully a third back...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Actually, it looks like it might be fairly easy. <code>apt-get install cachefilesd</code> and read the documentation.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-03-28T22:53:38.870", "id": "36423", "postId": "31001...
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2011-03-18T19:46:39.967
2
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<p>I have many cursor themes on my system that don't show up in GNOME's list of themes, yet work fine in other desktop environments (XFCE, LXDE, KDE, etc). What can I do to get these to show up? . Is there some way to fix this?</p>
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2011-03-18T20:15:26.873
2011-03-20T20:48:42.980
Why don't some cursor themes show up in GNOME?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I still can't find a fix, but I have a feeling this one won't get far as a bug report in GNOME (it seems to be related to older themes or something, and GNOME is wierd).</p>\n\n<p>So, in light of that, here is the solution I found (not perfect, but at least I can use the theme I want...
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30961
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2011-03-18T20:15:03.707
2
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/26471/usb-3-0-card-not-recognized">USB 3.0 card not recognized</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have fresh install of Ubuntu 10.10. I have external HD on USB 3.0. Trying to connect this via PCI Express NEC controller. <...
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2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-03-18T22:05:29.703
NEC Corporation uPD720200 USB 3.0 controller doesn't run at full speed
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2011-03-20T16:15:39.843
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30962
1
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2011-03-18T20:16:44.367
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<p>Anyone have good business card creation software? </p> <p>I found this good solutions for the creation of business cards; gLabels, inkscape and Libreoffice. But are they the only solutions? </p> <ul> <li><a href="http://blog.worldlabel.com/2009/business-card-tutorial-in-inkscapeorg.html" rel="nofollow">Printing La...
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235
2012-11-25T18:46:52.140
2019-07-12T16:13:02.127
Good business card creation software?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There are other options, I use scribus with the pdfjam utility and Latex, the master page feature of scribus lends itself well to this kind of thing. </p>\n\n<p>Usually when you create business cards you want multiple cards to appear on a single sheet for printing but you want to wor...
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30964
1
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2011-03-18T21:34:46.493
2
664
<p>I've recently discovered of a boot problem Ubuntu has with my laptop. I have successfully installed Ubuntu on two other computers, and I've never experienced this problem. What happens is, after the live boot CD loads, the screen goes completely blank. Although, I suspected that there was no problem booting, so I lo...
6579
6579
2011-03-18T22:48:20.210
2012-01-18T13:37:25.170
Ubuntu does not recognize my built-in monitor
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4
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try totally removing one of your cards, or disabling the build in if exists from your bios. When you see the picture of the keybord = a picture of a guy in the beggining press any key and try to load any available modules for your relevant graphic card (my wild guess is that ...
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2012-02-03T00:55:14.717
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30970
1
45827
2011-03-18T22:42:54.303
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<p>When I have dual displays set up, or when I am using Synergy to use one keyboard and mouse across two computers/screens, I can't seem to retain <kbd>F11</kbd> full screen mode for the top application when I mouse out of that screen. This applies to both the application and also to any Flash video that may be playing...
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2014-12-06T14:53:07.163
2014-12-06T14:53:07.163
How can I prevent an app from leaving full screen mode when I move the cursor to another display?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I don't know if this hack helps, but I've set up short-cuts using System >> Preferences >> Keyboard Short-cuts with: <br>\n<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd> for desktop 1,<br> \n<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>F2</kbd> for desktop 2,<br> \n<kbd>CTRL</kbd>+<kbd>F3</kbd> for desktop 3,<br> \n<kbd>CTR...
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30975
1
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2011-03-18T23:18:10.483
2
3802
<p>My aim is to Install the Ubuntu 10.04 desktop version on a remote machine using PXE-BOOT. I'm trying to apply the steps given in <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-a-pxe-install-server-on-ubuntu-9.10-p3" rel="nofollow">PXE-BOOT for Ubuntu 9.10</a> . (I know this is for 9.10).</p> <p>In "Step 8. Setting ...
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18887
2012-02-24T01:20:22.753
2012-02-24T01:20:22.753
How to PXE-boot from Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop edition?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It exists on the server CD and on the alternate CD. But not on the desktop version ^^</p>\n\n<p>thi s is an interesting link to get a PXE working : <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1606910\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1606910</...
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user12634
30978
1
30981
2011-03-18T23:41:13.277
3
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<p>Is the terminals output (i.e. not commands) history hiding somewhere that lets me do something like.. </p> <pre><code>grep "foo foo \d{5}" ~/.terminal </code></pre> <p>I'm aware I can simply pipe stuff to grep, or save it to a file rather than putting it in the terminal. It's just that sometimes I've had a program...
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2011-03-19T00:09:37.473
Is there a way to grep the gnome-terminals history?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The output is not stored in any files, no. But you can use the <code>script</code> command to record a terminal session. Just run</p>\n\n<pre><code>script\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then run your commands as usual. When you type <code>exit</code>, you will exit the script program. All inpu...
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30982
1
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2011-03-19T00:34:42.670
3
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<p>When I upload a file in Chrome, Chrome only remembers the PARENT folder when I continue with a next file. I need to upload dozens of files in the same folder, so this gets very time-consuming. </p> <p>Example:</p> <p>I click on BROWSE in a form, go to <code>/home/user/Desktop</code> and select a file. I click on a...
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2011-10-26T16:00:37.867
2011-10-26T16:00:37.867
Remember folder location in Chrome
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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user6019
30986
1
30989
2011-03-19T02:47:39.447
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<p>In order to look at changelogs for recently updated applications, I use Synaptic. Is there a way for me to get specific application changelogs using the terminal?</p>
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2011-05-02T13:25:56.183
2011-05-02T13:25:56.183
Can I get application changelogs using the terminal?
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30988
1
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2011-03-19T03:04:49.607
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<p>Is there a way to set the gnome-terminal title from within the terminal itself without having to right click on the tab. Something like:</p> <pre><code>active-terminal --title "Foo" </code></pre> <p>There was a related question previously with an answer that almost lets you do this: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:38.027
2019-04-29T15:20:06.467
How do you set the title of the active gnome-terminal from the command line?
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[ { "creationDate": "2019-09-09T17:31:16.767", "id": "1956375", "postId": "30988", "score": "0", "text": "There appears to be a long-standing bug that affects this functionality in current versions of Ubuntu. See [here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1110166/ubuntu-18-10-how-to-rename-current-ter...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The following will set the terminal's title to \"New terminal title\":</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo -en \"\\033]0;New terminal title\\a\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You will probably also have to change the environment variable PS1, <strong>first</strong> though, otherwise your changes won't sho...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The following will set the terminal's title to \"New terminal title\":</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo -en \"\\033]0;New terminal title\\a\"\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You will probably also have to change the environment variable PS1, <strong>first</strong> though, otherwise your changes w...
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<p>I'm new to Ubuntu, it looks like it is better than Windows. Last day I tried to install Kget (the download manager) but during the process my computer suddenly stopped working. So I had to switch it off. After I logged into Ubuntu again I can't install any program. The Ubuntu Software Center says:</p> <pre><code>It...
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Fixing software center catalog
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open a terminal and try this command</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install -f\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It will fix all broken packages. after this you can install any s/w you want.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Open a terminal and try this command</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install -f\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>It will fix all broken packages. after this you can install any s/w you want.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentL...
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<p>I bought an <strong>Acer Laptop 5253-BZ893</strong> and i got Ubuntu 10.10 installed with no problem. </p> <p>The only problem i have is, that i get no network connection options, wired or wireless. I just get </p> <blockquote> <p>No Network Devices Available</p> </blockquote> <p>The computer came with Windows ...
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Network connection on an Acer Aspire 5253?
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[ { "creationDate": "2011-03-19T07:47:43.593", "id": "34975", "postId": "30995", "score": "0", "text": "Open a terminal and type `ifconfig` and post the output here", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4982" }, { "creationDate": "2011-03-23T03:58:37.263", "id": "35395", "p...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>well, you may be using the desktop edition. in ultimate edition you will be having both drivers installed on it. i used ubuntu 10.04 desktop and ultimate edition.but only wireless driver is missing in desktop. wired connection is working fine. in ultimate edition both are wo...
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