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<p>I would like to create a movie DVD that contains some pictures and small movies. I'm not after anything too fancy, just the ability to add some music, create a title screen and add a menu. Basically, something like <a href="http://explore.live.com/windows-live-movie-maker">Windows Movie Maker</a>. </p> <p>What woul...
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How do I create a movie DVD?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Another good alternative to Windows Movie Maker is <a href=\"http://www.openshotvideo.com/\">OpenShot</a> which has more features than pitivi but still manages to have a simple, easy to use interface. A good program for writing videos to DVD (With support for titles and menus) is <a ...
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<p>My server (running ubuntu 8.04LTS server) reports the time as 9:38PM BST right now. BST (British Summer Time) is 1 hour ahead of UTC (or Greenwich Mean Time if you really want to confuse matters)</p> <p>The act of parliament defines that we in the UK use BST for</p> <blockquote> <p>the period beginning at one o'...
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How can I use cron to schedule a script that implements daylight saving on a non- DST aware application when my server automatically uses DST?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The answer lies in the cron sources (which you can get by <code>apt-get source cron</code>),\nparticularly in the main loop at lines 159--272 of file <code>cron.c</code>.</p>\n\n<p><code>crond</code> sleeps for a minute, then wakes up and queries the\nsystem time, comparing it to its...
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2010-09-04T21:55:01.473
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<p>Often I need to create packages which another package depend on (i.e. build dependencies). Instead of having all those packages first being build in my ppa (which can sometimes take some time), I would like to use the results directory from pbuilder as a source for the pbuilder itself.</p> <p>How can I do this? Can...
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2010-10-11T04:21:48.030
How can I use local .deb files in my pbuilder builds?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can stick them in a simple repo created with dpkg-scanpackages and make that available via apache. Then update pbuilder's apt config to use your repo.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-04T22:01:30.303", "id": "3643", "...
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<p>Suddenly, the propriety Broadcom STA wireless driver ceased to work on my Inspiron 1525 Dell. All of a sudden, when I turned on the laptop the tooltip of the wireless indicator in the top panel shows <code>networking disabled</code>.</p> <p>This also cause the wired network interface not to work, unless I manually ...
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Proprietary BCM wireless driver ceased to work
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Look at the file <code>/var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state</code>. Very likely the attribute <code>NetworkingEnabled</code> or <code>WirelessEnabled</code> is set to false. </p>\n\n<p>Make sure the two lines show</p>\n\n<pre><code>NetworkingEnabled=true\nWirelessEnabled=tru...
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2010-09-04T22:34:24.267
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<p>I'm looking to stream my desktop live via a service such as ustream and having extreme difficulty in finding a solution.</p> <p>I've tried WebcamStudio and it could only use FME files which don't work with Ustream. </p>
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How can I stream my desktop via Ustream?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Steps:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install webcam studio ( <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcamstudio/files/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcamstudio/files/</a> )</li>\n<li>start <code>webcamstudio</code></li>\n<li>click <code>Sources</code> => <code>Desktop</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Steps:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install webcam studio ( <a href=\"http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcamstudio/files/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://sourceforge.net/projects/webcamstudio/files/</a> )</li>\n<li>start <code>webcamstudio</code></li>\n<li>click <code>Sources</code> => <code>D...
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<p>In order to allow php5.2 being used on lucid, I created a ppa (<a href="https://launchpad.net/~txwikinger/+archive/php5.2" rel="nofollow">ppa:txwikinger/php5.2</a>) and build several php5.2 packages there. In order to prefer those packages I have given instructions to pin them. However, the packages php5-mcrypt and ...
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2010-09-25T17:00:08.260
How can I make sure that pinning with apt-get is compatible with virtual packages?
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<p>I have a file that ends in .ts, which according to wikipedia is an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG_transport_stream">MPEG2 file</a>. I've never run into a file like this so I want it want the file to be in a more common format/container to use on multiple devices.</p>
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From looking at this <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=920606\">forums thread</a> I can make it into a matroska file, which I already use.</p>\n\n<pre><code> ffmpeg -i input.ts -vcodec copy -sameq -acodec copy -f matroska output.ts\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I was ...
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<p>The pen works great out of the box. Any idea how to get multi-touch working?</p> <p>Thanks!</p>
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2010-10-22T20:37:34.360
multi-touch support with fujitsu t900
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Multitouch is supposed to be better supported in Maverick...\n<a href=\"http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/455\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/455</a></p>\n\n<p>Maybe you just have to wait, or if you can't, install the Beta :-)</p>\n", "c...
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<p>I have Ubuntu 10.04 server currently setup with dhcp3-server as well as a bridged interface (br0) for use with virtual machines. The problem I have is that when the server reboots, dhcp3-server fails to load because of the extra delay caused by bringing up the bridged interface.</p> <p>Essentially br0 doesn't have ...
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How can I start DHCP3-server later, so that it waits for a bridge interface to initialise before loading?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>One solution is to tell the dhcp-server not to start automatically and then add the following two lines to you <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code> file for you bridge definition</p>\n\n<pre><code>post-up /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start\npre-down /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server stop\n</code>...
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2010-09-05T08:09:03.153
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<p>I want to do iPhone tethering using MyWi, I can see the network it creates but I just can't join. Having WEP security on would throw me into the passphrase input again and leaving it unprotected doesn't connect.</p>
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2010-10-15T16:14:31.193
2010-10-15T16:14:31.193
Can't join wifi ad hoc network created by MyWi
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2010-09-05T10:30:11.750
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<p>I run Ubuntu 10.04 on an EEEPC with a <strong>4GB fast SSD</strong> set as the / partition, and a <strong>16GB slower SSD</strong> set as the /home partition. I keep running out of space on "/", and can no longer install the latest updates, or new apps.</p> <p>How can I better manage the partitions to avoid this pr...
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2010-09-05T11:48:45.070
Partition advice, how can I stop running out of space on "/" partition?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>On my old EEE701 with 4Gb, I found that Synaptic keeps all old deb files after downloading them in /var/cache/apt/archives. If you set this to clear out after download, you might find that 4Gb is enough on its own.</p>\n\n<p>In Synaptic, go to settings/preferences, choose th...
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/49869/how-to-roll-back-ubuntu-to-a-previous-version">How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Is it at all possible to downgrade from one version of Ubuntu to a previous version with...
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Downgrade from one version to a previous version?
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2010-09-05T12:18:54.390
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<p>I'd like to map </p> <ul> <li><p><kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>UpArrow</kbd> to <kbd>PageUp</kbd></p></li> <li><p><kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>DownArrow</kbd> to <kbd>PageDown</kbd></p></li> <li><p><kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd> to <kbd>Home</kbd></p></li> <li><p><kbd>Super</kbd> + <kbd>Right</kbd> to <kbd>End</kbd> </p><...
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2011-10-27T18:42:07.367
2011-10-27T18:42:42.220
How can I map Super + UpArrow to PageUp?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've tried something similar using xmodmap and its cognates and didn't succeed. Try <code>xbindkeys</code> in conjunction with <code>xdotool</code>. This is what I put in <code>~/.xbindkeysrc</code> to bind numeric keypad 1 and 2 to <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>PageUp</kbd> and <kbd>...
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<p>After installing Ubuntu 10.04 I had some flickering issues, so I tried upgrading drivers and such, then I installed the <code>fglrx</code> driver and the flickering have gone away but when trying to access the TTY screens from 1-6 the screen goes blank. I'm able to get back in to gnome on tty7.</p> <p>any one have ...
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2010-09-06T22:05:53.553
2013-09-02T17:43:45.230
Black tty 1-6 screens
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I know this thread has been dead for quite a while now, but the problem may still exist for some of you, as it did for me until some moments ago.\nHere is how to get your tty-consoles back if you just get black screens after hitting <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>F1</kbd> to <kb...
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2010-09-05T15:49:29.330
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<p>I've just upgraded to Maverick 10.10 beta and notice heavy performance penalty on my Nvidia GT240 card. Will it be fixed for release?</p> <p>EDIT:For me, 260.19.12 fixes all bugs. Perfomance &amp; stability now perfect!</p>
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Nvidia proprietary driver performance in 10.10
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>For those that don't know the specifics, the driver version is the recently-released <code>256.53</code>. This was released in a rush after the previous version turned out to be a huge performance slug in certain situations.</p>\n\n<p>However, there are still lots and lots of people ...
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2010-09-05T15:50:18.533
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<p>I just updated to the Maverick beta (actually it's a fresh install, and not an upgrade of 10.04). But now "Ubuntu One" doesn't show up in my me-menu thing. In addition, when I go to Ubuntu One from System->Preferences and attempt to log in from there it will sometimes look like it works, but other times it won't d...
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2010-09-05T16:13:53.803
2011-02-28T00:56:18.263
How to troubleshoot Ubuntu One in Maverick beta?
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2010-09-05T17:01:37.863
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<p>I use Ubuntu 10.04 and I see, that every time when I start it enables Wireless Connectivity.<br> I know, that there is a topic about it on Ubuntu forums, but I think I will get old before I get an answer there (if there is one). </p> <p>I would like to disable it by default, but to have possibility to enable or dis...
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Disable wireless on startup
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2010-09-05T17:08:34.333
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<p>Does anybody know of any resources that can show me how to make my own "Dropbox, Ubuntu One" server at home?</p> <p>I really like the idea of these services, but I don't want to put my 'stuff' in the clouds. Ideally, it should have a client that runs on Linux and Windows.</p> <p>I tried to setup iFolder on my Ubun...
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How to make my own Dropbox / Ubuntu One server at home?
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2010-09-05T19:57:11.670
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<p>Is Flock browser available in Ubuntu 10.4. If so how do I download in command line. Is it perhaps:</p> <p>sudo apt get Flock browser</p> <p>Not sure, will appreciate some help. Thnxs</p>
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Download Flock browser in command line
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is probably not available in the core repositories:</p>\n\n<pre><code>apt-cache search flock\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>returns nothing like that on an Ubuntu system.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-05T20:34:46.223", "id": "3697"...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It is probably not available in the core repositories:</p>\n\n<pre><code>apt-cache search flock\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>returns nothing like that on an Ubuntu system.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-05T20:34:46.223", ...
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3698
2010-09-05T20:32:56.013
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<p>I'm currently (for some days now) having the problem, that my Ubuntu clock runs too fast. and by too fast I mean like: last time I adjusted it was at 4 PM, now (10:25 PM) it shows 10:57 PM ! Any ideas how to fix that?</p> <p>Could it have something to do with handbrake? (I'm currently ripping my DVD collection, so h...
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2021-05-16T11:14:00.357
2021-05-16T11:14:00.357
Clock running too fast
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Maybe your CMOS battery is getting empty (the battery on the motherboard itself).</p>\n\n<p>You can hit <code>F1</code> (or <code>DEL</code> according to you motherboard) at the first seconds during pc starup to enter BIOS. </p>\n\n<p>in the BIOS you can check the hardware clock. </p...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Maybe your CMOS battery is getting empty (the battery on the motherboard itself).</p>\n\n<p>You can hit <code>F1</code> (or <code>DEL</code> according to you motherboard) at the first seconds during pc starup to enter BIOS. </p>\n\n<p>in the BIOS you can check the hardware cl...
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2010-09-05T21:14:45.597
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<p>I have been moving toward Ubuntu from a long time Windows development background. The one program I cannot seem to do without is a graphic editor. I have seen recommendations for programs, but they turn out to be directed at children or tailored to working with personal photographs.</p> <p>I am looking for somethin...
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2011-04-27T10:18:12.317
2020-05-22T02:42:35.590
Alternative to Photoshop or Paint.NET
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.gimp.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">GIMP</a> (<a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gimp\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">install</a>) should do the job.</p>\n\n<p>Many people I know complained that GIMP has an awkward and unintuitive user interface, but hopefully y...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.gimp.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">GIMP</a> (<a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/gimp\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">install</a>) should do the job.</p>\n\n<p>Many people I know complained that GIMP has an awkward and unintuitive user interface, but hop...
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2010-09-05T22:14:49.670
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<p>How do I install fonts on Ubuntu Linux? I need them to be available in gimp.</p>
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How do I install fonts?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Many fonts are packaged for Ubuntu and available via the \"Fonts\" category of the Ubuntu Software Center. If you prefer <code>apt-get</code>, search for packages starting with <em>otf-</em> or <em>ttf-</em>.</p>\n\n<p>Font files that are placed in the hidden <code>.fonts</code> dire...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Copy the fonts to <code>/usr/local/share/fonts</code> or a subfolder (such as <code>/usr/local/share/fonts/TTF</code>) and then run <code>sudo fc-cache -fv</code>. There are some graphical programs you can install to make this easier, but I've never felt the need to try any o...
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2010-09-05T22:19:50.707
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<p>I have an Archos 605 media player that seems to have become corrupted, so I'm trying to run fsck on it. It mounts as a FAT32 hard drive, so I ran </p> <blockquote> <p>sudo dosfsck -a</p> </blockquote> <p>and this is what I got:</p> <blockquote> <p>dosfsck 3.0.7, 24 Dec 2009, FAT32, LFN There are differences...
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dosfsck "Unable to create unique name"
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>it sounds like the partition table is screwed up. </p>\n\n<p>Fortunately there is a good linux tool to get it back working\n<br />\n<a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestDisk\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TestDisk</a> </p>\n\n<p><code>sudo apt-get install testd...
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2010-09-05T22:50:09.967
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<p>I run ubuntu on my macbook pro, with nvidia proprietary driver.</p> <p>I've made a little hack script <a href="http://www.coldcode.net/2010/05/nvidia-auto-display.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coldcode.net/2010/05/nvidia-auto-display.html</a> which detects the presence/absence of an external monitor and switches ...
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2010-11-05T09:51:46.197
Automatically change resolution when connecting an external monitor, nvidia driver
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've found that running <code>gnome-display-properties</code> (on 10.04 at least) will automatically detect and configure my resolution based on the monitors I have connected at the moment. Then I can simply dismiss it (using the 'Close' button, 'Apply' works also but requir...
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2010-09-05T23:19:06.313
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<p>Recently the network manager applet has been crashing immediately after startup and only at startup. It remains stable throughout the rest of the day. How would I begin to discover what the issue is? There must be a general method of attack on a problem like this. Normally I would try running the program from the...
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2010-09-06T21:40:21.910
How to troubleshoot/bug report a problem that only appears right after startup?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You might want to look into <code>~/.xsession-errors</code> for relevant error messages.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "2010-09-06T15:21:16.563", "id": "3740",...
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2010-09-05T23:41:32.133
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<p>When I start <a href="http://www.bluetile.org/" rel="nofollow">bluetile</a> it replaces the current theme of the window manager. How can I keep the current theme and settings, and still use bluetile?</p>
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2010-09-06T00:13:35.480
How can I stop bluetile from changing the window manager theme?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If I'm reading the bluetile site properly, it is a window manager itself, so when you load it, it replaces your window manager, which is where your theme is coming from. If you watch the video he explains the theme, the buttons have been modified to fit in with the tiling as...
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2010-09-06T03:10:03.977
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<p>I often use a USB mouse and my laptop's pointing stick at the same time. I can adjust the sensitivity in Mouse Preferences, but the sensitivities of the two mice are so different that I cannot find a compromise setting.</p> <p>Is there a way to specify a different sensitivity setting for each mouse?</p>
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2014-06-10T08:43:57.667
2014-06-10T08:43:57.667
How can I set different sensitivities for two mice at the same time?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/man1/xinput.1.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>xinput</strong></a> to set the sensitivities/accels for the mice.</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ xinput list\n⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]\n⎜ ...
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2010-09-06T10:00:32.177
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<p>The title explains it already...</p>
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2011-04-07T11:12:52.483
2011-04-07T11:12:52.483
From the time Ubuntu font is released, how long will it take for major websites(facebook, yahoo, google etc.) to support it?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-06T10:07:13.593", "id": "3733", "postId": "3727", "score": "0", "text": "Sorry, the title doesn't really explain anything. What font are you talking about? And what do you mean by \"support\"? What do you envisage these websites doing with it?", "userDisplayName": ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The font is supported on any website that uses generic font families - serif, sans and mono. If you want the Ubuntu font to be used, you will need to set the default sans font (the Ubuntu font will be a sans font I think) in your browser options to the Ubuntu font. You could even set...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Since most websites only use the most standard fonts, the answer is: Probably never.</p>\n\n<p>But seriously... :)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-07T11:36:06.590", "id": "37861", "postId": "3739", ...
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2010-09-06T22:54:13.227
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2010-09-06T12:13:48.893
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<p>Firefox 3.6.8 on Ubuntu 9.10; using TreeStyleTab 0.10.2010040201.</p> <p>I use the tab-bar on the right, and I would like to see more of the tab names without widening the bar. The default font used is Sans, I believe; I would like to use something like condensed DejaVu Sans. I haven't found anything in the setting...
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2010-09-06T23:10:59.730
2010-10-10T21:17:20.913
Change font used in the tab-bar of TreeStyleTab
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can tweak firefox UI fonts, colors etc by editing the userchrome.css file. The process is explained with a long list of snippets for \"common\" tweaks <a href=\"http://www.linnhe2.free-online.co.uk/firefox/chrome.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>. Or if u just want to twea...
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2010-09-06T12:50:43.740
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<p>I'm having trouble getting a cheap LCD 18.5 inch monitor to work properly with Ubuntu 10.04.1. The brand is "Great Wall". It's supposed to have resolution 1366x768, but I can only set it as 1360x768.</p> <p>I have Ubuntu installed on an external hard drive, and for what it's worth, at work I have a nicer 18.5 inch ...
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2010-09-07T12:16:25.560
2010-09-07T12:23:17.117
Monitor resolution 1366 x 768, with bad EDID detected
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well, this will teach me to actually spend appropriate money on monitors...</p>\n\n<p>This \"Elcheapo\" Great Wall monitor (obviously made in China) just \"says\" that it can do 1366x768... What it actually does is simply accept higher resolutions, and downscale everything to 1280x76...
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2010-09-06T15:54:48.410
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<p>I've just sorted out the tearing in videos on my PC following this guide:</p> <p><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1390284" rel="nofollow">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1390284</a></p> <p>However before this i had a wonderfully performing cube, Nice smooth and no/very little tearing (at ...
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2010-10-21T14:01:37.603
Video tearing sorted now Low cube performance
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The original questioner's comment on nate8nate's answer confirms that Ubuntu \"10.10 with the new 260 Nvidia graphics driver\" fixes the problems.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate": "201...
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2010-09-06T16:56:36.163
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<p>I want to add a directory to search my search path. I know I have to modify the <code>PATH</code> environment variable. However, I want the change to be permanent, so that it is always in effect, for every Terminal (bash) window I open.</p> <p>There is an overload of confusing and possibly conflicting information i...
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2021-09-21T09:09:40.317
How do I modify my PATH so that the changes are available in every Terminal session
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The following command adds a path to your current path:</p>\n\n<pre><code>export PATH=$PATH:/my/custom/path\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>If you want your setup to execute this command every time, there are a number of places where you can put it. When you login, the following scripts will be...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I got it to work by modifying <code>~/.profile</code></p>\n\n<p>It looks like adding ~/bin to my path was a bad example, as there is already code in ~/.profile to do that automatically, if the directory exists.</p>\n\n<p>To add the usr/local/foo directory to my path for every...
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2010-09-06T17:39:50.920
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<p>I'm having a Dell Inspiron 1525. Suspend and resume were working correctly.</p> <p>All of a sudden, when I click the <code>suspend</code> menu option the system doesn't get suspended. Instead, it is being locked. Viewing <code>dmesg</code> output reveals</p> <pre><code>[48214.876143] sky2 eth0: disabling interface...
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2013-03-03T17:13:00.277
suspend doesn't work on Dell Inspiron 1525
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The line</p>\n\n<p>PM: Device 6-2 failed to suspend: error -5</p>\n\n<p>suggests that there is a problem with suspending with that device. You can find out what is on Bus 6.2 by doing lsusb and looking at that.\nIf the problem persists, file a bug report with \"ubuntu-bug linux\"</p>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The line</p>\n\n<p>PM: Device 6-2 failed to suspend: error -5</p>\n\n<p>suggests that there is a problem with suspending with that device. You can find out what is on Bus 6.2 by doing lsusb and looking at that.\nIf the problem persists, file a bug report with \"ubuntu-bug lin...
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2010-09-06T17:48:22.510
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<p>I've always used my Ubuntu desktop behind the security of a router with NAT, but there have been a few times when I've had to plug it directly into an active cable modem.</p> <p>In general, what precautions I should be taking in situations when my computer is exposed to the internet like this for extended periods o...
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2010-10-27T22:54:52.567
2010-10-27T22:54:52.567
What precautions should I take when exposing my desktop directly to the internet?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A standard ubuntu install should not activate network services that are accessible via the internet.</p>\n\n<p>You can check via (for tcp):</p>\n\n<pre><code>netstat -lntp\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Similar for udp, but udp does not distinguish between ports opened for listening or sending...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think that you need to look into iptables.</p>\n\n<p>iptables is the firewall that is installed, by default, in Ubuntu. There is a <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo\" rel=\"nofollow\">HowTo here</a>. If you are not command line fluent then you may fi...
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2010-09-06T18:55:47.307
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<p>Not sure if it is possible, but i seem to remember from my old days using AIX it was possible to change my path by just saying which part of the path needed to be replaced by something else. For instance, say i have two paths:</p> <pre><code>/etc/application-2.0.1/options/default </code></pre> <p>and</p> <pre><co...
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2020-12-20T06:16:49.353
change directory (cd) but by replacing a part of the path only
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you use <a href=\"http://www.zsh.org/\">zsh</a> as shell you can just enter <code>cd 1.0.8 2.0.1</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-10T07:43:16.237", "id": "3975", "postId": "3769", "score": "0", "tex...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you are a vi fan you could enable the vi mode in your shell (bash set -o vi for example) and use the command mode of vi ...</p>\n\n<p>Or you could do crazy history expansion (tested in zsh, perhaps in bash as well):</p>\n\n<pre><code>$ cd /etc/application-1.0.8/options/def...
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2010-09-06T19:57:51.157
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<p>I've been attempting for quite a long time to get a Serial 3M Touchscreen to work on Ubuntu 10.04.</p> <p>The closest post I could find to what I needed was this one: <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1508944&amp;highlight=3m+touchscreen" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...
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2021-11-21T08:04:30.100
Setting up a 3M Serial Touchscreen
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>On maverick,add this PPA and try </p>\n\n<p><code>ppa:utouch-team/utouch</code></p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-12T06:29:38.393", "id": "4081", "postId": "4047", "score": "0", "text": ...
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2010-09-06T23:11:13.503
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<p>I really like some of my shortcuts but I find at times there are other ways I would like to invoke the same shortcut.</p> <p>For example: </p> <p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Left</kbd>/<kbd>Right</kbd> </p> <p>Switches workspaces left/right respectively. </p> <p>I want a mouse click to perform this ...
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2011-10-27T18:43:40.767
2011-10-27T18:43:40.767
Multiple shortcuts for same functionality
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you are using Compiz (chances are that you are) you can install <em>Advanced Desktop Effects Settings (ccsm)</em>, either from the Software Center or from the command line</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now go to System-> ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you are using Compiz (chances are that you are) you can install <em>Advanced Desktop Effects Settings (ccsm)</em>, either from the Software Center or from the command line</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Now go to S...
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2010-09-07T04:04:29.357
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/10998/what-is-a-good-text-editor-for-developing-code-on">What is a good text editor for developing code on?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm trying to find a text editor that I can use for doing Ruby on Rails developm...
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Good text editor for Ruby on Rails programming?
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2010-09-07T05:27:33.063
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<p>I've been using an HP Pavillion dv4-1430us laptop with Ubuntu 10.04 installed on it. I want to use the IR6 remote control that comes with the laptop on my Ubuntu. However, I've failed to do so after several attempts.</p> <p>Could anyone please let me know about the complete and detailed procedure to get the remote ...
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2013-06-23T05:17:01.400
2017-06-06T07:49:05.683
How to make HP IR6 remote control work?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Here's what worked on my HP-2140us:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install the \"Infrared Remote Control\" app from the software center</li>\n<li>If you haven't installed lirc before, you'll get a config screen; if the install completes without one, open a terminal and type <code>sudo dpkg...
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Pawan
3781
1
4209
2010-09-07T06:48:26.477
7
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<p>I have a PXE server at home for doing <a href="http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/">network-based installs</a>, which uses the text-based alternate installer.</p> <p>However in 10.10 the Ubiquity (aka graphical) installer has some really nice features; like installing in the background while I fill out my user infor...
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2010-09-15T16:45:08.267
Does Ubiquity support installing via PXE?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to export the live filesystem over NFS, and set the NETBOOT and NFSROOT kernel command line parameters.</p>\n\n<p>See <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/LocalNet\" rel=\"nofollow\">this help document</a> (under \"A variation\") for the full details.</p>...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The trick is to load a minimal system with NFS-Support. This system can start the graphical installer. <a href=\"http://www.digitalpeer.com/id/linuxnfs\" rel=\"nofollow\">This hotwo</a> should help setting this up.</p>\n\n<p>If you like experimenting around with pxe I recomme...
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3782
1
3784
2010-09-07T07:04:24.197
20
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<p>It is time for a new cell phone and I am facing the difficult question: which one? I would like to get a smartphone and am now browsing around the web to see which smartphone provides the best support for Ubuntu and can synchronizes best with Ubuntu.</p> <p>Any tips, info and experience to share?</p>
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2014-02-23T00:04:23.580
2014-02-23T00:04:23.580
Smartphones and Ubuntu
[ "smartphone" ]
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have an Android device (Motorola Milestone, called \"Droid\" in the US) that works great with Ubuntu... but you actually don't need to \"sync\" it, since the purpose of Android is to sync with your Google account.\n Then I have my Thunderbird + Lightning synced with my Google mail/...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have an Android device (Motorola Milestone, called \"Droid\" in the US) that works great with Ubuntu... but you actually don't need to \"sync\" it, since the purpose of Android is to sync with your Google account.\n Then I have my Thunderbird + Lightning synced with my Goog...
2010-09-09T04:15:21.060
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2014-02-23T12:12:44.703
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3796
1
3801
2010-09-07T11:59:00.470
8
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<p>Just took a look at the memory usage (with <code>free -m</code>) on one of my Ubuntu servers and saw this:</p> <pre><code> total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 751 624 127 0 256 236 -/+ buffers/cache: 131 619 Swap:...
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2010-09-07T13:28:32.320
In regards to memory usage, what are buffers?
[ "memory" ]
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>The developers of the linux memory management have a <a href=\"http://linux-mm.org/Low_On_Memory\" rel=\"noreferrer\">short technical description</a> of it (look for the \"Buffer Cache\" topic).</li>\n<li>Buffers that aren't needed at the moment can make way for more urgent me...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ol>\n<li>The developers of the linux memory management have a <a href=\"http://linux-mm.org/Low_On_Memory\" rel=\"noreferrer\">short technical description</a> of it (look for the \"Buffer Cache\" topic).</li>\n<li>Buffers that aren't needed at the moment can make way for more u...
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3804
1
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2010-09-07T13:46:21.933
2
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<p>It is possible with other distros! If so, how do you do it?</p>
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2022-03-16T09:50:20.217
2022-03-16T09:50:44.710
Can you install Ubuntu from a liveCD via vnc or similar?
[ "system-installation", "vnc", "live-cd" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-07T15:54:05.993", "id": "3806", "postId": "3804", "score": "0", "text": "What other distros is this possible with?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1743" }, { "creationDate": "2010-09-07T18:47:34.510", "id": "3812", "postId": "3804", "s...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The only thing that I can think of is booting to the liveCD environment, bring up a VPN server like <a href=\"http://www.karlrunge.com/x11vnc/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">x11vnc</a>, connect remotely, then manage the install.</p>\n<p>I'm confused though what advantage this ...
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3805
1
3827
2010-09-07T14:11:41.460
11
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<p>I have setup some applications to startup on each login (e.g., redshift-gtk, gtg) automatically but after adding these to startup applications (<code>System -&gt; Preferences -&gt; Startup Applications</code>) obviously the time taken to login has increased. Due to all this the time it takes for my panels, desktop e...
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2012-08-18T06:26:12.697
2012-08-18T06:26:12.697
How can I reduce the time taken to login by postponing/delaying some startup applications?
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The number of seconds needed to wait for your desktop to load is arbitrary and can change depending on the situation. Instead of <code>sleep</code>, try using the following to run startup applications as soon as the system load has declined:</p>\n\n<p>(Edit: Added koushik's suggestio...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Use the 'sleep' command.</p>\n\n<p>In System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications, edit the command for the programs you want to delay to:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sleep 10 &amp;&amp; COMMAND\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Replace 10 with the number of seconds you want it to wait and COMMAN...
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3807
1
3808
2010-09-07T14:32:40.767
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<p>I'm trying to set <strong>Network Proxy</strong> to use my LAN's internet connection to update packages. while the proxy settings works on my <strong>firefox</strong>, but the package manager still cannot connect to Internet. I have set proxy in <code>System &gt;&gt; Preferences &gt;&gt; Network Proxy</code> and I h...
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2011-06-03T22:16:38.763
2015-07-17T14:18:28.717
How to check if Network Proxy is really applied?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all make sure you click on \"Apply system-wide...\" whenever you change proxy settings in the gnome-network-properties (<code>System -&gt; Preferences -&gt; Network Proxy</code>). This sets http_proxy and related environment variables. This should be available to all program...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all make sure you click on \"Apply system-wide...\" whenever you change proxy settings in the gnome-network-properties (<code>System -&gt; Preferences -&gt; Network Proxy</code>). This sets http_proxy and related environment variables. This should be available to all...
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3815
1
3816
2010-09-07T17:10:37.673
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<p>Is there any links/tutorials/videos that helps me share files between Ubuntu and Mac OSX?</p>
2011
3037
2011-01-03T13:31:25.133
2023-10-23T18:42:35.777
How to share files between Ubuntu and OSX?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A bit of Google-fu found <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20100719220308/http://blog.ibd.com/sysadmin/bonjour-avahi-netatalk-to-share-files-files-between-ubuntu-10-4-mac-os-x/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">a guide</a> for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) and Mac OS X. I haven't got a Mac han...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A bit of Google-fu found <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20100719220308/http://blog.ibd.com/sysadmin/bonjour-avahi-netatalk-to-share-files-files-between-ubuntu-10-4-mac-os-x/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">a guide</a> for Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) and Mac OS X. I haven't got a...
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3817
1
10720
2010-09-07T18:40:26.567
3
1186
<p>I have this issue where the entire text in text boxes is selected whilst I'm typing in it. For example, in FireFox search box I'd try to type "foo" but end up with "o" because I managed to type "fo" before everything was selected, and then typed "o" which replaced the "fo".</p> <p>When it happens, it is incessant -...
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1933
2010-10-25T17:58:08.210
2011-02-22T13:09:23.940
Text box select issue
[ "firefox" ]
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2011-02-22T13:10:42.610", "id": "30416", "postId": "3817", "score": "0", "text": "same here. Very very annoying. Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop. Ubuntu 10.10. Latest firefox 3.6.13. It happens on text input fields and search bar.", "userDisplayName": "user11281", "userId": ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This has also been reported as a bug at <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/641300\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/641300</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 2.5", "creationDate":...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Do you have a touchpad? Without any more information given here, the most likely case in my experience is inadvertent events by the touchpad since it notices not only touches but also close proximity movements. However, due to the lack of information, this is just a guess.</p...
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3818
1
3897
2010-09-07T18:43:44.220
16
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<p>I have just started at sixth form college, and I'm going to take a Computing A-level. I have been informed all the programming in the first year is in VB.NET on Windows (I believe you are allowed more freedom in the second year...)</p> <p>I do have a Windows XP partition and you can download Visual Basic Express Ed...
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2017-02-12T21:26:51.437
VB.NET programming in Ubuntu
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-11-11T17:35:50.680", "id": "13250", "postId": "3818", "score": "1", "text": "I just want to say I loved developing with VB.net, and it was one of my favorite languages to learn. Unfortunately, by the time I started learning VB.net I had already taken classes in C++ and Ja...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It really depends on your syllabus.</p>\n\n<p>Mono does have VB.NET language support but the framework is somewhat different in places and I'd predict that as much of your work will be about the .NET framework as it is the core language. It might not be as it sounds like it's...
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3830
1
3831
2010-09-07T20:27:39.003
4
1791
<p>I need to connect to a specific wireless network before being able to successfully connect to my user account, since it needs access to a secured LDAP server.</p> <p>The same applies when I am outside of the office, where I need to connect to a VPN before I can log in.</p>
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2010-09-07T20:29:52.733
How can I use NetworkManager in GDM?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Turns out it's pretty simple; just need to add a .desktop file in the directory:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>A quick way to do this is to copy the nm-applet.desktop file from /etc/xdg/autostart:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cp /etc/xdg/autostart/...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Turns out it's pretty simple; just need to add a .desktop file in the directory:</p>\n\n<pre><code>/usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>A quick way to do this is to copy the nm-applet.desktop file from /etc/xdg/autostart:</p>\n\n<pre><code>cp /etc/xdg/au...
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3832
1
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2010-09-07T20:36:15.490
10
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<p>I am tired of the envelope in the indicator applet (also known as the messages menu) because I don't use it so I would like to get rid of it but I don't have root access so I can't remove it by uninstalling the indicator-messages package. Is there another way to disable this applet?</p> <p>Doesn't the indicator app...
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2010-10-15T15:59:30.403
2014-10-09T13:45:26.947
How to remove envelope from Indicator applet without uninstalling the indicator-messages package?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1470786\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1470786</a> according to this you can go to karmic like applet by removing indicator-applet from panel and adding gnome-volume-control-applet in startup appl...
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3834
1
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2010-09-07T21:00:43.723
2
1212
<p>do you know any workaround for this very long lasting bug buried somewhere in kernel or in gnome-power-manager, please? Thanks in advance. See description:</p> <p><a href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579224" rel="nofollow">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579224</a></p>
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2011-10-13T13:34:36.587
Lenovo ThinkPads, brightness function keys make two steps instead of one, looking for workaround
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-15T16:12:39.600", "id": "4256", "postId": "3834", "score": "0", "text": "IIRC, this is the same problem as with volume buttons on some ThinkPads... the hardware *just does it* and then also sends out a signal saying the button's been pressed. Possibly you could unset ...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>as a workaround suggest the \"brightness\" applet in gnome</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-power-manager/stable/applets-general.html.en\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-power-manager/stable/applets-general.html.en</a></p>\n", ...
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2013-03-14T17:09:43.940
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3837
1
3839
2010-09-08T00:20:45.120
14
2709
<p>What are the chances that the Ubuntu Project will die if its primary source of funds are removed? In other words, how healthy are the finances of the Ubuntu sponsors Canonical? Is Ubuntu losing money?</p>
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41
2011-03-28T12:05:39.837
2012-10-05T00:17:07.690
Ubuntu finances and future of project
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Mark Shuttleworth started an Ubuntu Foundation with an initial funding committment of $10m. This trust that has the purpose of giving Ubuntu continuity should Canonical ever be dissolved.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.ubuntu.com/news/UbuntuFoundation\">Foundation annoucement</a></p>...
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2013-01-09T08:10:00.747
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1
3842
2010-09-08T01:53:52.750
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<p>Every time I reboot my machine the brightness goes back to 100% in Gnome. I wish it would keep the last setting. Is there anyway?</p>
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2011-12-31T20:33:21.493
2017-09-30T15:32:31.620
Desktop doesn't remember brightness settings after a reboot
[ "gnome", "brightness" ]
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5
CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is supposed to be configurable in the energy options, set the brightness to the desired level and it will always be used. If you use a laptop you will also need to configure the level for battery mode as well...</p>\n\n<p>I found that Gnome has some issues about lcd panel bright...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is supposed to be configurable in the energy options, set the brightness to the desired level and it will always be used. If you use a laptop you will also need to configure the level for battery mode as well...</p>\n\n<p>I found that Gnome has some issues about lcd pane...
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3850
1
3851
2010-09-08T10:29:08.313
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<p>I've had a few security problems with a server of mine, a few SSH users have been setting up fires aka giving problems.</p> <p>I would like to:</p> <ul> <li>Track user logins and logouts</li> <li>Track activity of these SSH, in order to discover any malicious activity</li> <li>Prevent users from deleting logs</li>...
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2010-10-15T15:58:49.513
2018-07-09T20:04:30.960
How can I audit users and access attempts to SSH on my server?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since we're talking about SSH servers, I will give you command line solutions.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Track user logins and logouts. That's easy, the file <code>/var/log/auth.log</code> should have this information.</p></li>\n<li><p>Track activity of those users: If they are fairly inno...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since we're talking about SSH servers, I will give you command line solutions.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>Track user logins and logouts. That's easy, the file <code>/var/log/auth.log</code> should have this information.</p></li>\n<li><p>Track activity of those users: If they are fai...
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3856
1
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2010-09-08T12:18:39.863
4
3603
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/2631/access-ubuntu-server-by-host-name">Access Ubuntu Server by host name</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>How can I configure Ubuntu server to report its hostname in such a way that typing <code>http://thehostname/</code...
1959
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:56.577
2010-09-09T08:03:36.730
How can I configure Ubuntu to report its hostname to windows?
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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0
2011-06-05T19:11:58.697
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3860
1
3862
2010-09-08T14:05:43.583
6
6944
<p>I have a particular service (in this case OpenFire) that runs at startup. When it starts, it attempts to connect to a database at a given hostname. At startup time it fails to connect to that database because it cannot find the host in DNS.</p> <p>My best guess is that this service is executing on startup before ...
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2010-09-08T17:15:23.193
2020-07-07T07:52:02.513
Auto-start service on bootup that depend on network
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0
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could look in <code>/etc/rc0.d</code> for the service; it will have <code>S##[name]</code>, for example, <code>S35networking</code>.</p>\n<p>So if you make it say <code>S36openfire</code> then it should load just after networking. Or make the number <code>99</code> (instead of <...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could look in <code>/etc/rc0.d</code> for the service; it will have <code>S##[name]</code>, for example, <code>S35networking</code>.</p>\n<p>So if you make it say <code>S36openfire</code> then it should load just after networking. Or make the number <code>99</code> (inst...
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3863
1
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2010-09-08T15:50:22.153
4
1192
<p>I want to set up an Ubuntu router with automatic fail-over to a 3G link. I can probably set up routing and link aggregation, but I don't know how to monitor link status and dial the 3G link in case it is down. Pointers to helpful resources greatly appreciated.</p>
2132
2132
2010-09-08T17:44:21.737
2010-09-09T09:41:53.340
Script to dial 3g link in case network is down?
[ "networking", "scripts", "monitoring" ]
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I'm not sure there's anything out there that could do this for you... However, you could, with a bit of scripting, a bit of Googling, cobble together a script that:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Every 10 minutes, pings google with a timeout of 2 seconds and only from your \"fixed\" connec...
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3865
1
3866
2010-09-08T19:11:46.623
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<p>I have a largish music collection and there are some duplicates in there. Is there any way to find duplicate files. At a minimum by doing a hash and seeing if two files have the same hash.</p> <p>Bonus points for also finding files with the same name apart from the extension - I think I have some songs with both mp...
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-1
2014-04-22T13:41:01.913
2023-10-24T16:17:23.090
How to find (and delete) duplicate files
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h2><a href=\"https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes#readme\" rel=\"noreferrer\">fdupes</a></h2>\n<p>I use <code>fdupes</code> for this. It is a commandline program which can be installed from the repositories with <code>sudo apt install fdupes</code>. You can call it like <code>fdu...
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3869
1
3962
2010-09-08T21:27:47.943
1
4111
<p>I have an Acer Aspire 4810T with ubuntu 10.04 installed on it. <code>Fn+F3</code> should turn on/off the internal bluetooth receiver. But it does nothing. The "bluetooth" menu in System > Preferences says "your computer does not have any bluetooth adapters plugged in". I have <code>bluez</code> and <code>bluez-utils...
702
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2010-09-08T21:37:15.810
2014-05-24T18:30:28.927
Laptop's Internal bluetooth not being recognised by ubuntu: how to diagnose the problem?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>First of all check if Bluetooth is turned on in BIOS.</p>\n\n<p>Make sure there are no any more switch to turn it on/off. Not with only Fn+F3</p>\n\n<p>Use <code>lsusb | grep -i bluetooth</code> to see if system recognises you BT device.</p>\n\n<p>p.s. Have you already used BT on thi...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>On my Inspiron 1420N, the bluetooth radio is, internally, a USB device and specifies that <em>in</em> it's complete USB ID.\nTry <code>lsusb | grep Bluetooth</code>, and if that doesn't return anything, try it lowercase. If <em>that</em> doesn't return anything, open a new t...
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3870
1
3896
2010-09-08T21:39:28.827
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<p>I downloaded the 64-bit ISO of Ubuntu, mounted it with Daemon Tools, and installed it on an WD 500 GB "My Passport" Hard Drive. I did this with the drive attached to my desktop machine. When I rebooted the desktop, it asked me if I wanted to boot into Ubuntu or not. Now, my thinking was "if I plug this drive into my...
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2014-08-05T05:05:40.737
2014-08-05T05:05:40.737
Moving Wubi Installed on an External Hard Drive to a Laptop
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2
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-10T11:43:45.403", "id": "3986", "postId": "3870", "score": "0", "text": "Since you mention you mounted via Daemon Tools, I assume you were running Windows and used the \"wubi installer\" to install it. Can you confirm ? If you are really not sure pls check the screensh...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Since you have installed Ubuntu while on your desktop as Wubi installation, I believe there will be no grub installed on the desktop harddrive. Wubi modifies the <em>vista bootloader</em> to provide a Ubuntu boot option. It does so by modifying the boot.ini in the vista partition.</p...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The boot-loader on your first machine was replaced with GRUB. The laptop still has the Vista Loader on it.</p>\n\n<p><code>grub-install</code> is probably the easiest way to get the boot record on the laptop changed to GRUB, but I'm intentionally not giving you details as you...
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1
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2010-09-08T22:02:57.003
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<p>Under Ubuntu 10.04 one of the problems which appeared is that USB devices would no longer automatically mount when plugged in. Normally I would get a pop up message asking what application I wanted to open the newly plugged in device with, however now that doesn't happen.</p> <p>This happens regardless of the way t...
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2010-09-15T16:24:47.357
2013-05-03T13:25:29.497
USB Storage Device Automount
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-09T00:38:59.867", "id": "3883", "postId": "3872", "score": "0", "text": "I'd start by looking whether there are log entries in `~/.xsession-errors`, `/var/log/daemon` or `/var/log/kern` when you attach a device...", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1116" }...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try in Nautilus → Edit → Preferences → Media</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-08T23:01:32.533", "id": "3876", "postId": "3874", "score": "0", "text": "All of them are set to \"ask what ...
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3886
2010-09-08T23:32:04.723
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<p>I would assume not as Preload is installed to use idle priority. Though I wonder if it is a duplication of efforts with other processes installed in Ubuntu. Does anyone have any more information?</p>
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2014-02-28T16:07:18.807
2014-02-28T16:07:18.807
Does Preload in conlict with other read-ahead type processes?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well I have been using preload for some years on all my ubuntu installations and never had any problems. And I'm quite prone to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/2194/\">tinkering</a> with the system.</p>\n\n<p>Even the launchpad preload <a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/u...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Well I have been using preload for some years on all my ubuntu installations and never had any problems. And I'm quite prone to <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/2194/\">tinkering</a> with the system.</p>\n\n<p>Even the launchpad preload <a href=\"https://bugs.launchp...
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2010-09-08T23:57:17.730
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<p>I have a bunch of bookmarks in my laptop, I know I can copy ~/.gtk-bookmarks to my desktop</p> <p>But i have to re-entry all the passwords for ftp, ssh, etc...</p> <p>Is there a way i could restore the bookmarks <strong>along</strong> with theirs respective passwords.</p> <p>My username/id is the same in both com...
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2010-09-09T03:22:55.403
Restore Gnome Bookmarks with passwords
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-09T03:14:56.473", "id": "3890", "postId": "3879", "score": "0", "text": "I think one is supposed to be able to use Gnome Keyring to handle all of those but after spending the better part of an afternoon trying to get it working, gave up. What documentation exists is li...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I believe these are stored in the Gnome Keyring with no technical connection to bookmarks. Try copying <code>~/.gnome2/keyrings</code> from your old home directory to restore the entire keyring.</p>\n\n<p>You can use Accessories -> Passwords and Encryption Keys afterwards to ...
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3880
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2010-09-09T00:45:20.070
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<p>I have a large music collection on an external drive, and until I installed ubuntu, my preferred music player was Itunes. I am currently using Rythymbox. Is there a program that is better for listening, loading onto Ipods, and general organization?</p>
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2012-01-16T02:54:31.117
2012-09-13T19:44:11.730
Best alternative of Itunes for the use of iPods
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CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-01-16T06:23:12.073", "id": "109656", "postId": "3880", "score": "0", "text": "The only solution to get everything working with my iPods is to use windows and iTunes. it's a bit sad but true...", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10698" }, { "creationDate...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's a question of personal preferences. I use both Rythmbox and Banshee and still don't know which one I like ;)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-09T03:08:57.167", "id": "3888", "postId": "3881", ...
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2010-09-09T01:40:38.333
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<p>Are there any tools, methods, incantations to recover recently deleted files on Ubuntu?</p> <p>If it makes any difference, I want to recover a <a href="http://keepass.info/">Keepass</a> 2.x database file. But would be better to have a method/tool that works on any kind of file.</p>
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2013-12-02T15:22:44.817
2021-05-04T12:02:59.603
How to recover deleted files?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try Scalpel</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install scalpel\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>for more info</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p><a href=\"http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man1/scalpel.1.html\">man scalpel</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": ...
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3899
1
3909
2010-09-09T05:27:19.827
5
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<p>I use <code>xinput</code> to <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3719/how-can-i-set-different-sensitivities-for-two-mice-at-the-same-time">change the settings of my USB mouse</a>:</p> <pre><code>xinput set-ptr-feedback 'USB Optical Mouse' 4 1 1 </code></pre> <p>How can I make these settings persistent after u...
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-1
2017-04-13T12:23:44.677
2012-02-26T18:40:28.273
How do I make xinput mouse settings persistent for a USB mouse?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could <code>cron</code> the command or add it to your startup but neither are particularly elegant. If I were you, I'd add this to my udev rules and let the system detect events and fire off the command when it needs to.</p>\n\n<p>First we need the mouse vendor and product string...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I can think of no other solution than starting a little daemon that\nperiodically polls <code>xinput --list</code> and runs a command when a device is\nplugged in or removed.</p>\n\n<p>Sample code:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#! /bin/sh -x\n#\n# xievd [INTERVAL]\n#\n# Poll `xinput` dev...
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2010-09-09T11:55:26.850
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<p>I've been doing my google-fu, but I can only find outdated guides or guides pertaining solely to the server variations of Ubuntu.</p> <p>I need to set it up so that ssh server is run on boot, so I can access the computer remotely without having to first physically log in on the host computer. How would I do that? I...
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2017-10-10T04:45:34.543
Start ssh server on boot
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4
CC BY-SA 2.5
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>This should do the trick..</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo update-rc.d ssh defaults\n</code></pre>\n\n<p><strong>EDIT:</strong>\nIf your network is configured with Network Manager then the connection will not be established until a user logs in through the GUI. For manually configurin...
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3915
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2010-09-09T12:12:27.457
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<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/4922/gui-twitter-clients-what-are-my-options">GUI Twitter clients: what are my options?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Can we get a list of Twitter clients that support Oauth going?</p> <p>Gnome:</p> <p><a href="http:...
646
-1
2017-04-13T12:25:03.100
2010-10-11T02:07:59.833
List of Twitter clients that support Oauth?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-09T23:17:29.117", "id": "3950", "postId": "3915", "score": "0", "text": "You don't need to link to the PPA version of gwibber, it's been fixed in Lucid.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If you don't insist on using free software - twhirl and TweetDeck (Adobe AIR apps) support Twitter's OAuth. Note that both of them support multiple accounts and can be used with status.net instances too.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "crea...
2010-09-09T12:12:27.457
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2010-09-09T14:25:40.863
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<p>I copied photos onto my notebook hard drive and got a warning of limited hard drive space...I continued to copy photos onto my hard dirve. I got a message that the space limit was reached an no more photos could be copied onto the hard drive.</p> <p>I restarted my notebook and the initial Ubuntu page could not load...
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2010-09-09T14:34:51.877
My computer does not want to start-up
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1
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li>Try a terminal Ctrl+alt+F1</li>\n<li>Boot with live CD</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>And delete files</p>\n", "commentCount": "9", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-09T14:38:50.190", "id": "3919", "postId": "3921", "score": "0", "text": "I dont...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<ul>\n<li>Try a terminal Ctrl+alt+F1</li>\n<li>Boot with live CD</li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>And delete files</p>\n", "commentCount": "9", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-09T14:38:50.190", "id": "3919", "postId": "3921", "score": "0",...
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1
3947
2010-09-09T15:49:10.150
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<p>I have a server that, as of the upgrade to 10.04, is now running the "ondemand" CPU scaling daemon. Why would it automatically install this? I don't want my server saving power at the expense of performance.</p>
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2017-04-11T08:34:12.523
2020-05-01T18:26:32.660
Disable "ondemand" CPU scaling daemon
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1>Ubuntu prior to 18.04</h1>\n<p>Instead of disabling execution of the <code>/etc/init.d/ondemand</code> (as suggested by George) script you should use the this command</p>\n<pre><code>sudo update-rc.d ondemand disable\n</code></pre>\n<p>To make the init system not start the script, t...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To make all CPUs run at maximum performance continually on a Ubuntu desktop or server, run:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo chmod -x /etc/init.d/ondemand\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>at the shell prompt and enter your password.\nThis disables the shell script that makes all CPUs run at speed ...
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1
3930
2010-09-09T17:28:21.447
18
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<p>I <a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/404248/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">just found out</a> that Broadcom has released a set of open source drivers for their wireless cards. I know that the Ubuntu kernel team keeps a package of backported drivers for LTS 10.04.</p> <p>Is the driver mature enough to be included in an u...
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-1
2017-04-12T07:23:19.023
2010-09-13T20:44:17.220
Will the new open source Broadcom drivers be available in the current LTS release?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As it stands currently (unless something drastic happens), yes. We expect this to land in the <code>compat-wireless</code> package as soon as it has been approved. The current plan is to bring it in to Maverick (10.10) in this way and then, potentially, to backport to Lucid (10.04)</...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>As it stands currently (unless something drastic happens), yes. We expect this to land in the <code>compat-wireless</code> package as soon as it has been approved. The current plan is to bring it in to Maverick (10.10) in this way and then, potentially, to backport to Lucid (...
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2010-09-09T17:41:47.637
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<p>I recently bought a USB wifi adapter for my new desktop computer. It's a D-link DWA-160 A2. From the start it didn't want to work at all, but after unplugging and then plugging it back in, it seems to work.</p> <p>However, my browsing is painfully slow. NetworkManager reports the connection to be at around 78-85% s...
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2010-09-16T20:58:37.457
2012-03-04T15:40:23.510
Slow wifi with D-link DWA-160 A2
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>What is the chipset of D-link DWA-160 A2 ? Googling a bit, it seems to be an Atheros chipset. If it happens to be an AR9285, you are using the ath9k driver and might be hitting bug 518818 (on launchpad)</p>\n\n<p>Using latest compat-wireless solved the issue for me, so you ca...
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1
3935
2010-09-09T17:54:07.210
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<p>I'm brand new to Ubuntu and Linux in general and I installed Ubuntu on a second PC (just to be sure that if I mess something up, I still have my Windows 7 PC).</p> <p>Is there an easy way for me to use remote desktop or an equivalent on my Windows 7 PC to connect to my Ubuntu PC? I want to be able to work on Ubuntu...
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2013-12-13T16:12:57.040
2017-02-14T09:45:27.513
Is it possible to use remote desktop from Windows 7 to Ubuntu?
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I believe you can use various VNC applications on Windows that are compatible with the built in one on Ubuntu. I really can not recommend any specific ones, as I have not used them since 2005. Remember to go to System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop to set it up if Ubuntu is the gue...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I believe you can use various VNC applications on Windows that are compatible with the built in one on Ubuntu. I really can not recommend any specific ones, as I have not used them since 2005. Remember to go to System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop to set it up if Ubuntu is...
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1
3941
2010-09-09T20:09:14.080
3
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<p>I've got an x61 tablet pc with fingerprint reader, and I want a way to see the image(?) scanned when I swipe my finger. Obviously I can use it for login - I don't really care about that, it's easier for me to type my password. I just want to be able to see the fingerprint it gets.</p>
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2010-10-15T16:02:41.030
2010-10-15T16:02:41.030
x61 Fingerprint Reader as a scanner?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The X61 series <a href=\"http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader\" rel=\"nofollow\">uses</a> a UPEK Touchstrip fingerprint reader that, when using Linux drivers, <a href=\"http://reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Upekts#Device_operation\" rel=\"nofollow\">does hardware ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The X61 series <a href=\"http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Integrated_Fingerprint_Reader\" rel=\"nofollow\">uses</a> a UPEK Touchstrip fingerprint reader that, when using Linux drivers, <a href=\"http://reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Upekts#Device_operation\" rel=\"nofollow\">does h...
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3940
1
4385
2010-09-09T20:12:44.227
1
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<p>I'm trying to get the zoom wheel on my wacom bamboo to work. Though i have very little idea of how to do so. I tried using xinputwacom (i think) however it moaned it was missing something. Is there anyway of running wacom-tools on 10.04?</p> <p>A bit more reading here on wacom-tools <a href="http://who-t.blogspot.c...
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2011-01-29T05:48:00.857
2011-01-29T05:48:00.857
How do I get the wacom zoom wheel working?
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3
CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>What you're going to want to be looking into is a command called <a href=\"http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/index.php/howto/xsetwacom\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"xsetwacom\">xsetwacom</a></p>\n\n<p>I think this is included in default repositories in Ubuntu lucid/maverick.</p>\n\n<p>A...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Doesn't look like wacom-tools is supported under 10.04. Linux.com did just post a walkthrough of getting the wacom bamboo working with 10.04. <a href=\"http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/347367-using-a-bamboo-tablet-with-ubuntu-1004\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Wacom Bamboo o...
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1
3943
2010-09-09T20:39:08.313
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<p>It just isn't there on the base install of a virtual host I am evaluating from an ISP.</p> <p>Not in path:</p> <pre><code>root@vpstest2:~# tasksel -bash: tasksel: command not found </code></pre> <p>Config files not there:</p> <pre><code>root@vpstest2:~# ls /usr/share/tas* ls: cannot access /usr/share/tas*...
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235
2011-01-17T15:03:54.450
2011-11-21T19:21:30.207
Shouldn't tasksel be installed by default?
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>According to the <a href=\"http://releases.ubuntu.com/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.1-server-amd64.list\" rel=\"noreferrer\">server manifest</a> it is installed by default. It must have been removed at some point in your install perhaps? To reinstall it:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install t...
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2010-09-09T21:36:25.677
3
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<p>I have all of my music on a network drive hooked up to an Ubuntu server. I can access the music from my Ubuntu laptop. The problem is that I can't find a program that will use my samba connection to access the music directly. Any suggestions?</p>
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2016-05-05T02:11:38.413
Music player that can access/catalog music on network drive
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CC BY-SA 2.5
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I would suggest you use a streaming server application.</p>\n\n<p>There is <code>ampache</code> (amarok, andriod client, ..), which is a PHP + Mysql webstreaming application.\n<a href=\"http://ampache.org/wiki/clients:amarok\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ampache.org/wiki/clients:amarok<...
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2010-09-09T21:51:41.387
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<p>When i was using windows, i used to run defrags, ccleaner and revouninstaller once a month to keep the system and the registry clean.</p> <p>I know ubuntu (and all linux distro) has a different system structure and doesnt need defrags, but i've heard there are some mainenance tasks that help to keep the system clea...
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2012-08-19T15:05:16.657
2012-08-19T15:05:16.657
What are the common maintenance tasks?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The purpose of the commands you mention is solely to save disk space. Furthermore, on most machines nowadays the savings would only amount to a tiny fraction of your disk space. So they're not very useful.</p>\n\n<p>Most common maintenance tasks are performed automatically by the sys...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From the offical man page of apt-get (shortversion by me):</p>\n\n<pre><code> clean\n clean clears out the local repository of retrieved package files.\n It removes everything but the lock file from\n /var/cache/apt/archives/ and /var/cache/apt/archives/pa...
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3949
1
3964
2010-09-09T22:16:07.623
3
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<p>Earlier, I was trying to find a way to connect to Ubuntu from Windows 7: <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/3934/is-it-possible-to-use-remote-desktop-from-windows-7-to-ubuntu-10-04">Is it possible to use remote desktop from Windows 7 to Ubuntu?</a></p> <p>The solution was simple enough, I installed TightVNC V...
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2017-04-12T07:23:19.023
2010-09-10T04:54:22.313
How to open a remote session?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Install a NX server, such as <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeNX\" rel=\"nofollow\">FreeNX or NeatX</a>. Then you can remotely start a session, resize it, and disconnect and reconnect at will.</p>\n\n<p>If you have to connect to a wireless network using NM, you can all...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<ul>\n<li>If you only use it as a server use ssh (takes a while to learn but you will love it, cause I do)</li>\n<li>You can set Ubuntu to automatically login (System -> Preferences -> Login Screen I think) so there is always an open X Session</li>\n<li>I think there was once a ...
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1
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2010-09-09T23:21:36.357
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<p>It seems while the 173 driver is installed, my resolution settings are not loaded when I log in or reboot. I've tried opening nvidia-settings as superuser and user, changed the resolution, applied, then saved it to the default xorg conf file (while giving my password when needed.). Nothing I do seems to fix this iss...
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2010-09-24T20:52:25.703
2014-02-28T13:17:23.160
NVIDIA 173 drivers/nvidia-settings are never loaded on boot
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Eureka!</p>\n\n<p>It seems to be fixed after the recent kernel update, 2.6.32-25. After applying that update and rebooting, NVIDIA kept crashing gdm, and I was given several options. I chose the option of creating a new (default) xorg.conf file.\nI did so and rebooted, and suddenly, ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You have to explicitly save them.</p>\n\n<p>Try running nvidia-settings with root privileges:</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksu nvidia-settings\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then go to \"X-Server Display Configuration\", setup your resolution and possibly meta-modes and click \"Save to X Configu...
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2010-09-09T23:36:07.180
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<p>Is there a good Sopcast player for Ubuntu?</p>
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2013-05-03T23:43:50.647
Is there a SOP Cast player available?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-10T13:53:18.523", "id": "3991", "postId": "3956", "score": "0", "text": "It's a program that streams videos from the net using p2p. I never used it, but my brother was quite a fan. He uses it to watch in his laptop (under Windows) football (real football aka soccer) ma...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I've used the Linux Sopcast Player by following the instructions outlined <a href=\"http://www.webupd8.org/2010/05/install-linux-sopcast-player-040-in.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a>. It should be OK for you too, depending on your definition of \"good\". :)</p>\n", "comm...
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2010-09-09T23:50:05.520
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<p>I have an Ubuntu 10.04 running on a laptop, connected to a local network via WiFi.</p> <p>This machine does not respond to pings/ssh connect requests, as if it was firewalled. However, if I ssh from this laptop to another machine on the local network, let's call it B, then, while ssh connection is active, I can pin...
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2010-09-16T20:58:24.710
2012-09-08T08:55:40.653
Cannot ssh/ping an Ubuntu machine over WiFi
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Could be a network infrastructure issue.</p>\n\n<p>Some routers isolate wireless stations to help prevent randomers getting onto the network and hacking other wireless stations. Some isolate wireless from wired too. Most routers let you configure this behaviour in their admin webmins...
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2010-09-10T13:12:02.867
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<p>I have two screens hooked together with twinview. Some applications treat it as one big 3840*1200 panel but that's pretty undesirable in first person shooters as your sights end up in the gap between the two screens.</p> <p>So I usually run Wine games in a 1920*1200px window. The window manager makes it full-screen ...
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2020-06-12T14:37:07.210
2010-09-10T16:10:01.320
Start a second X session with different resolution and sound
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To answer your question more specifically. You can use nvidia-settings to change the meta-mode. A fragment from nvidia-settings --help:</p>\n\n<pre><code>-a, --assign=[ASSIGN]\n The ASSIGN argument to the '--assign' commandline option is of the form:\n\n {DISPLAY}/{attribute name...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>Running more than one X session</strong></p>\n\n<p>I think this is exactly what you want. And running more than X session is possible, that doesn't mean all video-drivers allow you to use the same video-card. So running more than Xsession, means you are going to need ...
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2010-09-10T14:46:48.647
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<p>I've been bitten a few times recently with <code>rm</code>ing things I shouldn't have - for example, forgetting to <code>ulink</code> symlinks, not <code>rm</code> them.</p> <p>I'm thinking of writing a small bash script to simply move the target to <code>~/.local/share/Trash</code>, as I haven't grasped restoring ...
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Is there a significant disadvantage to aliasing rm to do something else?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The 'significant disadvantage' is that you'll get used to <code>rm</code> not being the big nasty, use with extreme care tool it is. This means if you ever (in your whole life, so pretty likely) use another computer not set up with this 'soft-rm' then you may use <code>rm</code> more...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>To install <a href=\"http://code.google.com/p/trash-cli/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><code>trash-cli</code></a>, just type in a console:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install trash-cli\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>You can alias <code>rm</code> to <code>trash-put</code> if you like...
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2010-09-10T14:50:12.047
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<p>Simple question. I was about to assign the <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>+</kbd> keyboard shortcut to increase the volume, but I then realized it was already assigned for something. If I press this key combination the screen flashes black for a second, and then comes back. Pressing <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kb...
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2013-04-28T15:48:53.540
2013-04-28T15:48:53.540
What does the Ctrl-Alt-+ shortcut do?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>F1</kbd> through <kbd>F12</kbd> are mapped for switching between <em>virtual consoles</em>. Your graphical display is usually mapped to <code>vt7</code> or <code>vt8</code>, so <kbd>F7</kbd> or <kbd>F8</kbd>.</p>\n\n<p><kbd>Ctrl</kbd> + <kbd>Al...
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2010-09-10T15:26:04.460
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<p>I have two samba shares. One a public (local network) that anyone can see and change, this works great. I have another share that I want the username and password to be entered</p> <pre><code>[media] comment = public share path = /mnt/media_files public = yes read only = no writeable = yes creat...
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2010-09-13T20:58:41.503
2011-05-15T22:29:50.507
samba share not allowing username to be entered
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ok i'm not quite sure if i got your intended setup right.\nBut i would try this one:</p>\n\n<pre><code>[global]\n...\nsecurity = user\nguest account = jon\n\n[webroot]\ncomment = Apache web root folder\npath = /var/www\nread only = No\ncreate mask = 0777\ndirectory mask = 077...
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2011-12-05T17:25:20.873
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2010-09-10T17:54:04.863
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<p>Whenever I plug by digital camera in, a nice media-icon pops up. Great! !</p> <p>When I right click on this icon, I can only open Rhythmbox or VLC-media-player. Both applications are rather senseless to be used here. When I want to download photos (be it by means of F-Spot, Shotwell or Picasa) I have to unmount the...
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2010-09-13T16:26:51.957
2010-09-22T20:51:54.063
How to mount a digital camera for the right applications?
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-10T22:14:43.330", "id": "4031", "postId": "3996", "score": "0", "text": "Hi Bernard, we'll need a little more information. What model is the camera, what is the output of `lsusb` when it is plugged in, and what version of Ubuntu are you using? Thanks!", "userDispla...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just a stab in the dark, but if you temporarily comment out the following lines in <code>/lib/udev/rules.d/45-libmtp8.rules</code>, does it help at all?</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><pre><code># Canon PowerShot SX20IS (PTP/MTP mode)\n# ATTR{idVendor}==\"04a9\", ATTR{idProduct}==\"31e4\",...
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<p>When downloading <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATLAB" rel="nofollow">Matlab</a> from the <a href="http://www.mathworks.com/" rel="nofollow">Mathworks</a> website, I am prompted to download an .flp file. When I open this JAVA file I shortly see a screen where some data is processed and after that nothing eve...
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2014-08-04T14:42:51.347
2014-08-04T14:42:51.347
How can I install Matlab from the Mathworks website?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In order to install Matlab using this installer, you have to install the official Sun Java JRE.</p>\n\n<p>Got to Applications -> Software Center and select Software Sources from the Edit menu</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/JZZQs.png\" alt=\"alt text\"></p>\n\n<p>Selec...
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2010-09-10T19:37:24.050
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<p>I just read that Broadcom has open-sourced their wireless adapter drivers and was curious if this would have any affect on my Dell XPS M1330 which sometimes has flaky wifi.</p>
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2010-09-13T20:02:42.557
2010-10-04T14:50:34.073
How can I tell if I have a broadcom wireless card?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use <code>lshw</code> to show information on all devices in you system, forinstance what driver the device uses, this information will look something like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>*-network\n description: Wireless interface\n product: PRO/Wireless 2200BG ...
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2010-09-10T20:02:34.903
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<p>I've installed Jokosher and all the LADSPA effects I could see, but when I try to add an effect to a track Jokosher says none are installed.</p> <p>Do I need some extra Gstreamer package to make this work?</p>
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2010-09-10T21:13:23.850
Effects for Jokosher
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to install the gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad package to get LADSPA support within GStreamer.</p>\n\n<p>Cheers,\n Mike.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-10T21:31:00.313", "id": "4028", "postId": "4006", "score":...
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2010-09-10T22:55:15.290
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<p>I have an Ubuntu (10.04) machine that is running my firewall, dhcp and dns. I just installed squid from packages and set it to run on port 8888. Before any changes to my firewall the webpages will work normally, if I manually set a proxy to 192.168.10.1:8888 on firefox it works. The issue happens when I try and t...
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2010-09-13T20:59:41.050
2010-09-13T20:59:41.050
IPTables issue with Squid as transparent proxy
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have you adjusted your <code>http_port</code> setting for interception caching?</p>\n\n<pre><code>-http_port 3128\n+# FIXME enable the transparent option for interception caching\n+http_port 3128 transparent\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Here are the rules I use. The are a bit more complicat...
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4012
2010-09-10T23:16:33.130
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<p>I'm about to (at least, want to..) buy a laptop with an ATI Radeon HD 4250, and I haven't a good opinion on ATI's drivers. How is the actual performance of the open/proprietary driver (currently I have nVidia, and I'm very satisfied)?</p> <p>The intended use for the laptop is: watching videos, programming in Java/P...
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2011-01-18T00:27:50.937
2012-12-27T18:50:57.473
ATI proprietary driver performance?
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2010-09-11T03:37:15.137
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<p>Short of rebooting, how can I release and renew my DHCP lease? It would be useful to know a GUI and terminal method.</p> <p>I'd especially like to know if there is a means to do this without requiring admin privileges.</p>
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How do I renew my DHCP lease?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In the network drop-down selector of the system tray you can press the network you are already connected to. This will make <a href=\"https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NetworkManager\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">NetworkManager</a> ask for a new lease from a DHCP server.</p>\n<p><img ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Having just upgraded to Maverick Meerkat Beta 1, something broke in my standard, vanilla eth0 configuration which I've not debugged yet. The quick and dirty <a href=\"http://linux.die.net/man/8/dhclient\" rel=\"nofollow\">workaround has been</a></p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo dhclien...
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2010-09-11T08:03:15.940
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<p>While I can see there is a lot of info available on setting up the headphones, but before I buy one I would like to know from the community if anyone tried setting up a bluetooth headphone on Ubuntu Lucid and which brands work well with Ubuntu.</p> <ul> <li>Not looking for anything expensive</li> <li>Should be easy...
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2010-09-13T11:56:10.343
2021-04-23T05:46:25.873
Which bluetooth headphones work best?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Any should be fine now.</p>\n\n<p>There are however few important things to remember:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Blueman (<code>sudo aptitude install blueman</code>) is better than default bluetooth applet</li>\n<li>Cheap bluetooth adapters usually do not work well.</li>\n<li>If you want to li...
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2010-09-11T14:52:07.670
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<ul> <li><p>I am trying to install Ubuntu 10.04 on my machine which already has Windows Vista and Fedora installed.</p></li> <li><p>I use GRUB to get the boot menu. The GRUB screen looks something like this (has a fedora logo at the bottom)</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/Md7Za.png" alt="alt text"></p></li>...
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2014-08-05T05:06:03.897
2014-08-05T05:06:03.897
need help booting the machine using the Ubuntu 10.04 installer CD
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It was a stupid problem.</p>\n\n<p>My machine has function keys that need to be pressed in combination of <kbd>Fn</kbd> key (opposite to what is there in most laptops). So, I was trying just that (<kbd>Fn</kbd>+<kbd>F2</kbd>, <kbd>Fn</kbd>+<kbd>F12</kbd>).</p>\n\n<p>Turns out while b...
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2010-09-11T16:13:47.480
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<p>I have a Tenda TWL541U wireless usb card and I cannot make it work with Ubuntu 10.10 64 bits. I've tried the Windows XP drivers with ndiswrapper to no avail. In Windows 7 I've made it work with using the Vista 64 driver. Does anyone can help? I'm quite a noob in Ubuntu.</p>
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2011-01-17T18:19:11.253
2011-01-17T18:19:11.253
Drivers for the Tenda twl541u wireless card?
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>May be <a href=\"http://www.alstevens.co.uk/how-to-install-wireless-usb-drivers-for-ubuntu/\" rel=\"nofollow\">this</a> will work.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2010-09-11T18:45:05.590", "id": "4069", "post...
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<p>An error occurred in the partitioning stage of an Ubuntu 10.10 installation on my computer that caused me to restart and now all of my other partitions are gone.</p> <p>Is there a way to recover these files? </p>
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2010-09-11T17:23:46.280
2010-09-19T19:31:58.920
Ubuntu Installation Wiped Whole Drive
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is possible that your partition table was corrupted but your partitions are still there.</p>\n\n<p>There is a tool available in the Ubuntu LiveCD called gpart that can recover your partition table. </p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.brzitwa.de/mb/gpart/index.html\" rel=\"nofo...
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2010-09-11T19:18:37.370
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<p>I'm building a security-intensive (stores credit card numbers, etc) using Python and Django with UWSGI (written in C), NGINX, and PIL (Python Imaging Library). I'm trying to work my way up in the Ubuntu world to be less of an ignoramus, so I just bought the <strong>Official Ubuntu Server Book</strong>. Just reading ...
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2010-09-14T08:29:00.527
Which Ubuntu version to use for my Python web app?
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{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Hardy 8.04 and Lucid 10.04 are both Long-Term Support (LTS) releases and will be supported for quite a while.</p>\n\n<p>Both are getting updates and security fixes until 2013 and 2015 respectively. Contrary to answer by Source Lab, LTS server editions are maintained for <strong>5 yea...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Basically I would use the latest <a href=\"https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS\" rel=\"nofollow\">LTS</a> release for a server, as of writing that would be 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). The reason is quite simple! On a server you properly want to use a system that doesn't need to be upgraded i...
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2010-09-11T20:21:44.123
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<p>The wireless connection in my house unfortunately often disappears, requiring a wireless router reboot.</p> <p>Making this worse is that my ubuntu media pc, does not automatically reconnect to the wireless network when it's been gone, and then comes up about a minute later. The network in question is setup as "conn...
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2010-09-16T20:57:51.153
2023-09-24T20:42:48.593
Automatically reconnect wireless connection
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-11T21:57:34.907", "id": "4073", "postId": "4037", "score": "0", "text": "I have the exact same problem. I'd be satisfied with a solution that used, e.g. a cron script every 5 minutes asking for Network Manager to reconnect, if it's not connected already.", "userDi...
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You might want to have a look at using wpa_supplicant instead of network-manager, but that doesn't really matter when on a media-center. wpa_supplicant isn't as flexible as network-manager but afaik it doesn't give up after trying three times. have a look at <a href=\"https:/...
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2010-09-11T20:55:51.150
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<p>How can I set up my PC the Remote Desktop is enabled from the moment it is booted, regardless of who is logged on?</p> <p>Currently, I have to open vino-preferences so I can access my PC from another computer. But if my wife then logs on, I can't see either my account or my wife's.</p> <p>Can it be set up as a se...
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2010-10-02T17:03:22.913
Enable Remote Desktop for the whole PC
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[ { "creationDate": "2010-09-11T23:41:02.507", "id": "4078", "postId": "4041", "score": "0", "text": "Sry i don't understand `But if my wife then logs on, I can't see either my account or my wife's.` What do you mean with account?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "1990" } ]
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[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Assuming you are talking about Ubuntu's built in VNC service, (when you say remote deskop I always think Windows RDP,) You need to look at your setting at </p>\n\n<p><strong>System -> Preferences -> Remote Desktop</strong></p>\n\n<p>There you should see all the settings you...
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