id
stringlengths
1
7
postTypeId
stringclasses
1 value
acceptedAnswerId
stringlengths
1
7
creationDate
stringdate
2009-01-08 07:47:55
2024-03-31 23:33:05
score
stringclasses
504 values
viewCount
stringlengths
1
7
body
stringlengths
24
34.3k
ownerUserId
stringlengths
1
7
lastEditorUserId
stringlengths
1
7
lastEditDate
stringdate
2010-07-28 20:43:11
2024-04-07 06:16:28
lastActivityDate
stringdate
2010-07-29 14:11:46
2024-04-07 06:16:28
title
stringlengths
13
150
tags
listlengths
1
5
answerCount
stringclasses
45 values
commentCount
stringclasses
47 values
contentLicense
stringclasses
3 values
comments
listlengths
0
56
acceptedAnswer
dict
answers
listlengths
0
82
communityOwnedDate
stringclasses
232 values
favoriteCount
stringclasses
2 values
closedDate
stringlengths
23
23
lastEditorDisplayName
stringclasses
890 values
ownerDisplayName
stringlengths
2
28
34200
1
341717
2011-04-09T06:21:50.763
16
29591
<p>What 2D/3D engines and game development SDKs are available that run natively on Ubuntu?</p> <p><em>Please limit one engine/sdk per answer - and include why you enjoy the engine/sdk.</em></p>
8026
9781
2012-05-14T13:19:05.193
2014-03-24T15:09:43.840
What 2D/3D engines and game SDKs are available?
[ "application-development", "games", "3d", "2d" ]
7
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-05-14T11:55:55.627", "id": "162960", "postId": "34200", "score": "1", "text": "This is a very broad question, can you be more specific in the kind of game engine you want?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4997" }, { "creationDate": "2012-05-14T09:21:3...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://v-play.net/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">v-play</a></p>\n\n<p>V-Play provides reusable components for handling multiple display resolutions and aspect ratios, animations, particles, physics, multi-touch, gestures, path finding and much more, allowing you to prototype and bui...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.ogre3d.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">OGRE</a></p>\n\n<p>This is one of the most professional Open Source 3D engines available. It is a bit difficult to set up, but it is rather powerful. The standard API is in C++ but there are bindings for several other langua...
2011-04-09T10:07:32.567
null
2014-07-07T20:07:01.280
null
null
34201
1
34204
2011-04-09T08:04:16.160
0
849
<p>I planning to by a 1TB portable external hard disk. I have a budget of Rs 6000( US $136 approx. ) . How do I check the external hard disk that I purchase would support operations for multiple OS's( especially linux ).</p> <p>For e.g. I referred to this offer from ebay:- </p> <p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.in/1TB-W-D-...
8551
57576
2023-08-13T00:01:01.560
2023-08-13T00:01:01.560
How do I check the external hard disk I purchase would support Ubuntu or other linux platforms
[ "partitioning", "external-hdd", "support" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have never seen an external hard disk which is incompatible with Ubuntu. Most external HDD's work \"plug &amp; play\". The software (or crapware) delivered with the package might not be compatible, but it does not matter.</p>\n\n<p>The software delivered with that external HDD:</p>...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have never seen an external hard disk which is incompatible with Ubuntu. Most external HDD's work \"plug &amp; play\". The software (or crapware) delivered with the package might not be compatible, but it does not matter.</p>\n\n<p>The software delivered with that external ...
null
null
null
null
null
34206
1
34209
2011-04-09T09:05:33.853
17
27381
<p>Is it possible to install <strong>mod_jk</strong> via <strong>apt-get</strong>? If yes, what is the name of the package?</p>
13641
2725
2011-04-09T11:39:07.387
2011-04-13T00:09:14.347
Install mod_jk with apt-get
[ "apt", "apache2", "tomcat6" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-09T10:15:45.130", "id": "38179", "postId": "34206", "score": "2", "text": "Use apt-cache to search for packages e.g. in this case apt-cache search mod_jk gives you the details of the required package", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2725" } ]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The package should be named <em>libapache2-mod-jk</em> . </p>\n\n<p>You would therefore be able to use </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-jk\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The package should be named <em>libapache2-mod-jk</em> . </p>\n\n<p>You would therefore be able to use </p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-jk\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense...
null
null
null
null
null
34207
1
34213
2011-04-09T09:37:05.900
1
6435
<p>I have created a shell script for a custom action which is working fine. I want to run this .sh file (<code>mon.sh</code>) on pressing <code>Alt+F15</code>.</p> <p>I have done the following: In gconf-editor, under <code>apps&gt;metacity&gt;keybinding_commands</code>, edited <code>command_1</code> with value </p> <...
3805
5338
2011-04-09T10:58:08.673
2017-03-11T16:00:01.047
Run custom shell scripts on key press
[ "gnome", "shortcut-keys", "customization" ]
2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-09T09:42:41.453", "id": "38171", "postId": "34207", "score": "0", "text": "If you are using gnome-shell, your windowmanager is not metacity, it ist mutter", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5338" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-09T09:44:12.760", "i...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have no idea if you are using the right gconf-keys, but you can configure this via gui:</p>\n\n<p>If you are using Ubuntu without desktopeffects metacity is your windowmanager, then you should use <code>System ▸ Preferences ▸ Keyboard Shortcuts</code> to add your command and set t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have no idea if you are using the right gconf-keys, but you can configure this via gui:</p>\n\n<p>If you are using Ubuntu without desktopeffects metacity is your windowmanager, then you should use <code>System ▸ Preferences ▸ Keyboard Shortcuts</code> to add your command a...
null
null
null
null
null
34210
1
34221
2011-04-09T09:59:58.357
8
12538
<p>On a recent install of 10.10 I can't toggle with <kbd>Alt</kbd> + <kbd>Shift</kbd> between USA/Isr, even though I can toggle by pressing the language icon on the tool bar. </p> <p>Any suggestions?</p>
13852
529390
2017-01-05T16:33:49.770
2017-01-05T16:33:49.770
Toggling language with Alt+Shift doesn't work
[ "shortcut-keys", "keyboard-layout", "internationalization", "language-support" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have you checked the keyboard preferences?</p>\n\n<p>Go to System --> Preferences --> Keyboard --> \"Layouts\" Tab --> Options </p>\n\n<p>and find the option \"Key(s) to change layout\"</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hug7U.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have you checked the keyboard preferences?</p>\n\n<p>Go to System --> Preferences --> Keyboard --> \"Layouts\" Tab --> Options </p>\n\n<p>and find the option \"Key(s) to change layout\"</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hug7U.png\" alt=\"enter image description h...
null
null
null
null
null
34214
1
34215
2011-04-09T10:30:55.310
146
93214
<p>It looks like Ubuntu 11.04 will come with <a href="http://design.canonical.com/2011/03/introducing-overlay-scrollbars-in-unity/">overlay scrollbars</a> by default. I <em>do</em> like them, but I don't like the current mix of scrollbar types as many applications don't yet use those overlay scrollbars.</p> <p>Is ther...
3037
235
2012-05-09T23:24:44.520
2018-02-18T23:20:21.303
How do I disable overlay scrollbars?
[ "overlay-scrollbars" ]
12
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can disable the scrollbars either</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>For your user:</p>\n<p>Add the line</p>\n<pre><code> export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0\n</code></pre>\n<p>to the file <code>~/.xprofile</code> (create one, if it doesn't exist).</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Or globally:</p>\n<p>Create a file...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can disable the scrollbars either</p>\n<ul>\n<li><p>For your user:</p>\n<p>Add the line</p>\n<pre><code> export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0\n</code></pre>\n<p>to the file <code>~/.xprofile</code> (create one, if it doesn't exist).</p>\n</li>\n<li><p>Or globally:</p>\n<p>Creat...
null
null
null
null
null
34217
1
34248
2011-04-09T11:37:51.957
3
931
<p>I tried to install TeXmacs today by follow commond:</p> <pre><code>sudo apt-get install texmacs </code></pre> <p>but those message come up:</p> <pre><code>Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... dpkg: warning: files list file for package `diff' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed...
10487
10487
2011-04-09T19:28:03.470
2011-04-12T08:40:07.207
apt-get fail with "Unpacking replacement diff"
[ "apt" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Remove the <em>.deb</em> file and try repairing <code>dpkg</code></p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mv /var/cache/apt/archives/diff_1%3a2.8.1-18_all.deb /var/tmp\nsudo dpkg --configure -a\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>EDIT: Please also have a look at the following bug report; it may apply to your situat...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Remove the <em>.deb</em> file and try repairing <code>dpkg</code></p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mv /var/cache/apt/archives/diff_1%3a2.8.1-18_all.deb /var/tmp\nsudo dpkg --configure -a\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>EDIT: Please also have a look at the following bug report; it may apply to you...
null
null
null
null
null
34219
1
105507
2011-04-09T12:02:32.927
4
7750
<p>I am trying to follow the instructions on <a href="http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/devices-power-management/usb.php" rel="nofollow">Lesswatts</a>, to enable <strong>usb autosuspend</strong>.<br> When I run <code>powertop</code>, it says, that I have a device (USB device 2-6 : 2.4G Multimedia Wireless Kit (Chicony...
10837
47151
2012-03-27T15:34:09.377
2012-03-27T16:40:09.980
How do I autosuspend a usb device?
[ "usb", "powertop" ]
1
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-06T14:51:01.617", "id": "44608", "postId": "34219", "score": "0", "text": "The information on Lesswatts is a bit outdated: dmesg says \"power/level is deprecated; use power/control instead\" and we can't write \"suspend\" anymore, only \"on\" or \"auto\" (see http://ww...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You'll need to echo '<strong>1</strong>' into each of a number of sys files as root.</p>\n\n<p>You can do so like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>for i in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/power/autosuspend; do\n echo 1 | sudo tee $i\ndone\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The number '1' means 'auto suspend after ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You'll need to echo '<strong>1</strong>' into each of a number of sys files as root.</p>\n\n<p>You can do so like this:</p>\n\n<pre><code>for i in /sys/bus/usb/devices/*/power/autosuspend; do\n echo 1 | sudo tee $i\ndone\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>The number '1' means 'auto suspen...
null
null
null
null
null
34225
1
34228
2011-04-09T13:59:13.713
4
2215
<p>I am searching for two PPAs for a Lucid Server.</p> <p>One for git, I found <a href="https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ppa" rel="nofollow">Git stable releases</a> for Git, is this correct? I did not find any PPAs for cmake and need support for that.</p>
116
null
null
2013-10-03T10:10:21.227
Searching ppa for recent versions of git and cmake
[ "ppa", "git" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ppa\">https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ppa</a> is the correct place for the git stable PPA.</p>\n\n<p>As for cmake, I'm not sure there's an official PPA for that... but if you have a look at the bottom of this link, you'...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ppa\">https://launchpad.net/~git-core/+archive/ppa</a> is the correct place for the git stable PPA.</p>\n\n<p>As for cmake, I'm not sure there's an official PPA for that... but if you have a look at the bottom of this li...
null
null
null
null
null
34226
1
34282
2011-04-09T14:02:45.017
2
143
<p>I'm looking for an applet on daily/alpha/beta builds on the bar that you could click and then click on an application that's causing issues and then write your report. It would make life so much easier, and also allow many new users to have a nicer bug reporting experience.</p> <p>It would also be nice if the same ...
10857
1938
2011-04-09T15:53:29.557
2011-04-09T19:40:28.960
Is there a Daily/Alpha/Beta Bug Report Applet/Widget?
[ "software-recommendation", "bug-reporting" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>A great deal of applications have a Help -> Report a Problem menu entry that does just this.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-09T19:40:28.960", "id": "34282", "lastActivit...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I know of no such applet, but in pre-release distributions apport crash collecting is already active, which lets you report a bug with ease by collecting all the technical details for you. You can trigger it manually too:</p>\n\n<pre><code>ubuntu-bug unity\n</code></pre>\n\n<...
null
null
null
null
null
34227
1
34258
2011-04-09T14:29:51.907
22
117751
<p>How do I download HTML5 videos in Ubuntu?</p>
5149
5149
2020-09-19T22:23:21.570
2020-09-19T22:46:45.503
How can I download HTML5 videos?
[ "downloads", "html5" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 4.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Depends on the site. Firefox has context menus for saving html5 video, but they don't work if the site uses a customized player. For example, if you visit <a href=\"http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/video/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/video/</...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><strong>A Simple Way</strong>:</p>\n<p>Just right click the video frame that is playing the video, and select &quot;Copy Video URL&quot; (depending on the browser you use) and paste the link in the address bar, and the browser should ask you to save the file.</p>\n<p><strong>...
null
null
null
null
null
34229
1
36174
2011-04-09T14:45:37.280
3
678
<p>It appears as if, in Ubuntu 10.10, NetworkManger uses dnsmasq to implement the "Shared to other computers" method. This is work fairly well for me, but I want the machines that connect to get specific IPs and names. I would have thought this would be as simple as creating the <code>/etc/dnsmasq.conf</code> file wi...
13926
null
null
2011-04-20T20:21:11.277
How can I make NetworkManager assign specific addresses and names to machines that connect via "Shared to other computers"?
[ "networking", "network-manager" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no way unfortunately. The settings are currently hard-coded in NetworkManager; since they need to match at multiple different levels (the dnsmasq configuration needs to match with the generated iptables rules for connection sharing to work, since it relies on NAT and IP forw...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is no way unfortunately. The settings are currently hard-coded in NetworkManager; since they need to match at multiple different levels (the dnsmasq configuration needs to match with the generated iptables rules for connection sharing to work, since it relies on NAT and...
null
null
null
null
null
34231
1
null
2011-04-09T14:54:15.353
1
141
<p>After paying with paypal in "Ubuntu One Music-Store" it returns this message: </p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Internet connection is required to access the music store</strong><br> Please connect and reload.</p> </blockquote> <p>Then when I press reload it returns the same message. When I check into my Ubuntu O...
null
235
2012-04-10T02:17:46.170
2012-04-10T02:17:46.170
After paying for my music ubuntu-one-music-store tells me my network is down, yet it's not!
[ "ubuntu-one" ]
2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-08T19:10:02.063", "id": "52741", "postId": "34231", "score": "1", "text": "Your music should still be in your Ubuntu One account so you can get your music from there.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3344" }, { "creationDate": "2012-02-23T19:27:16....
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Strange, in my case the Ubuntu One music store works flawlessly. You could check www.ubuntuforums.org and/or www.launchpad.net/ubuntu to see if there are more users with the same problem.</p>\n\n<p>To log in to your Ubuntu One online account; <a href=\"https://one.ubuntu.com/...
null
null
2012-02-24T12:37:53.503
null
user13929
34234
1
null
2011-04-09T15:16:03.170
2
1395
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18560/how-to-avoid-problems-when-installing-ubuntu-and-windows-7-in-dual-boot">How to avoid problems when installing Ubuntu and Windows 7 in dual-boot?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Can Windows 7 Ultimate and Ubuntu 10...
null
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-04-11T01:33:22.333
Can Windows 7 ultimate and ubuntu 10.10 work together as a dual boot system?
[ "dual-boot", "windows-7" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It is possible to have both Windows (any version, actually) and Ubuntu working in parallel.\nThe Windows Installer wouldn't like any other operating system installed and might suggest removing it.\nThe Ubuntu installer is happy to leave a working operating system and sit besi...
null
null
2011-06-05T19:30:29.860
null
user13932
34238
1
34242
2011-04-09T15:26:10.120
0
1563
<p>I am running Spotify under Wine. However, it keeps getting interrupted now and then, and I have to restart Spotify. (I am running <strong>Ubuntu 10.10</strong> and <strong>Wine 1.2.2</strong>).</p> <p>How is this fixed?</p> <p>I have tried switching from the <code>Alsa Driver</code> to the <code>OSS Driver</code> ...
10747
3550
2011-04-09T17:37:39.310
2021-10-12T09:16:24.113
Spotify under Wine
[ "drivers", "wine", "spotify" ]
3
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2021-05-17T10:26:18.823", "id": "2286226", "postId": "34238", "score": "0", "text": "So now Spotify client for Linux requires a paid account while a Windows one doesn't? Strange. A few years ago when I was using it, both clients had the same functionality and you could perfect...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a developing version for Linux for it here: <a href=\"http://www.spotify.com/int/download/previews/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.spotify.com/int/download/previews/</a></p>\n\n<p>It shows you step by step how to add the repository and install it.</p>\n\n<p>A simple guid on h...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>There is a developing version for Linux for it here: <a href=\"http://www.spotify.com/int/download/previews/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://www.spotify.com/int/download/previews/</a></p>\n\n<p>It shows you step by step how to add the repository and install it.</p>\n\n<p>A simple g...
null
null
null
null
null
34245
1
36176
2011-04-09T15:38:47.303
2
1273
<p>I downloaded the ubuntu 10.10 ISO image for AMD64. When i start the ISO ubuntu gets an IP address from my DHCP server. NetworkManager updates /etc/resolv.conf according to the DNS config provided by DHCP. </p> <p>But NM does not apply the domain name to /etc/hosts. When i do 'hostname -f' i simple get 'ubuntu', but...
1955
235
2011-04-09T16:01:13.523
2011-04-20T20:27:17.043
Domain name isn't assigned from DHCP when booting from Live CD
[ "network-manager", "dns", "dhcp", "hosts" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>DHCP doesn't reliably give a domain name; but really a search domain for users to be able to quickly reach other systems by their short name rather than a full domain name.</p>\n\n<p>It should be up to the DHCP server to hand off IP addresses (and hostname) that will match what's in ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>DHCP doesn't reliably give a domain name; but really a search domain for users to be able to quickly reach other systems by their short name rather than a full domain name.</p>\n\n<p>It should be up to the DHCP server to hand off IP addresses (and hostname) that will match wh...
null
null
null
null
null
34252
1
null
2011-04-09T16:03:22.803
3
3934
<p>I'm using BBC iPlayer Desktop v.3.0.10 with Adobe Air v.2.6.0 on Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal' Beta 1 86x on a Dell Inspiron 1525</p> <p>No matter what programme I attempt to download I will get the message "A problem occurred while downloading this programme."</p> <p>I thought I had fixed the problem when I follow...
5731
22949
2013-01-09T11:16:28.433
2013-01-09T11:30:26.927
BBC iPlayer error "A Problem Occurred While Downloading This Programme"
[ "11.04", "adobe-air", "streaming" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I would recommend that you download <code>get-iplayer</code>, which is better than the BBC's own iPlayer Desktop.</p>\n\n<p>Essentially get-iplayer allows you to download whole TV and radio programmes from the BBC 's server without a limit being imposed on how long you get t...
null
null
null
null
null
34255
1
34272
2011-04-09T16:17:39.940
0
1382
<p>I've upgraded to 11.04 and replaced unity with gnome shell. Now the controls and window decorations look like if there was "no theme".</p> <p>I have an ATI HD 3470 and I don't use proprietary drivers (fglrx).</p> <p>What should I do to get the nice default gnome shell theme?</p> <p>Screenshot: <a href="http://ima...
13939
null
null
2011-05-14T13:58:20.117
Gnome shell theme / decorations broken
[ "gnome" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-05-14T13:58:20.117", "id": "46827", "postId": "34255", "score": "0", "text": "have the same problem and /usr/lib/gnome-session/gnome-session-check-accelerated; echo $? returns 0 but i cannot even change themes using gnome-tweak-tool anymore. everything was working fine wi...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The same thing happened to me. I don't know why it happened but \"lxappearance\" (had to install it using apt-get install lxappearance) run from the terminal fixed it for me.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-09T23:25:27.723", "...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The same thing happened to me. I don't know why it happened but \"lxappearance\" (had to install it using apt-get install lxappearance) run from the terminal fixed it for me.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-09T23:25:...
null
null
null
null
null
34256
1
34262
2011-04-09T16:22:11.017
1
793
<p><code>sudo apt-get update</code> command always gives me errors. It's been days since my package lists have been updated. Can anyone help me to correct it? Here is the Screenshot:</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/COMxi.png" alt="enter image description here" /></p> <p>Here are the commands and their ouputs...
11396
null
2020-09-05T21:34:08.260
2020-09-05T21:34:08.260
apt 404 error when when updating with a PPA
[ "apt", "ppa" ]
1
3
CC BY-SA 4.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-09T16:30:49.633", "id": "38210", "postId": "34256", "score": "0", "text": "post the output of these commands: `cat /etc/apt/sources.list | grep -e ^[^#]` and `cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* | grep -e ^[^#]`\n*(to copy from terminal: select text, then Ctrl+Shift+C, in de...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like a spelling error in you sources.list. Apt should be fetching</p>\n\n<p><code>http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ppa/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/binary-i386/*</code></p>\n\n<p>, but you are missing the <em>a</em> in <em>/ppa/</em></p>\n\n<p><em>Update after you post...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It looks like a spelling error in you sources.list. Apt should be fetching</p>\n\n<p><code>http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ppa/ubuntu/dists/maverick/main/binary-i386/*</code></p>\n\n<p>, but you are missing the <em>a</em> in <em>/ppa/</em></p>\n\n<p><em>Update after ...
null
null
null
user1094181
null
34259
1
1046656
2011-04-09T16:31:17.540
3
5506
<p>According to several comments in the web most DHCP clients simply ignore the hostname provided by the DHCP server. Does Ubuntu use the provided hostname? If not, how can Ubuntu be persuaded to use the provided hostname?</p>
1955
29183
2012-04-02T04:15:32.317
2018-06-14T19:59:22.747
can the hostname changed via DHCP?
[ "dhcp", "hostname" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Let's not talk about how much time I spent finding this answer, but here it is:</p>\n\n<p>switch from isc dhcpclient to dhcpcd5, and it will JUST WORK!</p>\n\n<p>No need to hack around trying to get dhclient-exit-hooks.d to work, no need to hack around getting something to run /etc/i...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It seems you can do that with /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf's option:</p>\n\n<p>request host-name;</p>\n\n<p>See the example at the end of dhclient.conf(5)</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-11T09:44:19.613", "id": "...
null
null
null
null
null
34260
1
36273
2011-04-09T16:31:53.830
11
7036
<p>Within the last few days, I've encountered errors when trying to open files using Unity Dash, Synapse, or even the Gnome Search Tool. </p> <p>These methods will let me launch applications and folders, but not files of any time, including mp3, doc, odt, and txt. With any method, the same error dialogue results: "the...
13940
235
2011-04-21T13:47:36.613
2011-08-23T22:04:23.653
Why do I get a "the location is not a folder" error when trying to open files using Dash or Synapse?
[ "11.04", "unity", "unity-dash", "synapse" ]
7
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>sudo apt-get remove exo-utils</code></p>\n\n<p>this is from xfce. You might need to remove thunar as well.\nFixed it for me anyway.</p>\n", "commentCount": "4", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T21:53:16.467", "id": "40586", "postId": "36273"...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try to run computer janitor. For me, it solved the problem. I think it must be related to an old version of a panel or menu, or unneeded libraries. </p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-22T21:29:20.963", "id": "40...
null
null
null
null
null
34261
1
null
2011-04-09T16:43:18.713
2
3920
<p>How do I disable vsync in Compiz-Config Settings Manager and Catalyst Control Center?</p>
13942
235
2011-10-20T21:49:07.213
2011-10-20T21:49:07.213
How do I disable vsync in CCSM and Catalyst Control Center?
[ "compiz", "ati", "fglrx" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/compizconfig-settings-manager\" rel=\"nofollow\">ccsm</a> - opengl plugin it is in there. </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-11-17T03:39:53.127", "id": "90372", "postId...
null
null
null
null
null
34267
1
34270
2011-04-09T17:10:33.827
2
1953
<p>Hi I have tried to install this plugin for gedit by copying the files <code>auto_completion.gedit-plugin auto_completion.py</code> to <code>/usr/share/gedit-2/plugins/autocomplete</code> however when i restart gedit and go to edit -> preferences this plugin is not listed. </p> <p>Am I missing a step? Is there a way...
13946
235
2011-04-09T18:00:55.763
2011-04-09T18:01:43.093
Gedit isn't picking up new plugins
[ "gedit", "plugins" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Answer found on ubuntu forums here: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=710623\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=710623</a></p>\n\n<p><code>.gnome2/gedit/plugins/</code> is the right directory (or <code>/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/</code> if you ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Answer found on ubuntu forums here: <a href=\"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=710623\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=710623</a></p>\n\n<p><code>.gnome2/gedit/plugins/</code> is the right directory (or <code>/usr/lib/gedit-2/plugins/</code>...
null
null
null
null
null
34268
1
34273
2011-04-09T17:26:38.910
2
1240
<p>Apps as nautilus, system settings, etc...</p>
null
null
null
2011-04-09T18:07:03.693
Will Ubuntu 11.10 uses GNOME 3 apps with Unity interface?
[ "nautilus", "gnome", "default-programs", "11.10" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>It's hard to know, but it's likely that you are right.</p>\n\n<p>Bits of the GNOME 3 stack will make their way into 11.04, but a lot of the core libraries and hence many of the updated programs+utilities aren't going to be in 11.04.</p>\n\n<p>It's quite normal for parts of the GNOME ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu will continue to be based on Gnome, the only difference will be the shell (unity instead of gnome-shell) and the window manager (compiz instead of mutter), and in the future the graphics server (wayland instead of x window system).</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", ...
null
null
null
null
user13947
34276
1
null
2011-04-09T18:35:56.700
4
458
<p>when ubuntu will use lzma2 compression by default to save cd space. Opensuse 11.4 is doing it by default.</p>
13949
1992
2011-04-09T22:01:46.553
2011-07-05T04:16:52.770
Will Ubuntu use lzm2 or xz compression to save space on the CD?
[ "live-cd" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Well, Ubuntu (at least 10.10) uses SquashFS on the root filesystem (the filesystem that gets mounted when one boots) located in <code>/casper/filesystem.squashfs</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T17:55:37.16...
null
null
null
null
null
34278
1
null
2011-04-09T19:16:53.943
5
4427
<p>How do you mount a Motorola Xoom in Ubuntu to sync your music? I recently purchased one, and unlike my other Android devices, it doesn't seem to want to mount. I tried using a Windows computer to sync the music but the services aren't as well refined as what we see in Banshee (especially with metadata and album art)...
3680
235
2011-04-09T19:24:45.267
2015-06-29T21:50:14.617
How do I mount a Motorola Xoom so I can sync music?
[ "android" ]
3
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-07-15T09:23:09.883", "id": "59518", "postId": "34278", "score": "0", "text": "[This XDA thread](http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11691731) might help", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3303" }, { "creationDate": "2011-07-16T23:52:04.357"...
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In Honeycomb, Android switched from USB Mass Storage to MTP as the protocol for transferring files.</p>\n\n<p>Try installing the package mtpfs (you may do so from the terminal), and make sure that in your preferences for Banshee you have MTP support checked in the extensions ...
null
null
null
null
null
34279
1
null
2011-04-09T19:17:33.013
3
930
<p>I'd like to try GNOME Shell on Ubuntu 10.10 again, after having discarded it due to the waste of space the non-configurable fonts were causing (I'm using a netbook). I read about GNOME Tweak Tool so I wondered if I could use it to customize the Shell interface. Any help appreciated.</p>
10446
null
null
2011-09-24T20:28:29.697
Does GNOME Tweak Tool work with GNOME Shell built from GIT?
[ "10.10", "gnome" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-18T06:29:39.647", "id": "39861", "postId": "34279", "score": "0", "text": "I just run 10.04 LTS or BSD on netbooks. You CAN choose not to have the \"New\" desktop environment gnome shell if that's what you're talking about, but I didn't think that happened until 11......
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Just like GNOME Shell, you should be able to compile the GNOME Tweak Tool from its <a href=\"http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-tweak-tool\" rel=\"nofollow\">git repository</a>, as well. I'd see no reason for any incompatibilities if you're using the latest version of both, si...
null
null
null
null
null
34283
1
34289
2011-04-09T19:49:36.063
2
1362
<p>I want to use the new version of Scribus on my Ubuntu laptop after finding it very easy to install on my old macbook. </p> <p>I've added this to my software sources:</p> <p>Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat (maverick or 10.10):</p> <pre><code>deb http://debian.scribus.net/debian/ maverick main deb http://debian.tagancha.or...
10183
186134
2014-08-05T20:19:32.187
2014-08-05T20:19:32.187
Can't install Scribus 1.4
[ "software-installation" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Super weird since yesterday i happen to install Scribus for my girlfriend since libreoffice does <strong>NOT YET</strong> have something similar to Microsoft Publisher.</p>\n\n<p>I follow the guide here: <a href=\"http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Debian\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://wiki.s...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Are you sure you are using the correct repository for your installation? The installed version reported by aptitude, <code>4:4.6.2-0ubuntu5.1</code>, implies that you have Lucid, not Maverick. Maverick ships with libqtcore <code>4:4.7.0-0ubuntu4.3</code>, which should resolve...
null
null
null
null
null
34288
1
34432
2011-04-09T20:54:27.857
1
7942
<p>I am setting up a VPS and followed the nginx, PHP, MySQL instructions for WordPress from this tutorial <a href="http://tutspundit.com/howto-install-nginx-php-fpm-mysql-php533-wordpress-ubuntu-part-1/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://tutspundit.com/howto-install-nginx-php-fpm-mysql-php533-wordpress-ubuntu-part-1/</a...
8238
1157209
2023-10-16T20:23:01.870
2023-10-16T20:23:01.870
php does not parse using nginx & phpfm
[ "php", "nginx", "php-fpm" ]
3
2
CC BY-SA 4.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T20:58:31.150", "id": "38378", "postId": "34288", "score": "0", "text": "Can you post your configuration files?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6969" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T21:50:25.987", "id": "38390", "postId": "34288", "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Turns out to be a silly mistake of not editing the default config file to proxy PHP request.</p>\n\n<pre><code>server {\n listen 80;\n server_name domain.in;\n access_log /home/ashfame/www/domain.in/logs/access.log;\n error_log /home/ashfame/www/domain.in/logs/error.log...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Checks:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Have you reloaded nginx after changing the configuration? You can do that with <code>sudo service nginx reload</code>.</li>\n<li>Nginx sets headers which cause the browser to cache pages. Make sure you're not seeing the cached version of the PHP page ...
null
null
null
null
null
34292
1
34294
2011-04-09T21:32:44.907
0
203
<p>I am using Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick, and I have this problem where the NetworkManager just quits randomly causing the internet connection to be broken. The only way to get it back is to log-off or restart the computer. This is very annoying as you have to close all the work you are doing and log-off or restart the comp...
5855
5855
2011-04-09T21:42:31.740
2011-04-10T23:52:44.340
NetworkManager quits randomly causing disruption to the internet connection
[ "10.10", "network-manager" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The command for nm-applet is <code>nm-applet</code>. You could try that from command line. On a very different note may be you could try some alternative for network manager like <a href=\"http://wicd.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">wicd</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "com...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The command for nm-applet is <code>nm-applet</code>. You could try that from command line. On a very different note may be you could try some alternative for network manager like <a href=\"http://wicd.sourceforge.net/\" rel=\"nofollow\">wicd</a>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "...
null
null
null
null
null
34293
1
null
2011-04-09T21:39:21.190
4
5512
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/29757/what-can-replace-system-monitoring-in-the-top-gnome-panel-in-unity">What can replace system monitoring in the top Gnome Panel in Unity?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Prior to using Unity, I had several Gnome Pane...
721
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:46.240
2011-04-09T21:39:21.190
How do I add the System Monitor applet to Unity?
[ "unity", "applet" ]
0
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-27T16:09:21.340", "id": "126819", "postId": "34293", "score": "0", "text": "Can someone put a link to the duplicate?, as I can not find it.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "10473" } ]
null
[]
null
null
2011-04-09T22:16:50.280
null
null
34295
1
34341
2011-04-09T21:59:56.470
2
4227
<p>Today I made an update of my ubuntu 11.04 installation. After rebooting the keyboard and touchpad of my asus eeepc do not work anymore. I can only login with the onscreen keyboard. Seems to be a unity problem. Never had this problem before. How can I make my keyboard work again?</p> <p>After upgrading I also run th...
6496
235
2011-04-09T22:34:50.600
2011-04-10T08:55:20.523
Keyboard and touchpad do not work after upgrade
[ "unity", "11.04", "keyboard", "eeepc" ]
1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-09T22:36:50.207", "id": "38258", "postId": "34295", "score": "2", "text": "start your computer with recovery mode (start holdig SHIFT **BEFORE** the boot, and it will display first the grub menu, select the 2nd entry: \"Ubuntu, ... Linux, ... <kernel info> [Recovery mo...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Maybe you have some problems because of uninstalled packages...</p>\n\n<p>To repair that problem, try:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Start Ubuntu in recovery mode</strong> - hold SHIFT key <strong>before</strong> the system boots, and it will display Grub bootloader. Select the last versi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Maybe you have some problems because of uninstalled packages...</p>\n\n<p>To repair that problem, try:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Start Ubuntu in recovery mode</strong> - hold SHIFT key <strong>before</strong> the system boots, and it will display Grub bootloader. Select the la...
null
null
null
null
null
34296
1
34302
2011-04-09T22:19:31.810
41
76527
<p>I have an HP pen-drive that has 16GB space. If I add a file to it, and then I delete that file, the free space of that deleted file doesn't get applied. The only way I've found to see that space as available again is by deleting the partition and doing it all over again! </p> <p>Why is this? Any clue?</p> <p>I've ...
1446
8844
2011-04-11T04:36:12.967
2013-12-21T13:46:48.093
Why does deleting a file on a USB stick not free up space?
[ "filesystem", "usb", "usb-drive" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have found that nautilus changed behaviour sometime in the last year from actually deleting files on removable media to putting them into a hidden directory named <code>.Trash</code> or similar in the top-level directory of the media.</p>\n\n<p>This is great for \"oops\"es, but did...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I have found that nautilus changed behaviour sometime in the last year from actually deleting files on removable media to putting them into a hidden directory named <code>.Trash</code> or similar in the top-level directory of the media.</p>\n\n<p>This is great for \"oops\"es,...
null
null
null
null
null
34297
1
34445
2011-04-09T22:23:02.463
4
5046
<p>Can anyone please provide the necessary steps to connect a Samsung Galaxy S with Ubuntu 10.10 please? I was thinking that perhaps it could detect something, but it doesn't, Anyone succeeded ? </p> <p>Thanks</p>
1446
235
2012-09-28T12:49:56.333
2012-09-28T12:49:56.333
Galaxy S not detected, how do I make it work?
[ "android", "samsung" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Mine works.</p>\n\n<p>Heres what you have to do.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>On phone goto Settings->Wireless and network->USB settings</li>\n<li>Change option to Mass storage or Ask on connection</li>\n<li>Connect phone to Ubuntu PC</li>\n<li>If you clicked on Ask on connection select mass sto...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Mine works.</p>\n\n<p>Heres what you have to do.</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>On phone goto Settings->Wireless and network->USB settings</li>\n<li>Change option to Mass storage or Ask on connection</li>\n<li>Connect phone to Ubuntu PC</li>\n<li>If you clicked on Ask on connection select ...
null
null
null
null
null
34299
1
35972
2011-04-09T22:39:48.297
1
1092
<p>Well the title says it all. After the GUI button of shutdown responded to reboot. I have tried all the command there is but every time I shut down my laptop it reboots.</p> <p>I tried</p> <p><code>sudo halt</code></p> <p><code>sudo poweroff</code></p> <p><code>sudo shutdown -h now</code></p> <p>I have a dell vo...
1543
1543
2011-04-19T16:51:02.723
2011-04-19T17:00:47.550
Dell Vostro 3400 reboots instead of shutting down
[ "11.04", "power-management", "shutdown", "acpi" ]
1
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T02:47:01.130", "id": "38270", "postId": "34299", "score": "0", "text": "Have you checked the BIOS options?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "4357" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T18:46:19.833", "id": "38361", "postId": "34299", "scor...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ok the problem seems to be <code>laptop-mode-tools</code>. I purged this package and viola all is well and I think after installing this package the problem started.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Ok the problem seems to be <code>laptop-mode-tools</code>. I purged this package and viola all is well and I think after installing this package the problem started.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC...
null
null
null
null
null
34300
1
34481
2011-04-09T22:55:17.987
2
317
<p>My trusted friend <code>gnome-open</code> (which I call <code>go</code> for short) has ceased working. It interprets any argument given to it as a directory and will not recognize anything else.</p> <p>I have traced out the somewhat indirect path connecting the <a href="http://library.gnome.org/admin/system-admin-g...
1078
null
null
2011-04-11T08:49:35.487
gnome-open confused: Could not display "/home/msw/anything"
[ "gnome", "11.04", "mime-type" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This seems to be a bug. I've searched launchpad and found a similar report for unity dash</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-place-files/+bug/751374\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-place-files/+bug/751374</a></p>\n",...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This seems to be a bug. I've searched launchpad and found a similar report for unity dash</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-place-files/+bug/751374\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-place-files/+bug/751374</a>...
null
null
null
null
null
34306
1
null
2011-04-09T23:48:00.250
2
1292
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/desktop-forgets-theme">Desktop forgets theme?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I reinstalled my Ubuntu box with 10.10 (after my dabbing of 11.04 turns out to be a futile experience). The box is clean. I install the ...
7574
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:29.360
2011-04-10T18:03:13.950
Theme doesn't work. Gnome looks bad
[ "gnome", "themes" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T14:23:50.167", "id": "38321", "postId": "34306", "score": "3", "text": "Do you have an SSD or a really fast PC? Could be this bug: http://askubuntu.com/questions/21305/desktop-forgets-theme", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "235" }, { "creationDat...
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try to use another window manager, like emerald.</p>\n\n<p>Type <code>sudo apt-get install emerald</code> to install the emerald window manager.</p>\n\n<p>After installing it type <code>emerald --replace</code> to replace your current window manager.</p>\n\n<p>I hope this hel...
null
null
2011-04-11T12:21:10.207
null
null
34307
1
34312
2011-04-09T23:49:31.753
1
2315
<p>Searching for themes for Chromium I found this: <a href="http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/6-google-chrome-ubuntu-themes-radiance-ambiance-elementary-dust-etc/" rel="nofollow">http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/6-google-chrome-ubuntu-themes-radiance-ambiance-elementary-dust-etc/</a></p> <p>Can you guys point to so...
5414
21282
2011-07-07T22:51:26.763
2011-07-08T01:31:31.680
Known Chrome/Chromium themes that match popular themes
[ "themes", "google-chrome", "chromium" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ppnoicajnfbofmhbapnojgdbhdnnlohd\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Minty\">Here</a> is a theme in the Chrome web store that is <em>similar</em> to Minty-Freshness, but doesn't quite match. I didn't see anything similar to Victory Hope. </p...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ppnoicajnfbofmhbapnojgdbhdnnlohd\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Minty\">Here</a> is a theme in the Chrome web store that is <em>similar</em> to Minty-Freshness, but doesn't quite match. I didn't see anything similar to Victory H...
null
null
null
null
null
34308
1
34310
2011-04-10T00:24:46.103
37
105433
<p>I'm on Ubuntu 10.10, and I've just joined the Linux world coming from OS X. I'm learning about runlevels and the <code>rc</code> directory in <code>/etc/</code>, and everywhere (manuals, tutorials, etc) I'm reading about <code>inittab</code>. But I can't find it in my Ubuntu installation. Why? Does Ubuntu follow the...
13861
197753
2017-08-02T20:31:38.977
2022-01-03T20:22:38.540
Where is the inittab file?
[ "init" ]
5
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>If you do <code>man inittab</code> in your terminal, all shall be revealed:</p>\n\n<pre><code> The /etc/inittab file was the configuration file used by the original\n System V init(8) daemon.\n\n The Upstart init(8) daemon does not use this file, and instead reads\n its ...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>No, it does not follow the runlevel model. Ubuntu has moved away from sysV init to upstart instead. The main reason for this was to parallelize the initialization process to vastly reduce boot time.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creatio...
null
null
null
null
null
34311
1
34677
2011-04-10T02:03:17.267
1
1080
<p>Just upgraded my MacBook Air 3,1 (11" Late 2010) from Maverick to Natty Beta 1.</p> <p>Trackpad stopped working. Any idea why this happened and how to fix this?</p>
3124
39869
2012-07-31T07:08:03.593
2012-07-31T07:08:03.593
MacBook Air 11" (Late 2010) Touchpad/Trackpad doesn't work
[ "11.04", "touchpad", "macbook-air" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to install <code>bcm5974-dkms</code> and <code>xf86-input-multitouch</code> from the mactel PPA.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-12T11:51:53.000", "id": "34677", ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You need to install <code>bcm5974-dkms</code> and <code>xf86-input-multitouch</code> from the mactel PPA.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-12T11:51:53.000", ...
null
null
null
null
null
34313
1
null
2011-04-10T02:21:27.523
1
7249
<p>I'm stumped. Brand new to Linux, the battery became disabled while I had Vista running on my Lenovo Z61t. It worked fine until Vista demanded I buy another license, I imagine the disabling of the battery is a tactic used by Windows to put additional pressure on the person why may be using a non-legitimate copy of ...
null
null
null
2012-04-11T14:27:43.680
Battery recognized and 100% charged but not working
[ "battery" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The current battery is dead. Get a new battery.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-10T02:42:39.277", "id": "34314", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-10T02:...
null
null
2015-03-04T08:56:20.587
null
user13963
34320
1
null
2011-04-10T03:56:36.463
5
4379
<p>Is there a way to install gnome-globalmenu on openbox ?</p> <p>I love minimal linux distro and apps, I don't want to use gnome or kde ...</p>
11664
235
2011-04-10T14:16:55.217
2015-10-01T15:37:28.337
Is there a way to install globalmenu on lxde or openbox?
[ "globalmenu", "openbox" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The easy way, If you want, you can install a plugin of Lxde panel like <a href=\"http://home.student.utwente.nl/j.vanderhoff/downloads/LXglobalmenu.png\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a> </p>\n\n<p>lxpanel is in bottom of screen</p>\n\n<p>The package is <a href=\"http://home.student...
null
null
null
null
null
34325
1
34331
2011-04-10T05:27:44.003
5
1486
<p>There once was a tool called Active Work Tracker for Windows from Brigsoft.</p> <p>What it basically did was to monitor user activity, sound alarm after a predefined period (say 60 minutes), wait another predefined time (say 5 minutes) when user was supposed to take a break (which was recognized as lack of activity...
13971
235
2011-04-10T14:16:25.997
2011-07-19T19:04:35.707
Is there an user activity monitor/alarm?
[ "software-recommendation", "monitoring" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><a href=\"http://www.rsibreak.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><strong>RSIBreak</strong></a>. (<a href=\"http://apt.marcoceppi.com/p/rsibreak\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Click To Install</a>)</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/5VD42.png\" alt=\"enter image description h...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can define a keyboard lock (typing break) in <em>System->Preferences->Keyboard</em>:</p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/KmTLG.png\" alt=\"enter image description here\"></p>\n\n<p>However with this settings the total time a user worked without a break are neit...
null
null
null
null
null
34326
1
null
2011-04-10T06:21:44.580
4
1457
<p>I have Windows Server 2008 set up with AD. Have set up the group policies to map two communal folders and a user folder (the user folder using a logon script). I've joined the Ubuntu machine to the Domain and can access the shares and mount them, but would like to mount them when the user logs on. </p> <p>I know it...
13976
730
2011-07-19T23:32:02.687
2011-07-19T23:32:02.687
Mounting Shared Folders in domain using Active Directory Authentication at login
[ "mount", "active-directory", "likewise" ]
0
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-28T17:42:57.847", "id": "127396", "postId": "34326", "score": "0", "text": "This question appears to be abandoned, if you are experiencing a similar issue please [ask a new question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) with details pertaining to your problem. If you fe...
null
[]
null
null
2012-02-28T17:41:25.830
null
null
34329
1
34333
2011-04-10T07:21:03.697
61
136546
<p>I am having problems with the <code>su</code> command. I know my password and I am typing it correctly, but <code>su</code> indicates <code>Authentication failure</code>.</p> <p>So I checked on the internet and then went into recovery mode and changed my user's password to what I was entering before. Even now, enter...
12895
618353
2023-03-21T12:09:29.110
2023-03-21T12:09:29.110
Why am I getting "Authentication failure" when running the "su" command?
[ "command-line", "su" ]
7
0
CC BY-SA 4.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>su</code> asks for the root password. Since Ubuntu doesn't set a root password by default, you can't use it to become root. </p>\n\n<p>Instead, to become root, use <code>sudo -i</code> with your personal password.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "crea...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>su</code> asks for the root password. Since Ubuntu doesn't set a root password by default, you can't use it to become root. </p>\n\n<p>Instead, to become root, use <code>sudo -i</code> with your personal password.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ ...
null
null
null
null
null
34334
1
null
2011-04-10T08:07:05.470
3
1630
<p>The instructions here - <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Netgear_WG311_v3" rel="nofollow">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Device/Netgear_WG311_v3</a> - work super well if you are using the i386 kernel, but I installed with Wubi which automatically selected the amd64 kernel even t...
13981
13981
2011-04-10T17:58:10.523
2012-02-19T01:16:51.307
I can't install the ndiswrapped WG311v3 drivers
[ "wireless", "64-bit", "ndiswrapper" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-06-04T19:09:19.260", "id": "51708", "postId": "34334", "score": "0", "text": "Answer your question with the solution you found and choose it as the correct answer. This will mark the question answered.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "814" } ]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>From the solution mentioned by the original poster:</p>\n\n<pre><code>Finally got workable status using a Marvell driver from a German site!\n\nhttp://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/verbindungsprobleme-mit-wlan-marvel-8339-libe/#post-1888522\n\nThen from there all I did was:\n\ns...
null
null
null
null
null
34335
1
36782
2011-04-10T08:07:50.790
3
643
<p>I don't understand why I must be identified - anyone can download this branch. I get the same prompt when I upload to launchpad - that makes far more sense to me.</p> <p>Anyone know why bzr does this?</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/etUKy.png" alt="Screenshot"></p>
866
866
2011-04-10T15:36:59.010
2011-04-24T15:16:53.137
Why do I have to unlock my private key to perform a download operation?
[ "launchpad", "bazaar" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The location service used to resolve the lp: branch names does not distinguish between whether you want to read or write the branch. It will use the SSH transport if you've told it about your Launchpad account so that write access will work if needed. SSH connections require access t...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>bzr is using a ssh-key that is stored in your keyring, the calling application would actually be ssh-agent. Your keyring has a password set so that nobody else can access that key without the password. For more information on keyrings see:\n<a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/que...
null
null
null
null
null
34338
1
34355
2011-04-10T08:39:39.220
3
659
<p>I was trying to configure python to apache2 as suggested by <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=91101" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=91101</a></p> <ol> <li>First downloaded and installed and enabled <code>mod_python</code> module</li> <li><p>Changed <code>/etc/apac...
8144
235
2011-04-10T14:07:48.863
2011-04-10T14:07:48.863
Error while configuring python in apache2
[ "10.10", "python", "apache2" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think the folder is <code>/var/www</code> and NOT /www/var.</p>\n\n<p>Did you add:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env python\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>As the first line in your python script?\nIf not it won't be recognized as a python script.</p>\n\n<p>Also try to disable the plugin and t...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I think the folder is <code>/var/www</code> and NOT /www/var.</p>\n\n<p>Did you add:</p>\n\n<pre><code>#!/usr/bin/env python\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>As the first line in your python script?\nIf not it won't be recognized as a python script.</p>\n\n<p>Also try to disable the plug...
null
null
null
null
null
34340
1
35296
2011-04-10T08:54:16.420
5
11634
<p>I have this bizarre problem. whenever I open sound preferences from indicator-sound in natty the orca speech-dispatcher runs in a terminal in a loop mode. I cannot close the terminal neither can I kill the process. I don't know what gnome-orca does except for it being a visual assistant application. Has anyone else...
1543
24694
2012-05-10T02:30:21.637
2020-05-13T23:01:48.610
How to stop Orca from running when I open sound preferences?
[ "configuration", "accessibility", "orca" ]
5
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-19T22:07:12.070", "id": "40150", "postId": "34340", "score": "0", "text": "What did you do in order to try to kill the process?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "8844" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-20T02:29:22.717", "id": "40173", "postId": ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Go to <strong>System Settings</strong> then <strong>Assistive Technologies</strong>, and turn either turn it off completely, or change out orca in the Applications settings.</p>\n\n<p>It may also work to just remove orca with <code>sudo apt-get remove gnome-orca</code> . This assum...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Same problem. 11.04 beta. Tried <code>apt-get remove gnome-mag</code> with no luck. The simple hackish answer is</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo mv /usr/bin/orca ~/orca\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>which will stop the program from opening, leaving the executable in your home directory, should...
null
null
null
null
null
34342
1
null
2011-04-10T08:56:31.987
2
4204
<p>this is Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick.</p> <p>I have the following shell script in init.d that I want to run as a "daemon" (background service with start/stop/restart really) at system startup. There is a symlink in rc3.d. I tried 4 and 5 too. (Ideally this would initialize before graphical login happens and before a user ...
13983
9016
2011-04-11T19:12:39.413
2011-09-04T03:40:57.887
Custom daemon script: works, but does not run at boot / startup
[ "services", "scripts", "init.d" ]
2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T08:57:49.443", "id": "38285", "postId": "34342", "score": "0", "text": "OK... **now** that I asked this question I get Related Recommended Questions from AskUbuntu... will check these out now.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "13983" }, { "creati...
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Use the following command to start your script at startup.</p>\n\n<p>Add it to the startup applications.</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -u USERNAME COMMAND\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>By the way, someone told me to use NOPASSWORD, else it won't work:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>You'd better r...
null
null
null
null
null
34343
1
null
2011-04-10T08:58:07.333
4
631
<p>I don't use the mouse a lot so I just use the Mouse Keys (Microsoft's nomenclature) when I need to click something. The problem is I can never remember whether I am in left-click or right-click mode. Would it be possible, for example, to get it to revert to left-click modeafter every right-click or middle-click?</p>...
10837
null
null
2011-11-07T05:24:53.190
Can I reprogram Mouse-Keys?
[ "keyboard", "mouse" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can set commands for mouse keys with ccsm.</p>\n\n<p>Open a terminal. (Ctrl+Alt+T)</p>\n\n<p>To install ccsm type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Then type</p>\n\n<pre><code>ccsm\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>to start ccsm...
null
null
null
null
null
34344
1
34364
2011-04-10T09:44:59.527
0
328
<p>If I want to install KDE alongside Gnome how can I keep KDE apps out of the menu when I am in Gnome and Gnome apps out of the menu when I am in KDE?</p>
2491
null
null
2020-06-19T03:14:31.860
Keeping menus clean when using both KDE and Gnome
[ "menu" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Check this out:</p>\n<p>For Gnome: <a href=\"http://linux-apps.com/content/show.php/Gnome+Menu+Extended+%28Debian+Package%29?content=73515\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://linux-apps.com/content/show.php/Gnome+Menu+Extended+%28Debian+Package%29?content=73515</a></p>\n<p>For KDE: ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Check this out:</p>\n<p>For Gnome: <a href=\"http://linux-apps.com/content/show.php/Gnome+Menu+Extended+%28Debian+Package%29?content=73515\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://linux-apps.com/content/show.php/Gnome+Menu+Extended+%28Debian+Package%29?content=73515</a></p>\n<p>F...
null
null
null
null
null
34345
1
null
2011-04-10T09:51:25.057
1
672
<p>The ubuntu icon in the top left is missing in unity 2d.</p> <p>any ideas how to get it to appear. </p> <p>this is on my other pc running nvidia 6150se / nforce 430 gpu which doesn't work very well with unity 3d. </p>
5254
235
2011-04-10T14:09:32.027
2011-04-29T09:29:53.770
Home button icon missing in Unity 2d
[ "11.04", "unity-2d" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you change the theme with the Appearance manager?</p>\n\n<p>If you changed it, try to change it back to the standard theme.</p>\n\n<p>If it really has to do with your GPU, I'd install \"Additional Drivers\".</p>\n\n<p>Unity isn't stable yet, so that could also be a bug, i...
null
null
null
null
null
34346
1
null
2011-04-10T09:55:29.127
3
1612
<p>When I run ping program I get the following error:</p> <p><strong>sendto: Permission denied</strong> even though I had done su.</p> <p>What could be the possible reason?</p> <p>Thanks in advance</p>
null
null
null
2011-04-10T12:17:12.460
sendto: Permission denied error
[ "networking" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I think you may have changed accidentally the configurations of user and root.<br>\nWould you please try this: </p>\n\n<pre>sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install aptitude && sudo aptitude purge ping && sudo aptitude install ping</pre>\n", "commentCount": "0", "...
null
null
null
null
user13984
34347
1
36214
2011-04-10T09:56:49.597
1
977
<p>My Wifi card worked on my old desktop fine but is not working whe I moved it to my new one.</p> <p>Here is the output of <code>sudo lshw -C network</code></p> <pre><code>-network UNCLAIMED description: Ethernet controller product: Atheros Communications Inc. vendor: Atheros Communications...
2491
449
2011-04-10T12:10:02.243
2012-02-16T19:17:15.070
Atheros Wifi works on one desktop computer but not another
[ "wireless", "atheros" ]
2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T12:24:21.467", "id": "38307", "postId": "34347", "score": "1", "text": "What version of Ubuntu are you using?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "449" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-11T05:40:43.193", "id": "38424", "postId": "34347", "sc...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Look into your logfiles:</p>\n<pre><code> dmesg | grep ath\n grep ath /var/log/*.log* | egrep -iv path\n</code></pre>\n<p>Maybe issues with an interrupt. I could heal such a thing in the bios, but with intel-IPW2100. Maybe some other idea can be found.</p>\n<h3>update after comment:<...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I believe these cards should work out the box on the newest kernels but unless you want to upgrade your version of Ubuntu, this particular chipset is known to misbehave and forcing it onto the <code>ath5k</code> driver should work.</p>\n\n<p>In older versions of Ubuntu, espec...
null
null
null
null
null
34348
1
34352
2011-04-10T10:04:21.130
0
2161
<p>How to cabal install readline in ubuntu 10</p> <pre><code>Resolving dependencies... Configuring readline-1.0.1.0... checking for gcc... gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... yes checking whether we are cross compiling... no checking for suffix of exec...
13871
null
null
2011-11-04T14:37:46.627
cabal install readline ask readline not found error
[ "installation", "haskell" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>should do it.</p>\n\n<p>It looks like you may also want</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-11T01:27:54....
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<pre><code>sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>should do it.</p>\n\n<p>It looks like you may also want</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install libncurses5-dev\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011...
null
null
null
null
null
34354
1
null
2011-04-02T11:44:46.573
2
187
<p>I have no idea how to explain you what do I mean, but take a look at the screenshot, as it might allow you to understand my situation a bit better: <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/cxXya.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">screenshot here</a></p> <p>I am using Ubuntu 10.04 i386.</p> <p>Does anyone have any idea how c...
null
null
null
2011-06-11T21:00:50.747
Eclipse (Aptana-Studio) - strange transparency areas on the IDE
[ "eclipse", "ide" ]
1
1
CC BY-SA 2.5
[ { "creationDate": "2012-03-05T15:21:43.007", "id": "129879", "postId": "34354", "score": "0", "text": "This question appears to be abandoned, if you are experiencing a similar issue please [ask a new question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) with details pertaining to your problem. If you fe...
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Try reinstalling <code>eclipse</code>, and also <code>java</code> if needed.</p>\n\n<p>Maybe the color scheme is not made for Ubuntu.</p>\n\n<p>Yours,\nDaniel</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA ...
null
null
2012-03-05T15:21:47.530
null
Johnny
34356
1
41762
2011-04-10T10:43:29.417
2
604
<p>Is there any way with which, using shell scripts, I can execute a program as another user, in a uniquely(randomly) named directory, where the user has rwx access to all the files in that directory, but cannot change anything outside it.</p> <p>i.e. When a program is executed using this script in a folder, it can on...
6364
null
null
2011-05-10T12:30:11.127
User Permissions
[ "permissions", "scripts" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could use <code>rbash</code> (or <code>bash -r</code>): it is a restricted version of <code>bash</code> that imposes some limitations to the user with respect to full bash. From <code>rbash</code> man page:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It behaves identically to bash with the exception t...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Use:</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo -u USERNAME\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>EDIT:\nTo use this command without entering password, use:</p>\n\n<pre><code>echo PASSWORD | sudo -u USERNAME COMMAND\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Replace PASSWORD with the password of USERNAME.\nReplace USERNAME with the u...
null
null
null
null
null
34357
1
null
2011-04-10T10:43:43.360
3
641
<p>I can hibernate my system with command "sudo s2disk". Now I'd like to call this from gnome menu with clicking on "Hibernate".</p> <p>what I need to do?</p>
7603
235
2011-04-10T14:08:53.307
2011-07-05T17:22:23.910
How do I hibernate with s2disk from the menu?
[ "10.10", "gnome", "hibernate" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>In <code>/etc/pm/config.d/00_sleep-module</code>, set the option to use uswsusp:</p>\n\n<pre><code>SLEEP_MODULE=\"uswsusp\"\n</code></pre>\n", "commentCount": "5", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2016-06-12T20:30:27.637", "id": "1179673", ...
null
null
null
null
null
34362
1
null
2011-04-10T12:15:33.630
12
43444
<p>On Windows, I use SQLyog. And I am new to Ubuntu.</p> <p>Is there a mysql manager programs as good as SQLyog ?</p>
13988
6969
2011-04-10T12:58:39.090
2020-01-07T13:21:58.720
What is a good MySQL manager?
[ "software-recommendation", "mysql" ]
7
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The repository contains the <code>mysql-admin</code> package which is a GUI tool for administrating MySQL. From the package's description:</p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>GUI tool for intuitive MySQL\n administration</p>\n \n <p>MySQL Administrator is a powerful\n visual admini...
null
null
null
null
null
34369
1
null
2011-04-10T13:54:44.197
9
12820
<p>When I close my laptop lid, all my screens are turned off (my laptop screen and my LG M237WA monitor).</p> <p>I'd like to know how do I make it turn off only the laptop screen and keep the monitor on (I want that behaviour for when I want to watch a movie on my monitor and don't want any brightness coming for the l...
765
235
2011-06-05T19:28:01.223
2014-04-03T01:20:48.377
How do I turn off the laptop screen while using an external monitor?
[ "xorg", "nvidia", "multiple-monitors", "monitor" ]
2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T13:59:43.770", "id": "38317", "postId": "34369", "score": "1", "text": "Hi, I have a **Fn function** to turn off laptop monitor. Have you got same?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "6341" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T14:03:28.183", "id": ...
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>If I have understood your problem correctly you want an external monitor to watch film without the laptop screen in the way?</p>\n\n<p>You can shutdown the power to the laptop screen by using your external monitor program or a keyboard shortcut.</p>\n\n<p>It would really help...
null
null
null
null
null
34372
1
34375
2011-04-10T14:18:30.660
26
43108
<p>I have tried vlc, Banshee and Totem but none of them recognize the webm format. Even the system does not recognize its mime-type. How do I play it ?</p>
5149
5149
2011-05-02T09:59:05.680
2014-08-20T09:57:22.323
How to play a webm video file?
[ "10.04", "mime-type", "webm" ]
5
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You will have <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them/5139#5139\">add the PPA</a> <code>ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa</code> </p>\n\n<p>To do that</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open Update Manager.</li>\n<li>Click on Settings.</li>\n<li>Go to 'Other Softw...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You will have <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/4983/what-are-ppas-and-how-do-i-use-them/5139#5139\">add the PPA</a> <code>ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa</code> </p>\n\n<p>To do that</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open Update Manager.</li>\n<li>Click on Settings.</li>\n<li>Go to 'Oth...
null
null
null
null
null
34379
1
null
2011-04-10T15:12:55.693
2
335
<p>I installed all the Anthy ibus packages and changed my Japanese language settings properly but the Anthy bar doesn't show up when I press CTRL+Space. I tried changing the shortcut in the ibus preferences section but it still doesn't work. I have Japanese as my system's default language and up to 2 days ago, Anthy wo...
13997
null
null
2011-04-10T15:12:55.693
Anthy bar doesn't show up
[ "keyboard", "ibus" ]
0
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2012-02-19T01:20:11.623", "id": "122321", "postId": "34379", "score": "0", "text": "This question appears to be abandoned, if you are experiencing a similar issue please [ask a new question](http://askubuntu.com/questions/ask) with details pertaining to your problem. If you fe...
null
[]
null
null
2012-02-19T19:42:13.890
null
null
34381
1
34384
2011-04-10T15:18:14.713
5
58870
<p>I have more than 100 systems running ubuntu. I have a configuration file in one of these systems say 172.<em>.</em>.10. Can i get that configuration file from the other sytem say 172.<em>.</em>.100 using wget? I have installed wget? And i have tried the following <code>wget <a href="http://172" rel="nofollow">http:/...
5691
1067
2011-04-10T15:28:00.653
2011-04-10T17:26:00.317
How do I wget a file from any machine on the network?
[ "server", "networking", "wget" ]
6
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You will need to do two things:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Install Apache on your Ubuntu installations. The command to use is <code>sudo apt-get install apache2</code>.</li>\n<li>Copy or move your <code>file.conf</code> to the folder at <code>/var/www</code>. You might need to use <code>sudo</...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>wget will only be able to download anything if there is an HTTP server running at the other end.</p>\n\n<p>As you may be able to run commands via ssh in bulk, this might help:</p>\n\n<pre><code># on the client machine:\ncd /home/username/Pictures/\npython -m SimpleHTTPServer\...
null
null
null
null
null
34383
1
34418
2011-04-10T15:23:37.597
2
548
<p>I am using ubuntu (well, kubuntu to be precise) and my KDE desktop feels slow. Scrolling is especially slow in kate, windows switching is slow, firefox is REALLY slow.</p> <p>I have direct rendering enabled using the r300 driver, which has been setup automatically by the installer. The computer is a bit old, but it...
13998
null
null
2011-04-10T20:07:50.133
Desktop feels slow: ati X600 card's fault?
[ "ati", "kde" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In my experience, changing to raster rendering vastly improved KDE4s speed and responsiveness. do this:</p>\n\n<p>sudo apt-get install kde-config-qt-graphicssystem</p>\n\n<p>and then find qt rendering settings in systemsettings. Select raster and logout/back in.</p>\n", "commentC...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>In my experience, changing to raster rendering vastly improved KDE4s speed and responsiveness. do this:</p>\n\n<p>sudo apt-get install kde-config-qt-graphicssystem</p>\n\n<p>and then find qt rendering settings in systemsettings. Select raster and logout/back in.</p>\n", ...
null
null
null
null
null
34389
1
null
2011-04-10T16:30:00.333
4
889
<p>As there is nothing like GNOME panel applets in Unity, I would like to ask about some possibility to supercede the "Character Palette", a function that I used a lot for comfortable embedding of special chars.</p>
14000
235
2011-04-10T16:39:02.013
2021-05-01T14:16:37.253
What could I use instead of the GNOME panel applet "Character Palette" in unity
[ "unity", "software-recommendation", "indicator", "special-characters" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>It's very quick to load the \"Character Map\" (installed by default). </p>\n\n<p>In the first screenshot I am loading it from the dash (click on the Ubuntu button in the top left, or press <kbd>Super</kbd>). For even quicker access you could add it to your Launcher on the lef...
null
null
null
null
null
34390
1
34398
2011-04-10T16:37:06.277
1
524
<p>I am running Ubuntu 10.10, ghc 6.12.1, gcc 4.4.5.</p> <p>I am trying to install <a href="http://joyridelabs.de/" rel="nofollow">Nikki And The Robots</a>.</p> <p>When I do <code>cabal install</code> it fails to install Cabal-1.8.0.2. Cabal-1.8.0.2 already exists in <code>~/.cabal/lib</code>. If I run cabal install...
9744
235
2011-04-10T16:45:37.247
2011-04-10T17:24:58.943
Problem installing Cabal-1.8.0.2
[ "10.10", "haskell" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T16:57:59.390", "id": "38345", "postId": "34390", "score": "1", "text": "Migrated to Ask Ubuntu? Really? There are more correctly answered problems of this type on Stackoverflow, it even has the 'cabal-install' tag. The fact that this happened on a linux box is ra...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You seem to have a broken compiler setup. The symbol you referred to should be in <code>libHSrts_thr.a</code> (or a variant, such as the non-threaded). I suggest you download and use a new copy of GHC, might as well be 7.0.3 while you're at it.</p>\n\n<p>If you really want to inves...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You seem to have a broken compiler setup. The symbol you referred to should be in <code>libHSrts_thr.a</code> (or a variant, such as the non-threaded). I suggest you download and use a new copy of GHC, might as well be 7.0.3 while you're at it.</p>\n\n<p>If you really want ...
null
null
null
null
Tyr
34391
1
52002
2011-04-10T16:42:18.027
21
42565
<p>I installed Virtual MIDI Keyboard (vmpk) using <code>apt-get install</code>. I also have <code>Jack control</code> and <code>Qsynth</code> installed. When I open vmpk, I cannot hear the sound coming from it. How can I do the setting to let the sound come out?</p>
12729
null
null
2020-12-08T21:57:11.903
Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard setup
[ "sound", "alsa", "jack", "midi" ]
3
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T19:03:18.673", "id": "38363", "postId": "34391", "score": "1", "text": "Have you wired the midi-out of vmpk to the midi-in of qsynth in your Jack Control Connections window? And the audio-out of Qsynth to your soundcard?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId":...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>vmpk is a virtual MIDI Master keyboard, and does not produce any sound. To generate sound, you must </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>connect the MIDI <strong>output</strong> from <strong>vmpk</strong> to the MIDI <strong>input</strong> of some tone generator (e.g. <strong>qsynth</strong>). If you...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>vmpk is a virtual MIDI Master keyboard, and does not produce any sound. To generate sound, you must </p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>connect the MIDI <strong>output</strong> from <strong>vmpk</strong> to the MIDI <strong>input</strong> of some tone generator (e.g. <strong>qsynth</strong>)....
null
null
null
null
null
34395
1
null
2011-04-10T16:58:59.507
5
345
<p>Is there a way to transfer 7digital account info to Songbird on windows. I've purchased music in ubuntu using banshee/7digital and now on win7/songbird I can't login. Is the account for my Ubuntu One different? I've tried all my email accounts with no luck.</p> <p>Does Ubuntu One have a special name I can log into?...
14004
12469
2011-04-11T07:23:06.460
2012-09-12T16:09:49.883
Use Ubuntu One account to purchase from 7digital website?
[ "windows-7", "ubuntu-one" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can use the <em>ubuntu one music</em> store via this link in your browser:</p>\n\n<p>DE: <a href=\"http://stores.7digital.com/default.aspx?shop=265&amp;partner=983\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://stores.7digital.com/default.aspx?shop=265&amp;partner=983</a><br>\nUK: <a href=\"h...
null
null
null
null
null
34400
1
279034
2011-04-10T17:37:56.530
26
9450
<p>I've never been a "workspace user" but now I'm starting to feel the need to separate my work..</p> <p>Is it possible, on unity, to only show apps on the running on the current workspace?</p> <p>An example of what I'm looking for would be:</p> <ol> <li>Firefox is running on workspace 1.</li> <li>I'm on the 2nd and...
3303
1992
2011-08-23T23:37:13.543
2013-04-07T23:05:04.123
How to show only opened apps in the current workspace on unity?
[ "unity", "workspaces" ]
4
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-11T10:42:15.743", "id": "38462", "postId": "34400", "score": "1", "text": "Good question, I always wanted to see that as well. Have only those apps displayed in the launcher that actually are on my current workspace.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2192" ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<h1>13.04</h1>\n<p>Raring has had a number of improvements in this area which should improve the workflow for someone using multiple workspaces.</p>\n<p>Lets look at some examples:</p>\n<p>In this example you can see that I have Firefox and Terminal open in different workspaces - with f...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Press <kbd>Shift</kbd>+<kbd>Alt</kbd>+<kbd>up</kbd> to scale affect all apps open on current workspace </p>\n\n<p>Press <kbd>Super</kbd>+<kbd>w</kbd> to scale affect all apps open on all workspaces.</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/unity-keyboa...
null
null
null
null
null
34402
1
34426
2011-04-10T17:44:50.137
5
2870
<p>I have a folder (/var/www/test7.com), which must be readable/writable by www-data AND test7 users.</p> <p>test7 user should not have access to other websites.</p> <p>How can I do that?</p>
8085
8893
2011-04-12T16:27:54.543
2011-04-12T16:27:54.543
How to make folder writable to 2 users in different groups?
[ "permissions", "files", "accounts" ]
3
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T18:06:47.160", "id": "38358", "postId": "34402", "score": "1", "text": "Can't you put both users in a new group?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "3037" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T18:12:33.667", "id": "38359", "postId": "34402", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Create a group, put both users in this group and type:</p>\n\n<pre><code>chown -R GROUPNAME /var/www/test7.com/*\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>I hope this helped you,\nDaniel</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>The simplest way would be to add the www-data user to the test7 group, and have the files owned by test7, not www-data.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-10T1...
null
null
null
null
null
34407
1
null
2011-04-10T17:34:52.723
0
4235
<p>I can't run xRDP out of the box in ubuntu 10.04. I run xrdp on a laptop and try to connect to it using Window RDP client. It connect to RDP which prompt for a type of connection I tried any of them but all can;t work it gives a connection error. I got the following in the log.</p> <pre><code>[20110410-18:57:51] [IN...
null
6969
2011-04-13T08:22:29.747
2021-09-03T09:00:07.583
Can't run xRDP, terminates unexpectedly
[ "10.04", "windows", "rdp" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I have installed vnc4server (xvnc) and I use \"sesman-Xvnc\" as module. I am running ubuntu 10.10 however.</p>\n\n<p>Note that xrdp has to connect to a VNC server, so you have to have a vnc server installed.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityO...
null
null
null
null
Ahmed Elmorsy
34408
1
null
2011-04-10T18:31:28.560
31
49952
<p>I'm having trouble getting Minecraft to launch when I add it to the launcher. If the game is running, I can right click on the icon in the launcher and select "keep in launcher" and the icon stays, but the game won't launch from it.</p> <p>If I create a launcher on the desktop, then drag that launcher to the unity ...
133402
176889
2014-01-23T03:45:56.650
2015-12-31T08:36:36.567
How to add Minecraft to the Unity launcher?
[ "unity", "launcher", "games", "minecraft" ]
8
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T21:46:31.607", "id": "38389", "postId": "34408", "score": "0", "text": "I ended up just creating a folder in home called .launchers and dragging launchers I created on my desktop to that folder. From there I dragged the launcher on to the Unity launcher. Now the lau...
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You need a .desktop file for the MineCraft launcher.</p>\n\n<pre><code>gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/minecraft.desktop\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>Put the following text into this file:</p>\n\n<pre><code>[Desktop Entry] \nName=MineCraft \nComment= \nExec=COMMAND_FOR_...
null
null
null
null
null
34409
1
null
2011-04-10T18:57:10.613
23
219055
<p>I have a <code>root</code> user in <code>mysql-server</code> on the Ubuntu server. I am unable to login to phpMyAdmin with the <code>root</code> user and password. I was trying to find the configuration file but could not locate it. Help would be appreciated.</p>
14010
1157209
2023-11-01T16:57:36.363
2023-11-01T17:01:53.067
Unable to login to phpmyadmin with the root user
[ "server", "mysql", "phpmyadmin" ]
9
0
CC BY-SA 4.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>By \"rootuser\" you mean the MySQL root user, not the system root user, right?</p>\n\n<p>During the installation of <code>mysql-server</code>, the MySQL root account is created and its password is stored in <code>/etc/mysql/debian.cnf</code>.</p>\n\n<p>The configuration files...
null
null
null
null
null
34410
1
null
2011-04-10T18:59:24.013
3
563
<p>How can I add more options to Opera's quicklist such as: new tab, new private tab, new window, mail, etc?</p>
14009
235
2011-04-28T01:24:03.270
2011-06-03T09:57:07.260
How do I add a static quicklist for Opera to open new tabs and windows?
[ "11.04", "unity", "launcher", "opera", "quicklists" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Basically the same way as shown in this question: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/32991/how-do-i-add-a-static-quicklist-that-opens-a-web-page\">How do I add a static quicklist that opens a web page?</a></p>\n\n<p>Just change the <code>Exec=</code> lines for the quic...
null
null
null
null
null
34415
1
null
2011-04-10T19:51:03.217
4
5924
<p>I seem to have lost the button on the Unity panel (left hand side panel) in Ubuntu 11.04 which shows you the desktops (like compiz expo does) think the button is just a shortcut for the expo compiz effect. </p> <p>But in any case, How do I get the button back ? It is called the Workspaces switcher from what I could...
14011
235
2011-05-11T07:17:34.337
2013-04-28T14:48:17.060
How to add/restore workspace on the launcher?
[ "11.04", "unity", "launcher" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Have you tried rebooting, or logging out and back in? If it is still missing, try resetting Unity with the command <code>unity --reset</code>. </p>\n\n<p>If that doesn't work, try the command <code>unity --reset-icons</code>. </p>\n\n<p>The workspace icon in the launcher shou...
null
null
null
null
null
34417
1
null
2011-04-10T20:06:57.003
7
10414
<p>Looking for some detailed document describing configuring Apple Magic Trackpad with multitouch gestures. Currently, Unity runs with single finger tap as left click, 2 fingers tap as right click , 3 fingers tap as move window.</p> <p>How do I get right click and drag [for firefox mouse gesture addon needs it] ?. Ho...
14014
235
2011-04-10T20:08:13.007
2016-05-02T00:05:25.693
How do I configure an Apple Magic Trackpad to use with Unity?
[ "unity", "11.04", "multi-touch", "magic-trackpad" ]
2
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-10T23:42:56.013", "id": "38401", "postId": "34417", "score": "1", "text": "touchegg seems to be having all options configurable. however its not yet ready for 11.04. i tried it and didnt have successful run yet.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "14014" },...
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Although the article in the link refers to the Magic Trackpad being used in ubuntu 10.10, hopefully it will give you an insight on how to make full use of it.</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/benjamin-gets-his-hands-on-the-apple-magic-trackpad/\" rel=\"n...
null
null
null
null
null
34424
1
null
2011-04-10T20:46:58.453
1
10657
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/7489/how-to-get-the-native-version-of-spotify-running">How to get the native version of Spotify running?</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>Has anyone managed to install Spotify in Ubuntu 11.04 Beta? The software source do...
2883
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:49.530
2011-05-16T14:44:33.807
How do I install the native Spotify application?
[ "11.04", "spotify" ]
0
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[]
null
0
2011-11-13T06:49:42.950
null
null
34429
1
34434
2011-04-10T21:20:38.597
5
4042
<p>I'd like to encrypt a single folder in my external hard drive. Which GUI software should I use?</p>
2331
169736
2014-01-03T23:39:22.653
2018-05-16T17:27:51.967
How to encrypt a single folder on my external hard drive?
[ "software-recommendation", "encryption" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You might consider TrueCrypt. There is a nice GUI, I believe.</p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p>In the meantime since the original writing in 2011, a few things have changed. TrueCrypt is no longer available as the project maintainers have suddenly declared the software as insecure. A security audi...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You might consider TrueCrypt. There is a nice GUI, I believe.</p>\n\n<hr>\n\n<p>In the meantime since the original writing in 2011, a few things have changed. TrueCrypt is no longer available as the project maintainers have suddenly declared the software as insecure. A secur...
null
null
2015-01-26T15:12:29.643
null
null
34430
1
null
2011-04-10T21:32:16.620
133
122740
<p>I am currently using Ubuntu 10.04. I know there is a 10.10 release, but can I upgrade directly to 11.04? Could you walk me through the steps please?</p>
14017
158442
2017-04-11T02:27:50.580
2020-07-29T18:33:36.867
Can I skip over releases when upgrading?
[ "upgrade" ]
18
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2013-06-08T09:30:24.150", "id": "384764", "postId": "34430", "score": "1", "text": "This question might also be of interest: http://askubuntu.com/a/304980/165026", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "165026" }, { "creationDate": "2017-11-30T12:23:33.293", "...
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Ubuntu only supports upgrading from one version to the next version, or from one LTS version to the next LTS version. So you need to upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10, and only then to 11.04.</p>\n\n<p>There are technical reasons for this restriction. When a new version of an exist...
null
null
null
null
null
34431
1
34561
2011-04-10T21:44:18.083
4
879
<p>I am running ubuntu 10.10 and was trying to reinstall indicator weather when I got this error message in the ubuntu software centre. It is shown in the screenshot below,</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/n9sWv.png" alt="enter image description here"></p> <p>I click repair, but the message keeps showing up...
5855
5855
2011-04-11T14:20:07.827
2012-04-19T12:25:42.230
Ubuntu Software Centre fails with package catalog error
[ "10.10", "software-center" ]
1
2
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-11T10:41:08.723", "id": "38461", "postId": "34431", "score": "0", "text": "I first removed the indicator weather package before I tried installing it again through the ubuntu software centre.", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "5855" }, { "creationDat...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have broken packages on your system. Open up a terminal and enter</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install -f\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and that should fix it.</p>\n\n<p>sorry for not commenting on my first answer, but I don't have the privileges.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comm...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You have broken packages on your system. Open up a terminal and enter</p>\n\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install -f\n</code></pre>\n\n<p>and that should fix it.</p>\n\n<p>sorry for not commenting on my first answer, but I don't have the privileges.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1...
null
null
null
null
null
34436
1
39094
2011-04-10T22:01:54.630
1
196
<p>When I use Rhythmbox, I see the currently played song in the sound notification area, is there some way to get the song that is playing on last.fm there?</p> <p>I currently use the official last.fm program.</p>
12824
169736
2013-12-26T23:32:56.437
2013-12-26T23:32:56.437
Show playing song of Last.fm in the sound notification panel
[ "notification-area", "last.fm-client" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I can't say for the official Last.FM player, but I know that Tagplayer (a very popular dedicated last.fm player) supports this. Also Rhythmbox has a last.fm plugin by default. Playing last.fm streams through that should also use the sound menu.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comme...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I can't say for the official Last.FM player, but I know that Tagplayer (a very popular dedicated last.fm player) supports this. Also Rhythmbox has a last.fm plugin by default. Playing last.fm streams through that should also use the sound menu.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1"...
null
null
null
null
null
34439
1
34448
2011-04-10T23:31:09.083
7
1223
<p>What is the best open source multimedia editing software around? An app that can convert mp3, mp4, avi, flv, etc into various formats</p>
12846
235
2011-04-10T23:53:57.797
2013-01-10T22:39:59.720
Software for converting various multimedia file formats?
[ "11.04", "software-recommendation" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Searching the Ubuntu Software Center reveals several GUI options:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Transmageddon - Very simple interface for individual files, supports audio and video.</li>\n<li>OggConvert - Transcode multimedia into open formats.</li>\n<li>Artista Transcoder - Primarily intended fo...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p><code>ffmpeg</code> can do pretty much any media conversion. As an example, use this to extract an MP3 from a FLV video: <code>ffmpeg -i $1 -f mp3 -ab 128000 $2</code> where $1 and $2 are the source and target filenames. </p>\n\n<p>There is also a GUI available called <code>W...
null
null
null
null
null
34443
1
34475
2011-04-11T00:32:36.470
2
679
<p>Apt resulted few erronous lines on dist-upgrade.</p> <pre><code>Preparing to replace gir1.2-mutter-2.91 2.91.93-0ubuntu1~build1 (using .../gir1.2-mutter-2.91_3.0.0-0ubuntu1~build1_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gir1.2-mutter-2.91 ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/gir1.2-mutter-2.91_3.0.0-0ubu...
3748
null
null
2011-04-11T09:30:09.913
Today's dist-upgrade on Natty
[ "11.04", "apt", "package-management" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-11T13:30:25.393", "id": "38500", "postId": "34443", "score": "0", "text": "Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! 11.04 is currently in Beta so things might not work right. Please [file a bug](http://askubuntu.com/questions/5121/how-do-i-report-a-bug) on this issue.", "userDisplay...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Looks like the same file exists in two distinct packages: gir1.2-mutter-3.0 and gir1.2-mutter-2.91 (note these are package names without version numbers). You could:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Remove one of the packages, probably gir1.2-mutter-3.0. The downside is that this could force you ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Looks like the same file exists in two distinct packages: gir1.2-mutter-3.0 and gir1.2-mutter-2.91 (note these are package names without version numbers). You could:</p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p>Remove one of the packages, probably gir1.2-mutter-3.0. The downside is that this could fo...
null
null
null
null
null
34447
1
34453
2011-04-11T00:58:46.250
6
162
<p>How can I read, write, or delete a file which has a name beginning with a pair of hyphens?</p> <p>In my <code>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</code> there is a set of files whose name starts with <code>--karmic.list</code> .</p> <p>When I try to <code>rm</code> or <code>vim</code> from the command line, it considers it a...
3748
8844
2011-04-11T04:06:18.343
2011-04-11T04:06:18.343
How do I remove a file with 2 hypens in the name, like --karmic.list
[ "files", "filename" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use the full path <code>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/--whatever</code> or in the directory <code>./--whatever</code>, or use <code>rm -- --whatever</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Use the full path <code>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/--whatever</code> or in the directory <code>./--whatever</code>, or use <code>rm -- --whatever</code>.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", ...
null
null
2014-02-12T01:11:05.403
null
null
34449
1
34459
2011-04-11T01:06:09.357
80
187268
<p>Is there a command (Via terminal) to see the temperature of any video card.</p> <p>Already Tried <code>sensors</code> with the <code>sensors-detect</code> applied. Does not detect for example, Nvidia and ATI video card temperatures.</p>
7035
23878
2014-02-17T18:07:10.870
2024-02-25T15:49:10.693
How to see the Video Card Temperature (Nvidia, ATI, Intel...)
[ "video", "temperature" ]
11
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, there is a command.</p>\n<p><strong>Detecting sensors</strong></p>\n<p>First of all, you have to search for sensors:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install lm-sensors\nsudo sensors-detect\n</code></pre>\n<p>Since lucid lynx, you have to type:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo service module-in...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Yes, there is a command.</p>\n<p><strong>Detecting sensors</strong></p>\n<p>First of all, you have to search for sensors:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo apt-get install lm-sensors\nsudo sensors-detect\n</code></pre>\n<p>Since lucid lynx, you have to type:</p>\n<pre><code>sudo service m...
null
null
null
null
null
34451
1
34465
2011-04-11T01:40:31.713
2
1368
<p>I'm running Ubuntu Netbook Remix 10.10 (on a pandaboard), and it doesn't boot with grub (so I can't pass it the 'text' parameter at boot time).</p> <p>How do i disable gdm so it doesn't start at boot? There is no /etc/gdm/gdm.conf.</p>
10673
13570
2011-04-11T09:42:38.740
2011-04-11T09:42:38.740
Disable GDM on ubuntu netbook remix
[ "boot", "ubuntu-netbook", "gdm", "upstart" ]
2
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>To disable gdm from booting automatically, you need to alter its upstart service file, <code>/etc/init/gdm.conf</code></p>\n\n<p>Look for the start on(...) lines, and comment them out with #.</p>\n\n<p>It should look similar to this:</p>\n\n<pre><code># gdm - GNOME Display Manager\n#...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You could try uninstalling gdm.</p>\n", "commentCount": "3", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2012-04-29T02:08:27.813", "id": "152165", "postId": "34458", "score": "0", "text": "Does uninstalling gdm remove Gnome packages ...
null
null
null
null
null
34452
1
72570
2011-04-11T01:51:19.760
155
302197
<p>I just learned that some Lenovo laptops include a utility that offers to limit battery charging capacity to within 0–80% in order to slow the attenuation of the battery lifespan:</p> <p><a href="http://forum.wwu.edu/topic/plugged-not-charging#comment-75542"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/LW2v0.png" alt="screen...
1859
227922
2014-03-27T09:00:15.907
2024-01-23T22:12:21.857
How can I limit battery charging to 80% capacity?
[ "laptop", "lenovo", "battery", "thinkpad", "optimization" ]
17
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>The charging thresholds are, very unfortunately, firmware and vendor specific.</p>\n\n<p>The Lenovo <strong>ThinkPad</strong> user is luckily provided with a solution outlined on <a href=\"http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Tp_smapi\">ThinkWiki</a>.</p>\n\n<p>It basically says that you wo...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Did you check to see whether there is a BIOS setting on your laptop for this? My laptop had a Windows Application as well as a \"Battery Life Extender\" setting in the BIOS for this exact feature.</p>\n", "commentCount": "2", "comments": [ { "creationDat...
null
null
null
null
null
34466
1
34473
2011-04-11T07:01:00.093
4
663
<p>I need to convert some photos to video with all frames with special effects. Video format can be mp4, 3gp, or mpeg4... </p> <p>Please suggest a good application which will convert fast.</p>
14033
235
2011-04-11T13:26:47.550
2011-04-11T13:26:47.550
Please suggest an application to convert photos to video
[ "software-recommendation", "video", "conversion", "photo" ]
3
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You could try Imagination, a lightweight gui slideshow maker. Click <a href=\"http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/imagination\" rel=\"nofollow\">here</a> to open it in Software Center.</p>\n", "commentCount": "1", "comments": [ { "creationDate": "2011-04-24T12:35:31.593", "id...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>You can do this with <a href=\"http://www.ffmpeg.org/\" rel=\"nofollow\">ffmpeg</a>. In a simpe form you can do <code>ffmpeg -i image%d video.mpg</code>, but ffmpeg has <a href=\"http://linux.die.net/man/1/ffmpeg\" rel=\"nofollow\">lots of options</a>.</p>\n", "commentCou...
null
null
null
null
null
34467
1
null
2011-04-11T06:32:23.267
4
11933
<p>How can we get the serial number of monitor in ubuntu?</p>
14050
235
2011-04-12T00:34:09.707
2023-10-08T09:54:04.377
How to get serial number of my monitor?
[ "xorg" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>Do you mean the Monitor Make and Model? You can not get the Monitor's serial number, \nbut you can get the make &amp; model once X is running:</p>\n\n<p>you can look for it in /var/log/Xorg.0.log , e.g. grep '--' /var/log/Xorg.0.log\nor in </p>\n", "commentCount": "1", ...
null
null
null
null
sreekanth
34474
1
45806
2011-04-11T07:24:02.533
21
51691
<p>I have an Asus netbook, and its recovery partition and recovery DVD have several images in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Imaging_Format">.WIM format</a>.</p> <p>Are there any Linux/Ubuntu tools to handle those images? Im looking for the equivalents of <code>dism</code>, <code>ImageX</code>, etc. But...
11015
16461
2012-11-28T23:48:39.170
2016-03-29T14:10:58.717
How do I handle .WIM image files?
[ "software-recommendation", "mount" ]
4
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Gathering @fossfreedom 's and @Rinzwind 's ideas about 7z and Archive Manager, and tweaking with some of my own, I guess ive found a nice solution:</p>\n\n<p>Archive Manager (actually File Roller) supports 7z (as long as p7zip package is installed), and 7z supports WIM (thanks guys!)...
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>EDIT: From comments received, Archive Manager should in theory have WIM support. However for me trying to open a WIM gives a \"Archive Type is not supported\" error message. However, copying the WIM to my desktop and added a .7z extension allows Archive Manager to open the...
null
null
null
null
null
34477
1
34489
2011-04-11T07:58:59.330
2
861
<p>I am looking for some form of utility that can be run from the command line in Ubuntu that will click a button in a specific window. What I want to do is run a macro in the selenium IDE without having to take my hands off the keyboard.</p>
13130
6538
2011-04-11T12:11:27.187
2011-04-11T12:11:27.187
How do I run a macro in the selenium IDE without having to take my hands off the keyboard?
[ "automation", "ide" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use the <code>xdotool</code> command line utility to create mouse (and keyboard) events.</p>\n\n<p>It is quite versatile, so you probably need to look at <a href=\"http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/xdotool\" rel=\"nofollow\">the manual</a> to find the commands for ...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>You can use the <code>xdotool</code> command line utility to create mouse (and keyboard) events.</p>\n\n<p>It is quite versatile, so you probably need to look at <a href=\"http://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/xdotool\" rel=\"nofollow\">the manual</a> to find the comma...
null
null
null
null
null
34479
1
null
2011-04-11T08:33:39.880
0
204
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/18229/automounting-hard-disk-partions">AutoMounting hard disk partions</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I have a problem with mounting my internal hard disk in ubuntu.I have to manually mount it using /dev/mount/"name of ...
14038
-1
2017-04-13T12:23:09.107
2011-04-11T12:11:14.410
Internal hard disk mounting
[ "boot", "hard-drive", "automount", "fstab" ]
0
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[]
null
0
2011-04-12T08:32:05.183
null
null
34480
1
34524
2011-04-11T08:40:45.363
2
21999
<p>I'm trying to run different java-swing programs, which used to run before, but I can't start them from the commandline, without getting this error: </p> <pre><code>java GuessGame Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment at java.lang.Class.f...
10068
2725
2011-04-11T12:10:57.997
2016-08-21T14:47:19.297
Exception on Desktop[sic!] sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment
[ "java", "display", "x11" ]
2
4
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-11T13:57:50.867", "id": "38510", "postId": "34480", "score": "1", "text": "just a guess, are you using sun-java-6?", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "12757" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-11T14:38:24.933", "id": "38517", "postId": "34480", ...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I didn't remember that I had OpenJDK activated on this computer, and switched to it recently. </p>\n\n<p>After steaberts comment, I found the solution real quick: </p>\n\n<pre><code>update-java-alternatives -l\njava-1.5.0-sun 53 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun\njava-6-openjdk 1061 /usr/l...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>I didn't remember that I had OpenJDK activated on this computer, and switched to it recently. </p>\n\n<p>After steaberts comment, I found the solution real quick: </p>\n\n<pre><code>update-java-alternatives -l\njava-1.5.0-sun 53 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun\njava-6-openjdk 106...
null
null
null
null
null
34490
1
34497
2011-04-11T10:31:56.983
64
15050
<p>I've read a lot of discussion about a new Ubuntu configuration tool: gconf is replaced by dconf.</p> <p>Why is this change being made? Why is there so much debate about it? Is it too difficult to create a gconf2dconf migration tool?</p>
13861
169736
2014-05-06T14:03:33.197
2014-05-06T14:03:33.197
What are the differences between gconf and dconf?
[ "gconf", "dconf" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>gconf</code> typically uses an XML backend, while <code>dconf</code> uses its own binary blob. From that change alone you can draw up some points:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Binary read access is <em>far</em> faster than parsing XML</li>\n<li>According to <a href=\"http://live.gnome.org/...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p><code>gconf</code> typically uses an XML backend, while <code>dconf</code> uses its own binary blob. From that change alone you can draw up some points:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Binary read access is <em>far</em> faster than parsing XML</li>\n<li>According to <a href=\"http://live.gn...
null
null
null
null
null
34491
1
null
2011-04-11T11:00:32.607
5
1425
<p>Will there be some kind of widgets for Unity ? somethign like KDE has already ?</p>
null
235
2011-05-11T14:48:26.227
2011-05-14T17:01:07.853
Will there be some kind of widgets for Unity ?
[ "unity" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I do not think so, there will be more indicators afaik (such as indicator-weather) but I doubt there will be any widgets. If you want widgets, give screenlets from the software center a try. <a href=\"http://screenlets.org/index.php/Home\" rel=\"nofollow\">http://screenlets...
null
null
null
null
user14045
34492
1
34496
2011-04-11T11:26:01.367
2
998
<p>I'm sitting in a pub which promises wifi but in fact only seems to allow http and https over their standard ports, so no github, and no connecting to my home machine over ssh.</p> <p>How can I bypass all this sort of stupidity for good?</p> <p>I have a machine at home which I can leave running all the time. Both m...
12380
null
null
2011-04-11T12:01:13.710
captive portal vpn
[ "internet", "networking", "vpn" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have you tried to set your ssh daemon to listen on port 443? It should allow you to ssh to your machine at home as long as they don't actually inspect the packages to only allow https traffic.</p>\n\n<p>It's quite easy. Edit <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> and append <code>Port 443...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Have you tried to set your ssh daemon to listen on port 443? It should allow you to ssh to your machine at home as long as they don't actually inspect the packages to only allow https traffic.</p>\n\n<p>It's quite easy. Edit <code>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</code> and append <code>...
null
null
null
null
null
34493
1
null
2011-04-11T11:43:39.353
-1
963
<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/78951/how-do-i-remove-a-malformed-line-from-my-sources-list">How do I remove a malformed line from my sources.list?</a><br> <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/152184/how-do-i-fix-malformed-line-errors-in-source...
null
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:13.660
2020-09-17T00:49:43.060
Error message in Update Manager
[ "apt" ]
2
3
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-11T11:51:30.430", "id": "38466", "postId": "34493", "score": "3", "text": "You should open /etc/apt/sources.list and report here the affected line (nr. 59)", "userDisplayName": null, "userId": "2647" }, { "creationDate": "2011-04-11T13:13:24.150", "...
null
[ { "accepted": null, "body": "<p>I also had the same error and had to remove the line 59 and 60 to solve the problem. Not sure if it affects any other update process. The contents of the line 59-60 are:</p>\n\n<pre><code>deb http://archive.canonical.com/lucid partner\ndeb-src http://archive.canonical.com/luc...
null
null
2012-10-30T16:06:46.720
null
user14048
34495
1
63018
2011-04-11T11:49:45.357
2
5871
<p>I've installed my Wacom Bamboo Pen + Touch (CTH-460) in Ubuntu (at least <a href="https://askubuntu.com/questions/34167/installed-wacom-bamboo-pen-touch-drivers-but-no-dice">on one system, not another</a>) and the pen works well for controlling the mouse cursor. However, I can't get pressure sensitivity to work in G...
2071
-1
2017-04-13T12:24:56.827
2014-10-12T16:33:03.820
Getting Wacom Bamboo Pen + Touch pressure sensitivy in GIMP
[ "input-devices", "wacom", "gimp" ]
2
1
CC BY-SA 3.0
[ { "creationDate": "2011-04-18T14:02:08.650", "id": "62551", "postId": "34495", "score": "0", "text": "For me, pressure sensitivity works with a Wacom tablet in Gimp 2.6.11. Have you made sure to check some boxes in \"Brush dynamics\" in the Tool Options menu?", "userDisplayName": null, "...
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is certainly a bug in Gimp and should be reported:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs</a></p>\n\n<p>If the wacom support works in other programs then it's certainly not device rel...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>This is certainly a bug in Gimp and should be reported:</p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs</a></p>\n\n<p>If the wacom support works in other programs then it's certainly not de...
null
null
null
null
null
34503
1
36012
2011-04-11T12:32:24.617
0
1337
<p>I'm running Ubuntu 10.04.</p> <p>Until yesterday, my Audiophile sound card was working beautifully. I ran the latest update, and now it doesn't show up under Sound Preferences. (When I plugged in a USB headset, that appeared under Sound Preferences and worked just fine.)</p> <p>The sound card IS listed under aplay...
4236
4236
2011-04-11T12:58:20.037
2011-04-19T22:30:22.730
Won't recognize external sound card after latest update
[ "sound", "soundcard" ]
1
0
CC BY-SA 3.0
[]
{ "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Hooray! I updated to 10.10, and the sound card works beautifully now.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-19T22:30:22.730", "id": "36012", "lastActivityDate": "2011-04-19T22:...
[ { "accepted": true, "body": "<p>Hooray! I updated to 10.10, and the sound card works beautifully now.</p>\n", "commentCount": "0", "comments": [], "communityOwnedDate": null, "contentLicense": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creationDate": "2011-04-19T22:30:22.730", "id": "36012", "lastActivity...
null
null
null
null
null