Default refers to the setting/program set, etc. that was the initial configuration. This is a very generic tag, use a more specific one if possible.
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Default Running
I want to make my Minecraft Skin Viewer not have to be put into the Terminal like
User@ChrUbuntu~$ Wine '/home/user/Documents/MCSV.exe'
I just want to be able to double click the .exe file and it ...
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[Making a Ubuntu distro]How do I make Openbox default GUI in Live session? [Ubuntu 12.04]
I want to make an Ubuntu 12.04 distro similar to Crunchbang, but in the live sessions it keeps loading Unity.. is there anyway I can get Openbox instead along with Conky and Tint2 running?, cheers.
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Desktop background changes to default
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04, and it works perfectly. I also can change my desktop background, the problem is when I restart my computer it changes back to the default background. I already tried ...
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change default printing settings
Is there any way to change the default printing settings in the dialog box?
For instance, I would like the paper format to be always A4. Now it always appears as US letter by default and I have to ...
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Restore ubuntu boot defaults [duplicate]
I've installed gnome-shell at some point and it changed the plymouth themes on boot and shutdown.
I want them restored to ubuntu's default. Tried reinstalling some packages but no luck.
Any hint?
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Can't save default microphone volume
I've tried
sudo alsamixer
changed values and then
sudo alsactl store
Everytime I boot up the default microphone volume always gets back to something like 25%.
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Why isn't gksu in 13.04? [duplicate]
I don't know if this is a bug or it's their decision? but why isn't it installed by default?
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Set Shotwell Photo Viewer to Default Photo Viewing Application [closed]
I've an issue when I try to set the Shotwell Photo Viewer to default.
When I right-click on an image there is Open With and right there Shotwell Photo Viewer exists, though you can't set it as ...
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Login after alternate-install of 12.04 LTS
After an unsuccessful attempt to install 12.10 desktop via graphic install, decided to install 12.04 LTS with the alternate CD and text mode. (I have S3 ProSavage DDR graphics, graphical installer ...
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How to set default format in Arista?
I use Arista transcoder always to convert to one (mp4) format, unfortunatelly it is not default. Is there any option to set the default format?
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How to default social media status to “Available”?
Is there any way to default the below picture to "Available", so I don't have to remember (I never do) to manually change it every time? I end up never utilizing Ubuntu's features because I always ...
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How do I set the default resolution of a nvidia gpu in Ubuntu 12.04?
Hey I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 and have successfully installed the drivers for my nvidia 680 gtx. However, when I log in the default resolution is 800x600 and I cannot work out how to ...
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How to change the default user name from ubuntu to something else on EC2 AMI
How can I create a new ubuntu AMI so that when a new instance is created the SSH credentials are copied under a different user than ubuntu (e.g. /home/administrator/.ssh/)?
In short, I need to be ...
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Change default mail client [duplicate]
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I'm trying to change my default mail client (To Evolution), I'm fairly new to Ubuntu and Linux but I've gone to System Settings >Details > Default Applications & ...
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How to boot into Windows 8 after Ubuntu installation? [duplicate]
I'm kinda new to Linux & today was the first time I used Ubuntu (I loved it). Now my laptop is a new one & came pre-installed with windows 8 (& the UEFI complexity as well). So I made a ...
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why doesn't the standardized way to change default terminal work?
Why doesn't: sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
Work to change the default terminal in 12.10 ubuntu-one nautilus? I find it
confusing.
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How can I change the default location of sidebar content folders to folders in partition shared by win7 & ubuntu
I have a partition named Storage which is used by both Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 where I have my music, videos, pictures and downloads. I'd like to have the sidebar icons with these same names (eg. ...
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Trying to set Thunar as a default file manager in Ubuntu 12.04
Is it possible to make Thunar my default file manager in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS successfully instead of quite slow Nautilus? I've installed Thunar and I must say there's really visible difference comparing ...
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How to change default “sort by” to “type” in nautilus
How to change the sort by for folders to type, because I want folders to be shown first and then files by name. When I sort by type, I get the result I want, but I need to change this for all my ...
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Lubuntu 12.04 change default keyboard-layout after installation.
I have Lubuntu 12.04
I accidentally set the keyboard to the wrong language when I was installing the system, and now I have to change that keyboard setting every time i start the computer.
How do I ...
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Change WebDav permissions for creating files and folders
Files and folders created through webdav are assigned www-data.www-data and permission 740. I've already added my user to the www-data group, but I'd like to change the permission to 770, so I can ...
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Empathy Notifications ? How open Emphaty from envelope?
Well no, was no similar question. Ok somebody start to chat me, I got envelope. When I click on it Telepathy not Empathy opens, always. Well Empathy looks better and has nicer UI. How to make Empathy ...
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Grub not defaulting to latest kernel in 12.10
I upgraded to 12.10 (32-bit) a few weeks ago (from 12.04) and everything has been running fine. A few days ago, the updater installed the latest kernel (3.5.0.22 ?) and since then I always have to ...
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Unable to set Google Chrome as default browser in Ubuntu 12.10
despite several attempts at making Google Chrome work as my default browser I simply cannot.
I've read countless threads on the internet, checked mimeapps.list and so on, tried about anything, from ...
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Multitouch Gestures in 12.10: disabling four-finger-swipe + re-configuring generally
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Multitouch describes a set of default "Supported Gestures" that come with Ubuntu 12.10 -- and they work as described on my MacBook Pro 13" Retina.
But I can't figure out how ...
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Identical default gateway with different metric (0 and 100) Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop
I have recently started to configure my network using /etc/network/interfaces for a static IP address. For this I have added the following lines into the file:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto ...
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Changing ubuntu one installation folder in windows
I changed my windows default programs(x86) folder to another partition, I have all my programs installed there, it's in D:, but the automatic ubuntuone installation puts the program in C:, obviously, ...
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Making python 3.3 default python 3 interpreter instead of 3.2
So, to keep it simple. Ubuntu 12.10 has python 3.2 pre installed and it is linked to "python3". I downloaded python 3.3 and it's command is "python3.3". However, I downloaded pySide for python3 from ...
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How to default terminal startup?
I know that you can show the process of starting up by pressing alt + space during startup how do you have that as default on your computer? Also i would like to see it on shutdown if possible.
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How to Choose default startup kernel ubuntu 12.04 with a GUI program
Is there any Gui program like the old startup-manager to control the default boot kernel behaviour in ubuntu 12.04?
Thanks.
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Changing the default program for an application
I have installed MonoDevelop and after that Wine, but when I want to open an EXE file and then double click on it, it always runs with the Mono runtime, and if I want to run it with Wine, I should ...
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Set mplayer as default application
I just did a fresh install of 12.10 and are now left wondering how to set mplayer as a global default application for video.
I created a mplayer.desktop and added the same categories as totem has, ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 “No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!”
Every time I install Ubuntu 12.10, my computer can't find the boot partition and I always get this message:
SYSLINUX 3.85 2010-02-20 CBIOS Copyright (c) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al
No DEFAULT or ...
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12.10 restore default theme
I've been playing with different themes on my fresh 12.10 and it seems that I deleted default, if you can call it that, theme files from .themes. Now it doesn't show some icons like terminal's and ...
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Default file system on ubuntu 12.10
Why does ubuntu 12.10 default to ext2 file system? Is ext4 not stable enough?
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Specific font seems broken in some apps
I'm having an odd issue with my fonts... I just did a clean 12.10 install with my /home preserved. And as you can see below, my font became well... odd. Looks like one of Ubuntu's default fonts has ...
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How to set default zoom in evince?
I really love how evince works but this little thing making me annoy so much.When i select a title or a subtitle from the content menu it shifts the zoom and I'am going crazy.On windows it was just ...
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How to use GRUB as default bootloader while dual booting Win7+ubuntu
I installed windows 7 first and then Ubuntu, booted back into windows and used EasyBCD to use the Windows 7 bootloader for dual booting. So when the system is rebooted Windows bootloader comes up ...
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What is grub2 default font?
what is ubuntu 12.04 grub2 default font? I changed it and don't know what it was to change it back. I have tried many different font and style to no avail.
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Can I set the default behaviour of power button to suspend the machine on 12.04? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I modify the power options?
Whenever you press the power button on Ubuntu 12.04 a shutdown dialog appears, but I would like it to simply suspend the machine ...
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How to read default key value with dconf or gsettings?
I would like to know the default value of a dconf/gsettings key.
My question is a followup of the question below:
Where can I get a list of SCHEMA / PATH / KEY to use with gsettings?
What I'm trying ...
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How do I make Geany my default editor on Ubuntu?
I actually want to change the default text editor on my Ubuntu 12.04 from nano to Geany. When I used this code:
update-alternatives --config editor
.. I don't see Geany in the list.
So to add ...
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I don't want all my Documents in the cloud only specific folders [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to select folders to sync in UbuntuOne?
The default for Ubuntu One appears to place ALL my documents in cloud and I don't want that. I only want a few specific ...
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Default home directory permission allow read? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why can other users see the files in my home folder?
I need help with some basic permissions logic. I noticed that default permissions for a home folder are drwxr-xr-x.
...
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What are the default mount settings for mount / fstab?
What are the default mounting options for a non root partition ?
The man entry for mount says ...
defaults - use default options: rw, suid, dev, exec, auto, nouser, and async.
... so that might be ...
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What is the default data directory for mongodb if we install that in amazon ec2
I tried to find this info everywhere and couldn't find it. I already change mongodb.conf so I forget where the original directory is.
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startx and system-wide default gnome session
I get into X by startx (not lightdm).
How can I define the default gnome session (gnome-classic instead of 2d/3d) system-wide for all users?
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How to reset evolution settings to defaults?
I have not used Evolution for long time now and I would like to reset all the settings and start from scratch. How would I be able to do this?
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No default or UI configuration directive found [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Boot failure : No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!
I've basically got the same problem as everyone else getting this error but renaming the folders and files ...
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How do I go back to original 12.04 kernel?
I wanted to make a custom ISO, so I spent the whole day setting up a partition with all the applications and little tweaks that I thought would be comfortable for 12.04 32-bit.
I'm using Remastersys ...
