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Why can't I change some file permissions?
I use Ubuntu 12.10 and whenever I click on .tex file it says it is an executable file. I wanted to remove this and tried gksu nautilus, but I can't tick off the permission. When I try to remove the ...
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Cant access file properties!
I have ubuntu 12.04 precise pangolin installed on my laptop. I am the admin of the computer, but anytime I try to change file permissions to acces files or tick exectute file as program then he just ...
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Can't acces files on Precise
I have 12.04 installed on my laptop. I am the admin of the computer, but every time I try to change file permissions to access files or tick execute file as program then it just changes back quickly ...
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Option to activate Help text
Is there any help text option in Ubuntu? By this i mean as we see in windows if u hover the cursor over files u get basic details of the file in a small text box near the cursor. Is there any such ...
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Why aren't file properties shown for MP4 files?
I am using ubuntu 12.04. I have a .mp4 video for which I want to change default media player to vlc.
When I try to go to properties by right clicking on that video.
I get the following message. ...
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Missing 'Share' properties panel
When I right-hand clicked on a folder in nautilus (specifically 'Public') and selected preferences, I used to have three panes: Basic, Permissions and Share. Now I only get Basic and Permissions. I ...
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How to edit flv comments?
On ubuntu when I right click a flv file and go to Properties > Audio/Video i see in the "General" section that is says "Comment:", but has no value. I need to add some text about the video there. How ...
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resize nautilus properties windows [closed]
how can i resize the nautilus properties window.
I tried it by clicking an edge and resizing them.
but this is the smallest i can get them.
as you can see below. The file-properties are really large.
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Item properties is showing SIZE in bytes with commas
Why Nautilus, while showing the size of a file in bytes is using commas?
Example 739.5 kB (739,530 bytes)
Until 11.04 it was just a clean number...
Example 739.5 kB (739530 bytes)
Is it ...
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Unable to change iso properties
Whenever i mount an iso file and wants to change the properties of some files in the iso, (i.e. make a file executable) i always fail to do so. Nautilus wouldn't work, as soon as u click on the make ...
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How can I change the date modified/created of a file?
Is there a way to change the date when a file was modified/created (which is shown in Nautilus or with the ls -l command)? Ideally I am looking for a command which can change the date/time stamps of a ...
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Quickest method to display image dimensions for files in Nautilus in List View?
What's the simplest and quickest way to display the dimensions of a folder containing images? There doesn't appear to be an option to do this in Nautilus. There's only so many right-click file > ...
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How can I edit font metadata in the UDS (Universal Directory Service)?
I've renamed this to reflect what I've learned. The details below track the issue.
ORIGINAL POST:
I'm trying to install a set of OpenType Helvetica fonts. The font installation is failing because ...
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Generate md5 and other checksums from properties menu (added “Digests” tab)
I am trying to restore a function that I had on my last box. It added a tab in the properties menu of any file called "Digests". From there I could choose any/all of the hash formats, click hash and ...
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Can the Nautilus Properties page show size in bytes for multiple-selects, and for directories?
In Nautilus, the Properties of a single item shows the size as:
a value rounded to one decimal place... nn.n KB, MB, GB...
followed by an exact byte count
For non-single items, Nautilus onlys show ...
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File properties(notes) not synced between local accounts
I started scanning personal documents recently and storing them in a folder in my account, now I'm adding text, related to each document, on the Notes tab of each document's Properties window.
When I ...
