GNOME Terminal (often titled only "Terminal") is the default terminal emulator included in Ubuntu.
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how to run 32bit programs on a 64bit system ubuntu 13.04
Recently, i upgraded my netbook to ubuntu 13.04 64 bit form ubuntu 13.04 beta 2 32bit.
i want to be able to run 32bit programs on my pc.
how do i do it?
is there an easy way of doing it via the ...
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Unity progress bar for gnome-terminal?
One of my favorite features of unity is the progress bar the launcher overlays on the icons for various programs like the file manager, or firefox. Gnome-terminal does not have a progress bar. What do ...
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Using QQ: How can I make Byobu the default terminal [duplicate]
I really like the Byobu terminal better than the default Gnome terminal that is installed with Ubuntu.
How can I make Byobu the default terminal - for example, when I hit control/alt-t I'd like to ...
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Terminal with multiple tabs doesn't stick to same screen when changing workspace
Minimal setup:
2 active workspaces (let's say top and bottom)
2 monitors on each. So 4 active windows.
top workspace, right monitor has Terminal with multiple tabs opened in full screen.
If I swap ...
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How to install gnome-terminal-3.8.2 on Ubuntu 10.10? [duplicate]
I downloaded gnome-terminal-3.8.2 from http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Terminals/gnome-terminal-12210.shtml
when I want to install it(after ./configure) from terminal show me this error :
configure: ...
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system dont get updates
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and I don't get any updates.
For more than two weeks, whenever I try to check for updates manually it doesn't show any updates in the update manager. Then I tried via terminal ...
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Remote Play Movies/Music
I have a basic understanding of using SSH, as in that it allows you to access files on a remote server from a local client, to run on the remote server.
However, what I am trying to achieve is a way ...
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Can't write in terminal
I've just installed Ubuntu 13.04 Gnome, 64 bits on my computer (keeping my old /home partition). But the providen gnome-terminal has a strange behaviour : it does not show me the prompt, and I can't ...
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Hiding the terminal window when running script from gnome launcher
I have an executable script which starts a simple java GUI, which all works fine when I call the script from the terminal.
I then wanted to make a launcher to start the script, so I ran:
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Gnome Terminal hotkey change globally via cli
Gnome Terminal has an option to turn off F10 and menu access hotkeys. I've also found out that this option can also be adjusted at
/apps/gnome-terminal/global/use_menu_accelerators and ...
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Gnome Terminal transparency broken in 13.04 in Parallels VM
I just upgraded to 13.04 from 12.10 in a 64-bit Parallels VM, and the semi-transparent terminal windows I configured for Gnome Terminal are now totally opaque.
I'm setting transparency via Edit -> ...
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How do I open screen with many tabs to execute some commands within each one
How to open screen with many tabs?
How can I execute some commands within each tab, plus giving the main screen window a name to call it again later to execute other commands?
For example, I have a ...
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How to open terminal inside a folder in Nautilus, so that the folder is the current location?
In Dolphin with Shift+F4 Terminal is opened from current location in Dolphin. Is there any similar functionality in Nautilus?
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How can I color my terminals in a random background and random text or highlight them by tab colour?
I have my terminal day and night with 50 to 100 tabs open. Each tabs has remote servers using SSH connected for maintaining.
Sometimes i get confused in which system i am connected and did lot of ...
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How to execute some commands while background task of bash script is about to be killed
In case i run a script in terminal and it contains a background job , in case the user close the terminal as i guess the script with his all back ground tasks will be dead , i want something like an ...
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Automatically load cdc-acm at boot
Hi I am trying to figure out how I can load the cdc-acm module at boot. I tried this command:
sudo bash -c echo hoi >> /etc/modules
but I get this:
bash: /etc/modules: Permission denied
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special character and parsing BUG - Bashscript
Failed to parse arguments: Argument to "--command/-e" is not a valid command: Text ended before matching quote was found for ". (The text was '"cpulimit')
this is what i get when i run the following ...
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How to open many-tabbed Gnome terminal as one windown instead of many independent windows
aa=$( ps -e | grep "chrome" | awk '{print $1;}')
for i in $aa
do
gnome-terminal --tab -e" sudo cpulimit -p $i -l 35 "
done
i want to open one gnome window before the execution of the ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Terminal not working after installing amd graphics driver
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 x64. Also i was using xorg's open source radeon driver. I installed ati driver from official amd website. Now my terminal is not working. e.g i typed it for testing
sudo ...
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guest account permissions impede gnome-terminal and externalmonitor
In a guest account:
there was an error creating the child process for this terminal //
grantpt failed: permission denied
is the error I get on starting gnome-terminal from F2.
I also can't use an ...
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The terminal window auto closes after a while
I've been experiencing some weird behavior with my gnome-terminal. When I open it, without executing any script, just from the unity dash it closes itself after about 10 minutes. Regardless if I did ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Terminal closes when minimized
My terminal window closes when minimized or when I maximize other program window. This is not useful when coping and pasting commands lines...
Also the terminal window do not appear in the launch ...
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GNOME-Terminal - Copy file and place in separate directory
I was wondering how I could copy a file and paste it in a separate directory (like a different folder besides the current one) in the GNOME-Terminal. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Letter-spacing in gnome-terminal
After update to 13.04 have broken fonts in gnome terminal:
It is "Ubuntu Mono 13" font, but same spacing problems occurs with any monospace font.
What can I do?
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vim and consolle in the same terminal tab
i'm not an experienced programmer but i'd like to become, one day : )
i've seen a video in which a programmer is using a vim session with 2 tab (and i know how to do, with :vsplit) and another ...
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'Acquire::http::Proxy: command not found' message at terminal when started
As soon as I start command terminal window, following message appears in the terminal
Acquire::http::Proxy: command not found
Acquire::ftp::Proxy: command not found
Acquire::https::Proxy: command not ...
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I cannot mount my USB flash drive although I can see it with lsusb
library4@maths1-3000-N200:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 090c:1000 Silicon Motion, Inc. - Taiwan (formerly Feiya Technology Corp.) 64MB QDI U2 DISK
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. ...
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Batch rename files to lowercase
Is there a way to rename all files in a directory to lowercase|uppercase?
I am looking for a oneliner command.
I loved TotalCommander's alt+f7, now I need that functionality in the Terminal
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Better terminal for Ubuntu?
Suggest please a terminal application for Ubuntu desktop which meets next requirements:
1. Paste via Right Mouse Click (without showing the context menu)
2. Copy via Mouse selection.
3. Solarized ...
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I Want to Program jdbc in ubuntu with MySql
I want to Practise Jdbc Programs with Mysql in Ubuntu 12.04
So If you can Help me in Installing Procedure and Running up the Program it would be nice
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Bash - How to execute a Terminal command without opening the Terminal GUI
I am trying to execute a Terminal command in bash, but I don't want the Terminal GUI to open.
Here is my code:
#!/bin/bash
gnome-terminal -e "java ABC"
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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How to remove rick roll script at terminal startup?
I injected an sh script (https://github.com/jart/rickrollrc) using ./astley.sh inject evil for a joke but now when I need the terminal I have to wait and then lets me do commands. How do I UN-inject ...
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gnome-screensaver-command on python
I have the following code to check whether the screen is locked or not (using gnome-screensaver)
gnome-screensaver-command -q | grep "is active"
From this link, How can I put the display to sleep ...
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Unable to fork: Cannot allocate memory
frequently getting 'fork: Cannot allocate memory' when running commands over ssh. I have 64Gb of RAM and usually 1~2Gb free.
swap is more than 8gb free
Ubuntu version:"Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS" Desktop ...
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How to use commands on files which have “-” at the start of their names?
This may be a simple question, but how do I use files starting with "-" with command line programs?
For example, I am trying to use pdfgrep on a file named -2013-01-01.pdf but it complains that ...
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Opening multiple tabs with gnome-terminal
I'm trying to create a command that will open 3 services from the Rails stack, rails s, spork, and autotest. I can run these commands individually by opening 3 terminals, going to the app folder and ...
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SSH terminal resizing not working - rackspace cloud server
It appears that rackspace cloud ubuntu servers that you ssh into do not auto resize the column count when you use gnome-terminal. They are fixed at whatever size you connect at. However, you do not ...
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running gnome-terminal with no window border on startup in xubuntu 12.10
I created a script to launch a session of gnome-terminal when I log into xubuntu. I specifically wanted it in a specific position on the window, and with no window borders (surprisingly, there's no ...
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Guake terminal appearance like a normal terminal?
I love how the normal terminal looks on Ubuntu.
I recently installed Guake and the Guake terminal is pretty simple (ugly): white on black with a simple font. Furthermore it's inconsistent with other ...
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Restoring theme colors in gnome-terminal
I followed this guide to test the Solarized theme in terminals in Ubuntu. I now want to go back to what I originally had.
Undoing the changes to my dircolors file is easy (I have a copy of my ...
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No shell prompt in gnome terminal
I was a bit behind and spent yesterday and a lot of bandwidth with three upgrades from 10.10 to 12.04. Most things seem to work but when, I launch the terminal, a get a new window but there isn't a ...
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How do I open a terminal in unity without window's top bar?
I would like (in Unity) to open a terminal as startup application; I created a simple script
gnome-terminal --profile=Startup --geometry 40x24+920+300
and put it in my startup applications. Anyway ...
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Launching php script through comman line - keeping terminal window open after execution
Oh, my girlfriend really likes it when I launch php scripts! There's something special about them, she says ...
Thus, I coded this script to run throught the CLI (Command Line Interface) - so it's ...
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Open file with terminal and close terminal afterwards
I want to open a file using the terminal on ubuntu.
To have it independent from the terminal, I use gnome-open:
gnome-open text.pdf
And since I'm lazy, I also have this alias in my .bashrc:
alias ...
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Ubuntu Terminal Text Blink
In gnome-Terminal using this:
echo -e '\e[5mBlink Text\e[0m'
there's no blinking text. Only work in XTerm.
There's a way to do that?
thx.
P.S.:
I think It's still this unresolved issue:
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Open Terminal in an unused area of the desktop / dual port display
With shortcut Ctrl-Alt-T I open a gnome-terminal or two. I have a dual port display.
The layout logic is placing the terminal windows into the corners of the current desktop always, often on top of ...
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How can I change the default color for all the text in the system manually
How can I change the overall default color for text of the whole system ,be it for the gnome panel,tty,shell,etc.In all the just look and feel aspect of my system.
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How to open Terminal with last tabs open?
When you are using Terminal in Mac there is option to open last opened tabs when you launch Terminal.
Is there an option available on Ubnutu's (12.10) Terminal?
This is helpful when you have lot of ...
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How can I create a new profile for Gnome terminal via command line?
As everybody knows you can create a new profile by the menu where you get asked which existing profile should be the parent for your new profile and so on.
But how should I create a new profile by the ...
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Terminal quickstarter guide? [duplicate]
I'm very new to Ubuntu, and any other OS than Windows. Anyway, I was just thinking, is there a "Terminal Quick-starter guide" or something like that? Because I really want to learn the terminal, ...
