Xubuntu is a community developed, Ubuntu-based Linux operating system.
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How to change the soundcard output on-the-fly?
One feature I miss the most in Windows 7, is the possibility to change the soundcard output on-the-fly. In Xubuntu 12.10, I have to unplug my headphones to make the sound come out of the speakers.
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Xubuntu 12.10 : Can't add account to network application
When I try to add an account to Gwibber/Pidgin (which are not system apps), it sends me to the "System parameters". It is impossible for me to add account to this apps. Any idea where it can come from ...
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Unable to find or create trash directory?
I am a user of Xubuntu and I have a problem with it. When I delete any files outside home they can't be deleted and instead of that, a message appears to me and says "Unable to find or create trash ...
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Xubuntu 1080p HD video play and CPU usage
I am looking for a light version of Linux. I tried out Unity desktop but it is a bit too much for my laptop so I switched to Mint Cinnamon. It is less heavy but I could not install my graphics card ...
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Why won't Ubuntu boot with a series 5 ATI along with the Series 6 AMD's?
My setup is as follows:
2 AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
and a ATI Radeon HD 5670
Xubuntu 12.04 64bit and in case it makes a difference my Motherboard is a ASUS Formula IV. The driver versions I have ...
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Ran a script in xubuntu and my display crashed. Can someone advise on how to reverse it?
I have a script I found a while back to speed up installing Minecraft... for my kid... Anyway, I recently changed to Xubuntu and figured the same script would be ok, not taking into consideration the ...
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Unusually high CPU% and bad performance on both Ubuntu and Xubuntu
I recently decided to switch to Ubuntu from Windows 7, and I've been having some problems regarding CPU usage. Any program I have running uses 40-50% of my CPU, which is way too much obviously. I'm ...
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Unmet dependencies: linux-generic
Today I went over to my grandma because she had some problems with her computer, running Xubuntu 12.04LTS. After fixing 'the problem' (Firefox was set fullscreen..) I ran the usual apt-get update ...
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How to remap CapsLock to Ctrl in Xubuntu 12.04?
I tried doing it like follows (in autostart):
setxkbmap -option "ctrl:nocaps"
and it works, but only for a while - then the setting is reset back to original state. How can I make it persistent?
I ...
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xubuntu lightdm unity-greeter bad looking theme
I'm using xubuntu 12.10 and wanted to use the unity-greeter for the login screen (lightdm). The thing is that I installed the package unity-greeter (and gnome-settings-daemon), changed to ...
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Changing default owner of vbox shared folders
First I am quite new to Ubuntu and trying to commit myself to it as a PHP developer. Well, I am running on a guest Xubuntu 12.10 system based on Windows7 host.
I shared my web_projects folder and ...
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How can I hide mounted volumes when I still want USB volumes to appear on the desktop?
Xubuntu 12.10
XFCE 4.10 with Thunar 1.6.2
I have two greyed out mounted (or "mountable") volumes on my desktop:
If I right-click on them, I can mount them, implying they appear not be mounted ...
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How can I discover and install a list of dependent libraries?
I'm trying to get the Humble Bundle version of Dungeon Defenders going, but the executable crashes with a "no such file or directory" error. Thanks to this answer I'm able to identify the dependent ...
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Xubuntu: No password request after suspension
If I suspend my Xubuntu 12.10, and then take my computer off the suspension, it doesn't request any password. I have tried adding the gnome-screensaver on autostart settings, which I read somewhere ...
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Xubuntu corrupted
I dual boot with Windows and Xubuntu. Today, I installed Virtual box on windows so I could install Ubuntu for a class project.
I allocated 8GB to it, but I got a message that I had run out of disk ...
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Xubuntu is getting slow
I've been using Xubuntu for a year now and I already reinstalled it two times because after using it for a while it starts to becomes slow, I think is because the tons of security downloads it asks ...
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Monitor blacks out after boot [duplicate]
I am more than willing to install Xubuntu 12.10 (a good friend suggested it).
Although i have little ( in comparison to his ) knowledge about computer stuff, i learn very fast and its easy for me... ...
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How to remove Mathematica menu from xfce applications menu?
How can I remove the Wolfram Mathematica menu from the Xfce applications menu? The Mathematica menu doesn't show up in alacarte... I'm using Xubuntu 12.10 64-bit.
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Home folder got deleted after XFCE reinstall
I messed with some files and I broke xfce, and I did these 2 commands:
apt-get install --reinstall xfce4 and apt-get install --reinstall xfce4-session
Now my home folder got completely wiped out and ...
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policykit-desktop-privilege - rules not in effect
my xubuntu installation asks me for my password everytime I try to mount/umount/update software ... all the things that policykit-desktop-privilege should grant me. The user is in both admin and sudo ...
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Virtual Machine Windows 7 USB webcam connection lost when switching back to Ubuntu
I am relatively new to Ubuntu, willing to learn, but don't have a ton of experience with command line interfaces (so go easy on me please if possible tech-wise!)...
I have xubuntu installed on my ...
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Problems after system upgrade in XUBUNTU
I did the following in my computer :-
$sudo apt-get update
$sudo apt-get upgrade
After restarting the computer, I see the visuals of my Desktop changed. Also, there is not even single ...
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How do I enable the GRUB splash screen in Xubuntu 12.10?
I have Xubuntu 12.10 running fine on a Thinkpad T60. Grub2 is installed as the boot manager and the GRUB....LINUX_DEFAULT is set as "quiet splash". Therefore, Grub should display its splash image ...
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Black loading screen
This is the first time that I use Xubuntu and I'm experiencing a problem with it. D:
I've just installed Xubuntu 12.10 desktop 64-bit on my laptop alongside with Windows 8.
When I choose Ubuntu from ...
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Can I change the color of tabs in gedit?
under Xfce 4 (Xubuntu 4.8) the tabs of gedit appear black with dark grey writing (at least on my PC it does). Obviously this makes it pretty hard reading the file names that are open. Changing the ...
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Can't Install Xubuntu to Asus eee PC 901
I can’t install xubuntu from usb. I did not make any changes when I was in usb disc creation section. It says it was 100% complete. I restart and make changes from bios on boot section. Save it. Ok. I ...
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Sound Not Working Until Manually Enabled/Disabled
Alright, so I'm running Xubuntu 12.10, and whenever I close the lid to my laptop, or turn it off, I have to go into my sound settings-> Configuration-> then manually switch it from Analog Stereo, to a ...
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Xubuntu 12.10; battery drains when laptop lid is closed
I am on Xubuntu 12.10. When I close my laptop lid, the screen goes black as normal, and the normal login window appears when I open it up again. However, I notice that for example, I left my laptop ...
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Why isnt IBus functional (in Xfce)?
I'm trying to use IBus to type in Japanese. I have set up the Anthy IME properly, and the "enable or disable" setting to function when pressing ctrl+space.
In any case, it's simply not working.
I ...
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BCM4318 disconnecting on Xubuntu 12.10
I have a Broadcom BCM4318 PCI card (see the details below) - I can see my wireless network, it does connect to the network momentarily but then disconnects and I see this in dmesg:
[33535.728221] ...
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IRC service and UFW firewall rules
I am securing my computer and have created same rules by utilizing UFW at CLI.
My question is this, in order to allow IRC services with XChat 2.8.8, and because IRC service uses ports 6667 through ...
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Xubuntu 12.10: Possible to use animated gifs as a background?
I really, really want to use
http://www.reddit.com/r/cinemagraphs
I've done a lot of research on this, but the answers seem to vary greatly and I haven't had much success with any of the other ...
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XFCE panel overlaying windows
I have set up a panel (panel no.2, from 0,1,2 ) in xfce ubuntu, and I want it to be at desktop level - covered by windows. I found something about it on the archlinux wiki.
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Boot splash and TTY in low resolution
I noticed that when booting from a live USB stick, my boot screen and TTY are in the same resolution as my desktop environment (1366x768). But when I boot from my SSD with the very same system ...
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Would changing to a different motherboard/cpu/ram conflict with Ubuntu?
My buddy has been using hand me down computers for years and is due for a upgrade. He currently has a pre-lga775 pentium 4 @ 2.8GHz and I have a Core2Duo E6400 @ 2.13Ghz with an ASUS P5LP-LE mobo. I ...
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No display on resume from suspend
My netbook display stays black after resume from suspend about 70% of the time. The only remedy is to either close the lid and open again (to sleep the system) and see if that brought the display ...
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How can I turn off Xfce session saving system-wide?
We are working with a terminal server that is running Xubuntu. Because we have had some issues with saved sessions, we want to turn off the saving of sessions completely.
So far, we have been able to ...
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Xubuntu 12.04 - Not connecting to router
I've been having this problem since yesterday. My laptop (DEll Inspiron N5010) was connected to my Wi-Fi router (TEW 651 BR) and worked properly. However, after I did a few updates to Xubuntu and I ...
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WiFi is not working in Xubuntu 12.10
My laptop is Dell Vostro 2520. I tried both Xubuntu and Ubuntu on it, I've used 12.04 & 12.10. WiFi fails to work in all the cases - when i try to switch WiFi by a hotkey (fn+f2) the Bluetooth ...
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How to install asus wlan wl167g driver on xbuntu 12.10
Hi I am pretty new to Ubuntu, I have just installed the xubuntu version 12.10 everything is working fine except my wireless Internet connection. I have a asus wlan wl167g usb wireless adapter on my ...
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why am i not getting my ubuntu 12.10 login screen back after uninstalling xubuntu 12.10?
I installed xubuntu, then uninstalled it completely, but I am not getting my original log-in screen back. It's a simple log-in screen with the computer's icon, user name, password and session details ...
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How to display buttons in Evince?
Xubunte 12.10
XFCE with Greybird theme and the default icon set.
Hello,
I like Evince so far, I can read stuff just fine.
However, instead of buttons for navigating, I see buttons with words for ...
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How to stop the fluent change / switch between work spaces?
I successfully got my laptop hooked up to my 22 inch monitor with the help of you in How do I setup dual monitors in XFCE?. It is pretty cool working on Xubuntu on a big monitor (in 1680 x 1050 px). ...
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How to define keymap switcher button on Xubuntu 11.04 [closed]
FolAccording to the previous suggestion,I tried to install xxkb and experienced "Unable to locate package xxkb".Is there another way?
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Xubuntu 12.04 No Wifi icon
I have an old Compaq Presario 700 with Xubuntu 12.04. Network connections recognized the USB wireless modem but now does not show a connection or an icon. It throws up a screen when booted that says ...
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How to recover deleted music [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to recover deleted files?
I am using Xubuntu 11.10. I was playing a song with G player and it deleted all of my music mp3 files. Why? I did not even allow it, or ...
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How do I tell Xubuntu that my screensize is 19“ and not 22”
Xubuntu seems to think my screensize is 22" I have not noticed too many issues with this but I would still like to set it properly.
Here's how I saw it:
Moreover, What is the meanings of the ...
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How to make Conky display meta data from gmusicbrowser?
Xubuntu 12.10 with XFCE
what do I have to do to make Conky display the media's meta data which is currently played in gmusicbrowser?
Do I have to follow one of these guides:
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error: unknown file system grub rescue
First of all let me apologise for the extension of my post.
After a successful removal of Windows XP on my dualboot with Xubuntu 12.10, I tried to resize and move the /, /home partitions to use the ...
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error: unknown file system grub rescue
First of all let me apologise for the extension of my post.
After a successful removal of Windows XP on my dualboot with Xubuntu 12.10, I tried to resize and move the /, /home partitions to use the ...
