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Problem with minimizing windows
I installed gnome shell from the official repo and after restarting , when i open a window (Either in gnome or unity) and try to minimize it , it freezes until i press Alt + Tab and when to maximize ...
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make terminal show up when called in a shell script
I am writing a shell script that will execute some application for a specific mime type, and it does it correctly, but when I have echo in my shell script, I dont see any terminal with the echoes ...
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How Do I Create a Chromium Web app with 13.04 and Gnome Shell?
Can't seem to find out how to do this? I specifically want to create a web app for Evernote
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Problem installing modules for Asus USB-N53 WiFi adapter?
I need some help please. I am a complete Linux noob and find this pretty difficult stuff. that said, I have followed the above instructions and everything seems OK thru step 6. However, when I try to ...
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Remotely turning on computer?
Hi this is my first question so if this has been answered elsewhere please direct me to that. I need a simple way to turn on my dell optiplex remotely, and shut it off. Its running ubuntu 13.04. How ...
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Black screen after clicking choosing “Install Ubuntu”
I want to install the latest ubuntu (12.04.2 LTS) in my ultrabook asus S56C.
I tried to boot with USB & CD, but both stuck in black screen after choosing "Try Ubuntu..." or "Install Ubuntu"...
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after upgrading to ubuntu 13.04 lost all my network adapters
after upgrading from ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04
i faced 2 problems
1- i lost all my network adapters even for LAN or wireless
i run
lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as ...
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Where to find file tag options in Ubuntu 12.04?
This link mentioned tags associated with files.
http://www.iloveubuntu.net/nautilus-receives-tags-ubuntu-1204-lts
But I cannot find it on my Linux 12.04.
Thanks in advance.
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I can't access to my session
I try to log in my session but the login screen reappeared each time , the password is correctly entered.
NB: the guest session is accessible
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Dummy sound output - no sound available
I'm on ubuntu 12.04
For some reason, the sound output changed to "dummy output".
I have no idea why.
me@me-GeForce6100PM-M2:~$ hwinfo --sound
hal.1: read hal dataprocess 2562: arguments to ...
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Can't login to my user
I was installing NVM using this command:
curl https://raw.github.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | sh
as explained in the github page https://github.com/creationix/nvm
It didn't work, so I ...
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When installing updates, I do not get any progress indication
Using Lubuntu, when I install updates, update manager simply closes out after I authenticate. There is no progress indicator to tell me when the update are completed. I used to get a terminal window ...
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Wine Codec install problems
I'm trying to follow this tutorial( Required plugin could not be found ), and I stopped on installing codec on wine.
I try to launch in wine the g2m_codec.exe and get this error:
Extractor error ...
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Is there a loaded tour guide to Edubuntu?
I just installed Edubuntu and the computer will go to a pair of young little girls, the system is already running bu I would like to show them a guided tour on how to use and discover Edubuntu, I ...
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Mouse moving and clicking on its own in 13.04
I recently upgraded from 12.10 where I had been having some mild touchpad problems. I'm running an Avatar Mercury ultrabook with an elantech touchpad which refuses to support multitouch under 12.10.
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Auto-configure network in UBuntu
While trying to set up NAT to work with Host-only adapter, I've messed up the network config in Ubuntu Mini, and now it boots without network :(
Do you know can I make Ubuntu auto-configure itself ...
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Problem with apt-get update and dpkg/status
First i got some problems with /var/lib/dpkg/status. I found a solution to remove this file and run apt-get update. Removing this file worked well but after running update i always got this ...
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How to install emacs 24.3 on Ubuntu?
This is my first time using Ubuntu and I dont know how I should install a program on it. I tried using cd the directory where it is and then ./configure it but it is not working!
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wrong battery report on asus k45dr
I bought new asus laptop with series k45dr and there is something wrong the battery, it always show that it fully charged , even though i have used my computer for more than an hour then without ...
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Help with NVidia GeForce 9400 GT?
I just got my 13.04 running.
However, I run off an almost ancient graphics card, the NVidia GeForce 9400 GT, and it doesn't support the dimensions for my card, is there any drivers I could possibly ...
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How to set up VPN connecton to access school research databases?
I need to access some research databases over school IP address. IT office of my school provided information how to setup VPN connection in Windows (Control Panel -> Network connection -> Create New ...
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Recover data after installing Ubuntu?
I decided to install Ubuntu and I choice to erase everything, I had already installed Windows 8 but broken and I wanted to erase it, but I thought that it would erase only the partition C where was ...
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Segmentation Fault (core dumped) Celtx 13.04
Celtx closes each time I try to save or browse projects. It used to work fine in 12.10 but accidentally deleted the celtx directory after upgrading to 13.04.I first installed it via this method and ...
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How do i get the sound out of Hdmi output on Tv
my aplay -l command looks like this
** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **
card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: ...
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No network modules detected in mini.iso for custom kernel 3.0.0-32-server
It would be very helpful, if somebody could help me in this. :)
I am trying to update my 2.6 kernel to 3.0.0 for ubuntu-10.04 LTS. And, for update, I am using netboot_iso approach and using mini.iso ...
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Upgraded to 13.04, mount.cifs returns “Invalid argument” -22 error
Just upgraded my Ubuntu Server to 13.04, and the existing and working fstab configuration for a cifs mount is failing with the generic -22 error (invalid argument):
12:38 PM wesley at wsrv cwd ~
$ ...
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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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Cancel SSH Session to Server
I use SSH to manage a server on my local network.
ssh username@192.168.1.210
Which works great. When I am finished in the server I normally just X out the command line window which fires a prompt ...
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Is it possible to run twinkle sip client under ubuntu 13.04?
We can't install twinkle under ubuntu 13.04
This program is very important to us!
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Live Window Resizing is very slow - ubuntu 12.10
live window resizing is very very slow, if i activate it through compiz config manager.
I searched the web for a while, but found no reason why.
It's obviously an unity/compiz problem.
The question ...
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Enabling wheel emulation on Thinkpad Helix (clickpad)
I'm trying to enable wheel emulation on my Thinkpad Helix. The touchpad is button-less (a click-pad).
This is my synaptics configuration:
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
Option "ClickPad" ...
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How to Code Mobile OS using Linux Source code [closed]
I am Information Technology Student ,
i have a project to complete this year which is to code a very simple mobile operating system with linux from scratch
and m not getting a point to start from
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PPA for Android Studio?
Android Studio was released a few days ago and it's still in early access preview, but I would like to know if there is any PPA I could add to my Ubuntu Raring to automatically keep it updated with ...
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No wallpaper after update
I updated the system from the software updater and it required restart , after the laptop restarting no wallpaper on the desktop even if i changed it like below
any help ??
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Bridged Adapter in Ubuntu VM
After I installed Ubuntu this network setting from VirtualBox worked, but now it doesn't work anymore. It appears that Ubuntu doesn't have Internet. I think it's because in the meantime I switched my ...
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How to set Desktop to show files and folders from different directory?
Currently, when all windows are minimized and closed, the desktop will show files and folders located in /home/user/Desktop. I want to change this behavior and have my home folder be displayed for ...
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'root' user does not exist?
When I run the su command, the terminal returns: user 'su' does not exist.How do I add the root user? Can anyone answer this? I tried sudo adduser su, but after this, I get the same problem.
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Lubuntu internet connection drops after a couple of hours
I am attempting to host a Minecraft server from a hp pavilion desktop running Lubuntu 13.04. After every couple of hours, the connection drops, a window appears asking for an administrator password, ...
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how to assign modules to devices (AR8131 driver issue)
I worked with older CentOS distributions which use /etc/module.conf for assign modules with respective devices. Now I am trying Ubuntu 12.04 and I played with /etc/modules and ...
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keyboard layout differs from my us intl
my hp probook has a us intl keyboard with eurosymbol on 5, but left shift key is right next to 'z'. that one is not available in my keyboard list. now my shift and ctrl keys are not working. is this ...
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What Password do you Use When you're Installing Software on a Virtual Machine running 13.04?
I am using Windows 8 and through virtualbox I am running 13.04 and it would be just great if I could actually use it for what I wanted it: installing and running GNU Octave. I can't seem to because ...
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Installed Ubuntu still work like LiveCD
Sorry for my english...
I've istalled U 12.04 from HDD, after installation and restart only wallpaper and cursor show.
I decide to reinstall from pendrive - the same problem.
Next day I try to ...
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USB Datacard not getting detected
I have a USB datacard which worked well with the backtrack5r3 (Which is based on Ubuntu 10.04LTS ) but it is not getting detected in Ubuntu 12.04LTS/13.04
The USB modem which I have been using will ...
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Module Not Loaded
I am new to Linux driver development, and I just stated to do some driver programming beginning with "hello.c" on Ubuntu 12.10... but unfortunately my Makefile didn't compile the kernel code... and ...
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secure boot not enabled
i have Q400A Asus laptop, which was running windows 8 when i bought,i installed win7 as the main OS for the system and win8 and Ubuntu 12.04 running on side.
I wanna try 13.04 so i download the ...
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Black screen after login with cursor
I have Ubuntu 13.04 and one day ago I've just installed updates, after I turned off my computer and then when I restarted I just can see a black screen with cursor after login.
Note: I can login.
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Where on the filesytem could a user find the Unity scope files?
I am wanting to find the Unity scope folder so that I can study how the scopes are set up and programmed. Where on the filesytem could I find the Unity scope files?
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Powernap daemon doesn't start with upstart
I have a problem with powernap daemon on kubuntu 13.04, which doesn't start with upstart (or with /etc/init.d/powernap start). On my other machine with ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS it starts ok.
$ sudo service ...
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installing ubuntu 13.04 using linux on a new harddrive the program stops during boot up
After installing 13.04 using linux on a new harddrive the program stops during boot up. It installs with no errors but stops on loading files after the re-start.
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Multiple Windows at QtCreator startup
I'm using QtCreator for a while. No problems everything worked fine. But, when I started some hours before it opens with multiple windows named QtCreator along with one main QtCreator window. Others ...
