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1 Day Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread Searching for simplified shutdown procedure. in General Help

Attach this command to a shortcut: echo "yourpasswd" | sudo -S shutdown -h now Some caveats: This is insecure as "yourpassword" is typed out...

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2 Days Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread pavucontrol is very limited - alternatives? in Multimedia & Video

Try alsamixer in a terminal

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2 Days Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread scan brother dcp7040 not work in Absolute Beginners Section

Printer and scanner very different things and use different drivers ;) Looks like you have scanner driver installed OK. You may have a permissions...

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4 Days Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread scan brother dcp7040 not work in Absolute Beginners Section

Ubuntu and variants use the debian packaging system (hence .deb files ;)) Not sure what impact installing the rpm files will have had, but running...

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5 Days Ago

Merrattic started a thread Update reinstalls core software packages? in General Help

Xubuntu 12.04 I initially ignored the popup about a partial upgrade, but curiosity got the better of me and I followed it through. What did it do?...

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5 Days Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread scan brother dcp7040 not work in Absolute Beginners Section

If using kubuntu, why are you running rpm commands, should be using the dpkg commands? USB or Network drivers ? (How are you connected to your...

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1 Week Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread fails to see a folder and my Zen in Absolute Beginners Section

Your folder ".:OBEJRZANE:." becomes hidden on linux file system because of the "." at the beginning. Either remove the "." or press CTRL+h to see...

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1 Week Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread How to convert to .mp4 (for streaming)? in General Help

From: http://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/UbuntuCompilationGuideQuantal - by you know who :D Optional Installation qt-faststart ...

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Merrattic replied to a thread Samba Network Share Problem(s) in Networking & Wireless

This always works for me: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605

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1 Week Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread Bluetooth Audio Sink: Stream Setup Failed in Absolute Beginners Section

Does this help? http://metricrat.co.uk/xubuntu-bluetooth-blueman-automatic-device-connection-audioheadset/

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1 Week Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread ssh in and run command in pre-existing session? in Programming Talk

Found the solution!! Needed to use openvt with sudo. I can stop the existing running gnu-screen with: screen -X quit then restart with:

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1 Week Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread ssh in and run command in pre-existing session? in Programming Talk

I think I have introduced too many "variables"! At the remote machine if I run the tty command I get /dev/tty1. If I ssh into the remote...

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1 Week Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread is it possibole to have a video as a screensaver? in Absolute Beginners Section

^^^ That works a treat. very clever :)

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1 Week Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread ssh in and run command in pre-existing session? in Programming Talk

Thanks My issue is starting gnu-screen in a different session (login) to the one I am ssh-ing in with. When PC boots up it logs in...

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1 Week Ago

Merrattic started a thread ssh in and run command in pre-existing session? in Programming Talk

I think this is what I need to do in order to run my script! This is not a gnu-screen question, more a ssh session question (I think?) Remote...

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2 Weeks Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread How to fix flash problems on web browsers such as firefox and chrome?! in General Help

You will need to sudo mousepad to save to /etc/...

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2 Weeks Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread Error when copying from Desktop to any other location in General Help

Shame you didn't give thunar more of a try, it (and its quirks) grows on you ;) Is thunar still uninstalled ? Just an opportunity to use a...

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2 Weeks Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread Test if program is ever running (not sleeping) over a time period? in Programming Talk

Revisited this issue and eventually came up with a small bash script using top to capture a "running" (as opposed to sleeping) process: ...

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3 Weeks Ago

Merrattic replied to a thread Thunar custom actions help in Desktop Environments

On Xubuntu 12.04 LTS ;) : 1. Paste will appear for every folder / blank space you click on in the right hand pane of thunar, as long as you have...

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