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  1. Thread: ./ versus .//

    by gmgj
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    [all variants] ./ versus .//

    when using relative addressing, is their a case where

    ./modules

    should work to "back up one directory level" and go down to the modules directory?

    This works in most scripting languages I...
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    Re: sudo usermod -G root garyisaStupidUser

    I was able to use Recovery mode to add username to the sudo and admin groups and I got back sudo access. (adduser username sudo and adduser username admin).

    If I try and view syslogs etc with...
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    sudo usermod -G root garyisaStupidUser

    Objective: make it easy for username to edit LAMP system files
    Approach : sudo usermod -G root username

    in an attemp to give username root priveleges
    instead,

    I can't sudo, becasue its says...
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    [ubuntu] Nautilus SendTo or Script or Action

    12.04 LTS

    Objective
    I want to move selected files back and forth from my Windows 7 Home Premium (absolute $%## network support in Home Premium) c:\users\public ... to my ubuntu box var\wwww.
    ...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Dell Lattitude D600 won't run Unity

    My memory is foggy, but my best recollection is that when I first installed the first version with unity, I had to go through around 5 or six iterations to get any kind of desktop. I would like to...
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    [SOLVED] Dell Lattitude D600 won't run Unity

    my dell latitude d600 video is not capable of running unity. I have been searching for an option to update the laptop with a pcmia card or usb device that would replace/ augment / whatever the video...
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    [ubuntu] Re: VLC Ends Log shows kill process

    Opps , wrong, its just harder in rhythmbox


    Feb 12 10:26:27 ubugj-DellD600 pulseaudio[1507]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_delay() returned a value that is exceptionally large: -765352 bytes (-4338 ms)....
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    [ubuntu] Re: VLC Ends Log shows kill process

    I am unable to reproduce this problem with either the Gnome Mplayer or rhythmbox.
  9. [ubuntu] Re: Desktop Lost Bottom ? where Trash + Minimized Apps live

    I used a new panel and added things to it. Searched for gnome bottom panel disappeared http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=68873
  10. [ubuntu] Desktop Lost Bottom ? where Trash + Minimized Apps live

    I thought this was a panel, but I guess its a special panel, as I can't seem to get something for my minimized apps to go to.
    This panel also hosted the Show the Desktop and Trash and ...
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    [ubuntu] Re: VLC Ends Log shows kill process

    Sent to
    https://bugtrack.alsa-project.org/alsa-bug/


    maybe, just maybe, this has some bearing on my problem

    Feb 9 11:37:21 ubugj-DellD600 pulseaudio[1461]: alsa-util.c: snd_pcm_avail()...
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    [ubuntu] VLC Ends Log shows kill process

    My swag is that my VLC has a memory leak and that is why it keeps dying on my system while playing audio .m3u Playlists of flac files

    VLC 1.1.4 Jan 25 2011, ubuntu 10.10, Dell Lattitude laptop...
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    [ubuntu] PulseAudio - Analog or Digital

    I have a Dell d600 laptop. What do I select in PulseAudio for configuration?

    Analog Stereo Input
    Analog Stereo Output
    Analog Stereo Duplex

    Digital Stereo Duplex (IEC958)
    Digital Stereo...
  14. [SOLVED] Re: start skype and gedit programs from same script.

    Thanks for the answers.

    I tried the version with the keywords screen
    #!/bin/sh
    screen -A -m -d -S skype skype-wrapper
    screen -A -m -d -S gedit /usr/bin/gedit "/home/ubugj/Desktop/Skype.txt"...
  15. [SOLVED] start skype and gedit programs from same script.

    I am trying to make a wifey friendly way to click on something in the desktop and have it start 2 programs. One program is Skype, the other is gedit which opens a file with notes we have made about...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Ubuntu Mouse Desktop Help

    I am looking for something that lets me assign actions to the middle mouse wheel button. I installed the CompizConfig Settings Manager, but, I did not see what I was looking for. I am looking for...
  17. [ubuntu] Re: basic ignorance: battery level icon has disappeared

    After a couple of months of testing my new working assumption is that my battery is in such a state that it cannot report reliable information to the OS. This is not surprising. The laptop is over...
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    [ubuntu] Re: ubuntu reporting wrong battery level

    1)

    If you do <alt>+f2 and type gconf-editor you can change more functions of power manager. Go to:
    /apps/gnome-power-manager/actions

    and check notify when fully charged

    2)
    when on battery,...
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    [ubuntu] Re: ubuntu reporting wrong battery level

    I think I have same issue

    On my Dell Lattitude D600
    Plugged in - does not show battery level
    unplug does show battery level

    When plugged in I want to see Battery charge level.

    I will post...
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    [ubuntu] ls colors in Term - default

    Is there a chart somewhere that shows the default colors used.

    The man pages say the environment variable LS_COLORS and dircolors are involved.

    ...
  21. [ubuntu] Re: basic ignorance: battery level icon has disappeared

    Thanks, That worked for me!
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    [SOLVED] Re: Windows network drive won't mount

    I am trying to create a script to mount a bunch of NTFS windows shared directories for my Karmic Dell 600 laptop when I am at home. I am able to mount these by going through Places - Network and...
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    Re: Firefox optimization and troubleshooting thread

    I have been saving my bookmarks since 1996 so I have quite a large collection as well. But after 5,000 or so I decided that maybe I needed to look at a way of organizing and segmenting them. I...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Linux equivalent of netsh command?

    If I do this System - Administration - Network Tools - Devices, and click on one of the Ethernets (I think I have a wired and a wireless eth0 and eth1), I can see the IP address of this machine on my...
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    [ubuntu] Firefox 3.5 in update manager

    When should I expect to see a notice about an Update/upgrade to Firefox 3.5?

    I tried to get the 3.5 beta unsuccessfully and I am afraid that I whacked something.
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