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    Re: Building Pidgin vv

    I tried to compile Pidgin 2.10.12 today on Ubuntu 15.10, and ran into the same errors as the OP.

    Installing the following packages allowed ./configure to run without the --disable-vv option:

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  2. Re: Using Linux to recover Windows files on a Mac

    OS X can mount the NTFS partition, but the directory I want to recover shows as empty in the Finder, and when attempting an ls in the terminal, I can see the subdirectories but they all produce the...
  3. Using Linux to recover Windows files on a Mac

    Lovely title, isn't it?

    So, I have in front of me a Macbook Air with a dual installation of OS X and Windows 7, where the latter system has become infected by malware. My objective is to recover,...
  4. [SOLVED] Re: Wireless adapter suddenly goes persistently missing in Ubuntu

    Well, this might be one of the fastest selv-solved threads for a while, but of course I find the problem within a couple of minutes after finally coming here to post. Turns out the wifi switch was...
  5. [SOLVED] Wireless adapter suddenly goes persistently missing in Ubuntu

    On my EeePC 1000HE ASUS netbook, I've had a strange issue lately. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed it had disconnected from the wifi, and could see no networks, so I thought I'd try and disable and...
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    [ubuntu] Re: League Table Software

    Apologies for posting in an old thread, but as I am looking for the same thing the OP requested, it seems more appropriate than starting a new thread. In my case, I'd like software - preferably open...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Acroread problems on 11.10

    I'd be interested as well if anyone has found a solution to this. I'm using 11.10, dist-upgraded from 11.04 which was a clean install, and the scroll bars in acroread don't work. Other than that, I...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Persistent flash (?) related system freezes

    Thanks. I did have heating issues a few months ago, when heavy use would push the CPU temperature up to nearly 100 ℃. I was able to fix that with a bit of high pressure air cleaning of the fans. I...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Persistent flash (?) related system freezes

    Sad to say that after a couple of days without problems, I've again experienced freezes yesterday and today. So while bleachbit is undoubtedly a useful program and I will be using it, it did not - at...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Persistent flash (?) related system freezes

    I definitely will, but since the problems have been a bit irregular I'll give it a few days to see if it resurfaces. Might try and provoke it a bit too... guess I'll have to find time to do a bit of...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Persistent flash (?) related system freezes

    Indeed. I didn't think I picked all that many options, and it still cleaned out in the region of 1.3 Gb. It's worthwhile for that reason alone, and if it solves persistent and annoying issues, all...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Persistent flash (?) related system freezes

    Thanks for the suggestion! I've installed it and done a cleaning of flash cache+cookies, browser cache and the vacuuming, system cache and various other options. I'll see how it goes from here. I...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Persistent flash (?) related system freezes

    It doesn't sound like we have the same problem. When the problem occurs for me, it doesn't freeze a browser and doesn't give a message, it freezes the entire X server. On occasion, especially if I...
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    [ubuntu] Persistent flash (?) related system freezes

    I've had this problem for several months. It happens occasionally, and lately nearly on a daily basis, that my system hangs and freezes, especially when I'm using flash and/or java applications. A...
  15. [SOLVED] Re: Encrypted home does not decrypt/automount on login

    Yes, I did indeed manage to resolve the problem after pulling an all-nighter trying things, and getting some key help from the friendly people in #ecryptfs on the OFTC IRC network. I meant to get...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Linux Sports Ticker

    So has there been any progress on a good application or whatever method to get convenient and customizable live notifications of football games? I've looked around but I'm still struggling to be...
  17. [SOLVED] Re: Encrypted home does not decrypt/automount on login

    OK, so I believe I've managed to mount my encrypted home directory, but there are still big problems. Many of the directories in the mounted home directory are showing up double. A simple ls in it,...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Home folder encryption

    Late reply, I just happened to stumble on your post now. If by suspend you might actually mean hibernate, then your two issues are related. When you hibernate, the contents of the working memory are...
  19. [SOLVED] Re: Encrypted home does not decrypt/automount on login

    No ideas? I'd consider disk error, but I've seen no other such indications at all. Is it perhaps simply that the home directory encryption mechanism is not very stable and this can occasionally...
  20. [SOLVED] Encrypted home does not decrypt/automount on login

    I'm running 11.04 with Unity on my laptop, and using an encrypted home folder. During the past couple of months, it's occasionally happened that I'd log into my system and be faced with the default...
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    Re: Your chess setup?

    I use Scid for database/analysis/training. Have multiple engines loaded but mostly use Stockfish, just installed Rybka as well though so will be giving that a go.
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    [ubuntu] Thunderbird add-ons for older nightly

    I'd start by saying this isn't really a critical issue, I'm not tearing my hair out and it's not preventing me from using my system. Nevertheless it's something I'd like to understand better, so I'm...
  23. [ubuntu] Re: How to remove Ubuntu completely and re-install Windows

    Haven't tried it, but this might perhaps be helpful:

    How to install Windows from USB- WinSetupFromUSB with GUI

    Regarding Windows 7, which can apparently be installed from a pen drive as I also...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Updating modification times with rsync etc?

    Thanks a lot! I appreciate that greatly, your script worked perfectly and conveniently. I made a small modification; since I didn't transfer the entire directory the files were in (no way you could...
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    [SOLVED] Updating modification times with rsync etc?

    So, I logged on briefly during my vacation to start a transfer of some 12 TB of data between machines using scp compiled for high performance networks. Unfortunately I omitted the flag to preserve...
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