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  1. [ubuntu] [SOLVED] Re: 404 on updates with 11.10 oneiric near-fresh install

    Well, it appears to have been fixed upstream this morning. Oh well....
  2. [ubuntu] 404 on updates with 11.10 oneiric near-fresh install

    For the past couple of days (possibly a week), the update of sources has failed with 404 errors. This is on an 11.10 oneiric fresh install on an amd64 machine.

    I have checked and compressed...
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    Re: Screenshot in Ubuntu Software Center for my PPA?

    *bump*

    I'd like to add a screenshot to my suite of GPL-but-not-Debian packages, too.

    Also, how to specify the license, too?
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    Re: cp with progress bar in a terminal script

    The problem with this approach is that programs like "watch" will filter out the backspaces, and the result is that you will end up with =s all over the screen.

    This is only important if you're...
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    [ubuntu] Re: is it possible to mount a brasero *.toc file?

    You are supposed to be able to convert the .toc file to .cue with cueconvert (since both are just text files describing the layout of the .bin file).

    However, there's currently a bug in cueconvert...
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    [SOLVED] Re: data coruption, multiple hard drives.

    IME, this can also be from a faulty power supply. Power supplies can be fine when you test them, but fail under load. I would try replacing the power supply and see if it stays up.

    The next...
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    [ubuntu] Re: badblocks and it's results

    My understanding is that badblocks merely detects bad blocks. To a certain extent the hard drive will remap the bad blocks internally, so if badblocks is returning errors, then I would suggest that...
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    [ubuntu] Re: No alert sound / bell / beep in Karmic

    I just managed to get it working by unmuting the "Beep" section in alsamixer.

    Steps to fix:
    1) Open a command terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)
    2) Type "alsamixer" at the command...
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    [ubuntu] Re: No alert sound / bell / beep in Karmic

    I have no alert sound at all. I've tried 'sudo modprobe pcspkr' and commenting it out of /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf but I don't get either a 'nice pulseaudio bing' or an 'oldschool beep' :-(
    ...
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    [ubuntu] Re: karmic empathy won't import pidgin contacts

    I've reported a bug about this:
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/474929

    It seems, however, that this is caused by IRC accounts stopping the import process:...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Updating Ubuntu on bootable USB stick

    Hang on guys.

    The original question was about upgrading on a 2GB or 4GB stick.

    An initial installation, the space taken up in rootfs is only 39M, but for some reason Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator...
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    [ubuntu] Outgoing email logging and control.

    Hello,

    I have an Ubuntu 9.04 server acting as a firewall, DNS, and DHCP server for our internet access.

    We currently shift a large amount of emails in and out of the office, but particularly...
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    Re: How to get a job out of this...

    I disagree with some of what's been said here. I decided my profession at 15, and everyone around me told me not to give it a go, to stay in school, do my homework, and practise my musical...
  14. [kubuntu] Re: Audio working for one user, not working for another.

    Could also be a permissions problem.

    Check that your /dev/audio* files are part of the 'audio' group and also that they are rw by that group. e.g.
    $ls -la /dev/audio*
    crw-rw----+ 1 root audio...
  15. Re: Howto: Get Network Manager to stop asking you for your keyring password (pam_keyr

    Not quite. It will work, however, during the login process it will pop up a big text box saying "Automatic login password" with a field in plaintext (not password cloaked)!
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