bioShark's questions

I've recently installed Ubuntu Mate 17.04, and I've selected Pantheon as my panel layout.

I've noticed that every time I minimize an application, it's actually closed. (They are even not present in the process list)

Any option I am missing?

Edit: I have to correct myself. I've double checked the processes and they are not dead. It's just that the applications can't be accessed via ALT+Tab, and pressing the icon of the app from the launcher, fires up another instance of it. So it may be an issue with the dock itself.

At work I'm using putty to connect to a lot of Red Hat / CentOS machines and I love the fact that selecting a text means copy and right click means paste.

Can I set Ubuntu's default terminal to do the same?

Edit: Thanks for the answers, but they are not exactly what I am looking for. While both are valid, I was actually looking for a way to use the functionality without using another terminal. So everything should work via the default gnome terminal.

I am not sure it's possible, but I'll try my luck and start a bounty on this...

Edit: Thank you guys for your answers and sorry for the late reply but I was out over the week-end. I'll check the "selection/middle mouse button" solution tonight and come back to you.

The patch solution sounds also promising.

I want to install in my Ubuntu 12.04 only the MATE terminal. I don't want to completely migrate to mate, but I just want the terminal because I think it's a cool one.

Thanks.

Is there a quick way to list all the files from a location having an appended order number?

something like:

ls -a

generates the result:

1 file a

2 file b

...

100 file whatever

Thanks.

P.S. I need this because I am exporting a list to a file, and I have to analyse those files, and it would help me to be able to identify the files.

I've created a custom function in my .profile, and I've added right at the bottom, after my custom aliases :

# custom functions
function eclipse-gtk {
       cd ~/development/eclipse-juno
       ./eclipse_wb.sh &
       cd -
}

The function starts a custom version of my eclipse.

After I've added it, because I didn't wanted to log-out/log-in, I've reloaded my profile with the command:

. ~/.profile

and then I've tested my function by calling eclipse-gtk and it worked without any issue.

Today when I booted, I couldn't log in. After providing my password, in a few seconds I was back at the log-in screen. Dropping to command line using CTR + ALT + F1, I've commented out the function in my .profile and the log-in was possible without any issue.

My question is, what did I do wrong when I wrote the function? And if there is something wrong, why did it work yesterday after reloading the profile.

Thanks in advance.

Using: Ubuntu 12.04

Simply put: In Ubuntu I am using KeePassX and in Windows KeePass2. In am not able to export/import passwords from one to another.

I would prefer to use the same database, but I don't really know how.

If there is no possibility to sync the 2, can you recommend another password vault, which is able to sync passwords from 2 OS, using a shared DB.

Thanks

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and Win 7.

Edit:

I have noticed that KeePass2 is available in the Software Center, so I have installed it, and I can successfully open my Win7 database. Now I will migrate my KeePassX passwords. I am seeing now a huge difference in the looks. While KeePassX doesn't exactly have Ubuntu like look&feel, it's 100 times more elegant than the interface KeePass2 comes with. Well, maybe that was my initial decision for installing KeePassX on my Ubuntu machine. I can't remember.

@fossfreedom, please add your comment as a response, so that I can accept it.

Thank for the suggestion

Is there a burner software that could use the Label Tag technology? Brasero and K3B don't seem to have that option.

I am using Ubuntu 12.04

DVD burner LiteON iHAS524

I seem to have some issues sharing folders from my Ubuntu 12.04 machine to a Win7 machine. After playing around with the settings, I decided to revert to Samba's original setting by reinstalling it:

sudo apt-get purge samba
sudo rm -rf /etc/samba/ /etc/default/samba
sudo apt-get install samba

just to be sure I also run:

sudo apt-get install samba samba-common system-config-samba winbind

Now, I can't find /etc/samba folder any more. Even when I try to share a folder through Nautilus, I get:

Samba's testparm returned error 1: Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
params.c:OpenConfFile() - Unable to open configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf":
    No such file or directory
Error loading services.

Same when I try to list:

xxx@xxx:~$ ll /etc/samba
ls: cannot access /etc/samba: No such file or directory

Any ideas what I did wrong, or what other package am I missing?

cheers

I am using Thunderbird to read my gmail and yahoo emails. Both using IMAP. Then in the Synchronization & Storage option of the account, I tick the check-box with the message: Keep messages for this account on this computer.

So, where on my filesystem does Thunderbird store these archived messages?

P.S. I have the ~/.mozilla and ~/.thunderbird folders in my home directory.

I want to stop ubuntuone from autostart.

I have already tried the suggestions from this answer but it didn't help me. My current status is that I have deleted the ubuntuone-launch.desktop file from /etc/xdg/autostart but the service still start's at log-in.

Any suggestions before purging it?

I have recently made an upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04. Everything went fine, except the theme I used to have, Hope-DT, was having the fonts coloured white. So, yesterday, trying to find an updated version of Hope Theme, I have installed this .deb (which was suppose to fix the problems): i386 build of hope-gtk-theme 0.0.2-precise in ubuntu precise RELEASE

Now, I have found myself with a broken desktop...it's like GTK3. Firstly I can't find the default theme Ambience anymore. No tool shows it (System Settings/Appearence nor MyUnity nor Advanced Settings). And I have all over crappy windows and buttons. Check out the screenshots:

So now after nice Unity3D smooth feeling, I am stuck with this kind of windows. Is there a way to reinstall the default themes again? Or to somehow fix GTK3.

To make things worse, I thought it would be a good idea to restore my system to a back-up I made with duplicity yesterday. It was a good opportunity to use the tool, because I am backing up for some time now, and I never got my hands to make a restore.

The restore crashed in the middle (Ubuntu 12.04 encountered an error). And since then...I keep getting errors, and the system tries to send infos to Ubuntu but doesn't seem to be able to:

I am pretty disappointed that I did not manage to make a successful back-up/restore...why do we even have the tool then... At any rate, this issue may be related to the fact that I might have some gtk files missing.

I am pretty close to make a full reinstall, but it pains me to know that all of this might have started because I wanted to fix my theme :(

Any way to restore the default theme? Or Gtk? Maybe that solves some problems.

I have recently upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04. Normal upgrade, no new installation. In 11.10 I was using Simple LightDM Manager tool to set a custom wallpaper on the login screen. This tool unfortunately doesn't seem to do anything since I have upgraded. I have also heard that 12.04 is suppose to have this feature (changing login wallpaper per different user) by default. I have searched in settings but unfortunately in vain.

So, to keep it short, could somebody direct me to the option(s) page where I can make the desired changes.

I have installed Meld and found out it's a great comparing tool. Unfortunately there is no integration with Nautilus 3.2. This means, I can't right click on files and select an option to open them in Meld for comparison.

I have seen in the tools comment that the tool need the diff-ext package to be installed. This package has been removed from Ubuntu universe, I am guessing because gtk 3.0. Even if I manually downloaded from source forge the diff-ext package, when I try to configure it the check fails with the message:

checking for DIFF_EXT... configure: error: Package requirements (libnautilus-extension >= 2.14.0 gconf-2.0 >= 2.14.0 gnome-vfs-module-2.0 >= 2.14) were not met:

No package 'libnautilus-extension' found
No package 'gconf-2.0' found
No package 'gnome-vfs-module-2.0' found

Ok, so from this output I gather that indeed gtk 2 is being required to install the diff extension to nautilus.

Now, my question is: Is there a possibility to integrate Meld into Nautilus? Or, are there any other diff based tool which integrate with current Nautilus? So gtk3 based.

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 if there was any doubt so far.

Possible Duplicate:
At Present Which is the best choice for a Ubuntu graphics card, AMD or nVidia?

This is more of a generic question, call it a pool of issues vs stability in Ubuntu world. I am currently using an ATI HD video card. Although I got quite proficient in installing and dealing with ATI driver issues, I don't know anything about NVidia's problems or issues.

Looking through askUbuntu quite a lot, I see a lot of problems generated by the ATI video cards, and in comparison, I hardly see posts related to NVidia cards. Are the drivers for the latter so good that everything runs out of the box?

So, to keep it short, if I would to change my system now, should I go for an NVidia video card or should I stick to my ATI?

I know this is a common topic, I myself have even helped others with ATI issues. Unfortunately now I find myself in the position of having ATI driver issues. The 12.1 driver is out, and I heard some issues with the screen flicker have been fixed. Ok, so I said I uninstall my current one, and get the new one.

So for uninstall I did:

sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev*

And then I installed it normally by running the executable:

sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-10-x86.x86_64.run

The driver wouldn't install cause it was saying a current one is already there, so...like a dumb a*** I used --force

sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-10-x86.x86_64.run --force

This run through the installer apparently without issues.

Unfortunately while installing I realized I should have used the following commands:

sh ./ati-driver-installer-11-10-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/oneiric
sudo dpkg -i fglrx*.deb

Well, now I already run the force one, so I rebooted to see what the result is. After failed attempt to start xserver, I managed to log into the 2D fallback version.

Now if I try to run the installer directly I get a warning message:

A previous install of fglrx driver has been detected....

If I try to build the fglrx package with:

sh ./amd-driver-installer-12-1-x86.x86_64.run --buildpkg Ubuntu/oneiric

I get the error:

objdump: debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/alt_ld.so.conf: File truncated
objdump: debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/ld.so.conf: File format not recognized
objdump: debian/fglrx/usr/lib/pxpress/alt_ld.so.conf: File truncated
objdump: debian/fglrx/usr/lib/pxpress/ld.so.conf: File format not recognized
   debian/rules override_dh_shlibdeps
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/fglrx.wV9uQm'
dh_shlibdeps -l/tmp/fglrx.wV9uQm/debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx:/tmp/fglrx.wV9uQm/debian/fglrx/usr/lib32/fglrx -Xlib32
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libAMDXvBA.so.1.0 contains an unresolvable reference to symbol dlsym: it's probably a plugin.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: 23 other similar warnings have been skipped (use -v to see them all).
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/atieventsd contains an unresolvable reference to symbol XauFileName: it's probably a plugin.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1.2 contains an unresolvable reference to symbol XOpenDisplay: it's probably a plugin.
dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: 31 other similar warnings have been skipped (use -v to see them all).
dpkg-shlibdeps: error: no dependency information found for /usr/share/ati/lib64/libQtCore.so.4 (used by debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdnotifyui).
dh_shlibdeps: dpkg-shlibdeps -Tdebian/fglrx.substvars debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libaticalcl.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/dri/fglrx_dri.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libatiuki.so.1.0 debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/atieventsd debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/amdnotifyui debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/aticonfig debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/atiode debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/fgl_glxgears debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/atiodcli debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/bin/fglrxinfo debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libAMDXvBA.so.1.0 debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libaticalrt.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libatiadlxx.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libOpenCL.so.1 debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libXvBAW.so.1.0 debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libGL.so.1.2 debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libSlotMaximizerAg.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libamdocl64.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libaticaldd.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/glesx.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/amdxmm.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libSlotMaximizerBe.so debian/fglrx/usr/lib/fglrx/libfglrx_dm.so.1.0 returned exit code 2
make[1]: *** [override_dh_shlibdeps] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/fglrx.wV9uQm'
make: *** [binary-arch] Error 2
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary gave error exit status 2
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.Yubgiq

Using: Ubuntu 11.10; ATI HD4870;

I know this has already been discussed in different post, (Is it possible to have a different background for each workspace?) but the solutions were for 11.04. I want to have a different wallpaper for each desktop. I have already installed compiz and the extra plugins to get the Wallpaper plugin by:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-extra

Then I select in the plugin 4 new wallpapers including a .jpg which prompts me to enable jpg plugin, which I do. Next in Advanced Settings (old Ubuntu Tweak tool) I make the setting Off for /Desktop/Have File Manager handle the desktop

The result is I have 4 desktops completely black. After playing around with multiple pictures, I managed to get my 4th desktop (lower right) to show a picture. The pictures were of different resolutions and then of the same resolution, so I am not sure why that particular one worked.

By the way if I will manage to make this work, will I still be able to use my conky?

Solutions I've tried after suggestions and still did not work:

• new account created, made the settings => only 2 pics are rendered: top right and lower left.

• Tried CTRL+ALT+F1, then back to CTRL+ALT+F7, still nothing

• I confirm that .jpg and .png are enabled in compiz.

Thanks.

The title says it all.

I have enabled 2 step verification at my Google account. Unfortunately this causes Empathy to lose authorization after every reboot. Even though I authorize Empathy following the steps:

1) going to Google Account Management

2) clicking "Authorizing applications & sites"

3) using the "Generate new application-specific password" feature

4) adding that new password to Empathy

This all works fine the first time I do it. But after a reboot, Empathy doesn't feel authorized anymore, and I need to do it again. It's getting too much of a frustration. Is there a way to make Google remember Empathy's authorization?

Looking at Google's "Revoke" option, I am thinking the authorization should stay there.

I have started noticing this problem a while back. Opening spreadsheets directly from Nautilus sometimes has different behaviors in Unity. This means that sometimes I see the icon pop in the launcher like in the image below:

Other times I have the default LibreOffice icon, even though I have a spreadsheet (LibreOffice Calc) open:

And finally the worst case is when I don't get any icon at all even though I have the spreadsheet open:

In this final case I don't even have the close/minimize/maximize window in the top left corner. I can only close it with ALT+F4.

Any idea why Unity would behave like this?

I don't see a special pattern for this occurrences. Happens apparently random for both .ods and .xls files.

I am not sure this is a real question or a bug I should report Ubuntu.

Using: Ubuntu 11.10, on a Intel Q6600, Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB.

I have set my PC on Suspend and after I came back, pressed Enter and after logging in everything was back to normal. However, I had a message from Disk Utility that one disk reports errors. I entered Disk Utility, and my Samsung 2TB disk, the one on which my Ubuntu is installed, had the SMART Status turned red, with error message on it. The error was:

Spinup time failed Value 21, Threshold value was 25 (so the error was reported because 21 < 25) I restarted and booted up in Windows to see what HD Tune is reporting. Unfortunately it was exactly the same 21/25.

After reading up on Wiki about SMART and the errors, I discovered that Spinup time is the time required for the disk to reach full spinning speed in milliseconds.

Then it hit me that, in Ubuntu I had Suspended the system, making essentially all my hardware stop. And when I rebooted to Windows, the hardware doesn't really stop, so SMART's reading of the Spinup time was still from Ubuntu's suspension. So I did a full PC stop and then booted up again, both in Ubuntu and Windows to see if there are different readings. Both reported successful Spinup time, 68 (a little better then 21 :) ), although in Disk Utility I have a nice message: Failed in the Past

So now I am pretty sure that Ubuntu didn't handle the Suspend correctly, but then again should I worry about Imminent hardware failure ? Am I missing some drivers? Should I report this as a bug to Ubuntu?

Sorry if this was a bad place to ask this question.

After installing gnome shell, without any problem, after log in the fonts are missing and it looks like crap...nothing is readable.

Don't want to make it a double post, because my issue is similar to the one from this question but for me the problems have not been solved properly. After running the commands from that post, and installing the latest AMD 11.10 driver, the Gnome shell display issues have been solved. But each time I move the mouse in the upper left corner, to bring up the applications...my entire screen flickers. Without the applications been displayed, everything looks fine.

Hardware: ATI HD4870, Intel Q6600.