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I was new to how the dropdown works. It lost focus and disappeared. Do tasks still get executed or are they aborted?

I can only get the update which I need since it fixes issues I've already run into as an .exe file. How do I install it from Ubuntu? My notebook is a HP Probook 440 G5.

I get 2 error messages shown very briefly when shutting down my hp notebook with 20.04 running on it. Is it safe to ignore them or should I have a look what it's about? If so where would I look?

It's a weird issue. The cursor gets stuck in place but still moves so that if I click I click on what I aimed to but the cursor is not where it should be. It only happens in the launcher. I tried this to no avail.

I'm running Lubuntu 16.04 on an old Dell Optiplex 780 with an E7500 and integragrated graphics (GMA 4500). When scrolling and during video playback I get this weird wave form tear in the middle of the screen. I first used the VGA out, then tried the DVI out from a PCI adapter and the issue persists.

I'm planning to stress test my OCed AMD Athlon X4 880K from a live session. I've heard about the "stress" tool. How is it used for CPU stress testing? I plan to monitor temps with lm_sensors. Do you know of the correct syntax to make "sensors" run in sensible intervals?

I can only choose to have my note(s) either disappear so I need two clicks to bring them back or have them in my face all the time. Instead I want them to stick to the desktop. Is this possible? I couldn't find the option.

Example: When I press Super + D key I get the desktop without the note on it.

I need to downgrade from 3.8.0-33 to version -29. After booting the latest kernel I'm greeted by a black screen. How do I keep this version permanently?

Output of dpkg -l linux-image*

Gewünscht=Unbekannt/Installieren/R=Entfernen/P=Vollständig Löschen/Halten
| Status=Nicht/Installiert/Config/U=Entpackt/halb konFiguriert/
         Halb installiert/Trigger erWartet/Trigger anhängig
|/ Fehler?=(kein)/R=Neuinstallation notwendig (Status, Fehler: GROSS=schlecht)
||/ Name           Version        Beschreibung
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un  linux-image    <keine>        (keine Beschreibung vorhanden)
un  linux-image-3. <keine>        (keine Beschreibung vorhanden)
ii  linux-image-3. 3.8.0-29.42~pr Linux kernel image for version 3.8.0 on 64 b
ii  linux-image-3. 3.8.0-33.48~pr Linux kernel image for version 3.8.0 on 64 b
ii  linux-image-ge 3.8.0.33.33    Generic Linux kernel image

Sorry it's German.

I've found this guide to sync Chrome tabs across devices and I enabled sync on both devices. Nothings happening though when I enabled tab sync on my PC and Notebook. How do I open the tabs from one device on the other? Both devices run Ubuntu 12.04 64bit.

http://www.howtogeek.com/96664/how-to-sync-open-tabs-across-computers-using-google-chrome/

My system language is German but my text in libreoffice writer gets all underlined because the spell chechking language is set to English USA. Neither can I change it to German there which is also listed nor can I change it via Extras --> Language --> All text.

I've found this: http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/1678/spell-checking-not-working-in-v342/

I deleted two folders named "bundled" and restarted libreoffice but the problem persists. No new folders called bundled created by the way.

I've also installed a German dictionary via extensions which didn't help.

I'm on 12.04, system is up to date.

If I use F3 in Nautilus, I right-click on the file and select "move to other pane". How do I move a file from one tab to the other in PCManFM?

My LaserJet P1005 used to work fine after installing hplip in 11.10. Now it is not recognized when plugged in. No pop-up, nothing. Any ideas?

I used the advice given at the end of this article to mount a TrueCrypt volume by double-clicking it. But I can't unmount it without opening TrueCrypt (umount: /media/truecrypt1 is not in the fstab (and you are not root)) so being able to mount it without opening the program is kind of a moot achievement. Any suggestions?

I'm on a Compaq 615 and it's fan is loud. Not much you can do about that but I'm trying to keep the CPU/GPU as cool as possible. This is what Powertop has to say:

If I change all of them to "good", the changes don't survive a reboot.

I added the line to the "grub"-file as suggested here

How do I make the Powertop suggested "Tunables" permanent?

Somebody that's visually impaired finds the icons on the panel very small. I'd like to increase the size of the panel.

I have found an older thread in the Ubuntu forums but I guess there is a more simple solution now. I would like to switch between the default German layout and an English (US) one.

Reception is full but it often fails to connect to web pages. Kernel after updating: 3.0.0-15. Router Model is D-Link DIR-615. How can I find an appropriate Linux driver?

The first one (output):

    *-network               
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:25:d3:5e:e6:b0
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=3.0.0-12-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.102 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
       resources: irq:17 memory:fbff0000-fbffffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: AR8132 Fast Ethernet
       vendor: Atheros Communications
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: c0
       serial: 00:26:18:ac:ed:e6
       capacity: 100Mbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
       resources: irq:45 memory:f7fc0000-f7ffffff ioport:ec00(size=128)

The second one:

   0: eeepc-wlan: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no
1: eeepc-bluetooth: Bluetooth
    Soft blocked: yes
    Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
    Soft blocked: no
    Hard blocked: no

The third one:

Linux arno-1005HA 3.0.0-12-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 14:50:42 UTC 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Using Xubuntu 11.10

I figured there might be a problem installing Dropbox using the .deb file from the website since XFCE doesn't use Nautilus.

Some tutorials said that you have to install Nautilus first which I did. But when I installed Dropbox there weren't any problems and it even shows a symbol in the tray without me having to add anything.

What I want to know is if installing Nautilus was necessary or not and which file manager I'm using now, Thunar or Nautilus?

I want the launcher to show when I move the cursor to the top-left corner instead of the left edge because the way it is it tends to show when I don't want it to. How can I do that_

I'm using GNOME Shell and I'd like to know what a GTK theme changes that a GNOME shell theme doesn't.