javanoob's questions

How to find which application Ubuntu is trying to open when I click on the launcher icon? Is there a file that I can check?

NOTE: I know that I can simply click on the icon and wait for the application to open but it is not working that way. When I click on the icon, nothing is happening.

I have been using vmware horizon client on Ubuntu 16.04 but yesterday upgraded to 16.10(I regret that now :( ) since then vmware client is throwing the below error:

/usr/lib/vmware/view/bin/vmware-view: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I googled the same error and found this link and tried the answer 2(as answer 1 seemed to be more on why we get this error) mentioned there but I am still getting the same error.

I am thinking of reinstalling 16.04 LTS but just wanted to try my luck here..

Any help?

I am trying to uninstall vmware-view installed on my machine and I tried the following ways:

1) From Software Center:

Not sure why but I see that it is installed twice on my machine as you can see in the below screenshot.

I clicked the Remove button but nothing happened. I think I clicked may be 10 times all it does is opens another prompt asking if I really want to uninstall this and when I select Yes nothing happens after that and I still see listed here.

2) I tried to remove the same from terminal by typing the below command sudo apt-get remove vmware-view but it displays message that

Unable to locate package vmware-view

What I am trying to do is re-install vmware view client as the current one is not working.

Note: I am on Ubuntu 16.10

Any help on this?

How & Where do I change the font style and size of the file names displayed in my file manager.

I have unity tweak tool installed but I am just confused on what is controlling the font display in above image.

EDIT:

I tried playing around with all the options in the below screenshot(Unity Tweak tool) and nothing is working.

As shown in the above picture, When I do the command ls -a is one specific file name in red color. Why is it so?

I have two external monitors connected to my laptop via docking station.

With my laptop lid closed, displays is showing only two monitors

1) Built in Display and 2) Dell Inc 22"

second external monitor is not detected as an external monitor.

Please see the picture below:

I like to have extended monitor..Could somebody please help me on this.

Thanks

As shown in the picture, If I am on Google chrome application and wants to switch to any other application for ex: EClipse, Just clicking on the Eclipse icon does not launch Eclipse.

The same is happening when I do the alt-tab.

Not sure what is going on? Hope My question is clear.

Does any body know where can i get the below packages:

libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_amd64.deb libstdc++5_3.3.6-17ubuntu1_i386.deb

I was following this link and the location referenced in that tutorial does not exist any more..

Thanks so much..

I can't launch eclipse from either terminal or gmrun but I can do so using Applications -> Programming -> Eclipse.

Here are the screenshots:

1) Using Gmrun: I can see that gmrun is recognizing the eclipse command but when I enter it, nothing happens.

2) Using Terminal: when I type eclipse, I get the following message:

Thanks!

When I do Windows+S I see this effect.

How can I disable this?

I have been using gmrun to launch programs like run dialog in the windows.

One thing annoying me is i am not able launch file directories from gmrun.

I am entering the path in gmrun dialog box and enter OK..Nothing happens after that..

It would be very nice if we can do that..

Is there anything i am missing here?

I am using pure Ubuntu 10.04LTS with gnome desktop.

Could you please tell me how to configure xvfb in ubuntu?

After upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10 I am getting this message on boot up:

Mount of File System Failed. A maintenance shell will now be started. CONTROL-D will terminate this shell and retry. myusername@root:~$

After searching in google,i found out that i have to run the command fsck on the OS partition from Ubuntu Live CD..

Here are my questions:

1. I don't know in which partition my Ubuntu OS is installed..(Those are not user-friendly drive names to remember right :)) -- Is there any command to know in which partition my Ubuntu OS is installed?
2. Can i do this from Ubuntu 10.04 live CD?

EDIT:

First, when i booted the live CD(10.04) and opened the file system, I don't see the UUID in the title.. And one more thing that /etc/fstab file has just three lines : 1) aufs /aufs rw 0 0 2) tmpfs /tmp nosuid,nodev 0 0 3) /dev/sda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 I don't know what to do..can u help me

Here are the screen shots:

I installed NX server on my desktop and able to run it successfully following this tutorial:

http://michigantelephone.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/how-to-install-nx-server-and-client-under-ubuntukubuntu-linux/

When i run the command sudo /usr/NX/bin/nxserver –status I am seeing the following output :

NX> 900 Connecting to server .. NX> 110 NX Server is running.

NX> 999 Bye.

It means i have setup NX server correctly..

But on other machine when i open NX client it is asking for hostname..what name should i give there?

Every tutorial is explaining about how to install and start NX server but not about how to connect to the server from client..

Could you guys please help me?

Thanks in Advance Deter

I was watching video on youtube and suddely system crashed and then i tried to restart the machine but it just gets to the dual boot menu and after that shuts down again..

I think this is because of ubuntu only...Because i am able to run Ubuntu from Live CD..

PLease tell me if there is anything i can do...

Right now i am posting this question from my desktop..

Suppose i have a situation where i need to install a software, which is not available in repositories or Synaptic package manager...And i have the .bin file.

where should i install this file? I mean in which path?

Below are the possible situations where i need the answer

1. I know that synaptic package manager or sudo apt-get install command installs the application in a properly place..What if the software we are looking is not available there?
2. Suppose a situation has arised like IBM sphere has released new version of the websphere and i want to install the software on my machine without waiting for Ubuntu to bundle this version to upload on repositories..
3. I need to know the location of the software installed via synapric/apt-get install command...I need this because if i want to set environment variables..without knowing the location..I can't do this..

EDIT: I have completely modified the context of the question

I am trying to follow these instructions

They give these commands to install VLC 1.1 on Ubuntu 10.04:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lucid-bleed/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse mozilla-plugin-vlc

But the last command returns:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:   
mozilla-plugin-vlc: 
Depends: vlc-nox (= 1.1.5-1ubuntu2~ppa1~lucid1) but it is not going to be installed 
vlc:
Depends: vlc-nox (= 1.1.5-1ubuntu2~ppa1~lucid1) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: vlc-plugin-notify (= 1.1.5-1ubuntu2~ppa1~lucid1) but it is not going to be installed  
vlc-plugin-pulse: 
Depends: vlc-nox (= 1.1.5-1ubuntu2~ppa1~lucid1) but it is not going to be installed

Can any one help me to install VLC on Ubuntu 10.04.

NOTE: Same error displayed while installing from synaptic package manager

Screen shots from synaptic package manager:

Screen shots from terminal:

Screen shot of error while installing from http://apt.ubuntu.com/p/vlc :

Possible Duplicate:
How can I find the version of installed Ubuntu?

This question may find silly but here is the question..

My friend sent me a laptop from U.S. and he said he installed KDE on Ubuntu..

How do i confirm that if it is KDE over ubuntu or Kubuntu?

I am looking for some command that i can execute in terminal to find the info

I am using Lucid 10.04 with KDE.

When I single click on any folder in my file browser it is behaving as a folder.

I am not able to select a folder (it always opens the folder). Right now to select I am using keyboard.

How to avoid this situation?

I saw there are some posts on this and they talk about Nvidia in all those. I don't have an NVIDIA graphics card.

Any solution for this?

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 with KDE on it.

I am facing a problem in connecting to a wired LAN internet connection.

I want to connect to wired internet connection with static IP and authentication.

How can I manage this via terminal?