@Seth this sounds reasonable, should I delete my Q then?
@terdon This bug is at the point where it can be reported, and you're reporting it on AU to do troubleshooting that should be done on Launchpad. I don't see how this question is in any way different from all the other questions where people ask for help with crash bugs, which we regularly close as off-topic. If I retract my close vote, I will not be able to vote to close this question again (that's how the system works). Since the main issue at hand when voting to close a question is whether or not it should be closed, I think the best thing for me to do is leave my close vote as it is. — Eliah Kagan2 mins ago
@Seth does "When you type sudo apt-get remove -s k3b*, bash will first look for any files in your current directory that begin with k3b." look correct?
@terdon, thanks so that means if I have a file called k3b.txt in my home, running sudo apt-get remove k3b* will "remove" it? I will test that with a longer string.
@DKBose no, again. What happens if you have a file called k3b.txt and you run apt-get remove k3b* is that what you actually run is apt-get remove k3b.txt instead. That will not delete any files but it will also not do what you want
@Seth fair enough. Thanks for letting me know but I'm just the newbie who posted the meta Q. You're a mod and a high rep user, I really don't think you need my approval :) Anyway, you have it for what it's worth, as long as everything is listed I am content.
@Braiam OK, good start but I'm using --names-only, shouldn't that match the package name only?
@AvinashRaj OK, I though you wanted to avoid having a newline. To be on the safe side, never echo the contents of files like that, you could get surprises. Use printf instead: printf "Good Moring\n%s\n" "$(cat ~/Desktop/awk)"
@Seth you laugh but apt-cache search --names-only 'kde*' does match it!
@Seth As @Braiam discovered, is seems to match more than the packages, in this case it's cause it provides tkdoc or because it conflicts with tkdoc. Ain't apt grand? Apparently tk8.5-doc does both :)
@AvinashRaj If you're releasing a script, you should seriously consider using printf instead of echo, see here for more details than you ever wanted to know,
@Seth yeah, they need a terminal. I just want a quick way of restarting unity or compiz on my VM when it dies. At that point, unless I have a terminal open, I'm screwed. I can't seem to insert a Ctrl+Alt+Fkey to drop to a tty and can't do anything graphically.
Cinnamon used to have a shortcut (admittedly cause it crashed often) but no longer (probably cause it's more stable). I was just wondering if there was such a thing out of the box for UNity
lol. The really powerful stuff requires going to your profile, no one really looks at those unless they need to. Still, that's why mods need to be highly trusted users ;)
@Seth I don't know but see these links, it seems straightforward enough: thinkwiki.org/wiki/…
@Seth Not yet, will do. I meant I needed to 1) install the Vbox extension pack 2) install kernel headers and build essentials on the guest 3) compile some modules (done automatically) 4) insert said modules.
@Seth I tried playing with the one I had on my thinkpad but it never worked that well and was not worth the trouble (I used it when logging in to Windows mind you)
Brilliant. I've come full circle. I found a French blog site explaining how to fix my VM issue and it turns out they were quoting (and correctly referencing) this:
Ubuntu 12.10 no longer includes Unity 2D, which was implemented for platforms that can't provide 3D acceleration. Instead, Ubuntu 12.10 has Unity run under LLVM, making code intended for the GPU run on the CPU. It is much slower than using the GPU.
To check if your Ubuntu 12.10 guest is using 3D...
@EliahKagan you make a good point and thanks for explaining. Turns out it was not a bug but it is a dupe! Following the solution suggested here fixed it. So please, let's close it as a dupe of that one instead. — terdon14 secs ago
I answered Eliah since he was nice enough to explain the bug stuff to me. And seriously? Log into websites with a finger print reader? Wow. People really prefer high tech over safe.
When I'm executing mysqldump command from localhost or from remote host, it's not prompting me for password. I want the password prompt even though I'm running it from remote or from local.
On my server there is no ~/.my.cnf present. Also I have Ubuntu server. I'm running mariadb. Also I would l...
This is a feature request to suggest adding a Video Tutorial section on Ask Ubuntu.
Primary target would be including videos to explain most common tasks like Installation, WUBI installation, identifying wireless card....etc
Also; when -for example, I provide an answer on a question. User who a...
I typed ls -l in the terminal to get the file metadata of all files in the current folder
What do the circled number : 1 & 2 represent in regard to the file metadata ???
the bug is that whenever I disable the wireless (click on the wireless icon and disable) when I then hit enable nothing happens. Or even sometimes it says disabled by hardware switch when I disabled by software switch
also the hardware switch doesn't work. I have to boot up Windows to get it working. Where the hardware switch works
Yeah, these sound like legitimate grievances... It's most likely a Kernel bug (that's where most of the drivers live) and to properly test that (enough that upstream likes it) you'll need to grab and build the very latest version of the kernel and confirm things are the same. If they've already fixed it, you might have the option of just using a later-than-Ubuntu-uses Kernel.
Im trying to find the most suitable driver for my network USB device in Ubuntu 11.10. First, where can I check the driver that ubuntu is using to control this device? It appears as interface wireless (wlan1) in Network Tools, but apart from the MAC address and some statistics about data transmiss...
Yeah. I was too much in "teach-to-fish"-mode... It's part of linux-image-extra-3.11.0-18-generic so yeah, you'll want to test out a couple of different kernels before you report anything first.
True enough. At the other end of the spectrum to your initial question, you could rip out the existing wireless card and replace it with something known to work well. mpci wifi cards are pretty simple to replace and they're not expensive. Getting access to them inside the computer can be education too.
The review tests are quite easy to spot since they take several seconds to load, where as normal questions/answers comes instantly. You should probably fix that...
those bad answers..
why would it help to lock and delete the path? wut
If I see a question I can answer, I answer. If I know it has been answered recently. I point to the existing post in a comment. However if you have to search actively before giving (every) answer if it is a possible duplicate, it will slow down the process.
What is the general idea?
(Although I ...
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to fix an issue I am having with the site? I am only receiving notifications about 2 out of every 10 on times right now on the site, I am not even receiving email notifications any more at all.