On the Nominations page, why is it "meta participation" that is used to describe nominees' participation and not just "site participation" or "Ask Ubuntu participation" or "Stack Exchange participation"?
Example:
meta participation
questions: a / +aa
answers: b / +bb
helpful flags: ccc
I have installed ubuntu on my laptop(dell inspiron 1464), when i press Windows button/Win +F1/Windows+F2 button it is showing blue screen.
did any one is facing the same issue, can any one help
In the terminal do as
sudo cp /usr/lib32/crti.o /usr/bin/ld
Then try again.
What can I do to force unity lenses (locate in the background, I suppose) to scan a specific directory? The setting are not excluding the folder, and the rest is working OK.
Is there a way to purge Unity/lenses or locate? I wouldn't mind to lose all past searches and start again from null.
As I had the same problem and figured out the following solution:
Open /etc/default/grub with an editor
Add a line with this assignment: GRUB_RECORDFAIL_TIMEOUT=N
Set N to the desired timeout in case of a previously failed boot
Update Grub: sudo update-grub
In my flagging summary under the statistics, there is 1 flag listed as being disputed with the footnote
†do not affect your flag weight
This is the first time I've ever seen a disputed flag in my summary, so I'm just curious, what is a disputed flag? How would you even dispute a flag? Is ...
It seems that each time I've flagged a flag as an "Invalid Flag", it's been disputed.
I know that this doesn't affect my flag weight, but that's not why I'm starting this topic; I'm worried that I'm using the feature wrong, and generally confused as to why this is happening
The question here ...0
I am not able to download any software. I have Obuntu version 11.0 and I keep getting the error message "There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks." What should I try? Also, ...
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So many of my questions are answered by going through the FAQs under Questions (not the FAQ you should read when you first start using AskUbuntu). There is a lot there.
How do I search that FAQ? I checked the advance search tips, but couldn't find what I was looking for. I could do it with whate...
In some circumstances it would be valuable for me to be presented with a short, text notification prior to logging in, so that I have the option to decide not to log in after seeing the message.
Is there a way to display a message on the login screen?
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-security_restricted_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
I have t...
I am running Ubuntu using Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager. How should I install java 7 using my virtual machine?
Currently sudo will prompt for a password, but absolutely nothing happens after that. No errors of any kind.
I've checked the sudoers file, it passed the visudo syntax check, here's the setup:
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# Please consider adding local cont...
Felt sorry for the poor broken{*} castle, felt that it MUST be fixed as a tribute to the history of meta.
Take THAT, Jin!!
*Today I realised that non-breaking spaces can break stuff as well O-0
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