Comment by DisgruntledGoat on How to display time in the top panel?
I had the same problem. Just to add specifically, installing indicator-datetime is what fixed it.
View ArticleComment by DisgruntledGoat on Why does it take so long for ssh to decide...
I don't have that file, only /etc/ssh/ssh_config but that doesn't have those variables in.
View ArticleComment by DisgruntledGoat on How to tab to next file when renaming?
@totti True, but I still have to press Enter then an arrow key then F2 to go to the next one. Plus I was trying to rename some files that started with numbers so I had to have them in alphabetical order.
View ArticleComment by DisgruntledGoat on Find number of files in folder and sub folders?
Filenames containing new lines is an incredibly rare edge case.
View ArticleComment by DisgruntledGoat on Unable to reinstall 13.04, option missing from...
No, not using any encryption.
View ArticleComment by DisgruntledGoat on Unable to reinstall 13.04, option missing from...
@Braiam so if I click 'Change' and set / as the mount point, that won't overwrite my home directory?
View ArticleComment by DisgruntledGoat on Cannot find root device after latest kernel...
If you mean to just delete the rootdelay part, I added that after the problem started, as stated in my question. So with that removed, that's how it was originally.
View ArticleComment by DisgruntledGoat on Cannot find root device after latest kernel...
@Braiam I've run that but no change. I've edited the output of the command into the question.
View ArticleComment by DisgruntledGoat on How do I set the LightDM wallpaper in Ubuntu...
I had the same issue after upgrading to 14.04. This solved my problem!
View ArticleComment by DisgruntledGoat on Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS to 14.04.1 LTS upgrade: "no...
I have the same issue. @Chel I saw that too in my research, but the question is, when is "soon"?
View ArticleAnswer by DisgruntledGoat for Why doesn't Chrome or Firefox auto-highlight...
I believe the reason that clicking doesn't highlight the entire address is to facilitate partial selection of the URL.For example on this page you may wish to select the question ID, which you can do...
View ArticleCan I remove "Free space" text from the Nautilus status bar?
I want to remove the part in Nautilus that shows free disk space. In theory it may useful but it's so badly designed, every time I select some files my eye gets drawn to "15 GB" instead of the actual...
View ArticleAnswer by DisgruntledGoat for How do I search my command-line history for...
Here's another method using classic commands (more likely to work across distros). Command history is stored in the file .bash_history in your home directory, so you can do this:grep "ssh"...
View ArticleAnswer by DisgruntledGoat for open link from chrome to firefox?
Opera has a feature to open the current page in another browser. I don't know what your use case is, but if you need to compare web pages for website development, you could open it in Opera first then...
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Why are some updates not installable?
Whenever Update Manager runs, I am always left with these three options:They are obviously all related to Evolution, which does appear to still be installed, but I have never used it. This has happened...
View ArticleHow to upgrade a remote server from 8.10 to newer version?
I have a remote server still running Ubuntu 8.10 9.04 that I can only access via SSH.If I run apt-get update I get a bunch of 404 errors on the packages. I've asked a few questions on Server Fault but...
View ArticleHow do I stop Banshee from playing random tracks when it finishes a...
Whenever I play music in Banshee, it gets to the end of a play queue or album then starts playing a seemingly random album.For example, if I double click an album then it starts playing. At the end, it...
View Articleapt-get upgrade says sudo needs to be upgraded, is this correct?
I have a Ubuntu Server running 10.04 - to be precise, Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS according to lsb_release -a.I just ran sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade and got this output:Reading package lists......
View ArticleAnswer by DisgruntledGoat for Gimp opens too big for the screen in Ubuntu 12.10?
This appears to be a known bug, intended to be fixed in version 2.10.
View ArticleAnswer by DisgruntledGoat for File explorer: cannot open a folder like a tree...
As noted in this blog post, that feature (along with many others like compact mode) have been removed in 13.04 and there are no options to re-enable them. You will have to find and install an alternate...
View ArticleAnswer by DisgruntledGoat for Is this partial upgrade safe to do?
I found the issue a while back and never posted the answer. The problem I was having stemmed from the fact that I overwrote the nautilus executable with nemo, so that all apps would open nemo instead...
View ArticleIs this partial upgrade safe to do?
I recently installed nemo to replace nautilus as my file manager (as detailed here) in Ubuntu 13.04. Ever since that, the update manager keeps saying I should run a "partial upgrade". (The answer here...
View ArticleWhy does it take so long for ssh to decide there was an error?
I use ssh to log onto my server. Sometimes, I leave it connected and go away from the computer, in which time the computer goes to power saving mode (or whatever it's called - the screen just goes...
View ArticleAnswer by DisgruntledGoat for Why does it take so long for ssh to decide...
Never found a true answer to this question, although interestingly on Mac the timeout delay is much, much shorter (maybe 30 seconds).However, I found that you can type ~. (tilde then period) to close...
View ArticleHow to increase boot partition on Ubuntu Server, via SSH?
I have a Ubuntu Server currently running 13.04. I want to upgrade to 13.10 but I get an error:Not enough free disk space The upgrade has aborted. The upgrade needs a total of 61.0 M free space on disk...
View ArticleIs it safe to delete the old kernels from menu.lst? [duplicate]
When the computer starts, GRUB shows a long list of previous kernels in addition to the usual stuff, e.g.Ubuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.35-23-genericUbuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.35-23-generic (recovery...
View ArticleiPhone mounting problem: idevicepair command not found
I've been following the instructions in this answer for trying to read my iPhone from Ubuntu. I'm still getting the error in the question. Under Edit 2 of the answer it says to runidevicepair unpairBut...
View ArticleRecovering from a Ubuntu freeze but keep programs running?
On my system, Ubuntu freezes occasionally. The entire display becomes unresponsive - the mouse still moves but nothing happens on click, and with the keyboard I can press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to go to a login...
View ArticleSoftware to create a video slideshow?
I have a bunch of pictures I'd like to make into a basic slideshow, as a video (e.g. mpeg/avi). What software is available to do this?I started using PiTiVi based on recommendation in another question,...
View ArticleHow to get pngcrush to overwrite original files?
I've read through man pngcrush and it seems that there is no way to crush a PNG file and save it over the original. I want to compress several folders worth of PNGs so it would be useful to do it all...
View ArticleHow do I print an image over multiple pages? [duplicate]
I have a very tall image (880x9445 pixels) which I would like to print (specifically, to PDF).But when I print the image it always comes out as one page; there does not seem to be any way to scale its...
View ArticleIs it possible to create a 'shortcut link' instead of 'symbolic link' to a...
I have dragged a folder from a Nautilus window to the desktop, holding Ctrl+Shift to create a shortcut (well, a symbolic link). However, when I open it from the desktop, instead of showing...
View ArticleChrome asks for password to unlock keyring on startup
In Google Chrome, when I go to a login page, a window pops up asking to "Enter password for keyring 'default' to unlock". In most cases, whether I click Cancel or enter my password, the login form gets...
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