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Flash video appears blue

The Problem After updating to Ubuntu 12.04 from Ubuntu 11.10, all video is still blue, whether playing in a browser or a player. Same problem occurs in 11.10 as well. I have tried to uninstall all Flash and re-installed but it makes no…
pst007x
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What is the command to run System Settings from a terminal?

System Settings can be run from the launcher (pinned by default), the Dash, or the power cog. But what command would I enter in a terminal window if I want to run it from there?
Knowledge Cube
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How do I make my terminal display graphical pictures?

This is a quick mockup I copy and pasted together. I imagine this being super cool and useful. Does something like this exist already?
Dennkster
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apt-get update fails to fetch files, “Temporary failure resolving …” error

Err http://archive.canonical.com natty InRelease Err http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security InRelease Err http://extras.ubuntu.com natty InRelease Err http://security.ubuntu.com oneiric-security…
Lewis
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How do I remount a filesystem as read/write?

I'm trying to mount an hfsplus filesystem in a Xubuntu 12.04 VM (kernel version 3.2.0-23-generic) but when I type mount -o remount,rw /dev/sdb3 in command line it returns not mounted or bad option. Any help would be appreciated.
Alkthree
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How to revert to GNOME Classic Desktop?

I'm used to GNOME Classic and personally don't want to change to anything else, but it seems there is no more GNOME Classic in the Oneiric release. After apt-get installed gnome-session and all, though there comes back the GNOME Classic option in…
Lenik
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How do I disable middle mouse button click paste?

Is there a way to disable the middle mouse button paste behavior that is here by default on gnome? I have a sensitive mouse wheel and whenever I scroll texts, sometimes it pastes stuff randomly into the text. I lose quite a lot of credibility when I…
levesque
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How to find the frequency and type of my current RAM?

How shall I find out the frequency and type of my current RAM? My OS is Ubuntu 12.04.
Tim
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Automatically enter input in command line

I'm running a script that it requests entering 'y' on each operation, I am looking for a solution like $ ./script < echo 'yyyyyyyyyyyyyy' to pass all my inputs in one time.
NewMrd
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How can I remove gpg key that I added using apt-key add -?

I don't need the key in my server's keyring anymore. Is it possible to remove it? I added the key using this command: curl http://repo.varnish-cache.org/debian/GPG-key.txt | apt-key add - Thanks for helping
Raymond
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Terminal 'incognito mode'?

I use Terminal a lot, and sometimes I am running commands, which aren't things I don't want others to see, but more commands that if I accidentally arrowed up to and accidentally executed would cause a lot of trouble. So I am wondering if there is,…
user364819
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How do I configure a new Ubuntu installation to accept ssh connections?

I just installed Ubuntu. How do I set it up to allow me to ssh into it? Right now I get "ssh: connect to host x.x.x.x port 22: Operation timed out".
Daryl Spitzer
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How to remove symbolic link

I was trying to create this symbolic link: sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /var/www/phpmyadmin but I accidentally typed: sudo ln -s /usr/share/php,yad,in /var/www/phpmyadmin So now I want to correct it but it says symbolic link already exist.
James
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Setting timezone from terminal

I want to change the timezone of the system clock from the terminal. This can be done with tzselect "which opens a gui in terminal" or sudo cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/London /etc/localtime "which will set to gmt" But is there a way to set time…
user2155009
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How do I compress a directory?

I'm trying to compress a directory and ftp it to a windows ftp. I have tried every tar command I can find to compress a directory. It appears to be ok. Then I transfer it and view it's contents using Winrar. Winrar keeps telling me the file is…
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