Linux Mint is a Debian-based open-source Linux distribution.
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How can I extend Lisa's taskbar across both monitors?
I've just installed Linux Mint 12 Lisa and would like to extend the bottom taskbar to both monitors.
Lisa uses a fork of Gnome Shell (Gnome 3) called Cinnamon
How can I do this?
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How can I prevent the “Welcome to Android Development” wizard from appearing when I start Eclipse?
I've written this on SuperUser as it's not a programming (programmers.se/stackoverflow) or Android-usage (android.se) question exactly.
The "Welcome to Android Development" wizard is a wizard which ...
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Mint 11 - no screensaver with lid closed and external monitor
I have gnome-power-manager / buttons / lid_ac configured to do nothing when the lid is closed. When I lock the screen, the screensaver does not come on any more.
If I set lid_ac to blank and leave ...
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How to recover corrupted Windows XP installation?
I have a Netbook without a CD rom which has been running Windows XP.
I decided to install Linux on it to run a dual setup, however that somehow corrupted my Windows installation, probably because of ...
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Can I update a Mint 14 Debian-Edition persistent Live USB System
I've installed Mint 14 Debian Edition on an USB-Stick (actually a SDCard in an USB card reader) with the help of UNetbootin, created an additional ext2 partition called live-rw and added the ...
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How to change Linux icon in dual boot?
I have just intalled Linux Mint as a second option for Windows 8. But the icon of Mint is not cool as Windows 8 in the dual boot screen. It looks like this:
How can I change the Linux icon in dual ...
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Linux Mint 13 (64) freeze with USB modem
I have an iBurst modem and a driver I installed from here:
http://lelanthran.com/deranged/?p=132
I'm running Mint 13 (64 Bit) - so it's the 3.2 kernel version.
After plugging in the USB modem - it ...
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OnTopReplica alternative for Linux Mint
OnTopReplica is a Windows application that allows you to clone a window then crop a subregion of it and keep it always on top (useful if you're trying to keep a YouTube Video always showing).
Is ...
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Gnome 3 move window to 2nd monitor?
I am running Mint Linux 12 with Gnome 3. My setup has 2 screen. I am wondering if there is a program to move the windows to a 2nd monitor? Something like display fusion for Linux that makes a button ...
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Linux Mint, Screen is off after 1 second
Linuxmint has decided to make my screen sleep after 1 second of me not using it.
How do I stop this timer?
Please Help
Using Linux Mint, with KDE.
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Booting Linux from USB - countdown repeating
I have a Windows computer that I am trying to convert to Linux. I have downloaded the .iso file from Linux Mint 14 and have used UNetbootin to convert my USB to a bootable drive.
I choose to boot ...
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Cinnamon vs. “System Settings” duplicate shorcut setting modules?
I'm running Linux Mint 14 with Cinnamon. I want to change some keyboard shortcuts, so I type "keyboard" in the search bar, and the "System Settings" -> All -> Keyboard menu shows up.
However, if I ...
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Mint desktop broken after update
I am running Linux Mint 14 with Cinnamon desktop environment. After automatically applying upgrades from update manager and restarting the system, Cinnamon UI is broken. Unfortunately I don't remember ...
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Linux Mint 12: video runs at 2 to 3 times normal speed, for any browser
I tried re-installing the nvidia graphics driver but no luck. Videos run at an accelerated rate with No sound output for any browser (firefox and chrome) and with various sites like youtube and ...
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Webmin Java applets not starting
I have running Mint 13 (based on Ubuntu 12.04) KDE desktop with Firefox 19.0.2 and Opera 12.14 browsers. Java installed default by the system and its version is:
$~/ java -version
java ...
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Wine applications launchers show up in “Others” category on MATE
Whenever I install a Wine application, its launchers are placed in the "Others" category on the menu, instead of the Wine one (it doesn't even exist, actually). How do I fix it?
Other uncomfortable ...
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Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon - Fn Keys Brightness Level Intervals
I have a question in regards to setting the brightness level on laptop display using the function keys; I have determined that my screen is capable of having it's brightness level set to values 1-10 ...
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Linux Mint: some DVDs mount, others don't
So I have a computer I'm trying to turn into a media centre for the family. I installed Linux Mint 14 (which seems to be a bit all over the place if I'm honest, as most of the documentation for older ...
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How to uninstall a program that was not installed using the package manager?
So, I installed canto Atom/RSS reader using the source from the official website, but it was throwing me errors so I installed it using apt-get (this worked). Now, I want to uninstall the original but ...
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Dual boot modular partitioning
I want to install linux mint 14 alongside my already installed windows 7; there is an install alongside windows 7 option but I don't know how that will partition my drive and I don't think it will ...
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Linux Mint Mate - Make the terminal icon on the Start Menu launch gnome-terminal rather than Mate terminal
I was having some issues with the Mate terminal in Linux Mint (see How to reset system colors) so have started using gnome-terminal instead. I'd like the change the "Terminal" icon which is on the ...
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How to install Linux Mint through terminal?
The issue I'm facing is that the graphical interface provided with Mint 13 Cinnamon isn't detecting my partition table and my other Operating System. However, when I use cfdisk, I do see those ...
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Cannot save changed profile in Netbeans
I am tring to chang fonts and colors in Netbeans by tools > options > fonts & colors
When I close netbeans, all changed fonts and colors would be deleted and restarting netbeans will be same as ...
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mint4win.exe doesn't works on Linux Mint 14 (32-bit) on Windows 7
I am a recent fan of Linux Mint MATE and I found that its a nice work. Recently I have been facing an issue with the mint4win.exe. The package as a whole works since I have driven the OS live using a ...
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sony vpceg brightness issue on linux mint 13
I am having problem reducing the brightness of my screen. Its really hurting my eyes .I have tried googling the issue however not found any solution. I was wondering if there is any software in linux ...
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Kernel cdrom open failed
Error message: Kernel cdrom open failed.
This is the common error message in /var/log/messages & dmesg.
here are some Error messages.
Oct 29 00:00:00 NP42CLT1 kernel: cdrom: open failed.
Oct ...
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GPIB driver for linux (kernel 3.x)
I was wondering if there are any gpib drivers available for a modern kernel (>3.x). All the comercial drivers and the only non comercial driver I found, linux-gpib, support only up to 2.6.
I'm using ...
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Change chrome application shortcut icon on taskbar in linux mint
I use a lot of web applications on Linux Mint. I'm confused with the icons being the chrome-icon all the time i.e. the same icon for all running programs.
So how can I change the Chrome application ...
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linux mint freeze
Linux Mint freezes after a couple of seconds the desktop loads, in a way that I have to shut the power in order to reboot; the mouse doesn't move, Ctrl+Alt+F1 doesn't do anything and I think even the ...
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Problems in Linux Mint 13 MATE with NTFS partitions
I'm using Linux Mint 13 MATE (32 bit).
With Caja file manager (based on Nautilus 2.x) I can create, modify and remove folders and files on NTFS partitions whitout problems.
But, for example, when I ...
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How to uninstall openldap?
How can i uninstall OPENldap from linux? I had problems with the initial configuration of openldap with the domain or how can i change the configuration of the ldap domain?
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Launch script after SFTP disconnect
I'm currently using Caja (basically the same as Nautilus) to connect using SSH to my server and work with files. What I'm looking for is a way to launch a simple script when I disconnect - I can ...
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VirtualBox Linux Mint Refuses to Save to Hard Disk
Every time I start up Linux Mint and add some files to the Desktop, they disappear when I shut down and restart the OS. I could just save the state of the machine every time, but that's a bit ...
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Unity Shortcuts in Linux Mint
Does anybody know how to put usefull unity keyboard shortcuts on Linux Mint Cinnamon?
Like to maximize current window to the left side, or to change to the right workspace with ctrl+alt+right.
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Different window managers appearing on different X displays
I'm running Linux Mint 13 with three monitors. The graphics card is an nVidia Quadro NVS 450. Two of the monitors are joined together as TwinView, the other is a "separate X display". Everything ...
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Can't Install Linux Mint
As the title says, I am having trouble installing the Linux Mint 13 Operating System in my computer and I am looking for advise on how to solve the problem. I hope you can help me.
I downloaded Linux ...
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Alfa AWUSO36H 1W dysfunctional driver
I recently purchased an Alfa AWUSO36H 1W wireless USB adapter for my notebook, in order to improve signal strength and quality. I'm currently using Linux Mint 11, and the it uses the RTL8187 driver ...
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My Linux Mint install won't keep displaying on my external monitor properly
I installed Linux Mint (although I think I used to have the same problem on the latest Ubuntu 11.04 too) and I only have one problem. I plug an HDMI cable into my laptop to put the display on my ...
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ubuntu (linuxmint) not reconnecting to wireless after router reboot
I've been bugged by this issue ever since I installed Linux(mint) on my eeepc.
Scenario:
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Wireless modem router is connected to internet and sharing internet properly.
EEE PC starts up and ...
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Calendar location incorrect in Linux Mint 9
When I click on the calendar applet, the calendar widget appears almost at the top right of the screen, instead of the bottom right.
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How to remove other boot loaders
I installed windows 7 on my laptop. Then installed Ubuntu 10.04(Not the wubi installation).
I installed 10.04 by directly booting into the cd.
Then here comes linux mint 9. I installed it inside ...
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Why cannot print with Canon 1120 in Linux Mint 14 Quantal?
Trying to install this printer in Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10, I have succeeded after following the steps described here. The same procedure worked in Linux Mint 14 for a time.
But now it stopped working.
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How to Improve OS performance when used from USB flash drive?
I have a Linux Mint 14 (MATE) .ISO installed on an 8GB Kingston DTSE9 USB drive.
Booting takes about 1 or 2 minutes, which seems pretty normal for that kind of thing as far as I can tell.
When ...
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Linux mint 14 notebook display contrast
I have Samsung NP300e5z notebook and Linux Mint 14 Nadia installed.
I wonder, where & how can I change some display settings like contrast?
The notebook has Intel HD vga.
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linux mint cannot install memcached because of libevent missing
I am using linux mint13.
Now I want to install memcached.
first I install libevent
tar zxvf libevent-2.0.21.tar.gz
cd libevent-2.0.21
./configure --prefix=/usr/local
make
make install
and i ...
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Linux Virtual Console bottom cut off
The bottom few lines are cut off in the Linux virtual console. I have switched around from nvidia drivers to the x-org servers and back, no luck. Interestingly, this issue occurs when booting from any ...
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How to modify screen dpi in Linux Mint Cinammon?
Does anybody knows how to change that? I have a 1920*1080 monitor and everything looks so small for now.
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Linux mint - black screen
Can anyone help?
Running intense pc pro (http://www.fit-pc.com/IntensePC/docs/Intense-PC-specifications.pdf).
USB keyboard and mouse, HDMI (1080p certified) cable connected to Samsung series 6 HDTV ...
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How to access internet to Linux Mint4 by using sim card with a dongle?
I have installed Linux mint4 on my laptop and I use internet with a SIM card putting it into a dongle. I know how to use it on windows, but I don't know that on Linux mint4.
How can I access the ...
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How to make changes to /etc/network/interfaces propagate without messing up the desktop environment
I am trying to resolve intranet sites on my company network... What's the preferred way to reset the network interfaces after editing /etc/network/interfaces?
If I do:
sudo /etc/init.d/networking ...
