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Cannot escape character '@' in fstab file

- by ubuntico

I want to attach remote FTP directory as a local directory in my system. I will use curlftpfs line in the fstab file , but to login I have to pass my user name and password. The user name has a special character (@) and it needs to be escaped via octal ascii code. The octal ascii for '@' is 100. But when I try to enter the following into the FSTAB file, curlftpfs#myself\100myself.com:ftpPassword@ftp://ftp.mysite.com /mnt/somedir I get an error saying Error connecting to ftp: Couldn't resolve host 'myself.com:ftpPassword@ftp://ftp.mysite.com' The fstab does not recognize escaped symbol @ (\100) and thinks that the FTP site should start immediately after the @ symbol (just like I haven't escaped it). Can someone help? Why I cannot escape @, when it can be done for space character, for example?

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Problems, connecting Android ICS to Ubuntu using MTP

- by ubuntico

I've followed this tutorial from this blog which very clearly explains how to connect Android phone with ICS to Ubuntu so that one can access phone's sdcard (MTP access). I passed all the procedure with no errors, I can event attach my mobile to ubuntu via mtpfs -o allow_other ~/Android/GalaxyS2 and disconnect via fusermount -u ~/Android/GalaxyS2 The problem comes when I try to access mounted directory. If I try to do it via Nautilus, the system tries to open the folder for a couple of minutes and then, I either see the error, or the folder disappears from Nautilus (it comes back when I disconnect the path). I also get a console error: fuse: bad mount point `~/Android/GalaxyS2': Transport endpoint is not connected I see many people on the net reporting this error, but noone offers any solution to it. I use Ubuntu 11.10 with Gnome Shell (Gnome 3) and the mobile is Samsung Galaxy S II. I am in the fuse list, I did all the steps in the tutorial for dozens of times, all in vain.

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Really impossible to have Gimp 2.8 on Ubuntu 11.10?

- by ubuntico

For days, I have been trying to find a solution and repositories to install Gimp 2.8 on Ubuntu 11.10. Each time I get this error: Tried to update pango via sudo apt-get install pango-graphite [sudo] password for xxx: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done pango-graphite is already the newest version. Then also tried sudo apt-get install libgdk-pixbuf2* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0' for regex 'libgdk-pixbuf2*' Note, selecting 'libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev' for regex 'libgdk-pixbuf2*' Note, selecting 'libgdk-pixbuf2.0-doc' for regex 'libgdk-pixbuf2*' Note, selecting 'libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby' for regex 'libgdk-pixbuf2*' Note, selecting 'libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby1.8' for regex 'libgdk-pixbuf2*' Note, selecting 'libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby1.8-dbg' for regex 'libgdk-pixbuf2*' Note, selecting 'libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common' for regex 'libgdk-pixbuf2*' libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby is already the newest version. libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby1.8 is already the newest version. libgdk-pixbuf2-ruby1.8-dbg is already the newest version. libgdk-pixbuf2.0-doc is already the newest version. libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 is already the newest version. libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev is already the newest version. libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 31 not upgraded. And still error :(. Please help as I do not want to upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 just to have Gimp. Really a mission impossible????

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Cannot activate num pad at all

- by ubuntico

I have two accounts on the same machine. Num pad on one account it working normally e.g. I can turn it ON/OFF via NumLock button. The num pad on the other account on this machine stopped working. I cannot turn it on and the buttons work as the NumLock is turned off. This happened without me touching any setting or all. It just happened and now I cannot turn them on no matter what I try. I tried via console command numlockx on - did not help. Tried via UI setting - did not help either. Updated the system from 11.10 to 12.04, did not help either. I really do not know what to do except I make a clean reinstallation of the system which would take 2 days away from me. It's obviously the problem in this account only, as num pad works in the other account. Anyone with a good suggestion?

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How to change mimetype image for PSD file (Photoshop)?

- by ubuntico

Following this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AddingMimeTypes, I first typed a command to discover the mimetype for psd extension ~$ grep 'psd' /etc/mime.types image/x-photoshop psd Then I took Photoshop CS5 SVG image from Wikipedia and renamed it to image-x-photoshop.svg. Then I copied the file to the folder /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable via command sudo cp image-x-photoshop.svg /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/image-x-photoshop.svg Loogged out, logged in, but the icon for the .psd files is still unchanged. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? I use Ubuntu 10.10. Thanks in advance

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Pendrive USB Ubuntu installation - black screen on boot

- by ubuntico

I see many posts on this, but no solution. I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my 16GB USB flash drive using this official link using their tool Universal USB Installer. Installation to USB went fine so I set my laptop to boot from USB and the Ubuntu was recognized. I saw the usual boot screen and I chose option "Run Ubuntu from this USB". The boot process started and after 5-6 seconds the screen goes black and non-responsive. I thought that it hang on X loading so I tried switching to console via Ctrl+Alt+F1-6 but the system did not respond. Why is this happening? Am I doing something wrong? PS. My laptop is HP Pavillion G6

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What is supposed to happen when you install Gmail webapp?

- by ubuntico

I have installed Gmail (and other Google as well) webapps into Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit. After that I rebooted the system hoping that webapps will integrate into the system. But after logging back to the system, I see no changes. If I click on email envelope (top bar), I don't see my inbox. Also if I try to search email in Dash via gmail keyword, nothing happens as well. Am I using this wrongly or webapps don't work? What was supposed to happen when I install webapps? Note: I did start the Gmail app from Dash and logged in

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Ubuntu worldtime desktop clock widget?

- by ubuntico

I am aware that in Unity we can add world time by clicking on time bar. However, it's still a list of locations and sometimes it may be hard to quickly find the timezone of interest. Is there any tool which can put a multiple clock instances on the desktop representing each timezone of interest? Similar to the clock in Windows 7. To be more clear, I am not looking for a weather widget, but a simple clock widget so that I can track time in different timezones.

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