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svn to git conversion

I am trying to convert a sourceforge project from svn to git. According to some googling it should be possible to use this command: git svn clone http://PROJECT.svn.sourceforge.net/ PROJECT.git where PROJECT is the project name at sourceforge to get a svn project checked out into a local git repository. However this just gives the fo...

Install stable latest gcc 4.4.x on a workstation (Kubuntu 9.04)

Hi, I wonder how to install a stable latest gcc (4.4.x) for a workstation under Kubuntu 9.04? The reason I need gcc 4.4.x is that I would like to use Collapse in OpenMP 3.0 which is only supported in GCC 4.4 and later version. Stability is important to me since I would like to make it work on a workstation shared by many people at work...

Java: System.getProperty("user.home") returns "?"

I'm completely lost on this one: System.getProperty("user.home") and System.getProperty("user.name") returns a questionmark "?". System-Specs: Kubuntu 9.04 Gnome 2.2.61 Java 1.5.0_16 My testcase looks like that: $ more Test.java class Test { public static void main( String[] args ) { System.out.println( System.getProperties() ); } } ...

Kubunutu/Windows 7 dual-boot and git

I've been using Kubuntu and Windows 7 on my laptop for some time. Recently I also started using git to keep track of a project I'm working on. At first I thought I'd use the same git repo for editing from both Kubuntu and Win, but I soon discovered that committing changes on Win would make git on Kubuntu think all the files have changed ...

How can i monitor system statistics in kubuntu using Java?

i am doing a project related to configuration and memory analyzer for kubuntu. i want to display the system statistics information like CPU usage, RAM usage and proceses etc. graphically using an odometer. i wanted to know if there is any great open source library for graphical component like odometers and other graphing utilities. also...

How to get opencv include work in kubuntu? (Includes solution to how to include and link in netbeans 6.7.1)

Hi, I have installed opencv c libraries from package management into my Kubuntu 9.10. I wrote a small image modification program that uses those libraries, but I can't compile it, because every time I try to compile I get the error message that the functions from opencv library cannot be found. Those header files are in folder /usr/inc...

Detect workstation/System Screen Lock using Python(ubuntu)

Is there anyway that we can detect when the system/screen gets locked and notify some event to trigger in Ubuntu ? ...

Kubuntu 9.10 Android device not properly detected

I've used this official tutorial to setup my machine so it could detect my Android devices. But from some reason ADB doesn't detects any of my devices properly(Hero and Magic), ie it doesn't show device's IMEI or Firmware version but a bunch of question marks: ????????????? I've tried googling for a solution but I've found nothing...

How to run Android instrumentation tests from the command line (in Kubuntu)?

We are able to run instrumentation tests of Android from the command line on Windows by launching: adb shell am instrument -w <package.test>/android.test.InstrumentationTestRunner This gives us good results. Using the same architecture, we are unable to run the same in Kubuntu. We have the same setup in Kubuntu. Can someone l...

How to link pnglite library in c?

Hi, I installed from kubuntu's package management this handy pnglite library. It contains just one header file "pnglite.h" and one object file "pnglite.o". I have found out where those files are, but I don't know how to link them. I'm using netbeans, but don't know how to link them in there. Also I don't understand how to link them at c...

How do I forward `<Ctrl>-<Tab>` in Konsole?

I want to use intelligent tabbing in Emacs in C++ mode, but I also want to be able to insert a tab character when necessary. From other posts, I gather that the easiest way is to bind <Ctrl>-<Tab> to indent. However, it appears that Konsole in KUbuntu won't forward the <Ctrl>? My current .emacs file contains: (defun my-c-mode-common-...

Need help getting Suspend to work in Ubuntu on laptop

I've been doing a lot of research, but I've got to admit right out front that I'm not even sure exactly what is the right question. I've installed Kubuntu 10.4 on a Panasonic Toughbook CF-29. When I try to uses "suspend", the screen flickers, and then the hard drive light goes off but the power light stays on. I looked at the /var/log...

easy_install ReviewBoard [Errno 104] Connection reset by peer

I have a Kubuntu 10.04 VM image and am trying to install ReviewBoard by following The Linux Installation Wiki. When I get to the step to easy_install ReviewBoard, I encounter a problem I cannot find a solution to. Below is the console output: >> sudo easy_install ReviewBoard Searching for ReviewBoard Best match: ReviewBoard 1.0.8 Proces...

How to show my .deb packge in a particular section

Hello i had made my own .deb package for media player developed by me,but when i install it in my kubuntu 10.04 it install successfully but not shows under a particular section like "Multimedia" so please tell me how to show my deb package into a particular section because i am going to release it over internet so the users from wh...

pyqt installation question

Im planing to do some GUI development using pyqt4 pykde and python3.1 on Kubuntu 10.4. In the research I did I found out that most of the things are available as packages in repositories and some of the packages are preinstalled. Only thing is I'm not able to figure out what to install and what not to. Can someone please give me a list o...

no volume in kubuntu 10.04

i have both gnome and kde kubuntu on my system.in gnome volume is working perfectly but in kubuntu there is no volume. any help? ...

can i use CLucene and the Cue Sheet Parser together?

hello, i'm trying to use clucene-0.9.21b and libcue-1.3.0 in Qt Creator on Kubuntu Lucid. this code is compilable: project.pro SOURCES += main.cpp LIBS += -lcue INCLUDEPATH += /usr/include/libcue-1.3/libcue main.cpp extern "C" { #include <libcue.h> } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { return 0; } so is this: project.pro SOURC...