The main component of most operating systems, the kernel manages most of a computer's communication between hardware and software. Typically, the kernel is the lowest level of abstraction a programmer can have to a resource.
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What's the type of my Ubuntu kernel?
Four commands on my pc:
$ dpkg -l |grep linux-image
Linux kernel image for version 3.4.0 on 32 bit x86 SM
It means my Ubuntu kernel is 32 bits?
$ uname -a
Linux ny 3.4.0-030400-generic ...
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How can a param be added to boot-command but not accepted by sysctl?
I can successfully add libata.ignore_hpa=1 to my boot command and the following cmd will yield a '1' upon boot:
cat /sys/module/libata/parameters/ignore_hpa
but grep'ing sysctl -a for libata and ...
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How to enable sched_compat_yield?
I am not able to see the sched_compat_yield entry under /proc/sys/kernel/. How to enable this propery in the kernel (so that I can tweak it for some debugging purpose) ?
Currently Available Entries:
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How I can replace linux module which are the same version?
I have compat-wireless module, it's built and patched.
I really need to replace the module located in /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-686-pae/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ with this one but I don't know how do ...
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State of vanilla kernel support of RaspberryPi
What is the state of the support for RPi in vanilla kernel? What is holding back any possible merge from the forked RPi specific kernel repo back into the upstream? Is there any technical issue with ...
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How to connect Linux to a HDD that has been “security locked”
In the process of playing around with several hard-drives, and hdparm's --security-set-pass and --security-erase options, I have a pile of HDDs that are in a "locked" state and I cannot unlock them.
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FreeBSD compatibility layer on Linux
I am aware of Linux mode on FreeBSD, where Linux binaries can seamlessly be executed in FreeBSD.
From the FreeBSD handbook:
In effect, there is a Linux kernel in the FreeBSD kernel. The various
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How to blacklist a particular bad RAM area in Windows? [duplicate]
I have found a RAM error with MemTest86+ (the version included with Ubuntu 13.04), it says:
Failing address: 002f796c48 - 759.5 MB
I have no money to buy new RAM now and the error seems to be ...
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In linux distros, except for a new kernel, what else could require a reboot?
The most common case is a new kernel as far as I know, but what are other cases that usually require a reboot, too?
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Linux kernel 3.9 new storage features howto?
Linux kernel 3.9 has been released, which brings new features for storage cache devices (dm-cache), as well as BTRFS RAID 5/6. These features are undoubtedly sexy, but are all but completely ...
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Extreme Kernel Paged Pool Memory Use (Win 7 64-bit)
I'm currently running Win 7 Pro 64-bit on a file server system with 12 hard drives. The drives are connected through 2x IBM M1015 controller cards (flashed to LSI 9211-8i IT mode firmware). I'm ...
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Parallel Processes: Core Dump [closed]
I am trying to create an application which let you pause/resume any parallel process from any state. There are many thoughts. One is: core-dump. Can anyone tell me about creating core dump of parallel ...
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Arch Linux - How do I replace the standard Linux kernel with Linux-libre?
I'm curious if there is a way to safely replace the Linux kernel in Arch with the Linux-libre kernel. I know there probably is a way, but I've Googled around and still can't find anything.
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How to hide interception of kernel API calls? [closed]
I am using a piece of software called RunAsDate that allows one to run a selected executable in a specified date and time. However, after its usage and termination of processes of both RunAsDate and ...
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Where is my /boot/grub/menu.lst file
I m using VMware for my linux version Ubuntu 11.04 and i have searched for /boot/grub/menu.lst file but this file was not there. Why??
I was creating a new kernel in virtual linux but unable to ...
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In the output of lspci -vv, what do the Region lines mean?
I have the following output from running lspci -vv -s 00:00 on my single board computer running Linux.
07:05.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec AAC-RAID (Rocket) (rev 03)
Subsystem: Adaptec ...
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installing kernel for vortex86dx
I have a vortex86dx single board computer. I just installed Debian 6 and now am tring to install a new kernel for the hardware. The kernel I am trying to install is from here. I put the .deb file on a ...
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What cache makes a file search faster for the second time exactly?
On Windows on a HDD partition with Total Commander, if I make a file search on the file system root e.g. C:\, it will take considerable time: it display as it walks the entire directory structure ...
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How to disable device in Linux Debian (Wheezy)
I need to force the kernel to not load drivers for the Intel NIC in my PC to see if this helps on performance issues I have by using the second NIC that is on the same motherboard. How can I do this? ...
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any idea what type of error this is - Machine check / Kernel Panic
I have been getting the following problem running Ubuntu 12.10. Basically, it freezes completely, doesn't respond to keyboard or mouse, CAPS won't change and alt+sys req+REISUB doesn't do anything. ...
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Packet Forwarding Linux Server
i am trying to configure the Kernel of my Linux server so that It will not act as router, for more security . The point is not to forward packets.
i have found this:
echo "o" > ...
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I have compiled the 3.8.2 kernel and the fan doesn't stop after resume from suspend
Kernel config for HP 6730b notebook
I can't figure out what I did that's causing this issue.
This is xubuntu latest version 12.04.02 LTS
Link for kernel config: http://pastebin.com/AuYWdNDR
Any ...
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Union mounts not supported by the 3.8 kernel?
I've been using union mounts (unionfs) for live images and read-only rootfs images. But when I updated the kernel to 3.8, I found that there were no config items related to overlayfs.
So the 3.8 ...
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where does Kernel reside on a multi-core system
Suppose I have a multi-core system, say 4 cores, and in this I pin 3 user process to a 3 CPU's.
In such a case, where will the kernel reside?
Suppose one of the user process make a system call, or ...
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Install VC Redist 2008 on Windows Server 2000
I recently set up a server with Windows Server 2000 (I know it´s old, but the hardware of the computer wouldn´t take more than that). Now I installed xampp which requires the VC redist package 2008. ...
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-kernel option like in QEMU for BOCHS
I am working on creating my own kernel using C/Asm. I have always used QEMU as my emulator mainly because I can specify -kernel and it boots the kernel directly without a boot loader. I wish to switch ...
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Debian wheezy frequent random crash
I have a fresh install of the debian testing distro with gnome-shell 3.4 and it crashes daily.
By crash I mean, the sound keeps repeating itself, keyboard and mouse is unresponsive, and my only ...
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FEdora 17, Install specific Kernel version using yum
how can i install a specific version kernel version, I want to install kernel-3.6.11-1fc17.x86_64, however when using yum, it is saying no package available
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ubuntu: upgrading
i have some kind of problem with my system (it's a kvm vm with 2 gig ram and 50gig hd). when i try to install "linux-image-3.2.0-38-generic-pae" using apt-get, i'm told that there's no space left on ...
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Ubuntu wont recognize USB port
I have a problem trying to run Ubuntu 11... Oneiric Ocelot, it starts to run, and it seems to work but we need the usb port to connect the keyboard and mouse, the problem here is that it doesn't ...
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Building kernel 3.7 : use TICK_CPU_ACCOUNTING or IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING for AMD 64 Notebook?
I am using make oldconfig and don't know that to do now. (Usually I can make a choice by myself)
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* CPU/Task time and stats accounting
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Cputime accounting
> 1. Simple tick based cputime ...
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What could be the reason behind this kernel panic
My laptop boots from the Fedora,Ubuntu live cd normally.But with Centos live cd there seems
to be a problem as it displays the below lines.
slab error in kmem_cache_destroy():cache ...
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Error while validating for Ubuntu 12.10 Kernel headers
I have my VMware Player (v 5.0.0 build-812388) all up and running Ubuntu (12.10) from my Windows (Win 7) machine.
When I launch sudo vmware-config-tools.pl, it tries to search for kernel
Searching ...
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If I install the Ubuntu Desktop on Ubuntu Server, will I still have the server kernel?
I know, I know, insert standard lecture of "You shouldn't install a GUI on a server OS!"
But, after reading this guide:
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/install-gui-in-ubuntu-server.html
It implies that ...
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Boot a Linux Kernel on USB drive
I am trying to boot Linux kernel version 3.2.0 from USB drive.
I formatted the USB drive with ext4 partition. I installed GRUB on it, and I copied two files, vmlinuz-3.2.0-29-generic and ...
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Linux Mint 14 severe overheating
I've tried switching to Mint (it was Mint 12) about 6 months ago, but failed to do it due to enormous overheating which made it virtually impossible to run any applications more complex than Gedit.
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How to combine Ubuntu/Debian kernel config into single config
Ubuntu has split up the kernel configs in the debian.master/config/ directory like this:
linux-3.2.0/debian.master/config % tree
.
├── amd64
│ ├── config.common.amd64
│ ├── config.flavour.generic
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How to disable IPv6 on Debian Wheezy?
I know there's a wiki entry http://wiki.debian.org/DebianIPv6#How_to_turn_off_IPv6 that shows how to disable IPv6 in Debian Squeeze, but that's a 2.6.* kernel.
What about 3.2.* kernels running ...
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Following the Linux from Scratch guide, can a Darwin distro be made by substituting the right kernel, or are there more steps?
I have read through and undertaken Linux From Scratch (and BLFS) and I was wondering, can I follow this guide to create a Darwin Distro by substituting the xnu kernel? Would the process be vastly ...
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convert the monolithic kernel of linux into microkernel [closed]
i want to convert the old monolithic kernel of Linux into microkernel (not the latest one but it may be older once like 1.0 or something) plz tell me is this possible or not(if not tell me the ...
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Which processor family should I choose when compiling the kernel for an AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 CPU?
I have laptop with AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52 CPU. Which processor family should I choose when configuring kernel?
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Making hardware profiles for Linux installation
So, I've got a ArchLinux installation on /dev/sda11, and I've imported it into VirtualBox using raw host partitions. Right now, I can boot it both directly and through VirtualBox. The problem is the ...
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KMS, linux kernel 3.7 and ati mobility radeon x1350
I got problem with booting new kernel. If I on bootloader pass nomodeset flag to the kernel linux boots up successfully but it doesnt load radeon module to kernel which is really frustrating cause I ...
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Linux kernel scheduler for a pen drive - noop or deadline?
I run Debian Live as a persistent system on a 16 GB pen drive. This is my workhorse every day system. I was earlier plagued with continual delays and freezes due to slow write speeds. I have ...
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Linux Redhat kernel source installation? [closed]
I downloaded my kernel source rpm version, uname -a, from the ftp.redhat.com site. When I installed the rpm it put it in ~rpmbuild. In the past didn't it put it in /usr/src/redhat? Did this change? ...
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How to find whether setcap is supported in Linux
I have a libpcap based application. Now, to allow non-root users to use my app, during installation , i use setcap
setcap cap_net_raw=ep /bin/myapp
But, in case the Linux Distro on which i install ...
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How is battery charge reported to the operating system?
This feels like a stack exchange EE question, but it seems like it belongs here instead.
How is the charge of a notebook computer's battery reported to the operating system? Since all laptop ...
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show windows kernel memory
Is there a command-line tool that shows the Kernel Memory (and will let me redirect the output)? (Win2K and XP, at least)
The task manager shows it on the main page (Total, Paged and Nonpaged), but ...
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How can I run a command on disk error?
System: Debian Squeeze
What's it for: A System where any new disk is DoD Wiped.
I'm looking for a method to fire a command on a disk error that the kernel throws, sometimes we get bad disks and it ...
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Difference between gnu and darwin and mach
These terms belong to the Mac OS X architecture topic and I'm confused about the following:
mach is said to be a microkernel
Darwin and XNU are mentioned to be a kernel
So ...can you help me to ...
