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Samsung NP530 CPU stuck at 55 C temperature
I have run into heating issues on my ultrabook running Linux. Idling temperature for Win7 is ~45 C, while in Linux it is ~55 C.
Output of sensors
rohit@raijin ~ $ sensors
acpitz-virtual-0
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Need help mounting device : mount -t ntfs-3g mount failed: No such device
I'm using ophcrack-vista-livecd-3.4.0.iso on Windows 7 to recover a password. When I tried using the software, I got a message saying "Tables Found" along with another message saying "No partition ...
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Slow down clock/timer of a Linux program
Sometimes a Linux program requiring fast user interaction/manual dexterity runs too fast for me to keep up. Examples include video games and video players that don't let you control the speed.
How ...
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How can I perform a full texlive installation (all packages) in CentOS?
Title say it all, how can I install texlive and all the packages so I can run tex2pdf on CentOS? I'm rather used to Ubuntu and all this yum business is driving me nuts.
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Linux VServer cant connect to the internet
I'm trying to set up an vserver with connection to the internet.
When I start a ping to the local network, there are no problems. When im trying to ping an address from the internet, it shows that ...
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QEMU within VirtualBox and bridged connections all the way down
I'm trying to get an ARM QEMU system out on my LAN. I tried running QEMU directly from Windows (Windows 7 x64), with success except I could not get a TAP adapter to bridge to my wireless connection. ...
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Multiple SSH Connections over different connections
I have a Linux box with a couple of 3G/HSDPA modems, seen as network connections, and i would like to get each to connect to a server over SSH. The server could be the same server, and i would need ...
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Dynamic/Static CPU Frequency Scaling
I need to manipulate frequency of each core in my I7 processor. There is a way to do it in Debian (http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/CpuFrequencyScaling).
But I want to do it on Linux Fedora and Window. ...
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Default permissions with setfacl
Just started using setfacl to assign permissions for a specific group to /var/www/html (CentOS 5). Files in this directory are 640, root:apache. However, I've noticed that after doing something ...
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Choose between multiple keyboard layouts for different users in GDM3
I am trying to set up a computer with multiple users each with different preferred keyboard layouts. The biggest sticking point right now is allowing each to log in comfortably.
GDM used to offer a ...
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Webcam resolution, vlc and Linux
I'm trying to do some some streaming with a webcam, but so far the results are not good: everything I stream in 320x240 looks good, but as soon as I choose a higher resolution, the image quality gets ...
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What is sd(exec) process and why is it consuming 100% CPU time?
I recently installed Fedora 16 with XFCE. Occasionally, a process named sd(EXEC) shows up and eats up all of my CPU time (CPU maxes out at 100%). Unfortunately, it cannot be killed even with kill -9 ...
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problems encoding 1080p60fps MTS files with ffmpeg to DNxHD proxy; plays too slow in NLE compositor window.
I was advised to encode my HD files with ffmpeg to DNxHD proxy with 220M bitrate rather then 45M so the image doesnt have too much artifacts. I reduced the framerate to 29.97 fps when I encoded the ...
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Pairing bluetooth mouse with two system on same computer
I have a Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000 paired to my notebook under Windows via Bluetooth. However I have a Linux installation as well (openSUSE 12.1) and I thought I could make that mouse work ...
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split window and rearange parts on screen
I have third party application with the native resolution of 1600x600. What I need is to display first 800x600 half of the window below the second 800x600 part of the window.
This wasn't problem as ...
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Xinerama creates a panning viewport
EDIT: I've created a bug report:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48458
My Setup
I have 4 monitors, 1920x1080, which are in portrait mode (rotated left). They are connected to two ...
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Why boot fails with bios SATA Mode as AHCI?
In a nutshell, I am trying to figure out for some Jetway engineers and myself, why the custom bios they made me does not allow SATA devices to boot in AHCI mode.
Obviously, this is difficult to ask ...
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Why are my images getting corrupted in ubuntu?
I have a netbook running as a server for some web development I do. It's running Ubuntu.
Whenever I put images on it, they get corrupted and do not display correctly.
I've viewed them properly on ...
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openSUSE 12 fails to start after installing ESET NOD32
I am using openSUSE 12 (64-bit). I installed ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
After installing NOD32, it required a restart. After restarting, the system stays in a loading status, and I get following error ...
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centralized growl forwarder
Multiple services on servers I'm running can be configured to output growl notifications, I'd like a centralized forwarder to run on a Linux box
I'm looking for either an implementation or tips on ...
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Case-sensitive error in compiler's building using crosstool-ng under Cygwin
When I try to build gcc cross-compiler using crosstool-ng under Cygwin (running in Windows 7) I have the following message:
$ /opt/ng-crosstool/bin/ct-ng build
[INFO ] Performing some trivial sanity ...
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Linux and Windows Dual Boot
I set up a dual-boot with Windows 7 and Ubuntu Server 11.10. Everything works fine until I boot into Windows. After booting into Windows, the machine reboots when I select Linux from the grub menu. ...
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Using Ctrl-Alt for AltGr
On Windows, Ctrl-Alt is mapped to AltGr, but not so on Linux..
Using AltGr for 3rd level keys is wrist-killer nr. 1! I'm unable to find a workaround that doesn't remove other functionality I use (the ...
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How to use an old Kingston DataTraveler Vault Privacy USB flash drive on Linux?
My company provides me a DTVP with hardware AES encryption two years ago and the CDrom image does only contain tools for Windows and MacOS X. Kingston products now have support for Linux. Current ...
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How to create Dial up Connection in Fedora?
I have Bluetooth dongle attached to my desktop Computer.
I am successfully able to connect it with my mobile phone using Bluetooth Connection, with the Terminal command
hcitool cc 00:1D:3B:05:BD:53
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Why is my tcp window size going to zero when using VIM over VPN
I use a mac os laptop over a typical (i.e. crappy) wireless home network and connect to work over a VPN. I ssh into the linux (ubuntu) desktop I have in my office at work. (When I say, "I ssh": I ...
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Linux IrDA printing
I have a USB IrDA that I got working with my IrDA printer (SiPiX compact printer A6) on the Windows side, using default 4000000 speed and 1.0ms turn-around time (in the driver config). The USB IrDA ...
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Can't ping Linux IPv6 bridge from host
I'm using a Linux box with two network interfaces as bridge (br0) and one system (X) behind the bridge with its own IPv6 address configured. Its other end is connected to a router.
The bridge ...
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Keybindings not working in Swing/AWT applications
Digging on problem with keybindings not working in PhpStorm IDE, I tried several Java applications and realized that keybindings with letter keys are not working in Swing/AWT applications on my linux ...
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My Dell laptop running Ubuntu Linux 11.10 hangs on reboot but not shutdown. How do I diagnose this?
My Dell laptop running Ubuntu Linux 11.10 hangs reliably while shutting down for a reboot, but when I shutdown, it will complete successfully. How do I diagnose this? I don't know what log files I ...
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Disable auto-open for a specific device
When I insert a flash drive, always is opened a new window of nautilus showing the content of the flash drive. Is there a form to deactivate "auto-open" option for a determinate USB device?
Thanks!
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xmodmap confusion betwen AltGR and Left Control
I'm having trouble making AltGr work on ubuntu so I can type 3rd level characters (@£§,{[],etc)
it so happens that RCtrl+RAlt don't work either so I have no way of typing such characters.
My RCtrl ...
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When and where does Wubi mount it's virtual disks?
My use of the wubi-new-virtual-disk command made Wubi start mounting this new virtual home disk over my /home folder. After the use of the script failed, I am left with Wubi constantly remounting an ...
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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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detect the start of Flash videos
I like to turn my music off when I start watching Flash videos. It used to be that Flash videos were cached in /tmp, so I could watch for them with inotify:
sorghum:~% incrontab -l
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Authentication fails when using BackTrack 5 under VirtualBox, on Airport Express
I've got BackTrack 5 running in VirtualBox on my Mac. The airport is recognized by VirtualBox as a bridged connection. BackTrack 5 is picking up the airport, and is displaying available wireless ...
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Unable to install synergy on red hat 5.4
I'm trying to install Synergy on Red Hat Linux 5.4 but I'm getting the below errors:
rpm -ivh synergy-1.3.8-Linux-x86_64.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.11)(64bit) is ...
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How to create a virtual keyboard in userspace?
I'm trying to generate keypress/release events similar to those produced by typing on a physical keyboard, but from a process that isn't attached to any actual hardware.
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Separate keyboard for shortcuts on linux (two keyboards,two layouts)
I have two keyboards: an old ps/2 one and a usb one. I want the usb keyboard to have the us layout (or prefferably have the usb keyboard follow the layout chosen in gnome) and the ps/2 one to have a ...
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gdevilspie doesn't work on my PC
gdevilspie is a tool that allows you to write rules to move windows to any position as you wish when you open them.
I have Ubuntu 11.04 with GNOME 2.32.1 on my PC.
I like the features that ...
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Wine Install Total Failure
Okay I compiled Wine1.2.3 from source, with the following flags and such:
sudo apt-get build-dep wine
./configure --enable-win64
make
sudo make install
Took forever to compile, and it does a bunch ...
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Ubuntu 11.10 Faulty install, how do I rollback or troubleshoot?
So stupidly I allowed the upgrade of Oneiric before I thought better of it. I have gone through the installation and it has evidently bricked.
Errors observed:
Eternally stuck at loading screen
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Linux driver for Bigfoot Killer E2100…?
I have looked around online a bit, but have not been able to find any drivers to make a Bigfoot Killer E2100 work under Linux (CentOS 6, for what it's worth). The one candidate I found required a few ...
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Error in Abiword on Linux server
I've installed Abiword on my server but whenever I try to convert a document I get the following error:
** (abiword:13263): WARNING **: Unable to open an iconv handle from codepage 0 -> UTF-8
** ...
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hexdump vs xxd format difference
I was searching for how to do a reverse hexdump and found xxd mentioned. However, it does not seem to work with simply:
xxd -r hexdumpfile > binaryfile
I then compared the difference between ...
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Why is nano ignoring the first line in files?
I've sshed into Server A and Server B from Windows Vista.
I've sshed into Server A and Server B from Windows XP.
In all 4 cases, when I edit a file with nano, the first line does not show up in nano ...
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Turned off system drive on netbook to update Windows, now it disappeared
I have an Asus EEE 901 Netbook. It has a 4gb "system" solid state drive (soldered to the motherboard) and an additional 32gb solid state drive as the primary slave. I have Ubuntu 11 installed on the ...
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Shoud I use ffmpeg to have videoCodecId = 2 or 7?
I am using ffmpeg to convert my video files to flv.
My issue is that I want the converted flv files to have videoCodecId and audioCodecId = 2, because, I am injecting keyframes in the converted file ...
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Suspicious behaviour of twistd
Recently I installed Ubuntu 11.04 on my laptop with all the latest updates.
For the last two days I've been observing that my network traffic is showing 100% usage (max bandwidth) even when all the ...
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Swapping special keys
I am on archlinux and trying to swap the left Alt key with the left Ctrl key for my convenience in emacs as well as bash command line editing. I use the following ~/.xmodmap:
remove mod1 = Alt_L
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