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How to simulate two computers connected with LAN when you have only one computer?
I wish to test a networking application between two computers connected by LAN. These computers will have different IP addresses.
I have only one computer.
How to simulate two computers connected ...
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How do I solve periodic mouse lag on Linux Mint (MATE)?
I have a laptop with the latest Linux Mint installed (the MATE version, not the Cinnamon one). 80-90% of the time everything works great, but periodically the mouse will start "lagging" heavily (it ...
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libgphoto2-2-dev is installed, but pkg-config wont list it. Deb Wheezy new install
I am trying to use node-gphoto2 from npm, but I am having trouble with the libgphoto2-2-dev dependency. I've installed it, but pkg-config says it's not there.
$ sudo aptitude search gphoto
p ...
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Use a modern locale, but retain asciibetical sorting?
I bought a new laptop (an Ideapad Yoga), and put Linux Mint on it. Everything seems to be working well, but Mint's default LOCALE settings for my language choice (en-CA... not sure why CA when I'm in ...
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What is a straight forward way of sharing files over the LAN between Ubuntu and Windows [closed]
I have Ubuntu desktop in an old PC and I bought a new PC, pre-loaded with Windows 7. These are connected in a LAN. I am able to ssh to Ubuntu from Windows fine through putty. Over the years of use of ...
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MySQL query fails instantly
I recently loaded a large (~5GB) database from an SQLdump into a local MySQL server database. Loaded fine after a couple of tries, and initially I could query without a problem, although queries took ...
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Why does my debian wheezy linux refuse to execute this ELF file?
I just installed EAGLE on my debian wheezy box, but I cannot start the executable:
joe@mybox:/opt/eagle-6.4.0/bin$ ll
total 18264
drwxrwxr-x 2 joe joe 4096 Jan 7 17:02 .
drwxrwxr-x 10 joe joe ...
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Is there such thing as a software switchboard for Trixbox/freepbx/asterisk? [closed]
We use Trixbox CE and would like something so that we can load a window that tells us which lines are in use around the office. Currently no need to use it to actually make calls or anything, but just ...
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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 can I add static DNS entry in Debian and block some sites?
OK I'm admin noob.
Is there a way for adding static DNS entry?
I already tried to modify /etc/hosts file but without success.
Here is my hosts file:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 hitsu
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Can't connect from outside of my LAN
I am running a Debian Squeeze linux server on my Dlink DNS-320 NAS. I signed up for a DNS service, so I could access it from anywhere. I installed lighttpd, and created a very simple page to test. To ...
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VPN server on Debian with login access from Windows
I have a friend in a closed country that needs a VPN. I want to install a secure VPN server on my dedicated server.
I have looked at PPTPD and OpenVPN, but I am not sure which one would be best? Or ...
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Is my CentOS library multiarch? And what does that mean?
On CentOS release 6.4, I am trying to run a binary. However, it gives the following complaint:
(...) requires "/lib/libuuid.so.1" to function.
From a quick search, I can see that the only similar ...
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The right location of src files to compile?
I have several programs I want to download their src files and compile.
They are fetched through git, so I can easily pull updates and recompile them.
The right location of these files, to my ...
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Elementary OS - Stop MySQL from starting automatically at boot
MySQL is started automatically each time I boot my ElementaryOS Luna, how can I disable this and have MySQL off by default?
I have verified that the mysql service is disabled at all runlevels using ...
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Any practical method to do annotation on PDF under Linux (64bit) environment? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to take notes in PDFs in Linux
Adobe's official reader don't support do-annotation under Linux. Evince can't do.
Reading PDF is the last thing on which I can not ...
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Recursively touching directories' last modified datetime as the same datetime of the last modified file inside
Previously I have ran dos2unix on every *.php file on my server recursively with this command:
find . -name '*.php' -type f -exec dos2unix --keepdate {} +
All files processed by dos2unix had its ...
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Simple Linux-based task scheduler with job dependencies?
I'm maintaining a data-warehousing system that involves a lot of dependent jobs (data import, transform, etc). I've been using Linux's crontab to manage them until the dependency between jobs get ...
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How to set thermal throttling lowest CPU clock on Linux?
I am having huge problems with thermal throttling on my Thinkpad T420 with Core i7 and Nvidia Quadro. When the throttling starts I get the kernel message:
[42544.677294] [Hardware Error]: Machine ...
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How can I format an SD card with a more robust Linux-usable filesystem with a specific cluster size for better write performace?
Goal: microSD card formatted...
for best write performance
for use only with embedded Linux
for better reliability (random power failures may occur)
using an 64kB cluster size
I'm using an 8GB ...
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recovering a broken GNOME-desktop in debian wheezy
an hour ago I had a working gnome-desktop on my debian system (thinkpad x121e).
Then I installed compiz that crashed.
After a reboot the gnome-desktop no longer started.
Then I did some upgrades ...
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Can't change root password in Ubuntu
I am trying to change the root password in my Ubuntu system but I am getting an error. I disabled password prompt when calling sudo. So I can execute root commands (eg. sudo apt-get install) without ...
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Deleting files within the /tmp directory on an ubuntu machine
My Symfony website has just started to show the following error:
ErrorException: Warning: session_start(): open (/tmp/sess_4h4kjh4ui4h478h48h44g02,O_RDWR) failed:No space left on device(28) in ...
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How to join a windows corporate network from ubuntu linux? [closed]
I'm working in a company with very strict computer and network usage rules and I thought that if I install ubuntu as dual boot OS, I'll somehow be able to circumvent the Windows based restrictions ...
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GSM-Modem gone from network-manager
Ok I really really hate this network-manager but one last time I would like to get it to work.
I have used an UMTS-stick for months on a PC with network-manager without any problem.
Then I used the ...
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Correlating strace output to source code function calls
I'm trying to fix a keyboard problem in a Linux application which I have the source code for. The application starts a TCP server and sends local keyboard and mouse events to connected clients. What's ...
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Nvidia driver installation disables Cinnamon desktop
In Linux Mint 14 with Cinnamon desktop, after installing the Nvidia drivers it reverts to the gnome desktop. If I try to manually restart Cinnamon from the command line I get the error:
Xlib: ...
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Install too much RAM - and then? [closed]
I saw some already asked if its possible to install more than max. specified RAM capacity.
I want to go a bit further.
I have a laptop (Vaio VPCF11C5e) with currently 2x4GB 1066Mhz installed. ...
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Bluegiga BLED112 Bluetooth dongle disconnect
I'm trying to use a BLED112 USD Bluetoot 4.0 dongle from Bluegiga.
The dongle works OK under Windows 8, so I have no reason to think that there is a hardware issue.
If I plug it in under Ubunut ...
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The outputs of ps and top do not match
I have a situation where I have a process, say script.pl (here it is), which seems to stick around in the output to ps auxw | grep script.pl, sometimes when load is heavy it sticks around for several ...
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Cannot run script automatically when connected to a network
I'm running an HP Mini notebook with Lubuntu 13.04.
I made a script that makes a text file with a list of nearest wifi signals, sends it to my Gmail account (with mutt) and then deletes the text file ...
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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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Red Hat Gnome menubar disappeared
I'm using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4, and the menubar has disappeared, as you can see from this screenshot. I'm not sure which setting I modified.
I've removed .gnome config from my home ...
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How to run a script uninterrupted accross power-cycling
I'm stomped on how to accomplish this task. I need to run this script that fills up the nand flash on an embedded (linux-Busybox v1) device with random data, then continually repeats this process ...
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xterm with chromium css 3d not working
I have problem with chromium-browser?
My scenario is :-
when i boot my Ubuntu machine.In xorg using xterm emulator i bring the chromium browser as a default screen in that i have html 5 page.I ...
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PPTP without GRE: possible?
[I hope this is not off-topic here]
I'm trying to set up a PPTP tunnel between a Linux (Debian 6) Server and a Windows 7 Client.
The problem is, that the PPTP connection itself (ports 1723 and 47) ...
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Watermarking videos on Linux
I want to add watermarking on to my FLV videos. Previously I used to do that using FFmpeg's vhook option but due to some problems I had to upgrade it to the latest SVN revision. This version of FFmpeg ...
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Append line break to command output
I have a single-line command that does a curl request to check server status and then output the result to a log file. But the problem is the returned result has no line break and so the log file ...
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Prevent applications to control master volume on Linux
Whenever I change the volume in VLC, Rhythmbox, or a video on YouTube, it change the master volume, i.e. the system volume. How can I prevent this from happening?
I'm running Debian 7.0.0 (wheezy) ...
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Issue setting up Tiger VNC on Centos 6.3
I'm trying to set up Tiger VNC server on CentOS 6.3. I'm getting the following error message when I run the command "vncserver":
[ollie@localhost ~]$ vncserver
WARNING: The first attempt to start ...
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Get Quotes database in Linux's fortunes app
I love the fortune app on Linux, enough so that I install it on every Linux box I build or SSH to (with permission, of course). One thing I would like to know is how I can incorporate quotes from ...
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Getting list of startup application in linux
I want to get list of applications which run at start up using terminal. In windows we can use msconfig.
is there any command i can use to show startup applications?
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error: zlib not found on system or in local libs
I'm trying to install gpac on my server and when I run ./configure I get the following error.
error: zlib not found on system or in local libs
I have checked and I have zlib installed, or at ...
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Trouble installing php-devel on CentOS
Working with a PHP install and trying to install APC on a server to help with speed issues with an application we're developing.
We are having trouble getting phpize installed. phpize is not on the ...
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Cascading Encryption Algorithm using mcrypt or GnuGP
I'm trying to a cascading cipher encryption algorithm to encrypt a textfile via mcrypt. I'm essentially trying to emulate the behavior of TrueCrypt, where it can cascade two or three different cipher ...
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Can't see SMB directory in Mac Finder when logged in
I setup SMB to show a "Media" section
[Media]
path = /home/Share/Media
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
valid users = stef
guest ok = no
Currently, when I check the Shared entry ...
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Trouble installing php-devel on CentOS
Working with a PHP install and trying to install APC on a server to help with speed issues with an application we're developing.
We are having trouble getting phpize installed. phpize is not on the ...
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Rename recursively files, while keeping the extension
I have a bunch of directories that each hold one *.txt file in it (and other non *.txt files).
I'd like to rename those files recursively from the command line, basically *.txt to info.txt.
So all ...
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Remote Desktop to Linux(Guest) from Mac(Host) on vbox [duplicate]
Remote Desktop to Linux(Guest) from Mac(Host) on vbox
Can someone please tell me how to remote desktop into a linux guest from a mac host
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Allocating non-contiguous free space to an existing partition
I can't figure out how to add all the "/dev/sda3" space to my /dev/sda1/ .. I tried everything, but /dev/sda1/ can't go over 5.26GB.
