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Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), is the twelfth release of Ubuntu from Canonical.

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Create a wireless network in Ubuntu 10.04?

Whenever i need to copy some files and can't find a pen drive, (I don't have Bluetooth enabled in my laptop), I create a new ad hoc (wireless) network in Windows and share the necessary files on the ...
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Ubuntu 10.4 lts netbookedition

I hope somebody here will be able to help me. I have put a checkmark in the user settings not to ask for a password at login and now I'm stuck my netbook does not ask for a password but i'm also ...
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update-alternatives very slow in Ubuntu 10.04

Every time I try to install a package which require the "update-alternatives" for the JRE, apt-get doesn't respond anymore: Setting up sun-java6-bin (6.20dlj-1ubuntu3) ... update-alternatives: using /...
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ubuntu 10.04 logs itself out overnight

Every night when I leave work, I lock the screen via ubuntu's "power" button in the top right hand panel. When I come to work in the morning, I'm greeted with the log-in screen. This doesn't happen ...
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FFMPEG Multistream WMV

I need a program for Ubuntu Lucid that can covert a video file to a multistream WMV. I have been looking into FFMPEG, but I can cannot figure out how to do several streams in a single WMV. Currently ...
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Panel doesn't show at startup at Ubuntu 10.04

I recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 in a rather old computer, a Compaq Presario 5300. Everything went fine, the OS had no problem in the process. But when i started the computer again, the panel didn't ...
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How can I get suspend or hibernate to work on my Acer Aspire 7551 laptop with Ubuntu 10.04?

If I try to suspend or hibernate on my Acer Aspire 7551 laptop with Ubuntu 10.04 64bit I can't get it to wake back up. When I open the lid after suspending I hit a key and see the power button light ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 on Dell XPS 1330 and many problems

I have recently installed Ubuntu 10.04 beside my Windows XP on my laptop: Dell XPS 1330 I`m now facing some problems with my new OS : The driver for my wireless network card isn't recognized ...
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ubuntu 10.04 span window across workspaces

I'm using an old server machine as a linux box desktop, and as such I have a lot of power but not a lot of display options. I cannot increase my resolution past 800x600 and recently this has become ...
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How to fix a missing bootmgr?

I want to install Ubuntu/OpenSuse through my USB pen drive. I have made it bootable by doing all the necessary procedures. However, upon restarting the laptop to boot from the pen drive, I choose the ...
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Sony Vaio VPCP115 8" TrackPoint doesn't work on Ubuntu 10.04

Just bought a Sony Vaio VPCP115 8" pocket laptop. 1.6G Atom CPU, 2G mem, 64G SSD. Installation went smoothly. Network, video (Skype), and most of Ubuntu features work. TrackPoint isn't recognized by ...
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How do I copy/paste an icon into a launcher in Ubuntu?

In MacOSX I can copy an icon from any document/folder/application by doing Cmd-i on the object and then copying (i.e. Cmd-c) the icon and pasting the icon on another object (by bringing up the ...
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monodevelop crashing on startup on Ubuntu 10.0.4

I have installed monoDevelop (2.4) from http://badgerports.org/ on my Linux box running Ubuntu 10.0.4 When I start monoDevelop from either the menu, or attempt to open a .cs file (or project), I see ...
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mount point i ubuntu10.04

can any please tell me what is a mount point and why it is required in the installation process of ubuntu10.04.
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How to install an older version of Samba

I installed samba4 in Ubuntu 10.04 and am having problems due to syntax differences. I can not find documentation to get this to work anywhere on the web. All I can find it stuff for older version of ...
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webserver to be in ubuntu 10.04

how to set up a webserver in a webbrowser to be used in ubuntu 10.04 to transfer files from computer to tfr 2400 receiver
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Main menu doesn't show my application launcher (.desktop file)

I've just started out learning to program and I'm making a "Radio Scheduler" for my brother as a mini project. I wanted to make an "install" script, which would add an item to Ubuntu's Main Menu. I ...
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Wine crashes when trying to run portable version of Firefox

I think there is something wrong with my Wine setup, but I don't know how to fix it or even what it is. Others have gotten this program to work without problems in Wine. This is the console output ...
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Sound in Virtual Box cuts out

I'm running Windows XP inside Virtual Box in Linux. In the beginning the sound works but after a while there's no more sound.
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How to VNC into Ubuntu 10.04 from a Mac

I'm trying to remote login into my Ubuntu machine from my Mac following the instructions at this website: link When I try to login, I confirm to allow access on the Linus side, but on my Mac, it ...
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Can't login into ubuntu anymore

Just today Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) decided to not work. It just gets stuck in this screen: It looks like it's loading something but it's just stuck there. I can't login. I've tried numerous solutions ...
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how to select desktop environment (gnome or kde or unity) before logon

I have an Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 machine running smoothly. I downloaded the Ubuntu Unity Netbook Edition just to try out the new UI. And that thing runs very slow on my machine. Each click responds ...
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Ubuntu Lucid goes to sleep and never wakes up

I have upgraded from Ubuntu Karma to Lucid, and it seems I have replaced one problem with another. With Karma, the screen occasionally froze unexpectedly, forcing a REISUB. I am using a DELL monitor ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 problems - GVIM and Sound

Well, i have 2 problems .. not exactly problems, but one is a question, and the other is a problem . QUESTION I have installed gVim on my laptop and now i want to install plugins and customize my ...
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Ubuntu Lucid Lynx: blank screen AFTER login

After I did a partial upgrade, my screen went blank. I think I used an onboard graphics card, but I cannot be sure. I tried Ctrl + Alt + F1 at startup and did a apt-get upgrade and apt-get update. It ...
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Ubuntu Lucid: Erratic screen behaviour after boot

In short: about 50% of the time I have a screwed up monitor setup after reboot. About 50% it is totally correct. Now the longer version: I updated my machine from 9.04 to 10.04 (via 9.10). At first I ...
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Change popup format for Kopete in Gnome (Ubuntu 10.04)

After trialling Empathy which was included with Gnome/Ubuntu 10.04 I decided to go back to Kopete since I was losing chat messages. However, for some reason, Kopete is now displaying all popups in a ...
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How do I stop VMware Workstation 6.5 from giving up input focus for no reason on Ubuntu 10.4?

After patching some kernel modules, I got VMware Workstation 6.5.4 running on my Ubuntu 10.4 x86_64 machine. However, now my Windows XP SP3 guest instance cannot keep mouse input captured for any ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 says wired network disconnected, but it works

I've installed ubuntu 10.04, hoping to get rid of the 9.10 errors. (Nvidia driver didn't work quite properly, had some problems with clicking in flash, and I had -and still have- wired network working,...
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Lucid Lynx login issue

Recently upgraded from Karmic to Lynx. Upgrade seemed to go well, no noticeable issues. I logged in, and my window manager wasn't starting. An application would appear, but sans control buttons and ...
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Why does my screen turn black after installing ATI on Ubuntu 10.04?

I'm having a problem installing the drivers for my video card. I've just finished installing the driver, rebooted the OS, and the monitor starts up in energy saving mode and doesn't boot Ubuntu. What ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 external monitor problem

I've just installed the 10.04 release on my laptop. I've also installed the nvidia propietary driver as suggested by the system. I've some problem using an external monitor, i'm not able to set the ...
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Cannot boot into Lucid Lynx

I upgraded from Karmic Koala to Lucid Lynx beta, was working fine for a while (was even rebooting). But, after some time, it is not booting and i cant find a solution. I have tried installing the grub ...
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I can't seem to get Fail2ban to successfully ban IP addresses that are trying to authenticate against our email server

Recently, my manager installed fail2ban on our ubuntu 10.04 email server to ban ip addresses that failed to authenticate to our email server. As we monitor the system, we don't see the IPs that ...
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How to configure SCSI hard drives and RAID for Poweredge 2850 web server using Ubuntu server

I have a poweredge 2850 with 6 drives and a RAID controller. I want to set up 3 pairs of RAID1 arrays to use a 1-webserver, 2 fileserver and 3backup. Is this even possible and how do I configure it? ...
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Java JRE: Setting default heap size

I'm having trouble with Java on a virtual server, it always gives me the following error: # java Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for object heap Could not ...
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What are the proper steps to install Symfony2 on Ubuntu 10.04?

I already installed LAMP, but I can't get Symfony2 to install. This is what I tried: php composer.phar create-project symfony/framework-standard-edition /var/www/georgecampean/Symfony '2.5.*' ...
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error: no such partition // grub rescue>_

I'm on a Eee PC and I am running Windows XP and Ubuntu 10.04. I'm starting a big project tomorrow and I wanted to cleanly reinstall both operating systems. After entering the pre-install Windows ...
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