Questions tagged [ubuntu-10.10]

Ubuntu 10.10 (aka Maverick Meerkat) is the 13th release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution.

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Moving linux partition so to be next to free space

I had a triple boot windows 7, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu 11.10. I deleted the partition that the 11.10 was in and now I have free space on my ext4 partition. I want to use that space which is located ...
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Installing Windows 7 in a PC where there is Ubuntu

I have Ubuntu 10.10 installed in my PC and I want to install Windows 7 in another drive, which partially contains some data, so that I can use both OSs in a dual boot scheme. I have read on the web ...
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Force DHCP to assign the same ip always to the same client?

I'm behind a router with at least 1 client and at most 3 clients. My "main" client runs some services like Apache2 so I port forwarded in router configuration the incoming traffic to its IP address 10....
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How to have sudo remember the password across various entries

sudo asks for the user's password every so often when using bash. The answers to this explains how to change that time out. I was wondering, however, whether it would be possible to sync this. I have ...
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How to know if the BIOS in my Macbook Pro is running in EFI mode or BIOS emulation mode when in Linux

I totally replaced OSX with Linux. In Ubuntu 10.10, how can I tell which mode the BIOS is running in? Is it better to have it running in EFI mode?
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Adverse consequences of using kill -9 for Skype termination

I currently shut Skype down by using ps ax | grep skype and then issuing kill -9 on the PIDs. There are three PIDs to be killed. What are the adverse consequences for Ubuntu that result from killing ...
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Not working firefox web browser (zombie) in ubuntu 10.10

I use Firefox browser in Ubuntu 10.10, but now it doesn't work. When I try to open the browser, an error message is displayed with the following content Close Firefox Firefox is already running but ...
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Ubuntu Guest on Virtual Box keeps crashing

Hi I have a Windows 7 Host, with following specs 4GB RAM i3 processor 500GB HD (any other detail required? If so please ask.) I have Virtual Box v3.2.12 I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on Virtual Box ...
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traceroute outputs only * * * [duplicate]

Am trying to traceroute to google.com but unfortunately this is the output I am getting - I know that these * * *s mean that the packets are not reaching back, perhaps due to firewalls, but no matter ...
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Right-click menu mask persisting on my screen

Somethign very strange has happened on my computer. I'm running the latest install of Ubuntu, and using the latest version of chrome, though this has happened on previous builds of both. The right-...
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wireless is disabled by hardware switch

I am using Ubuntu 11.10, Every thing was working perfectly fine. After an update is installed my wireless network is stoped working. I am using HP ProBook 4530s The network indicator on right top ...
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Alternative applications for Cisco VPN client on Ubuntu 10.10

I use Cisco Systems' VPN Client v5.0 on Windows 7 to connect to my work environment. My VPN profile is available as a PCF file. I would occasionally like to use Ubuntu 10.10. Are there any ...
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Ubuntu 10.10: The Update Manager Will Not Authenticate

I'm running Ubuntu 10.10. The update manager came up the other day. However, when I hit the "Authenticate" button, nothing happens --- I've let it sit for about 5 min?
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No more wireless on Ubuntu after upgrade from 10.04 to 10.10

yesterday I let the update manager install a whole bunch of updates for my 10.04 install on my MSI Notebook ER710. My wireless was just working peachy until then (with the madwifi drivers), but after ...
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Firefox 8.0 will not automatically log into sites between sessions

I'm using Firefox 8.0 on Ubuntu 10.10 When I close and restart my browser I am not automatically logged into web sites where I have selected the option to do so. Edit > Preferences > Privacy is set ...
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Data recovery after sudo rm -rf /* on ext4

I sent the following command to my friend: sudo rm -rf /* He launched it. Does someone know how to recover data after deleting from ext4 on Ubuntu 10.10?
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Can't seem to run Apache 2.2 on Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)

Here's my error message when I run sudo apachectl start: (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 127.0.0.1:80 no listening sockets available, shutting down Unable to open ...
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Skype close application bug on Ubuntu

Closing Skype on Ubuntu does not work. I am running Ubuntu 10.10 and Skype 2.2.0.35. When I try to use Skype on subsequent occasions, it says Skype is still running. I have to kill it the hard way. ...
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Changing the Keymap in Ubuntu

Is it possible, using Ubuntu Linux, to change the meanings of the keyboards keys? I needed the right shift key to act as the home key and the right ctrl key to act as the end key. How to do this ...
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Photoshop CS5 on Ubuntu 10.10 no longer opens after installing Internet Explorer 8

I installed Photoshop CS5 in Ubuntu 10.10 using Wine - it was working fine. Later I tried to install Internet Explorer 8 with Wine. After this, Photoshop is no longer able to load; if I click the ...
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Permanently changing permission of device

My question is related to a Saving permission changes for device question except it is for Ubuntu 10.10: Maverick. I just setup a FireWire audio interface. Everything works fine, except for I need rw-...
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NVIDIA CUDA and linux

This Lenovo Z570 laptop comes with NVIDIA GEforce GT520M with optimus technology. I'm trying to install CUDA on Ubuntu 10.10. I downloaded a dev driver from the NVIDIA site. After installation X ...
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Is a fresh server install needed?

I have an Ubuntu 10.10 server at home that I've been playing around with, attempting to get a Railo/CFML web server setup on. The issue is that after playing around with so many different ...
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New mail alert in Thunderbird

I successfully configured Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.15 in my Ubuntu 10.10. I want some addon for popping up the new mails alerts, some thing like New Mail alert in a separate dialog box as we can set ...
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Microsoft 2010 Information Worker Demonstration Virtual Machine on VirtualBox?

Since I'm looking to improve my Sharepoint knowledge, I downloaded the 2010 Information Worker Demonstration and Evaluation Virtual Machine (SP1) from Microsoft https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/...
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How does one use "Mail" or other keyboard keys for copying or pasting in Gnome?

I'm trying to assign some of those extra keys that come with the keyboard to something useful. I know how to change their default behavior, and how to assign them to a shell script via the System -> ...
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Upstart: accept user input to switch xorg.conf

I'm trying to get a startup script requiring user input running before gdm starts (the script should allow me to choose from a list of xorg.conf's the one I'd like to use for the current session). ...
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Not able to upgrade my Ubuntu distribution

I am using Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid". I wanted to upgrade my distribution to 10.10. When I performing th upgrade in Update Manager, I get an error message. I have even tried to update via console as well....
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Ubuntu odd mouse and keyboard behavior when window gains inner focus

This morning on my Ubuntu 10.10 system when I open a window - for example, system->preferences->about me, if I click in to a field such as "work email", I can no longer close the window with the mouse!...
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File Server Partitioning

I am looking at turning a PC with a 1TB hard drive into a file server. What is the "best practice"/recommended filesystem for such a server? I was initially thinking of creating a seperate partition ...
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Displaylink USB video adapter not working under Ubuntu 10.10

I just bought this USB graphics adapter and I need to use it on Ubuntu 10.10. I followed this guide, but when I ran $ ./configure && sudo make install && make check nothing happened. ...
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Find command taking too long on ubuntu 10.10

The find command is taking too long on my machine to complete. When I use time command, I find that sys time and user time are too small as compared to real time. Is my find process not getting ...
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power management of USB-enclosed hard drives

With a typical USB hard drive enclosure, is the full range of drive power management functionality available? In what may be an unrelated matter: is it possible to suspend a PC without unmounting an ...
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convert decrypted .vobs to .avi with ffmpeg on ubuntu

I have a .vob file that has bee ripped from a dvd, when I watch the .vob its very good quality video and 5.1 english audio but when I use ffmpeg it has rubbish video and mono french audio. That was ...
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Wine 1.3.25 update broke sound, how do I go back?

Last Friday's Wine update to 1.3.25 broke sound, how do I go back to the previous version of Wine?
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Cannot change permissions in symlinked dropbox directory in Ubuntu 10.10

Title pretty much says it all, but here's what I'm doing... ls -l produces this... drwx------ 1 brian brian 4096 2010-12-28 14:19 foldername -rw------- 1 brian brian 0 2010-12-28 15:54 index.html ...
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How to confirm sector error on a video DVD

If a DVD skips at around 21:00 mark is there anyway to relate that to kernel messages?I would like to know if the DVD format is standard enough that I could compare the time the movie skips with the ...
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Grub installation problems

I was trying to reinstall Grub over my new Windows installation referring to this guide. Unfortunately on the step where they said to enter this command: sudo grub-install --root-directory=/media/...
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Gnome 2.32 Virtual Desktop Looping

I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 with Gnome 2.32 and was wondering if anyone knows of a way to make the virtual desktops (workspaces) loop so that moving to the left when on the left-most desktop goes to the ...
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Unable to boot Ubuntu

I used a live CD to install Ubuntu 10.10 on my HP Netbook (Mini Atom 1GHz CPU). I booted it up and then upgraded it to 11.04 Natty Narwhal. From the below I assume it got hacked, so how do I securely ...
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Ubuntu doesn't detect microphone

The built in microphone of my Dell Inspiron 1525 is working fine in Windows. But it is not getting detected in Ubuntu. What can I do to make it functional.
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Can't see more than the first few lines in an SSH connection

I need some help for SSH buffer size. I have a vista machine at home and i have installed "Free SSHD" on it. I also have Dynamic DNS setup to access some of my home lab equipment which are connected ...
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Made the USB Drive as Swap Partition, Installed it, How to undo it{Ubuntu 10.10}

Well,it was a very stupid thing to do on my part, But I made a 500 GB USB connected Hard Disk as my swap partition (thinking it will be only used during installation) and installed Ubuntu10.10. I ...
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Linux Directories to Map to SSD

I am going to do a reinstall of Ubuntu on my workstation and have an SSD in there. Which directories would you map to the SSD during installation for the following criteria: Rather not blast it with ...
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Network sharing on Windows 7 / Ubuntu

How do i go about sharing an internet connection on my Windows 7 machine with an Ubuntu machine? Please note the Ubuntu machine does not have internet connection so i cannot install programs on it. ...
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vmware linux headers not found for ubuntu 10.10?

I've installed Vmware 6.5 on Ubuntu 10.10... when I start vmware player/workstation its asking for linux kernel header for some compilation but I'm not able to find the appropriate package, see the ...
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How can I downgrade Ubuntu?

Since I upgraded Ubuntu from 10.10 to 11.04, I am facing much instability in display. Its very difficult to work with. Before upgrade it was working properly. Now even 10.10 version is giving flickers ...
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Ubuntu 10.10 running on Acer Aspire 5315 Laptop keeps shutting down unexpectedly

Basically the title says it all - I have an Acer Aspire 5315 laptop on which I've installed 'Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop i386' from a bootable flash drive and while using the system thereafter all seems to ...
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What is the best method to use to convert my HD video files on Ubuntu 10.10?

Recently I bought a JVC GZ-HM650 HD video camera. The camera produces *.MTS files, which Ubuntu 10.10 can't play correctly by default. I would like to convert those files, so I can edit them in my ...
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Share Virtual Box files to Windows Network (

I have a Virtual Box with Ubuntu 10.10 minimal installed. The computers that is running the virtual box is windows 7. How would I be able to access the files in the virtual box from Windows?