Ubuntu 12.04 (aka Precise Pangolin), is the sixteenth release(version) of Ubuntu from Canonical.
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How can I mount a NTFS disk under Ubuntu Server 12.04?
I am looking to access a second HDD in my PC, it is formatted as NTFS and I the data on the second HDD cannot be replaced so I need a method that will not delete the data on the HDD.
fdisk -l command ...
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linking a folder to www
So Im running a VM that I want to use as a sandbox. I mounted permanently a folder (www) from my host OS. So basically I have /media/sf_www. Then I created a symbolic link to /var/www/pcwww. The ...
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My terminal doesn't render characters occasionally
Occasionally while executing commands such as 'ls' the cursor in my terminal won't go to the next line
e.g. after typing ls
The cursor moves in front of the text back to its default position, but ...
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ubuntu web server not responding remote requests except ssh
It is a remote server, I can ssh to login.
Originally I successfully set up nginx+php-fpm+mysql+tomcat, and all went well. I could brows http://118.244.237.197 and http://118.244.237.197:8080 ...
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Reboot with Ubuntu 12.04 Live USB without reading machine hard drives
I have created a ubuntu 12.04 live USB which is used to boot my machine and try linux features.
Question> Is it possible that I can disallow the ubuntu to access my hard drives?
For now, after the ...
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How do I wipe the network manager configuration file
My netbook stopped seeing my wifi router after going to suspend mode then waking up. I can see all the other networks (including some other UPC, Netherlands) but It won't list mine.
The router is ...
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Unable to run RabbitMQ on Ubuntu 12.04
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 from a VMware image.
I am trying to start the RabbitMQ server. I have followed the instructions from RabbitMQ website but with no luck.
When I type the command
sudo ...
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How to apt-get latest package version
I am running Ubuntu 12.04.
I need to upgrade my version of gnome-control-center from gnome-control-center 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1 to gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.11 as it should hopefully fix ...
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What do the numbers mean in syslog-ng.d?
On Linux (Ubuntu 12.04) the directory syslog-nd.g contains syslog configuration files like
00-default-destinations
00-default-options
00-default-sources
10-console
I am not sure if those files are ...
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How to use arguments with 'find -exec'?
I'm trying to generate static html files for all php scripts inside dir:
find . -name "*.php" -exec php {} > {}.html \;
But it just dumps all results to {}.html. How to do it properly? And how ...
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Sym links issue on virtualbox
I have a virtual box installed, and a guest OS of Ubuntu 12.04 on it.
I have installed the guest additions too. So after mounting a shared folder and trying to build from that same mount folder I get ...
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How do I reactivate my MDADM RAID5 array?
I've just moved house which involved dismantling my server and re-connecting it. Since doing so, one of my MDADM RAID5 arrays is appearing as inactive:
root@mserver:/tmp# cat /proc/mdstat
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Install public key via ssh-copy-id for other users
ssh-copy-id can be used to install your public key in a remote machine's authorized_keys. Could the same command be used to install other users' public keys, if you have sudo ability?
Update: both ...
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Ubuntu can't connect internet without vpn
I'm new to the Linux world.
I set up Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop. Everything had been fine before I installed and configured forti client SSL VPN for my company network. After this Ubuntu can't ...
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Alias stopped working after SSHing into Ubuntu machine
I am facing a problem with Ubuntu. Bash aliases like ll are not working if I am logging to my system from SSH. It works fine after writing bash as a command in the shell.
It used to work. What ...
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Integrate Access Point into VMware
I've got a problem concerning the integration of a TP-LINK Access Point into a virtual network segment.
Current Setup:
Ubuntu 12.04 vmware machine
eth0 - NAT mode (turned off when eth2 is active)
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How to prevent clients from hanging while NFS server reboots
I'm using autofs to mount
/usr/local -fstype=nfs,rw,nosuid server.local.dom:/srv/nfs/usr/local
When I reboot the server, all clients get sluggish until the server is back up.
Is there any ...
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List of all the users that logged in using GUI or Command Line
I need to calculate the total time that a specific user stay logged in per day. And stop user using the computer more than the time allowed by shutting down the system.
uptime cannot be used since ...
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All outgoing mail in VM should stay local
I have setup an Ubuntu 12.04 VM, which I use to test and develop magento shops. On this desktop VM I have an almost exact copy of the shop running. I prefer to use a desktop VM as this gives me the ...
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ffmpeg stopped when set “-i” option with rtsp URL
I am using ffmpeg on Ubuntu 12.4 to get thumbnails from RTSP URL.
I confirmed with vlc that this URL is fine,
Video file played nicely.
The problem is ffmpeg.
I command like
ffmpeg -itsoffset ...
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Explaination needed for strange df and du results
Can someone help me to understand the following output
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/xvda1 8.0G 7.5G 167M 98% /
udev 7.4G 8.0K 7.4G 1% /dev
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ssh to Amazon EC2 Ubuntu server behind firewall
I ssh to an Amazon EC2 server and have just enabled the ufw firewall. This terminated my connection and now I can't ssh back in. I assume the firewall is preventing access.
I tried rebooting but no ...
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not working apt-get install libboost-dev
When I execute
apt-get install libboost-dev
it gives
sudo apt-get install libboost-dev
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock ...
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Windows 8 Installation couldn't find drives
I am trying to install Windows on Ubuntu using a bootable Windows USB stick. Basically I want to multi boot with Ubuntu and Windows 8.
However, on the "Where do you want to install Windows?" ...
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How to connect to two networks on a Ubuntu powered laptop?
We are working on our academic project and the project works fine in our home. In my home, I have a direct broadband connection which I am accessing using a WiFi router and to the same router I have ...
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Good HPC motherboard to support dual Nvidia C2075 running Ubuntu 12.04 [closed]
I'm trying to find parts/motherboard for the following system:
-Supports 2 Nvidia Tesla C2075 cards
-Ideally has usable 3 leftover PCIe slots (one 8x, two 4x)
-I could live with 2 leftover slots
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Why is SSH not honoring my authorized keys?
I have 2 laptops at home, both running Ubuntu 12.04 (Desktop), and both using the same NetGear wifi router. I used a technique called "MAC binding" on one of the machines so that the router always ...
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How to save shell history from emacs and use it in terminal?
I use emacs for almost everything, but when I run shell M-x shell and then exit from emacs, the history is not saved, I've tried (savehist-mode 1) for this purpose but it doesn't seem to work, is ...
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How do I automatically gain root access with Putty?
Putty is set up to run like:
putty.exe -load mysession -l myuser -pw mypass
But it logs me in as myuser. For root access I need to type in the console:
sudo -i
Then it asks for my password ...
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DNS address not acquired by ubuntu
I have a lenovo G430 machine with ubuntu 12.04 running on it. The Network configuration is DHCP, It gets the IP but fails to get the DNS and henceforth wont be able to browse internet.The issue is ...
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setting system time at startup from ext4 filesystem
I have a pc with no battery backup and using ubuntu 12.04 with ext4 it will constantly ask me to handle the situation by saying that my superblocks last write is in the future.
So I wonder - can I ...
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How to disable EMACS - Prelude colors? (terminal)
I've used PRELUDE to work better in terminal, but I'd love to work with my default Terminal theme(colors).
Zenburn-theme comes default with Prelude but It just work great the first time i run emacs ...
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dns problems ubuntu 12.04 server
folks.
I've some trouble with dns working (?) in my Ubuntu 12.04 server. The server shares internet in my local network with iptables (masquerade).
When I try to make something like this: wget ...
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How to control the height of the title bar in xfce?
How can I control the height of the title bar in xfce?
I only have medium experience with linux desktops, I could change some settings in a text file or install a package, but an instruction that ...
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How to solve “the system is running in low graphics mode” in ubuntu 12.04? [closed]
I have ubuntu 12.04 installed and it was working fine. But today suddenly it stopped responding, then I restart it and gives a window
The System is running in low graphics mode, Your Screen, ...
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Installing older version of gcc using apt-get
i am trying to install GCC version 3.2 using apt-get. But it complains the following
root@chid-VirtualBox:/home/chid/Downloads# apt-get install gcc=3.2
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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Backup entire data and migrate
I have been given promotion in the office and hence given a new laptop. Now I have to move from my old system to the new laptop. I am currently working on many projects and have many dependencies ...
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how to dual boot onto 64GB SSD and 500GB HD?
I have a Dell laptop with 500GB hard disk and 64GB SSD.
I want to have a dual boot in it:
Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.04 on the SSD
files and other stuff on the HD
Anyone could explain how to do so ...
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Can't download updates on Ubuntu 12.04
A message is coming on screen when I'm trying to download updates. It says:
Report this bug against update manager package.
and then:
E: Malformed line 54 in source ...
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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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Triple boot with Windows 8
while ago I bought a acer aspire e1 laptop with windows 8 on one partition, yesterday I installed ubuntu 12.10 and fedora 18 but when booting up I don't see ubuntu and fedora OS to select, it takes me ...
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Updating Nginx from 1.3.0 to 1.4.1 while using Plesk 11
Is it possible to upgrade the nginx version witch was originally installed with plesk to the newest stable version without bricking the whole web-server?
I got the nginx repository and tried to ...
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system clock is 5.5 ahead although ntp
I've checked configs and even installed ntp server, nothing seem to fix this,
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Current default time zone: 'Asia/Tehran'
Local time is now: Thu May 9 00:49:38 IRDT ...
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Gnome/Unity not working
I wanted to try the gnome 3.9 UI on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. So I installed the following ppa
add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I added the following ...
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Gnome/Unity not working
I wanted to try the gnome 3.9 UI on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. So I installed the following ppa
add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then I added the following ...
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Unable to copy embedding link generated by Mathematica / Ubuntu
Mathematica offers export to a format they call Computed Document Format (CDF) - it is basically a player for the notebooks you work in that environment.
One way to use them is to embed it on a web ...
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Ubuntu: how does cron execute jobs?
I am having trouble finding an answer to this question thorough google:
How exatly does CRON in ubuntu execute jobs?
Does it spawn each new job in its own process?
Say i have two cron jobs:
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Transmission-daemon to port-forward
I have been using the Transmission BitTorrent GTK client to port-forward on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I would just go to the preferences and set specific port for it to open, and stop it from randomising the ...
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Running Cronjobs as per Local Time rather than Universal Time
On running
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
in terminal and i get 2 different time on my machine
Local time is now: Wed May 1 11:58:55 IST 2013.
Universal Time is now: Wed May 1 06:28:55 UTC 2013.
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Latest Security update “firmware for linux kernel drivers” failed - how do i fix this?
I have copied the update-manager's update failure/error message
installArchives() failed: perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE ...
