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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 ...
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Errors when updating package list with apt-get on (K)ubuntu
I get some errors when trying to update the package list with sudo apt-get update command, specifically the error messages are as follows:
W: GPG error: http://dl.google.com stable Release: The ...
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Akregator fails to retrieve some feeds
I am trying to figure this out: Akregator stopped retrieving some of my feeds (such as http://lifehacker.com/vip.xml), even though they used to work, do work in Firefox and some other feeds still do ...
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OS boot process not starting automatically
I am having a Linux machine with Ubuntu 12.04 Precise. My problem is that whenever I restart my machine, it will not select the OS automatically and starts the boot process, instead I have to press ...
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Writing a CPU/RAM usage log over a period of time to file on Ubuntu 12.04
I am looking for script that can write a CPU utillization into text file every 10 seconds.
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Is there a reason why restarting lightdm caused the device to shutdown?
Each time I have had to restart lightdm on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS via the commands /etc/init.d/lightdm restart or service lightdm restart, it would simply restart lightdm display manager. This time however ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 64bit is not installing libreadline-dev package
umair@umair-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install libreadline-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may ...
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apt-get “Broken packages”
While installing python-dev:
sudo apt-get install python-dev
I am getting the following error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python2.7-dev : Depends: python2.7 (= 2.7.3-0ubuntu3) ...
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Is it possible to migrate a software RAID5 array to RAID0?
So last year I helped my father in France set up his Office machine with a RAID5 array of 3 identical 1TB drives (for a combined space of 2TB). Last week one of the drives died, he's using the machine ...
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sudo chmod is invalid when using mounted-partition(windows)?
# /etc/fstab
UUID=D254B*****B5B*** /home/username/c ntfs defaults,fmask=113,dmask=002, uid=username,gid=username 0 2
# uname -a
Linux 00544 3.2.0-37-generic-pae #58-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 24 15:51:02 ...
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Can't run sox, No such file or directory
In Ubuntu 12.04 I installed sox with this command:
sudo apt-get install sox
Now if I use this command:
sox message.wav message.flac rate 16k
I get this:
bash: /usr/local/bin/sox: No such file ...
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HOW: Ubuntu Linux in Bengali?
How to change my Ubuntu setup in Bengali language ?
I want every menu, every text to be in Bengali.
Once I had a very old version of Fedora which had this feature, but I can't find it in Ubuntu.
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Change the printer spooler directory?
I am new to printing system in ubuntu 12.04. I have one directory in ~/Desktop/virtualSpooler I want to configure my printer spooler such that all the files in the ~/Desktop/virtualSpooler should ...
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I'm installing IBM RAD 7.5 in Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit getting error Cannot execute binary file
I'm installing IBM RAD 7.5 in Ubuntu 12.04 but when I run ./install it says
cannot execute binary file.
When i run
chmod +x laucnhpad.sh
./lauchpad.sh
Then again not running.
drwxrwxr-x 12 ...
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Restoring RAID after linux installation
I have a Dell vostro 3460 with:
500 GB HDD
32 GB SSD mSATA (cache - not physical drive)
My former OS was Windows 7. I changed it to linux ubuntu but during the installation, I encountered problems ...
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Where can I find the MIB list for my computer (Ubuntu 12.04)?
I want to play around with snmp traps on my computer, but need the MIB list for that (I guess). So where can I find it on a Ubuntu 12.04 system?
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flaky proxy on virtual machine
I have been battling this for several hours and coming stuck.
I use windows XP and a VM box with ubuntu. I have to use the proxy to connect to the internet at work. However I use ubunutu to check ...
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X Error of failed request: BadCursor (invalid Cursor parameter) when recording Xvfb with ffmpeg/avconv
I am trying to record video output from Xvfb using ffmpeg or avconv. I start Xvfb with:
$ Xvfb :29 -screen 0 1024x768x24
When I later try to record display :29 with avconv (same output for ffmpeg):
...
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Multiple instances of pulseaudio
I tried out VMware and ended up uninstalling it. Ever since I've been encountering a problem where my audio doesn't work when I log in. When I run ps aux|grep pulse, I see that there are two instances ...
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Getting Cinnamon back after copying over old configuration files?
I recently got a new computer and installed Mint Cinnamon. I then copied over the contents of my home directory from my previous computer, which was using Ubuntu 12.04. Upon rebooting, the Cinnamon ...
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Can you run “fsck.ext2 -fycc /dev/mapper/truecrypt1” on an unmounted Truecrypt device?
Can you run "fsck.ext2 -fycc /dev/mapper/truecrypt1" on an unmounted Truecrypt device?
The "extra c" in the -fycc causes it to do a supposedly "non destructive" read-write (Similar to what ...
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Why does the command mv return the message mv: cannot move Device or resource busy on Linux?
I was attempting to move files from one directory to another and was displayed the following message although the files were moved. Why does display the "error" and what does it mean? When does it ...
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Current sound configuration (integrated Realtek ALC662) on Ubuntu 12.04 plays everything as mono. How to fix it?
All music files play as mono on my Ubuntu 12.04 installation.System soundcard (integrated): nVidia MCP61 High Definition Audio (Realtek ALC662). Did anyone have the same problem? What's the solution?
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Cannot execute java command on Ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu 12.04, installed JDK and interestingly have the following error. Why do I have this error though java file exist in there?
appuser@securexmlgw-db:~/Downloads/jdk1.7.0_04/bin$ ls
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sudo + x11 application does not work correctly
I couldn't get any program requiring x11 (e.g. gedit, nautilus) to work with sudo. Using gksudo would just fail silently, while on terminal I received the following error:
sudo nautilus
** ...
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Free Space not shown in partiton even after extending it through gparted
I have a Ubuntu machine running 12.04 LTS on it. I had a very small "/" partition at the beginning, say of 16 GB. Now i added a 50 GB to it which i split from another partition and added to the "/". ...
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Problems with apt-get(unmet dependencies)
I am using Ubuntu Desktop 12.04(64 bit).
I have downloaded skype from the official website and opened the deb package from the terminal(sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-precise_4.1.0.20-1_i386.deb) but ...
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Automounting SD card when inserted in Ubuntu
I am trying to write a BASH script that automounts an SD card once it is inserted in the card reader, then move all pictures to a folder in the HDD and renaming each file to the date and time the ...
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What is EXT4-fs error (device md0): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 10770, 0 clusters in bitmap, 32768?
On my Ubuntu Server 12.04 I got this errors (via dmesg):
[ 1104.544121] EXT4-fs error (device md0): ext4_mb_generate_buddy:739: group 10771, 0 clusters in bitmap, 32768 in gd
[ 1104.549227] EXT4-fs ...
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Ubuntu server loses exactly 5 minutes once in a while
I noticed that my server, an Ubuntu server 12.04, was losing time. I figured the hardware clock was off or maybe dying due to a faulty CMOS battery. I installed NTP to ensure the drift would be ...
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BIOS not booting from hard disk, Ubuntu CD boot to hard disk works
After copying my Ubuntu installation from one disk to another (copy, update fstab, update-grub, grub-install /dev/sda1), the Ubuntu CD option boots from the first hard disk (localboot 0x80) – it boots ...
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Ubuntu not installed-Please Remove installation media and close tray and press enter
I have downloaded Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32 bit, burned it on DVD and tried to install it on my PC.
My PC is running in Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit mounted on the C: drive. Now I want install Ubuntu along ...
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Can't write to '/etc/network/interfaces' file in Ubuntu
I just want to set to default /etc/network/interfaces but I can't because I get a Permission denied error when I try to write to it:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
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How can I make sure that my two USB disks are mounted at startup?
When I start my ubuntu server, my two USB hard disks are typically not automatically mounted. However, if I unplug the disks and and plug them back in, they're detected and mounted. How can I ensure ...
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Repair GRUB bootloader for multiboot system
I have two hard disks – one a 1TB and the other a 250 GB. I installed the OSes in the following order:
Windows 7 on the first hard disk (1 TB)
After that Kubuntu 12.04 on a partition (/dev/sdb7) on ...
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Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1
I have a new Ubuntu install where I am not able to connect to localhost or 127.0.0.1 or using my computer name.
telnet localhost [tried all/no port numbers]
returns
telnet: Unable to connect to ...
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Autoload .Xresources when system is started
How can I load the settings from ~/.Xresources when system is loaded?
Currently, I write
xrdb ~/.Xresources
everytime I start the system and I'd like to automate it somehow.
I use Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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What directories should i backup on a Linux server?
This is related to this question; however different as this is a server.
I use crashplan and grabbed /home, /root, and /etc; however upon an audit I determined that a lot of my configuration files ...
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Install Linux with two hard drives
I've a machine with two hard drives. The first one has 80 GB and the second has 120 GB. I'm about to format this machine and install Linux, and I want to install all the main partitions (/, ...
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Is it possible to automatically mount a hot-swappable drive when it is turned on?
In my PC, I have a hot-swap drive. Usually I keep it off to save power. I only really use it when accessing from another PC on the network. Is it possible to configure /etc/fstab to mount this drive ...
