Questions tagged [ubuntu-12.04]
Ubuntu 12.04 (aka Precise Pangolin), is the sixteenth release(version) of Ubuntu from Canonical.
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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 again.
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Install VirtualBox on Ubuntu 12.04.1 (on [Samsung] Chromebook)
I have dual booted Ubuntu Linux 12.04.1 LTS on my Samsung Series 5 ChromeBook, and am trying to run/install Oracle VirtualBox (from the generic .run file downloaded from their website). However, every ...
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No sound after updating alsa
I am new to Linux but really love Elementary for its simplicity. After noticing that my sound was quite poor in Elementary, compared to Windows 8.1, I have tried updating the sound drivers. I ended up ...
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Ctrl+Alt+T doesn't open a Terminal in Cinnamon 1.6
I just updated to the stable version of Cinnamon 1.6 in Ubuntu 12.04 x64, but I found a bug which just get's me out of my skin.
The key combination CtrlAltT which is supposed to open up the Terminal ...
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Batch remove track number from music files at a time
I have around 600 mp3 song files in a folder. All the tracks have a number before their names. I want to remove the track-number from all the files. Ya I know I can rename those files and delete the ...
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Why is my crontab not running
I have this cron
38 * * * * /bin/bash -l -c 'cd /var/rails/site/releases/20120705144335 && script/rails runner -e qa '\''Play.load_lists'\'''
I have this cron under the a different user so ...
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WODIM not working with external DVD writer anymore
I'm certain this used to work (some months ago), but I can not get WODIM to burn a DVD from an ISO image.
I know that my DVD drive is working, and that the device assigned to it is /dev/sr0 (I know ...
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Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic) when cloning Git repo
I was cloning a Git repository and I had copied my id_rsa key from another PC to my /home/me/.ssh/ on Ubuntu 12.04, however this error shows up:
Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic).
How ...
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Networking problems on Ubuntu guest after upgrade VirtualBox from 4 to 5
Host is Windows 7
Guest is Ubuntu 12.04
Everything was working fine before the VirtualBox upgrade.
Now, on boot, that ubuntu instance keeps waiting for network and when it finally boots ifconfig ...
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How to run update-initramfs from bootable usb?
My computer froze during an upgrade from ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04.
This resulted in a kernel panic upon reboot.
/sbin/init: relocation error: /lib/i386-linux-gnu/librt.so.1: symbol__clock_nanosleep,...
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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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setting up wifi for static ip on ubuntu 12.04
I want to setup dhcp and static IP I have 2 lan card, Ubuntu 12.04 and it is a laptop the wireless interface I want to give a static IP and lan to have a dynamic ip how should I go about making ...
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virtualbox: can not switch the guest display to fullscreen mode
I cannot bring up the fullscreen mode in my guest Ubuntu 12.04 machine using Windows 7 when the external screen is not plugged in. I tried disabling the second screen in the guest OS and I get the ...
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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
** (nautilus:...
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Many USB 3.0 devices on a single Ubuntu via a powered HUB
I tried connecting multiple usb 3.0 enabled devices to my ubuntu 12.04 machine. But found out that at a time not more than 9 devices could be seen connected. I tried monitoring the kernel logs at /var/...
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do-release-upgrade not using old-releases when upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04?
Take pity on me, I'm trying to climb the upgrade ladder all the way from 10.04 to 16.04. First step is to get to 12.04.
I've updated my /etc/apt/sources.list to use old-releases:
## main & ...
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Remove Windows 8 and keep Ubuntu installed using Wubi
My laptop came with Windows 7 installed. I updated it to Windows 8. I have installed Ubuntu using Wubi. Now I want to remove Windows 8 and use only Ubuntu. Is it possible to remove Windows 8 without ...
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Cannot access Linux in dual boot because system boots straight to Windows without showing the grub menu?
I have linux and windows installed after upgrading to windows 10 , when I reboot the system there is no grub screen to select the system I want , it just gooes direct to windows 10.
Cannot access ...
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How to whois new TLDs?
How can I look up new TLDs, such as .email, .guru, etc., using the whois command in linux?
Running whois on a new TLD only gives the response:
No whois server is known for this kind of object.
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Why can't I install Windows on hard disk but Ubuntu can?
I have done something really wrong to my boot system and ended up formatting the whole thing.
Only problem, the hard disk now does not allow me to install Windows anymore. But Ubuntu still works ...
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Ubuntu detects half of external disk
I have a Virtual Machine that has 3 disks.
The third one is 150Go size, I get this with sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdc:
/dev/sdc1 2048 314572799 157285376 83 Linux
However, df command ...
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Cannot boot to Windows 8.1 after installing Ubuntu 12.04.3
I installed Ubuntu version 12.04.3 on my desktop and after that I cannot boot Windows. The computer has two hard disks (one is 2TB, one is 1TB). Before I installed Ubuntu, I have Windows 8.1 installed ...
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How to download YouTube videos via HTTPS
I am unable to access YouTube on http. But I can access the same on an https.
When I executed the command wget https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJLvbPIvTw it returned the following response:-
--2013-...
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What means * and ! at second field of /etc/shadow?
As far as I know, the 2nd field of /etc/shadow is the encrypted password of the user.
But some user e.g. daemon user have * in the field, in my environment(Ubuntu 12.04) root have ! in the field.
I ...
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Cannot set 16:9 resolution on ubuntu 12.04 run in VirtualBox
I recently installed virtualbox. I tried to run ubuntu 10.04 and it worked fine in fullhd resolution. Then I installed Ubuntu 12.04 and now when I to setup up any fullhd resolution UI becomes very ...
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How to ssh between a cluster of Vagrant guest VMs
I have 3 Ubuntu 12.04 VMs configured with bridged networking and setup with Vagrant. I can access all of them from the host using "vagrant ssh", but I can't figure out how I connect from one guest VM ...
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How to uninstall flux on linux?
Flux is a lighting app which malfunctions on my laptop. I tried
sudo apt-get remove flux
in the terminal, but it responds with "the package doesn't exist".
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How do I change the XRDP keyboard layout to en-gb in Ubuntu 12.04?
Does anybody know how to change the keyboard layout to en-gb in an XRDP session on Ubuntu 12.04? I am using mstsc.exe to connect to an XRDP server hosting an XVNC session, however I cannot work out ...
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Is any way to get cache data from ubuntu? [closed]
Is any way to get cache data from ubuntu?
How can i get L3 cache data from the Ubuntu virtual machine.
The hypervisor is either XEN hypervisor or VMWARE
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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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How to best clone a running system to a new harddisk using rsync?
I have a system running as a server that has a failing harddrive. While all important data is on a RAID and backed up and all that, I don't have an image of the system itself. There is no specific ...
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Ubuntu Live CD isn't booting
I'm trying to boot an Ubuntu Live CD on Intel laptop. I wrote the 12.04 LTS (64 bits) bootable image from the official site to DVD, but it's not booting.
What steps am I performing wrong?
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Ubuntu 12.04 suddenly cannot connect to WPA2/WPA Personal protected connection. Windows 7 can
I have a laptop with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. I have a Cisco E1200 and when I set it up, it created 2 SSIDs. Let's name them:
MyConnection (WPA/WPA2 personal), and
MyConnection-Guest (no ...
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New OS and WebCam black and white only?
I have a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520 (1143) which I bought without an operating system. Back then I installed Windows Vista and then Ubuntu...I don't remember exactly in which OS I did it, but I changed ...
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Editing Kernel configuration file
I'm trying to compile uplcom driver for Ubuntu 12.04 for USB support of PL-2303HX serial adaptor using the following link.
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jaunty/man4/uplcom.4freebsd.html
But, ...
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Cron expression hour 1/12
I'm looking at a system where someone added a cronjob which schedule is like this:
0 1/12 * * * doSomething
More commonly, if the hours part in the schedule were */12 then it would execute every 12 ...
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How to create ZFS mirror with disks of different sector sizes?
Trying to repair a mirror in a ZFS pool:
louis@watson:~$ sudo zpool status
pool: watson
state: ONLINE
scan: resilvered 1.55T in 7h22m with 0 errors on Fri Oct 6 03:19:16 2017
config:
NAME ...
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sudo: must be setuid root
I rented a server (ubuntu 12.04). They gave me a root user account.
Next, I went in and created a new user using:
# adduser <newusername>
And added a password.
The new user account works ...
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Import Google Chrome bookmarks from Windows into Mozilla Firefox in Ubuntu
I was a Windows user for last 5 years but wanted to switch into Ubuntu World. I saved too many (around 100) bookmarks into chrome while using Windows. Now I want to import those bookmarks into Ubuntu ...
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Copied a VM to a new machine and it doesn't work
I'm very new to Virtual Machine concepts. I copied a VM that is working on a machine to an another machine, and I wasn't able to start the copied version.
When I tried to open it up, I get this error:...
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localhost as hostname confusion
I have a basic understanding about hostname and FQDN. Now I am confused, do I really have to specify a name for my hostname? So for example:
Hostname: somename
Domain: mydomain.com
FQDN: somename....
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shared library--libvw.so.0--is missing
all, I installed 'vowpal wabbit' package and also use 'make test' to test it. It shows everything is okay. However, when I input 'vw' in terminal, it has the following errors:
vw: error while ...
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ubuntu 12.04 no kernl at grub startup
I have a virtualbox virtual machine on Windows 10 that launch linux Ubuntu 12.04.
On startup, grub don't find any kernel to boot on, so it start a memtest sequence.
I use an Ubuntu 16.04 livecd to ...
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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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Windows 8 and ubuntu 12.04 dual boot
I currently have windows 8 installed on my machine and i'm planning to install Ubuntu 12.04 alongside it.
My question is, if i install Ubuntu will it replace the boot entry of windows 8 (i guess so)?
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Windows Recovery partition unusable after Ubuntu 12.04 install on Eee PC 1005P
Installed Ubuntu 12.04 over the secondary (D:) partition with Grub2 handling multi-boot. Never accessed the 'Recovery' option in the boot menu until Windows7 Starter became unusable due to HDD failure ...
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Configuring port forwarding with a Belkin router and Westell modem
Okay, so I know that these kind of questions are pretty popular on StackExchange, but please hear me out. I have a belkin router, model F9K1102 v1. I also have a Westell Dual Connection modem, model ...
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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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Accessing Ubuntu guest (VirtualBox) node.js server from Windows host
I'm attempting to set up a node.js server on my Ubuntu guest OS running on VirtualBox.
A simple "Hello World" HTTP server runs fine if I try accessing it from a browser on the Ubuntu image, but I'm ...
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How to know if windows is installed in EFI mode or not? [duplicate]
I've just got new laptop with Intel Atom N2800 on the board (wiki says that it is 64 bit) from shop with preinstalled Windows 7 starter 32 bit, and I want to install ubuntu 12.04 32 bit (exactly 32 ...