Ubuntu 12.04 (aka Precise Pangolin), is the sixteenth release(version) of Ubuntu from Canonical.
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Kinect Motor Device Not Detected
I'm trying to install a kinect on Ubuntu 12.04.
Unfortunately, lsusb shows that the motor device is not detected :
Bus 002 Device 009: ID 045e:02c2 Microsoft Corp.
Bus 002 Device 010: ID ...
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Windows 7 shows all drives when on Ubuntu
I have a laptop and a desktop. On my Desktop I have Windows 7 Pro 64 bit and I just recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop.
In Ubuntu I setup samba, and attached myself to the network which ...
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How do I setup my Ubuntu 12.04 PPTPD Server properly?
Ok so I have setup a PPTPD server and configured it appropriately.
Here is my pptpd-options:
name pptpd
require-mschap-v2
require-mppe-128
ms-dns 8.8.8.8
ms-dns 8.8.4.4
proxyarp
nodefaultroute
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Seemingly inconsistent output from `top` re: Swap header vs. SWAP column
How should I interpret this seemingly inconsistent output from top re: swap?
Running free confirms that no swap space is in use:
$ free -m
total used free shared ...
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MySQL crashes when connecting from localhost with tcp (UNIX sockets work)
I have Ubuntu 12.04 running MySQL server 5.5.24.
I can connect with mysql --user root -p. status shows me :
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Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket
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When I try to connect with mysql --host ...
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Access a windows dynamic hard drive through a virtual machine on ubuntu?
I have a Windows 7 OS and am thinking about transitioning to a dual boot set up with Ubuntu 12.04. From what I recall, it is not possible to natively access Dynamic Windows Partitions in a Linux OS.
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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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Windows 7 won't shutdown; Win7/Ubuntu dual-boot
I'm reposting this from askubuntu.com, as it was discussed fairly quickly that Ubuntu's presence on a separate partition was almost certainly NOT the problem, and as such this question wasn't ...
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Avconv increases file size
I am using the version of avconv in Ubuntu 12.04 to archive videos. I would preferably use some kind of lossless video compression (e.g., huffyuv or FFV1), but using the original video stream (copy ...
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VMWare: Can't copy text from Ubuntu 12.04 guest to Windows7 host
I've got Ubuntu 12.04 (64-bit) running as a guest under VMWare 8.0.4 build-744019. The host is Windows7 sp1 (64-bit).
I can copy text from Ubuntu into Windows, but not back. VMWare tools is installed ...
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How do I set a http-interface password on VLC 2.x?
I'd like to set up a password for my VLC's http interface server. I'm using VLC 2.x on Ubuntu Precise. How do I set this up? I see numerious mentions online of it being possible.
Ideally, I'd like ...
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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 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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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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HiDPI mode on Windows or Linux
OS X has a very nice looking HiDPI mode where the effective screen resolution is only the half of the monitor resolution, but with very smooth looking fonts. Is something like that also available for ...
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How to automatically enable vmware-user on Ubuntu guest?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS, Precise Pangolin as guest OS in VMware 8 and I have to enter in Terminal tne vmware-user command each time I want to enable VMware tools (autoresize screen, shared ...
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Why does my home server freeze?
My brother just bought a new laptop and forgot about his old desktop. The desktop has a P17G Motherboard from PC Chips, 2GB RAM, a SATA hard drive, a PATA DVD-ROM, Pentium 4 with HT (Don't remember ...
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how to get logs in DD/MM/YYYY format and ipaddress format using rsyslog in ubuntu
Feb 4 10:32:57 master sshd[2070]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Feb 4 10:32:59 master sshd[2070]: Received disconnect from 192.168.0.107: 11: disconnected by user
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Cant install openstack on VM
im trying to install openstack in a VM running UBUNTU 12.04 DESKTOP but during devstack deployment i get
"Downloading/unpacking prettytable (from -r > python_keystoneclient.egg.info/requires.txt ...
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Convert RAW files with DCRAW while maintaining ICC profiles
I would like to decode my Canon EOS 6D camera RAWs using DCRAW.
My problem is that I want to retain the original picture style of the photo (including the ICC profile) during the RAW conversion to ...
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USB Mouse (wired) is not working on login screen after updating Ubuntu 12.04
I have installed ubuntu 12.04 and after updating it my USB Mouse (wired) stopped working on Login Screen it self.
Kindly provide the solution if anybody have.
Thanks in advanced.
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Not able to login to Ubuntu 12.04
I am using VMPlayer to run ubuntu 12.04 as a guest OS with host being Windows 7.
When I try to login to my account it says that the password is not correct.
However, if I switch to console mode by ...
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ubuntu dereference links when copying in nautilus
I recently collected a bunch of files I wished to share as a folder of links, and then dropped that in my Dropbox, these then appeared as symlinks to the other people using the folder and were quite ...
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Volume control bar available, not functional - Ubuntu 12.04
I am installed mumble because of which I got the package pulseaudio.
The alsamixer was not found anylonger.
I restored back alsamixer using this link. However, I could not restore back the controls ...
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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 create a mirror (raid-1) of an already setup and running ubuntu 12.04 system?
I have a fully setup ubuntu 12.04 installed on a single drive and formatting it just to setup raid-1 is not an option
Unlike other answers like this one: Ubuntu 12.04 - Add RAID 1 Array on existing ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Timemachine - Suddenly can't find disk
I have used my Ubuntu server as backup through my network with my Mac Book Pro Mountain Lion for a while. But suddenly it won't work. It sais it can't find the disk. Even though I can connect through
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Push entire account from one IMAP server to another IMAP server (ubuntu & thunderbird)
Esteemed Superusers,
My institution recently reshuffled our email accounts. I'm forced to shift years worth of carefully currated email (= more chaos than a 3 year old's birthday party) from IMAP ...
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Why does BIOS runs really slow sometimes?
Sometimes, the BIOS runs really slow on my Dell Vostro 1550 computer (10 seconds). When I go to the BIOS setup and switch to a different tab, the new tab shows up slowly. My OS (Kubuntu) runs normally ...
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Xlib: extension “GLX” missing on display “:0.0”. Error: couldn't find RGB GLX visual or fbconfig
I'm really confused and lost.
I'm a completely new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS user and I'm trying to run a game on WIne and OpenGL.
I was instructed to use the glxinfo command on my terminal to see if I had ...
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Screen goes grey in Remote Desktop Connection from windows 7 to ubuntu server
I recently got a 64 bit ubuntu server based on Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 "Precise Pangolin".
However I can't seem to connect to it properly from my windows 7 64 bit machine.
I can get to the login screen ...
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Package problems after upgrade
I installed a new upgrade on ubuntu which seemed to fail near the end. Now I'm being told that an error has occurred and to please run apt-get to see what's wrong. After some further tries with that I ...
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OpenJDK timezone issues: sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfoFile.getZoneIDs
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and recently installed the openjdk-7-jdk using apt-get.
For a while all seemed fine, but I realized one of my projects started to break with the following stack:
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How to use XAMPP on Ubuntu?
I installed Ubuntu 12.04 today and I would like to use XAMPP on this OS.
I downloaded the installation file, extracted that in Opt directory and tried to start it from the terminal. It started fine ...
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LAN wire is not detecting in ubuntu 12.04 Lts
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS alongside Windows 7. After that, the Internet is working in Windows 7 via ethernet, but in Ubuntu 12.04, ethernet is not working. It is showing me the ...
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Update NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu
I have installed nvidia-current drivers through terminal. Nevertheless, the version provided by Ubuntu repository is 290.50, and I'd like to install the new Nvidia release (304.50). What should I do ...
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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 ...
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Desktop folder and files disappeared
I restarted my computer, and when I logged back in to my user, I noticed that all of my files that were on the desktop are gone. Instead, icons of all of my home folder are showed on my Desktop gui.
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How to enable mobile broadband in ubuntu 12.04
I have BSNL NIC card. I want to use it in Ubuntu 12.04. Right now I'm using with Ubuntu 10.04 and works great. But with Ubuntu 12.04 it's not working. So please give me some idea!!!
Modem is usb.
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Crossover LAN connection between Ubuntu And Windows 7 is not working
my question is closely related to:
How do I connect Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7 with an Ethernet cable?
What I am after is:
Windows 7-------wireless-----\
Wifi ...
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Ubuntu won't recognize any of my USB devices. Why?
Currently using Ubuntu on my Sony Vaio laptop. Building a simple and fast machine for my father. But USB devices don't work. Mouses, pens or anything else.
When I run lsusb all seems ok, but Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 “The destination is read-only” - thumbdrive - gnome error?
I have ubuntu 12.04
My problem is, i can't get write access any usb device like thumbdrive, sd-card or digital camera using GNOME 3.4.1.
Both fat32 and ntfs filesystems won't work.
From terminal i ...
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Ubuntu 12.04, 2 NVIDIA GPUs, 2 different XScreens
I have two separate GPUs on my desktop, each has one monitor attached with.
I know Compiz does not work with Xinerama, and TwinView only works when 2 monitors are from the same GPU. So I disable both ...
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How to use apt-cache server in ubuntu 12.04?
I have tried this Apt-cache server on ubuntu 10.10, and it worked.
But, now i'm using ubuntu 12.04 and all tutorial inside that page not working for me :
Ign http://136.198.117.4 precise/main ...
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apt-get install reading package list… error
so I'm trying to install heroku toolbelt with
wget -qO- https://toolbelt.heroku.com/install-ubuntu.sh | sh
but, I get this error:
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org precise/non-free ...
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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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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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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 ...
