Questions tagged [ubuntu-14.04]
The 20th release of Ubuntu, code-named "Trusty Tahr". Released on 17th April, 2014. Only use this tag if your question is version-specific.
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Hyper-V Clipboard and Integration Services in Ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 14.04 running in Windows Hyper-V. I am experiencing a problem with the Clipboard (copy from host to Virtual Machine), it is not working correctly (It was not working with Ubuntu 12.04 ...
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cURL on Ubuntu 14: all Let's Encrypt certificates are expired (error 60)
Today out of a sudden all HTTPS requests, that my Ubuntu 14 server sends to websites with SSL certificates issued by Let's Encrypt, started to fail. The error produced by cURL is:
curl: (60) SSL ...
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Is there a terminal command to list folder size and corresponding file sizes within on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)?
Is there an Ubuntu 14.04 terminal command to list the folder size and give a break down of every file size in the folder and its size?
One of my folders is taking a great deal of space, and I'd like ...
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How can I remove the ^M from my file in sublime text 3?
When I do a git diff in my branch I see that line endings have the characters ^M:
I want to replace these with Unix line endings before committing my changes.
I am using Ubuntu 14.04, git and sublime ...
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openconnect on Ubuntu 14.04LTS :"XML response has no "auth" node"
I ran openconnect to connect to Juniper as following:
$ openconnect --version
OpenConnect version v5.02
Using GnuTLS. Features present: PKCS#11, TOTP software token, DTLS (using OpenSSL)
sudo ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 installer doesn't show existing partitions
I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 7. I have a 500 GB hard disk split into 3 partitions. I am installing Ubuntu from a live USB drive. But I am stuck at the "Installation type" ...
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Can I map a IP address and a port with /etc/hosts?
Can I map an IP address and port to a domain name?
For example, I’d like to map 127.0.0.1:8000 to testdev.com
My /etc/hosts file has
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1:8000 testdev.com
So that when I ...
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How to change Mozilla Firefox quit shortcut?
I'm using Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu(version - 39.0)
I want to change the quit short-cut which is currently Ctrl+Q.. To some other keys, because sometime while closing tabs with Ctrl+W., I ...
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How to use a SmartTV as second screen over wifi?
If we would like to use a SmartTV as a second screen over wifi using Linux, how could we do it? Is there a way to do this?
For my case I'm using a Samsung SmartTV and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with KDE 4.
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Where does ubuntu 14.04 drop core files?
I have enabled a unlimited core file size using ulimit:
ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited
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I believe I have triggered a core dump but I can't locate the core file in my ...
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Why does the GMail web page use so much RAM? [closed]
When I log into my GMail account (using Firefox 31.0 via Ubuntu 14.04 64bit), if I save that web page to my desktop, the file size is 1.3 MB.
However, if I look at Firefox's RAM consumption before ...
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Confirm a tmux option is set
I am having the problem described in this related question and this one.
Summary
When I have a tmux pane that outputs a serious amount of text, tmux becomes unresponsive. All tmux commands are ...
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Why is apt-get downloads so slow
I am new to Ubuntu and using 14.04.2. I am finding apt-get downloads extremely slow. Most are coming from security.ubuntu.com or us.archive.ubuntu.com. I am only getting download speeds from 5 to ...
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How to sign into "root" account by default on Windows Subsystem for Linux Bash terminal
Windows 10's Anniversary Update just came out and I immediately installed the Windows Subsystem for Linux to see how it fares. I found only one major shortcoming so far: there was no obvious way to ...
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useradd user with group with same uid and gid
I want to add a user named "nexus" with uid as 1234567 (example number) and gid 1234567.
I'm running the following command:
sudo useradd -r -U -u 1234567 -g 1234567 -m -c "nexus role account" -d /...
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systemd-udevd[381]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/socket:@/org/fre edesktop/hal/udev_event'
After upgrading to ubuntu 14.04 I see this in dmesg
[ 1.538887] systemd-udevd[105]: starting version 204
[ 19.074098] systemd-udevd[310]: starting version 204
[ 19.271342] systemd-udevd[381]: ...
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Which video drivers should I install. X.Org X Server or Nvidia Binary Drivers
So i just installed ubuntu and now I'm updating my video drivers.
I am present with the following choices.
Which one should i pick. And if possible, why? Are there some advantages over the other?
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WSL(ubuntu/windows) AppData\Local\Lxss doesn't actually sync back to ubuntu, ideas?
If you create a file in bash (touch /root/foo.txt) that appears in the hidden directories in AppData\Local\Lxss\ modifying it there does not change it in bash. Worse if you change it again in bash ...
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Use Ubuntu laptop as a Wi-Fi repeater
Well I have two questions actually...
The first one is can I use my Ubuntu laptop to extend the Wi-Fi network to which my laptop is connected same in Windows through Connectify?
The second one is ...
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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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How to troubleshoot "Secure Connection Failed" in Firefox appearing since the version 38?
Since I upgraded Firefox to the version 38 I encounter problem while sending a certain form on the website https://usercenter.checkpoint.com/ Most of the website works normally but sending a form ...
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youtube-dl | Download playlist in respective directory
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and youtube-dl to download videos.
How can I download videos in respective directory?
e.g.
Playlist name is: MyPlaylist, that contains several videos
how can I download ...
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Prevent Ubuntu 14.04 from locking on virtualbox if Windows is locked
I have installed an Ubuntu 14.04 VM with Virtualbox on Windows7,
When I lock my Windows session, then get back to it, Ubuntu session inside the VM is also locked,
How can I prevent Ubuntu VM from ...
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Unknown encoder 'libmp3lame' in Ubuntu 14.04
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS. The question looks like this Unknown encoder 'libmp3lame', but I followed everything there and installed every package they mentioned but still I am getting the error.
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Ubuntu system font too small
After a reboot my Ubuntu system font has gone very small. This includes window headers, windows and terminal.
Any ideas what has caused this and how I can resolve it?
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SSH does not connect - Operation timed out
Since this morning I'm getting the following error message when trying to connect to my remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS machine via ssh from a MacBook Air Yosemite 10.10.1.
ssh_exchange_identification: read: ...
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Extracting a *.tar.bz2 file?
I always used to use this command to extract files from a bzip2 tar ball:
tar xjvf file.tar.bz2
But right now on Ubuntu 14.04, I get this error:
tar: Conflicting compression options
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How to use git to commit read-only file?
I create a read-only file (file permission 444). When I use git add and git commit, I got a message as below:
[master (root-commit) 5b1336e] initial commit
1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 ...
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Yellow Triangle on C Drive after Disabling Secure Boot
I want to dual boot Ubuntu 14.04 on my Windows 10 Thinkpad laptop. From online instructions, I was recommended to disable fast boot and secure boot before I install Ubuntu. After the process of ...
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How to disable routing all traffic (including web-traffic) through the VPN in client's .ovpn config file?
In order to connect to corporate network I've got these four files
ca.crt
client.ovpn
client.key
client.crt
I couldn't create VPN connection via Ubuntu GUI, but I managed to get it work from command ...
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How do I install Clang 4.0 on Ubuntu 14.04?
I need to install Clang 4.0 and Clang++ 4.0 on my Ubuntu 14.04 box. The most recent version I can find in the apt-get package list is 3.5. How do I install 4.0?
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Google chrome on ubuntu shows HUGE tabs [duplicate]
I just booted up and it was like this, everything is zoomed in, but only in Chrome. Even the menu's in chrome are huge. Is this normal? How can I bring this back to normal?
Here is a picture.
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Visual Studio Code is always on top in Linux
I've installed VS Code in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. When using it, it always sits on top of other windows. Not only does it sit on top of other applications like the terminal, it also sits on top of its own ...
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BitLocker USB Drive removed while accessing, filesystem is corrupt, can it be fixed?
(Similar to: Drive removed while accessing, filesystem is corrupt, can it be fixed?, but with the added complexity that the drive had BitLocker on...)
Hi, I am facing the following problem with an ...
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VirtualBox suddenly eats gigabytes of memory
EDIT
The original question had lots of speculation but it is all much simpler. See my own answer and this reported bug.
I leave the original question in case someone is having similar issues and ...
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Ubuntu Server 14.04 - RAID5 created with mdadm disappears after reboot
This is my first question on superuser, so if I forgot to mention something, please ask.
I'm trying to set up a home server which will be used as file server and media server. I installed Ubuntu ...
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How to get dhclient and/or NetworkManager to remove old client lease files?
My company produces IoT devices attached via USB, which contain a cell modem module, which contains a DHCP server. We have a production testing server running Ubuntu 14.04 and another server running ...
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How to stop htop controlling terminal's mouse?
When you running htop (with Gnome-Terminal + Ubuntu 14.04), and left-clicking a process on the terminal window, htop will move cursor into that process. I prefer to disable it, but I didn't find in ...
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Inactive Firefox uses too much CPU (10% .. 30%)
On Ubuntu 14.04, I have a Firefox 46 with 30 tabs open. The Firefox window is minimized, I've been working with other programs in the last 3 hours. In top I can see that Firefox still uses between 10% ...
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Ubuntu headset with single p3 input - When mic is on headphone is off
I have a single P3 input on my notebook and i bought a headset to use both the headphone and the mic.
When i go to sound settings and set the sound input to be the headset mic the headset phone does ...
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virtualbox windows 10 guest stuck at low resolution on ubuntu host
I am running Ubuntu 14.04 as a host and Windows 10 as a guest in Virtual Box. I used Windows 8.1 as the operating system type when I set up the box. Windows 10 runs fine. I was able to install Guest ...
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Disabling OOM killer on Ubuntu 14.04
How does one disable the OOM killer on Ubuntu 14.04? There's a description here, but it doesn't seem to have worked for the OP. Would be great to get an answer with clear steps.
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Permission denied when I try to pair to a Bluetooth speaker on Ubuntu 14.04
I get the following error inside /var/log/syslog on Ubuntu 14.04 when I try to pair with my Bluetooth speakers (although it used to work well few days ago:
Mar 15 19:58:39 hakim bluetoothd[1395]: ...
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Restart later but when?
Ubuntu Software Updater post update installation shows option below
I wonder what does Restart Later means for Ubuntu.
Windows lets us choose to be reminded in 10 minutes, 1 Hour or 4 Hours
So does ...
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Shrink a VM hardisk size
I have a giant VM (Ubuntu 14, ext4) which takes about 150GB. I've did some cleaning up and I'd like to shrink this VM to take about 60GB.
I've used gparted live CD to redistribute the partitions, and ...
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how to determine current MaxClients in Ubuntu 14.04 running Apache2
I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 with Apache2 and have placed the following line in my apache2.conf file:
MaxClients 1024
I have also restarted Apache.
Is there any way I can verify that the MaxClients ...
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npm install can't access folder (no Permission)
i'm trying to install storjshare-daemon on ubuntu and i'm following the guide but when i'm using npm it keeps showing the same error , i try everything like setting public key on github and Check ...
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Error starting node.js localserver - undefined EventEmitter prototype
I'm trying to use Coder. Coder is an application developed by google based on node.js server. It was initially designed for the Raspberry Pi, but according to the Coder project in GitHub, it should ...
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Backup to external drive with full disk encription and bit rot prevention
I have a new USB external 2TB HDD and would like to use it as a backup for my home server.
My wishes are:
full disk encryption (the disk will be stored off-site)
bit rot prevention
Currently, I am ...
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Is it possible to X11 Forward Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu Server 14.04?
I have installed Visual Studio Code on my Ubuntu Server 14.04 VM using the following method:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/ubuntu-make
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-...
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