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Ubuntu 13.10 (aka Saucy Salamander) is the nineteenth release (version) of Ubuntu from Canonical.

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Redirection to /dev/null block oggCat execution

I'm trying to use oggCat from another program, but when I call oggCat output.ogv file1.ogv file2.ogv ... filex.ogv > /dev/null the execution never ends. Is there any solution?
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Unable to login thru ssh after upgrading from 13.10 to 14.04.1

Well, I used do-release-upgrade and the system upgraded as I've done normally, and some custom key mappings here. But then I cannot login from ssh login as: root root@domain.net's password: Access ...
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Fix bash bug on Ubuntu 13.10 [closed]

I tried to fix the bash bug on Ubuntu using sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install bash but it failed. I guess something is wrong with the source.list file. Anyone know which source I should ...
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Apt-get update and installed failed in ubuntu 13.10 in virtual machine

I have installed VMplayer in my Ubuntu 14.04 and in the VM I need to run Ubuntu 13.10. I have installed 13.10 on my VM. But in 13.10 when I need to run sudo apt-get update it failed. And also I can't ...
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Cannot access Samba share from Windows 8.1

I have recently upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 8.1 on one of my home workstations. I have another machine running Ubuntu 13.10. Prior to the update to windows 8.1 I was able to access the shares ...
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Flickering dual screens in Virtual Box Ubuntu 13.10 Guest

I have Ubuntu 13.10 x64 installed as a guest in VirtualBox (under a Windows 8.1 host) and have the settings for the virtual machine setup to run with a monitor count of 2, 128MB video memory and 3D ...
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How can I connect to a VPN with a restrictive network?

I have recently relocated and the network I have been provided blocks every outgoing TCP port except for 80 (http) 443 (https) 465 (smtps?) 587 (submission) 993 ...
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Get keyboard scancodes in recent versions of linux

I'm trying to find out the scancodes for a set of foot pedals so that I can rebind them to more useful keys. In older versions of Ubuntu I was able to do this using /lib/udev/keymap as discussed here, ...
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Installing Ubuntu 13.10 on MacBookPro11,3

I've been trying to install different flavours of Ubuntu on my MacBookPro11,3 (15-inch) and nothing seems to work. Once I pass the Grub bootloader stage, all I'm getting is a blank screen. I've seen ...
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Unable to mount external hard disk in Ubuntu 13.10

When I tried to mount via terminal: sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb /mnt it shows the following message: $ sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sdb /mnt [sudo] password for ****: NTFS signature is missing. ...
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Ubuntu bootloader stuck at restoring resolver state after upgrading to 14.04

I upgraded after Ubuntu 13.10 to 14.04. However after the upgrade, the system restarted. But got stuck with a black screen displaying the message: Starting VMware services: [OK] Virtual machine ...
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Just installed Ubuntu 13.10 and I am seeing higher CPU usage than expected

I recently installed the latest version of Ubuntu. It runs great but there is one problem. Very high CPU loads. When I have chrome open, the computer is commonly running at about 50% load. When ...
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How to create ISO image of Windows 8 setup files in Ubuntu?

Currently my OS is Ubuntu 13.10. I want to make a bootable USB with Windows 8 in it. I have the setup file of Windows 8 in my system, but it is not an ISO file. It is the extracted form of the ISO ...
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Windows 8 not loading after Ubuntu 13.10 installation

My system was running on Window 8 Pro. One thing to note is that, my system is an assembled PC. Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 13.10 on my system. After the installation, first I was not able to boot ...
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After Ubuntu installation Windows 8 cannot be loaded from GRUB menu

After 3 weeks of trying, today I installed Ubuntu 13.10 in my system. My system was already running on Windows 8 Pro. I installed Ubuntu by manually selecting a drive. The installation was ...
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All partitions in Hard Disk are not displaying while Kubuntu and Ubuntu installations

Currently my system runs on Windows 8 Pro. I want to install either Ubuntu or Kubuntu alongside Windows. I have Ubuntu 10.10, 13.04, 13.10 and Kubuntu 9.10 disks. I would like to install Kubuntu than ...
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Limiting desktop size in Linux

I have a display and the right-most edge of my monitor is busted! So to make it work, I'm trying to somehow restrict my desktop to the pixels that actually work. This would mean: The pointer shouldn'...
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Tab Completion Broken on SCP with OpenSSH 1:6.2p2-6ubuntu0.1

Here is my scenario: I want to transfer ~/foo.txt to a server aoneill@bar. I start typing in my command line: aoneill@aoneill-Laptop:~$ scp fo At this point I hit <tab> to complete the file ...
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VirtualBox: host Windows 8.1 to guest Ubuntu first request response is slow

I'm using VirtualBox on Windows 8.1 (host) to run Ubuntu 13.10 as a guest. Yesterday, I was able to log in using SSH/SFTP/FTP from the host to the guest without any problems, it was really fast. A ...
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Windows 7 to Ubuntu 13.10 Remote Desktop NO AUDIO

I have connected to Ubuntu 13.10 from Windows & using xrdp. I have also checked the local setting audio option "Play on this computer",still i am not able to get audio on Windows. .
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Sharing files between Windows 8.1 x64 host and VMware Ubuntu (Lubuntu) 13.10 x86 guest

I have tried to install a small version of Ubuntu's latest version in a virtual machine using VMware Player, using a Lubuntu 32 bit mini.iso to keep the file size and performance requirements down. ...
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Steps to install Ubuntu 13.04 alongside Windows 8

I am currently using Windows 8 Pro in my system. It is an assembled system. I tried a lot of times to install Ubuntu 13.04, but I failed. In the installation I was able to reach up to the page on ...
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on ubuntu 13.10 multiple hits on ctrl+tab makes my intellij 13 keyboard stuck (no key works)

I have to restart my intellij every like 20 minutes whenever I hit multiple times ctrl+tab. It looks like clicking this multiple time on my ubuntu 13.10 + intellij 13.01 makes my intellij stuck. on ...
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Cannot get Ubuntu 13.10 to work with AMD Catalyst 13.12 - black screen

I have installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 13.10 x64 and AMD Catalyst 13.12. When booting up, I see the Ubuntu logo splash screen for a second, then it just goes to a black screen. I am using the R9 290x ...
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How can I type a backslash with no backslash key?

I'm trying to use a UK keymap on a physical US keyboard on my notebook (Asus Zenbook UX31E). My keyboard has vertical bar and backslash (| and \) above the Enter key, but I get hash and tilde instead....
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How do I get rid of Ubuntu shortcuts in Unity 13.10 (Intellij...)

I want to change Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) shortcuts. For example, I want to get rid of Alt+F1. Well, I tried everything. The last thing I tried was ccsm and removed any reference to Alt+F1. ...
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Linux: Random kernel oops in mmap functions

For the last month or so I've been getting seemingly random kernel oopses. I've started to notice a pattern: from looking at the traces, the call trace always involves mmap functions. Whenever one of ...
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Integrate gstreamer with Eclipse IDE

I'm new to gstreamer, currently I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 desktop, I followed the gstreamer site to install the sdk. I wrote some gstreamer based programs using gedit and compiled using terminal. If I ...
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Reopened tabs include several that were separately closed earlier. How to fix?

I have been experiencing an issue with the chromium browser where tabs that I close separately before closing chromium as a whole are reopened with the tabs that I left open when I start chromium ...
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