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Wireless WAP Roaming on Ubuntu Server
I have an Ubuntu server that connects to the network over wireless. Since it obviously doesn't have Gnome's NetworkManager I have to configure everthing manually.
I've got it sucessfully connecting ...
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Can I set a gnome keyboard shortcut to be a prefix key, like in emacs, tmux or screen?
I would like to setup some Gnome keyboard shortcuts to be a prefix-key, so that I can add several shortcuts with the same prefix. Eg. I'd like to be able to have Super+x be a prefix key, with the ...
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How to change the default web page in Linux Mint 12
I need help with Linux Mint 12. I am trying to change the default web page, so that people using guest-session will open a specific web page instead of Linux Mint's corny default site.
Also, please ...
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Installing OpenVPN to replace Cisco VPN because Cisco will not work with the kernel I am on or downgrade instead?
I had difficulties installing Cisco5.0 VPN on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I asked for assistance in this question: link to previous question. The answer is that this Cisco program will run on only older ...
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Reinstall versions of software not found in repositories
I recently installed the utouch-daily PPA, and it's given me some problems.
How can I revert to the packages available in the default repository? I've removed the repository from ...
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Restore /etc/ configuration files from the default
Is there a way to replace /etc configuration files from a package, overwriting my local changes? I've tried apt-get install --reinstall mypackage but it doesn't update the files.
How can I do this?
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Bluetooth auto-connect not going through
I finally got Bluetooth working on my late 2011 8,3 MacBook Pro running 11.10-amd64 Ubuntu.
However, I'm having some weird problems that I've noticed were pretty global across what I was doing.
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Cleaning log files under linux
I am using a kvm ubuntu 10.04 virtual machine to test some features of a kernel module. I grep through the /var/log files to observe the kernel messages about that module.
To start from a clean ...
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How should I set up additional EBS storage on an Amazon EC2 instance?
One of my clients has three EC2 servers on the Amazon cloud, with several attached EBS devices:
server 1 and server 2 are ubuntu micro instances, and server 3, the main production box, is a ubuntu ...
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Cannot execute binaries in Ubuntu : file not found
When I try to run any executable file a file not found error occurs. Sometimes it says nothing but doesn't do anything.
For example, when I execute ./blah-blah.bin it fails finding the file when it ...
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Create bootable ubuntu usb for mac, or any pc
I've used Ubuntu live and the start up disk creator tool to create a bootable usb with ubuntu.
I used the start up disk tool and I first clicked erase, to clear the contents of the usb, and then ...
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View Files from mirrored RAID outside the device
The Product I have is a Western Digital My Book
The device has stopped working but there is nothing wrong with either of the two mirrored drives. I would like to take out the two mirrored hard ...
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How do I kill 1 gnome-terminal window?
Why in the world do all my gnome terminals run under 1 process in Ubuntu? This is integrating things that should remain separated! I much prefer xterm's rational mode of running one process per ...
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Zip everything in current directory
I'd like to compress and package everything, including files and folders in current directory, into a single ZIP file on Ubuntu.
What would be the most convenient command for this (and name of the ...
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Update Linux Path permanently [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I set a user environment variable? (permanently, not session)
How can I permanently modify the PATH variable in Ubuntu? Is it possible to do it without modifying ...
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How do I troubleshoot this boot issue?
I have a Lenovo x120e that is not booting properly. When I turn it on, it just opens to a blank screen.
The machine is running Ubuntu 10.04.
Main Details: I shut the lid of the computer while it was ...
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Kernel module for Cisco VPN client doesn't compile under ubuntu 10.04 LTS?
I am trying to install a Cisco VPN client under Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. In the extracted folder I type:
alex@alex-laptop:~/Downloads/cisco4.8/vpnclient$ sudo ./vpn_install
and there is output of activity ...
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Safest HardDrive Format for Archiving/Media Storage Data?
What is the safest hard drive format (NTFS, HFS+, XFS, ZFS, ...) for archiving or/and storing media (data)? I'd prefer to have the data not corrupt and be relatively safe (From corruption, ...) and ...
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Need libca.so (Needed to install epics)
I need to install epics on my Ubuntu system, but when I try to it returns a warning saying it cannot find the dynamic library (libca.so or libCom.so). I tried to locate them, but it appears that they ...
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What does a kernel source tree contain? Is this related to Linux kernel headers?
In books, I typically read references to the Linux Source Tree at /usr/src/linux with the usual set of subdirectories (arch, block, crypto, ...).
I was expecting this tree to contain the binary files ...
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suphp directory not owned by user
I have an odd problem with suphp.
I have logged in as tom and added some php to a directory in my web server.
Now I'm getting this error:
Directory /home/.../web/public_html is not owned by tom
I ...
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SVN checkout under a different user name
When I ssh into my server I log in under root or my user on the system.
However, when I checkout from my svn repos then are then owned by either root or my user, and therefore all files deployed to ...
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Disabling caps lock by setxkbmap makes it Shift key in Emacs
I'm using GNU Emacs 23.2.1. within Xfce 4.8.0 (both coming from the Ubuntu Natty repository). I disable the CapsLock by running /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "ctrl:nocaps" at the beginning of the Xfce ...
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Silicon Wave USB Bluetooth Adapter doesn't work
I have been trying to use my usb bluetooth adapter(silicon wave) on ubuntu 11.10 server, it appears in the lsusb list but it doesn't work
Bus 005 Device 003: ID 0c10:0000
root@i5-PC:/home/john# ...
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printing issue: single page on PC is printing across multiple pages
I have just setup a ubuntu 11.10 desktop and i have an issue with the printing.
When I send a document from the desktop to the HP Officejet 6500 E710n-z it will center it and print across 4 pages.
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How can I make Ubuntu UI uniformly use bash keyboard shortcuts?
On my default 10.04 Ubuntu install I am consistently tripped up by the fact that some UI text areas/input boxes treat CtrlA as "select all" vs. "move my cursor to the beginning of the line." Is there ...
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Linux distribution with 'yum' package manager
I hope that this question is appropriate for this site (if not, please accept my apologies). I am a professional statistician who uses the statistical programming language R. I'm currently building ...
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No, I don't want persistent net rules
I have a bootable Linux memstick that I use on a lot of different PCs (but all of the same model and configuration). Trouble is that udev is renaming the eth interfaces so that what was eth0 on the ...
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Can I get infected in this case if I run a live cd?
I recently got rid of a nasty trojan on Windows and want to migrate to Linux(Ubuntu). I want to run a Live CD so that I can format an SD card to put my brand new firmware on my router and format the ...
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How can I track who SSH'es into my linux machine?
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Is there a way I can get a daily report of who has logged onto the box, what time, and even - this may be asking too much - a report of the commands they used? This is a ...
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How can I regenerate the default '/etc/' config files?
I've removed nagios3 with apt-get remove nagios3 and then removed the files in by using the command sudo rm -R /etc/nagios*
Now when I run apt-get install nagios3 the config files (/etc/nagios3/*) ...
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How do I mount a WD MyBook World network drive in linux?
I have a WD MyBook World NAS on my home network. I currently use this for Time Machine backups for my Mac but I'd also like to use it as a backup location for my linux box which is running Ubuntu ...
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Update phpmyadmin manually when installed as an package
Is it possible to manually update phpMyAdmin when I installed it as a package?
The current version in Ubuntus package list is 3.4.5deb1 but I want to upgrade to 3.4.8
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How to start VNC server on start-up in Ubuntu 10.04
I've been struggling with this long enough to ask yet another startup script question.
I've got a startup script that is relatively simple, ie:
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: startVNC
# ...
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Recovering Ubuntu
My Ubuntu 11.04 guest on VBox 4.0.10 crashed when I was working. Is there a way to go back to previous working configuration? I have always used the saved state and power off option. I did not take ...
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Can the focus of a Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 be fixed at infinity under linux?
I have two Microsoft LifeCam HD-5000 webcams which I am using as a home security system with the Motion package for linux. One problem I have is that because these webcams have auto-focus, sometimes ...
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Minimal gui for Eclipse Indigo on Ubuntu
I'd like to install Eclipse I could use via VNC on a minimal Ubuntu 10.04 installation, but without the unnecessary bells and whistles that come with gnome-desktop. All I really need to do in an ...
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Are multiple @daily crontab entries processed in order, serially?
I want two jobs to run sometime every day, serially, in exactly the order I specify. Will this crontab reliably do what I want?
@daily job1
@daily job2
I'm assuming they run one after the other, ...
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What makes CentOS “enterprisey” compared to “generic” distributions like Ubuntu?
What makes CentOS "enterprisey" compared to "generic" distributions like Ubuntu?
When I say "enterprisey" I actually mean "better for server deployments". Just a general question, because I was ...
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How do I permanently mount a separate partition as folder in a separate home partition?
I'd like to create the following situation:
A separate partition for my user's home directory,
A second separate partition for ~/Documents, and
A third separate partition for ~/Videos and ~/Music.
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stop Xserver in Xubuntu 11
I want to shutdown my X to be able to install proprietary NVidia driver, but I couldn't find out how. There are some suggestions that didn't work for me.
I neither have /etc/init.d/gdm nor ...
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How to play RTSP stream under Linux for the BOSCH AutoDome Junior HD IVA camera?
I have a AutoDome Junior HD IVA camera. How do I play RTSP stream in my Linux distro? I tried VLC but it fails. Is there any other reliable tool?
Follow up:
Try 1: fail
$ mplayer ...
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clear tmpfs in my case
I am on a Ubuntu machine.
I have make a directory under root directory, by:
$ sudo mkdir /hello
$ sudo mkdir /hello/bye
Then I mount tmpfs with size 1024M to /hello/bye by:
$ sudo echo "tmpfs ...
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How do I build custom Ubuntu CD's automatically?
I'd like to build custom Ubuntu installation CD's daily (CRON job). Think Daily Build but with custom packages coming from a text file. Packages would be a mix of some official Ubuntu packages as well ...
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apt-get prompts for CDs when installing packages, how do I make it stop?
I used ubuntu linux before, and I installed debian OS on my labtop using DVDs that I burned. But when I'm trying to use apt-get to install software, the system always asks me to insert disk to ...
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Restart MySQL server
I am using MySQL v5.1 on Ubuntu machine.
MySQL on my machine used to work. (Running mysql -u root gave me the MySQL command line.)
This afternoon, I did the following thing:
1. check active process ...
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fedora like ubuntu
I remember ubuntu like a system which had every repository that I could enable and download apps. But now in fedora I can use only her repository and it's all. Do you know if I can change my fedora to ...
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What's the next step in troubleshooting this wireless connection failure?
I just installed Ubuntu 10.04.3 to dual-boot with Windows. I can connect to the Internet using a wired connection, but not through wireless. The first time I booted, the wireless notification bar ...
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Gnome shows workspace before showing the login screen
I have used Gnome for a long time and always have seen this problem. When I close the laptop lid and re-open it, it shows my workspace for 1 second or less and then shows the login screen.I use Fedora ...
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Debugging Java program for changing timezone configuration file on Ubuntu
Here is a ruby script I wrote to change the timezone configuration on Ubuntu. I run it with jruby (a Ruby interpreter running in a JVM).
require 'java'
if ARGV.length == 0
puts "Usage: jruby ...
