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Problem getting Fedora to run in VirtualBox
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit, trying to get Fedora 18 64-bit to run in the Oracle VM VirtualBox.
I've got VirtualBox installed (via the .deb package available from the official site,) and I got the ...
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Can one install an armel Ubuntu package on armhf Ubuntu system?
My particular concern is about installing "coq" in Ubuntu 12.04 for Toshiba AC100 (armhf distro), which hasn't been built successfully for armhf, but is available for armel -- ...
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Finding computer uptime from first day until now
I need to find PC uptime from the day of installation until now.
Is this logged somewhere? Does any file log this cumulative uptime?
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SSH + Sudo + Expect in Bash script: Run command with sudo in remote machine
I am trying to automate the deploy of some .deb packages with an script. I want to execute sudo dpkg -i $myDeb.deb in a list of remote machines I can access with ssh.
I've tried to automate the ...
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Kernel module for Cisco VPN client doesn't compile under ubuntu 10.04 LTS?
I am trying to install a Cisco VPN client under Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. In the extracted folder I type:
alex@alex-laptop:~/Downloads/cisco4.8/vpnclient$ sudo ./vpn_install
and there is output of activity ...
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Copying linux install from non-RAID/x86 to RAID/x86-64
I'm copying an Ubuntu Server install from an x86 machine with a single hard disk
to a new machine with x64 and two identical disks. Two partitions will span
the new disks: One small-ish RAID1 for ...
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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 ...
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How to install Fedora&Ubuntu with encrypted VG's on one disk?
I installed Fedora 14 first, then Ubuntu 10.04. I installed them using dm_crypt/aes256/lvm, so I used encrypted VolumeGroups. At the end of the Ubuntu install it said it cannot install GRUB, so I had ...
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How to align applets on Gnome panel
Does anyone know how to align applets on Gnome panel? For example I add notification area and there's five icons (you see it on the left of processor icon). Then, I plug my BlueTooth adapter out of my ...
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Migrate an entire volume group LVM2 to RAID5
I have a Virtual Host server build with Ubuntu and Xen
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 64Bits
xen-hypervisor-4.1
Disk
Hitachi SAS 15K 147GB (x2) in a Volume group
sda1 1GB /boot
sda2 146GB lvm
sdb1 ...
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How to use one distro's live CD to install another distro?
I'm trying to install Mint Linux to a USB stick, but the Mint live CD doesn't fit on a normal CD and I don't have any DVDs available. The Ubuntu live CD does fit on a CD, so I want to use the Ubuntu ...
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Optimal Setup for Windows & Linux - Sharing and Partitioning
This question gets a little complicated so please bear with me.
So we have a new custom designed desktop which we will be mostly a dedicated machine for scientific computations in FORTRAN and ...
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How to feed linux new install drivers?
I'm trying to install a Linux distribution on my new setup, but after the first tries I failed without knowing why.
My configuration:
Desktop PC HP
Processor: Intel Core i3 2120 @3.30GHz
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Resources to learn Linux? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Good Introductory resources for linux
I have no experience with any Linux operating system and I just put Ubuntu on my MacBook Pro.
What would you professionals ...
