Questions tagged [10.04]

Codenamed "Lucid Lynx", this is the third Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu. Released April 2010, and no longer supported since May 2013 on Desktops and April 2015 on Servers. Questions about unsupported versions are likely to be closed as off-topic.

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Wondering how to get OEM Config to work with my custom distro [closed]

I'm not sure how to get the OEM install mode working with my Ubuntu remaster. I'm using Remastersys to make the remastered Ubuntu 10.04 distro and I don't know how to make sure OEMs can use it. I have ...
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How to upgrade effortlessly from Ubuntu 10.04 to Ubuntu 11.10 on the same machine

Ubuntu 11.10 is now a few days away. I have quite a lot of apps installed on Ubuntu 10.04. How can I effortlessly upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 to Ubuntu 11.10. Please suggest the minimal disruption route....
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3 monitors on a GT 430?

Will a card like the GT 430 which has 1x dvi, 1x vga, and 1x hdmi ports allow me to connect 3 monitors to it giving me a large desktop spanning 3 screens? Assuming I have 3 vga monitors and get the ...
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Disable auto-mount for particular partitions on USB drives

I have a big USB disk with 3 partitions: one for backup and two other bootable ones for installing and testing new distros. I want the backup partition automounted on boot. But I don't want the two ...
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GRUB Boot Error: "the second sector of Stage 2 is unknown"

While booting, I am getting the error message internal error: the second sector of Stage 2 is unknown." This is under Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. After posting, the full text of the GRUB loading screen ...
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Turn power OFF of USB Ports - Ubuntu 10.04 machine

I have Ubuntu 10.04 based portable touchscreen computers at workplace and sometimes people would use USB data cable to charge their phones from the USB port. Now I have usb storage access disabled ($...
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Access Windows 7 Media Streaming

I wish to be able to see and stream music to my Ubuntu 10.04 installation through Rhythmbox. I have enabled media streaming in Windows 7 and I can see Rhythmbox as an allowed device. I have installed ...
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How to upgrade ubuntu server 10.04 to 12.04 [duplicate]

I have to upgrade Ubuntu server 10.04 to 12.04. 10.04 is not supported any more. So what step I have to do, for a clean upgrade? I did the following steps: sudo sed -i -re 's/([a-z]{2}\.)?archive....
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Listening to, and changing tracks on another PC on a LAN?

Rhythmbox runs on a PC in my network, and I was wondering if it would be possible to change the track, volume etc from my pc? Both PCs run 10.04. Thanks.
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Can I use (only) the Super key as a shortcut?

Usually in Gnome and KDE it is only possible to define shortcuts with the Super key in combination with another key. But is it possible to use only the Super key as a shortcut, and how could I achieve ...
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How do I connect my server to a WEP encrypted wireless network?

I've recently started working with Ubuntu Server 10.04, but I'm having a problem while connecting to WEP-encrypted Wifi. I've tried the following: sudo ifconfig wlan0 down sudo dhclient -r wlan0 ...
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Install old version of mysql in 10.10

I'm using Ubuntu 10.10, but I find that this project is having issues with the version of mysql server that 10.10 installs. I have another machine running the same build of this project but it's ...
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How can I reinstall redmine?

I have a redmine setup. today morning I saw that my redmine folder was empty and I was unable to access redmine, so I tried installing redmine again using: sudo apt-get install redmine I am getting ...
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How to fix the panel indicator display errors? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: panel items look weird How do I fix this error? I know this can be done by restarting the panel, but this is not convenient because every time you boot you need to do it.
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Blank (missing) ligatures (tt, ti, fi, ff etc.) in FF when Cambria / Calibri fonts are used

This problem almost fits mine. His font is Helvetica, mine are Cambria/Calibri, his ligatures display as bolded, mine - not at all. So, meetings become meengs, litigation becomes ligaon, etc. Makes ...
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GPG Error while running apt-get [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: What is the easiest way to resolve apt-get BADSIG GPG errors? I am trying to update some R packages. For that I am running sudo apt-get update command. I am running Ubuntu 10....
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Custom Xsession with Gnome visuals

I'm trying to create a kiosk PC only for web browsing using this tutorial as a reference (only difference - I'm using Firefox instead of Chromium) It is working correctly in principle (only FF window ...
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Need alternative to Accessibility's "Locate Pointer" to visually highlight the mouse

A black-on-white cross-hair/I-bar mouse-pointer is sometimes hard foe me to spot in amongst black-on-white text. I've tried Accessibility / Mouse Accessibility / Locate Pointer which will: Show ...
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Disabling Control-Alt-Delete shutdown is not working

I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 in a Virtual Machine on a Windows 7 computer. If I press Ctrl-Alt-Delete when the Ubuntu VM is in focus, the Ubuntu system sees it and shuts down after 60 seconds. This does ...
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Can't launch Eclipse

I've been using Eclipse for quite a while. I just switched from OpenJDK to SunJDK. I went back to using Eclipse, it opened just fine. I added some libraries to my build path of a project, but the ...
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Update destroyed grub

I have Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) installed on my notebook via wubi. Since a recent ubuntu update however my system doesn't work anymore. When I boot I get into grub rescue>. After some internet ...
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How to change resolution of the VirtualBox (Ubuntu guest and host)?

How can I change the resolution in the VirtualBox (Ubuntu guest and host)? I remember long time I ago I had used it and just by changing the guest system resolution it worked. But now it's not ...
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Is there any software for bypassing the firewall?

I am using ubuntu 10.04. Is there any software to bypass the firewall configured by my network administrator. I have seen my friend using software named ultrasurf in windows which bypasses the firewll,...
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Error encountered compiling kernel 2.6.35-25.44

I downloaded the linux-source-2.6.35 package and tried to compile it using the command "fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version=.dbg kernel_image kernel_source kernel_headers --initrd" after "make ...
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Why doesn't .mkv files play properly with ubuntu-restricted-extra?

I am running Ubuntu 10.04 with ubuntu-resticted-extra installed. When I play .mkv with the default player, totem it causes the player to stop suddenly without any warning after a random amount of time!...
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Why don't 8.04 panel launchers work on 10.04

I copied my panel launchers verbatim from 8.04 to 10.04, residing in both systems in the same path: $HOME/.gnome2/panel2.d/default/launchers However, for some reason, they are not visible on 10.04's ...
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Will gcc be upgraded to 4.5.* in one of the 10.04.* releases?

I don't quite understand how the LTS releases work. Will gcc be updated to the newer 4.5 version or will it remain 4.4 and I'll have to wait for 11 before seeing 4.5?
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GTK applications do not start

I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 Server on nodes of a computational cluster, and I access the nodes via ssh. I configured a X server, which I start with the command startx -- -ac. The server is ...
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Only able to login to Failsafe GNOME

Installed Ubuntu using WUBI, when I reboot, I'm able to login as "Failsafe GNOME" and xterm, but NOT as just GNOME. What is the likely source of the issue? Hardware, bad install, etc.? Version: ...
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Not able to install VLC 1.1

I am trying to follow these instructions They give these commands to install VLC 1.1 on Ubuntu 10.04: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lucid-bleed/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-...
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External hard drive won't mount [closed]

Since plugging the hard drive in didn't automatically make a window pop up I decided to manually mount the hard drive in Disk Utility. It gives me this: Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 1: ...
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Empathy icon not displayed in gnome panel

when I closed the empathy messenger client, a little icon used to show up as a notification. When I got incoming chats, the icon used to start flashing. I reorganized content on my panel and now that ...
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bisig PPA causing 404 error? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I fix a 404 Error using a PPA? I need default source list for ubuntu 10.04. Can anybody help me? Here is Mine:--- # Ubuntu supported packages deb http://archive....
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Static IP address changed to another static IP address. What needs to be changed?

My static IP was on Verizon's network, who are subletting their Fios lines to Frontier. Now I am given a new static IP from Frontier's data network. May I have a ballpark list of configurations to ...
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Why doesn't my Nvidia driver support 1280*1024?

EDIT: I think the problem is in the NVIDIA x server, that doesn't support an RGB screen from 1990. The screen was the best of them all when it was released. This a strange thing! In windows the ...
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Firefox update fails with "not found" error

I got 3 update notifications for firefox: Yet when I click update, it fails with a "not found" error: Any idea why this is? How to fix this?
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'E: Unresolved dependencies.' when trying to install new packages

I have installed Lazarus IDE downloaded from the website, not from Ubuntu Software Manager. I couldn't install it from USC so I downloaded it. But after I installed it using sudo dpkg -i *.deb (...
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After 12.04 release would 10.04 still be LTS?

Silly question, but given that I have upgraded and downgraded from Lucid to Natty and back, and after some months of anticipation, Lucid to Oneiric then back, would the LTS cycle of Lucid end in April?...
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How can I reset my xwindows settings to defaults?

I recently tried to plug my Ubuntu machine into my TV via a VGA cable. I just plugged it in and rebooted to see if Xwindows could handle it without any tweaking (it couldn't). This wasn't a big deal, ...
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USB ports not working - how do I check for drivers and diagnose problem?

My USB ports used to work, but have stopped working. I would re-install ubuntu but do not want to do that until I can back up my data which I cannot until my USB ports are fixed. How do I check to ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 minimal installer hangs [closed]

I need to install an old version of Ubuntu (namely, 10.04) in a virtual machine using VirtualBox. Unfortunately it fails. My host operating system is Ubuntu Precise 32bit. I downloaded the 32bit image....
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Are Intel HD 4000 graphics supported on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS?

I have an intel Core i7-3700 system with Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics with a dual monitor setup (1 connected via VGA, the other via DVI) on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 64bit. I'm trying to get my monitors ...
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After upgrading to 12.04 from 10.04, can't login to PHPMYADMIN

I just can't login to PhpMyAdmin anymore, it says bad logins. PHP works perfectly. Please help. Thank you. 2002 Cannot log in to the MySQL server Language Log in Username: Password: Connection for ...
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Cannot mount dvd/cd in ubuntu 10.04

I am trying to make my own game server of perfect world and for that i need to Mount the server Files that are on my DVD. But i am using the command mount/dev/cdrom/cdrom it is not mounting saying ...
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installing numpy for python 3.1.2 on Ubuntu 10.04 [duplicate]

I have installed numpy for python 2.6.5. I want to use it for python 3.1.2 and I don't know how to install it. I'm new to ubuntu and I don't know how to install it from tar file. I am using Geany for ...
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VMWare Workstation 6.5.5 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 10.04 (64-bit) Odd Problem

I managed to successfully install VMWare Workstation 6.5.5 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 10.04 (64-bit). It works in principle but there is one issue that forced me to stick with Ubuntu 8.04 (for now): When the ...
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Ubuntu Server 10.04 will not connect to the internet

I created an dd image from a VirtualBox with Ubuntu server 10.04 on it. Then I placed that image on a fresh empty ssd. My internet was working just fine on that virtualbox but on the ssd it doesnt ...
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Should I keep using the version of Flash in the sevenmachines PPA?

I've been running Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) 64-bit for about one year now. Everything still seems to be working properly, but for the last two months, I've been getting this error message every time Update ...
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How to revert an update?

The latest xorg update was a big regression for me on a dual display setup. Is there a simple way to revert to the previous version? I'm on Lucid Lynx.
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Removing old Linux versions on GRUB 2 via Synaptic Package Manager

I have read in other sites and this question about removing old entries using Synaptic Package Manager but when I open it I can't find anything when I type linux-image or numbers. EDIT: Yes Ubuntu ...
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