Questions tagged [12.04]

Fourth LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu, code-named Precise Pangolin. Released on 26th April, 2012, no longer supported (EOL) since 28th April 2017. Questions about unsupported versions are likely to be closed as off-topic.

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The name of the ubuntu 4 screens split window

In my university's linux, there is in the dock a button that when we click on it, we can move the screen to either top right/bottom left/bottom right, and the actual screen is in the top left of this ...
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When can we expect 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) to be moved to "old-releases"? [closed]

The EOL Process has some fairly extensive details on what would happen after a distro would reach EOL. One of the main outcomes is that the distro would be moved to "old-releases.ubuntu.com". Oddly ...
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grub won't show custom menu entry

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 under a virtual machine. I have to modify grub menu adding some custom entries. I try to edit /etc/grub.d/40_custom and then run update-grub; however, no new menu entries are ...
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Can an application started with ltsp-localapps write data to a local storage device (i.e a LOCALDEV as defined in lts.conf)?

I run successfully: ltsp-localapps motion I can write the output onto the ltsp-sever's disk, but I am not able to write the output files to a local device on the ltsp-client (e. g. SD card, local ...
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Upgrade the package php5 (PHP 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.26) to php 5.6+

We have a mission critical server that cannot be rebooted and need to upgrade to php 5.6 for some scripts we are running. The OS is quite old (Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS). I have run through some tutorials ...
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Virtualbox guest additions installed but not working - version conflict

This is my setup. Host Guest Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Kali Linux Gnome 3.22.2 3.11.0-26-generic ...
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UBUNTU 12.04 and Lubuntu

I've had Ubuntu 12.04 installed since 2014 with no need, reason, or desire to upgrade. But now that it's coming to EOL I have installed Lubuntu, using this method sudo apt-get install lubuntu-core. My ...
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do-release-upgrade from LTS to newer (but not newest!) LTS

I have a server running 12.04 LTS and I'd like to upgrade it to 14.04 LTS. When I try to run do-release-upgrade -c, it shows that the command would update the system to 16.04 LTS instead. I read the ...
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Can not add this repository to ppa

I want add php5.6 to php repository by this command root@precise32:~# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php5 Why do I receive this error? Cannot access PPA (https://launchpad.net/api/1.0/~ondrej/...
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Netflix error code F7355-1204 and F7363-1260

Netflix quit and displayed error codes F7355-1204 and F7363-1260. It will go to the point where the movie is downloading but stops and displays the error codes. My os is Ubuntu 12.04 on a 32 bit ...
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how to install test disk on ubuntu 16.04 ? or any way to recovery

I need to recover my missing thing cause I loss all my data when installing Ubuntu 16.04 ...try to install it from Ubuntu software but I didn't find the source
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Failed update on Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]

I have a problem in the run of sudo apt-get update on Ubuntu 12.04. I get below errors : Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release. Unable to find expected entry '...
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12.04 release end of life

When Ubuntu desktop 12.04 hits the end of life is it still safe to use? I.e. is it still secure? The reason i ask is because I can't upgrade to 16.04 as I'm on older AMD and amd catalyst is gone in ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 | Linux 3.13.6: Cannot connect to Ethernet, kernel modules are there but none are used

I am trying to install a different version (3.13.6) of Linux kernel over my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (originally having kernel 3.2) for some research purposes. The problem is when I use my 3.2 kernel the ...
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Resolution on Ubuntu 12.04 VMware

I just converted a physical machine into a virtual one, I got no trouble except for screen. Now the VM is using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on VMWare Workstation 12.5 and I can't upgrade it (doing apt-get ...
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Upgrading from 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS failing

I'm getting the message: Your HWE is supported until April 2017" and "New Release 14.04.1 LTS available. However when trying to upgrade, I receive "no new release found". I've attempted to: ...
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Unable to update ubuntu 12.04.5 to latest version

I'm new to Ubuntu, trying to update Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS to latest version and unable to do it. Error: $ sudo do-release-upgrade -d Checking for a new Ubuntu release No new release found
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Enable FIPS 140-2 in ubuntu

I have Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS server. Mainly I am running an SFTP server (OpenSSH_5.9), Vsftpd server (vsFTPd 2.3.5) and an IBM Message queue. My client want this server to be FIPS 140-2 certified, about ...
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How to make a patch for C Library

For my class project, I am trying to fix a ghost vulnerability on Ubuntu 12.04 manually. I completely understand the errors inside the /nss/digits_dots.c and I fixed them. My problem is I don't know ...
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How to install wireless adapter driver for Digisol DG-WN3150Nu B1 in ubuntu 12.04?

I have bought a USB wifi dongle (Digisol DG-WN3150Nu B1). By default it doesn't detect in Ubuntu 12.04. Help needed in auto detection of wireless networks. I have followed the steps mentioned here ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 - restart success, shutdown hangs

I have installed Ubuntu 14.04 yesterday on a 160 GB Hdd. It currently has only one OS and disk is fully encrypted. The problem occurs when I press shutdown and system hangs on screen with text Ubuntu. ...
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Tried to update Kernel, broke Ubuntu Software Center

Ubuntu 12.04 here. So, I tried to update my Kernel, which I did succeed in the end, but I did a way of updating it a bit... well, wrong. So... Ubuntu Software-Center is now not functional and when I ...
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Compiling glibc-2.17 libraries

I hope you can help me. For my class project, I'm suppose to identify and fix GHOST vulnerability in GLIBC in Ubuntu 12.04; I did that. However, the instructor doesn't want the fix by just upgrading ...
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How to edit files in Root with Gedit

I need to edit a file for a lab, but I do not have permission as it is only to root and when I go through root, I get this ** (gedit:3530): WARNING **: The connection is closed (gedit:3530): ...
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NO System settings in Ubuntu 12.04.5

When I installed elementary OS theme, it came with its own System settings to Ubuntu 12.04.5. When I uninstalled it, the default System settings window does not appear anymore. I mean, it shows the ...
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How do i remove PHP 7.0.17-2+deb.sury.org~precise+1 (cli)

PHP 7.0.17-2+deb.sury.org~precise+1 (cli) (built: Mar 15 2017 09:49:51) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies with Zend ...
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Lost sound in PP 12.04

I lost sound to FB & Youtube videos today just before installing recent updates, which did not restore or fix the problem. I reinstalled flash as worked in the past, not this time. Also received a ...
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Trying to install letsencrypt on ubuntu 12.04 using certbot-auto program, but getting 404 errors when it does apt-get update

I'm trying to install letsencrypt on my ubuntu 12.04, but i'm getting these 404 errors that i'm not too sure how to resolve them. I don't understand why this happens all the time for me. I install ...
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ERROR:Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". while opening sumo-gui

I have installed SUMO simulator for my research work, but I am unable to open its GUI. When I entered the command sumo-gui I get this error: ERROR:Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0". ...
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How to run driftnet on Ubuntu Properly

I hope this is the right place to put this question. So I'm trying to do arp cache poisoning. I've using my phone as a local network. I was successfully able to listen into the packets using wireshark....
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How to install postgresql 9.1 on ubuntu 12.04 by adding repository?

I installed postgresql using sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.1 postgresql-9.1-contrib postgresql-9.1-postgis then due to some reasons I need to uninstall postgresql from my system. And uninstalled ...
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Upgrade Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 without upgrading Apache. Or downgrade back to 2.2.22 without losing configs

Ok. I am going to go insane if I cannot figure this out. I work on a virtual server running Ubuntu 12.04, which I need to upgrade to 14.04. That part goes just fine. However, upon upgrading, I ...
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I want to do an addressage automatic with my dhcp server

nano /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf authoritative; ddns-update-style none; default-lease-time 240; max-lease-time 380; subnet 192.168.21.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.21.30 192.168....
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sendEmail error

Im getting the error while using sendEmail utility in my ubuntu machine. $sendEmail -f [email protected] -t [email protected] -u test mail -m "YCDI azar" -s smtp.mail.yahoo.com:587 -xu azhar -xp PASSWORD -...
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I have a problem to start my dhcp server in ubuntu 12.04

There are my configuration: sudo apt-get install isc-dhcp-server // The installation is successfull nano /etc/network/interfaces auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.21.2 ...
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script error for while loop

I'm getting the below error while i executing the bash script. #!/bin/bash mynum=1 while [ $mynum -le 10 ] do echo $mynum mynum= $(( $mynum + 1 )) sleep 0.5 done error: $./wl 1 ./wl: ...
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Read input for bash script

I'm learning shell scripting, and i want to get input for variable mynum My script is not working: #!/bin/bash mynum echo -n "Please enter the number to validate--->" read mynum if [ mynum -...
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Ubuntu 12.04 And Flash Support

I need flash support to do some of my school work. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. How do I download flash? This post says support has ended for flash. Although it does say Google Chrome supports flash, ...
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unable to open QtCreator

I installed QtCreator 5.8 by download Qt.run file(Qt 5.8.0 for Linux 64-bit) from Qt offical site( http://www.qt.io/download-open-source/#section-2). I installed by command line(sudo ./qt.run)....
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Unmet dependency with tzdata & tzdata-java in 12.04

I'm a bit stuck with package dependency. I'm not really sure how I got in to this mess but the current state: If I want to do any install using apt-get install or apt-get upgrade it gets stuck on a ...
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Block a user with acl

How can I block one user and grant access to another user using an ACL? I tried setfacl -Rdm u:maria: /home/elena but I think this is wrong. maria is one user and elena is another user.
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cannot login in my linux machine [duplicate]

I am new to Linux. I want to remove the home directory of the user andreas which was the administrator account into a directory called admins. I ran the command mv /home/andreas /admins I logged out ...
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Unable to install package libpq-dev [duplicate]

I am using ubuntu 12.04. When i am trying to install package libpq-dev i am getting following error. After this operation, 803 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ...
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Unable to login to Chromium on 12.04

Recently downgraded from Ubuntu 16 to 12.04 PP. While I can log in to my Google acct on Chromium, I cannot login to Chromium itself: receive "service unavailable; try again later" error. Thank you!
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Alternate for Teamviewer [duplicate]

I have been using Teamviewer to connect my Windows machine from ubuntu for the past three months. Now I'm facing an inconvenience to use Teamviewer. I'm using team viewer to connect remote desktop ...
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wine, delphi, ubuntu 12.04, root

I'm using an industrial miniPC to have a connection between our system and the office. We have Laundry Dosing Systems in many laundries in Europe.. We have a software, a Utility.exe, which can ...
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Why am I not able to view my files on Windows, once it was copied from Ubuntu?

I copied a .PDF file from an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS system to a flashdrive. No hurdles were found then. After a while, I tried viewing the contents of the flashdrive on a Windows 7 system. But, the its ...
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Avoid updating kernel as I need a specific kernel for my processor? [duplicate]

I am going to install Xubuntu 12.04 LTS as it has a non-pae kernel that I need to get it to run on my old PC. Is there any way I can update everything other than the kernel once I get it installed?
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wlan0: deauthenticated (Reason: 15) [closed]

I can't connect to a specific wifi network freebox_CYFQRO. The network appears in the list of available networks, but the system can't authenticate. I can connect to this network freebox_CYFQRO with ...
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failed to install ubuntu 14.4 alonge side with windows 10

when i try to install Ubuntu 14.4 in acer aspire e15 e5-571-37UB laptop have windows10 , during the installation of ubuntu at the time of hdd space dont show free space only show the all hdd space (...
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