Questions tagged [8.04]

An old Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu. Codenamed "Hardy Heron". Released on 24th April 2008. Reached full End of Life (EOL) on 9th May, 2013.

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Wine not working : [ERROR]

I just installed wine onto Hardy and I have wine tricks and all that but when i try opening a .exe files by double clicking it or using terminal it just doesn't open. I have installed Razer Synapse, ...
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Where is IBM Lotus Symphony today?

This question sparks from a bug report on LibreOffice forum. Yes, I know much of the functionality of Lotus Symphony was supposedly incorporated into OO about the time LO split off. This question isn'...
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Using up arrow to run previous command

What setup do I need to use up-arrow to run previous command? With Mac, I can use up-arrow to rerun the command that I just run, but it doesn't seem to work with my bash shell. I use 8.04 (I can't ...
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GRUB2 panic: "No such partition"

I managed to install 10.04 on a system that already has 8.04 (separate partitions, of course). It also installed GRUB2 onto the MBR. After discovering that there is no menu.lst anymore, I edited /etc/...
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Best way to migrate old Ubuntu Server?

I need to get Ubuntu 8.04 Server(running on XenServer by hosting service) to Hyper-V(Onpremise, hosted by us) this weekend. I was planning to follow this guide. But should I first install Ubuntu 8.04 ...
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Install Ubuntu 8.04 in triple-boot with Ubuntu 14.04 and Windows 8.1 [closed]

No, this isn't the typical duplicate question about dual Ubuntu (12+) with Windows 8. I am way past that, dual booting beautifully Ubuntu 14.04 LTS & Windows 8.1, thanks to this excellent answer (...
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Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy): No network devices (Asus laptop) [closed]

Just installed 8.04 alongside win7 on my trusty Asus laptop to run as a local server in my studio. But just going into desktop after install, there are no network devices available. I check System ...
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Font rendering (antialiasing) settings

The default X11 font rendering settings have changed considerably since Hardy: Karmic and Lucid render fonts very differently -- it seems that more subpixel hinting and antialiasing gets applied. Is ...
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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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Upgrading a live 8.04 LTS server to more up-to-date version

Running Apache, MySQL, PHP with Moodle 1.9.9 running as a school based CMS. All possible updates for 8.04 have been applied. Moodle 2.x from Versions 2.1 onwards needs Php version 5.3.2 which is ...
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Problem opening SFX archive file(.exe) using the archive manager [closed]

I have installed both rar and unrar using apt-install but I am still not able to use archive manager for opening the archive file.. I have also tried installing p7zip(p7zip-full and p7zip) but no ...
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How do I install the SSH2 extensions of PHP?

I want to be able to run PHP functions like ssh2_connect. But, those functions are not available on my machine. What do I need to do to install them? I am using Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron.
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Why can't I install 10.04 on a system that already has 8.04?

Ubuntu 10.04 is beautiful. I love it. I am dying to install it on my PC, alongside the existing Ubuntu 8.04 (from which I write this message right now). But... it won't let me! When I reach the ...
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openssl update on ubuntu 8.04 [closed]

I have an old e-commerce website on an old but stable Ubuntu 8.04. We're worried about the new OpenSSL requirement for Paypal. Seems that we have to update the TLS protocol to version 1.2 and ...
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How can I upgrade sqlite3 to at least 3.4.2 (or newer)?

When I try to run sudo apt-cache showpkg sqlite3, I only get the version 3.4.2. I need later than that to compile the sqlite3-ruby gem, and I can't make from source files (even with a ./configure --...
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Mount partition sdb get message permission denied?

I have 2 server with different ubuntu version,first server use ubuntu 8.04 and second server use ubuntu 12.04, now i want to use 2 HDD in first server ubuntu ver 8.04, so second server not function ...
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How to Install Ubuntu 12.04 on an HP netbook with Ubuntu-based MI operating system

I am attempting to install 12.04 on my HP Mini netbook which runs their MI (mobile internet) operating system, based on Ubuntu 8.04. I've downloaded 12.04, inserted a USB stick, and am looking for ...
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how to upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 LTS to the latest more compatible version

I am not very knowledgable on Ubuntu in general but for the past few days I have been getting a bit of knowlege here and there. At first this desktop was only set to turn on and run in ¨Terminal"mode ...
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Upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04, "no release found" [duplicate]

I've run the following commands as root: apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade all work fine, but then i run do-release-upgrade and it says "no new release". This makes no sense as ...
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How can I use cron to schedule a script that implements daylight saving on a non- DST aware application when my server automatically uses DST?

My server (running ubuntu 8.04LTS server) reports the time as 9:38PM BST right now. BST (British Summer Time) is 1 hour ahead of UTC (or Greenwich Mean Time if you really want to confuse matters) The ...
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How do I ignore missing trusted keys in apt sources.list? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I bypass/ignore the gpg signature checks of apt? i have a problem in ubuntu hardy: i use an old hardy server that i may not upgrade with the historical sources: ...
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Ubuntu 8.04 won't start the setup

I am trying to run ubuntu 8.04 iso on a Virutal PC. It comes up with the Ubuntu install screen and when i click the Install Link, it says loading linux kernel, then it just shuts down my virtual pc. I ...
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Is there a version of the Chromium browser that will run on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)

Looking for a version of the Chromium-browser that will run on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy). There must be one since I'm using Google Chrome 12.0.742.60 beta on that machine now but I've been unable to locate ...
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Upgrade Subversion to 1.7 on 8.04

It comes with version 1.5 and I'd like to update it to 1.7. Is it possible? It seems that I don't have apt-add-repository on this system.
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New Software on Ubuntu Hardy Heron(8.04)

I am using ubuntu 8.04 because of my hardware restrictions. I followed the steps to install latest firefox as i can use but i get firefox 3.6 could not found response: For Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Users ...
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Guide to installing Hardy Heron via USB drive on a laptop running Windows XP?

I want to dual boot Windows XP and Hardy Heron. I have partitioned my single hard drive, created a boot-able pen drive with the Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS ISO, I am aware how to boot and start the installation ...
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There isn't a sofware package called "dbmail" in your current software sources

where is dbmail? [Binary packages] Most major distros already have packages for dbmail. Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora en Gentoo are known to do so. So check your package manager. From the console: ...
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Can I use 8.04 Hardy packages or repositories on Precise?

I'm using Precise Pangolin, and I sometimes notice packages I'd like to install exist on http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main but not on http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main. I ...
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Distribution upgrade from 8.04 not working

I got a small, arm-based device. I edited /etc/apt/sources.list to have it pointing on old-releases.ubuntu.com instead of archive.ubuntu.com . At this point everything's fine, the repositories are ...
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What packages are safe to uninstall to reduce installation size? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I turn my desktop Ubuntu 8.04 into a command line only install? This question is similar to a previous question I asked How can I turn my desktop Ubuntu 8.04 into a ...
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Installing g++ on 8.04

I am running Ubuntu 8.04 (currently I do not have the option to upgrade due to hardware problems). I need to get g++ onto my installation but as this is no longer supported I am unable to use the ...
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How can I turn my desktop Ubuntu 8.04 into a command line only install?

The question says it all really. I had a problem with the 8.04 alternative install .iso (which after some research is a well known bug) so I had to install the full desktop version. I know I can ...
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Can I use the 2.6 kernel provided with my embedded system to run 12.04?

In summary I am quite new to Linux, but have the task of writing some software. The software has to run on a particular hardware board and the manufacturers of this board have provided a custom build ...
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How to uninstall java6

I am trying root@vz10931:/var/www/mailer# apt-get remove --purge sun-java6-bin Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done You might want to run apt-get -...
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How to Install PostgreSQL 8.4 on 8.04?

How can I install Postgresql 8.4 for Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 ? sudo apt-get install postgresql will install postgreSQL 8.3 I tried installing individual packages from http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/...
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Why is my wireless driver not detected?

When typing iwconfig I only get "no wireless extensions" How do I get the Ubuntu wireless driver to be detected? lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory ...
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Restoring the Ubuntu desktop and access to files

I recently got in way over my head playing with Ubuntu 8.04 on a Dell Mini 910. I think I deleted far more things than I should have trying to "make space". I started finding the applications I ...
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How do I stop the installer putting invalid entries in my /etc/hosts file?

I have a number of Hardy hosts that seem to get an invalid hostname placed in their /etc/hosts during the installation process. There's a line in /etc/hosts on a freshly built, unmodified host that ...
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Upgrade experiences from 8.04 LTS to 10.04 LTS?

I am running 8.04 desktop as a server and hosting my own web server, has anyone experienced any issues with upgrade from 8.04 to 10.04?
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Wireless driver installation on LG-X130 8.04

Recently installed 8.04. I can't connect through wireless. I have a wired connection. My card is a Ralink rt3090
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Cannot boot 11.10 after 8.04 installation

I recently installed Ubuntu 8.04, before that I had 11.10. My intend was to use both of them. After installation of 8.04, an item for 11.10 didn't appear in grub. What can I do to get it back? PS: ...
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Reboot failure after upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 LTS to 10.04 LTS

I bought our computer from Freegeeks with Ubuntu 8.04 installed. I upgraded from Ubuntu 8.04 to 10.04 on Thursday November 10. I have an ASUS P4P800SE with Intel P4@3GHZ. Installation messages were: -...
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while setting upstart in application giving error

wht i have done is sudo emacs /etc/init/app.conf and then i write the code for my upstart # application Server description "applicationServer" author "Rahul Mehta <rahul23134654@gmail....
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Upgrading to 10.04 broke my TrueMobile 1150 wireless

My laptop was running 8.04 LTS (hardy), using network manager I believe, and the wireless worked fine. I do not believe I was using ndiswrapper, as the original version of Ubuntu I installed (edgy) ...
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VMWare Workstation 6.5.5 on 10.04 Faster than on 8.04?

Now that I can finally enjoy my VMWare Workstation 6.5.5 on Ubuntu 10.04, I noticed that it feels significantly faster and snappier than when it is running on Ubuntu 8.04 (same exact machine, dual ...
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Starting a service from /etc/event.d works, but not from /etc/init

I'm trying to launch an upstart service on Ubuntu 8.04 from /etc/init/, but I always get start: Unknown job: job. When I try to launch this script from /etc/event.d/ it works fine. Why would this be ...
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ddebs missing for hardy?

I'm trying to debug some crashes on a 8.04 LTS server, but the ddebs repository at http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/dists/ no longer has a directory for hardy... Any ideas where the debug symbols for hardy ...
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How to uninstall 8.10 while keeping 11.04?

Yesterday I installed Ubuntu 11.04 with 8.10 already installed and since then my Dell VOSTRO laptop gets shuts down automatically every half an hour. Although I am using the latest version (currently ...
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How do I upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10?

I have Ubuntu 8.04 and I am trying to use "update manager" to upgrade to 8.10. The upgrade fails because of some problem related to network/internet setting. The error I get is discussed and a ...
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Why is dhclient saying: "SIOCSIFADDR: Permission denied"?

I have encountered a very weird error on ubuntu-server (8.04), I have no idea why dhclient is not allowed to set the network settings! I'm not the one who installed the server in the first place, so i ...