The Linux kernel is a monolithic kernel originally developed by Linus Torvalds who still directs its development to this day. The latest stable kernel version is 3.9.1
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Why does 32 bit and 64 bit Ubuntu OS change the behavior of the r8169 LAN module?
This question is posed because I finished building a new rig with a GA-990FXA-UD3 mobo, unlocked FX 4100 proc, 16gb RAM, and GT 640 graphix card. Started it up and tested the mobo (via BIOS) and all ...
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Is there a guide for using GRSecurity and Precisew/ PAX?
I'd like to know if there is a guide of some kind for (successfully) configuring, compiling and installing GRSecurity w/PAX etc. in Precise?
I basically am trying to build my own custom release ...
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My fan is always on but not in MSWindows (HP elitebook 8460p)
Problem: My laptop(new) fan is ALWAYS on.
Question: What can I do to solve this issue?
Situation:
HP Elitebook 8460p
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (clean install, no mod, nothing... really clean... no ...
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I got a General Protection Fault while transferring files
SO I was transferring files from one portable hard disk to another (I had two of them connected to the laptop and suddenly the whole thing crashed. Any idea why this could happen? Should I be worried?
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ubuntu 13.04 wont start [sdb] asking for cache data failed
i installed ubuntu 13.04 yesterday on my Acer Aspire 5742 and it all worked ok, i go to turn it on today, and just as it loads the log in screen a black screen that says
[58.620634] sd 4:0:0:0: [sdb] ...
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Need help to find/install up to date ATI drivers for kernel 3.5+
GPU: Radeon HD 5450
Distro: Ubuntu 12.10
Attempting to go to the AMD website and filling out the relevant information gives me this, however these drivers are incompatible with kernel 3.7 and when ...
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Kernel module memory access
Can two different kernel modules gain access to the same area of memory from a call to ioremap_nocache() ?
I have a wireless driver, and a separate module, I would like the separate module to profile ...
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No filesystem could mount root
I am trying to boot a linux kernel 3.7.0 on virtualbox and it keeps telling me the same message: "No filesystem could mount root tried ext3 ext4 vfat fusebk". I put append root=/dev/sda in my isolinux ...
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how to set a value of Kconfig option
I want to change the value of a specific "CONFIG_..." parameter (in here: CONFIG_ATH5K_DEBUG) inside Kconfig option. I use "make menuconfig" command, press "/" and type CONFIG_... to find its ...
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LiveCD Boot Failer comm: Swapper/0 cant mount VFS
Kind of a noob but anyway...
I'm trying to boot Ubuntu 12.10 livecd. I currently have Windows 7 x64 installed. I start computer to boot Ubuntu livecd and I get kernel panic. Something like:
cannot ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 not properply working on Asus u46E after Update
I recently installed the latest Ubuntu update on my laptop and since then, the alignment on the browser is messed up, the mouse is not working, and I can't connect to the internet. Before it was ...
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ubuntu hang out with this message :blocked for more than 120 seconds
I'm running a virtualMachine on ESXi -- Ubuntu as a webserver -- (apache2 with nginx as his proxy, php, mysql) and services keeps hanging/freezing causing the whole server to be unresponsive. It's not ...
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Which logs will tell me about the Touchpad and Keyboard locking up?
I have an Asus N53SM laptop that I leave running for several weeks at a time. I never put it in hibernate or suspend, I only close the lid when I'm not using it. After a few days or weeks of running, ...
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Why is only one CPU detected on a Macbook with a dual-core processor?
I have a January, 2009 Macbook5,2. It has an Intel Core 2 Duo 2Ghz processor.
Since installing Xubuntu 12.04, it runs very slowly. The CPU gadget in the top panel shows only 1 dark column to the left ...
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jbd2 keeps writing to disk. Is that normal/healthy?
jbd2 keeps accessing the disk every few seconds for the last hour. Is that supposed to happen? I have this issue frequently after unsuspending my laptop. It drains my battery. If I reboot it goes ...
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 won't boot
I updated to 12.04 yesterday and my server freezes at the login screen.
Here's my syslog.
Upon further inspection, I see that it freezes because it can't start MySQL.
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Kernel panic on Lenovo ThinkPad W510 Ubuntu 10.10
When I leave my Lenovo ThinkPad W510 laptop unattended it locks the screen as it is supposed to do. But when I come back I usually find the kernel panic going on on the laptop: the Caps Lock light is ...
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dpkg error when installing linux
After running:
sudo apt-get -f install
or
sudo apt-get install linux
this error appears:
dpkg: error processing linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: ...
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How can i install linux ubuntu on my samsung galaxy pocket
I have a samsung galaxy pocket that is rooted, i tried installing linux ubuntu desktop but it seems that the galaxy pocket does not support loop devices. So the only solution for this would be to ...
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How to Repair Deleted Modules
Okay, so I accidentally deleted all my modules from /lib/modules. All the old ones and the current ones.
During a disk analyzer session to clean up space, I saw that /lib was taking up a TON of ...
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Ubuntu server 13.04 virtual kernel inside virtualbox has just 16 colors
I installed ubuntu 13.04 server with virtual-kernel option inside of virtualbox to try it out. It does seem to be working faster then the regular image. But there is one problem. The terminal has just ...
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Why the installation fails for this package? it says linux-headers not found but it is there
This package is failing to get installed, but the linux-headers are installed.
root@sun-Alienware-X51:/var/tmp# uname -a
Linux sun-Alienware-X51 3.5.0-28-generic #48~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 24 ...
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[SOLVED]RTL8188CU USB Network Adaptor on ubuntu 13.04
I have an RTL8188CU USB Network Adaptor. On Ubuntu 12.10 I had to download RTL8188C_8192C_USB_linux_v3.4.4_4749.20121105 because the built-in rtl8192cu driver did not work on the 64bit system (Tested ...
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Installed kernel, and printer driver - No Unity?
I ran installation of printer drives for Epson Stylus S22 (From original website)
The most recent installs are:
2013-04-10 12:06:53 install linux-image-3.5.0-27-generic:amd64 <none> ...
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How to enable switching Hybrid Intel/ATi with mux on Ubuntu 12.04?
I have notebook with hybrid intel/ati HD5650 graphic (with mux). I want to install previous kernel 2.6.35 like on ubuntu 10.10 because on that kernel a can switch my graphic without any problem with ...
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Why doesn't VMWare 7 recognize the Kernal headers for version 3.5.0-26-generic?
I installed VMWare 7.0 on Ubuntu 12.10 and when I run it I get an error that says:
VMware Kernel Module Updater
Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled and loaded into the ...
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how to stop adding unused module to loadable kernel module?
Is there any way how to stop unused module to loadable kernel module other than putting them in the mod probe blacklist.
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cannot upgrade linux kernel to newest version
My current kernel version shown by uname -r is: 3.5.0-17-generic.
However, there are files related to newer version kernel 3.5.0-26 in /boot. So I want to upgrade the kernel to 3.5.0-26 by running: ...
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Kernel Panic error: Attempted to kill 'init'
After making a update on my Toshiba Satellite L300D laptop I started getting this error message:
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode =0x00000007
I am currently running ...
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How can I make patches I've made to the Ubuntu kernel persist after updates
In order for my mouse to work properly, I have to use this kernel patch. It works brilliantly, except for the fact that when I need to update the kernel, my computer won't let me, greying out the ...
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Tried to install a Kernel, now i have mutliple problems!
I tried to upgrade the kernal to 3.8.2 but it didn't work. So after learning that 3.8 wouldn't work with bumblebee I tried to go back and install 3.5.25. It still didn't work.
uname -r says: ...
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high interrupts
I have high Rescheduling interrupts and Local interrupts. while doing nothing my total CPU wakeups reach 275-400. While watching movies it reaches up 900-1000. And while browsing the Internet it ...
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No mouse after fresh install
I installed 12.04 64-bit on a 120GB SSD. I reboot after the install (no errors so far) and the mouse is not working.
I tried depmod but this throws an error:
/lib/modules/*****_generic is missing
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problems with network connetion after update to kernel 3.5.0-24
After release of ubuntu 12.04.2
I tried update my system with:
sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-quantal xserver-xorg-lts-quantal
unfortunately after that my network was not working. It just ...
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Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 000000000000001b0
After doing the normal update-manager updates an hour ago on ubuntu 12.10, I rebooted my computer. Everything seemed to be going fine however as soon as the login gui is supposed to appear, the screen ...
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How do you rebuild and apply a portion of the kernel?
I was following the steps here to build my own kernel, which worked great, then I wanted to make a small tweak to the setup file (/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c) and rebuild it to see my message printed in ...
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install of linux-headers-3.2.0-38-generic_3.2.0-38.59_amd64 failed at update
An error occuredd during a regular update of my Ubuntu 12.04 installation the message box suggested to try apt-get install -f in a terminal window:
.....
Entpacken von ...
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How to resolve dpkg error code 1?
I'm having issues with installing these two updates:
linux-generic-pae
linux-image-generic-pae
Getting the following errors every time I try to upgrade:
Setting up ...
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Where do I get linux-headers-3.0.0 for 12.04
I'm pretty new to Ubuntu, so question may seem stupid.
I have a module which used to work on my parents laptop. After several updates module no longer works, and I'm pretty sure, old kernel would ...
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What is HID_MAX_USAGES
Question:
What is HID_MAX_USAGES? What is it used for? And why is the value so small?
(codeline:
#define HID_MAX_USAGES 12288
in
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/hid.h
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UFS write support enabled in kernel, but UFS partition mouted as read only
I've got a raw UFS2 partition image and I would like to write on it.
On the web I've found that UFS2 write support in linux is dangerous/experimental, but I wanted to try anyway, so I recompiled my ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu - Kernel panic
I was installing Ubuntu 12.10 but my computer shut down and every time I tried to install, showing the following:
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What priority to use calling sched_setscheduler
I am writing a server that I do not want preempted by any other user process or "low priority" kernel process. I'm using code like this:
struct sched_param sched_param;
memset(&sched_param, 0, ...
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problem with vga and kernels
I'm trying to do a clean installation of ubuntu 12.10 in my desktop computer. I have an Ati/Amd hd 6450
I tried the live-cd and it worked well so i proceed with the installation. It finished ok.
and ...
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How can I direct make-kpkg to output .deb files to a different location?
I am compiling a new kernel on my Ubuntu 12.04.1 using make-kpkg.
In order to do so, I'm doing the same process as suggested in izx's answer. However, I want to direct the generated .deb files to my ...
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Cloning an encrypted hard disk to a different computer
I'm using 12.10 with full-disk encryption. Can I clone my full-encrypted hard disk from an old laptop and write it, as-is, to a new laptop and expect everything to work correctly right away?
If there ...
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How can I disable all console display on my Nexus 7?
I am writing some code to address the raw framebuffer and would like to suppress all writing to the display including anything at boot. I have tried to use abootit to set the kernel parameters to ...
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How to get userID when writing Linux kernel module
Here is my function in my kernel module which I insert using insmod command after make at later stages. I am working on goldfish (2.6.29)
asmlinkage long our_sys_read(unsigned int fd, char *buf, ...
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Is this considered a minor kernel update from 3.2.0-24.38 to 3.2.0-35.40?
I am thinking of installing Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS, 64 bit, English. It comes with a kernel version 3.2.0-35.40
One of my programs only support kernel version 3.2.0-24-generic. On ...
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Kernel panic - not syncing: Vfs unable to mount root - (no options)
I just downloaded ubuntu and when restarting the pc i got this:
... Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-blok (0,0)
I've been looking for an answer at people who got ...
