Goes often with "log" or a name of a program that gives the message. Is usually a symptom of a problem, and for some, the only thing they have by which they can search for solution.
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1answer
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stdout log files from an executable
When starting an executable from the terminal various messages are printed in window.
My question is where are these messages logged when you launch the application without a terminal ( by double ...
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0answers
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Can I see previous messages (from server) in empathy?
Is there any way for empathy to display older conversations that you've had on different clients? Even when restarting the computer, messages that you just had with someone on empathy gets erased/sent ...
0
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0answers
10 views
Empty kernel messages
When I look at /var/log/kern.log, I see a lot of empty messages (any number of this kind of message):
Apr 17 10:55:08 moi-Latitude-E6520 kernel: [ 8364.569800]
Apr 17 10:55:08 moi-Latitude-E6520 ...
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1answer
84 views
Empathy Internet Messaging Error [No reason specified]
Iam using ubuntu 12.10,
Empathy internet Messaging was working fine.
until yestrday i don't the reason it shows error under every email.
with [ No reason Specified ]
why it happened.
and how can i ...
0
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0answers
85 views
Error messages and login screen glitch [closed]
I guess I need to start by saying that I am very much a novice when it comes to Ubuntu and most things dealing with computers in general, so please construct your responses in layman's terms and ...
0
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0answers
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WM_POWERBROADCAST in wine not working
I want to do something in C just before the system goes into standby.
Unfortunately I didn't get anything WORKING.
I tries DBus, acpi, pwm etc etc......
Finally I wrote a program which works on ...
3
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2answers
1k views
What does “ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available” mean?
I had an intermittent issue (which resolves itself spontaneously, after using a different connection for a while) that caused Internet requests to fail, with one particular wireless network. After ...
2
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0answers
82 views
How do I get rid of the “The Software on this Computer is up to date” message after updates?
I'm a bit annoyed by the Update Manager. Since I upgraded from 12.04 I get this message, after installing updates:
I Find it utterly useless. It just another thing that pops in my face. If an ...
7
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2answers
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apt: ureadahead will be reprofiled on next reboot
I typed this command to remove a package and related configuration files:
sudo apt-get --purge remove supervisor
The command ended without errors but I got this message:
ureadahead will be ...
0
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1answer
238 views
“sudo apt-get update” misleading error message [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I report a bug?
I get following error while issuing the command sudo apt-get update
Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry ...
3
votes
1answer
253 views
How to turn on/off boot messages when Ubuntu starts?
Is there a way to easily turn on/off showing the boot messages (loading the services) when Ubuntu starts? My machine uses WUBI for boot-up.
The reason I am asking is to figure out if the reason for ...
1
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1answer
119 views
Why does 'install-info' keep warning me about “lilypond”?
I try to install nasm this morning when suddenly I got this message . It would be thankful if someone could explain about whats happening here and what cause the message appear.
install-info: ...
0
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1answer
89 views
Confusion with system clock change in messages?
In the messages log I can see that my system clock was changed. This was recorded in the log happening at 4pm and the change was to move the system clock to 3.58pm. However, in the next lines of the ...
1
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1answer
105 views
Do the logs such as messages and syslog begin after installation?
I would like to know if logs such as syslog and messages begin their first loggings during the installation of the OS, or once the OS has already been installed and the first normal boot-up?
3
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1answer
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In /var/log/messages, how do you tell if a connection started or finished?
How can one differentiate between the start of a network connect and the end of one, from the logs listed in /var/log/messages?
All the logs look identical.
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1answer
555 views
Désolé, Ubuntu 12.04 a rencontré une erreur interne [closed]
Sorry, Ubuntu faced an internal error.
This is the message I got 3 times today, just after installing Ubuntu 12.04. Information about the problem is being collected, but as « development is completed ...
0
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2answers
50 views
Why when trying to install files do I get the message “This file could not be read”?
Not long ago I changed from Windows 7 to Ubuntu. I had some troubles, everything installed normally; the problems came after installing it. But the most important, it's my problem when installing any ...
4
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2answers
341 views
Message Indicator doesn't indicate new messages
I recently set up Gwibber and Thunderbird, but whenever there is new mail or tweets, the message indicator icon doesn't change to the new message icon. I'm currently using Faenza-Ambience icon theme, ...
0
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1answer
477 views
Firefox messages in /var/log/messages
I happened to be browsing through /var/log/messages for another reason, and I stumbled across some messages apparently related to Firefox like this:
Apr 5 15:36:59 myserver kernel: [18091.188462] ...
0
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1answer
504 views
How can I reply to email by sending a delivery failure message?
Occasionally, I receive unwanted emails, particularly low-volume spam, or email messages falsely addressed to me (possibly due to typos). I don't want to spend the energy to write a personal message, ...
5
votes
1answer
521 views
Skype stops to send and receive chat messages after 10+ mins into the chat/login
I am using 11.10+unity. I use skype (version 2.2.0.35) for office communication. After sometime into the chat, the skype does not send or receive any chat messages. Although the chat is on, and other ...
0
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1answer
2k views
How do I disable messages or logging from printing on the console/virtual terminals?
My wireless driver is noisy. It prints out messages to the console every 10-30 seconds. So, if I'm working on VT1 or something, I get messages scrolling by all the time. Is there a way to shut this ...
6
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1answer
589 views
Log boot messages on tty1 instead of tty7
I'd like to see my boot messages in a different VT than 7.
Can it be changed? Can I get the old behaviour - to get a login prompt AFTER all boot-up is complete in TTY1?
Regards,
aurocha
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2answers
756 views
How do you get the very first boot messages smaller?
How do I get the very first boot messages, before the decryption of the system and before uvesafb is loaded, smaller? I tried:
GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1024x768
and
...
2
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1answer
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Where is the leave message button in the lock screen?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 11.10, and i noticed there is no "Leave Message" button while my screen is locked.
Is it removed, or it's just a bug?
Is there any way to bring it back?
5
votes
1answer
207 views
Any way to exclude accounts from mail indicator?
I only want one of my accounts to make the mail indicator go blue when I get a new message, but I don't want it monitoring the second account I also have in Thunderbird. Possible?
15
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1answer
480 views
How To Get Plymouth To Display Boot Messages When Booting?
I would like to know how to create a splash for Ubuntu Maverick with boot messages being displayed when I boot as well as a progress bar and a spinning logo.
Or, if possible, how to edit a splash ...
1
vote
1answer
515 views
“Caps Lock on” message is shown too much time?
"Caps Lock on" message is shown too much time on Ubuntu 11.04. Could anyone tell me how can I reduce the time, please?
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1answer
945 views
make command not work - Assembler messages [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I can't install Thunderbird
*whats this message?
user1@ubuntu:~$ make KBUILD_NOPEDANTIC=1 make -C /lib/modules/uname -r/build M=pwd make[1]: Entering directory ...
2
votes
1answer
66 views
What are the message that pop up when the mouse is still called?
When you stop over a button or element of a program and a window pops up giving information about it, is called what?
9
votes
5answers
4k views
Could not update ICEauthority file /home/me/.ICEauthority
So I am getting a message
Could not update ICEauthority file /home/me/.ICEauthority
When trying to log into ubuntu graphical. Terminal works (ctrl alt f1)
not a duplicate of:
What does this ...
2
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0answers
212 views
Empathy doesn't always receive first wlm message [closed]
Does anyone knows why sometimes I don't get the first message of a conversation with Empathy when using a wlm account?
Example using the wlm web messenger:
Someone: Hi
Someone: How are you?
...
5
votes
1answer
2k views
smbclient -M send message problem
I would like to send message to the network PC(Ubuntu also).
command on myself(to send message to me,just for test):
smbclient -M myName -b
error is:
message start: ERRSRV - ERRmsgoff (Not ...
1
vote
2answers
9k views
How to avoid “Assuming drive cache: write through” message during restart? [closed]
Does anyone know how to avoid message:
Assuming drive cache: write through
Showing up after preforming sudo shutdown -r now.
I restarted remotely but the computer did not restart. And I could ...
9
votes
2answers
8k views
Send messages between 2 Ubuntu PCs (Net Send Style)
I am trying to find a way to send a message (like a popup message) from 1 PC to another. both are using Ubuntu. Already tried the smbclient way but this only works between a linux PC to a windows PC. ...
1
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1answer
66 views
How do I readd the messaging indicator?
I mistakenly removed by message indicator from the panel. How can I add it again ?
2
votes
1answer
396 views
How to feed kernel messages as KDE notification system
Is there a way to get the kernel messages into the KDE notification system?
I want to see in KDE when my kernel detected a problem.
2
votes
1answer
4k views
What does the `dmesg` error: “composite sync not supported” mean?
Question: I see [ 20.473125] composite sync not supported and several such entries when I run dmesg. What do they mean?
Background: I'm trying to debug a problem where my laptop won't suspend. ...
16
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2answers
886 views
How do I add applications to the Messaging Menu?
I would like to have an application appear in the messaging menu that is not installed there by default, is there a way to do that on a per-user basis?
1
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3answers
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“mcp power or thermal limit exceeded” excessive in messages.log
I keep getting "mcp power or thermal limit exceeded" every five seconds while my computer is on, regardless of what it's doing. I googled it and found some Intel patches but I don't really know ...
16
votes
5answers
33k views
How can I show or hide boot messages when Ubuntu starts?
Is there a way to easily turn on/off showing the boot messages (loading the services) when Ubuntu starts? Is it something in Grub2?
I am running Lucid.
