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Remotely turning on computer?

Hi this is my first question so if this has been answered elsewhere please direct me to that. I need a simple way to turn on my dell optiplex remotely, and shut it off. Its running ubuntu 13.04. How ...
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1answer
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Run two commands sequentially uisng crontab

My 3-year girl loves SuperTux. she couldn't control the mouse! so the game should run automatically on startup and after the game, computer should shut down automatically, too. however I put the ...
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1answer
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Need to know what program is writing to the console on start, logout and shutdown

I would like to know what program is responsible for writing messages to the console during the start, logout and shutdown process. What I'm referring to is that black console that comes out and spews ...
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0answers
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Need to setup email notification when system starts and shutdown

I would like to have the system send me a email notification everrytime the system starts or shuts down. I am currently running Ubuntu 12.10 I found this tutorial but I couldn't make it to work.
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2answers
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What happens to manual Upstart services on shut down?

If using the manual keyword in an init or override Upstart script, it is not clear whether the services shut down process will be initiated or it will just be killed on shut down. For instance, will ...
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Unwanted text at shutdown

When I shut down Ubuntu 12.10 (and sometimes at the startup, too) I can see something like a terminal output. Under the title "Ubuntu 12.10" there is a text message like, "Asking all remaining ...
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1answer
578 views

Start and shutdown errors 12.10

I just upgraded Ubuntu from 12.04 to 12.10. I am now stuck as I don't know what to do. The installation have for some reason failed on some place as I am getting error messages on start and shutdown ...
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1answer
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Starting / Shutting down Problem

I have 12.04 installed on my laptop. There is the following starting/shutting down problem: When clicking the power button, the laptop starts for 1 second and after that abruptly shuts down. When ...
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How do I create a startup script that executes a command, waits some time, and then shuts down Ubuntu?

I need to make one of my scripts a start-up script and I want it to be executed in the following manner: The script should be a start-up script. When the script is executed, the machine should ...
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1answer
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KDE 4 opens up the items that were not closed at shutdown again

Let's say i have Chromium and Dolphin open up when I shut down, then both are reopen upon reboot.How do I prevent this ? DWM : KDE 4 Linux flavour : Ubuntu
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2answers
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Why does Plymouth boot in fallback text mode?

When starting my system, Plymouth doesn't show graphics but uses the fallback text mode. However, it runs normally (that is, with graphics) on shutdown. Why is that?
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1answer
571 views

Why does my system boot so slowly?

I installed Ubuntu 10.10 a few days ago. It is really awesome but the problem is that it takes unusually long time (about 20 minutes) for the login screen to appear after the Ubuntu startup screen. ...
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1answer
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Can I set a delay on startup sounds?

Is there a way to have the start up sound wait like I did in conky like this? #!/bin/bash sleep 30 Not that its a big deal but my comp boots so fast it does not have time to play the small ogg ...
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3answers
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Loading/Shutdown GUI problems? [closed]

I am using a partition created from Wubi, and this is only because Windows is needed for activities like gaming and watching movies on certain websites that require the Silverlight plugin. All of the ...