For questions regarding the function of the entire operating system and issues that affect users system-wide.
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How to mount all partitions at system startup
Hello I searched for this query(mounting all partitions on system startup) and found answer near to it. I added this command to startup applications "/usr/bin/udisks --mount ...
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0answers
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Why is native Android application support not being integrated into Ubuntu for tablets/phones? [closed]
I love the idea of Ubuntu for tablets and phones and I want it to succeed soooooo badly, but I don't have much confidence that it will succeed unless there is support for Android apps and Google Play. ...
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0answers
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How to get a snapshot of system processes on a specific day
Hi I was wondering if you can get the processes running on a specific day? I was getting the output of this command a few days ago :
> /usr/sbin/lsof -ap 18790 | less
but i only get a short ...
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Why won't my PC recognize external hardware or my wireless network card?
I downloaded Ubuntu OS 12.10 a few days ago and everything was working fine, aside from a lot of bugs and a lot of glitches and freezing. Today when I turned on my computer my Keyboard (which is ...
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kern.log reports times in UTC instead of local time zone
I attempted to set my local timezone to America/New_York by doing (as root):
# cp /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
# echo "America/New_York" > /etc/timezone
# dpkg-reconfigure ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu 12.04 basic questions [closed]
I'm new in Ubuntu and I have couple of questions.
After trying Ubuntu 12.04 in Virtual machine a like it a lot and I've decided to install Ubuntu 12.04 as my second OS ( dual boot Win 7 and Ubuntu ...
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1answer
45 views
How to adjust text color, contrast in ALL system features & apps?
Why is there no system directory where a person might access all system utilities, like background, text size, color, etc. Must I download a separate utility for everything?
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1answer
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Looking to access system on ubuntu 12.10
I'm a newbie and am trying to get to the system menu - to get a 2nd monitor to work from my hdmi output (on a laptop). I see "system settings" in the "shut down" menu in upper left, but no matter what ...
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1answer
164 views
GTX 580 Your system is running in low graphics mode
I couldn't really understand any of the other threads with this name, and I really want help with it, so I'm sorry about the duplicate.
After I installed Ubuntu 12.10 64bit it ran smoothly for a ...
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1answer
138 views
Ubuntu system crash [closed]
I have experienced a crash couple a days a go after I have manually shut down the system due to none-respond shut down from the Ubuntu interface( It has been happening almost every time I have tried ...
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0answers
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System Problem Detected
I installed system updates today, and now, every time I boot up my computer I get the System Problem Detected dialogue box described in this post: System always start with "System program problem ...
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Ask for Old & New Hardware & Improve performance & Upgrades [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I find out which version and derivate of Ubuntu is right for my hardware in terms of minimal system requirements?
Is Ubuntu latest version designed only for new ...
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1answer
92 views
Terminal (Ctrl+alt+F1-6) text colour
Is it possible to change the default foreground text coulour in the F1-F6 Terminals or the machines bios colour. I Love Green on Black and change it in the konsole/uxterm/Term ect as soon as I install ...
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1answer
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How to force quit out of an infinite loop in a bash script gracefully
I wrote a bash script that logs keycodes in a simple file. I have put the code in a while loop because I want it to log continuosly. But if I run the bash script in the terminal, the cursor just keeps ...
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1answer
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Emacs-like keybindings system-wide?
Is there a way to set Emacs-like keyboard shortcuts (at least the subset mentioned below) for the whole OS? This is possible in some apps such as the terminal, Emacs (go figure :) and additionally ...
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1answer
240 views
System Settings (12.10)
I don't find the control center but only a simple system setting window. How to make it more complete than before? I search for login screen setting, and I don't find it. Someone can help me? I'm ...
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1answer
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Getting character key code mappings in ubuntu
I am trying to play around with some keyboard layouts in ubuntu. Now there is a program called showkey which lets me see the keycode for any key pressed in the terminal.
Is there any command to get ...
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1answer
246 views
unable to mount ntfs partitioned disk -
I'm unable to mount one of ntfs file system drive since the system got turned of while copying few files to this drive.
I'm getting following message:
Unable to Mount 94 GB File system error ...
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1answer
45 views
Update - What is the quickest way to get to System Update?
I am obviously new to Ubuntu. I keep digging all over to get to Update. I ususally seem to get it running. I am on limited bandwidth and don't want to waste time. Can I put this directly in the side ...
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Best system backup solution for ubuntu 12.10?
I was windows user for a long time and recently switched to Ubuntu. I was using acronis to continuously backup my system on windows. My HDD structure looke like that
As you see my /home is already ...
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1answer
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How safe to move some system folders into ram?
Here is my pc specs
Based on this tutorial I made following changeds to fstab
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
tmpfs /var/log ...
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2answers
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Downloading files
I'm about to download the program glances made at http://nicolargo.github.com/glances/ to monitor my computer. it offers a .zip file and a .tar.gz file. which file type is more compatible with ubuntu?
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1answer
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Tons of general protection faults
I recently upgraded my home server from Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.04.1. It runs the linux-image-server kernel, x86_64 arch.
There's nothing particularly unusual running, I think -- a deluge daemon, apache2, ...
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1answer
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what is use of get_HZ()
please tell me what is the use of get_HZ() system call. Any link for its documentation??
I tried to search for this in google but could not get the usage of this function
Thanks,
Vivek
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2answers
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Bash script not working properly when run automatically
I have a script that sets my proxy automatically depending upon the connection and so its placed in /etc/network/if-up.d/ folder. I set the proxy using gsettings tool and then I want to show a ...
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0answers
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copy ubuntu with my personalizations [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Creating an install of Ubuntu to clone
Reinstall software after installation of newer version Ubuntu
I have just installed ubuntu on my friends laptop. I will install ...
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0answers
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How do I delete the Ubuntu ISO from `System` in windows 7? [closed]
I tried to get Ubuntu; but the disc I tried to burn didn't work. I don't know what the problem was.
I never saw Ubuntu on the computer at Start-up or anywhere.
I uninstalled "Ubuntu" which appeared to ...
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1answer
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Unable to find a medium containing a live file system with boot from iso
Unable to find a medium containing a live file system:
reset/press Shift/c (command line)
grub> insmod iso9660
grub> loopback l (hd0,6)/lubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.iso
grub> set root=(l)
grub> ...
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My computer keeps showing up 'system error' message - what can I do to fix this?
My computer shows up a system error message whenever I turn it on.Ii can cancel this and work on my computer, but I'm worried that if I keep ignoring the message, Ubuntu will stop working. This has ...
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2answers
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Very frequent system problems since 12.10 upgrade
Since I recently upgraded my 12.04 install to 12.10, there is loads more instability generally. I have captured just the latest example - often occurring just after startup and login. Other random ...
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2answers
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syscall_table_32.S file not found
I want to add a systemcall to Linux, but in training data we need to change the file linux/arch/i386/kernel/entry.S or arch/x86/kernel/syscall_table_32.S. I can not found the files.
I looked and ...
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1answer
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unsaved settings
Just had ubuntu 12.04 installed on my pc, the only problem I am discovering is that none of my settings are saving. Appearance-Behavior resets to default every time i reboot. My Thunderbird accounts ...
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1answer
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System getting shutdown automotacally
My Ubuntu 12.04 LTS gets shutdown automatically by 11 AM. I've cleared all my scheduled tasks but then getting shutdown. Help me sort out this.
Thanks in advance.
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Cannot install ubuntu-10.10-desktop-i386
I bought brand new laptop -
Toshiba Satellite C850D-11C 64 bits;
bios: InsydeH29 rev. 3.;
AMD Dual-Core E1-1200 APU 1.4 GHz
Gráfica AMD Radeon™ HD 7310
I decided to get rid of win8 and install ...
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1answer
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Entire System corrupted due to .exe files flooded in the system
I have been using Ubuntu11.04 for last 3-4 months. Few day ago, I installed wine1.4 to run .exe files on my system. Now a virus is flooded in the entire system which creates a .exe file in each & ...
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1answer
137 views
Shall I go for 12.04 or 12.10 if I want stability and speed? [closed]
I think this might be the most annoying question for the pros here, but I'd really like to know which version is better if I'd like a super fast start-up and processing speed. I know it rather depends ...
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1answer
300 views
Ubuntu 12.10 automatic logout
I just had a new desktop constructed and installed ubuntu 12.10 which was successful for the most part but every time I open up some applications like thunderbird I get automatically logged out and ...
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1answer
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Installer script removed a buch of 64-bit files and replaced them with 32-bit ones, how do I get them back? [closed]
I ran this installer script to get some drivers for my printer, however I noticed that it started removing some of my programs, as well as 64-bit system files, and started replacing them with 32-bit ...
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1answer
852 views
Super slow and laggy?
I'm a native Windows user, running 7 Home Premium atm. In the past I installed Ubuntu 10 on my netbook I believe, but was a bit 'scared' by it.
Anyways, I made a partition on my desktop pc, 100gb and ...
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1answer
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Large loss of files
Here is the situation. I was playing with wine settings to see I could get to play some old games. Long story short I ended up removing wine. Right after my wife asked me to help her with something.
...
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1answer
246 views
What does Ubuntu “consists” of? How do I find out? [closed]
A typical Ubuntu (or any Linux) installation is not just a kernel, it's a bunch of things- a file system, a windows manager, a set of tools and other frameworks. I would like to know what Ubuntu (or ...
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1answer
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Sound Icon not appearing
I'm using 11.04 LTS. Everything is going fine. But the other day I booted up and went to use Youtube. I went to adjust the volume but the icon has gone, and the only way to adjust it is to either:
...
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2answers
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How not to mess up a system, yet keep it clean?
I am newbie to Ubuntu, I got into it 2 weeks ago and I reinstalled it like 10+ times already.
In most cases Ubuntu graphic interface wont show up, just command line.
Few times I had "low graphic ...
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1answer
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Update has caused my system to start in text mode
Tonight My system informed me of an update, having preformed the update I was asked to restart the system. Now on start up I'm now presented with the linux console, asking for my user name and ...
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0answers
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Numblock wont shut off 12.04
after turning off my computer yesterday my computer was working fine but today i cant get the numblock to switch off normaly this wouldnt be a problem for someone but iam using a netbook (acer aspire ...
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0answers
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Wubi Ubuntu Installation “No Root File System Defined” [duplicate]
I Downloaded Wubi.exe & Ubuntu 12.04 LTS From The Official Website Then Put Them In A Single Folder In My Internal Hard Disk. Then I Run Wubi, And It Got Installed Within 2 Minutes. And Then I ...
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1answer
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Unstable Wifi and Spontaneous Low-graphic Error with Pavilion DV4
I've been having numerous problems with connectivity through WiFi. It had been working for a few days and now it doesn't. On top of that around 40% of every time I turn on the laptop it shows "System ...
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2answers
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Can't install nor try ubuntu 12.10, system halted
tried to find a solution but I wasn't able so far.
I downloaded the torrent version of ubuntu 12.10 and burned it onto a dvd and created a bootable stick using unetbootin... the thing is, when ...
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0answers
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Ubuntu 12.04 is showing dotted marks and doing my system hang
I have been using Ubuntu 12.04 with my Asus x54H model laptop. Every thing was working fine on it. Today I saw that on my screen when I was trying to type something it showed only dotted lines. I made ...
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2answers
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How to open System > Administration?
I'm new to Ubuntu and while browsing over forums I saw goto System > Administration and so on. So I wanna know how I can actually goto System, means where can I find System then Administration and so ...
