Questions tagged [10.04]
Codenamed "Lucid Lynx", this is the third Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu. Released April 2010, and no longer supported since May 2013 on Desktops and April 2015 on Servers. Questions about unsupported versions are likely to be closed as off-topic.
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How do you get a list of all starting services?
I know about the update-rc.d SERVICE OPTIONS command to add and remove services from startup, but how do I use it to get a list of all the services that are currently configured to start at startup?
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Install mod_proxy to get ProxyPass to work
I've been trying to follow these instructions, so that I could get the Citadel mail server to work alongside Apache, but I get an error when I try to restart Apache:
Invalid command 'ProxyPass', ......
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Why does scp get stalled? How do I resolve it?
When I attempted to copy a file (of size, ) over the network using scp I get a error <file> stalled
Why does this happen? How do I resolve it?
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How to show current permissions of a folder
I want to find out who has what permissions on a certain folder. How would I go about viewing this?
The folder in question is /srv/www
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How do you add "open in terminal" to the right-click mouse menu for folders/directories?
I would like to add it to the default menu (mouse right-click)
Like I want to right click on a folder and open it in the terminal.
I don't want to have to find the directory in the terminal.
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Specify the time of daily log rotate
I noticed that daily log rotations which are listed under /etc/logrotate.d/ are executed in the morning around 6:40 am. This is clear from the beginning and ending of the log files. Can I customize ...
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What is the default 'backup' user for?
I am setting up multiple-machine backup plan and I was hoping to use a user called 'backup' on each machine as the backup destination.
My problem is, there is already a user called 'backup' on my ...
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Which hard disk drive is which?
I want to know which hard disk drive corresponds to which device path. It's trivial to match the hard disk stats (brand, size) with the dev path, but I want more. I want to know which drive is which ...
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How to restart only missing/invisible mouse pointer/cursor?
For some reason, the mouse pointer on my Ubuntu 10.04 PC disappears after the computer is woken up from suspend. That PC is missing a keyboard, so I can fix this by logging via ssh, and issuing:
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How to enable ufw firewall to allow icmp response?
I have a series of Ubuntu 10.04 servers and each one has ufw firewall enabled. I have allowed port 22 (for SSH) and 80 (if it's a webserver). My question is that I am trying to enable icmp echo ...
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Blank screen, blinking cursor on boot
Occasionally my Ubuntu 10.04 PC won't boot properly. It gets past Grub and then stops at a blank screen and blinking cursor. From what I've read, this blinking cursor screen is presented by Ubuntu ...
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How to change tab width in terminal in Ubuntu 10.04
When I press tab in terminal it goes very far. So I would like to change tab width, make it smaller. Anyone could help me, please?
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Force install with apt-get [duplicate]
I tried installing beanstalkd with sudo apt-get install beanstalkd (also with -f option) and I get the following error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state ...
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How do I enable the mod_rewrite Apache module for Ubuntu 11.04?
In other linux like CentOS, it works but i am not getting it running in Ubuntu 11.04.
/var/www/html/folder/public/.htaccess: Invalid command 'RewriteEngine', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module ...
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How can I completely remove Ruby + Rails + Gems?
I have messed up my Ruby dev environment on Ubuntu 10.04.
What is the best possible way to remove these packages from my system?
Ruby
All Gems
RubyGems
To start fresh, I would like to re-install ...
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rkhunter warning about /etc/.java /etc/.udev /etc/.initramfs
I am running Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS . I am running rkhunter to check for rootkits.
rkhunter is complaining about the following hidden files and directories. I think these files are not a real problem on ...
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How to diff multiple files across directories?
I am trying to find diffs between all files of same names across two copies of a directory (say a working and a backup). For example, I can diff two files of same name in both:
> diff d1/f.cpp d2/...
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Refreshing the wireless network list?
When I wake up my laptop (Ubuntu 10.04) from suspension, it does not recognize the available wireless networks. The only way to refresh the list is to disable wireless networking, and than enable it.
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chkrootkit says /sbin/init is infected, what does that mean?
I recently ran chkrootkit and got the following line:
Searching for Suckit rootkit... Warning: /sbin/init INFECTED
What does this mean exactly? I heard this was a false positive, ...
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How to use Ubuntu in full screen mode on virtualbox?
I have an HP laptop with Windows 7 installed.
How can I use Ubuntu in full-screen mode via virtualbox or any other software?
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Cannot open mailbox /var/mail/USER: Permission denied No mail for USER
When i run the command. su - fmaster mail
I get the error:
Cannot open mailbox /var/mail/fmaster: Permission denied No mail for fmaster
also i sign in as fmaster. terminal -> mail.
/var/mail/...
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How to correctly add a custom daemon to init.d?
I've got a 3-rd party proprietary application server daemon which can be started and stopped by couple of command lines. I need this daemon to start when the system starts up and correctly stopped on ...
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How to upgrade VirtualBox to the latest version?
I am currently using VirtualBox 3.2. I would like to upgrade it to latest version without losing any operating systems in it. How can I achieve this?
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Will python2.7 be available for 10.04 in the future?
Since Ubuntu 10.04 is an LTS release will it support python 2.7 as a default package maintainer version or at least have a python2.7 package in future?
Since it will be the last major python 2.x ...
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How to upgrade Ubuntu from an ISO image
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 now and want to Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04. The problem is my net connection is very slow and I can not do a network upgrade from the "Updates Manager".
So, is there a way that I ...
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How to undo an ssh-copy-id?
I have a 2 node hadoop cluster.
I ran this command on the master:
$ssh-copy-id -i /home/hadoop/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [email protected]
How can I undo this? I would actually like to reassign the key.
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How to play a webm video file?
I have tried vlc, Banshee and Totem but none of them recognize the webm format. Even the system does not recognize its mime-type. How do I play it ?
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How to expand the ext4 primary partition size in a VMware Player virtual disk?
I have a VMware Player virtual machine setup, running Ubuntu 10.04 as the a guest OS.
The VM was created on a 20GB virtual drive, with a single partition for working space. Finally I got to the point ...
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Force fsck.ext4 on reboot, but really "forceful"
One of my Ubuntu 10.04 servers is giving me trouble.
When I run fsck.ext4 -n /dev/sda5 it tells me there are errors in the free inode count, free block count, and more.
I have tried:
touch /...
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How to update gcc to the latest version(in this case 4.7) in Ubuntu 10.04?
I have Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit with gcc 4.4.3 currently installed on it. I want to upgrade it to gcc/g++ 4.7 (I am looking for C++ 0x support)
How to update using Ubuntu Package Manager:
apt-get upgrade/...
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Upload to PPA succeeded but packages doesn't appear
I'm trying to upload packages to my PPA for the first time.
I want to use the PPA for customized versions of the OpenStack Compute (nova) project, so I tried to do a test by uploading packages ...
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Server does not recognize second VirtualBox Adapter
I have installed Ubuntu Server 10.04 as a guest operating system under VirtualBox 3.2.10. My host system is Ubuntu 9.04
I have configured two network adapters for the guess (a NAT one and a host-only ...
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Disk Usage Analyzer reports that the .ecryptfs file is taking up as much space as the home drive
I selected "encrypt home partition"
when I set up my netbook with Ubuntu. The disk usage analyzer now reports that twice as much space is taken up than actually is used. I have seen this question ...
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How do I re-install Network Manager without an internet connection?
I have only wireless connection, one computer with a connection and 4gb usb .
My second computer has no network connection, because I have deleted it from the software center. However, now I want to ...
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Audio output device, fast switch?
Depending on the situation, I use either my speakers or my headset for audio output. Given that my headset is an USB headset it behaves as its own audio device.
Currently I switch between audio ...
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haproxy doesn't start
Installed a new Ubuntu 10.04 server and logging in as root I installed haproxy using apt-get.
I can run haproxy directly as a daemon but when I do /etc/init.d/haproxy start nothing happens.. not even ...
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host is able to resolve a hostname, ssh isn't
I'm trying to connect from a 10.04 system to a 12.04 system via SSH. Strangely enough the rules in resolv.conf seem to take effect only selectively, which leaves me puzzled. Observe:
[2] user@mach:~$ ...
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How do I run PulseAudio in a headless server installation?
PulseAudio is the standard audio server in desktop installations. However in a server installation audio services and thus PulseAudio are not provided.
How do I install and make use of PulseAudio in ...
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What do the 4 keyboard input method systems mean?
I am trying to install another language support (in addition to the default US). Checking that language checkbox in "Install / Remove Languages..." wasn't too difficult. :)
But now I want to add ...
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How can I share my desktop using Skype?
I'm running Ubuntu Lucid Netbook Remix on my laptop and I need to be able to share my desktop for a Skype call. Does anyone know how to get this done?
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Wake from hibernate on ssh request
Is there a feature (or aptitude package) in Ubuntu 10.04 that will wake my computer up from standby when it gets an ssh (or other webrequest).
I've been trying to put my computer in hibernate/standby ...
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How do I safely use a virus infected USB drive in Ubuntu?
I have an USB drive which I know is virus infected (an anti-virus on my friend's machine detected it). Unfortunately neither of us know the virus name and I don't want to take the risk of plugging it ...
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Ubuntu tells me I have packages to upgrade when I don't
I have a server machine that I never log into the X display on, only via ssh. Recently I logged in and it told me I had
12 packages can be updated.
6 updates are security updates.
I actually ...
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Reinstall Ubuntu with encrypted home directory?
I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed with encrypted home directory. /home is on a a separate partition. Can I just boot from a 10.10 CD, reformat / and install as usual? Should it work if I use the same ...
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Will the new open source Broadcom drivers be available in the current LTS release?
I just found out that Broadcom has released a set of open source drivers for their wireless cards. I know that the Ubuntu kernel team keeps a package of backported drivers for LTS 10.04.
Is the ...
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Screen Resolution: xrandr "cannot find mode"
So I do a vanilla install of 10.04 Lucid Lynx, and login. The display resolution is clearly smaller than it should be.
I did a quick Google search, and then run xrandr:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, ...
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Why does my name resolution hit the DNS even with a hosts file entry?
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS Desktop. Being a web developer, naturally I created a "me.com" in my /etc/hosts file. Unfortunately, my name resolution is going out to the DNS before first checking my ...
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How large should I make root, home, usr, var, and tmp partitions?
i install ubuntu server 10.04, have 64 Gb VHD.
And want to separate partitions in this mode:
/dev/xvda0 p on swap (2 Gb)
/dev/xvda1a0 e on /boot (128 Mb)
/dev/xvda1a1 e on / type ffs (local)
/dev/...
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Mount a LUKS partition at boot
I have installed an Ubuntu machine with two encrypted LUKS partitions: one for / and one for /home.
I've reinstalled the machine to upgrade to 10.04. Again, the / is installed using LUKS, and I'm ...
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Can I update the kernel of my 10.04 LTS to the latest kernel?
I want to update the kernel version of my current 10.04 LTS to at least 2.6.37 (because the drivers for my eth0 and wlan0 interfaces are included in the said kernel).
If it is possible, how do I do ...