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VirtualBox: mount a shared folder automatically in Gentoo
I'm currently writing a template (in veewee) to build a vagrant box running Funtoo x86_64.
Currently, my box fails the last step for vagrant basebox validate, in which a shared folder has to be ...
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Unable to mount root fs after new kernel compile in VMware
So, I'm attempting to compile and use the 3.6.2 kernel on my Debian 6 VM (running under Windows 7 in VMware Workstation 9). I've already had several hick ups, but I am slowly getting through them but ...
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c++ programming on a Real-time linux OS
Is there any gotcha's programming RealTime C++ applications (user space and linux drivers) on RT linux kernel compare to a std linux kernel?
The Linux RT patch applies changes to kernel scheduler, ...
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compile software with older version of gcc and linux kernel
Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX
Description: openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)
Release: 11.4
Codename: Celadon
gcc (SUSE Linux) 4.5.1
Linux linux-14ay 2.6.37.6-0.20-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2011-12-19 ...
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How do I enable my computer to produce sound whether music or system sounds? [closed]
I have a Dell Inspiron N5040 with Windows 7 and Linux Mint Julia, but when using Linux I can't produce sound.
Please give me all options on how to make sound work on my computer when using Linux.
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Automatically include N latest kernel versions in GRUB / GRUB2 menu on kernel upgrade
What I like about Ubuntu is that the GRUB menu always allows me to pick the latest (default) or second-latest (etc.) kernel version at boot time.
In Arch Linux, I can't do that by default. The only ...
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How can I install php5-curl on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64)
I have a working server running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64), including apache and php. Now I want to add curl support for php by running this:
apt-get install php5-curl
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How do I know which kernel version will have a bug fix I need? [closed]
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Given a git patch id, how to find out which kernel release contains it?
I encountered a bug in one of the newer kernel versions. There is no workaround; if I want to ...
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Running linux kernel in Virtualbox
I just built a linux kernel on ubuntu and now I want to make it run on virtualbox. I wanted it to be in an img format. I created a hard drive image by doing the commands
$ qemu-img create disk.img ...
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What can I do with Linux Kernel downloaded from kernel.org? [closed]
I don't know what I can do with Linux Kernel. Please explain me. What does Kernel live for? If we want an OS for mobile, do we need to use it for mobile os like android? OS starts from Kernel? ...
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Learning the Unix/Linux Kernel [closed]
I've been reading The Design of the UNIX OS by Maurice J Bach. It's good overall.
However, I learn better with audio/visual aids so does anyone know some good video lecture series or tutorials for ...
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SiI 3132 Serial ATA Raid II Controller hangs ubuntu server 12.04 after a while
After a while an ubuntu server suddenly stop to work because of input/output error on master hard disk. I do a hard reboot and everything is working fine (any input/output error) for several days (fom ...
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How to debug Linux kernel panic?
I am trying to debug a kernel panic. Panic message says unable to handle kernel paging request for address 40025694.
At the time of panic it was executing ldreq r10, [lr, #-4] @ get SWI instruction. ...
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Does Ubuntu have a copy of the kernel source? [migrated]
Does Ubuntu have a local copy of the kernel sources? I'm looking for a copy of https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tree/master/drivers. On other distros it's often in the /usr/src directory, but on ...
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How do I make a number of drivers “talk” to each other [closed]
In Windows, you can use a driver stack. If there is a layering among a number of drivers you can "insert a new driver".
What mechanisms (besides a function call) exist for Linux drivers?
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