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How to start a phone call from the terminal in Ubuntu Phone?
The ability to start a phone call from the terminal is mentioned in this transcript of a Q&A-session with the Canonical community team.
So - did somebody figure out, how to do it? The terminal ...
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Nmap traceroute max TTL
(Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS.)
Traceroute has "-m, --max-hop=NUM", as does tracepath.
How can I limit the max number of hops when using :
nmap -Pn -sn --traceroute
?
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Help, getting following error on ubuntu boot : end kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exit code=0x0000007f00] [on hold]
I had ubuntu 14.04 64 bit. And needed to install skype.
So basically this happened because,
Tried to install skype,
added ia32libs and dpkg architeture i386.
removed all ia32libs
removed dpkg ...
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CapsLock breaks Eterm keybinds
In my Ubuntu Server 14 with FluxBox i use to bind actions on Eterm.
This is my user.cfg file:
[...]
begin actions
bind ctrl shift button3 to string '^[]6;14^G'
bind ctrl button3 to menu ...
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How can I view my virtualbox guest unix filesystem from the host windows file/text editor? [on hold]
I'm running Ubuntu/CentOS in a virtualbox guest and am trying to configure various services to run on it (nginx, php, memcache and more). As a novice Unix user, I'm finding it slow to use the console ...
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Intermediate programmer seeks comprehensible info on which blobs are included in the Linux kernel, 4.2
I am specifically asking about the kernel included in Ubuntu 15.10 and my technical skills are meek-I can code in C, make system calls, use XCB. I barely know make, don't comprehend GIT.
I cannot ...
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Can you run GNU/Linux userspace code other than Ubuntu on Windows?
Microsoft has announced Ubuntu on Windows — The Ubuntu Userspace for Windows Developers. It's supposed to allow native Linux binaries to run unmodified on Windows 10, like wine in reverse.
Why ...
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Ubuntu: I cannot reach internet
I'm trying to install nodejs on my Ubuntu server but it seems not to be able to reach the internet.
My server has two network interfaces:
eth0 connected to my network
eth1 used sometimes to be ...
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Mono Ubuntu Linux 15.10 Encoding puzzle [on hold]
Why does the IntPtr astr argument in the following C# and C++ code contain random Chinese Unicoce characters after crossing the unmanaged C++ to managed C# bridge? What is the nature of the encoding ...
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How to configure Debian/Ubuntu to obtain partition numbers on desktop icons?
As you can notice in the below picture there is no way to guess which partitions are referred to various icons volume. I would like that various icons has to be renamed on something like /dev/sdax. ...
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Why is 64bit Ubuntu running Slower? [on hold]
I have 2 mostly identical machines, and Acer and a Lenovo, both with Intel Atom 230 CPU @ 1.60GHz and 1GB of DDR2 RAM. The acer has a fresh install of 64Bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS while the Lenovo has the ...
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VPN established using OpenVPN but no DNS server update [on hold]
I have a client.ovpn file which I use to connect VPN on Ubuntu Linux. I also have an OpenVPN installation on Windows which I use to connect to the same remote network. But it is given to me as a ...
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Strange Ubuntu logout when manipulating DOM in Google Chrome
The context: in Google Chrome, in the the Developer Tools inspector, each time I try to move a DOM element, Ubuntu Gnome log me out without notice.
I can't even take a snapshot of this, because I'm ...
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recover from btrfs forced readonly system root
my system (Ubuntu 14.04) used btrfs as root fs, and it suddenly becomes read only.
I can't even apt-get update/upgrade if new kernel will fix or unmount or anything at all...
is there anything I can ...
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Refresh Button in Ubuntu 14.04 [on hold]
I want to add a refresh button on my right click to my Ubuntu 14.04 by using of system calls.
Can anyone please assist with the system calls for the same?
Thanks.
Nikhil
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Cron command is running but not actually executing
I'm on a new server and having issues getting crons to run under cron.d
Here is the content of /etc/cron.d/mytest:
MAILTO=""
SHELL=/bin/bash
*/1 * * * * root sudo /usr/bin/php ...
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Rsyslog to use hostname instead of leftmost FQDN label
I have an Ubuntu 15.10 configuration in which /etc/hostname reads
projectname-environmentname
and /etc/hosts reads
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 environmentname.projectname.tld ...
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Opencl only detects 1 gpu instead of 2
I have an ubuntu 14.04 setup with r9 390 and the r9 nano. aticonfig --list-adapters detects both the r9 390 and r9 nano.
The nano is connected to the motherboard via a 1x to 16x pci-e USB riser.
When ...
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Vulnerability demonstration on Ubuntu 9.04
For a class on IT security, I want to demonstrate privilege escalation to the students. To do so, I looked through the exploit/linux/local list in the Metasploit Framework, finding (among others) ...
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Apache and symbolic link in /var/www/html
I'm trying to create a symbolic link to /home/user/www from /var/www/html
so i can access the directory in my home folder from the URL: http://localhost/www/
I did: ln -s /home/user/www /var/www/html ...
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'Resuming' Ubuntu after battery died
I'm running Ubuntu 15.10 alongside OSX, usually booting into Ubuntu using rEFInd.
Last night my laptop died while in Ubuntu due to lack of battery power, when trying to boot back into Ubuntu this ...
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How to access local repository mirror?
I am trying to access a local apt mirror which is on a usb drive. The file tree on the drive is
/apt-mirror
/mirror
/archive.ubuntu.com
/dists
/pool
/skel
...
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How do I run commands that target a linux distro inside a mounted image?
I'm trying to use Ubuntu Customization Kit, however it's failing because of a bug. It gets to the point where it mounts the necessary image, but then does not open the console for me to be able to ...
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how to run android dex from command line in ubuntu 14.04
I write a program which has ant build file with this command:
<exec executable="dx"
dir="${workdir}">
<arg value="-JXmx${env.JavaHeap}"/>
<arg value="--dex"/>
<arg ...
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Ubuntu 14/Windows 7 Dual boot [on hold]
I just installed ubuntu on a computer that previously had windows 7. I first created a partition for the Linux OS which I had to put at the start of the disk. But that corrupted the Windows install ...
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I would like an example of how to use wcout and #include <iostream> with Ubuntu Linux 15.10, Centos and Redhat Linux [closed]
I would like to see an example of how to use wcout and #include iostream with Ubuntu Linux 15.10, Centos and Redhat Linux. I google searched this question in earnest for 4 hours tonight. One ...
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Anyone know a good USB dongle for Ubuntu 15.10 [closed]
I tried the TP-LINK Archer T1U Wireless AC450 Nano USB Adapter, it has source code for Linux drivers that I could not get to compile on Ubuntu 15.10.
Thanks in advance
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Correct dpi setting with nvidia driver
I just installed the nvidia-352 driver on (a freshly installed) ubuntu 15.10 for a quadro K2000M graphics card.
Then I enabled it via sudo prime-select nvidia. After reloading the xserver I get very ...
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How to add time stamp(month_year) to the file after matching specific string?
I want to add time stamp inside the file only after matching specific string,
time stamp format: 03_2016
file contains "$channel_name Policy" string, I want to replace this string with ...
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Can not boot windows after installing ubuntu
I installed Ubuntu in a computer with Windows preinstalled but when doing it I didn't disable fast startup and now can't boot Windows.
I am using GRUB to boot. In the GRUB menu I can see Windows, but ...
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Retrieve data from “erased” home partition while installing win7
I had a computer with a windows 7 and I installed lubuntu 14.04 on another partition (I think I shrinked the windows NTFS partition first).
I installed lubuntu this way:
-> NTFS boot
-> NTFS ...
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Installer hangs randomly
I'm attempting to install Linux and absolutely nothing is working, I have tried:
Booting from USB, in both UEFI and non-UEFI mode
Booting from a DVD installer,
Booting from a UNetBootin image ...
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Upgrade package Ubuntu 15.10
I would like to upgrade systemd to it's most recent version 229( currently I have 225) but when I try to do it via command line I get
systemd is already the newest version.
I suspect 225 is the ...
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Ubuntu 10.04 / Suse10 (yes outdated..): Edit /etc/fstab before it is read
As the topic says: I'm trying to edit the /etc/fstab before it is read during the system-startup
OS: Ubuntu 10.04 and Suse 10
I've linked my edit-script currently under /etc/rc2.d/, but it is called ...
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Steam install via Crouton on Chromebook kills Chroot?
I can't find any answers on this elsewhere, so here goes. PS - this is, quite obviously, my first time with Linux.
I have now twice installed XFCE onto my Toshiba Chromebook 2 using Crouton. After I ...
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host : ubuntu 14.04, guest : ubuntu 14.04 => login & pwd repeteadly asked
I have ubuntu 14.04 LTS installed, I have on it virtualbox 5.0.16, and I tried to create an image of ubuntu 14.04.3 (x64 bits).
so I created a new virtualdisk on virtualbox, with 8GO of HDD, but when ...
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Can't install Virtualbox Xubuntu “Running VMs found”
I'm trying to install Virtualbox5.0 on my xubuntu. On my first installation, virtualBox wasn't working fine so I try to re install it.
Now VirtualBox is uninstalling and I can't reinstall it, when i ...
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Is it correct to apply Steven's Unix & Linux double fork to create a Linux daemon Server which logs to a file continuously?
Is it correct to apply Steven's Unix & Linux double fork to create a Linux daemon Server which logs to a file continuously?
Michael Kent wrote 13 years, 9 months ago in , ...
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Add Multiple VPN External IPs - OpenVPN AS
I'm currently running OpenVPN Access Server on Ubuntu 14.04. I have a VPS with 5 IPs, eth0:1, eth0:2, and etc.
I want to know how to add each of these ips to be used via OpenVPN, so that when a client ...
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Strange warnings when cursor moves from one monitor to the other
I am not sure whether this is a real problem.
However, every time I move my cursor from one screen to the other on a dual monitor system (i.e., laptop + external monitor) the following warning is ...
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Short blank screen a few seconds after login
I am using Ubuntu 15.10 with unity on a Lenovo Thinkpad T460s laptop.
A few seconds after I login my laptop screen as well as the external monitor go blank (i.e., black) for a very short time.
I ...
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OpenVPN client setup
I have been following this tutorial –
Howto Configure OpenVPN Server-Client on Ubuntu 15.04 –
to set up OpenVPN on my Ubuntu 15.04 VM.
I have followed it through and through,
and am kind of stuck ...
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Ubuntu 14: web cam is not detected
Today I bought an usb web cam. However, when I connected it to the PC and did lsusb there is not web cam in the output of the command (only keyboard and mouse). However, when I connect the cam starts ...
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How do I debug email delivery delays?
In order to get notified about some stuff going on on a server, I use simple mailutils command executed @hourly by cron:
cat $file | mail -s "Subject" $receivers
where $receivers is a list of a few ...
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Assign a different ip for each .ovpn client? OpenVPN
Alright, so I'm using OpenVPN on ubuntu 14.04.
Say I have a box, with 5 IPs, I have openvpn, but I want to make 5 different client certificates and .ovpn files, but each of those certificates will ...
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Media change while installing apache2
I've got a fresh copy of Ubuntu Server 15.04 and installed it via "Easy Install" in VMWare WorkStation 12.
After it installed,i've logged in to my account and tried to install apache2 with this ...
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How can I start program on boot in Ubuntu 14.04?
Is the root crontab the only way? I'm starting up a MC server and don't want it to need me to manually restart it each time the server reboots for whatever reason. I don't want any login required ...
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Windows 10 missing from grub after Ubuntu update
So I updated Ubuntu to 14.04 a few days ago and I just noticed Windows 10 went missing from the grub menu options. I tried multiple variations of update-grub and tried using boot-repair, too, but ...
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What am I doing wrong when trying to open port 8080 on iptables using Ubuntu?
I'm trying to open port 8080 so I can use a web panel application (McMyAdmin) I have installed on my Ubuntu server. I'm rather new to Linux / SSH in general but I'm getting there thanks to various ...
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Unable to establish PPP on USB dongle?
I have USB Dongle and i am willing to setup ppp through the dongle.
I have done following steps to setup ppp.
1.When i plugged the dongle into Ubuntu 14.04.
It has been detected as the Mass ...
