Ubuntu is a Linux distribution with an emphasis on ease of use and installation. Note that http://askubuntu.com is specifically dedicated to Ubuntu questions.
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my site is down in Ubuntu how to resolve it
might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
ERR_NAME_RESOLUTION_FAILED
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Linux distribution with out-of-the-box exFAT support
I have to create a live USB media I can boot a machine with that has no network devices. At the same time, it has to be capable of writing to/reading from exFAT formatted devices. I had to find out ...
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Bluetooth on, but not showing avaliable devices Ubuntu 14.04?
I have a problem with my Bluetooth connections, I turn on the connectivity of my b-device and my PC but it keeps on searching for nearby devices and showing nothing.
Any ideas?
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Can't Find Theme (New To Linux)
I am trying out Ubuntu Linux and one thing I really want to change is the change is the default theme. I saw the a theme site and saw a really good menu bar and thought that downloading the theme ...
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Best front end for MRTG rrd graphs
I am using default MRTG on Ubuntu which creates nice graphs for various servers/instances but it pool data at 5 minute interval therefore I want to move to RRD graphs which can get data at 1 minute ...
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Can't write to file system even though there is free space as said by df -h
I was writing files (large amount of small files) to the file system in a java programme and then it suddenly threw a 'No space left on device' exception. Then I checked the output of df-h and it says ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 excessive disk activity
I recently upgraded my laptop from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. Mostly due to Cinnamon becoming unstable. I did a clean install of Ubunutu 16.04 with cinnamon. I have noticed that my SSD disk is constantly "...
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How to list QNAP virtual machines from an SSH command line?
This is partly a straight question and partly an attempt to gain more understanding about how QNAP network servers work.
My office uses a local network drive installed with (according to /proc/...
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Consistently high but decreasing ping behavior on ubuntu machine
I have a ubuntu machine (Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS) connected to my home router via ethernet. I had been noticing poor performance when connecting via ssh, so I ran some ping tests from the ubuntu machine. ...
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cURL and wget cannot resolve hosts, but apt-get works
I've installed Ubuntu server 16.04 in a VirtualBox. If I try to install software with apt-get it works fine, but curl test.de or wget get.typo3.org/8.4.0 shows me that the host could not be resolved. ...
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Ubuntu not hibernating after running out of battery when the lid is closed?
I used to work with Windows. When I wanted to stop using my laptop I only closed the lid and even if the Laptop runs out of battery, the state of the machine was saved. So, when I plugged to the AC ...
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How to get rid of an unwanted input repeating belt?
I got recently a belt that repeats the input characters. It looks like this:
I don't know where it comes from nor how to turn it off. And best uninstall it altogether.
Not only does it annoy me all ...
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Force ALSA/pulseaudio to use both output jacks at the same time
I have a dodgy jack at the front of my computer. I decided to use the one that connects directly to the motherboard at the back. The problem is that from time to time the unplugged jack at the front ...
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Booting ISOs and partitions in a usb pen drive [on hold]
I want to setup 4 bootable ISOs (kali 32bit, kali 64bit, ubuntu 32bit, ubuntu 64bit) and a encyrpted lvm full OS (ubuntu 64bit) in one USB, how should I configure it using GRUB2? I only knows that I ...
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shutdown ubuntu at specific time
I am using ubuntu server 14.04, Now downloading in process and i am leaving office. I want to shut it down after 2 hours. please help me, how to do it.
This didn't work for me.
sudo shutdown -P 60
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How to make laptop switch to external HDMI monitor when plugged in?
I have a KVM switch using an HDMI monitor,kb& mouse between a desktop and laptop. Whenever I switch away from the laptop, it reverts to its internal display, as expected. The problem is it does ...
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How can I redirect outbound traffic to another ip using iptables
I have server1 (192.168.0.1:8080) and server2 (192.168.0.2:8765). I need to redirect OUTBOUND traffic from server1 port 8080 to server2 with iptables.
On server1 I set:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/...
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Trying to figure out Linux script
I am a fairly new Linux user and I am trying to put a script together for a class.
The script is supposed to allow a user to type in a username, and it will say if the username exists or not. If it ...
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Shellshock attack issue
I'm having an issue with practising a shellshock attack on a virtual machine , I'm trying to get it to locate and print a password file but every time I run it using curl in terminal it seems to only ...
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Error powerpc ubuntu in yaboot
I'm trying to boot my ubuntu machine, but I'm getting error on yaboot. Can help me to see if there is any data that is misconfigured. Information about the machine: ...
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Trackpad and keyboard no longer work on any linux distribution but work on GRUB / Windows and BIOS menu
I having trouble with my computer.
I have Elementary OS (Ubuntu) / OpenSuse and Windows installed and suddently the trackpad and the keyboard integrated in my laptop stop to work. When I try to reboot,...
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Bulk copy files from network to virtual machine command
I need to copy all the files and folders from my company's network folder (of another employees) to my virtual machine.
For example
Source: \\ABCCL001569\Code\
Destination: /var/www/html/code_Dump
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Upstart Zookeeper script hangs and does not start
I've been writing a Zookeeper upstart service script as follows:
description "ZooKeeper"
limit nofile 32768 32768
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on [!12345]
respawn
respawn limit 2 5
umask 007
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SSH Pseudo-Terminal without option
I'm currently writing my bachelor thesis and have to use OpenTOSCA. We have a NodeType that connects to a Ubuntu 14.04 VM via SSH. I want to start a program in the background, which is not supplied as ...
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Accessing 2nd SSD [duplicate]
I have two SSDs in my computer, on SSD0 i have Linux mint 18 installed, SSD1 is blank.
I want to make SSD1 available as storage which can be accessed while runnin SSD0.
Can anyone help me? ...
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Setup of TFTP to boot OS from PXE
I am trying to network system from network using PXE. I almost done, but have some problem.
When I boot my client from PXE I got this on clients' screen:
PXE-E11: ARP timeout
PXE-E38: TFTP cannot open ...
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Failed to connect to server through PXE
Cannot connect client to server (see attach.)
in a few minutes got message "DHCP received no offers!".
this is my dhcp.conf on server
#
# Sample configuration file for ISC dhcpd for Debian
#
# ...
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Unable to connect to SSH server from MacOS
On a MacOSSierra I'm running VirtulBox with Ubuntu 16.4 Server (CLI)
I'm trying to establish a SSH connection from Mac to the VM (they are both on the same machine)
Mac Terminal:
usermac-MacBook-Pro:...
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Setup of DHCP server
I am trying to rise a server to boot OS from network.
The last thing I must do is to setup DHCP. I found an instruction on the Internet but encountered some problem..
Instruction says type
sudo nano ...
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How can I pass NO to for a particular upgrade
I am running the following commands:
1. sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
2. sudo apt-get upgrade
Now when I am doing the 2nd one, it tells me at a certain point later in installation:
Setting up ...
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arm-linux-androideabi-gcc is unable to create an executable file on Windows 10
I am trying to configure ffmpeg for android on windows 10 through bash Ubuntu terminal. I am follow this tutorial But getting error.
Error is
C:/Users/BIP042.BIPADBBSR/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/ndk-...
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Automate list files with ssh from Ubuntu to Windows(Openssh)
I am writing some automation API in C working with remote file system via SSH.
The host is running Ubuntu-Linux and one of the target machine is running Windows 7 with OpenSSH installed.
The ...
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Can't start sshd service on windows linux subsystem
I can't start sshd service on windows linux subsystem.
I use sudo service ssh restart, and I get
initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection ...
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Why am I unable to switch to console 5 under Gnome-Ubuintu 16.04.1 LTS [closed]
I can switch through consoles 1 to 7 and only console 5 is unavailable.
Also when I turn the computer off using one of the terminals (sudo sync followed by sudo halt) the log tells me I can't ...
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What file determines “# Registers:” entries in /home/ubuntu/.viminfo after apache2 restart [on hold]
I posted this question in "Ask Ubuntu" but no replies.
I have installed Apache2 on Ubuntu LTS 16.04. I looked at the /home/ubuntu/.viminfo file and it contained the following lines.
# Registers:
"0 ...
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Clonezilla installation - Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I'm trying to install clonezilla, but I got an error :
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
clonezilla is already the newest version (3.21....
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Issue on my MBP 2012 [closed]
I have a little issue this morning when I rebooted my MBP 2012. In reality, I got rid of OSX to Ubuntu, and when I rebooted my MBP, the following image appears. Could anyone be able to tell me what do ...
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Problem with strongSwan
I have a VPN server with Ubuntu and IKEv2 protocol using strongSwan.
We create clients using the bash user.sh script, but we have a problem as shown below.
When the number of clients increases - to ...
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What is the best way to map Caps Lock to windows key permanently?
I have this right now in my ~/.Xmodmap
clear Lock
keycode 66 = Hyper_L
and xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap in ~/.bashrc.
This works alright for the first time but randomly the Caps Lock key goes back to working ...
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Postfix. 1 domain using multiple ip addresses for balance load
I would like to setup a postfix server to send from 1 domain attached to many IP addresses. Sending from many different domains each with single attached IP is no problem and I have achieved this ...
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Process does not close on broken pipe
I am starting following command from a bash script (arguments omitted for simplicity)
avconv | sox | nc
I am starting about 150 such commands on the same box at the same time.
The last nc command ...
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PC freezes and screen goes black in setup and when using Ubuntu 16.04/14.04 LTS and Linux Mint 18
During the installation of the OSes in the title and within a minute of using any of them, my PC would freeze for a few seconds and then my display would go black. After a few seconds with the ...
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Close terminator terminal that called layout
I have a layout that will load 3 terminals each with different profiles, but I'm trying to figure out how to remove/hide the terminal that called the layout. For example, I open a terminator terminal ...
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How to correctly set hostname and domain name?
I am renting a server, running Ubuntu 16.04 at a company, let's name it company.org.
Currently, my server is configured like this:
hostname: server737263
domain name: company.org
Here's my FQDN:
...
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why is apt docs is missing? how to get it back?
I'm reading the man page of apt and at the "see also" section it says:
SEE ALSO
apt-get(8), apt-cache(8), sources.list(5), apt.conf(5), apt-
config(8), The APT User's guide in /usr/...
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how to open current directory [closed]
so i was learning unix and in unix when you want t open the current directory you type: open . and then the current dir that you are in opens in graphical interface.
i switched to linux because it ...
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Missing bpf header, although pcap and simlink are made as reference to folder /net [closed]
Trying to install NFDUMP I've bumped against error: missing bpf header in nfpcapd.c file, when I try $make
I have also installed pcap and made a simlink as follows:
$ln -s /usr/include/pcap/bpf.h /...
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How to find libavcodec to build VLC (with AFL fuzz)?
I'm running a Ubuntu 64-bit system in a VM. I wanted to fuzz the VLC media player, so I grabbed the tar file, and built the dependencies and tried configuring it using this line:
./configure CC="afl-...
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how to prevent uninstallation of Dan's Guardian in centos 7?
I am trying to prevent uninstallation of Dansguardian and want to protect it with password . Is it possible in centos 7, unbuntu .
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Preventing other users from viewing my files [closed]
Ref: Can root/superuser read my read-protected files?
My Ubuntu user account name "user-3121" with type as "Administrator". There is one more account named "admin" with type as "Administrator". How ...
