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I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 from the iso 'ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso'. I installed this in VMWare Fusion 4.1.1 running on OSX 10.7.3. When setting up the VM, I allowed easy install to take care of creating my user and installing VMWare tools. No problems during installation, everything…
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When I type in 'sudo apt-get update' I get this
mohd-arafat-hossain@TUD:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for mohd-arafat-hossain:
Ign http://bd.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://bd.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://bd.archive.ubuntu…
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Whats common among Skype, Opera, OpenOffice in Ubuntu ? Whenever I open these applications I get logged off and shows back me the login screen. This started happening since the 10.10 upgrade.
Forgot to mention :
Yes, its x64.Each time I open these applications, the UI shows and then crashes.
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I have a warning triangle that my update information is outdated, the last update was 12 days ago. I use Ubuntu 11.10. A run of sudo apt-get update produces the following output:
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric InRelease
Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com oneiric InRelease …
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Hi all,
I'm trying to run apt-get update on ubuntu 9.10
I've configured my proxy server and I can access the internet without any problem:
/etc/apt# wget "http://www.google.com"
Resolving (...)
Proxy request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 292 [text/html]
Saving to: `index.html'
100%[=================================================================================================================================>]…
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I did the following:
installed VirtualBox 3.1.6 OSE in ubuntu 10 desktop.
installed ubuntu 10 server on a virtual machine in VirtualBox.
select "LAMP server" and "OpenSSH server" options during the ubuntu server installation.
leave network "adapter 1" of virtual machine as "NAT".
use "VBoxManage"…
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hi,
I'm emulating Ubuntu using VMWare and I've upgraded it to Maverick version.
When I boot the system I get this error (below the Ubuntu logo):
"an error occurred while mounting /mnt/hgfs"
So I have to click S to continue and the the OS seems to work well.
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I was using Ubuntu 9, then automatically updated it to 10, then the minimize, maximize and close buttons that used to be on top right were moved to top left. Among the three buttons, close was moved to the far left. Close is below Applications and above File. You have to look to the close button to…
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I've been running CentOS 5 for some years. I've decided to upgrade to Ubuntu, and with 10.04 just out, this seemed like a good time.
I'm a tad paranoid, so I started off with a new set of drives - one to install on, one to backup to, and one as a spare. I removed my existing CentOS 5 drives, and…
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I'm trying to get a touch screen working with Ubuntu 10.04LTS (64bit)
-it is a serial touchsceen, connected at /dev/ttyS0 ,i know that works because I get garbage in the terminal when I enable it.
-before the screen used a 3m driver (I believe) in XP.
My knowledge of Linux is passive so I generally…
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