I saw the intel-microcode in the ubuntu repositories and was wondering if it was worth installing on my Yorkfield-6M based system. If so, what are the benefits from this package?
I am wondering will it affect my server if I upgrade to the latest version. Anything I should be careful about?
Also, im wondering what is an intelligent way to update a ubuntu server normally. Would you update every week for instance? also would you have lots of errors to handle with scripting systems like perl/cpan modules etc, since these are…
I have done a fresh install of Ubuntu Server version 12.04 and am trying to install a dhcp server package using the following command:
sudo apt-get install dhcp3-server
However I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package dhcp3-server
Can someone tell me how…
Hi, I'm running ubuntu 9.10 which has gcc4 (libstdc++6) installed, and I need to install a program that requires libstdc++5 that comes with gcc3. I don't see gcc-3 listed when I run "apt-cache search" so:
Is it necessary to install gcc-3 to achieve libstdc++5 ? If so where can I get it ?
Is there a way to install just libstdc++5
Would a soft…
I am having problems with the refresh rate if the screen .
In the the refresh mode of the monitor in the monitor options have only one option 60Hz.
I have LG 24 + ATI Radon 3870, and have already installed the ATI driver via Ubuntu download center.
Any idea how I solve that one?
Thanks.
hey all, I'm trying to create a local user on a new ubuntu box my admin set up. I'm unable to change the password, I keep getting the error below. The user gets added to the shadow file but I can't get it to set a password. Any ideas? I've googled for over an hour :(
thanks!
admin@theserver:~$ sudo useradd jamz
[sudo] password for admin: …
Is it possible to dual boot between Ubuntu and W7.vhd? If anyone knows please tell me how.
if you can answer to informaticomurciano@gmail.com would be perfect. Thanks
I am using Ubuntu Server to host an Intranet website with Apache and was wondering if it was possible to change the web site's domain name so I don't have to enter the IP address to access the site.
Thanks in advance!
I was using my LCD monitor with my laptop properly with Windows 7. But I am facing a problem in Ubuntu.
It connects in a proper way but on pressing backspace it automatically moves back to my laptop screen. Sometimes pressing any key moves back to my laptop screen.
How can I fix this behavior?
I need to have two instances of Tomcat 6 running on Ubuntu 10.04. I know it should be doable pretty simply by something like:
copy /var/lib/tomcat6 to /var/lib/tomcat6-2
modify ports in /var/lib/tomcat6-2/conf/server.xml
copy /etc/init.d/tomcat6 to /etc/init.d/tomcat6-2
modify /etc/init.d/tomcat6-2...
...but my problem is that I'm…
I have window server which shares the folder called wwwroot.
In my ubuntu that window computer is not visible.
When i press ctrl + L
and type smb://window-comp-name/wwwroot
Then it works
I tried mounting that folder using
sudo mount smb://SERVER/wwwroot /media/dir1
but it didn't work
I am setup postfix on my linode vps using https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix, mail are going to localhost perfectly. Problem is i am configure SASL in postfix ,since i don't have ssl and i can't send any mails to external domains get error "relay access denied".
Through google this error i found articles related to SSL, but…
I've just made a fresh installation of Ubuntu 10.04 on my Dell Inspiron 1420. Without updates, I'm not able to play media files. Is there any procedure to install updates via offline as I don't have a internet connection at home.
Thanku.
i have been installed ubuntu server 11.10 and i doesn't specify the domain name during the installation
but after i have been edit /ete/resolve.conf with my dns servers which run windows server the dns can't recognise my server name .
then i installed likewise-open but that doesn't solve the problem and make some problems with…
I noticed that the username I used to install Ubuntu got added to a bunch of groups in the /etc/group file. I'm getting rid of unneeded accounts. Would anything break if I removed that first account?
Hello,
I've just installed ubuntu 10.10 on my laptop its all great but the screen resolution is a bit crap i have it set 1200:800 and when i do xrandr it indicates that the i can have a bigger screen resolution but i dont seem to to be able to increase it more 1200:800.
another interesting thing is that xorg.conf does not…
I installed Ubuntu on my external hard drive but it won't boot on my laptop. It works fine on my desktop but not my laptop. It says it can't find root... what do i do?
I have installed ubuntu on my server.
I want the cronjobs to send me emails for output.
How can i send emails from terminal . which thing i have to install and how will i put smtp or pop setting in that program
I have a small java project that handle connections.
In order to run it from the terminal I have to cd into the folder that contains the source and run the following command:
java -cp classes com.packagename.mainclass
Where classes is the folder that contains the classes.
I want ubuntu to run this application on startup,…
What is the standard/correct way to re-install grub2?
I am using liveusb right now and i am unable to boot into Ubuntu on my hard drive.
Partitions are as follows:
/dev/sda1 1 3917 31463271 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 3918 10444 52428127+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 10445 …
My only issue that is stopping me from moving to Linux is the dual monitor support. If I use TwinView, maximizing an application causes it to take over both monitors, not maximize in the current monitor the way it works in Windows. If I use two separate X windows, certain programs default to a specific monitor with no way of…
I have set up a Ubuntu PC on a next work that is behind a ISA Proxy.
When I run the command
sudo apt-get update
I get several messages with this message:
502 Proxy Error (The ISA Sever denied the specified Uniform Resource Locator)
The computer can see the internet and adding the proxy settings in the Network…