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I use Ubuntu 9.10
I changed my password. After I restarted my machine and tried to do sudo whatever...
I got
"username" is not in the sudoer list.
What should I do to get back in there?
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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
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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.
I…
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I have a warning triangle that my update information is outdated, the last update was 12 days ago.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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Want to install ubuntu from usb flash but after i press continue after the install alongside windows button my HP pavillion laptop restarts and boots into vista and starts wubi installer. The wubi installer installation process ends with the following error.
'None Type' object has no attribute…
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In Ubuntu 9.x, 10.x, the .xinitrc file is apparently not used. So, where do you put your xinit stuff?
Note: asking this here, answering it myself, in light of http://serverfault.com/questions/87156/ubuntu-karmic-ignores-xinitrc
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Hi,
I'm debugging an API I'm building using netcat to send raw HTTP requests. The thing is that Apache closes the connection after 10 seconds, giving me very little time to type. I know that I could pipe a file to nc, or use any other workaround, but I'd like it to work as it's supposed to.
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I tried to to remote into my Ubuntu machine. I enabled the setting on Ubuntu and that side seems to work.
But I get a connection time out when I use RealVNC on the Windows box.
I believe it is a firewall issue. I disabled the firewall for that application on Windows but I don't know how to check…
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So here's my problem: I have some netbooks (ASUS eee, and ACER Aspire Ones) that I've been tasked to set up as kiosk machines, locked up tight
for normal users.
I am a command-line, server man, so this gnome malarkey is all a bit new to me.
I found a lovely 9.04 kiosk livecd that installs and runs…
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