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I installed the Ubuntu desktop on a Ubuntu 9.10 VPS server and am able to connect to the server using TightVNC. However, the VNC server on this VPS can only be started by logging in through SSH and typing the following command: vncserver :1 -geometry 800×600 -depth 16 -pixelformat rgb565 If I run this command […]

I want to buy a Samsung Chronos notebook and install Ubuntu alongside Windows. Will there be any trouble with the hardware? I’d hope all the ports should work fine, keyboard special buttons, lights on the keyboard, the fast boot technology (wake from hibernation in a few seconds), etc. Solution: The best buy one I have

I successfully created a RAID (mirroring) by utilizing mdadm. However, I must run the following commands after each boot: mdadm –stop –scan // to stop /dev/md127 – I don’t know where the number 127 even comes frommdadm –assemble –scan // to start /dev/md0 What am I doing wrong/why do I need to run these commands

  Possible Duplicate:  How do I fork a process that doesn't die when shell exits?   Sometimes I remotely connect to my Ubuntu using NX. I then run some jobs in the background, e.g.: $ /path/to/script.pl & However, when I log out, the jobs stop running. How can I make them continue even after I

Ctrl+Shift+U is a combined shortcut in Eclipse. But when I press it, it shows up a u, just like input with an underline. I guess this shortcut has been declared by Ubuntu, so I can’t use it. I used to solve this problem by typing Caps Lock first. Is there any better method? Solution: Found

For all answers i found about this topic, the solution was to create, in a certain computer A where i need to install the package, a file containing all dependencies it needs and then downloading it in another computer, let’s call it B. The thing is, i want to have a storage of certain critical

The TL;DR, added in the edit: The question is: How can I make the BIOS prefer GRUB over Windows Boot Manager on the same UEFI boot partition? The problem is not with Grub; Grub does the right thing when the BIOS starts it. The problem is not with "the disk isn’t bootable," because both the

I am running Ubuntu 10.04 server and am having some very counter-intuitive experiences with users/groups. For example: sudo touch test_file                    # create empty filesudo groupadd test                      # create ‘test’ groupsudo chown root:test test_file          # change group of file to ‘test’sudo chmod g+rwx test_file              # give write permissions to groupsudo usermod -a -G test {my-user}       #

I was wondering how low you could go with hardware that would still be able to smoothly run HD movies. My current plan is around $215 CAD w/o a hard drive: Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.2 GHz – 1GB DDR/SDRAM – 512MB X1600 Pro AGP – 350W PSU – ECS P4VXASD2+ – Bluray/DVD-RW drive. As

I have a dual-boot setup with Ubuntu (lucid) and Windows 7. I have the Windows file system shared on Ubuntu through Samba. Occasionally, I am working on Windows and my machine will go into hibernate (i.e. when the battery level is critical). By default, my GRUB settings boot me into Ubuntu. So when I get