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matt_symes replied to a thread Ubuntu Server help in Security Discussions

Hi Do you have a known clean backup you can revert to ? I would really suggest taking the site down until you know exactly what has been...

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matt_symes replied to a thread Ubuntu Server help in Security Discussions

Thread moved to security discussions.

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josephmills replied to a thread opening vlc player in terminal window in General Help

there should be more then that -v just means list things verbose aka debug well kinda but there should be way more things at least a seg fault if it...

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josephmills replied to a thread Medion PC-Ubuntu12.0LTS-Wireless not working at home but it works using phone hot-spo in Networking & Wireless

could we see the output of rfkill list all thanks

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josephmills replied to a thread Unity with live usb? in Desktop Environments

It happens :) I once spent 3 days lost on a clover leaf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverleaf_interchange if this is solved could you mark it...

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josephmills replied to a thread apt-get through approx fails with 'W: Failed to fetch' in Installation & Upgrades

this might not be what you want to hear but have you ever thought about salt or chef or even better puppet https://puppetlabs.com/ I know...

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josephmills replied to a thread 12.04 dual monitor in General Help

what happens when you open settings-->display--> what monitors are shown ?

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josephmills replied to a thread How do I edit web pages on my Ubuntu server remotely with Windows? in Server Platforms

I use a couple of different IDE's for things related to web If I need to alter on the fly I use http://www.sublimetext.com/ this works alright as...

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josephmills replied to a thread Let me Donate to Bug-fixing please :) in Ubuntu, Linux and OS Chat

I am sure that a lot of the bug squad people like money. But if you paid for each bug fix mr pitt would be a wealth man. though I am sure that...

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josephmills replied to a thread opening vlc player in terminal window in General Help

what happens when you open your terminal (ctrl+alt+t)and enter in vlc -v what is printed to the terminal screen can you paste that here ?

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matt_symes replied to a thread Ubuntu Server help in Security Discussions

Hi Yes. Take the box off line and then.. Read up on how to lock your box down. Read up on where the log files are.

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oldfred replied to a thread Unable to install Win7 - "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style" in System76 Support

I do not know about System76 system. They may just be using gpt partitioning with BIOS as that is how I boot my system which does not have UEFI...

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oldfred replied to a thread Error - Failed to determine the codename of the release. in Server Platforms

Server has the option to install all the various server applications. Desktop defaults to desktop type applications and the different versions of...

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oldfred replied to a thread Unable to install Win7 - "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style" in System76 Support

It depends on whether you are in BIOS mode or UEFI mode. Windows will only install in UEFI mode when drive is gpt partitioned. So if you have...

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oldfred replied to a thread trouble with dual booting 12.04 and 13.04 in Installation & Upgrades

I am not sure your bios_grub is correct if it is sda4. Gparted will show it with an error as it is unformatted. It should show like this with ...

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matt_symes replied to a thread Nginx performance stats per vhost in Server Platforms

Thread moved to Server Platforms.

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oldfred replied to a thread Unable to install Win7 - "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style" in System76 Support

Best to see detail. But I may not be back for two weeks. Post the link to the BootInfo report that this creates. Is part of Boot-Repair:...

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oldfred replied to a thread [Boot-Repair] Graphical tool to repair the PC boot in 1 click! in Installation & Upgrades

You have to have your own thread to be able to mark it solved.

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oldfred replied to a thread Unable to install Win7 - "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style" in System76 Support

UEFI systems are new and more complex as they can be either UEFI or BIOS. And then drive may be formatted with newer gpt partitioning for use with...

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oldfred replied to a thread nvidia GeForce 9800b GT in Hardware

Years ago I had issues with the drivers directly from nVidia, so I only install the versions the are in the repository. I have a 9600GT and the...

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oldfred replied to a thread Unable to install Win7 - "The selected disk is of the GPT partition style" in System76 Support

Windows only installs to gpt partitioned drives with UEFI. Then Ubuntu also needs to be UEFI, but Boot-repair can convert install to use grub-efi in...

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oldfred replied to a thread Windows 7 loads a black screen after ubuntu 13.01 installation in Installation & Upgrades

If you have Windows 7 and not Windows 8, you will not have secure boot issues as that is only Windows 8. And then you should not need the extra...

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Hippytaff - January 20th, 2012

I've been waylaid over at Bodhilinux. Modding the forum and helping out packaging, scripting etc. Hope you are all well
amjjawad - December 14th, 2011 View Conversation

Hi, are you okay? it's been a while and I really hope everything is ok at your end. Take care and hope to see you online soon
anewguy - December 4th, 2011 View Conversation

Been a while since I said hello, so "Hello! hope things are going great!"

Dave
wangsuda - March 26th, 2011 View Conversation

Sorry about that - just been busy. Ubuntu works fine as always. I decided to stick with 32 bit as it works. works perfectly, I might add. I'll try 64 bit again when 11.04 comes out. Thanks for remembering!
Hippytaff - December 24th, 2010

Help yoursef
amjjawad - December 24th, 2010 View Conversation

Mocha is my favorite. May I have some?
amjjawad - December 13th, 2010 View Conversation

You're most welcome, my friend
By the way, every time I see your avatar, I directly smile nice choice
Hippytaff - December 13th, 2010

Thanks for the invitation
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wangsuda - December 3rd, 2010 View Conversation

Thanks for the friend request. I have accepted! you are my first friend here!