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    [ubuntu] 2011 Tour de France and Moonlight

    I've paid to stream the 2011 Tour de France, and must use Silverlight or Moonlight. It streams just fine on my dual boot 32-bit laptop via Windows 7 and Silverlight. On the same laptop, running...
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    [SOLVED] Re: configure onboard video: Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H

    Success! I was able to solve the problem through the following steps:

    Install Nvidia proprietary video driver
    Uninstall Nvidia driver
    Switch BIOS selection to onboard display
    Remove PCIe...
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    [SOLVED] Re: configure onboard video: Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H

    The BIOS on this system is a bit unusual in that it has a setting to choose whether the video will be delivered via the onboard display or the PCI bus. When it is set to the onboard chip, the result...
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    [SOLVED] Re: configure onboard video: Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H

    I tried the command "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg," as root, and rebooted. However, the display is not served graphically.

    The machine will boot up with a graphical interface when the old GeForce...
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    [SOLVED] configure onboard video: Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H

    I just replaced my motherboard with a Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H. I am happy to report that the OS (Ubuntu 10.04) was smart enough to boot up using the pre-existing software RAID 5 (four disks) and work...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Custom UFW rules and google earth

    I run network-manager on my laptop, because it works pretty well with wireless routers; but I seem to have better luck editing config files when it comes to cabled workstations and servers.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Custom UFW rules and google earth

    I forgot to mention that 192.168.1.254 is the ip address of my gateway (router-modem), and that my ISP's nameservers are set in that device.
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    [ubuntu] Re: Custom UFW rules and google earth

    I had "nameserver 192.168.1.254" on the first line of resolv.conf, using my ISP's dns servers (68.94.156.1 and 68.94.157.1). Then your comment led me to try reverting to a static ip address and then...
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    [ubuntu] Re: Custom UFW rules and google earth

    I have discovered that GoogleEarth fails to connect to their servers when my x64 workstation is assigned a static ip address, yet works fine with DHCP. (Other programs such as web browsers work fine...
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    [ubuntu] Apache2 SSL CommomName mismatch

    I've just migrated my website to a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 10.04 (x64), re-using my chained certificate. I am serving only one virtual host with a rewrite rule in...
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    [SOLVED] Re: Dovecot-Postfix problem

    :pMy email client wasn't properly configured. Now it is and everything works. Many thanks!
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    [SOLVED] Re: Dovecot-Postfix problem

    Bachstelze: Thank you. I created an alias for root's mail and it is now being delivered. Now I just need to address the problem of sending email:

    root@white:/var/log# tail -n 2 mail.log |less
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    [SOLVED] Dovecot-Postfix problem

    I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 10.04 server (amd64), with Postfix and dovecot-postfix configured as per this Ubuntu/Postfix documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/postfix.html ...
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    [ubuntu] Re: OpenOffice fails to open files via sftp

    Yes, I can drag a file onto my desktop, edit it, and then cut and paste to overwrite the file on the remote server. (I can also open the same file from another client running Kubuntu, using...
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    [ubuntu] OpenOffice fails to open files via sftp

    Beginning several weeks ago, I have not been able to open OpenOffice documents via sftp. I am running Ubuntu 9.10 (32-bit) on a laptop with Gnome 2.28.1 and OpenOffice 3.1. After using Nautilus to...
  16. [SOLVED] Re: No run directory defined for saslauthd, not starting

    The solution was to add the missing quotes for /etc/default/saslauthd, line #55: OPTIONS="-c -m /var/spool/postfix/var/run/saslauthd -r":popcorn:
  17. [SOLVED] No run directory defined for saslauthd, not starting

    Here is an update on the initial post (italicized below):

    I seem to be missing a subdirectory for saslauthd, and don't know how to remedy that. I applied the instructions in "The Perfect Server -...
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