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OK, so this is a bit tricky to explain. Bear with me. :D
I have a VPN service which I connect to with a Virtual Machine (both the host and the guest are Ubuntu 12.04.1). This arrangement all works...

So I suppose it's reasons like this example that explain why upstart hasn't completely replaced all of the init.d scripts...

Ah yes, I see now. This is the post: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=11283453&postcount=28. Very handy.

Thanks!

Well, I'm not 100% happy with it though... :P
The upstart job (if it worked) would boot my VM without needing it to be in the "Saved State", and it would also respawn it if it happened to shut...

Having said that, the init.d script does work perfectly. Thanks!

Hmm, I really would have preferred to use upstart - it's much more user-friendly. Would this be a bug possibly? Even if I make the pre-stop command the VBoxManage savestate command, it will save the...

Hello everyone,

I've been trying for hours and hours to figure out a way of running a VirtualBox machine when my system boots using upstart. I've been able to get it to boot successfully, but I...

After doing some experiments, I found that if a user is logged in through SSH the computer is inhibited from shutdown - just as it is for an actual login. This is good to know, I can have the users...

Sorry for the cryptic heading, I couldn't really think of a better way to describe what I'm trying to do.

I will soon be replacing my family's main desktop PC (with another desktop), and want to...

Since upgrading to the new 3.0.x kernel series (via an upgrade to Oneiric), the sound in my Thinkpad R61i laptop has started to have problems.
Specifically:


Headphones. The headphones socket...

I found that it wasn't a Natty-specific issue. Despite my previous comments, it did occur in Lucid too. I'm pretty sure it was because of a slightly corrupted file that Transmission was trying to...

For my system, with TrueCrypt 7.0a and Natty 64bit, the mount point was "/dev/mapper/truecrypt1" instead of "/dev/loop0". But it worked! :P

Fantastic! Thanks heaps. I'll try this right now.

How do I go about setting the reserved space in the EXT4 filesystem in a truecrypt partition to 0%? I don't need the super-user to have any reserved space, but using the normal way doesn't work: ...

OK, I just tried running Transmission for a longer time. This time I was using Maverick. I got a similar error:


[ 559.913021] EXT4-fs error (device sda6): ext4_ext_search_left: inode #302149:...

I managed to get through the check for each of the files in Transmission. But after I left it running for a while it happened again. I guess this would indicate that there is not one specific area of...

"necroposting"

haven't heard that before. love it!



thanks, i'll take a look.

I am using Natty beta 2 amd64, and for testing purposes I have a link set up to my /home partition (sda6) from my Maverick installation. Whenever I run Transmission (which access files on the...

I have some videos in an mkv container that are 1920 pixels wide, but less than 1080 pixels high. This causes problems when playing the videos on a PS3 (after converting to an AVCHD system), because...

OK, thanks everyone. I think I'm going to reconsider Optimus then. On second thoughts, I think a small and lightweight laptop would be better - I can use a desktop for power usage so I'll look for a...

I asked the manufacturer about a BIOS switch for the nVidia/Intel GPU, and there isn't an option for that. The reason I was wanting this particular laptop (Sager NP5160) is that it is available...

So, are you saying that it "just works"? Is this with the Noveau or whatever the default driver is? And compiz works? Have you tried watching HD videos with it?

Thank you very much!

I am looking to purchase a new laptop, a Sager NP5160, which has an nVidia GT 540M and "Optimus" graphics switching, to the internal GPU in the Core i7 CPU.
I know that, as yet, there is no support...

I would really love to have a Gazelle Professional, but System76 won't ship to Australia. I have read that the Gazelle is based on the Sager NP8130 - in fact they look exactly the same and have the...

I presume this is with the standard 31WH battery? What about with the 62WH battery? Logically it would be six hours, but is this confirmed?

Also, is it possible to upgrade the default battery...