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How to interpret state and log files written by preload program in Linux?
Preload is a program which prefetches files from the disk needed by various applications to reduce application startup time. It seems to be very popular and useful (just google preload+linux) but the ...
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webdav davfs2 input/output error
I've got a box.com account configured in a Linux system so a user can mount it in a certain mountpoint and access its contents. It is declared in fstab as:
https://www.box.com/dav /media/box davfs rw,...
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Gnome 3 move window to 2nd monitor?
I am running Mint Linux 12 with Gnome 3. My setup has 2 screen. I am wondering if there is a program to move the windows to a 2nd monitor? Something like display fusion for Linux that makes a button ...
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NTFS external hard drive formatted on Linux is not recognized by Windows
I fully formatted a hard drive in NTFS on Linux from a completely empty (zeroed) drive and it is not recognized by Windows 10. It is not listed in the Windows File Explorer nor with the fsutil fsinfo ...
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Raspberry pi wpa_supplicant can't connect on a specific wifi. CTRL-EVENT-ASSOC-REJECT status_code = 16
I'm having trouble connecting to a specific wifi using raspberry pi. Here is the output when I check /var/log/syslog:
Jun 19 09:44:52 raspberrypi wpa_supplicant[447]: wlan0: Trying to associate with ...
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USB tethering much slower than WiFi tethering
In my area, my home Internet will often go down due to storms. At these times, I need to tether using my 4G LTE mobile phone, which gets decent speeds of around 10 Mb/s for download and similar for ...
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btrfs online conversion from directory to subvolume
Is there a way to create a btrfs subvolume from a directory, without interrupting processes using files in that directory.
For instance, I want to create a subvolume for /tmp (to exclude it from ...
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Debian server stops booting with Unknown symbol error
After a reboot my Debian Server don't want to boot anymore.
Loding the Kernel Modules nfsd and ext4 fails with the following errors (in dmesg):
nfsd: Unknown symbol setattr_prepare (err 0)
nfsd: ...
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Echo asterisks/passphrase as it's being typed in gnupg with tty pinentry
I'm using gnupg with tty pinentry agent to encrypt a file with a symmetric passphrase. When I'm typing it, both to encrypt and decrypt the file, gnupg's tty pinentry avoid displaying the characters I'...
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jenkins:Broken AVD system path. Check your ANDROID_SDK_ROOT value
I have docker-image of jenkins.
Home directory of jenkins is: /var/jenkins_home wich mapped to /home/user
So, i install android-sdk wich mapped to:
/home/user/tools/android-sdk/
When i install ...
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How do I install Nix on a custom directory?
I have been trying to follow the Nix wiki to install Nix on a custom path /scratch/gopinath/nix. The /nix path is not accessible to me due to the restrictions on the system provided by my university. ...
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What is the difference between “/usr/local” and ”/usr/share?”
I am afraid this is another of FHS questions but I was not able to find more detailed explanation which I feel I need. Yeah, I know about Uni FHS and etc, but what still feels like lacking ...
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wifi p2p between ubuntu 14.04 and android
I attempted to make a wifi p2p connection between Ubuntu 14.04(kernel 3.13) and Android 4.4 Kitkat(Samsung Galaxy Note 2)
In Ubuntu
I use wpa_supplicant v2.1 which is built in to Ubuntu 14.04(/sbin/...
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Is Xfce supposed to run slowly on Virtualbox?
I'm having problems getting Xfce systems on VirtualBox to run smoothly. What I mean by slow is that moving or resizing windows looks very "laggy" (basically just windows jumping from one ...
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Cannot make mobile broadband Vodafone USB connection Ubuntu 13.04
I have Ubuntu 13.04 and I bought yesterday a Vodafone USB stick for internet connection. I am located in Romania.
This is what I've did:
First Thing
Network Connections, added connection.
Selected ...
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