MP3's wiped out by debian randomly without you initiating it to do so?It has just happend to me again for the third time. it didn't touch the .ogg files, only the mp3's is it deleting. last program I used before shutting it down last time was OGMrip but i don't see how that could even touch the mp3's...
View 13 RepliesI'd like to clean up apt/dpkg so that it doesn't think the package whose files I've deleted is still installed, but when I run:
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apt-get remove --purge linux-image-2.6.32-2.slh.4
I get the following:
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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package linux-image-2.6.32-2.slh.4
The package does show up in the list when I run the command:
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dpkg -l "linux-image*"
with "ii" in the 1st column, whatever that means. Should I just rm the matching files in /var/lib/dpkg/info?
I'm pretty new to linux, and I'm facing a problem with an ext3 partition on an external hdd. I'm not sure whether the hdd is about to crash or not, however I've had a few problems accessing it in the past.
I have a second external hdd, the exact same drive, that has the exact same partition configuration, but holds different data. So, my question is; is it possible to backup the partition structure of the second working drive, and using this information to rewrite the partition structure of the failing hdd without damaging the data stored on that drive?
This is a continuation of the post in [URL].... . What has happened is that I have a huge log of 600 MB + and do not know from when the data is in there.
Code: Select all┌─[shirish@debian] - [~/.config/quassel-irc.org] - [9714]
└─[$] ll -h quassel-storage.sqlite                                                 Â
-rw------- 1 shirish shirish 647M Jun 22 21:15 quassel-storage.sqlite
So I need to know if there is a way to get just the first five or ten entries listed as one can do using head, tail etc. I did try just using head but it was unsuccessful. The second thing would be deleting some days, weeks or months data from the existing sqlite log. I did see URL... but in my case I am deleting old entries in the sqlite log and also do not know if sqlite makes backups of the data or not ?
Previously I was running Ubuntu 10.10. I have since migrated both of my machines to Debian 6.0.1. Before migrating I backed up my previous Evolution configuration, and after installing Debian I restored it from that file. Everything worked great except that backup included my UbuntuOne CouchDB address book, which I never used. When I right click it and click "Delete", nothing happens. I'm guessing the files in .evolution that contain this information are binary because I've done a locate ubuntu and couldn't find anything in there. It's not a deal breaker, but I'd like to get rid of this unused address book from a different OS.
View 2 Replies View RelatedJust wondering, what happens when you delete every single file on a running Linux system?
# rm -rf /
If i have ubuntu dual-booted with windows already, and wanted to get rid of windows entirely, how would i delete its partition?
View 8 Replies View RelatedI have an issue with apt-get that has been bugging me, namely that it tries to delete kernels I did not specify for deletion.
This is an issue that has been present over at least the last three releases and is present for both 32bit and 64bit, so it might actually be a feature and not a bug, however I can't see it's usefulness.
When I use the command:
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sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.32-21*
It not only tries to remove the kernel 2.6.32.21 but gives me the following output:
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sudo apt-get remove --purge 2.6.32-22*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting linux-headers-lbm-2.6.32-24-generic for regex '2.6.32-22*'
Note, selecting linux-headers-2.6.32-21-preempt for regex '2.6.32-22*'
[Code]....
When I go through with this command to remove the oldest kernel on the system, it will actually delete all kernels present on my PC (as I painfully learned when I first tried it). Why is that the case? Wouldn't it make more sense to only remove the kernel 2.6.32.22?
I'm pretty new to Ubuntu and it might not be possible to do what I want to do here. First I'll explain the situation. Throught trying to tidy up my mp3 collection usign various pieces of software I now have a folder structure that I want (My MusicArtistalbum rack), However, in the process, I have been left with lots of other folders - these have had the mp3's removed but they contain other files (artwork, playlists, .nfo files - that kind of thing).
What I'm looking for is either a premade solution or help with a script to do the following : Check all folders in my music folder, if the folder doesn't contain any mp3's then check the subfolders, if none of them contain mp3's then delete the main folder (regardless of what otehr files are within it).
It seems like I should be able to do this - but not sure how. Incidentally, I have backed up my music folder to an external disk - so I can't do any lasting damage
I tried running a back-up/restore script in a WordPress install to migrate from one server to another... long story made short, I ended up doing it manually and all is well on that front
The one remnant from that botched script is that it tried creating a directory 'wp-backup' and then a file inside that directory - but it tried using '' instead of '/'. So what it created was a file named 'wp-backupindex.php' with a file size of 0 bytes.
The problem is thus: I can't change the permissions nor delete the file, because of the invalid file name. I don't have direct shell access (that cost *extra*, of course) and every time I try with the web-based file manager (Quixplorer) it sees it as 'wp-backupindex.php', as though the '' is acting as an escape sequence in the file name. Same thing in FileZilla, I can't do anything to the file without it complaining about the invalid file name.
how to ixnay this one file given the limitations above (no shell access) short of calling and bugging tech support to delete the file for me?
I've a big text, and I would like to delete several lines in vim. I was thinking in doing that with marks, but I can't do it. Below it's an example text and I want to delete from <FROM HERE> to <TO HERE>. How can I do that?
[Quote] .....
im working on a mini project which basically use a simple database(Database.txt) which displays its information in this format :apple chiku banana
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#!/bin/bash
Title=
[code]....
I am a non-root user, and have made a directory into which other users in my group can write. The directory is setgid, so files and directories within it have the same group.I can delete files placed into this directory, but if a user creates a subdirectory with files in it, I can't seem to delete those. Is there something special I can do (other than, say, bothering the user in question or the sysadmin about it) to get rid of this subdirectory?
EDIT: Inevitably, of course, someone asks "why?"The shared folder in question is a mercurial repository. We can't use a shared-account ssh-key-based server for this like mercurial-server, and we can't just host it externally for various reasons. But that part works fine.We use Redmine for project management, but it does not yet read the repo index for file contents - it reads the working directory. So the working directory must be kept up-to-datecrontab has been disabled by the sysadmin, so that's out. So I naïvely put a changeset hook in the shared repo that performed an "hg update". This seemed to work fine initially, until, of course, someone pushed a commit with a new directory. While I had vague thoughts of trying to make a setuid script for the hook, I'll probably just consider safer avenues.
I have a laptop that I was dual booting with Windows 7 and Ubuntu. I used the MSFT disk manager to delete the partitions. I made sure my windows live cd was working, which it was, before doing this. But now, when I boot my computer, it won't run the cd. All I get is
error: no such partition. and then a command prompt: grub rescue>
I made sure my boot priority was set to boot from the CD first.
Is there any way to install ubuntu on a drive without deleting the current data on it:
I have a software raid array set up and it has a few folders in it like /rtorrent, /cod4, but nothing that would conflict with a new ubuntu install.
And its formatted as ext3
Is there any way I can install Ubuntu Server 9.10 onto that raid array keeping it INTACT as a raid array AND preserving the data on it?
And is it easy to boot from a software RAID array?
I upgraded to 2.6.33 and my comp will only run in Low graphics mode so i scroll down one level back to 2.6.32-22 and all is fine.How can i 'erase' the 2.6.33 line (and the associated recovery line)from the grub list so i dont have to deal with it till bugs are removed later on.My Grub header says it is version 1.98-1ubuntu6
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've followed some instructions on installing a new hard drive on Ubuntu ("Installing a New Hard Drive" and "HOWTO move /home to a new hard drive") and I've now successfully got my new drive working with /home. Everything looks to be in perfect working order.Now I'm wondering how to delete my original /home folder. Running "df -h" still shows 97% usage on my / partition and I'd like to clear out the old /home to free up all that space. I just don't know where these files are now is all.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI was on line and viewed a Picassa slide show. I went to F11 for the full screen and after I closed Picassa,my Firefox browser had been reset,creating all kinds of issues,taking out my status bar,making it impossible to access the three icons in the top right hand corner of the screen,and so forth.
When I removed and reinstalled Firefox from the Synaptic Package Manager,it did not give me the option of not saving the settings and the same issues pertained to the newly installed one.
Does anybody know the shell code to remove and reinstall the Firefox Browser unsullied,pristine,not saving the existing settings?(realizing I'll lose the bookmarks and have to set it up anew?)
I am a new UBUNTU user. I had installed OS in my computer in the order of XP, Win 7, and finally UBUNTU.With EasyBCD, I managed multi-booting order of XP and Win7. That is, after choosing Win7 or UBUNTU from GRUB, (If I chose Win 7) I should choose XP or Win 7 to boot.
Using UBUNTU, I think that I do not need XP, so I formatted the hard disk where XP was installed. However, after deleting XP, I can not boot Win7 from GRUB, although there is still
I accidentally hit the delete button on a folder. Luckily, it was still in the trash and I could restore it. However, I was wondering if there was a setting that could display an 'Are you sure?' question before deleting the folder in case this happens in the future again.
View 9 Replies View RelatedOk so basically this isn't my harddrive but hear me out. It's a known issue but it only happened after him downloading stuff off priate bay. The harddrive is not detected on BIOS, so you can't boot through it, just the CD Drive is now detected. You can't use SAFE mode as it reverts to another issue, a black screen with a white cursor, no keyboard commands work.
No restoring disks will fix it nor master disks, it's literally a bad *** issue. Thou I can still load things via CD Drive so I used the Acronis Bootable Media and surely enough, it could anaylse data on the harddrives. I thought maybe i'll try PE Bart but once again, loads up to Black screen with White Cursor. So I put in Ubuntu and yes, I can get on the GUI, but I can't install the operating system.
There would always been an issue. something about in/out whilst installing but as long a I can use the tools, then we go onto Disk Utility. When I try to format, the Error Message apprears stating : Eroor creating File System: helped exited with error code 1: Error calling fsync(2) on /dev/sda2: Input/Output error. This would be the same error i would get via installing and I would have to ignore and eventually whilst installing, from being complete on the right hand side, it would say ERROR or ABORTED after 70,000.
I did a "backup" of my .wine folder by copying it to my network attached storage drive. Now, that folder thinks it has about 200gb of data! Specifically, it's the .wine/dosdevices folder. I didn't grasp that Wine had created some kind of hard links to my ~ folder on my Ubuntu box. Since that folder is clearly recursively linking to all my files, I'm afraid to just delete it. I did delete one file within it as a test and, sure enough, the original file back on my Ubuntu box disappeared!how can I delete the .wine "backup" folder I created on my NAS without deleting all the original files?
View 5 Replies View Relatedi recently removed the Ubuntu partition in Windows 7. When I try to reboot I am faced with the the grub rescue error where it says no such partition.. I have tried booting Windows 7 from disc and I have even went into my BIOS and it says CD-ROM boot priority.. boot ready then says the grub rescue error again, stating that there is no such partition.
This is really annoying as all the tutorials on the internet say insert Windows 7 then use the recovery tools but I can't even boot any operating system. I have set the BIOS to boot from my CD drive..
I am trying to delete a dir (with the CLI), that contains many sub dirs and files:
Hello - DE Important Files Stuff (0000-0001)
I am using the command:
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sudo rm -rf Hello - DE Important Files Stuff (0000-0001)/
But I keep getting this error:
PHP Code:
-sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
The between the spaces in the file name isn't showing in the PHP code?!?
I have a dual boot system which I made from scratch Win7 and then Ubuntu 11.04.After installation all worked fine but each time I have to run Win7starting it from Grub2)when I shut it down and restart the laptop, grub2 is not there anymore and Win7 starts with its bootloader.To get back to Natty I have to go through the Live CD and install Grub + Boot Repair and run it.'m lost. I attach the boot info results.
View 8 Replies View RelatedOK my problem unity 3d doesn't work on my system the icon's doesn't show on the dock on the left side of the screen thats the only problem.The top bar works and all the icon's work they just don't show a image of the program.Here is what i would like to do delete the side bar or stop it from loading and use a dock something like dockbarx or awn.I have seen a lot of websites of people using ubuntu classic like this but they don't look anything like unity and i like the look of unity.So is this possible and how would i do it?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have a large collection of CDs that I ripped to mp3 a few years back. I would like to go sell them to a store and get some money for them (I haven't used the physical CDs in years). The deal is that when I started ripping the CDs, the program I was using would insert a 2 second delay between songs. I would like to know if there is a program/command that I can use to remove this delay between songs. Some of them have 0 delay, so songs that fade into each other sound correct. Other albums have songs that are supposed to seamlessly fade into each other, but they don't because of this delay. Is there any way to remove that delay between songs or do I have to re-rip the CD? Figuring out which albums have that problem and re-ripping the CD is going to take a very, very long time.
View 3 Replies View Relatedmy website was recently infected with this stupid malware lotultimatebet .cn...there is a hidden iframe on almost all the 6000 pages of my site.can you please advise, if it is possible for me to remove this line from all pages by executing some command?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm trying to get my program to go through the string typed in by the user and strip it of EVERYTHING but the numbers. I can't place my finger on what I'm missing.
Code:
Code: #include<iostream>
#include<string>
using namespace std ;
int main()
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This is frustrating, I just can't wipe out the HD on the Fedora 13 live CD.. When I open up Disk Utility, it says something about the resource being busy.. It seems that it's the swap partition, the live CD is using the swap partition, and I just can't wipe out the HD.On Ubuntu live CD, I can go to GParted, and tell the swap partition "Swap Off", but I can't seem to do that here.. I tried to add Gparted while in the Live session, but the Authentication button does nothing at all..
Is there a terminal command to turn off the swap partition so I can format the HD completely?(I'd also like to try and install without LVM, for my laptop it's just overkill and wastes HD space).