Is booting a previous kernel the best approach to this? I've seen upgrades knock out wireless, and now I just solved a video ordeal. Is there any sort or System Restoration?
View 4 RepliesI am trying to prepare procedures for email restoration following a file system loss that contained user Maildir directories. Assuming that my most recent backup is earlier than the last time that many users received and downloaded email, the restored mail directories will not contain messages that were previously received and downloaded to clients following the backup and preceding the crash. This is not a problem in itself, however, it does appear to cause problems for the email clients.
My desire would be for email clients (outlook, outlook express, thunderbird) to properly recognize the messages that currently exist on the server, ignore previously downloaded messages and download newly arriving messages.The behavior that I am seeing is that the email client fails to recognize that any new messages exist and fails to download any messages at all. By removing the dovecot.index... files and the uidlist file, the clients will download ALL messages that are present in the "new" and "cur" directories even if previously downloaded. This is also an undesirable outcome.
I've tried to use the GUI tool for update system in Fedora 10. It listed all of the available updates successfully, but it have not any response when i click the 'Update System' button~
View 2 Replies View RelatedI upgraded from 10.10 to 11.04 and when i try to check for updates in the update manager it says:
W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/and471/kaza...source/Sources 404 Not Found
, W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/and471/kaza...amd64/Packages 404 Not Found
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I have a directory, say, of /home/user/program/sub-folder/sub-sub-folder/file. Now I take the /file and save it to a backup drive. Later I want to restore that /file to its original directory, BUT I FORGOT WHERE IT CAME FROM!!! Is there a way to know where it came from? Where are website username and passwords stored? Are these some of whats referred to as cookies?
View 3 Replies View RelatedAfter a fresh install of Karmic, I am trying to restore thunderbird's emails. I tried to just replace the whole folder but this did not work.
View 9 Replies View RelatedI am having a problem with a script I am developing to restore a profile from a snapshot. It is part of a deployment strategy for patron computers at our county library. Every night I run the script to restore the "guest" account from a a preset snapshot. Basically this is what the script does:
1 Kill the guest login session if logged in
2 Copy Firefox places.sqlite to backup # preserve for audit trail
3 Remove /.backup/guest.Backup # previous CYA copy of guest account
4 Move /home/guest to /.backup/guest.Backup # New CYA backup of guest
5 Un tar snapshot of guest to /home/guest
6 Copy saved Firefox places.sqlite from step 2 to guest account
The problem I am having is I am getting an error:
rm: cannot remove `/.backup/guest.Backup/.gvfs': Is a directory
What is the best approach here. I wouldn't think killing the gvfs-fuse-daemon is the solution. I think I just want to temporarily disable it to the restore and prevent the error being generated. I want to get this script ironed out, because I want to deploy this on about 15 workstations.
I have Mythbuntu 10.04 installed on an exclusive HTPC and working great... until tonight. After letting the system update some packages (161 packages if I remember right), I suddenly have an issue where the graphical system won't start. After researching I found three error messages that might be causing that.
1. At the start of splash screen I see "UUID=xxxxxxxCD7 not ready yet or not present" I checked in /etc/fstab and found that this is the swap partition. I don't remember seeing this before so this could be the culprit.
2. I'm not at the computer in question right now but I saw a Plymouth error about "mountall" and then the message "plymouth command failed". Not sure if this could be the main error.
3. after a while (usually ca. 1-2 min) I receive thousands of errors of the kind "out of memory"... "kill process XXXX" (process vary wildly e.g. dbus-daemon, mysql, etc)... "process killed"..."respawning"
After error 3, I'm not able to switch to graphical console (ctrl-alt-F7). If I was in the graphical console at this moment, I simply can't switch to the CLI console. I'm always afraid of updating my system since I've seen lots of things breaking afterwards (usually the proprietary graphic drivers) but this is really strange.
I am facing a disgusting problem. While I am trying to update my system using update manager It downloaded the files and then while it starts installation it shows the following message
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(Reading database ... 60%dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
files list file for package 'linux-libc-dev' is missing final newline
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I need to print the mail queue out using system(mailq)I tested system(date) and my page lists the date, but I need to be able to do some sudo commands via php. Any ideas? been on this for hours im stuck.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just allowed Update Manager to install the latest security updates to the Linux kernel, header and xorg and clicked on restart system. After selecting Ubuntu from the system's boot manager I'm dropped into a Grub command line and don't have any idea what to do next. I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 inside Windows 7 on a Toshiba L500 laptop using the Wubi setup.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAfter Ubuntu update, the system won't restart. Now, after BIOS start, I get the following message:" udevadm trigger is not permitted while udev is unconfigured."Then, after several seconds appear the following message:"Gave up waiting for root device.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI was updating my netbook to the 11.04 when it crashed (I thought is was on the grid, what do you think? it wasn't!) Now if I try to do it again I get a notification and then it stops.
These are the last few lines of/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log:
2011-05-07 11:15:47,352 DEBUG entry 'deb [URL] natty main #Third party developers repository' is already set to new dist
2011-05-07 11:15:47,353 DEBUG examining: 'deb [URL] natty partner'
2011-05-07 11:15:47,353 DEBUG entry 'deb [URL] natty partner' is already set to new dist
2011-05-07 11:15:47,354 DEBUG examining: 'deb [URL] maverick main'
2011-05-07 11:15:47,355 DEBUG entry 'deb [URL] natty main' updated to new dist
2011-05-07 11:15:47,405 DEBUG running doUpdate() (showErrors=True)
2011-05-07 11:15:48,260 DEBUG openCache()
2011-05-07 11:15:48,261 DEBUG failed to SystemUnLock() (E:Niet vergrendeld)
2011-05-07 11:15:48,620 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 1668
2011-05-07 11:15:48,622 DEBUG needServerMode(): run in 'desktop' mode, (because of key deps for 'ubuntu-desktop')
2011-05-07 11:15:48,623 ERROR No 'ubuntu-minimal' available/downloadable after sources.list rewrite+update
2011-05-07 11:16:13,016 DEBUG abort called
2011-05-07 11:16:13,027 DEBUG openCache()
2011-05-07 11:16:13,028 DEBUG failed to SystemUnLock() (E:Niet vergrendeld)
2011-05-07 11:16:13,440 DEBUG /openCache(), new cache size 1668
2011-05-07 11:16:13,442 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
I'm running Ubuntu 9.10 in a dual boot alongside Windows vista on an HP DV6000 laptop.It's been running smoothly for months. No problems.Today, I was in Ubuntu, and the Update Manager asked me to update (ok) and then said it needed to restart. I hit the restart now button and the system started to shut down, but never fully shut down. It's in a kind of loop, trying to start up, but not going all the way, and then shuts down again.I did a hard reboot but still nothing - the same loop. I don't even see my HP startup screen, nor can I access the BIOS, much less Grub.I put in the Ubuntu startup CD and it tries to read from that at startup, but then fails and returns to the same loop.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI installed Lucid Beta a few days ago and was happy with the way everything worked. The system wanted an update on Thursday night, I installed it and then carried on using it for about an hour, it was then shutdown normally with no errors. On Friday morning it would not boot. I pressed the "on" button it came on, all the other lamps lit ie Caps and Num Lock, the battery light is on anyway, but the hard drive light is not flashing, it's as though it isn't being accessed, but I can hear it? There is no display on the screen. I'm running an Acer Aspire One. My initial thoughts are bios related, but I can't see how that would have changed, then I think maybe the Harddrive is knackered.
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have a server that was running 10.04 and I decided to upgrade it to 10.10 as I had already done this successfully to a different server.The upgrade was about 3/4 way through when I can't exactly remember why but it had to shut down I think it may have got stuck on a simple package update anyhow when I next turn on the server the login screen if different with a purple background and a popup about a gnome power installation error comes up after I enter my user name and password the login box freezes up and a box comes up saying that a unknown process has stop working and gives me the options to 'lock screen', 'cancel' or 'log out anyway' if I press 'cancel' the box disappears and nothing happens if I press 'log out anyway' the login box the bottom bar and the pop-up disappear if I wait a little 'update manager' comes up saying I can partly update some packages after I enter my password to do this though it all closes and does not reappear all you can do is move the mouse.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI'm running Kubuntu natty on grub-efi-amd64. I've just received notification of a bunch of new packages to install, I believe part of it is a kernel update. When I click on "apply" a window comes up which says "Additional changes are required to complete the task". "2 packages to remove" lists "grub-efi" and "grub-efi-amd64". It lists 5 packages to install 3 of which are linux kernel and 2 of which are the bios version of grub.
How can I update my system without having efi-grub removed?
yesterday I performed an automatic security update suggested by the update manager on my virtualized (with VirtualBox on a Windows 7 host) Ubuntu 10.10 installation.
The update somehow failed and left me with an unbootable system. When I try to boot, I am told that various folders, files, and what not are missing. Then the system drops into a busybox and leaves me with an (initramfs) prompt.
This happens with all kernels I get offered by GRUB, although the error messages are quite different from kernel to kernel.
Well, the short of it is this: I don't have the slightest idea on how to get back to a working system and this site is the final straw I'm willing to grab. A complete disaster like this following an update initiated and executed by the system is unheard of in Windows-land; at least I haven't heard of it, yet, and therefore I am going to abandon Ubuntu and Linux altogeteher, if there is no remedy.
I Have Installed Ubuntu 10.04 according to the steps mentioned in the following pdf [URL] the problem is after installation i am unable to connect to internet. i have connected internet on LAN but cannot detect it on console. unless i update the system i cannot get GUI.
View 9 Replies View RelatedYesterday did a fresh install of UNR 10.10, all went well with that. After the first log in it found the Wifi and checked for updates. Updated the system and then it went to restart the system due to a Kernel upgrade. Once I did this, that is when the issues started. Firstly when booting up, it just sat at the Ubuntu boot up screen saying:
"The disk drive for /home is not ready yet or not present"
'Continue to wait; or Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery'
So firstly I hit S, this presented me with several error boxes (as expected due to setup/config files sitting in my /home folder), I then found that I wasn't able to connect to my wifi (not that it can't see it, just that it won't connect) each time I try and connect it just comes up saying that the wifi is disconnected. Of all the things to fail I was expecting the Bluetooth to and it didn't. Anyway the computer specs are: MSI Wind U100, upgraded to 2 Gig Ram, 320Gig HDD, and wifi card is the Realtek RTL8187SE.
HDD is setup as:
4Gig for Swap (/dev/sdb1)
6Gig for / (/dev/sdb5)
Remainder is /home (/dev/sdb6) (I did make this an encrypted partition)
Can't do any screen shots as I am not able to connect to the internet on that machine (having to use another computer in the house). I have tried to view the fstab file and I am not able to.
I had Ubuntu working perfectly until I installed updates for the proprietary Nvidia drivers.Now Ubuntu freezes at the Ubuntu loading screen. Im using Ubuntu 10.04 64bit.I used to know how to access the terminal at bootup but I no longer remember.
View 5 Replies View RelatedIf I would like to update my kernel to linux 2.6.34 on my asus eee 1001px laptop. How can I do that in the easiest way? I already downloaded the kernel from kernel.org.
View 7 Replies View RelatedBefore 2.6.35-23 released this packages is present in the system:
i A linux-headers-2.6.35-22
i A linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic
i A linux-image-2.6.35-22-generic
But after automatic update to 2.6.35-23 updater install just linux-image-2.6.35-23-generic without headers. In result kernel modules of nVidia driver not compiled and next boot X server can not start.
Now I can install 2.6.35-24 image and headers by hands, but how to explain updater not forget to update headers next time and why this problem occurs?
Bugreport: [URL]
I have to unzip only files in zipped folder in current directory by c program. For that I am using system() function. This function returns zero.
when I write system("unzip -jo /storage/conf.zip") but folder will not be unzipped. Same will be successful if tried on command line.
How can it be determined whether a function defined in some file of an application source-code(meant for multiple operating systems e.g., Linux, AmigaOS) is actually called when the application run on Linux?
View 9 Replies View RelatedAs per my knowledge, one can use systemcall to call the driver functions for example using open, close... Now is there any way to call driver functions directly from application without using system call?
View 4 Replies View RelatedConsider the following code:
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int ret=0;
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when i am tryg to upgrade to lucid from karmic, update manager starts and shows my system is up-to date. command used "update-manager -d"os karmic 64bit.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI don't care if this is done in the bios or a kernel module or software. Is there any way at all to do make the 'fn' key act as 'control' and the 'control' key act as 'fn' in linux running on a macbook pro?
PS. You can do this with software in OSX with the application KeyRemap4MacBook.
Several of the the items in the menu System --> Administration do not function. They say they are starting but fail to come up then disappear of the task bar. Is there anywhere i can look to see why it has failed to come up?
All item in the menu except; Display, Hardware, Server Settings, System Monitor