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How-To Clone or Copy a VirtualBox Virtual Disk

2011-03-20T16:47:00.000-07:00

With VMWare’s copying a virtual disk is easy: copy the disk in Windows Explorer and add it to a new VM; VMWare will detect that the disk was a copy and create a new unique identifier (UUID) for the disk before adding it to the VM. VirtualBox in this case isnt's so easy. With VirtualBox, copying a virtual disk is a bit of a pain. If you copy the disk in Windows Explorer and try and use it in a

Completely reset an Apache instance in Ubuntu

2010-06-11T00:13:00.000-07:00

After start and stop apache:.: 44: Can't open /etc/apache2/envvarsFind and drop all Apache packages: sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep apachesudo apt-get remove --purge apache2 apache2-mpm-worker apache2-threaded-dev apache2-utils apache2.2-common libapache2-mod-python libapache2-mod-python-doc libapache2-mod-wsgireinstall apache:sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-python libapache2-

Amarok won't play audio files on Ubuntu 10.04

2010-06-06T03:12:00.000-07:00

sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpegafter install this package restart Amarok

Print protected pdf

2010-05-06T17:32:00.000-07:00

Convert the pdf to a postscript file and the postscript file to a pdf. Open the new pdf for example with Acrobat Reader and you can print.pdf2ps protected.pdf unprotected.psps2pdf unprotected.ps unprotected.pdf

How format pendrive with fat32 File System

2010-02-17T14:19:00.000-08:00

1. Clean (remove everything) your device with fdisk.sudo fdisk -l2. Create a fat32 FS:mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda

Share Internet between Ubuntu and VmWare Windows

2010-02-15T05:49:00.001-08:00

On my Ubuntu 9.10 I use Vmware Server 1.09, I use that 'NAT' setting under the Ethernet option in the virtual machine settings. That means that the guest operating system uses the same IP address etc as the host. It's working.

How to view Quicktime videos

2010-02-13T13:49:00.000-08:00

Download and install ubuntu-restricted-extras.Code:sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Uninstall netbeans 6.5.1

2009-12-12T08:37:00.000-08:00

My NetBeans 6.5 was in /home/my_username/netbeans-6.5.1cd ~/netbeans-6.5.1./uninstall.sh

Ubuntu 9.10 vmware arrow key

2009-11-17T11:52:00.000-08:00

Add following line xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true to /etc/vmware-server-console/config or ~/.vmare/configand restart console/player.There is no need to restart vmware server.

Checking Disk Space From Gnome and Ubuntu

2009-10-06T08:14:00.000-07:00

Disk Usage Analyzer is a graphical menu driven application that reports disk usage in Gnome and Ubuntu environments. DUA can scan the entire file system tree or individual directories, either local or remote. DUA is also dynamic, in that it will report in real time any devices that are mounted and unmounted. To access Disk Usage Analyzer in Gnome, click on Applications \ Accessories \ Disk Usage

Installing Java under Ubuntu

2009-08-24T11:38:00.000-07:00

By default, Firefox does not come with Java. Solution:Open a terminal (Application Menu/ Accessories/ Terminal) and type in:sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin orsudo aptitude install sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin Enter your password if prompted. A license window will appear: Press TAB and then ENTER. If a question is asked, answer "yes" (using the arrow keys and the ENTER key).

How to add an additional Super User in Ubuntu

2009-03-03T13:56:00.000-08:00

You can give Super User status to any additional user in Ubuntu by giving SUDO access. When you set up Ubuntu, it automatically adds the first user to the sudo group. As it doesn't automatically add additional users to the sudo group and if you want to give someone else superuser privileges on your

The following VMware kernel modules have been found on your system that were not installed by the VMware Installer (vmci vmnet vmmon vmblock)

2009-03-03T13:36:00.000-08:00

John@lp1:~/Desktop/vmware-distrib$ sudo perl vmware-install.plThe following VMware kernel modules have been found on your system that werenot installed by the VMware Installer. Please remove them then run thisinstaller again.vmcivmnetvmmonvmblockExecution aborted.John@lp1:~/Desktop/vmware-distrib$ modprobe -l vmblock/lib/modules/2.6.27-7-generic/misc/vmblock.koJohn@lp1:~/Desktop/vmware-distrib$

subprocess /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

2009-03-03T07:07:00.000-08:00

1. Open terminal, type Quote: cd /var/lib/dpkg/info 2. Remove the info files for the bad packages Type Quote: sudo rm -f virtualbox* 3. Quote: sudo apt-get update -f and Quote: sudo apt-get upgrade finallysudo apt-get install virtualbox-2.1_2.1.4-42893_Ubuntu_intrepid_i386It, works :)

mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied

2008-12-06T12:56:00.000-08:00

Probelm:/etc/gdm/Xsession: Beginning session setup... mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission deniedSolution:A quicksudo chmod a+w /tmp fixed it.

How to install Launchy on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

2008-08-11T13:57:00.000-07:00

With Launchy, you can quickly launch your programs, documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes! To install Launchy on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), you can execute the following steps: Installing libqt4-core and libqt4-gui:sudo apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-guiDownload deb package of Launchy, and save to your desktop.Open you terminal, go to Desktop folder:cd ~/

How to install Launchy on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron)

2008-08-11T13:55:00.000-07:00

With Launchy, you can quickly launch your programs, documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!To install Launchy on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), you can execute the following steps:Installing libqt4-core and libqt4-gui:sudo apt-get install libqt4-core libqt4-guiDownload deb package of Launchy, and save to your desktop.Open you terminal, go to Desktop folder:cd ~/

Basic vi Commands

2008-05-13T11:30:00.000-07:00

What is vi?pressing the [Esc] (Escape) key turns off the Insert mode. Pisaniea /append/ insert text before cursor, until hitA /append/ append text to end of current line, until hiti /insert/ insert text before cursor, until hitI /insert/ insert text at beginning of current line, until hito /open and insert/ open and put text in a new line below current line, until hitO /open and