After installing Ubuntu 13.10 mouse is blinking and sometimes it blinks so fast that I can't see where it is, especially on web pages. It also happens even if I don't work anything on computer.
During setup of installation I pointed /home to previous 13.04 Ubuntu, maybe some settings are obsolete. What could be problem here? I have NVidia 525M graphic card.
Example script:
sudo su admin
ls /usr/bin
exit
When I run it with:
biske@comp1:~$ ./script
Then prompt is changed to:
admin@comp1:/home/biske$
When I type exit it actually prints those lines:
exit bin games include lib lib32 local sbin share src
I wanted output without requiring user to enter anything.
I suppose problem could be solved by feeding this sudo su commmand with password.
Is there a way to do it?
I wonder which file contains ALL_PROXY variable which is being set by Network Manager so I could update it manually.
When I remove proxy from System/Network and apply it system wide it still remains when working in console. When I run:
env | grep proxy
it prints:
http_proxy=http://proxy.studnet.lan:8080
ftp_proxy=ftp://proxy.studnet.lan:8080
socks_proxy=socks://proxy.studnet.lan:8080
https_proxy=https://proxy.studnet.lan:8080
I could remove it with:
unset http_proxy
unset ftp_proxy
unset socks_proxy
unset https_proxy
but it's not permanent, when I reopen terminal these proxy variables are again setted.
How to remove them permanently?
I have .mobi book and want double click on it to open book with Calibre eReader. I tried to open choosing option Open with other application but there is not Calibre eReader. Of course everything is ok, when I first open Calibre and then choose book.
How to set file association for .mobi?
I use Ubuntu 11.10 and I have to start skype manually every time I log on. Is there a way to run automatically run skype at boot time? I prefer GUI but console is ok too.
I installed apache2, php, php5-mysql and mysql-server. When I type http://localhost then everything is ok. But when I type http://localhost/wordpress then this message appears:
Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.
What to do to install mysql extension? I thought that I already did it installing php5-mysql.
I don't know how to access Skype in Ubuntu 11.10 because it gives me some error when I press the Skype icon on Unity launcher.
Here is a screenshot.
It's obvious that another instance of Skype is running but I don't know how to access it.
What could be the problem?
Is there a way to burn .mp3 music on CD in Ubuntu 11.10? There is Brasero installed but I also installed k3b.
Automatic update gives me option to update some packages. I tried to do this, but after downloading packages it gives me error.
Output is:
installArchives() failed: Preconfiguring packages ...
cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/doc/bandwidthd/bandwidthd.conf': No such file or directory
bandwidthd failed to preconfigure, with exit status 1
Preconfiguring packages ...
cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/doc/bandwidthd/bandwidthd.conf': No such file or directory
bandwidthd failed to preconfigure, with exit status 1
(Reading database ...
(Reading database ... 5%
...
(Reading database ... 100%
(Reading database ...
303040 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bandwidthd 2.0.1 (using .../bandwidthd_2.0.1+cvs20090917-4_i386.deb) ...
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "("
unexpected invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/bandwidthd_2.0.1+cvs20090917-4_i386.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/bandwidthd missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/bandwidthd_2.0.1+cvs20090917-4_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing bandwidthd (--configure):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration.
Edit:
sudo dpkg --purge --force-all bandwidthd
gives:
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before
attempting a removal.
(Reading database ... 303039 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bandwidthd ...
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing bandwidthd (--purge):
subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/bandwidthd missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
bandwidthd
EDIT2:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure bandwidthd --force
gives:
update-rc.d: warning: /etc/init.d/bandwidthd missing LSB information
update-rc.d: see <http://wiki.debian.org/LSBInitScripts>
/etc/init.d/bandwidthd: 19: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
invoke-rc.d: initscript bandwidthd, action "start" failed.
Currently, my MySQL server starts on every server boot. For a couple reasons, this is undesirable behavior. Is there a way to disable this behavior?