Alex F's questions

Ubuntu 12.04 x64 doesn't recognize newest Intel Ethernet adapter on my desktop (Intel Ethernet Connection i217-V). I downloaded required driver from Intel and compiled it using make. Now I have:

alex@alex64-six:~$ find / -name 'e1000e.ko' 2>/dev/null
/home/alex/Documents/IntelEthernetDriver/e1000e-3.0.4/src/e1000e.ko
/lib/modules/3.2.0-64-generic/kernel/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000e.ko

The first line is new driver compiled from Intel sources. The second line is probably existing driver from Ubuntu distribution, which doesn't recognize new Ethernet adapter. How can I apply the new driver instead of existing one?

Any other solution is welcome. For now, I cannot upgrade to latest Ubuntu release, because I use some third-party products.

System Settings -> Date and Time. This dialog allows to set time zone and date, but doesn't allow to set the time. How can I change the time?

I am trying to clone an SD card which may contain a number of partitions, some of which Ubuntu cannot recognize. Generally, I want to clone the whole volume, not only some partition. So, I mount the SD card and see something like this in the Log viewer:

kernel: [  262.025221]  sdc: sdc1 sdc2

alex@u120432:~$ ls /dev/sdc*
/dev/sdc  /dev/sdc1  /dev/sdc2

Since I want to copy the whole disk, I execute:

dd if=/dev/sdc of=sdimage.img bs=4M

File sdimage.img, 7.9 GB (7,944,011,776 bytes) is created (SD card is 8 GB). Now I mount another SD card and execute:

dd if=sdimage.img of=/dev/sdc bs=4M

The problem is that the second dd command hangs on some stage, and never succeeds. After this, I cannot reboot or shut down computer, and I need just to switch power off.

Is this the correct approach? Maybe there is another way to clone an SD card?

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), 32 bit.

Changing some Software Update settings I possibly corrupted something, and now I don't see many packages in the list. For example:

alex@u120464:~$ sudo apt-get install codeblocks
[sudo] password for alex: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package codeblocks

I checked all options in the Software Sources dialog, but packages are still not available. How can I fix this?

OS: Ubuntu 12.04, 64 bit.

Additional information.

alex@u120464:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for alex: 
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease           
Ign http://archive.canonical.com precise InRelease                  
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
...

It looks like most Ubuntu repositories are not searched, how can I restore default update behaviour?

Edit.

Finally, the problem was solved by copying /etc/apt/source.list file from another computer. This is the offending file content:

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1)]/ dists/precise/main/binary-i386/

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1)]/ dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1)]/ precise main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted
deb-src http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.


## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise main universe restricted multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise universe main multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise-security universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-updates universe main multiverse restricted
deb http://mirror.sov.uk.goscomb.net/ubuntu/ precise-backports universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

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How do I execute FTP commands on one line?

I have the following FTP client conversation:

variscite@variscite-desktop:~$ ftp 192.168.100.10
Connected to 192.168.100.10.
220 (vsFTPd 2.3.5)
Name (192.168.100.10:variscite): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> get hello hello
local: hello remote: hello
200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV.                                                                       
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for hello (7796 bytes).                                                         
226 Transfer complete.                                                                                                  
7796 bytes received in 0.01 secs (702.8 kB/s)                                                                           
ftp> exit                                                                                                               
221 Goodbye. 

Is it possible to do this in one command, or write a shell script which does the same? Client computer is Ubuntu 12.04, and I need to do this without installing additional packages.

What clipboard manager can be used for Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit Unity? I tried Parcellite and Glipper - both not working. Parcellite remains invisible, Glipper crashes.

When I open Settings - Appearance, there are two problems:

1. I selected color (non-wallpaper) background, and is shown as current background. However, the desktop background does not change.

2. There is no Launcher Icon size slider in the bottom.

I see this in 12.04 64 bit Unity, running under VirtualBox. The same "parent" Ubuntu works as expected.

To create persistent environment variables, I add the script file to /etc/profile.d directory, for example:

# my script
export MY_VAR=var_value

This works properly for current user:

alex@alex-64:~$ echo $MY_VAR
var_value

Now I need the same environment variables for the root user, but /etc/profile.d script doesn't work for root:

alex@alex-64:~$ echo $MY_VAR
var_value
alex@alex-64:~$ sudo su
root@alex-64:/home/alex# echo $MY_VAR

root@alex-64:/home/alex# 

How can I set the same variables for the root?

After connecting my computer to the corporate network I don't have direct Internet access. This is done now through some proxy server. I can connect to the Internet from Firefox by the following way:

Preferences - Advanced - Network - Connection - Settings - Automatic proxy configuration URL: http://some_path/some_file.pac

So, Firefox is OK. But all Install/Update functions don't work. For example, this is Synaptic Package Manager error message:

The repository may no longer be available or could not be contacted because of network problems.
Failed to fetch http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/Release.gpg  Something wicked happened resolving 'il.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/lucid/main/i18n/Translation-en_US.bz2  Something wicked happened resolving 'il.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
...

It looks like I need to explain to my OS, how to connect to the Internet. How can I do this? Ubuntu version is 10.04.

Edit: After setting Network Proxy, as described in kingmilo's answer, I still have the same problem. For example:

alex@alex-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install execstack
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-2.6.32-21 linux-headers-2.6.32-21-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libelfg0
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  execstack libelfg0
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 134kB of archives.
After this operation, 410kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
  libelfg0 execstack
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Err http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main libelfg0 0.8.13-1
  Something wicked happened resolving 'il.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Err http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main execstack 0.0.20090925-1
  Something wicked happened resolving 'il.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libe/libelf/libelfg0_0.8.13-1_i386.deb  Something wicked happened resolving 'il.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
Failed to fetch http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/p/prelink/execstack_0.0.20090925-1_i386.deb  Something wicked happened resolving 'il.archive.ubuntu.com:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Edit 2.

nslookup www.google.com
Server:     10.192.188.72
Address:    10.192.188.72#53

** server can't find www.google.com: NXDOMAIN

Ubuntu 11.10, Classic Gnome shell. Some time ago I set editable address in Nautilus using this way which was described at this question on SuperUser :

gconftool-2 --type=Boolean --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_location_entry true

Now I want to get default behavior back. I tried this:

gconftool-2 --type=Boolean --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_location_entry false

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