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Martin Hope
Industrial
Asked: 2012-01-17 09:43:39 +0800 CST
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So I am getting properly confused on how to create a startup script on my Ubuntu 11.10 server. I have read about init-scripts, upstart-jobs and more, but I get even more confused the more I read.

I've tried various guides, but I just haven't found anyone that actually work.

Can someone show me how I create a simple script that will work in 11.10?

11.10
Martin Hope
Industrial
Asked: 2012-01-17 02:58:32 +0800 CST
  • 22

Ok, so running gedit myfile.txt works well. But what about opening a file from inside a bash script, using the default desktop app linked to the filetype?

I've tried below, which works great when run manually in terminal, but when I put it in a bash file, nothing happens:

#!/bin/bash
xdg-open "myfile.txt"&

What should I do instead?

Please note that I need the file to stay open after the terminal is closed as well.

bash
Martin Hope
Industrial
Asked: 2011-08-23 10:58:50 +0800 CST
  • 1

After some trial and error, I've managed to backup my Ubuntu 10.04 workstation and it's time for my Laptop. It also runs 10.04, but has an encrypted /home folder.

Running the below snippet as root clearly doesn't work well with encryption, so how should I do this?

sudo -i
cd /
tar -cvpzf sysbackup-20110821.tar.gz \
    --exclude=/sysbackup-20110821.tar.gz \
    --exclude=/proc \
    --exclude=/lost+found \
    --exclude=/sys \
    --exclude=/mnt \
    --exclude=/media \
    --exclude=/dev /
10.04
Martin Hope
Industrial
Asked: 2011-08-22 12:11:06 +0800 CST
  • 9

I am trying to backup my Ubuntu workstation by the help of this guide and are running into trouble as the tar command outputs

Exiting with failure status due to previous errors.

Here's what I ran in terminal:

sudo -i
cd /
tar -cvpzf sysbackup-20110821.tar.gz \
    --exclude=/sysbackup-20110821.tar.gz \
    --exclude=/proc \
    --exclude=/lost+found \
    --exclude=/sys \
    --exclude=/mnt \
    --exclude=/media \
    --exclude=/dev /

So from searching a bit, the error seems to be of a non-critical nature, but as I checkout the contents of the actual .tar file, my /home-folder is missing, so obviously something went clearly wrong.

What should I do instead to backup my system without errors?

backup
Martin Hope
Industrial
Asked: 2011-02-28 05:01:36 +0800 CST
  • 4

I have a staging server in my network running Ubuntu server 10.10, being my main development area. As I need to access the files in the Apache root from other computers in the network, I have setup samba with the following settings:

[www]
    comment = Apache root www
    path = /var/www
    writable = yes
    force user = root
    force group = root

On the host computer, running Ubuntu 10.10 desktop, I am trying to mount the drive with a bash file looking like below:

#!/bin/bash
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.5/www /media/www/ -o username=myusername,password=mypassword,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777

What happens is that I get mount error(13): Permission denied Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs) thrown in my face whilst trying to execute the mount.

I've done exactly the same, with exactly the same smb.conf & mount-bash file on another computer in my network, but this just wont work.

What am I doing wrong? I am running out of ideas.

10.10
Martin Hope
Industrial
Asked: 2011-02-12 02:04:52 +0800 CST
  • 5

I would like to deactivate the amplification feature on my sound volume slider. Using any amplification makes the sound really bad with clipping sounds taking over.

It's really annoying to have to worry about where the amplification starts/stops when adjusting the slider from my keyboard or through the Gnome panel (sound thingy). I have to open the "Sound preferences" after each time adjusting the volume and ensure that the level is set to 100% unamplified.

So can I do this someway easy in Ubuntu 10.10?

10.10
Martin Hope
Industrial
Asked: 2011-01-25 05:28:52 +0800 CST
  • 6

I have mounted a couple of network shares with my etc/fstab file - it works great, just like it's supposed to, but unfortunately every mounted drive keeps appearing twice!

When clicking one of the duplicates, an error is shown; Unable to mount: [mountname]. Mount: According to mtab, [mount address], is already mounted on [local mountpoint]. Mount failed.

Here's how each mountpoint looks in my etc/fstab:

//192.168.1.2/backups /media/backups cifs defaults,user=myUserName,pass=myPassWord,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

What can I do to make sure that my mounted drives only are listed once?

10.10