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Is there a window dbgview in Linux sytem?

DbgView is the tool for Windows debug. What is similar to Window debug view in Ubuntu/Linux? How to real time read debug message in Linux (same as dbgView in Windows)? ...

Kile runs very slow under ubuntu, when expending the structure

Do any one has the same problem? I am using Ubuntu+Kile for latex. Whenever I save file, the structure side window expands twice, and it is very slow. Do anyone know how to solve this problem?Thank you very much! ...

Multiple VirtualHosts files for same ServerName in Apache

I have a subdomain with many projects. Also, for some reason (don't ask me why) I have separate Location directives for each subfolder under that subdomain. This project folders are created dynamically through a bash script, along with an Apache VirtualHost file. So let's say I create another project, it would be at subdomain.mydomain.c...

In gnome-terminal/bash, can std output be run directly (interpreted?) as a command ?

I've just come off the Winows wagon, and the gnome-terminal and bash are looking great, but I don't quite know how to get it to do what I want, (I suspect it is possible). Can std output (eg. from sed) be made to run as a command? (ie. interpret and run the output as part of the script's logic.) I am polling a process to output its sta...

Problem Installing Eclipse on Ubuntu

I downloaded the Eclipse IDE for Java Developers Linux 32 Bit file from here. I extracted the file and launched eclipse from the command line. Instead of Eclipse starting I get this message in a dialog box: VM terminated. Exit code=13 /usr/bin/java -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xms40m -Xmx384m -jar /home/justme/...

Ubuntu: how to install flex to make postgres?

I'm trying to work on postgresql locally with ubuntu 10.04. I get this error after I configure with ./configure --enable-cassert --enable-debug --prefix=$HOME/pgsql when I make && make install I get this error: make -C parser all make[3]: Entering directory `/home/james/school/db/pg-stuff/hw1/postgresql-8.4.2/src/backend/parser' E...

Git over samba - unable to write sha1 filename | Permission denied

When i am usig git over samba share on windows i get an error when i want to commit a file via git_extentions or tortoiseGIT. The error is: error: unable to write sha1 filename .git/objects/b4/e819f886bf31b67c42249a0eff8e8b16cf7622: Permission denied When i add the file via the ubuntu server and commit the file it works fine. I am also w...

How to generate uuid with PostgreSQL 8.4.4 on Ubuntu 10.04?

Hi guys, I am running PostgreSQL 8.4.4 with Ubuntu 10.04. I am trying to generate uuid but can't find a way to do it. I do have the uuid-ossp.sql in /usr/share/postgresql/8.4/contrib/uuid-ossp.sql When I try this is what I get : postgres=# SELECT uuid_generate_v1(); ERROR: function uuid_generate_v1() does not exist LINE 1: SELECT ...

Apache Security Default Install Permissions

Hi guys, ive recently installed apache2 on my Ubuntu machine and have a few questions about security and user permissions. I know how to listen on other ports, hide indexes with -Indexes and how to create/disable new Virtual Hosts on the same machine, but there is a lot of user options already preset in the standard install config I am u...

Reverting an update session in Ubuntu

I recently installed automatic updates on my ubuntu system and now ubuntu won't load into graphical mode. I have a dual screen setup and manually configured my monitors before. Is there a way to revert to before I installed the updates? ...

[python] getting dogtail example script to run on Ubuntu 10.04

I recently installed Dogtail, an open source GUI testing tool and automation framework. I downloaded the example script (https://fedorahosted.org/dogtail/browser/examples/gedit-test-utf8-tree-api.py?format=txt) to my computer, but am having trouble getting it work. When I invoke it, I get a message saying: corey@corey-laptop:~/Desktop/e...

typing using special key combinations in Ubuntu Linux

I'm a Ubuntu 10.04 user who is looking for a way to make my computer type a "+" character when I hold down the Windows Key (I think it's called "super" in Linux world) and press the "k" key. I need this to work in all applications. (I'm a person with a typing disability, and I need to adapt Ubuntu to my special needs.) Thanks! ...

Can connect to server through nautilus, but not through terminal

As the title says, I can connect to a particular ubuntu server through nautilus (sftp) but not through terminal. Not sure if it's using public or private key encryption, but I don't use a password to login. Any ideas? ...

How to patch xorg-server (about compositing problem of ATI)?

I'm sorry, the official driver of ATI is just woking!!! Here is a solution: http://blog.jasondonenfeld.com/190 I tried to make install xorg-server, but it seems not working. (Download from:http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/xserver/) I change the source code as mentioned above..But why? Should I make install all of xo...

Internationalizing Bash scripts

I've been following a tutorial from a recent edition of the Linux Journal which teaches how to internationalize Bash scripts. However, I'm having trouble getting it to work on my system (Ubuntu 10.04.) When I get to the part where I'm supposed to call "gettext," after setting the environment variable TEXTDOMAINDIR, I get: toby@toby-lapt...

Can I automatize pppoeconf?

Hello everyone, I am a Ubuntu user (10.04 as of now), since I use it, over a year, I have to manually enter the command $ sudo pppoeconf everytime I turn on the computer and want to connect to the internet, the I click enter some times, enter my password of my internet provider, then I click enter some more times to have internet. I ha...

Typing using key combinations?

I'm a Ubuntu 10.04 user who is looking for a way to, for example, make my computer type a "+" character when I hold down the Windows Key (I think it's called "super" in Linux world) and press the "k" key. I need this to work in all applications. (I'm a person with a typing disability, and I need to adapt Ubuntu to my needs.) Thanks! ...

Easiest way to send emails via Python

Possible Duplicate: Receive and send emails in python I've been looking into sending mail with python and found a few different options (setting up my own mailserver, using gmail's smtp, etc) but was wondering if there was some simple way to do it. I am running the python script via wsgi on apache2 on an ubuntu box. Thanks for...

Selenium RC, on Linux, is there a way to make all browser instances run in the background?

I've been looking into this, as far as how I can run selenium browser instances in the background. I found some things about using a virtual GUI instance, or something like that, but it was all for Windows. I'm using Ubuntu linux so I'm wondering what the easiest way would be to suppress the actual browser instances showing up for the u...

Port Forward Directly to a Guest OS with VirtualBox

Hi all, I am currently using Ubuntu 10.04 for some rails development. It is installed as a guest machine using VirtualBox on a Windows 7 x64 host. Within Ubuntu, I am trying to port tunnel several ports from a remote server directly to the Guest OS in order to avoid having to download a remote database. Let's say I want to forward po...