The 20th release of Ubuntu, code-named "Trusty Tahr". Released on 17th April, 2014. Only use this tag if your question is version-specific.
Questions tagged [ubuntu-14.04]
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Hyper-V Clipboard and Integration Services in Ubuntu
I have Ubuntu 14.04 running in Windows Hyper-V. I am experiencing a problem with the Clipboard (copy from host to Virtual Machine), it is not working correctly (It was not working with Ubuntu 12.04 also). I suspect that the problem lies in the…
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cURL on Ubuntu 14: all Let's Encrypt certificates are expired (error 60)
Today out of a sudden all HTTPS requests, that my Ubuntu 14 server sends to websites with SSL certificates issued by Let's Encrypt, started to fail. The error produced by cURL is:
curl: (60) SSL certificate problem: certificate has expired
When I…
Finesse
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Is there a terminal command to list folder size and corresponding file sizes within on Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr)?
Is there an Ubuntu 14.04 terminal command to list the folder size and give a break down of every file size in the folder and its size?
One of my folders is taking a great deal of space, and I'd like to identify which file(s) or subfolders are the…
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How can I remove the ^M from my file in sublime text 3?
When I do a git diff in my branch I see that line endings have the characters ^M:
I want to replace these with Unix line endings before committing my changes.
I am using Ubuntu 14.04, git and sublime text 3.
I am looking for a way to change line…
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openconnect on Ubuntu 14.04LTS :"XML response has no "auth" node"
I ran openconnect to connect to Juniper as following:
$ openconnect --version
OpenConnect version v5.02
Using GnuTLS. Features present: PKCS#11, TOTP software token, DTLS (using OpenSSL)
sudo openconnect -v -u=myuser --no-xmlpost --no-proxy…
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Ubuntu 14.04 installer doesn't show existing partitions
I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 7. I have a 500 GB hard disk split into 3 partitions. I am installing Ubuntu from a live USB drive. But I am stuck at the "Installation type" stage. This is what I see:
My three partitions…
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Can I map a IP address and a port with /etc/hosts?
Can I map an IP address and port to a domain name?
For example, I’d like to map 127.0.0.1:8000 to testdev.com
My /etc/hosts file has
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1:8000 testdev.com
So that when I hit testdev.com, it refers 127.0.0.1:8000. I tried…
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How to change Mozilla Firefox quit shortcut?
I'm using Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu(version - 39.0)
I want to change the quit short-cut which is currently Ctrl+Q.. To some other keys, because sometime while closing tabs with Ctrl+W., I accidentally close my firefox.
How can I change it in my…
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Confirm a tmux option is set
I am having the problem described in this related question and this one.
Summary
When I have a tmux pane that outputs a serious amount of text, tmux becomes unresponsive. All tmux commands are ignored until the text finishes.
This was fixed in tmux…
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How to use a SmartTV as second screen over wifi?
If we would like to use a SmartTV as a second screen over wifi using Linux, how could we do it? Is there a way to do this?
For my case I'm using a Samsung SmartTV and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with KDE 4.
The TV automatically become a second screen if with…
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Why does the GMail web page use so much RAM?
When I log into my GMail account (using Firefox 31.0 via Ubuntu 14.04 64bit), if I save that web page to my desktop, the file size is 1.3 MB.
However, if I look at Firefox's RAM consumption before logging into GMail, and then after. GMail increases…
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Where does ubuntu 14.04 drop core files?
I have enabled a unlimited core file size using ulimit:
ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited
...
I believe I have triggered a core dump but I can't locate the core file in my home, var/... etc...
Do you know where Ubuntu…
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Why is apt-get downloads so slow
I am new to Ubuntu and using 14.04.2. I am finding apt-get downloads extremely slow. Most are coming from security.ubuntu.com or us.archive.ubuntu.com. I am only getting download speeds from 5 to 12 kB/s which is only 2% of my network speed. And…
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useradd user with group with same uid and gid
I want to add a user named "nexus" with uid as 1234567 (example number) and gid 1234567.
I'm running the following command:
sudo useradd -r -U -u 1234567 -g 1234567 -m -c "nexus role account" -d /sonatype-work -s /bin/false nexus
But I get the…
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How to sign into "root" account by default on Windows Subsystem for Linux Bash terminal
Windows 10's Anniversary Update just came out and I immediately installed the Windows Subsystem for Linux to see how it fares. I found only one major shortcoming so far: there was no obvious way to use the root account as the default.
I know it goes…
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