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Problems running Apache 2.2 on Ubuntu (Maverick)

Yesterday I started this post but since StackExchange's login system is so strange, I can't seem to log into my account, even using the same exact email and password combo (just treating me as a whole new user). Anyways I'm referencing that post in this new question. The answer that @Patches gave me was very thorough and helpful, however when I ran the netstat I saw nothing like @Patches described. I saw no tcp/www record on port 80; in fact, my port 80 isn't being used at all! I've modified my...

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Sorry for delay in looking at this for you - been a busy few days!! Thanks for pasting your httpd.conf...

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Postfix Mail Server running on Ubuntu problems

I have postfix-2.5.3 on Ubuntu on a remote host i used ssh to install and configure now if i telnet myhost.com 25 from the local server it responds but if i connect from a remote client it doesn't work !! what is wrong with my configuration or what should...

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It maybe that the router is not forwarded or that a firewall or other server configuration is blocking...

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I am running Ubuntu 10.04 and I am having problems with Open office.?

Every time I open up a document I have created the open office window opens up fine, but the page inside shrinks into the far left corner. The margin bars have shrunk down to under ...show more

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Look for an option to change the page layout/Page size.

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I have problems to watch videos on YouTube. I am running Ubuntu 10.10. Can anyone help?

The point is that I can see only a red square an nothing more. I can not see the video!

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I presume you are using Mozilla Firefox to try to view Youtube videos. Do you have the Adobe Flash Player...

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Ubuntu doesn't see my hard drive to install itself on?

I have read a lot of articles about my hard drive (Samsung HD501LJ ATA) having problems, including one about a firmware problem and Ubuntu. First I wanted to install Ubuntu 8.04 on my machine running windows 7 (it did have vista and the same thing happened...

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So I assume that you do not want to solve your problem by replacing that defective hard drive of yours...

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Pen Drive Linux (Ubuntu) Won't Boot on Company Laptop?

This is probably the wrong area to ask this, but seeing as I don't have an Ubuntu account yet... My dilemma is Ubuntu related if you hadn't guessed that at all, and I have it set up on my thumb drive. I have no problem running it though. I can run the...

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Since you do not mention seeing any error code if you type startx in the terminal you should either...

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Can you copy files to an Ubuntu Live USB and use them in Ubuntu?

I've installed Ubuntu on my USB, and I have plenty of space left. I've been saving files on it with no problems. I was wondering if there was a location I could save files to that I could access while running Ubuntu, sort of a forced persistence. I would...

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I use three partitions on my 16G usb thumbdrive. 4 gig for the bootable distro, the last partition is...

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Wireless Firmware missing on Dell Inspiron 600m with Ubuntu 11.10 OS. What to do?

I have an old Dell Inspiron 600m laptop, which is running rather slowly these days. I have the new Ubuntu 11.10 OS on a USB Flash Drive. I have booted my new laptop off of the USB Drive and there have been no problems, everything runs smoothly. When...

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Connect to your wired internet connection then try this please. Code: sudo apt-get install linux-firmware...

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Could anyone please help me setup Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) to work with my airport extreme?

ok, hopefully there are some linux gurus out in cyberspace who could help me with my wireless woes. this help would be greatly appreciated. to summarize: 1) i am running hardy heron 8.04 on a mac g4 2) my wireless connection is an airport extreme (WPA...

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Have you checked here? Some good stuff... https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDo… good luck...

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Which would you prefer: Ubuntu 10 LTS or 8 LTS for a new Rails web server?

Which would you prefer and why? Are there known issues with Ubuntu 10 LTS Server Edition, with memory leaks for example, or more overhead in general? Googling seems to not reveal any problems, but one friend had memory issues running PHP & Magento...

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Ubuntu 10 has kernel panicked on me at least once on a 64-bit EC2 instance. I've had two more crashes...

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