Tag Archives: Ubuntu

How to edit network settings manually in Ubuntu Server 12.04 (Precise)

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

Changing network settings in new versions of Ubuntu (don’t know when exactly this new methodology started) like Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Server Edition, has a major difference from the old methodology. The major change is that you no longer need to … Continue reading →

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How to make apt-get work through proxy in Ubuntu Precise

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Ahmed Tawfik

since changing the http_proxy, https_proxy and ftp_proxy environment variables didn’t work out with me, I had to search and find another way, and it worked flawlessly: 1- Add a new file with name “80proxy” to “/etc/apt/apt.conf.d”, e.g. “vi /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80proxy” 2- … Continue reading →

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How to solve Video Tearing Problem on Ubuntu Oneiric and Precise with Gnome 3

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

I was having terrible tearing while playing any videos on my Ubuntu Oneiric 32-bit with Gnome 3 on my new Thinkpad T420 laptop with Intel SandyBridge Graphics Card. I have googled around a bit, and found this only solution, haven’t … Continue reading →

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How to stop mysql from starting up automatically in Ubuntu Desktop

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

MySQL uses a different mechanism other than apache2, so you can simply comment the three lines inside “/etc/init/mysql.conf” Change this: start on (net-device-up and local-filesystems and runlevel [2345]) stop on runlevel [016] to this: #start on (net-device-up # and local-filesystems … Continue reading →

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How to stop apache2 from automatically starting in Ubuntu Desktop

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Ahmed Tawfik

sudo update-rc.d apache2 remove

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