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Questions tagged [8.10]

Codenamed "Intrepid Ibex", 8.10 was released on 30 October 2008. 8.10's support ended on 30 April 2010.

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Updating Ubuntu server from 8.10 to 10.04

I have a VPS that has Ubuntu 8.10 Server Edition installed on it and I would like to upgrade it to 10.04. What would be the correct way of doing this? I only have ssh access to it and a "Start/Shutdown VPS" in the client panel of the vendor. In…
Ward Muylaert
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How to log boot messages?

I'm trying to check the boot log messages in the file /var/log/boot on Ubuntu 8.10 & 9.10 and I found it empty with the message (Nothing has been logged yet.). The bootlogd service is running at the startup. I changed the file vim…
user3215
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System displays "File system maintenance error, press ctrl+d" while booting

In my office I've Ubuntu 8.10 desktop installed and it's running for a long time. When ever the system is started, I'll get a file system maintenance error and something it's prompted for the root password or (press ctrl+d to continue). After…
user3215
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Why does ls -lh give me ls: invalid option -- 'h'

I'm using Interpid (I know I need to upgrade). When I try and use the -h option with ls I get an error. I swear this used to work, and the man page says it should. Any ideas? $ sudo ls -lh ls: invalid option -- 'h' Try `ls --help' for more…
FigBug
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aptitude update gives 404's for intrepid

I'm having issues trying to update my packages. I haven't used this server since last September and now I'm getting 404 errors on all the intrepid repos. How do I fix this? Thanks aptitude update Err http://security.ubuntu.com intrepid-security/main…
dotjoe
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How do I install packages to an 8.10 system?

I am trying to copy some files from a disused Ubuntu 8.10 system. To do that I need to install nfs, portmap, etc., since those are not already installed. So I open Synaptic to install the packages. It figures the dependencies and lists the needed…
Lizard Boy
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How to configure Ubuntu with Standard TV?

Ubuntu 8 version nVidia card with driver 96.43.10-0ubuntu1 /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "Screen" Identifier "Television Screen" Device "Television Device" Monitor "Television" DefaultDepth 24 Option "TVOutFormat" "COMPONENT" Option "TVStandard"…
Ryan Wyan
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Trying to find ubuntu-8.10-umpc-i386.img

I am trying to find a version of Ubuntu 8.10 that was configured specifically for UMPCs (as described here, but it appears to have completely disappeared off the internet; it's no longer on cdimage.ubuntu.com and the only torrent I can find has zero…
umpc_shill
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How do I upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10?

I have Ubuntu 8.04 and I am trying to use "update manager" to upgrade to 8.10. The upgrade fails because of some problem related to network/internet setting. The error I get is discussed and a solution by hyperion is posted…
vik
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Windows 8.1 doesn't appear in GRUB2

I had Windows 7 (64-bit) and Ubuntu 13.10 (32-bit) installed on my laptop ASUS N53S. Unfortunately, a blue screen appeared on Windows each startup, but Ubuntu continued to run. I decided to remove Windows 7 in order to install windows 8.1 (64-bit).…
xibi
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Migrate ldap to another server

I have ubuntu(8.10) ldap server running. I am migrating from my old servers to ubuntu 10.04.2 server and I have set up almost all freshly on the new servers. How could I perfectly migrate ldap to the new server after installing ldap?. I found the…
user3215
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I need to upgrade 8.10 to 13.10

Update computer to latest version but the version we have is 8.10 and it is not upgrading to version 13.10. I message I see is "server error". I dont know how to update in another way.
chase
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Upgrading 8.10 server to LTS

Possible Duplicate: Updating Ubuntu server from 8.10 to 10.04 I'm in a plan to upgrade ubuntu 8.10 vbox vm servers to LTS(obviously 10.04) as 8.10 has no support. As far as I know I'll be executing the following to upgrade: apt-get install…
user3215
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How can I upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 to 12.04?

Possible Duplicate: Updating Ubuntu server from 8.10 to 10.04 I'm using ubuntu 8.10 as my server. This is old server but now I want to upgrade to 12.04 Few website are hosted in this server. Now my question is if I upgrade this server to latest…
manish nautiyal
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Problem updating 8.10 Intrepid to 9.04 Jaunty using do-release-upgrade?

Possible Duplicate: How to install software or upgrade from old unsupported release? Wondering if anyone has run into this. I'm trying to do a "do-release-upgrade" and what I receive is: An upgrade from 'intrepid' to 'karmic' is not supported…
pextris
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