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Questions about using Ubuntu on IBM hardware.

International Business Machines, or IBM, is a worldwide technology and consulting corporation, who manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and provides services.

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Nautilus connect to server in Ubuntu 14.04 fails to connect to iSeries V5R4

I have been successfully using the (excellent) Nautilus 'Connect to Server' feature for some time prior to Ubuntu 14.04 to access network drive shares on IBM iSeries (AS/400, IBMi, i5) running OS/400 at versions of V5r4 and v7r1. Having installed…
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How can I open a .gz.td file?

I have a file named IBM Quickstart Linux.gz.td, which I am having trouble extracting. Archive Manager says that it is not supported. How do I extract .gz.td files in Ubuntu 15.04?
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Ubuntu ppc64el performance

I installed Ubuntu Linux 14.04.5 on a new IBM Power8 mod. 8286-41a. My goal is to use this partition the application SugarCRM CE 6.5. I’m not been able to install ubuntu 16 because compatibility issues with PHP 5.6. Currently i use sugarcrm on a…
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Cannot change my screen resolution on IBM server

When changing the screen size with the command xrandr, terminal always returns: xrandr: Failed to get the measure gamma to standard output I'm using this blog as reference to change resolution. How can I fix it?
Mohammad Iqbal
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Can't mount /boot/efi partition under install

I'm trying to install Ubuntu Server on a IBM server x3550 M4 with ServerRAID (RAID1) but I have a few problems. Under the partition menu I get this error. We have used Ubuntu before on our IBM servers but somehow that doesn't work any more. Its it…
Thomas Kristensen
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Ubuntu Server 12.04 on IBM x3300 M4 - Grub is not installing

Ubuntu on IBM/Lenovo x3300 M4 Everything went fine till Grub installation stage. Not completed the installation with a fatal error massage. We are using RAID Zero with 3 HDDs. Please help.
Arun Kishore
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Ubuntu Server Installation is Getting Stuck

I have been trying to install Ubuntu server on my IBM x3550 server to replace windows server; and the installation was doing just fine until it reached "Running live-installer-console-setup" at which point everything stops, and the progression bar…
Aidan Crowther
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ubuntu server performance very slow while connecting with vnc viewer

We have IBM X31000 server and using Ubuntu 14.04 amd64 os. the server performance going very slow while connecting with VNC viewer or other remote desktop application. Please help us how to resolve the problem
Manish Srivastava
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How can I install Ubuntu Server on a pre-configured RAID configuration?

I recently came into possession of an IBM xseries 346 server with 4 SCSI drives in some RAID configuration. The server doesn't boot so I thought I would install Ubuntu server (12.04) on it, but when I go through the installation it doesn't find the…
CR47
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Problem with installation of DB2

I have a problem with installation of IBM DB2, it tells me it didn't find libpam.so. Is there a package I have to install to correct the problem? I used to find a solution on the web but I found nothing that managed to correct my problem.
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Ubuntu Server on Power 6 IBM P520

Can Ubuntu Server run on an IBM p520 Power6?
reactive
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Lubuntu Not Shutting Down, But Restarting

I have Lubuntu 12.10 on an IBM Netvista. For some odd reason, whenever I click "Shut Down" from the logout menu in the taskbar, it goes to the "BOOT: IBM: PRESS F12 TO CHANGE BOOT SETTINGS" screen with the IBM logo, then it goes to Lubuntu again and…
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IBM Installation Manager wants "gksudo"

I've installed IBM Installation Manager on Ubuntu 18.04 but when I started the following message pops up: Could not find the program 'gksudo' I've tried to install it by running the commands below: sudo apt install gksudo sudo apt install gksu But…
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IBM i Access Client Solutions not working with Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04

I have used IBMi Access Client Solutions (ACS) with Ubuntu 16.04 for a few years for 5250 (green screen) access etc. without any problems. I recently decided to update to 20.04. I can install the latest ACS (1.1.8.4 build 0160) and start it up to…
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Installing Sametime 8.5 in Ubuntu 16.04

Might sound like a familiar question, but could not find an answer yet. I am trying to install an older version of Sametime (Sametime 8.5) in Ubuntu. The reason for installing an older version is that I could not find a free download of Sametime…
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