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set headless ubuntu linux display resolution

We bought a small box as our server and we installed ubuntu linux. We don't plug any display to it, instead, we remote desktop/vnc to the server (using TightVNC). However, the display by default is around 1024x768 and our local display is usually…
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How to fix windows 7 dns override of local hosts file?

I ran into the following problem under Windows 7: name resolution uses the result from a DNS lookup instead of using what I have in my local hosts file. This is different from previous versions of Windows. What workarounds are there to fix this…
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How exactly does the DNS protocol work?

I've had a good look at Wikipedia's article on DNS, and got a somewhat broad overview of how the process of resolving domain names works. However, I was having a bit of trouble understanding the exact role of the DNS server itself. My understanding…
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How to Run vnc4server on Ubuntu in Certain Resolution?

There's a headless Ubuntu instance used as a host for our build server. I have some UI code that requires some graphical output. Installing a vnc4server and redirecting a DISPLAY to it worked like a charm. Not that my UI tests are running but test…
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Windows Desktop Randomly Switches Resolution

Once per log in a specific account, Windows XP is switching to 800x600 and 8 (looks like) bit color. It then after a few seconds switches back to the regular settings. This, so far, has only happened, once per log in session but it is becoming very…
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Unable to resolve IP address of our nameserver

Today, we suddenly started having intermittent problems checking our email, then getting to our web site. After some checking, we discovered it was a DNS problem. We were suddenly not able to resolve domain names externally - everything is fine on…
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Browser IP failover?

I hve read a bunch of the answers here and most of them are dealing with round-robin DNS (RR DNS), but I have a different question. If at the DNS level I am resolving to say 3 IPs in a specific order, .1/.2/.3 will the browser use these addresses in…
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Resolution of public domain server internally

I have an issue with my users internally not being able to resolve the public namespace internally. I use domain.local as my internal namespace and domain.com as my public namespace. However I cannot get the internal users to resolve for example…
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CentOS6 - Display resolution

I used the Display menu to change my resolution settings. Now I chose a setting too small by accident, but I can't revert because the screen is so small I can't click the append button to enlarge it. Anyone know what I could do?
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Setting the right screen resolution for Ubuntu

Under "Screen resolution" in Ubuntu, I don't have my screen's native resolution (SyncMaster 226BW). What's the right way to make Ubuntu detect it? Udi
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Multiple IP Addresses Resolve to Windows Share

I'm running a linux firewall with an SSH server, that allows me to connect to a Windows PC behind the firewall (IP 10.10.1.45). I use PUTTY and the Microsoft Loopback Interface to connect to the Windows TCP port on the client computer, so that the…
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Server resolves to correct IP when using FQDN but incorrectly when using shortname

Win2k3 environment using WINs server resolves to the correct IP when I use the FQDN, but resolves to a different IP when I use the shortname. I've tried resetting NetBios cache and purging/reloading remote cache table (nbtstat), but that doesn't…
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VPS DNS Resolution problem

I've recently moved from a shared hosting to a VPS at vps.net but I think I might have broken it already! I have domain.com and domain.net. I have setup DNS records for both to point to my server. However, only domain.com pings to the correct IP…
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What is the resolution rate that I can expect from Bind resolver (or alternative)?

I would like to create a DNS resolver using Bind9 so all my organization's DNS queries go to this resolver (DNS queries for external domains. The resolver should not be authoritative for the organization's domain). I will restrict the incoming…
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bad localhost resolution on linux

$ dig @127.0.0.1 localhost $ dig @127.0.0.1 localhost. ;localhost. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: localhost. 604800 IN A 127.0.0.1 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: localhost. 604800 IN NS localhost. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: localhost. …
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