Magento URLs other than home page do not work without index.php

Question

My magento is installed on Ubuntu Linux under /var/www/magento . This question looks like some of the questions in the archives but is acutally somewhat different. When I in

Answer 1

Do you have the appropriate .htaccess file in your Magento root? Also, you may run into issues with localhost. It's advised to use 127.0.0.1 or to map dev domains in your hosts file.