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What does this hard drive authentication after login in LXDE mean?
I am using LXDE on Ubuntu 16.04. When I wake it up from suspension, I login in, and then another authentication window appears. What does that mean? Is it necessary? If not, how can I get rid of the ...
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Grub will not install correctly with EFI on my Macbook Pro
I am simply trying to install a single boot system with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on my old MacBook Pro 4,1. (Also tried 17.04 but I get an error that APT not working)
There are a few issues but the one that ...
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Document Viewer - Change page from "Fading" into "direct"
I use Document Viewer for PDF and there is a little thing annoying: when changing pages into presentation mode, pages are changing by Fading in / Fading out(it takes a lot of time and it's disturbing ...
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Trouble connecting to my Home SSH connection
OS: Ubuntu Budgie Remix 16.04
uname -a: Linux midgard 4.8.0-54-generic #57~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 24 16:22:28 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
This seems pretty basic, but I've tried a ...
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HDD+SSD on notebook Ubuntu 16.04
I recently bought a notebook with HDD+SSD, Ubuntu came installed on SSD part and I only have access to this. The HDD I can not access.
My main concern is, when I want to save any file on the HD I can ...
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How to "uninstall" Strange Eons
I installed Strange Eons and now I want to get rid of it.
The last step of the install was:
Strange Eons includes a command to integrate with the desktop. This
command should work with any ...
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Errors on apt-get update: Ubuntu 16.04 [duplicate]
I have been trying to figure out what is going on when I run apt-get update. I've tried going through the sources file and also using the Ubuntu Tweak to clean the sources list, but nothing is working....
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Control+R stops working in all programs after some time
Ubuntu 17.04
XFCE4
When I log in to the computer, Control+R works in all programs. However, after some time (usually after some inactivity, even though the computer never sleeps, the monitors just ...
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Apache2 not able to restart in Ubuntu 16.04
I installed Apache2 on my Ubuntu machine. At first it was working fine as I started and restarted many times in the course. But now suddenly when I tried to restart it gave me this error message:
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Failed to start load modules at boot
Failed to start load kernel modules
see systemctl status systemd -modules-load.service for details
Failed to start Load Kernel Modules Ubuntu 16.04.2 is not working
Edit1 (output of journalctl | ...
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Error mounting disk drive
One of my partition is showing up this error when opening. I removed windows today and installed Ubuntu in the 128GB SSD. After starting Ubuntu, I am not able to open my secondary HDD partition. I ...
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16.04 Reboot after installation hangs Assuming drive cache: write through
I did a fresh install of 16.04 this morning and after installation finished I am asked to reboot the system. When I do that I get a command list or what ever and the last log says
No Caching mode ...
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Mount writable NTFS disk in Ubuntu Core
I have recently installed Ubuntu Core on a Raspberry Pi 3 using the official images provided by Canonical. I have a USB hard drive connected to the Raspberry Pi. This drive is formatted as NTFS. In ...
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MySQL 5.7 Crashes on Ubuntu 16.04 - No Errors
I created a new server on Ubuntu 16.04 at Digital Ocean and the mysql component keep crashing on me. I have a notification script that should be sending me an email when mysql crashes and tries to ...
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Tried Reinstalling PulseAudio now no sound at all Lubuntu 17.04
I has audio working through the computer only, then I hooked up my laptop to my computer to get a HDMI connection. No sound came through. Tried to purge and reinstall PulseAudio now I have no sound at ...
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Using bluetooth command without root access in 17.04
Back in 16.04 I could use the bluetooth command in my Xfce session startup and it turn bluetooth off at least until the applet turns it on when the panel loads, which I worked around with a simple ...
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16.04 update center : untrusted packages issue
This is a question from a French user of the 16.04. I have been unable to keep my computer up to date for about six months I think. For some reason I do not know, the update center had ceased to work ...
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ThinkPad T420 hangs on boot - graphics driver issue?
I start my laptop up and it hangs during boot at
ACPI: Video Device [VID1] (multi-head:yes rom:yes post:no)
I've already tried setting the kernel boot parameter nox2apic:
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=...
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Is there any way to install updates/drivers from USB?
So, I've been trying to get my wireless connection to work most of today. The only solutions I can find tell me to download various drivers or updates, usually as a first step. Some guides even tell ...
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Failed to install Google Chrome because "package libgcc1:i386 is not installed" on ubuntu 17.04
I was trying to install google chrome but while installing getting the following messages. When I wrote
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
I get the following messages:
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SCP permission denied when copying from server to local
So I am setting up a vpn and I keep getting a permission denied error when I use scp. I've tried several methods (the ones I found online) but nothing seems to help.
root@debian-512mb-fra1-01: scp ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 with Lenovo Ideapad 500S 13 ISK keyboard backlight
I'm using this configuration for about a year, but only recently realized that keyboard back light don't work (even with the windows 10 which is my dual-boot).
When the laptop changes it's state e.g. ...
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how can i download ubuntu 14.04? [duplicate]
hello guys I want ubuntu 14.04. Anybody can give me a download link please? since in order to install one software named 'kalipetty' i need ubuntu 14.04. while installing on 17.04 it is showing ' your ...
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Desktop icons move every time after reboot
Every time I run my system (Ubuntu 16.04/16.10/17.04 with GNOME installed) icons on the desktop are under top bar and when I open any window they come back to their position before turning system off.
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Which restricted-extras package for Ubuntu GNOME 17.04?
There does not appear to be a *buntu-restricted-extras package for Ubuntu GNOME.
What is the correct way to install the various media codecs, etc?
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wlp2s0 not found? Lubuntu v16.04
As the question says, I'm seeing an error of "wlp2s0: Device not found" when I'm trying to troubleshoot my lack of wireless connectivity.
I'm on Lubuntu 16.04 on a Dell Optiplex 755, I only rarely ...
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Is there any supported external sound card with working microphone input?
Currently i am using a Asus Xonar U7. Sound output is working perfectly, but the audio input is not working at all (expected behaviour as of other users experiences).
Previously I tried a Creative ...
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Cannot restore files with deja-dup/duplicity --> python and assertion error
I have a disk full with backups that I created with deja-dup sometime in 2014. Now the time has come to restore one of the files. To do so, I have clicked 'Restore missing files' in the Nautilus ...
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Crontab @reboot commands not running correctly [closed]
Normal cron jobs (not using the @ symbol) run just fine.
For testing purposes, I have set up a command to be run echo "hi" > /home/kasperfred/reboot.txt which works when running from terminal, and ...
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Mouse pointer moves at different speeds up/down and left/right in DOSBox
I'm trying to run a game* in DOSBox. It works perfectly except the pointer which moves at different speeds along y and x axes: it moves much more quickly up/down than left/right. Simply adjusting ...
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Probem with Deja-dup during restore
I just installed Ubuntu few days ago, but here is a problem that I don't know how to solve. When I backup my file by using Deja-dup (that is pre-installed in Ubuntu) everything works just fine. But ...
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How to create a symlink link
I would like to create a symlink link for my
Web-files
Mysql-files
Email-files
Right now the Web-files are stored in following location
/var/www/html
Mysql-files
/var/lib/mysql
Email-files
/...
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Headless Passthrough: QEMU-KVM NVidia
Is it possible to run VM and instead of sending picture to monitor, encode VM screen as x264 video stream and send stream over network?
PS I have OpenGL app that runs on Linux and I wish to stream ...
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mynetworks parameter in main.cf file of postfix server help
I'm new to postfix server and trying to setup simple postfix server and client with below requirement-
Postfix server should be able to send mail to postfix clients with networks "192.168.100.0/...
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Mdadm blocks apt-get upgrade
So
Mdadm seems to cause an error when trying to upgrade packages.
apt-get upgrade results in:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating ...
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Install latest Rsymphony Ubuntu
One could install Rsymphony by doing:
apt-get install r-cran-rsymphony
But that is an old version. When trying to install the latest (from within R), one get:
* installing *source* package ‘...
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Thunderbird for ubuntu strange downloading
Screen shot of Thunderbird:
Moreover, it is now saying me downloading 44 of 19, while it just had downloaded all the inbox yesterday and there is no new email in my mailbox since then. (I checked in ...
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How to enable hibernation on ubuntu 16.04?
I know there are lots of threads about this already, but none of them works for me. I tried the solution mentioned here:
How to enable hibernation in 16.04
Xubuntu 14.04: how to enable hibernate?
How ...
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Why is there no posix_spawn manpage on my system (14.04) & how do I get it installed?
Why is there no posix_spawn manpage on my system (14.04) & how do I get it installed?
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How to make display resolution 1360 x 768 permanantly?
I'm new to Ubuntu. I have to run the commands below every time I switch on the computer.
xrandr --newmode "1360x768_60.00" 84.75 1360 1432 1568 1776 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode ...
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I have a process writing to a terminal. I can't find what process it is. It survives reboot
A small shell script writes to a terminal, in while-loop, with echo.
If I close the terminal, it re-attaches to the new terminal I start - usually /dev/pts/0 but it has also attached to /dev/pts/10.
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Upgrading kernel by dist-upgrade
I upgraded kernel version by dist-upgrade. The version I upgraded to was 4.4.0-78. but after rebooting when I typed sudo uname -r, it showed 4.4.0-34. What's wrong? There were no problems while ...
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Why I kill openarena process fail?
I press ctrl+alt+f1,type top,kill pid,killall ioquake3.
Then I press ctrl+alt+f7, openarena is freezing, I wanna kill it and return to unity.
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Running an iptables script at boot and when connections change
I am using a script (one that I have created with fwbuilder) to set up my iptables firewall. Since the device we are talking about is a notbook rather than a server in a quasi static network, I need ...
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How do I point domain to an external ip address?
I've got Ubuntu webserver set up in my place. Purchased domain and registered dynamic dns service on no-ip.com to take care of constantly changing external ip address. The thing is when I try to view ...
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Why does Ubuntu's `venv` require installing `python3-venv`? [duplicate]
venv is a standard python3 module, thus I assume it should be shipped with python3 by default.
That is not quite true on Ubuntu 16.04: to use venv you also need to install python3-venv.
Why on Ubuntu ...
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Anaconda-Navigator desktop launcher fails to start application
I recently installed Anaconda on my Xubuntu 16.04 system. To launch the application from a terminal, I simply use anaconda-navigator and it works brilliantly.
Now I wanted to create a desktop ...
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How To Install Visual Studio, SQL Server On Ubuntu
i'm a developer and i use Visual Studio, Sql Server , Photoshop, And Many Another Program For My Work.
Now For Some Reasons I Want Install Ubuntu And Use That Programs For My Work.
Now How Can I ...
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How can I Increase swap partiton by decreasing root partion and be able to hibernate my system [duplicate]
OS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,
Platform: 64bit,
Root partition(/) size: 153.6 GB,
Free space in root partition(/): 140.2 GB,
Swap partition size: 6 gb,
Any free/Unallocated space in disk: No,
Dual Boot/Other ...
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Can't Access getcomposer.org Ubuntu 17.04
I Can't Access https://getcomposer.org (Through URL and Curl).
When I tried to access through URL its not loading the page.
And When I curl the same It shows Connection Timed Out.
curl: (7) Failed to ...
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