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change GRUB boot loader order within GRUB
In our system there are two Ubuntu operating systems installed.
At boot time GRUB asks which Ubuntu to boot from, but now I have to add a new menu item into GRUB and that menu item will allow user to ...
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I uninstalled a package but not all disk space was cleared. What do I do?
So I went to install a LaTeX distribution using sudo apt-get install texlive-full, and hit yes without really looking at the size of the package. It told me it required 3,550MB, but when all was said ...
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How to stop Katoolin from crashing Ubuntu?
I updated from 14.04 to 16.04 and used katoolin to add some Kali tools. After restart, the boot up of Linux ran codes, but stopped at a certain point never to load login. So I reinstalled 16.04, ran ...
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set font size only for the gnome terminal tab
When i try to set font size for the terminal, it changes across all open tabs. Thing is I just need it to be reduced on one tab and continue with the default on others. is that possible? E.g one tab I ...
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Packages "breaks" each other
When I try to run sudo apt-get install or sudo apt-get -f install it gives me the following error:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You ...
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Kubuntu KDE desktop won't load because it cannot connect to X server
When I boot Kubuntu, it just starts a CLI instead of booting the desktop environment.
When I try kstart or plasmashell or startkde, it fails with the message "cannot connect to X server :0.0".
The ...
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Change Dovecot to allow IMAP folder names with '.' like "test.com"
I have problem in migrating email folders, because many use a '.' in the folder names.
I found out that the current dovecot default for the hierarchy separator in Ubuntu is '.'. That makes it a ...
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The program JustCause3.exe has encountered a serious problem
I have installed the game Just Cause 3 but it won't seem to run. I run the launcher and it gives the program has encountered a serious problem error. I have searched for two days for a solution on the ...
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Guest Session does not load ssL certificates on firefox
I started using edubuntu for a very old computer that originally ran on Windows XP. It ran perfectly well until the latest update. The issue is that it does not load the ssL certificates while ...
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how to configure repository for juju?
I'm a juju newbie.
As known, the juju charm store is the official and default repository for juju deploy. It seems that "cs" denotes the charm store, while "local" denotes the local repository (...
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What is Ubuntu base update? [duplicate]
What is Ubuntu Base Update ?
What does exactly this patch in the case of security?
Why do I need to install it?
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No write access to my macintosh HD
I am running ubuntu 16.04 on my macbook pro in conjunction with OSX( that I hadly ever use ).
Of late I'm being refused write access to my Macintosh HD partition that used to work well before. In ...
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Kernel Panic: VFS cannot open root device or unknown block error -6
Note that this is Kubuntu (KDE Ubuntu)
I've been having a problem for a while where if I turn on the computer, it just takes me to a black screen. It sticks there with no output and no hint of what's ...
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Copy files from NTFS to EXT4
Is there any difference between cp -r /source /destination and cp -a /source /destination when I am copying from NTFS to EXT4?
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“门” looks weird on my system default font
On my system, the “门” character looks super weird.
I expect it to look like this:
But instead it looks like this:
I'm running Xubuntu 16.10 with the Chinese Language pack but not the ...
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Opening LUKS encrypted drive in nautilus results in "operation cancelled"
I'm on a Ubuntu 16.04 computer with a LUKS encrypted drive trying to mount an old Ubuntu 16.04 LUKS encrypted drive. When I open the drive in Nautilus, after entering the correct password I get the ...
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Xorg stuck at 100% CPU after updates, can't use mouse or keyboard 16.10
I can no longer use my ubuntu installation at all except via SSH following a reboot after a powercut. The Xorg process is stuck at 100% cpu and I can't use a mouse and keyboard to interact with the ...
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How can I get the wacom settings panel (from regular Ubuntu) in XUbuntu?
I liked being able to change tablet settings, especially button mapping and all that, from the settings tool in Unity and GNOME. Is there some way to get this or an equivalent GUI-based wacom manager ...
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Pastebin Terminal Syntax
Just curious:
If I'm pasting the output of some terminal processes—like the various commands one goes through to make and install a certain driver or application—into the Ubuntu Pastebin, what syntax ...
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Ubuntu cannot boot as black screen with blinking cursor on topleft corner
I put my computer with power on for one night, and after waking up, ubuntu cannot boot, just a blink cursor on top-left corner.
But i can boot into live CD and windows, with network, so hardware ...
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How can I run c files in sublime text 3 that takes user inputs? [closed]
I am using sublime text 3 for my coding work, but I am not able to build C files and take the user input in sublime text 3.So please help me.
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File system for external hard drive: interoperable and open?
I have a 2TB external hard drive that will primarily be used for backing up important documents and storing big files from an Ubuntu-based distros.
I have had issues before with NTFS as a broken file ...
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install discourse with docker on ubuntu 16.04
Iam trying to install Discourse via Docker on my local machine.
I clone discourse docker to my folder:
git clone https://github.com/SamSaffron/discourse_docker.git discourse
then I ran
sudo ./...
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Can't Try nor Install Ubuntu on Lenovo ideapad miix 310
I've just purchased a Lenovo ideapad miix 310 and my intention was to install Lubuntu but in the very first page after booting, when I click either to try or to install Lubuntu (same problem with ...
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Nothing happens when trying to restart Apache
I'm trying to restart Apache, and when I use the command sudo systemctl restart apache2.service, nothing happens. There is no error message or other response from the terminal whatsoever, after I hit ...
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Genymotion not opening
I have virtualbox version 5.1.6 and genymotion version 2.8.1 installed on my laptop. I am running xubuntu 16.10 with kernel version 4.8.0. Whenever I try to launch genymotion nothing happens. I tried ...
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Setting kernel options for the i915
I am trying to configure the i915 driver on my XPS 13 (9360) running Ubuntu 16.04 for better battery runtime.
I have created a kernel config file with this name:
/etc/modprobe.d/i915.conf
Content ...
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Macbook pro 11,2 poor sound
Can anyone help to configure sound on my Macbook pro 11,2 with 16,04 ubuntu? After installation sound is very poor. changing setting in Alsamixer useless, still crappy sound.
lspci | grep Audio
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Problems with Unity (Launcher?)
I am having an issue with (what I believe maybe Unity or Launcher?) but every time I open a terminal, or another program, the minimized applications always shop up under one tab. So in other words, ...
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Synfig: "Error: No FFmpeg binary found"
I am a Kubuntu user, and I am having problems when tryng to render my synfig animation. Here is a picture of how my parameters are set:
This is how the parameters are set:
As soon as I click "Render"...
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Wifi problems with HP Stream
My wireless model is:
According to the label: BCM943142Y
According to lspci: BCM43142 (rev 01)
My network adapter's ID is: 14e4:4365 (rev 01)
bcmwl-kernel-source is installed, and the Ubuntu ...
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I would like to wipe my encrypted HD and start all over (kubuntu)
I did something stupid! I forgot my password on a new install. I went on a small vacation and came back and you know the rest. What's the easiest and quickest way for me to wipe the install? I don'...
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Black screen at boot with nvidia / Kubuntu 16.10
Last week, after updating my system (Ubuntu 16.10) on reboot I got a black screen. No blinking cursor, just all black. Fortunately, I can access to tty console.
So after some research from my phone, ...
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Cannot play DRM content in browsers (honestly, I've looked)
Okay, before you guys say it's been answered and besiege me with links, I promise I've spent a TON of time searching: honestly I've looked, I've tried everything on every post I've found. I hopped in ...
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LXDE (Lubuntu) Menu based on User
I've been running Lubuntu for about 4 years now (since I think 12.04 actually?), however, something unforeseen happened.
I got a relationship that actually lasted for more than 2 years o.0
Anyways, ...
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I did iptables --flush and now my VPS is down and I can't access it even from hosting company's console
I had a problem (maybe a bug?) in CSF-LFD that locked my IP out and I couldn't access the site so I logged in from another IP and did scf -f && csf -r but this refresh didn't help. I then did ...
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USB not showing at all in Ubuntu 16.04
I am having tones of troubles with Ubuntu recently.My USB which I use to boot many distros,is not working.I plug it in again and again but no success.When I do lsusb it shows as abcd 1234 Unknown and ...
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not able to create sym-link our OpenCV cv2.so bindings into cv
(cv) dell@dell-Inspiron-3442:~/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages$ cd ~/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/
(cv) dell@dell-Inspiron-3442:~/.virtualenvs/cv/lib/python2.7/site-...
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Cannot change directory evenif it exists
I am trying to changed directories but I get this instead:
cd -/idea
bash: cd: -/: invalid option
cd: usage: cd [-L|[-P [-e]] [-@]] [dir]
It is acting like it doesn't exist. What gives?
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Access Ubuntu 16.04 from Windows 10 through XRDP (error - problem connecting)
I followed all the instructions from this ticket to the letter, but I get an error in the Connection log :
connecting to sesman ip 127.0.0.1 port 3350
sesman connect ok
sending login info to session ...
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There was an error talking to Libvirt: Call to virDomainCreateWithFlags failed: Unable to get index for interface eth0: No such device
My computer is Ubuntu Desktop 16.
I am using Vagrant and KVM libvirt to create virtual machines.
However, I want my machines to connect to the Wi-Fi of my home and have IP addresses of the Wi-Fi ...
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Keeping ssh-connections while switching between different networks
I am frequently switching between wireless and wired networks. Each time, all my ssh-connexions need to be closed and reissued. Is there some way to keep such connections open?
The only possibility I ...
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16.04 - Cannot access Internet with OpenVPN (NATed)
This is the problem : when i try to access a website via the route of my VPN, i cannot get any website.
leonekmi@leonekmi-MS-7693:~$ sudo openvpn --config client.ovpn
Tue Mar 21 19:38:16 2017 ...
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i installed python cv but error showing no module named cv2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
ImportError: No module named 'cv2'
How to fix this error
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dd: warning: partial read (512 bytes); suggest iflag=fullblock
Im trying to record and audio from octave and keep getting this warning and only get partial recordings..(partial read from pipe) I suppose.. IM running Ubuntu 14.04 on a sony vaio
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Microphone is not working on Ubuntu 16.04
I have problem with my HDA Intel PCH audio under Ubuntu 16.04. I never had any problem with speakers, however my microphone is not working.
When I plug microphone in jack, system reacts and it looks ...
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Ubuntu on micro sd: file system frequently corrupted
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 on a Micro Sd on my surface pro 3. To install it I used a Usb stick created with Unetbootin. I have a dual boot with Windows 10.
There two things I do not understand:
1. In ...
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Network traffic to github.com is incredibly slow lately
Since about a week ago, any network traffic to/from github.com on one computer has been exceedingly slow. Any webpage request and any pull/push/fetch from any github repo typically takes 3-5 minutes ...
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Graphics bug after system updates Ubuntu 16.04 LTS [duplicate]
Yesterday I made some system updates, and after that my ubuntu shows mixed colors around every new opened window. I tried to remove the latest update but it doesn't solve the problem. When I reboot ...
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Can't get Google Drive to work through Gnome online accounts
My computer is on 16.04 LTS with all updates installed. I'm trying to use the option in Online Accounts in the Gnome settings to add my Google account and get my Google Drive to appear as a folder in ...