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broadcom bcm5880 ubuntu compatibility
I have a question about the Broadcom bcm5880 fingerprint scanner. I've been doing some research and I'm mostly seeing that there is no Linux support for this model (even though every model above and ...
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I can run my program from launchpad but can't put icon in panel
I'm running Ubuntu 17.04. I developed a C++/Qt program. The executable is pnotes. I found a suitable icon, wrote pnotes.desktop, and put that file in ~/.local/share/plasma_icons.
Now, the launcher ...
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Data recovery help requested
I have installed ubuntu 17.04 along side ubuntu 17.10 now I am unable to check my data present in ubuntu 17.10, I have not formatted the partition still the data is not available, can anyone help me ...
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Ubuntu freezing time to time
I have dual boot Ubuntu and Windows on my Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro (RAM 4GB, SSD 120GB, Intel® Core™ i5-4200U CPU @ 1.60GHz × 4 ).
Ubuntu is freezing time to time. When I look at the System Monitor my RAM ...
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USB works once but disappears when you click on file
I just installed 17.10 on a system that I built. It has and MSI 970 Gaming MB and I have an internal USB hub connected to the MB by the 20 pin USB expansion connector. When I put a USB stick in the ...
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BIOS detects HDD but doesn't boot
I have a problem and this isn't really my area and am not able to find a good solution.
Basically I have two Hard Disks
500 G
1000 G
In the 500 G HDD > I have windows running
In the 1000 G HDD >...
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How to avoid typing 'python' when running .py scripts? [duplicate]
I am experimenting with Django develpment in virtualenv. It is rather anyoing that each time I should type commands like:
python manage.py runserver
I am wondering what should I do to run the same ...
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My ubuntu freezes when I switch workspaces with a full screen video playing
One cool thing about my mac is I can switch workspaces while having a full screen YouTube video running. On my Ubuntu machine it causes the video to freeze. Sometimes it works (with a little ...
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error: C compiler cannot create executables when compiling CFOUR with Portland compiler
The command I am trying to run is
FC=pgf90 CC=pgcc MPIFC=mpif90 ./configure
--prefix=/data/share/cfour_mpi --enable-mpi=openmpi --with-mpirun="mpirun
-np \$CFOUR_NUM_CORES" --with-exenodes="mpirun -...
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What file search tool can be used to track files based on creation date?
I am using Ubuntu (MATE) 16.04.
I am looking for a GUI search tool to search by creation date. I'd appreciate any suggestions.
I've tried:
MATE search tool - can only search by modified date, by ...
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howto convert 16.04lts policy-based routing /etc/network/interfaces example to netplan
Looking to update this 16.04lts policy-based routing /etc/network/interfaces example to netplan
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# Being able to reply to anyone that contact this host requires
# Policy-Base routing setup that ...
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How to make watch display its output at the center of the screen?
Every time I use the watch command in the terminal the output is displayed from the screen start and it seems a bit awkward. I am hoping to make watch display the output at the screen center.
$ ...
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wine Direct3D 10 is not supported on this GPU with the current shader backend
Hi i am trying to paly NFS2012 with playonLinxu .
i am geeting error
winediag:dxgi_check_d3d10_support Direct3D 10 is not supported on this GPU with the current shader backend
And debug log
err:...
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How to grep sequence of fasta using list of IDs in another file?
I have a big file of fasta sequence and a list of IDs. I need to grep some sequences with header using their IDs from another file. Here, is the files examples.
File 1:
>AB1234
ACGTAGATA
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Downloading data file from website to RStudio in ubuntu 17.10
How can I download a data file from a website into RStudio using ubuntu 17.10?
I am using the command below, but I get an error:
unexpected / and unexpected "
cpd <- read.csv(url(“https://pub....
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How To Install Phatch 16.1 Version on 16.04
The Problem
I run Ubuntu 16.04. The latest Phatch version for 16.04 (0.2.7.1-3.1) stops loading at the splash screen. I have read that version 0.2.7.1-4 for 16.10 works fine and should work on 16.04. ...
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How do I backup the whole ubuntu OS (v 16.04) inluding apps, drivers etc
Totally new to Linux. My goal is to backup (or copy), in the simplest possible way, all necessary os files, drivers apps etc. I backup my home folder regularly so data recovery is covered. I have ...
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How to pass command-line arguments to atd init script in Ubuntu 16.04
How can I pass a command-line argument to the atd daemon which will persist across reboots and package upgrades? I wish to add the command line flag -l 7.5 to atd because I have an 8-CPU server and ...
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Why my computer hang due to full consumption of ram memory?
I have 3 Gb of Ram installed on my dell core 2 duo computer.
The problem, I am facing is that my pc uses a lot of Ram memory. It have consumed 1 Gb space just at the start of computer.
Moreover, it ...
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Track temperature over time
Is there an application that lets you track CPU temperature over time?
I am aware of what the sensors app from lm-sensors does, but what if I want to compare the heat vs CPU load from N-weeks ago ...
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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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Where does Banshee store playlists and podcast metadata?
I'm in the process of doing a system re-install. I've seen: How to backup settings and list of installed packages
There are a couple of specific apps I want to double check that all their data/...
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Unmet dependencies with everything using sudo apt-get install
I am running Ubuntu 16.04 using crouton on my chromebook. Whenever I install a new chroot and load up linux for the first time sometimes installing things works just fine, but every time I load in ...
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unzip unable to find file with spaces in file name [duplicate]
I'm a psychology student at the VU Amsterdam. For my statistic courses this software called IBM SPSS statistics is required andabsolutly neccesary. I bought it of the official website and downloaded ...
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Dualshock 4 rotates my screen
Every time I connect dualshock 4 to my laptop it turns my screen. When I rotate my dualshock, my screen rotates too.
How to stop it?
I tried to use ds4drv but it helps only sometimes.
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Script to Capture VHS Tapes Using the Hauppauge 610 USB-Live 2 Analog Video Digitizer and Video Capture Device
This device is supported in the Linux kernel for modern Linux distributions. I have had the most success using VLC Media Player in digitizing (compared to FFmpeg which has rendered a pixelated picture)...
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how to fix apt-update error: Package Hash sum mismatch
after installing nvidia cuda 9.0, I realize that tensorflow doesn't support it at this moment. I tried to remove cuda9.0 and install cuda8.0 back. but I got the error below when I do 'apt-get update'
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Get all reserved ip address for router [closed]
I have computer where the user can set the static IP address.
The problem is if somehow another computer have the same IP address which is set like a static, but right now is not connected to the ...
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What does `~` do? [duplicate]
I saw ~ here before the path of repository.
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
What does ~ do here?
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Mouse weirdly sticking to the right edge of screen
I'm a total noob when it comes to ubuntu and I just installed it for the first time yesterday. I love it though and I'd like learn more about it. But i have this weird glitch or whatever you wanna ...
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How to set a fixed localhost address for X11 forwarding?
I have a remote ubuntu server that is used by multiple users for development. We use PyCharm connected to the server as a remote interpreter.
In order to use X11 forwarding in PyCharm you have to ...
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Detect teamviewer session start and kill it after X minutes
I have an application that's running on an Ubuntu Server 14.04.3 using xsession and xorg with google-chrome. I've installed teamviewer 10 on the machine so if they have internet connection they can ...
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Porblem with Flash player under Ubuntu 16 LTS [closed]
I'm preparing for CCNA from netacad website.
Perhaps some of you have seen the platform, It offers a text materials next to picture or flash player objects.
The flash animations work well, but I ...
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How to create .Xauthority file in Ubuntu GNOME 17.04
Stressing 17.04.
I want to use VNC Connect to I can use my computer from my phone. However, I do not have a .Xauthority file. I saw the other question, "How do I create the .Xauthority file?" and it ...
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My wifi will connect to a secured access but not to an open one
I am trying to connect to an open access point called Highwoods Guest, it connects but I have no internet. When I connect to one of the secured ones it will connect no problem.
What do I need to ...
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ACPI event daemon
16.04 server...What is "ACPI event daemon" and why do I need it? Can I turn it off somehow? I am seeing lots of these:
Nov 16 06:05:03 signal-security systemd[1]: Started ACPI event daemon.
Nov 16 ...
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Touchpad jumps randomly
Cursor is somewhere; remove finger from touchpad; put finger on touchpad again and cursor immediately jumps somewhere else entirely before continuing normally. It's making it very hard to use as I can'...
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Pen drive lifetime issues when running OS from it
I intend to install Ubuntu onto a 32GB pendrive. I've heard that the lifetime of a pendrive will reduce drastically due to the large number of read/writes due to running /tmp from pendrive. Does this ...
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Can't transfer files to USB drive, but I can upload them to Internet
This is not Ubuntu specific. But I have Lubuntu on a netbook. And I have Ubuntu Gnome on a desktop. I installed Lubuntu about 2 weeks ago on the Netbook, and installed Ubuntu Gnome on the desktop a ...
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Unable to install extensions on GRASS GIS
I've been trying to install several extensions on my newly installed GRASS GIS 7.0 (installed following instructions here), amongst them "i.fusion.hpf". The extension doesn't seem to matter as the ...
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How to get a white background in XFCE terminal of Xubuntu 16.04?
I am using Xubuntu 16.04
The terminal background is black and my eyes are straining.
How can I make the terminal background white?
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Ubuntu 17.10: low resolution on external 2560x1440 monitor (Lenovo P24H) with AMD RV620 (FirePro V3700)
I'm trying to setup an external monitor with the resolution of 2560x1440 with an ATI FirePro V3700 graphics card. The output of lspci | grep VGA is:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro ...
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Error mounting swap after mobo and CPU upgrade
I went from a Xeon E5450 to a E5-2680v2 a few days ago.
Aside from killing my network setup, I am now having a few issues during boot I would like to address.
I will split this into several post for ...
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specify username and password for VPN connection
I have open-connect VPN and would like to always have a connection, even before I login with my own account.
I have Ubuntu 16.04.2, network-manager-openconnect-gnome.
If I run the command line nmcli ...
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Two Mice not working after screen lock
I have written a Perl script allowing the user to use simultaneously two
mice. One right-handed and the other left-handed. The script works. The problem is that after returning from screen lock, both ...
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How to run logout with cron?
I'm creating something to allow me to set limits for time spent per user session: I've created a cron job:
*/120 * * * 1,2,3,4,5 /path/to/command
*/180 * * * 0,6 /path/to/command
and I want to run ...
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ubuntu 17.10 cursor split
Since I upgraded my ubuntu to the last version, its mouse cursor has been split. I don't know how to fix it.
This issue is on GNOME (Wayland desktop environment) only.
My mouse cursor:
It's a ...
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Build Kernel in 16.04 - no firmware package built
I've been successfully building a set of Linux kernels on 16.04 base for some time now. When I build the 4.14 kernel to make deb packages with:
make -j24 KDEB_PKGVERSION=1.custom deb-pkg
which has ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 stuck on boot
When I try to boot Ubuntu on my Acer Aspire laptop, it gets stuck at this black screen.
I'm dual booting with Windows 10.
This only started happening today after I pressed Ctrl+Alt+F10 because I ...
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Only require password when waking up from suspend when suspended for 10 minutes
I generally want my laptop to be locked when it's suspended but not when I just suspended it because there is a use case in which entering my password after my laptop woke up from suspend is pretty ...
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