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Mate 16.04.3 LTS (Xenial) client boot issue, boots on Busy Box
After installing Mate 16.04 32bit LTS Xenial as server system, fat clients fail to boot. Instead, boot reaches this point
Begin: Mounting root file system ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... ...
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how can I log the session with byobu [duplicate]
I would like to log session with byobu.
I wen through the configuration files but I could not see anything like log session etc.
I want byobu to log my session as soon as launch it with date. :)
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Can't run Virtualbox: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist [duplicate]
I can download, but not run virtualbox. It says:
WARNING: The character device /dev/vboxdrv does not exist. Please
install the virtualbox-dkms package and the appropriate headers,
most ...
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How can I make wmctrl raise the most recently fosused window of an application?
I have a script running wmctrl -x -a "$1". It brings up the window, passed as the argument to the script e.g.:
wmctrl -x -a "Firefox"
activates firefox.
However, with applications that have ...
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Not able to resolve DNS at 8.8.8.8, though ping works
I’m using Ubuntu 17.04 on my laptop. I’m not sure how the issue started since it is by no means a fresh install. I’m unable to resolve any DNS hostnames via browser or telnet. I’ve confirmed this on ...
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Odd scrolling behaviour with shift key and mouse
I'm not sure what happened, but I have some odd symptoms which I'll describe as detailed as possible. I have my suspicion that this is a software issue - but could as well be hardware. Maybe.
The ...
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Microsoft Outlook 2010 Ubuntu similar app
Please recommend me a similar app. Thunderbird is almoust ok but it cannot search within attachments. Search on Thunderbird doesn't work within attachments: doc, pdf, etc.
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Broken Wi-Fi on Dell Inspiron 5567 and 17.10
I've brand new latop and freshly installed Ubuntu. But I can't change wifi networks. Whenver I try to "touch" (change network, disable) the wifi after boot, it gets stuck.
It also happened in ...
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I want to recover my data from an external NTFS drive
I have tried testdisk to recover my lost data from my external disk. I've tried that and get the below message from terminal
Disk /dev/sdc - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
Partition ...
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Konversation not working on Ubuntu 17.10
A few day ago I upgraded to 17.10, today I installed konversation but when I try to run it I get the following error:
konversation: error while loading shared libraries: libKF5Crash.so.5: cannot ...
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DraftSight activation fails on Ubuntu 16.04.2
I have Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS with mate desktop. I installed DraftSight with these instructions:
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/draftsight-cad-software/free-download/
I downloaded deb file for ...
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Upgraded to Chrome 61.0.3163 via ppa on Ubuntu 16.04 but it won't launch because NSS out of date
I upgraded to Chrome 61.0.3163 via ppa on Ubuntu 16.04 but it won't launch because NSS out of date. Launching Chrome in terminal gives:
NSS >= 3.26 is required. Please upgrade to the latest NSS, ...
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cannot use wifi broadcom 802.11 alternative driver in ubuntu 15.04
I have a dell Inspiron 11 with the Broadcom 802.11 driver.
Playing with Ubuntu 15.04 live cd it works ok. I have to select additional drivers, check on "Using Broadcom 802.11 Linux STA wireless ...
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Unable to unzip matlab2015a.iso.bz2 file in ubuntu 17.10
This is Prof. Kalyan Chatterjee.
I have recently purchased a new laptop which has Ubuntu 17.10 installed by default. I am new to Ubuntu. Now, I need to install Matlab in Ubuntu. I have downloaded ...
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unmet dependencies padoka ppa [duplicate]
How can i solve this problem?
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgl1-mesa-dri : Depends: libdrm-amdgpu1 (>= 2.4.85-0~x~padoka0) but 2.4.84+git20171019.511c71c8-0ubuntu0ricotz~16.04....
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hwclock, not in sync with system clock
My hardware clock keeps going out of sync. I set it to system time a few times, but it keeps going back to a 5hrs ahead state.
Is this normal? Could it make trouble? How come my system clock is ...
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I'm missing mouse pointer speed option in ubuntu 16.04
I have a wireless mouse and I cannot change my pointer speed...I don't have the option in the mouse menu. Only for touch-pad.
P.S. Newbie here...
Thank you
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17.10 Gnome - Installing gnome-shell-extensions removes default theme entirely [duplicate]
I wanted to change my theme, so I installed the gnome-shell-extensions pachage. Unfortunately, all I got was something like this:
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Disk drive for /home is not ready or not present
Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS installed on my lap. It has worked fine before but now when I open the machine it goes through the normal process of starting and stopping the different and then it ends with this :...
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Right click in KDE opens the file and the context menu at the same time on the Desktop in Folder view
I have problem in KDE. Every time I want just to right click to show the menu it opens the file and shows the menu. This is only on my desktop that loads Location:Desktop. This never happens in ...
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Installing FOG on Ubuntu 12.04
I am trying to install FOG on Ubuntu 12.04 Server.
I have downloaded the latest version from SF, but when I try to install it, it fails when trying to install MySQL, specifically with:
The following ...
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FOG & Compiling a Kernel
We have been using FOG installed on Ubuntu to image computers and have now started creating an image as a Hyper-V virtual machine (an image created as a virtual machine was a recommendation to us, and ...
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Clonezilla vs. FOG on Ubuntu
I am hopeful that someone in this community will be able to help me. I am stumbling my way through my first experience with any form of Linux computing. Since 2003 I have used Windows and Symantec's ...
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How to stop the redirect after FOG uninstall?
I have uninstalled FOG Server from my Ubuntu 11.04
However, when I try to access the machine IP: http://192.168.0.22/
it is redirected to: http://192.168.0.22/fog/index.php and I get a 404 error.
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17.10 - Lost Chrome menu bar
As you can see the console has its menubar, but Chrome does not (it was there before the upgrade).
I tried switching to/from Gtk+/Classic look in the chrome settings
Turns out things are pretty ...
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I've got two cursors on my screen on recent upgrade from 17.04 to 17.10 [duplicate]
I have a Wacom Bamboo tablet and a Bluetooth mouse (I prefer to use only the Wacom), and annoyingly, it seems the cursors work independently, one for each device, but my Wacom cursor seems to ...
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Ubuntu Server 16.04.3 cannot Update/Download/Install [duplicate]
When I run sudo apt-get update this is my output:
Err:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Err:2 http://us.archive....
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Mendeley Desktop
I just recently installed Mendeley Desktop on 16.04, and I notice that there are 2 Mendeley Desktops in Ubuntu Software. Does anyone know how to get rid of that bug that makes Ubuntu Software lists 2 ...
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Executable Text File set to execute
So I downloaded AutoMouseClick because I need the software.
I downloaded the zip file, extracted it and made sure that under my Preferences settings in File are set to "Ask Each Time" whenever I ...
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Root tasks using dbus and policykit
At some point my application needs to do administrative tasks like creating a file in /etc or running commands with root priveleges.
I know just could do a Q&D:
os.popen("pkexec foo bar")
But I ...
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postgresql updated to 10 - but systemctl start postgresql starts 9.3
How do I make sure that it's version 10 that is started by systemd - not 9.3
I've looked in /lib/systemd/system/postgresql.service but there's no version information in there.
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Gnome Desktop on 17.10
Why does my 17.10 still have unity desktop. I installed 17.10 on a previously used but formatted 500 gig hard drive but it came up with unity desktop. I instaled 17.10 on another reformatted drive ...
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What happens if I choose "Install Ubuntu alongside archlinux" during installation guide?
So I just installed Ubuntu in a machine that already had Archlinux on a partition.
During the installation, I was presented an "Install Ubuntu alongside Archlinux" option which I had to ignore ...
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Why does sudo update-grub show multiple versions of the same kernel [duplicate]
I have been running Ubuntu for years now but I am one of those users that thank the stars that Ubunutu 'just works'! I am having a problem which I find hard to put into a search.
I upgraded to 17.10 ...
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Gnome-control-center fails to open in 17.10
After moving the docking bar from the left side of the screen to the bottom of the screen, gnome-control-center no longer opens on screen. It appears in the the list of processes and also as an icon ...
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How to set hibernation in apollo ubuntu? [closed]
On minipc nexenta S1 I use apollo based Ubuntu from this site
http://linuxiumcomau.blogspot.it/
Usually for enable hibernation I use this procedure
a) download pm-utils
apt-get -y install pm-utils
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Is there a way to improve Super+<Number> reliability?
I'm very much used to the Windows+Number shortcuts from Windows. Unity allows me to keep this habit, but it doesn't work very reliably for me.
The problem is that sometimes instead of switching ...
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Ubuntu MATE 17.10 freezes
Today I installed Ubuntu MATE 17.10 on my old HP Mini. Everything is working perfectly fine except one thing. When I move my mouse to the bottom edge Ubuntu freezes. Neither mouse nor keyboard reacts ...
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Can move windows out of desktop in Ubuntu 17.10
Today I installed Ubuntu 17.10 and currently I am trying to use it with 4 displays in the following orientation:
The problem is that I can move windows outside of my screen into the red area, so I ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 cannot detect bluetooth device
I wanted to connect my dualshock 4 to computer. Everything was ok, I connected it, but had some problems with its functionality. So, I downloaded ds4drv and connected DualShock to computer using this ...
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How to restore initial screen after GRUB
Actually i use Ubuntu 16.04 with Gnome 3, and decide to test a xfce.
So i purged xfce and the screen after GRUB always show xubuntu logo and login input is not from gnome
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Enable vulkan for mesa (oibaf) graphics driver
I am on an Ubuntu 16.04 64bit using an AMD radeon r9 390 gpu
Recently I had installed the "amd gpu-pro-17.10" driver and had Vulkan working, and I could play Dota 2 with better performance than in ...
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Is ./ (dot slash) a command?
Core of the question:
The question arose while I could not install the software, so I am genuinely asking about ./ because I didn't know about it and the output "command not found" was confusing me ...
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fatal error: ui_about.h: No such file or directory
I am trying to compile the following github package
https://github.com/openalpr/plate_tagger
Which makes use of qt. The output of cmake is as follows,
-- The C compiler identification is ...
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What makes Lubuntu lightweight?
I have been told that for a slower laptop I should use Lubuntu instead of Ubuntu. Before making the switch I want to know all of the cons and pros.
What about Lubuntu makes it more lightweight?
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can I format c drive while ubuntu installed in other drive [duplicate]
I have dual boot my computer on a single HDD having windows in C drive and ubuntu installed in other drive.
Can I format C drive and reinstall windows in C drive without affecting Ubuntu which is ...
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Digital Audio Output light on on MacBook Pro
I don't know if this problem happened when I installed Ubuntu before.
Recently I noticed that when I boot Ubuntu, the Digital Audio Output light automatically switches on. Digital Audio Output light ...
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Help me kill this red light coming from headphone jack?
Problem: Red light won't go away; keeps shining out of 3.5mm port after reboot.
Troubleshooting: Muted it on alsamixer; light successfully turns off from via alsamixer.
Tested: ran sudo alsactl ...
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bash: syntax error: unexpected end of file
Betcha I missed a fi somewhere.
I did.
[~/bin]: ./trashing_rm.sh
./trashing_rm.sh: line 70: syntax error: unexpected end of file
[~/bin]:
here's trashing_rm.sh:
#echo $@ #dbg
function help(){
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Boot failure after upgrade /dev/mapper/isw...Volume01 does not exist [closed]
I upgraded to 12.04 and now my system won't boot. It complains about /dev/mapper/isw...Volume01 does not exist and drops me to busybox.
cat /proc/cmdline tells me it is indeed trying Volume01.
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