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Laptop not shutting down on low power
I have problem with Ubuntu 19.04. System doesn't shutdown in normal way when battery is low. When battery level drops to 3% laptop is turning off like I pulled out the battery.
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GUI does not start on boot
Ubuntu 12.04 does not start x after boot up.
Worked until now without any problem, and last shutdown was clean.
After text log in I can run startx, but no tray and Alt+Tab does not working.
Command ...
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What audio players can use winamp skins?
My favorite player is DeaDBeeF - but I am curious whether I can use Winamp skins in a player for Ubuntu.
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I can connect to my web server with my internal IP, but not my external IP?
I have recently installed a webserver, and port 80 is open. I can connect with 127.0.0.1 and 192.168.0.50, but I can't with my external IP. So, why is this?
I use a router from Ubee.
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Ubuntu 19.10 has no working Keyboard or Mouse for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, only works for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
Is there anyway to fix Ubuntu 19.10 for mouse & keyboard functionality on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B? I can't even get the Ubuntu 19.10 login when the login pops up. I can only change the ...
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Values cannot be changed in CompizConfig System Manager (CCSM) when using <super>
I'm trying to change the value "Left Maximize" to <Control><Super>Left, succeeding in grabbing the key combination.
But after a second, the value returns to the previous key combination. ...
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Unable to remove 'residual config' packages in Synaptic Package Manager
I am using 11.04 with Synaptic Package Manager (Ver 0.70). When I select Status and try to delete packages from the Not Installed (residual config) option, although I can select these old applications ...
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Ubuntu 21.04 not booting
Ubuntu 21.04 was working fine for a month or more, but today it doesn't boot. I am stuck on a black screen, with a blinking cursor at the top. Is this something I can fix, or must reinstall Ubuntu? I ...
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Installing Ubuntu on an Asus Vivotab Smart Windows 8 32-bit processor tablet
Good day,
I just got an Asus Vivotab Smart with Windows 8 but the processor is actually a 32-bit type. I am kinda confused with the Ubuntu version to install (32-bit or 64-bit). I have read all the ...
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Script/tool to clone a ubuntu server
I have installed and configured a ubuntu server (installing additional packages and making modifications to some configuration files). Now I would like to install an almost identical system, which ...
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How can I use bind9 to use my own custom domain in my LAN?
I'm new to DNS and making a DNS server. I've read through the bind9 server how to (at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIND9ServerHowto) and several tutorials online on setting up a bind9 server in ...
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Lightdm : Checking battery state - No login screen [closed]
I upgraded to oneiric Beta2 for some reasons I prevously explained. Now I cannot use LightDm. GDM works fine but cannot use Lightdm. When booting past Grub the message is checking battery state...[ok] ...
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Switching OS from Ubuntu to XP?
I originally had Windows XP on my computer. Then I decided to download Ubuntu 12.04. I didn't use any CDs or USBs or anything. I did not know that in doing so I wouldn't have access to any of my files....
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After deleting files I do not get any more space on my hard drive and files are not in trash
I am deleting files from my filesystem because I am running out of space but I do not get any more free space after deleting them. I cannot locate these files and they are not in trash.
I do not know ...
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Rebind Control-n Control-p
I would like to rebind C-n and C-p in all my applications to send Up and Down.
My brain is just stuck with this shortcuts, and I am tired of always seeing new windows and printing dialogs popping up.
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vfat partition cannot be mounted with x-gvfs-show option
Got a problem with my laptop manufacturer's partition. It's FAT32-formatted and fails under same curcumstances as for topic starter at here. It seems like vfat got a problem working with x-gvfs-show ...
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Why did Ubuntu 16.04.2 install the loader on Macbook Pro hard drive despite being told to put it on USB hard drive?
Macbook Pro 12,1 with OS X 10.11.6; installing using Ubuntu 16.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso
Trying to install Ubuntu 16 to a USB hard drive, for use with my Macbook Pro, which I have set up with Boot Camp ...
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Trying to block YouTube
I've tried two different commands in IPTables to block YouTube. They briefly work, but then, hours later, or the next day, I test it again, only to find that it comes through when I DON'T want it to. ...
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Correctly limit IP connections
I asked many questions about this same subject, for example: here, and here.
The answer said I should set up the rule like this:
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ...
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du (disk usage) reports 6.1M but directory is empty
This does not make any sense!
user@localhost:~/folder$ du -h --max-depth=1
6.1M ./subfolder
6.1M .
user@localhost:~/folder$ ls -la subfolder
total 6228
drwx------ 2 user user 6369280 2013-07-08 ...
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How do I access the SSH client side from the SSH server side? [duplicate]
Normally there is an SSH client that connects to an SSH server. The client then places commands that are executed on the server. Now, is there a way to do it the other way around? So that the client ...
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How do I run gparted as root?
I installed gparted to use for partitioning my hard drive so ubuntu is my only os but when I tried to run gparted, it told me that i have to be root but i am root as far as i know how do i know for ...
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How can I get the Nvidia driver to drive my projector at 1280x720?
I recently purchased a BenQ W600+ projector that I'd like to use with my ThinkPad T410 with Nvidia graphics running Ubuntu 12.10. The native resolution of the projector is 1280x720 (i.e. 720p), but I ...
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Dell XPS 15 9550 - Ubuntu after upgrade(including Kernel) will not boot
I have a Dell XPS 15 9550 and a encrypted Ubuntu which will not boot. At the beginning iI updated/upgraded the current OS which resulted in the following output after reboot.
ACPI BIOS Error(Bug): ...
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Banshee won't open
Hello, world.
My computer turned off while banshee was updating my music library. Now I can't open it. The error says: "found a fatal error. Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation."
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xorg.conf to get current "Section "Device" content
by default the xorg.conf doesn't exist in /etc/
I could generate it by Xorg -configure. However in order to do this. I need to stop xserver. I can't do it at the moment.
So is it possible to get ...
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A program is constantly opening and closing every 5 seconds. It's really annoying
So there is this program named "@!0,27;BDH" that's constantly opening and closing in the background and i don't know how to stop it.
The problem is that, because the program opens, it's ...
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Installing NVIDIA driver causes black screen (750M)
I have a dual boot set up on a Lenovo Ideapad Y500 with NVIDIA 750M and I am having problems installing the graphics cards. I have made sure to install both linux-headers-generic and linux-source, and ...
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How do I establish a mobile broadband connection from the command line?
I run Ubuntu 12.04 on an old iMac G3. Since the GUI is too resource heavy I have disabled the display manager (lightdm) and am currently running the computer in console mode. How do I establish a ...
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Is there any way to use global menu in Xubuntu 16.04?
I'm using Xubuntu 16.04 on a laptop, which means a confined screen space and a desperate need for global menu. I've tried I've tried topmenu (the classic option), but it looks like it hasn't been ...
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Is Nitroshare transfer limited to a certain file size?
I have recently seen Nitroshare promoted on this site and have installed it in Ubuntu (Xubuntu 12.10) and Win7.
I was able to transfer files but only up to a certain size. I have not tested with very ...
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How to route between 2 connections (different network) in 1 PC (wired & wireless card)?
I have a problem to make a routing table for my PC.
I have 1 pc running on Ubuntu, and i have 2 connection card (eth0 & wlan0).
eth0 IP : 192.168.1.1/24
wlan0 IP: 10.10.10.1/24 with dhcp-server ...
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Huge syslog, syslog.1 and kern.log files stored in /var/log in Ubuntu 18.04
I recently upgraded Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 on my PC (with Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GPU) and ever since my file system has been building up from these huge log-files. Every time I shut down my ...
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apt autoremove it's not work
apt autoremove
E: Invalid operation autoremove
E: Failed to fetch http://deb.parrotsec.org/parrot/pool/main/i/icu/libicu-dev_57.1-8_i386.deb GnuTLS recv error (-54): Error in the pull function.
E: ...
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How to disable WiFi interface with netplan?
My netplan config at /etc/netplan/wireless.yaml seems to be working well for my WiFi-to-USB adapter, but I seem to still get the native interface to come up. I would prefer to keep that down. Right ...
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Installing nvidia driver?
I have ubuntu 12.04 running on my laptop. I've been trying to install a 2nd monitor on it, but ubuntu does not detect the second monitor. I have an nvidia card on my laptop, and ubuntu was using the ...
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VNC grey screen with Xubuntu 17.04
I have tightvncserver running with the default settings on my Xubuntu 17.04 system, but when I connect to it on the local network (from Windows or Debian),
I only get a grey screen with a cursor. It ...
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Ubuntu and Nvidia 960m
I've noticed several issues with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (64-bits) and my Nvidia drivers.
I have an Acer V-Nitro7 with a Intel® HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) and Nvidia GTX 960M.
Two major issues
One is ...
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VMWare Player 15 Unable to Start on Fresh Install of 19.04? [duplicate]
I have a question very similar to (15.04 VMWare Player "unable to start services" error) in that the modules cannot be compiled.
However, the top solution does not work for me.
Here is the ...
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draftsight on ubuntu 14.04 (32 bit OS)
I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Os type 32bit) on an AMD 64 X2.
I would like to install Draftsight but it appears to be quite impossible: first it says that have the wrong architecture software version (i ...
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apt-get can not install or remove any package
When I try to install ia32-libs in apt gui, it tell me:
ruby-vmc: Depends: ruby-rubyzip2 (>= 2.0.1) but 2.0.1-0ubuntu4 have installed
Depends: libhighline-ruby1.9.1 but %s not ...
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Install rtl8814AU driver on ubuntu 16.04
I tried installing the rtl8814AU driver for my TP Link T9UH wifi adapter on Ubuntu 16.04.01 (kernel version: 4.13.0.37).
I used https://github.com/mathew19/rtl8814AU and used the answer of George ...
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Is there any Ubuntu 16.04 derivative which support by default proprietary AMD graphics driver?
Generally speaking, I like an idea of using Open Source drivers, not only for AMD graphics.
However, I'm unable to run application which requires OpenGl 4. fglrx is deprecated for Ubuntu 16.04, so I ...
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How to install VMware Player? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to obtain and install VMware Player?
I want to install VMware Player 4.0.2 on my Ubuntu 11.10, but I don't know how.
Can someone help me with a step by step tutorial?
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Replacing Mint with Ubuntu on a Dual Boot Laptop
My laptop currently has:
sda1
sda2 - Windows 7
sda5 - Linux Mint
sda6 - Linux Swap
sda3 - A data partition
I'm looking to erase the Mint installation and put Ubuntu down in its place without ...
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How to convert a raw video using ffmpeg
I have a raw video that has the following properties:
25 FPS
UYVY Codec
876 MBit/s
AVI Container
I want to convert this raw file to another container using ffmpeg. Right now the problem is that the ...
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update-alternatives: error: alternative path ... doesn't exist
$ apt-get install kde-plasma-desktop
...
Setting up oxygen-cursor-theme (0.0.2012-06-kde4.8-2.1ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: error: alternative path /etc/X11/cursors/oxy-white.theme doesn't exist
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Alternatives to dvd-slideshow
I'm currently using dvd-slideshow to create video files containing slideshows with sound, transitions and titles, and I'm quite fond of the command line approach for this kind of task. Is there any ...
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How do I report a bug in Ubuntu translation?
I am familiar with reporting bugs on launchpad, but have no idea on how to report a bug in the translation.
Should I file it against the package that contains this bug, or should I report it as a but ...
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dbus calls to gnome shell don't work under Ubuntu 22.04
Trivial example: Under Ubuntu 20.04, the following command:
gdbus call -e -d org.gnome.Shell -o /org/gnome/Shell -m org.gnome.Shell.Eval true
produces this output:
(true, 'true')
but under 22.04 ...
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