Questions tagged [helpfile]
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My ubuntu server won't boot
My Ubuntu server won't boot. I have a hetzner dedicated server and when I start it, it send me on a black page (Kernel) where there is: (initramfs). It says these errors:
run-init: can't execute '/...
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Errors during boot in 22.4.2
I dont know why but every time i boot in ubuntu
This is the error message that I getting plzz help solve this
And plzzz help me with my last question
Too
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Unresponsive Dock Icons over Applications
I don't know how to explain, but I was trying a lot of extensions and then lastly tried an extension. Now my desktop looks like this. I have rebooted my PC and also turned extensions off, yet it looks ...
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Why my Ubuntu 22.04 is taking very long time to run "dpkg --configure -a command"?
sudo dpkg --configure -a
this is the command which i have used to unlock the dpkg file.
following was the lock error:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to ...
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How to turn adjust for tv in Ubuntu without using settings
When I turn adjust tv the system is over lagging I need to turn off without going to settings
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How to install gimp-help locally on Ubuntu 22.04?
What do I have to do to be able to view the help pages of GIMP on Ubuntu 22.04?
I'm using the snap version of GIMP 2.10.30.
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Bios bug and TPM error problem [duplicate]
When i try to open my pc . It shows as following
0.962535] ina: Error Communicating to TPM chip
0.986438] ina: Error Communicating to TPM chip
1.010434] ina: Error Communicating to TPM chip
1.030507] ...
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how can i use my camera but witch app will change camreas
I have little problem witch the camera app. the laptop has 2 built in cameras and i tried using a app it didn't let me change to the second camera i don,t know how to fix it please help. I also tried ...
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How do I delete /.snapshots
/.snapshots causes problems in my system and I cant get rid of it
it shows me error that I cant delete read only file
and can anyone even tell my why is this dir 87gb
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I can't run the apt updade command on ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]
I have ubuntu 22.04 recently a message has started showing up when I run the apt update command I run the apt update command I receive the following message:
E: The repository 'http://security.ubuntu....
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how to use gem5 helper function
I am trying to run ARM power model explained in learning gem5 tutorials from:
https://www.gem5.org/documentation/learning_gem5/part2/arm_power_modelling/
How can I use gem5 helper function that ...
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Searching for Commands
I am new here, so thanks for accepting me.
Ok, so I have a really dum question, sorry, I am presently still learning.
So what if, I had no idea of what commands are available for a specific task or ...
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ubunt20.04_Errors An error occurred. nal to see what is wrong.The error message was: 'Error: Broken Count > 0'
am haveing thise error now an body help me to solve it!
An error occurred.
Please run Package Manager from the right-click
menu or apt-get in a terminal to see what is wrong.
The error message was: '...
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Set up Postgres
I recently istalled PostgresSQL , but when I enter psql to the terminal, if gives me the error:
psql: error: connection to server on socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432" failed: No such file or ...
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Can we copy a sub directory to another sub directory?
I have to copy wordpress from the give path to htcdocs directory :-/var/www/html/wordpress and I have to copy this wordpress to /opt/lampp/htcdocs .
Direct copy paste is not allowed. I tried different ...
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Ubuntu don't see my Vega 8 graph card
I am using Ubuntu 20.04 version and I have a ryzen5 3500u + vega 8 hardware, but I had freezes in the videos, then I found out that my video card was not visible, but it was visible in windows and I ...
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how to install adnet 802.11n wifi adapter driver?
i am a new user in ubuntu and i am unable to install my wifi adapter driver i.e of adnet 802.11n please help i had uninstalled my previous windows os
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/usr/bin/vlc: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
I tried running vlc in root
but got an error of "VLc can't run in root Sorry"
Then i tried this command sed -i '/' /usr/bin/vlcs/geteuid/geteppid/' /usr/bin/vlc
Then i tried running vlc ...
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I'm new at Ubuntu, and for my job I am asked to show this. How can I access to this information? [closed]
I'm supposed to send this information but I don't know how to do that.
I tried pinging cabinet.skyeng.ru but it continues processing.
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Microphone noise cancellation in Ubuntu 20.04
I have tried almost every solution available on the Internet regarding microphone noise cancellation, but none of the solutions works for me. I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.
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What should I do to solve the issue? [duplicate]
I am getting the following error at the time of booting my laptop, I am unable to understand what is the problem in the system.
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I can't install anything
When I run sudo apt install lutris then I get this error message
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6-dbg : Depends:...
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System not booting up after keeping it idle for few hourse
I recently updated my system to ubuntu 20.04. A few days back I encountered a problem that whenever I turn on my device it does not turn on battery instead I need to take the battery out and plug in ...
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AbiWord File says Error and file cannot convert
I have been using AbiWord for the last few months working on a major project. I have gotten very far in my writing, but yesterday as soon as I pressed save my computer died. I did not think of it as a ...
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yelp cannot find GNOME help files
tl;dr
The summary of all the following is roughly this:
Remove or move the directory /usr/share/help/C/gnome-help.
Run the command sudo apt reinstall gnome-user-docs gnome-getting-started-docs ...
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Ubuntu's equivalent for MacOS any app Help search
I switched from MacOS to Ubuntu this weekend .
I'm used to a functionality I had with MacOS I want for all my apps in Ubuntu.
For any app in MacOS, you can search through the different commands ...
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How to install the Offline help of LibreOffice in Flatpak
I have LibreOffice 6.2.2.2 installed as a Flatpak.
Everything works fine but when I go to the menu Help -> LibreOffice Help I get the message:
LibreOffice Help Not Installed
How can I install the ...
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I can't open nautilus after executing rm -rf ~/.ddd/
I tried to install ddd from my schools site and it gave me this command to remove installed version of ddd:
rm -rf ~/.ddd/
It wouldn't execute so i tried with sudo and it worked, but after that i ...
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MAC address display in terminal and command for requesting elaboration on output
I attempted to use the following command in my terminal (Ubuntu 18.04)
ifconfig grep ether
and received the following output message:
SIOCSIFMTU: Operation not permitted
So I was going to ask why ...
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Can I sell a modified version of Ubuntu?
Eu estava pensando em criar um sistema operacional com base ubuntu para vender com modificações e queria saber se preciso de uma permissão ou fazer contrato com a empresa para dar uma taxa para poder ...
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How to make KHelpCenter show info-pages, man-pages and information from ScrollKeeper database and make full text search?
I have Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed.
I want to search for documentation and read it off-line (as it is included to the installed packages).
Yelp does not work for this purpose.
So I tried to use ...
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How to run full text search on help pages offline (from Yelp / gnome-help or something other)?
I have both Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed.
I want to search for documentation and read it off-line (as it is included to the installed packages in /usr/share/help and other ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 not detecting HDMI
I'm a newbie. I've searched through forums and tried a bunch of solutions but nothing has worked. I installed the Intel graphics driver, latest version of nVidia, and updated my kernel. It's not the ...
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My files are gone after I upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10
I was using Ubuntu 16.04 then I downloaded Ubuntu 17.10, put it on a bootable flash drive and installed it. During the installation the system asked me if I want to Delete everything and reinstall the ...
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Why is the help option --help but no -h in some commands? [closed]
Most commands show the help with any of these two options:
vi -h
vi --help
But some others only allow --help
shred --help
xrandr --help
In these second commands, -h shows something like
xrandr: ...
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xman and the types of documentations - help files - that are exclusive for xman
what is the difference of xman from man. And what kind of help files can be exclusively browsed with xman.
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built computer left on copyright info [duplicate]
I downloaded the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS iso file for Ubuntu desktop and put it on an USB drive after taking that USB drive and booting it leaves me at a screen looking at copyright info and a command prompt,...
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Help installing Chrome OS [closed]
I lost my windows 7 recovery disks and product key so I was stupid to install Ubuntu because I'm not tech savvy. I barely learned Sudo install apt-get and I can't get Microsoft word on Ubuntu for ...
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What does ./-* means and do?
I'm doing a hacking war game called Over The Wire, here it is:
http://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/bandit6.html
Now I got stuck, I don't think it's possible to complete that section with only the ...
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Upgrading GCC from 4.8 to 4.9
I am trying to install the TrinityCore on my server. When upgrading the GCC to use CMake I ran into a problem:
Here is the response I got:
gcc-4.9 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly ...
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Problem installing Laravel on Ubuntu 15.04
I am a Ubuntu newbie. While installing Laravel using terminal, I came across this issue:
roger@roger-P580:/etc/apache2/sites-available$ cd /var/www/laravel
roger@roger-P580:/var/www/laravel$ ...
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Openshot Help saving
I’m a open shot beginner, I need help saving my open shot files to something i can use to upload to you tube (I didn’t know if that made sense) like mp4 or mpg. When I Try And put the .osp and upload ...
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How can I install Ubuntu 12.04 from a USB [duplicate]
I want to find out how one can install Ubuntu on a webbook using a usb. I tried to use an external CD drive, but its not detected by my webbook.
I want to upgrade my Ubuntu to 12.04.
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I cannot open or mount a drive that locked with bitlocker
they says there is a application called dislocker can help, I tried, but it is not even installing in my Ubuntu 14.04, I don't that I followed the steps, but the erroro occures, I see there is no ...
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How do i clear my cache on firefox [duplicate]
I am trying to write and I have no idea how to I am a beginner and I'm not advanced THANK YOU. I tried using the terminal and entering the codes people suggested!
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Keeping Music on when moniter closed
How do I keep Pithos playing when I close my laptop? I have looked in to settings with the background, screen, brightness, pretty much with anything involving my screen. I have Edge Ubuntu 14, and a ...
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Randomly Got a green streak on my moniter, Can I fix it?
I am fairly new to this. So I will tell you whats wrong. So today I turned on my computer and right when I got to the Ubuntu start up page it has this weird green streak down the computer. It wasn't ...
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Quickly fails to package help pages
I have been working on making a program (jekyll-helper) using Quickly and a while ago I worked on adding some content to the default help pages. I tested out open the help pages in the program while ...
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What program is there that can unzip files to the usb port? [closed]
I would like to find a program for ubuntu that can unzip files to your usb port, I have been to every website for ubuntu programs that I was able to locate, and could not find any relevance in any ...
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Installing VMware on ubuntu 14.04 help needed
I have downloaded the VMware Player for Linux 64-bit from its official site and details:
Binary Details.bundle Installation file for 64-bit Linux
Build Number: 744570
Release Date: 2012-06-13
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