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I removed my GUI and now I can't install another one
It's simple, I was using KDE (worst choice of my life) and decided to remove it. Then I did it, and now I'm unable to install another one. I'm using ubuntu 16.04
I'm trying to reinstall unity, but ...
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startup issue: minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. grub>
I'm really noobe. I've tried fixing issue by googling problem, but can't get this fixed. I tried starting up with USB stick, and to fix with Boot-repair. I get the message: GPT detected, please create ...
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ttyS0 leaves the dialout group
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I'm running Ubuntu 16.10 as a VM.
In order to run it in Libvirt I added my user, and superuser, to the dialout group (and they're still there).
After a certain point I lose connection to the VM ...
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Can /etc/rc.local access file in ubuntu encrypted home folder when system startup?
My system is Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS
I choose "encrypt home folder" when installing system.
user name is "cm" for example, and I have a program located in /home/cm/Server.
I write "/home/cm/Server ...
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Somekind of "black sparkles" flying through screen Ubuntu 16.04
Somekind of "black sparkles" flying through screen Ubuntu 16.04 when Im using external screen on a lenovo X220 laptop. (Intel HD Graphics 3000)
They do not appear in laptops own screen.
I have tried ...
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Can't upgrade to 17.04 due to full /boot, already cleaned old kernels
I've a /boot partition with 232MiB inside. Of those, 102.2MiB are free.
I've already performed any possible necessary cleanup, have only 2 (two) kernels installed, with each taking around 50MiB:
$ ...
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Sharing internet connection between two machines via LAN cable
I got into situation where I catch horrible Wi-Fi signal in my room - basically very slow and unstable connection. However, in other room, signal is strong and connection is stable.
I am thinking ...
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How do I get Sane to change its 'Printerdefinition' in 'Copy' mode?
Ubuntu 14.04 - Xsane 0.998 - Samsung SCX-4100 Printer/Scanner
After many months of effort & lots of much appreciated help [recorded on https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....333579&page=2] ...
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Replace Ubuntu login screen and password based login
I am trying to poke around Linux environment a bit and have started off with smaller scripts doing this and that. Now I want to do some major stuff but couldn't find out anywhere how to.
What I want ...
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Is there a tools which predicts and corrects the mouse trajectory in Ubuntu?
I have just switched from Unity 7 to Ubuntu GNOME (3.20), and like every time I have changed my operyting system in the past, I had a long time adapting myself to the mouse movements and the system ...
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Uninstall android studio [duplicate]
I updated android studio and it seems that something went wrong
Internal Error. Please report to https://code.google.com/p/android/issues
com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManager$...
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How to switch workspace by pressing [Super]?
How do I set the keyboard shortcut [left Super] keyboard button and [right Super] keyboard button to have my workspace to switch to the 1st and 2nd workspace ?
I have tried to change my shortcut in ...
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About resetting the fonts
I installed the tweak tool in my ubuntu to change the font size. When i installed it, fonts of my laptop get changed and it seems very ugly to see that. After that i uninstalled it (thinking the fonts ...
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Switched routers, now firefox and terminal can't find sites, but Chrome and Tor can
Running 16.04 with a Ethernet connection to my router.
Today switched routers to get a DD-WRT one going. Now Firefox, Thunderbird, terminal (ping), and a few other programs can't find hosts.
This ...
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installation on btrfs - "/" shows as "/home" after install
I am playing a little with installing ubuntu server on btrfs (in a VM for playing purposes yet)
I make 2 partitions at installation time
/boot (ext4) and
/ (btrfs)
after the installation is ...
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Ubuntu 16.10 DVI only works with VGA adapter
Using Ubuntu 16.10
Intel 945GSE graphics
Using nomodeset in GRUB, the DVI works with a DVI cable and the DVI-HDMI also works, all with a low resolution (i.e. safe-mode)
When NOT using nomodeset, the ...
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Setting up an ark server through google cloud ubuntu?
I am using ubuntu 16 and I believe I have the steam files installed and even made a launch script. The server launches and it then seems to not do anything else. I am doing this on google cloud with ...
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Intellij Not Booting From Docky - Also Shows Wrong Name
Updated Intellij today to 2017.1 but today I noticed that when I hover over my launcher icon in Docky it displays a label of a very old project that I no longer have. I am not sure if it displayed ...
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Monitor being shown as 'default' in settings with incorrect resolution & refresh rate
I just installed Xubuntu 16.04 on my computer along side Windows 10 (which I have had for the past couple of months, working great).
When ever I tried to boot into Xubuntu (when installed (now) or ...
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Launching ubuntu from windows
I need ubuntu for several things but I still want windows as my main one. I already have 2 partitions. Say I install windows on the first and ubuntu on the second. I want windows to be launched ...
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16.04 wifi network issues
I'm having a Wi-Fi problem and it seems to be with the driver. Every now and then the Wi-Fi randomly drops and it act like I don't even have a Wi-Fi card in the computer. I found sudo service-network ...
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Dual Boot ubuntu with Windows 10 - using one of two internal hard drives
I wasn't exactly sure what to call the title. I want to dual boot Ubuntu with Windows 10.
I just bought a new laptop that has both a 512GB SSD and 2TB HDD internally. The SSD is used to store ...
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Solaris-style boot environments?
I'm moving from a FreeBSD desktop that boots a zfs poot to a Ubuntu system that I'd like to do the same. I've got a couple of questions about setting it up that I can't seem to find an answer for. I'...
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Magix web designer Premium
I've used Magix Web Designer Premium software for years and really like how easy the program is to use but I'm in the process of trying to switch completely to Ubuntu (not a dual boot system; strictly ...
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If my PC is connected with wi-fi then I can't connect my Bluetooth headphones with the PC
I am Using Asus x556u, Ubuntu 16.04.02, and Remax RB 195-HB Bluetooth headphones. If I'm connected to wi-fi then I can't connect my Bluetooth headphones. If I disconnect wi-fi then I can add ...
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How do I detect and kill synergy if my game is loading?
So I just got my butt kicked at several games of Battle.Net ( specifically StarCraft ) because it hates synergy. The reasons why are obvious since it's a really mouse intense game that takes control ...
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How can I upgrade my PHP version?
I installed PHP 5.6 and when I run php -v it shows
PHP 5.6.30-7+deb.sury.org~precise+1 (cli)
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
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grub re-installation on copied system
I decided to move Ubuntu 16.04 from the HHD (sdb) to the SSD (sda). Started in live-usb, copied the /media, updated the UUID in the fstab.
Next step is to make GRUB work on the SSD, so I tried to ...
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gnome terminal locked/docked, with no window controls; Control-D ineffective
Not sure how I got into this situation, but a gnome terminal window has 'docked & locked' itself to the top of my screen, full width, about 20 lines deep. There is no title bar, therefore no size ...
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Where did I go wrong in using wine to download popcorn-time
I downloaded wine 2.0 with the following commands
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wine/wine-builds
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends wine-staging
sudo apt-get install ...
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Dependency and library problems with Ubuntu Server 16.04.2
I've just installed Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 LTS, without some installation packages like LAMP and LDAP.
After the installation of the server I tried to install them manually with apt-get, but I'm ...
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Logitech Trackman Marble scroll function Ubuntu 16.04
I recently bought a Logitech Trackman Marble. I found a way by using xinput to turn one of the keys into a scroll key. The script looks like:
xinput set-button-map "Logitech USB Trackball" 1 2 3 4 5 ...
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Host a website on lamp server
I have downloaded an application and I have the database and php files, but I don't know how to use the files to create and make the website on localhost. I have apache2 server and Ubuntu 16.04. I ...
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Ubuntu system won't load
For my smart home, I have an old comuter
For some time, all of the versions won't start.. all I get is black screen, I have access to grub v 2.02
What can I do to boot it without loosing all the data ...
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xdotool output gets intercepted by xbindkeys
I have a broken key on my keyboard, The dot "." to be specific.
It behaves very oddly, about 7/10 times the keyboard types a double dot ".." when clicked once.
I use xbindkeys to intercept when the ...
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Ubuntu mainline source not up to date?
I'd like to compile the newest Ubuntu mainline kernel out of the 4.9 line- v4.9.21.
When I try to clone the git mainline-crack repo, the last availabe version is v4.9.15, the newer updates are not in ...
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upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 on digitalocean [duplicate]
got:
W:Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-i386/Packages404 Not Found ,
E:Some index files failed to download. They have
been ignored, or ...
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Ubuntu GNOME - Wifi causes shell(and probably computer) to freeze
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 with gnome desktop installed on a lenovo ideapad 700 laptop.
The environment where I study has a pretty unreliable wifi connection, meaning it drops often, but after 10-...
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PC with two hard disks boots only Windows, Ubuntu booted when F12 pressed
I'm quite new to Linux in general and wanted to try it out. I have Acer Aspire Nitro - 16GB RAM, Core i7, 2 hard discs - 128 GB SATA and 1 TB HDD.
On the SATA disc I would like to install Windows 10 ...
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dpkg error code (100) [duplicate]
Whenever I am trying to install anything using apt-get, it shows:
Could not exec dpkg
Returned with error code (100)
Same result when I execute
apt-get upgrade
When I type
dpkg --configure -a
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How to install or use python lib in python 3 instead 2? [duplicate]
I insatlled matplotlib using followig command :
sudo apt-get install python-matplotlib
And after that I run a sample matplotlib program using python abc.py. It works well.
But when I run it in ...
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Why does 16.04 Files icon not have dots?
I thought it was super odd that the files icon didn't have a number of dots corresponding to number of its windows open, as other apps do. Then today I realized that way at the bottom there was a ...
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Ubuntu Live CD not so persistent (Unetbootin)
I have the following problem. I am trying to make Ubuntu Live USB (actually Lubuntu, but problem is the same with Ubuntu) with the persistency option. I use Unetbootin (both on Windows and Ubuntu ...
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No Wireless Networks are available (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS)
I have recently installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my MacBook Pro, using a thumb-drive and UNetbootin.
Right now, Ubuntu is the only operating system running on my computer.
My problem is that I can't see any ...
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I'm running kernel version A, but want to install drivers onto kernel version B. Is this possible?
When the new version of the kernel (version 4.4.0-72) installed, it didn't install the driver for the wireless card. As a result, when I boot into the new kernel, I can't get online. (I don't have ...
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Killing Programs using the PGRP or PID
I have some code in my .bash_profile that makes many numbered folders very quickly. Currently, I have it so that when it is finished, it echoes "Finished" every 0.5 seconds. How do I make it so that ...
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Ubuntu 14.04: possible port-forwarding issue, OpenVPN closing/blocking ports?
My server is setup with eth0 (192.168.1.100) and wlan0 AP (192.168.5.1). I set my BT router to forward TCP and UDP ports 8080 and 8443 (http and https ports user-specified in Subsonic server config ...
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Error for every other command
N: Ignoring file '20auto-upgrades.ucf-old' in directory '/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
I keep getting this error for sudo apt-get install and sudo apt-get clean.
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After Dual Boot installation I cant boot to ubuntu 16.04
So I created a usb to install the ubuntu, and everything about the installation went perfect but here is the thing, at the end it said to restart my pc and it booted on windows 10. No Grub2 menu, ...
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stuck in a revolving door of log-on screen and restart
I had trouble loading a new version of Ubuntu. I gathered that it was someing to do with my graphics card, an Nvidia. Someone on here very kindly told be to use a nomodset kernel. This did work and I ...
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