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How to see remote desktop setup
I am trying to setup remote desktop. The first thing I need to do is to enable remote desktop. But I cannot find this setting under System of System Settings. What do I need to do to be able to see ...
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Unity acting bit different
I am using 16.04LTS and after a recent kernel upgrade my desktop behavior changed. I have the list of software I use, vertically on the left of the screen. When I open apps in various workspaces ...
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what ubuntu version or flavor?
what version or flavor should i use for this computer?
- Intel ® Centrino Processor 1.70GHz
- 60GB hard disk
- 512MB DDR SDRAM
- Integrated Combo DVD+RW
- ATi Mobility Radeon 9600 128Mb
- 10/100 LAN ...
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16.04, can't mysqld --initialize in non-default location
I was running mysqld on 14.04 with a non-standard --datadir (/usr/local/mysqld-test) & port (33306). After upgrading to 16.04, I was no longer able to start up my test mysqld, so, following the ...
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I cant watch Live Sports Events in Fullscreen on www.dazn.com why? 16.04 LTS
Ive installed yesterday pipelight and enabled silverlight. After it i installed User Agent Overrider now the Live Streams working but i cant watch them in fullscreen.
Thank you for you help and ...
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How to Log in to an Ubuntu Server Without an Account?
I have 1 computer with Ubuntu Server as an OS and I want to make a way to login without a user/password, so I don't want any users.
The computer that is going to get the image from the server doesn't ...
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Run /home/martyn/Desktop/Scanned Items$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer & in /etc/rc.local
I want to Run
/home/martyn/Desktop/Scanned Items$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer &
in
/etc/rc.local
When I try & do this I get
sh /etc/rc.local: 13: /etc/rc.local: /home/martyn/Desktop/...
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Ubuntu with Xfce graphics glitch (black rectangles)
I installed the Xfce desktop on Ubuntu 14.04, and now my system monitor looks like this:
There are black borders instead of axis ticks. It also happens in some other programs like gedit. It wasn't ...
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How can I restart wicd from bash script without authenticating every time?
I have an issue with wicd in that it disconnects a lot. As a workaround I modded a connection script in bash. It seems like it could work and goes something like this
if network is down then:
sudo ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 login screen loop
When I try to login in Ubuntu, It login and freeze in desktop screen. When I try to solve this I refer this link, my problem is solved with small trouble.After this I restart and login into Ubuntu it ...
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Phpmyadmin error HTTP 500 after fresh install
In Ubuntu 16.10 freshly installed LAMP server and installed PHPMYADMIN
when i open localhost/phpmyadmin I'm getting HTTP 500 error
PHP version 5.6
MySQL Version 14.14 Dist rib 5.7.16
Apache 2 version ...
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Microphone not working in Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 (Ubuntu)
First of all please note I've already checked the related questions, but none worked.
I installed pavucontrol, but I can´t get the mic working. However the sound works fine.
This is my config (The ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 doesn't start after installation
Couple of days ago I decided to install Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) on my Lenovo E530. My previous Ubuntu was 14.04 32 bit installed in Legacy mode, but I need exactly 64 bit. So I've made a liveusb, ...
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Problem with open PSD on GIMP layers
When I open PSD file with GIMP,
I see layer over other layers. and I tried many times to solve that and I can't.
I am using:
GIMP 2.8.16
Ubuntu 16.04
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S-nail postfix mail sending
I configured postfix email server at my Ubuntu 16.04 operating system.
echo 'init' | mail -s 'init' -Snorecord mailuser
I tried to send a message using the above code.
When I try to see my message ...
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state: check-failed when running canonical-livepatch
I have just installed the canonical livepatch snap package:
sudo snap install canonical-livepatch
sudo canonical-livepatch enable (and the code)
I also setup unattended upgrades:
sudo apt install ...
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Kill Xvnc daily
First of all sorry, I'm a little noob here trying to learn.
I'm trying to kill all Xvnc sessions daily without restarting my server.
I tried putting in crontab:
37 * * * * root /usr/bin/pkill Xvnc
( ...
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What does MANPATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH mean in Linux?
What does MANPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH mean in Linux ? What are the uses of these?
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How to Format USB Flash Disk showing write protected, is not physical no write protection option
Please kind to help me to Format my USB Flash Disk DT 101 G2 16GB.
I try to do it in both Windows & Ubuntu but fail.
Waiting for your best contributions.
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Is it possible to set 2 Openstack origins for juju?
I want to set up a local APT repo with my patched Openstack packages, but I don't want to have to mirror the entire Ubuntu cloud repo locally, I'd only want to host the patched debs locally.
However ...
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Cannot connect using ssh with one PC but ok with another
I can connect to a remote server using with one PC, but not with another, where I get
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for *...
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No login sound in Kubuntu 16.10
Hi I am new to Kubuntu 16.10 and I have no startup or shutdown sound. I have looked everywhere in system settings and see no setting for either a startup login or shutdown sound. Can someone tell me ...
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Micromax Modem is not working in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I am using Micromax Modem 210G
It was working fine in Ubuntu 14.04 but is is not working in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Can anyone help me to fix this problem?
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PPT does not open in LiberOffice Impress
I am unable to edit a ppt file created on Microsoft in LibreOffice Impress Version: 4.2.3.3
Build ID: 420m0(Build:3)
The presentation gets completely distorted. Am I missing any patch on ...
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Laptop won't restart after update without removing battery!
This happened for a second time this morning (first was some weeks ago).
Regular update process was asking for a reboot so I agreed. My Acer V3 771 laptop then got stuck on the Acer splash screen. It ...
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Remove mailman from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server
I use webmin for configuring the server and also for running the update and upgrade the softwarepackages. It uses first the apt-get update and than the apt-get -y -f upgrade command.
Yesterday I ...
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Can't connect to my default gateway on Ubuntu 16.04
I need to access my router's web interface (default: 192.168.0.1, pinged and confirmed) to enable UPnP.
But I can't connect to it.
$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway ...
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How to decrease disk usage of journald logs?
myuser@myhost:~$ sudo journalctl > log.txt
myuser@myhost:~$ sudo journalctl --disk-usage
Archived and active journals take up 3.0G on disk.
myuser@myhost:~$ ls -lh log.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 myuser ...
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Using boot repair gets error every time
I installed Ubuntu onto my secondary hard drive, a small 65GB SandDisk SSD, and after that I could not boot my windows or Ubuntu OS. So after searching I got recommended to use boot repair. However I ...
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Cannot boot into Windows 10, problem \NST\AutoNeoGrub0.mbr
I have dual-boot Linux Mint and Windows 10. I had few problems with Linux Mint so I decided to delete it from Disk Manager in Windows 10. In addition, I also needed to delete the Linux part in EasyBCD ...
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Rename files to their BASE64
I want to rename only filenames to their BASE64, not extension. So I created this script which doesn't work. Can anyone tell its problem please?
#!/bin/bash
#initialize with random text
onlyfilename="...
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Errors in Averaging Function Script Code?
I wrote a (questionable) piece of code for a user-defined average function, where the code takes the second argument of the command line invocation, and uses its respective field in an input file and ...
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Windows partition does not mount
I have a windows partition on my Ubuntu which I was able to access from Ubuntu Files. But now when I click it, I get the following error
and when I try to inspect its properties, I get this dialog
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digiKam 4.14.0 cannot download photos from my PTP camera in Kubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu 16.10/Kubuntu 16.10 ship with the photo management program digiKam 4.14.0.
digiKam 4.14.0 can detect my PTP camera (Canon Powershot G1 X); the camera is listed under "Import -> Cameras -> xyz"....
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How to install lightsquid on Ubuntu 16.04
I installed lightsquid using apt-get install lightsquid and I followed this tutorial: https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=Ubuntu_16.04&p=squid&f=7
Except in /etc/apache2/conf-available/...
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MATLAB Startup Error: no write permission
I installed MATLAB in ubuntu 14.04. When starting it, an error occurred as shown. It says there is no write permission.
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Hide specific applications from Dash
Is there a way to hide specific applications, for example Skype, from Dash?
If so, how?
TO THE CLOSE VOTERS
This is no dupe of the linked one. That one is about getting rid of applications that ...
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How to execute a script in period of the times out of crontab?
How to execute a script in period of the times like what crontab does but out of crontab?
Please note this that the executed script should not fire with another script and schedule it with 'sleep' ...
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first line of terminal: “bash: cd: ”
When I open the terminal, I see the message
bash: /opt/intel/parallel_studio_xe_2016.1.056/compilers_and_libraries_2016/linux/bin/ifortvars.sh: No such file or directory
in the first line of the ...
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How to see what clients of lan doing on the internet
I have Ubuntu 16.04 server with routing, firewall, dhcp. Is it possible to see what clients doing on internet, most importantly what sites are they visiting? It can be done by proxy (which I have - ...
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What can be deleted to free up storage in SDA?
My SDA is reaching 90%. Can I safety delete files from /tmp and /var/cache/apt/archives folders based on date, as long as they are not current?
I also tried to remove old Linux Images using both ...
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Problem installing updates on ubuntu which I've install as a guest through a virtualbox
I have a problem installing updates on ubuntu which I've install as a guest through a virtualbox.How can I manage to navigate through this problem?
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bash: cd: MFIX-2015.2-Ms.: No such file or directory
I'm trying to enter " MFIX-2015.2-Ms. Azizi" folder, but this message appear in terminal of ubuntu 16.10!!
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Pink Screen Of Death - Help needed
I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on my computer running Windows 10.
I've installed it as a dual boot.
One little remark. When installing Ubuntu and then booting Windows 1 time through GRUB using the ...
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Texmaker doesn't keep configuration after closing on ubuntu 16.04
I freshly installed texmaker on ubuntu 16.04.1, and I noticed that it doesn't keep configuration after closing. I tried t look around but didn't find anything that could help me solve this issue. ...
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Unable to do sudo apt-get update
Followed this and this, but nothing changed.
Tried to choose the best server in Software and Updates, got an error saying "No download server was found". My internet connection is working and I am ...
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Why some packages in xenial have a higher version number than yakkety
Why Some packages in Xenial have higher version number than on Yakkety.
for example mariadb version 10.0.27 on xenial, but version 10.0.25 in Yakkety. Even the 4.8 kernel has a higher version in ...
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Can't install Ubuntu on lenovo miix 310
after booting i see grub and select install option, but after selecting, it's hang on a black screen.
i try too install Debian and it's good but can't detect my storage :(
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Terminal does not accept chmod -R 777 /media/parallels/DCP
and I don't know code. But I am at the end of formatting a DCP drive and I am stuck cause Terminal does not accept the permissions command: chmod -R 777 /media/parallels/DCP
I believe I am typing it ...
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Upgrading packages on Ubuntu servers remotely
What is the best way to manage packages, mostly system utils, on ubuntu servers remotely? The servers are on AWS and Softlayer.
Also I need to upgrade the utils without upgrading the OS version. So I ...
