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"message": "I have various ubuntu versions on different partitions14.04 on dev/sda116.04 on dev/sda6and so on.They all used to appear in the boot list when starting the computer, but suddenly one dev/sda* is no more in the list and so I have no way to work with this particular machine. Any suggestions? Thank... | Missing partition from boot list | askubuntu | 2016-12-10T23:30:55.653 |
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"message": "I have been looking at questions about Ubuntu 16.04 LTS running too slow.I have concluded that all those asked questions were either having too old PCs or Laptops or Nvidia graphics.I have a fairly high spec configuration:-<br>6 GB RAM, Core i3 (2nd gen), SSD 256GB + 1TB HDDThe issue is very serio... | Ubuntu 16.04 running too slow even in core i3 PC | askubuntu | 2016-12-11T01:29:48.513 |
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"message": "I have Ubuntu 16.04.1 on my laptop which I would like to use to connect to my Ubuntu 16.04.1 desktop. I installed the OpenSSH server on the desktop machine and laptop.<pre><code>$ ssh user@ip addressssh: connect to host ip address port 22: Connection timed out</code></pre>",
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"message": "I made a script that displays a notificaiton whenever I unplug the charger. I made the script to run by udev by making a rule in rules.d. The problem is the script run fine but the notification didn't show up. So far I know that the script requires the address of the display server, here is what m... | Notification not showing up by script run by udev rules | askubuntu | 2016-12-11T06:56:09.283 |
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"message": "I'd like to upgrade 14.04 to 16 on a notebook which has neither the internet access, no access to bios or change boot sequence option. No CD drive either. I only have a working usb. Can I do that?",
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"message": "Source: <a href=\"https://debian-administration.org/art... | How to upgrade 14.04 to 16 without internet and access to bios? | askubuntu | 2016-12-11T09:14:25.607 |
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"message": "I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 and I keep losing WiFi connectivity. This is a headless setup so I do everything over the command line. While investigating my issue I noticed that the signal strength advertised by NMCLI and what iwconfig reports are very different.<pre><code>$: sudo nmcli dev wifi listSS... | NMCLI and IWCONFIG show very different signal levels | askubuntu | 2016-12-11T14:46:16.337 |
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"message": "Firefox comes with Ubuntu. My version is 16.04 LTS. Installed yesterday. But when I run Firefox why does the browser connects or try to connect with multiple websites before connecting to the one chosen? It connects or tries to connect with ten or twelve sites slowing down the time to connect and... | Firefox Browser and Ubuntu | askubuntu | 2016-12-11T15:57:21.027 |
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"message": "when installing Ubuntu in UEFI mode alongside Windows 10 I don't know what the partition table should look like. After this image:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/7x0K3.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">what options will be presented? Assuming no recovery partition for Windows, just that the ... | Partition table before installing Ubuntu in UEFI mode alongside Windows 10 | askubuntu | 2016-12-12T07:08:34.913 |
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"message": "When I search for software in the Ubuntu Software Center, how do I know whether or not software is trustworthy to download?On Windows, I came to be careful about downloading just anything because it might be packaged with adware, or possibly even malicious code.For example, I found the Metadata An... | How do I know which software downloads to trust? | askubuntu | 2016-12-12T10:06:49.420 |
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"message": "Can you please help me to move free space from Windows drive to Ubuntu drive?I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 alongside Windows with default options and quickly ran out of space.sda is the windows drive and sdb is Ubuntu's. As you'll see in the screens, there's a 122.66GiB unallocated on sda (after sda... | Using free space from a drive (sda) onto another (sdb) | askubuntu | 2016-12-12T14:18:12.543 |
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"message": "i would like to know if its possible to easily change the lxpanel interface language to portuguese for example. If its not built in feature, where can i start to find the resources for changing it manually?Thanks.",
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"message": "You can set this in Lubuntu from the P... | How to change the lxpanel language? | askubuntu | 2016-12-12T17:15:24.183 |
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"message": "When i try to connect to any wireless networks I get:<blockquote> Failed to add/activate connection (32) ... -1 Unknown</blockquote>I have already many SO answers, such as <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/668411/failed-to-add-activate-connection-32-insufficient-privileges\">this one rebu... | "Failed to add/activate connection (32) ... -1 Unknown" | askubuntu | 2016-12-13T01:14:59.663 |
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"message": "Note: I am just starting out with ubuntu and python, I have extensive coding experience in other languages under windows.So, I want to install this package:<br><a href=\"https://github.com/google/protobuf/tree/master/python\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://github.com/google/protobuf/tree/mast... | Issues when installing python package from github (google/protobuf) | askubuntu | 2016-12-13T01:52:24.237 |
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"message": "I recently bought a Silicon Power 256gb USB drive from overseas (so the warranty isn't so good), and it's fine copying files to and from it (tested with fat32, ntfs, ext4, ext2). However, when I install ubuntu on it (or any other os, like windows), which takes ages, and I boot from it, it's so slo... | My 256gb "Silicon Power" USB drive is fine when copying files normaly to and from it, but when I try and boot from it it becomes impossible to use | askubuntu | 2016-12-13T02:47:42.883 |
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"message": "I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS along with Windows 7.Though the installation worked fine,I am unable to do Internet from there.I do Internet using D-Link Modem where the system requirements are Ubuntu 10.04 or higher.So it should be compatible with mine,but why is not being detected ?I have run ... | D-Link Modem in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS not being detected | askubuntu | 2016-12-13T06:32:51.837 |
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"message": "I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and I want to install eigen 3.3 in the Ubuntu. I tried to download newest version of Eigen 3 (3.3) and install as following<pre><code>mkdir buildcd buildcmake ..makesudo make install </code></pre>The output likes<pre><code>-- Installing: /usr/local/include/eigen3/unsupporte... | How to install eigen 3.3 in Ubuntu 14.04? | askubuntu | 2016-12-13T11:59:32.750 |
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"message": "I'm currently trying to combine several videos from different devices into 1 video. The setup is as following:User records 3 videos on a phone ( android or iOs )The system sends these video's (mp4 format) to our serverThe server moves the files and transforms these into TS-files (why? because we t... | Audio desynced from avconv commands | askubuntu | 2016-12-13T15:13:01.720 |
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"message": "Is there anyway to show partition used/free space like this screenshot below:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/F6qIy.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">",
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"message": "The default file manager, Nautilus , doesn't have such functionality. To my knowledge there's no ... | How to display partition used/free space in Nautilus like in Windows? | askubuntu | 2016-12-14T02:05:29.990 |
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"message": "I want <code>sudo apt-get update</code> to report about what it is doing on single line rather than filling the terminal window with its output. I don't want to hide possible error messages, though.I mean something like this, but writing the last line that changes and is not visible after that in ... | Make "sudo apt-get update" output only what it is doing on one line | askubuntu | 2016-12-14T07:12:57.697 |
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"message": "I want to create an own repository for our application.I created a master key with signing subkey with pgp before and I sign the deb package with:<pre><code>dpkg-sig --sign builder sample.deb</code></pre>Then I create the repo with reprepro:<pre><code>reprepro --ask-passphrase -b base includedeb a... | Signing problem with own apt repository | askubuntu | 2016-12-14T11:17:08.060 |
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"message": "Running 16.04 on a Dell Vostro 1500 with a Broadcom BCM4311 (rev 01).I booted up recently and was unable to connect via WiFi.I get the message that 'Wifi networks are available' but cannot connect to mine.The issue manifests as being queried for the WPA2 password but then timing out once it's supp... | 16.04: WiFi suddenly stopped working Broadcom BCM4311 | askubuntu | 2016-12-14T16:30:20.040 |
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"message": "I have looked everywhere online and all I can find is people complaining that LibreWriter autocapitalises too much. It doesn't do it at all for me, and its driving me mad.Anyone else had a similar problem? I've been trying to install openoffice instead but to no avail.I hate to say it, but windows... | Libre office is not auto capitalising or automatically putting in apostrophes | askubuntu | 2016-12-14T17:48:38.923 |
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"message": "Part of my <code>/etc/hosts</code><pre><code>127.0.0.1 localhost</code></pre>When I do ping 127.7.7.7, it works!<pre><code>PING 127.7.7.7 (127.7.7.7) 56(84) bytes of data.64 bytes from 127.7.7.7: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.053 ms64 bytes from 127.7.7.7: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.050 ms64 bytes from 1... | Why one's 127.0.0.0/8 addresses are available? | askubuntu | 2016-12-14T19:29:09.803 |
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"message": "I seem to have forgotten how to make WebTorrent, or any torrent application automatically grab the magnet torrent links from websites like thepiratebay.org? There's no file to download so I cannot choose the prefered application, and it's being opened my the Ubuntu's default - Transmission. Help?"... | Make WebTorrent handle magnet links | askubuntu | 2016-12-14T22:25:16.940 |
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"message": "I shared a folder on Ubuntu 16.04 to local network and try to set Permissions for \"Other Access\" to \"Create and delete files\"<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/ffguA.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">But after setting \"Others\" to \"Read and write\" as the following figure<a href=\"https://i... | Ubuntu 16.04 samba sharing can't change permissions | askubuntu | 2016-12-14T23:30:21.017 |
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"message": "Is there a Persian Calendar available for Ubuntu 16.04 ?",
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"message": "<a href=\"https://github.com/Gahshomar/gahshomar\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Here is a good one.You need to install <a href=\"http://flatpak.org/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">flatpak which tak... | Is there a Persian Calendar for Ubuntu 16.04? | askubuntu | 2016-12-15T01:08:56.097 |
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"message": "I've just installed Ubuntu 16.10 on a Lenovo Yoga 910 and have found that when I set the resolution to its native 1920x1080, the display immediately starts flickering and becoming mangled/visually corrupted. Moving the mouse around appears to sometimes make it less horrible, but it's essentially u... | Mangled and flickering graphics on Yoga 910 with 1920x1080 resolution | askubuntu | 2016-12-15T06:26:53.150 |
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"message": "I'm receiving a daily mail from my Ubuntu with the current contents:<pre><code>/etc/cron.daily/update-notifier-common:Fetch:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe [291 B]Error:1 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/corefonts/andale32.exe 404 Not FoundE: File https://freefr.dl.sour... | Daily anacron mails with failure | askubuntu | 2016-12-15T11:40:11.473 |
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"message": "I have installed xampp in my ubuntu 14.04 and i want to know why i cant found the files like apache2.conf or conf-available. I cant found /etc/apache2....Anyone know why it is happening?Thanks",
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"message": "You should read the Ubuntu <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.co... | Missing files using Xampp | askubuntu | 2016-12-15T11:47:19.700 |
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"message": "I don't want to install or format anything.Rather than booting laptop <code>alpha</code> from a thumb drive, how would I boot it from laptop <code>beta</code>? The notion is for <code>beta</code> to mount <code>alpha</code>. Rather than a thumb drive, just using an actual laptop, <code>beta</cod... | boot one laptop from another? | askubuntu | 2016-12-15T12:14:55.907 |
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"message": "I just installed UFW firewall on my Ubuntu VPS, and now I my log shows a lot of incoming traffic punting on port 23.Like this:<pre><code>kernel: [ 670.832245] [UFW BLOCK] IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=fa:16:3e:e6:7f:12:5e:f8:f0:c1:28:31:08:00 SRC=106.104.138.28 DST=xxx LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=43 ID=2909... | incoming traffic blocked in firewall logs | askubuntu | 2016-12-15T12:24:02.047 |
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"message": "Sorry to say i googled for this issue and found lot of solution but not any other is working.Could you any one guide me how i could unlock items from launcher?",
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"message": "If everything is working fine, right-click the item on the Launcher and from the context men... | Cant unlock from Ubuntu launcher 14.04 | askubuntu | 2016-12-15T12:30:31.627 |
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"message": "I have 2tb expansion drive which I partitioned it into two filesystem, ntfs and ext4. Both of them are primary filesystems. When I insert expansion intu usb, it appears under <code>/dev</code> like <code>/dev/sdb1</code> for ntfs and <code>/dev/sdb2</code> for ext4.I want to install ubuntu xenial... | can not install grub into sdb2 ext4 expansion usb drive | askubuntu | 2016-12-15T12:31:18.047 |
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"message": "Dell sells wireless keyboards and mice that use a \"Dell Universal Pairing\" system (<a href=\"http://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN300526\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://www.dell.com/support/article/SLN300526). Does this work out of the box in Ubuntu?",
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"mes... | Is the Dell Universal Pairing USB receiver supported? | askubuntu | 2016-12-16T01:23:32.603 |
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"message": "I have two computers, first one have Ubuntu 16.10 and Ethernet Card support(10/100/1000mb)-(Laptop).Second one have Ubuntu 16.04 and Ethernet card (Support 10/100mb)-( as server)so I've shared files from the server so I can access it via the laptopboth computer are connected using Ethernet on the ... | I cannot access my files on the other Ubuntu computer | askubuntu | 2016-12-16T03:47:34.627 |
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"message": "I couldn't log in to my system because of a certain command I ran, I was able to access my system shell and saw the option for upgrade. Will the upgrade restore my rights privileges so that I can log in to my system again? Please your help is highly appreciated.",
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... | Will an Ubuntu upgrade restore my rights privileges? | askubuntu | 2016-12-16T12:14:55.900 |
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"message": "I found the following inconsistency with gnome-calculator 3.22.0 on Ubuntu 16.10. Why does the window title not say \"Calculator\" as in the top bar?<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/SliRX.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">",
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"message": "Might be a regression sinc... | Why does the window title say "gnome-calculator" and not Calculator? | askubuntu | 2016-12-16T14:13:30.367 |
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"message": "I have a newly acquired dell notebook that came with a RTL8101/2/6E PCI E Ethernet card installed. After scouring the Internet I can not find any solutions to get it to detect the cat5 cable when plugged in. I have verified the router and cable on other devices, but don't know how to verify the N... | how to configure RTL8101/2/6E PCI E to detect link | askubuntu | 2016-12-16T14:59:55.273 |
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"message": "I was trying to upgrade Ubuntu from 16.04 to 16.10, but during the upgrade process an error popped up (it said something like 'there is an error in system files' but I don't remember exactly). The upgrade window froze and I forced quit. Now, after restart Ubuntu is stuck at purple screen. What sho... | Can't start Ubuntu after interrupted upgrade | askubuntu | 2016-12-16T21:24:17.790 |
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"message": "Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Inetl i3. Intel Skylake integrated graphics.I have an application running on a remote host (Oracle database installer). I connect to that remote host from my Ubuntu laptop using putty with x-11 forwarding. (have also used the native ssh with the -X switch). In that putty (or s... | Font rendering of GUI app | askubuntu | 2016-12-16T22:59:19.583 |
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"message": "I'm stuck on an issue with polkit authentication in python. I know USC is written in python and they've implemented that. I'd like to know how they do that part.",
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"message": "To copy the source of the package <code>software-center</code> to the local computer:<pre>... | Where can I find the source code for ubuntu software center | askubuntu | 2016-12-17T08:51:50.750 |
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"message": "I have a Compaq CQ58 laptop and I installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. After being prompted, I have updated it to the new LTS version. And after updating, everything just went to black after the reboot and am not able to log in.Is there any way to fix this without reinstalling the OS or at least without da... | Black Screen after upgrading from 14.04 LTS to 16.04.1 LTS | askubuntu | 2016-12-17T10:23:07.727 |
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"message": "my question is regarding text processing: In a list I have the IP addresses and computer names in the following format:<pre><code>IP address: 192.168.1.25Computer name: computer7officeIP address: 192.168.1.69Computer name: computer22officeIP address: 192.168.1.44Computer name: computer12personal</... | Copy specific text from a multiple line file and paste it in another file automatically using terminal | askubuntu | 2016-12-17T15:38:44.370 |
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"message": "This is a bit of a weird one. When I run <code>sudo apt-get install php7.0-sqlite3</code> I get told that<pre><code>Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you haverequested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstabledistribution that some required packages have not y... | "Unmet dependencies" when installing SQLite driver in PHP7 on 16.04 | askubuntu | 2016-12-17T18:46:53.093 |
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"message": "I need a tool to get the width and height of an arbitrary window.Ideally, that tool would deduct the size of the Ubuntu's menu bar.",
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"message": "From your own answer, I understand you are looking for a convenient GUI tool, so:Small GUI tool to get both the net size... | A tool to get window dimensions | askubuntu | 2016-12-17T22:47:35.510 |
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"message": "I've put the OS on a flash drive to use on an older Win7 machine that has crashed with damaged partition. I want to recover data from the HD, but can't find the access to that HD from the desktop. Where should I look?",
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"message": "It is always easier to use a speci... | Ver 14.04 LTS on flash drive | askubuntu | 2016-12-17T23:51:33.700 |
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"message": "I'm trying to create an ECC PGP unattended within a bash script. It looks like this:<pre><code>cat >ecc <<EOFKey-Type: ECCKey-Length: 521Subkey-Type: ECCSubkey-Length: 521Name-Real: TestPassphrase: secretExpire-Date: 0%pubring gpg.pub%secring gpg.sec%commitEOFgpg --batch --yes --no-tty --... | Unattended GnuPG Key Generation for ECC | askubuntu | 2016-12-18T14:53:05.070 |
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"message": "I know that there is already the shortcut Shift+Print Screen to take a screenshot of a specific area. In this way the pointer changes into a crosshair and you have to click & drag to select the area you want for the screenshot.But I'm more like a keyboard kind of guy, so I'd like to move aroun... | Area screenshot - move crosshair with keyboard | askubuntu | 2016-12-19T08:15:22.707 |
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"message": "I just got this computer and it has Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on it. I don't know the first thing about this system. I've always wanted to move over to Linux just never had the time. I can only log in as Guest and I don't have a password for the other account. It looks like the system was refreshed back t... | Hand me down computer What to do about no password for virgin? | askubuntu | 2016-12-19T11:30:11.930 |
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"message": "I remember this started when I was trying to install wine. I tried following the instructions on the page, that involved adding the i386 architecture, and installing the <code>winehq-devel</code> package, with the <code>--install-recommends</code> option.Except it didn't work at the time, and it g... | Having broken packages when installing some i386 packages | askubuntu | 2016-12-19T17:21:52.373 |
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"message": "I'm trying to copy files from a remote linux system (on which I am not the super user) to my own local system, using the scp command on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.<pre><code>scp remote_username@remote-host:/path-to-remote-file local-copy</code></pre>On the man page of scp, it states that the -p option cause... | scp creates undesired file permissions | askubuntu | 2016-12-19T19:41:28.287 |
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"message": "I'm trying to play Day of the Tentacle, and I need to update my Mesa driver. I have a GTX 550 Ti graphics card. I typed in terminal:<pre><code>glxinfo | grep \"version\"</code></pre>The output was:<pre><code>server glx version string: 1.4client glx version string: 1.4GLX version: 1.4Max core profi... | How do I update mesa 11.2.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 desktop version? E: Unable to locate package mesa | askubuntu | 2016-12-19T23:11:04.080 |
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"message": "I am currently struggling with generating a text file, which contains the full path of only the .sph files in the directory, or its subdirectories. example: tree<pre><code>├── mwhw│ ├── an151-mwhw-b.sph│ ├── an152-mwhw-b.sph│ ├── an153-mwhw-b.sph│ ├── an154-mwhw-b.sph│ ├── an155-mwhw-b.s... | How do i list the full path of certain file type in a directory and its subdirectories? | askubuntu | 2016-12-20T00:35:57.257 |
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"message": "It's close to Christmas and I find myself often displaying a virtual fireplace on my TV used as screen for Ubuntu Gnome.Is it possible to create a desktop link that will open a new window in, say, Firefox, and start playing the video?Bonus question: Is it possible to 1) turn annotations off, 2) lo... | Desktop Icon to Youtube Video? | askubuntu | 2016-12-20T13:46:35.103 |
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"message": "I'm on acer Aspire laptop. I have mounted an ISO image of windows 7 and copied it to a USB drive with NTSF format and flagged as root. I haven't parted my disk for the installation. when i try to boot using the USB nothing happens , . How do i install windows and also save the files if i can .I am... | Installing windows 7 while removing ubuntu 16.04 LTS | askubuntu | 2016-12-20T14:15:00.937 |
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"message": "I'm new to ubuntu world and just freshly installed ubuntu 16.04 on my system.But I don't why is this symbol showing.So why is there unmounting symbol showing? Is it normal or I have misplaced some step during installation?I have previously installed windows 8.1 on my system. So Computer directory ... | Why is this 'eject' icon showing next to my drive? | askubuntu | 2016-12-20T17:13:38.663 |
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"message": "I'm interested in using the Vulkan backend. I have an RX 480 and the proprietary AMDGPU-PRO Vulkan backend worked on 16.04After updating to 16.10, I installed the Padoka PPA and ran sudo apt-get dist-upgrade to update to the latest mesa. However, no games launch Vulkan correctly and vulkaninfo rep... | How do I install the open-source Radeon Vulkan driver? | askubuntu | 2016-12-21T01:35:04.157 |
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"message": "When I use Ubuntu 12.04, after I click the \"Lock\" button from status bar in desktop, it will show the locked screen.I use another computer to ssh to this locked computer. And use command <pre><code>export DISPLAY=:0 gnome-screensaver-command -d</code></pre>to unlock the screen. It works well.... | How to unlock screen in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS using command line | askubuntu | 2016-12-21T07:54:25.790 |
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"message": "I install \"mysql-server\" and \"mysql-workbench\" in Ubuntu Server 16. I can check and work on mysql-server but unable to open workbench. I tried to open workbench using ssh from another server but it shows an error as: <blockquote> (mysql-workbench-bin:2622): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display... | access mysql console in GUI mode from another computer | askubuntu | 2016-12-21T09:30:43.043 |
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"message": "BackgroundI need to remote in from Windows to Ubuntu 16.04, using Cinnamon DE 3.2.2.However, when I try to get VNC set up, everything fails. After researching, I've found that it's because Cinnamon uses acceleration of some type.What I've TriedI've tried RealVNC, TightVNC, TigerVNC. I just get a b... | Are There Any VNC Servers that Work with Cinnamon DE 3 on Ubuntu 16.04? | askubuntu | 2016-12-21T16:42:24.483 |
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"message": "As I read in man page, it is recommended to put hostname(without domain name) to <code>/etc/hostname</code>.For example, host instead of host.domainsub.domaintld.But, as I know, some software relies on having <code>FQDN</code> in <code>/etc/hostname</code>.What should one specify in <code>/etc/hos... | Should one use FQDN in /etc/hostname instead of hostname? | askubuntu | 2016-12-21T17:11:51.687 |
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"message": "As I read in man page, it is recommended to put hostname(without domain name) to <code>/etc/hostname</code>.For example, host instead of host.domainsub.domaintld.But, as I know, some software relies on having <code>FQDN</code> in <code>/etc/hostname</code>.What should one specify in <code>/etc/hos... | Should one use FQDN in /etc/hostname instead of hostname? | askubuntu | 2016-12-21T17:11:51.687 |
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"message": "I've been trying to make a script and in this script I would like to update the folder name and a bunch of other things using a variable.the folder i create is going to be called the latest version release name it has on github.<pre><code>#!/bin/shcontent=$(curl -s -L https://github.com/FAForever/... | How to store html class content into shell variable | askubuntu | 2016-12-21T18:05:13.403 |
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"message": "After I installed Android studio <code>2.2.3</code> on <code>Ubuntu 14.04 LTS</code> this problem bugs me for hours:I've checked the bios and it shows that vt-x is supported but I receive <pre><code>me@pc:~$ kvm-ok INFO: /dev/kvm does not existHINT: sudo modprobe kvm_intelINFO: For more detailed... | /dev/kvm is not found on Ubuntu 14.04 | askubuntu | 2016-12-21T18:26:24.020 |
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"message": "Is <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code> a symbolic link? If so, how can one make persistent changes to the DNS?",
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"message": "No no no. You don't manually edit /etc/resolv.conf.To enter your own DNS addresses, go to the Network icon in the top panel, and select <code>Edit ... | Is /etc/resolv.conf a symbolic link, and are changes to it persistent? | askubuntu | 2016-12-21T22:46:33.010 |
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"message": "I searched a lot to find an actual meaning of this word. I found that they are line of text in configuration files but I am not sure if they also mean something else in Linux context and outside.",
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"message": "A stanza is a piece of a configuration file, for example... | What is a stanza in Linux context and where does the world come from? | askubuntu | 2016-12-21T23:40:30.013 |
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"message": "Let me start by saying I did clone my SSD to my old HDD so if I really did mess up, I haven't lost anything. Anyway, so I bought a new SSD a while ago and copied my old HDD over to my new SSD using Macrium, and that went off without a hitch, it worked fine. The problem was, My C: drive only had 18... | I used GParted in Ubuntu to reformat my partitions, now windows won't boot! | askubuntu | 2016-12-22T00:36:16.033 |
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"message": "Just want to preface this by saying that I have looked at all other similar question, and no suggested answers have worked so far, so sorry if this is a duplicate question.I am trying to tun CS:GO on Ubuntu 16.04, the graphics card is an AMD Radeon HD 7640G I have tried installing new drivers, but... | CS:GO will not launch on Ubuntu 16.04 with Radeon HD 7640G | askubuntu | 2016-12-22T02:36:02.650 |
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"message": "Totally new to Linux. My goal is to backup (or copy), in the simplest possible way, all necessary os files, drivers apps etc. I backup my home folder regularly so data recovery is covered. I have no problem with reinstalling Ubuntu from a LiveCD usb stick (I have done this many times). Obviousl... | How do I backup the whole ubuntu OS (v 16.04) inluding apps, drivers etc | askubuntu | 2016-12-22T06:27:01.907 |
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"message": "Totally new to Linux. My goal is to backup (or copy), in the simplest possible way, all necessary os files, drivers apps etc. I backup my home folder regularly so data recovery is covered. I have no problem with reinstalling Ubuntu from a LiveCD usb stick (I have done this many times). Obviousl... | How do I backup the whole ubuntu OS (v 16.04) inluding apps, drivers etc | askubuntu | 2016-12-22T06:27:01.907 |
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"message": "We have a number of job reports from a system which save on our Linux server with the prefix <code>O*****.TXT</code>. Within the file is the report's process ID.What script can I run to search all <code>'O****.TXT</code> files in a directory, and rename each file with the process ID from each fil... | Search for text in a file, then rename the file with that text | askubuntu | 2016-12-22T10:25:24.227 |
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"message": "I am building a JBOD rackmount backup solution using two E-SATA removable drives. I am looking for options to reliably connect these drives to my server running Ubuntu 16.04.1. I am looking for suggestions for a PCIe dual E-SATA card compatible with this version of Ubuntu. In addition, I would als... | Suggestions for E-SATA cards and/or brackets for UBUNTU 16.04.1 | askubuntu | 2016-12-22T13:36:38.347 |
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"message": "I have a file with special characters that were created during copying from terminal.Now I would like to remove them.I tried grep and sed but didn't work maybe I'm doing it wrong.Special character is an ESC inside a black box, can't copy it but if I do, it turns into a box with numbers inside:numb... | How can i delete from a text file these special characters | askubuntu | 2016-12-22T14:04:16.190 |
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"message": "I have a file with special characters that were created during copying from terminal.Now I would like to remove them.I tried grep and sed but didn't work maybe I'm doing it wrong.Special character is an ESC inside a black box, can't copy it but if I do, it turns into a box with numbers inside:numb... | How can i delete from a text file these special characters | askubuntu | 2016-12-22T14:04:16.190 |
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"message": "How can I install <code>g++-7</code> on Ubuntu? I did <pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test</code></pre>Then I can find <code>g++-5</code>, <code>g++-6</code> packages, but not <code>g++-7</code>. What problems may I encounter when using <code>g++-7</code>? When will it be... | How do I install g++-7 on Ubuntu? | askubuntu | 2016-12-22T14:50:24.227 |
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"message": "I have a bootable usb drive with extra space on it. Do i have to create another partition to use the extra space, or can i put everything i want on the device into one folder and copy it to the drive right along with all the installation files? Would this mess up my multi-boot operation or instal... | usb boot flash drive with extra space on it. Can it be used? | askubuntu | 2016-12-23T05:17:47.637 |
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"message": "I have a hp pavilion g6 series 32 bit , I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and everything was going fine until I downloaded bleachBit and I used this app incorrectly and it damaged my Ubuntu badlyI downloaded an ISO image for 32 bit Xubuntu and I have it now, but the problem is I have a 64gb sandisk usb I... | Can't boot from USB on HP Pavilion G6 | askubuntu | 2016-12-23T09:53:28.143 |
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"message": "I'm running ubuntu (Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS) under hyper-v and I've extended the hard drive (in hyper-v), but I now need to update ubuntu to use this space.My current partitions looks as follows:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/vwYga.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">A lot of the guides I've seen re... | How do I extend my partition on an ubuntu server | askubuntu | 2016-12-23T10:43:16.777 |
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"message": "I am trying to install <code>ppa:ondrej/php</code> on Ubuntu 16.04When I enter the command:<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php</code></pre>It gives me this message:<pre><code>Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:~ondrej/ubuntu/php'.ERROR: '~ondrej' user or team does not exist.</code></pre>Even I am ... | Unable to Add ppa in my newly installed ubuntu 16.04 LTS | askubuntu | 2016-12-23T10:57:57.390 |
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"message": "I'm trying to set up a static IP on a dual boot laptop ( Win10 and Ubuntu Studio 14.04). These are the settings:sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces:<pre><code># interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)auto loiface lo inet loopbackauto eth0iface eth0 inet staticaddress 192.168.1.101 ... | Unable to get ifup & ifdown to bring up eth0 | Ubuntu 14.04 | askubuntu | 2016-12-23T12:00:36.840 |
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"message": "Just installed xubuntu 16 on my HP 630, when I firstly selected xubuntu on boot it worked, but after turning off, and then on, it now stucks at \"dev sda2 clean, XXX files, YYY blocks\". I waited a lot but seems like it just won't boot as nothing changes at all. Btw I have the same message on oth... | Xubuntu can't boot, stucks at /dev/sda2 clean, HP 630 | askubuntu | 2016-12-23T12:32:53.113 |
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"message": "I am having this issue for quite some time now. I have Ubuntu 16.04 installed in my Lenovo B-4030 laptop. I have currently installed Mac OS-X theme from <a href=\"http://www.noobslab.com/2016/04/macbuntu-1604-transformation-pack-for.html?m=1\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">here. But I have upgraded ... | Icons and cursor does not appear after logging in from sleep mode in Ubuntu 16.04 | askubuntu | 2016-12-23T13:03:05.033 |
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"message": "Just as a preface I have read the following question,<a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/274371/install-on-second-hard-drive-with-startup-boot-option\">Install on Second Hard Drive with startup boot option?which is similar however my question is slightly more specific so I don't feel this is... | Install Ubuntu on Second Hard Drive whilst Leaving Unallocated Space for Use by Other Operating Systems | askubuntu | 2016-12-23T14:17:26.067 |
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"message": "I have some programs that are continuously outputting data on the terminal.I however want to be able to scroll up and down while the program is outputting all this data to the terminal, but every time the program outputs a new line the terminal automatically scrolls down to the last line.EDIT: I d... | How can I set the terminal to not automatically go to the last line if there the output in the terminal has been updated? | askubuntu | 2016-12-24T18:42:53.277 |
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"message": "I have Intel NUC Skull Canyon coming in a week and other stuff like a bluetooth keyboard and mouse.How can I install the Ubuntu/ Xubuntu with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse?This is the <a href=\"http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/B01K1BWA7S\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">bt keyboard.I only ha... | Can I use a wireless keyboard and mouse when first installing Ubuntu? | askubuntu | 2016-12-24T20:17:35.483 |
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"message": "I was dual booting with Windows and Ubuntu before. And now I uninstalled Windows using os-uninstaller in Ubuntu. I want to move all the free space to <code>/dev/sda6</code> and <code>/dev/sda7</code>. Please help me out?<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/NAnhK.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">",... | I want to allocate the unused disk space to ubuntu. How to do it? | askubuntu | 2016-12-25T04:13:20.087 |
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"message": "My original question was this one: <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/863605/bluetooth-does-not-detect-any-devices-ubuntu-16-04\">Bluetooth does not detect any devices [Ubuntu 16.04]but it was marked as a duplicate however I could not find the solution even here: <a href=\"https://askubuntu... | How to install firmware for my 04ca:2012 Broadcom bluetooth adapter | askubuntu | 2016-12-25T07:53:51.690 |
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"message": "Usually I install Ubuntu Alongside windows , this time I decide to make Ubuntu the main system so I choose erase disk blah blah option which has a description say \"It will delete my documents , photos , videos and the windows system\" in installation screen , After Ubuntu successfully installedI ... | How to recover NTFS partitions after Installing Ubuntu | askubuntu | 2016-12-25T17:59:30.843 |
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"message": "Configured bind9 simple master-slave tandem for serving domain in local network.Transfer of zone to client succeeds but I find no transfered zone file on slave server.Configuration at master:<pre><code>zone \"lab.\" { type master; file \"/etc/bind/zones/db.lab\"; allow-transfer { 192.168.1.5; }... | Where bind9 slave server stores transfered zone file? | askubuntu | 2016-12-25T19:12:35.193 |
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"message": "I've been using nothing but Windows for years. I'm transitioning to Linux and I'm trying to make the transition as easy as possible since I have almost no knowledge of Linux.On Windows, I currently use desktop shortcuts with PuTTY as a quick and easy way to connect to different proxy servers. I ha... | How to login to SSH and have username and password automatically entered? | askubuntu | 2016-12-26T02:22:56.577 |
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"message": "I am trying to install <code>tomcat7</code> on my machine but I get the following error.<pre><code>Job for tomcat7.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See \"systemctl status tomcat7.service\" and \"journalctl -xe\" for details.invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat7, action ... | tomcat7 installation fails with error code 1 | askubuntu | 2016-12-26T06:29:32.820 |
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"message": "I want to create customized usb live .iso based on ubuntu-16.04.1-server-amd64.iso. I've seen this <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">guide for desktop edition, but for some reason /casper directory is missing in server installation image.... | Ubuntu server live usb | askubuntu | 2016-12-26T16:38:25.493 |
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"message": "i just installed Ubuntu 16.10 on my laptop, but i can not connect to internet, wi-fi or cable, it just not working. i hope that you can help me, thanks!the output of: <code>lspci -knn | grep -EA2 'Eth|Net'</code> <a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/DqxPH.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">",
"r... | Ununtu 16.10 no internet, wi-fi or cable | askubuntu | 2016-12-26T17:24:52.457 |
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{
"message": "The expected behavior of Ubuntu Software should be to return relevant results matching keywords in the query to the description of the software listing. OR return no results. When I query something trivial like \"Sticky Notes\" (no quotes) I return completely irrelevant results. Why? and can th... | Why doesn't Ubuntu Software return relevant results? | askubuntu | 2016-12-26T20:20:12.147 |
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"message": "I configured a Lubuntu 16.04 system for a friend. While configuring we wanted to change sound settings. We clicked on the Lubuntu sound applet and on sound settings but nothing opened. I remeber that on some system I saw that pavucontrol opens this way. So we tried to install pavucontrol with puls... | Lubuntu sound settings from sound applet | askubuntu | 2016-12-26T20:56:56.173 |
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"message": "I'd like to make sure the \"partner\" sources has been added within a script no matter the release of ubuntu i'm dealing with.So far I've got :<pre><code>#!/bin/shsudo sed -i 's/# deb http:\\/\\/archive.canonical.com\\/ubuntu xenial partner/deb http:\\/\\/archive.canonical.com\\/ubuntu xenial part... | scripting canonical partner source addition | askubuntu | 2016-12-27T13:19:58.860 |
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"message": "I installed a ubuntu 16.4.1 command-line version from the <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">minimal cd. Then I installed <code>x-server</code>. The command <code>x-terminal-emulator</code> is linked to the wrapper <code>/usr/bin/lxterm... | Change background color of terminal emulator wrapper | askubuntu | 2016-12-27T22:53:22.350 |
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"message": "How can I integrate Viber into Pidgin? I have Viber registered and both Viber and Pidgin installed.",
"role": "user"
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"message": "Neither I nor <a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=%22viber%22+%22pidgin%22\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Google are aware of any integration of Vi... | Viber in Pidgin Integration | askubuntu | 2016-12-28T06:00:46.857 |
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"message": "I have been using Déjà Dup to create backups for several years. Recently it started to fail with the message<pre><code>Permission denied when trying to read ‘/duplicity-inc.20161201T072516Z.to.20161202T074205Z.manifest.gpg’.</code></pre>This seems to happen after the program has written backup fil... | Deja dup: Permission denied when trying to read manifest on davfs | askubuntu | 2016-12-28T08:18:43.027 |
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"message": "I have my bind9 configuration:<pre><code>acl allowed { 192.168.12.0/24; 10.10.0.0/24;};options { listen-on port 53 { 127.0.0.1; 192.168.12.90; 10.10.0.21; }; listen-on-v6 port 53 { ::1; }; directory \"/var/named\"; dump-file \"/var/named/data/c... | How could one prevent named making recursive queries? | askubuntu | 2016-12-28T09:59:57.427 |
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