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"message": "I was wondering how I could create a dummy or fake monitor that I could use to extend my display. Then I wanted to use vnc to connect to the dummy screen with my other laptop. If someone has something easier or better please suggest it. I'm using normal unity Ubuntu 16.10 on both.It's been done on... | How could I use my second laptop to extend my laptop's screen? | askubuntu | 2017-01-28T16:30:22.823 |
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"message": "I am using gdm (Gnome Display Manager) and gnome3 (regular, not classic) on Ubuntu 16.04.After switching from Unity, I am not able to see any window decorations on all windows.I cannot resize the windows correctly and I have seen no option on how to turn this on in the <a href=\"https://apps.ubunt... | Gnome3 Window Decorations Disappeared on Ubuntu 16.04 | askubuntu | 2017-01-28T16:36:49.413 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://www.nomachine.com/forums/topic/language-setting\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">This nomachine forum topic didn't help.After reboot I have these envs:<pre><code>GDM_LANG=en_GB LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_GB </code></pre><code>cat /etc/default/locale</code><pre><code># File gen... | how to modify NoMachine (client) application language? | askubuntu | 2017-01-28T22:52:13.080 |
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"message": "On my dell XPS 13, 9360 model, there is a HiDPI display, the resolution is 3200x1800 which is fantastic but it has resulted in some GTK applications (and multiple Qt applications) not having the correct scaling factor applied. I have already fixed this for Qt applications but now I would like to f... | small GTK user interfaces on HiPDI display | askubuntu | 2017-01-28T23:10:16.410 |
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"message": "Comcast installed a gigabit modem today, and gave me the Netgear R8000 router. The tech installed the modem, showed me the device he was using to provision the modem when he was done, and it showed 951 down and 40 up. Im seeing a max of 300-400Mbps speeds on wired devices and I want to make sure ... | New Gigabit Internet Sanity Check | askubuntu | 2017-01-28T23:46:05.250 |
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"message": "On Macs, there's a nice command + , to open prefs in any app. For example, in Firefox right now, preferences is in the Edit menu (WTF, but that's a different bug), and no shortcut keys to press it.How does one universally set a shortcut to open preferences?P.S. / Extra Credit: Is there a way and a... | Shortcut to Preferences | askubuntu | 2017-01-29T01:35:18.503 |
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"message": "I have double click set to select the word between special characters in the gnome terminal. so for eg. consider <code>ls -ltr /user/root/folder</code>. If I double click on root then it will select only root. Triple clicking selects the entire line <code>ls -ltr /user/root/folder</code>:Is there ... | Create shortcut to double click and select upto white space | askubuntu | 2017-01-29T06:40:56.400 |
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"message": "I'm new to Linux (just installed Ubuntu for the first time yesterday) and Ubuntu keeps setting my default audio device as the inbuilt speakers on my laptop so i want to remove the module for them so it will default to the wireless headset that I have connected to it, I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.",
... | How do i find out what pulseaudio module does what? | askubuntu | 2017-01-29T10:05:55.280 |
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"message": "I have created my 1st Virtual Box machine after turning on Virtualization in my BIOS and it went immediately down because I did not have a Windows 7 boot image set for it to boot from. I have 3 original Win 7 Installation disks so I need to know how to put 1 on a flash as an ISO and be able to fee... | how to add boot media for VM to boot Windows 7? | askubuntu | 2017-01-29T11:23:17.467 |
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"message": "How to check what process is slowing my system?I tried solutions shared on some related threads but none of them resolved this issue. Does my hardware matched the minimum requirement of 14.04LTS?System Details are:-<pre><code>Ubuntu 14.04 LTSMemory: 1.8GBProcessor: Intel Core i3-3110M CPU @ 2.4GHz... | System hangs often after upgrading to 64bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | askubuntu | 2017-01-29T18:04:15.503 |
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"message": "A while ago I created a desktop slideshow in <code>Shotwell</code> I think. I wanted to change the slideshow. The pictures in the slideshow are not featured in the appearances menu under system settings. the demo screen in the appearances menu shows an image from a new slideshow I created in <cod... | Can't replace, remove or change desktop slideshow | askubuntu | 2017-01-29T23:06:45.133 |
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"message": "I need to use Qt5 till i release my final version, my client wont pay until he see the whole application is stable and not having any issue. But Qt5 is asking money before even i get a client.In Ubuntu how to use Qt5 for free? Is there no way to use Qt5 for free in Linux? (pay only if i have to se... | Qt5 - how to use Free? Asking for money | askubuntu | 2017-01-30T15:10:03.050 |
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"message": "Yes I know again and again ... but I don't see it maybe someone sees my problem. I have to forward a internal Office Network (here 9.0.0.0/24) which is connected to eth1 (9.0.0.5) through the Server with Internet access on (10.0.0.5).Here is where I started:/etc/network/interfaces<pre><code># INTE... | Need help (again) on routing through Server with 2 NICs | askubuntu | 2017-01-30T15:16:07.980 |
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"message": "My file.txt contains the following:<pre><code>abc123abcd1234abcde12345</code></pre>I ran the sed command below:<pre><code>sed '/^[a-z]/,/[a-z]$/d' alphabet3.txt </code></pre>Doesn't it mean delete from the first line that starts with an alphabet through the first line that ends with an alphabet? S... | sed d command with 2 patterns | askubuntu | 2017-01-31T02:08:58.433 |
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"message": "I'm trying to install gmapping package from github <a href=\"https://github.com/nii2121/gmapping/blob/master/docs/Instructions.txt\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">https://github.com/nii2121/gmapping/blob/master/docs/Instructions.txtand after I run <pre><code>./configure</code></pre>It turns out to b... | "Qt 3.x not found please set QT_INCLUDE, QT_LIB, MOC by hand" on my ubuntu14.04 | askubuntu | 2017-01-31T03:02:54.970 |
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"message": "Running 16.04.1 server 32 with LXDE on top. Just made a mess for myself. Please help. Want to fix it to understand Linux better. Reinstall OS easy enough but just don't wanna.Uninstalled Samba with<pre><code>sudo apt-get remove --purge samba</code></pre>Also tried these<pre><code>sudo apt-get -f i... | Unable to Fully Uninstall and Reinstall Samba - Unique errors? | askubuntu | 2017-01-31T17:14:12.557 |
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"message": "I want to Install & Configure Ubuntu Server as my Home Server.These are my requirements.Configuration for RAID (2 desktop HDD each with 1TB)Which RAID configuration is best suited for retaining data even if an HDD fails?Main purpose of above step is for configuration of File Server accessible ... | RAID Configuraiton for Home Server | askubuntu | 2017-01-31T17:39:09.377 |
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"message": "I was assigned the task of deploying a multi node installation of OpenStack, using the maximum number of three independent physical machines at my disposal. The proposed platform is Ubuntu 16.04. The basic purpose of this proposed cloud deployment is to work as a VM repository, providing VM's as ... | Multi node installation on Openstack | askubuntu | 2017-02-01T08:41:15.920 |
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"message": "By using <code>ps aux | grep -i “name of your desired program”</code> the list of PID's appeared, but I found more PIDs than in the System Monitor.How is this possible?I did not find PIDs with <code>-color =auto</code> in System Monitor.",
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"message": "When you run <... | PID in Ubuntu gnome terminal | askubuntu | 2017-02-01T14:50:21.197 |
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"message": "This is output of df -h<pre><code>Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted onudev 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /devtmpfs 1.6G 25M 1.6G 2% /run/dev/sda5 917G 2.1G 868G 1% /tmpfs 7.9G 0 7.9G 0% /dev/shmtmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock... | How to mount partition from disk | askubuntu | 2017-02-02T10:11:25.010 |
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"message": "I set my Unity sidebar to hidden. Great!However, I am still seeing icons popping out which terribly annoys me. How can I disable this behaviour?<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/T9ssY.gif\">",
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"message": "The described behavior is done by design and so, the defaul... | Hidden sidebar: how can I disable popping up icons? | askubuntu | 2017-02-02T10:46:51.900 |
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"message": "I have many <code>.csv</code> files (some converted from <code>xlsx</code>), and I am trying to extract emails and websites out of those files.The data in the files looks like: <pre><code>Daniel,Rose,DR@example.com,http://www.example.com,1234567890Daniel1,Rose,DR1@example.com,http://www.example.c... | How I can retrieve emails and websites from csv files in command line? | askubuntu | 2017-02-02T12:31:59.790 |
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"message": "I'm not able to access or open KDE connect indicator. Whereas kde connect monitor and kde connect settings are opening. What should I do?",
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"message": "Following our discussion in the comments, it seems you don't have the necessary repo on your system for <code>indi... | KDE connect indicator not opening for Ubuntu 16.04 | askubuntu | 2017-02-02T16:13:49.387 |
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"message": "Some time ago I installed ubuntu 16.04 on my computer and my sister's. My background knowledge is null, but it was relatively simple since I had an installation disk, so it was just a matter of inserting the disk and telling it to install (typical).For a while it was all good (my connection a bit ... | Ubuntu 16.04 can't connect to http://google.com | askubuntu | 2017-02-02T16:59:11.773 |
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"message": "I don't know match about ubunto ... sorry if my question is stupid :( I try to google it - but still does not understand I hold DVD with ubunto 16.04 and i have machine with 500GB I want to install ubunto on as the first operation system ( i need to setup 3 linux destrabution ) on the first 100GB ... | Install ubuntu on clean disk - on 100GB only | askubuntu | 2017-02-03T01:42:21.673 |
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"message": "There are many posts explaining how to enable the DPM (dynamic power management) feature of AMD GPUs. I need to do some testing and require to disable it but I'm not sure how. For Radeon driver, I read it is required to modify /etc/default/grub, by setting<pre><code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=\"qu... | AMDGPU: how to disable DPM? | askubuntu | 2017-02-03T09:50:46.587 |
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"message": "I am trying to turn Spamdyke 4.3.1 (<a href=\"http://spamdyke.org/download.html\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">download link) into Debian package (<code>.deb</code>). This is pretty easy software to build, no crazy dependencies, just <code>libssl-dev</code> so:<pre><code>apt-get install build-essen... | Changing default directory for debhelper while packaging (.deb) | askubuntu | 2017-02-03T11:03:57.960 |
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"message": "when I do update and upgrade, I am getting the following error. <pre><code>W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/packagefixes/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file.N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use.N:... | Not able to update Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS 64-bit; getting error message in the end (Dell DULX0035) | askubuntu | 2017-02-03T11:11:25.880 |
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"message": "I run a 14.04 system and pick up libreoffice from the official ppa (<a href=\"http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu trusty main).This morning the ppa provided a bunch of updates. While incorporating them, I got multiple... | apt spewing warnings after libreoffice update | askubuntu | 2017-02-03T16:43:01.820 |
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"message": "I run a 14.04 system and pick up libreoffice from the official ppa (<a href=\"http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http://ppa.launchpad.net/libreoffice/ppa/ubuntu trusty main).This morning the ppa provided a bunch of updates. While incorporating them, I got multiple... | apt spewing warnings after libreoffice update | askubuntu | 2017-02-03T16:43:01.820 |
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"message": "I have Ubuntu 14, and want to create some cron jobs using my PHP code.Currently, I am doing something like <code>crontab -u www-data</code>, and from my PHP code I am able to write into crontab.If I do <code>crontab -u www-data -e</code> I can see there are some commands, but these command are not... | Why cron tasks created by WWW-DATA are not running? | askubuntu | 2017-02-03T17:49:32.730 |
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"message": "SPI does not work in CORE mode and classic mode (mraa), with Tuchuck board (J12 connector). Appears to be a driver issue. Has anyone had any success? Are there any release or beta plans showing SPI integration?",
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"message": "As I understand it, Intel hasn't publicly... | SPI appears broken Ubuntu core and Intel Joule | askubuntu | 2017-02-03T20:38:24.837 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/vhztE.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">I've just created a new user account called deployer in my 16.04 VPS and I'd like to create a virtualenv inside directory Env. However:<pre><code>deployer@server:~$ cd Env/deployer@server:~/Env$ virtualenv sample-bash: vir... | Why can't I access 'virtualenv'? | askubuntu | 2017-02-04T01:47:24.570 |
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"message": "Computer illiterate student looking for help with crashed lenovo thinkpad!Abstract: Basically I want to back up the HDD for this laptop and was told to use Ubuntu to do that but I dont really know where to start.Background:I have a lenovo thinkpad 11e yoga (refurbished) which has recently crashed,... | Using ubuntu to recover hard drive data (for the non tech savy) | askubuntu | 2017-02-04T02:51:31.140 |
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"message": "Both connected to graphic card. First one is connected via DVI and it works fine. Second is going from HDMI and shows no signal. Here is xrandr output:<pre><code>Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384DisplayPort-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y a... | Second monitor on 16.04 from AMD RX 460 (pro 16.60) | askubuntu | 2017-02-04T12:03:39.427 |
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"message": "Whenever I switch from my gpu (gtx 1060) to my igpu (Intel 530), I cant boot.The loading screen is stuck with the following message:<blockquote> [Failed] Failed to start NVIDIA Persistence Daemon. See 'systemctl status nvidia-persistenced.service' for details.</blockquote>However, I can boot whe... | NVIDIA-PRIME: Cant switch to intel | askubuntu | 2017-02-04T18:34:23.650 |
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"message": "I need some help to get my wifi card working. I migrated from w7 to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and my problem started.My wireless card is enabled into BIOS settings, and I've already pressed Fn+F8 to turn it on.When looking too lspci -knn i've got this:<pre><code>02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Cor... | Toshiba Portege z835 wifi not working [16.04 LTS] | askubuntu | 2017-02-04T20:01:56.903 |
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"message": "I recently installed Ubuntu 16.10 on my desktop and for whatever reason the options offered for adding accounts from the Online Accounts section of the System Settings are kind of sparse.Here's what I expect to see:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/GlsZ0.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">All ear... | Online Accounts on 16.10 - only few options | askubuntu | 2017-02-05T05:46:14.310 |
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"message": "I need to prevent termination of a critical process. A very annoying thing that happens is my VPS likes to kill processes it doesn't like when the RAM gets low. What ends up happening is this critical process gets killed first. This is very bad because the if the VPS IP cycles and the process gets... | I have to prevent termination of a process | askubuntu | 2017-02-05T10:45:00.080 |
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"message": "I have a dual boot Win7 & Ubuntu 16.04 set up.I'm struggling with setting the wallpaper on Ubuntu. I have copied a .jpg image from the Windows drive into my Ubuntu pictures folder, and when I select it as wallpaper it works fine, but on reboot it's gone. I have done some research, it appears I... | Setting file permissions (image for wallpaper use) | askubuntu | 2017-02-05T12:27:02.267 |
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"message": "I have a file containing a list of users and information, each line is a separate user written like so: <pre><code>alfred,butler,male,70,7:15. </code></pre>I want to grab the names only from the list so I can create a user for them. Once I have the names I can simply use a for loop and echo userad... | How to grab characters before comma in a list and export to a script? | askubuntu | 2017-02-05T19:04:58.743 |
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"message": "I am trying to extract uncommon text from the file and I have tried this: <pre><code>awk 'FNR==NR {a[$0]++; next} !a[$0]' 1.txt 2.txthttp://PQR.comhttp://example.com</code></pre>Here are the input files: <pre><code>File: 1.txthttp://google.comhttp://GOOGLE.comhttp://example1.comhttp://sep... | How to extract uncommon case insensitive text from two files? | askubuntu | 2017-02-06T08:31:59.950 |
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"message": "I ran into some problems with 14.04 version of Ubuntu Gnome. I couldn't run updates for weeks and whenever I tried I was greeted with the response \"Check your internet connection\". I found a lot of solutions for the problem here but they didn't work for me. So, I upgraded to 16.04 this morning u... | Malformed entry 63 in list file after upgrading to Gnome 16.04.01 | askubuntu | 2017-02-06T08:56:09.373 |
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"message": "The problemI am currently adding a few custom shortcuts. I fail at revealing a minimized Rhythmbox window. I use wmctrl in a shell script, see below, for this task. When I press the key combo, nothing happens (visually). Revealing Firefox, for example, using an adapted version of the shell script ... | Why does my wmctrl -a command not raise my minimized Rhythmbox window? | askubuntu | 2017-02-06T11:07:27.687 |
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"message": "I'm getting this error every time I do <code>apt-get update</code><pre><code>Ign http://ni.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US Ign http://ni.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US Ign http://ni.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en... | Ubuntu 14.04: Error with "apt-get update": W: Ignoring Provides line with DepCompareOp | askubuntu | 2017-02-06T14:02:32.803 |
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"message": "I use the integrated backup service of Ubuntu 16.04/Unity provided by deja dup/duplicity. Whenever a backup is performed, my system becomes very slow (annoying but still usable) due to the complex diffing/compressing/encryption mechanism used.Is there a way to set a <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.... | Reduce process priority of built-in deja dup/duplicity process in Unity | askubuntu | 2017-02-06T20:25:47.863 |
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"message": "I have recently upgraded my workstation from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04. After the upgrade, my computer is booting to black screen. The problem seem to be due to NVIDIA graphics card and its broken driver for ubuntu 16.04. I tried to follow instructions on <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/7603... | Black screen after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 | askubuntu | 2017-02-06T21:04:58.667 |
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"message": "I am currently running an older distribution of Ubuntu. I attempted to create a live Windows USB drive and booted from my Ubuntu machine. When I attempted to boot back into Ubuntu I am greeted with \"unknown filesystem\" and I'm launched into the grub rescue. I've tried locating the drive that con... | Grub rescue - error: unknown filesystem...tried everything | askubuntu | 2017-02-07T00:23:01.997 |
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"message": "I am currently running an older distribution of Ubuntu. I attempted to create a live Windows USB drive and booted from my Ubuntu machine. When I attempted to boot back into Ubuntu I am greeted with \"unknown filesystem\" and I'm launched into the grub rescue. I've tried locating the drive that con... | Grub rescue - error: unknown filesystem...tried everything | askubuntu | 2017-02-07T00:23:01.997 |
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"message": "I had installed an Ubuntu 16.04 on my VM VirtualBox (itself on a Windows 10). And I had been working as the owner of the program rather than guest. It was working all fine until now. I believe I have removed an important package but don't know exactly what and I can figure that out once logged in.... | How to log into Ubuntu on a Virtual Environment when entering correct password results in "Failed to start session"? | askubuntu | 2017-02-07T00:28:36.140 |
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"message": "I deleted <code>\"quiet splash\"</code> from <code>GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT</code> in the GRUB config file.And when I reboot with the command line, I can see the commands until it reaches <code>target reached restarting now</code>And then.... nothing, it freezes there. So it is not possible to s... | Ubuntu 16.04 freezes on shutdown | askubuntu | 2017-02-07T13:09:20.457 |
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"message": "I just installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with an USB, and now when I turn on the computer(Lenovo ideapad Z460), I have options for Ubuntu and Windows 10. But when I choose Windows 10, it just comes back to the choice between Ubuntu and Windows. What should I do to be able to re-use Windows 10 system agai... | Can't boot Windows 10 after installing Ubuntu | askubuntu | 2017-02-07T15:40:02.493 |
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"message": "I am trying to figure out wether it is possible to add some sort of script, triggered before system goes to suspend. Idea is to trigger some webhooks to store some info before idle state.",
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"message": "Hooking up to something?The challenge is that whatever hook migh... | Is it possible to add trigger function before system goes into suspend? | askubuntu | 2017-02-07T19:30:51.460 |
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"message": "I just want to know if I can make a kind of menu choice list where the node can choose from the OS they want? so instead of automatically runs the Ubuntu 16.04 image you assigned to it, you give it multiple images and the node user would just choose one.",
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"message"... | Can I make a "choice image list" in MAAS UBUNTU? | askubuntu | 2017-02-07T22:07:49.247 |
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"message": "I need help creating a bootable pen with windows iso.I tried so many ways and nothing... One of my pendrives even broke(doesn't show up in the PC when I connect).I tried with UNetbootin but if I format my pendrive to fat32, when I restart my PC I got to a screen with only one option \"Default\". T... | Create bootable pendrive with windows | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T02:08:51.407 |
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"message": "I'm trying to use Pipe Viewer (<code>pv</code>) while extracting files from zip archive.Now I'm using<pre><code>unzip -o -q myfile.zip -d test</code></pre>So I tried something like (solution seen for tar)<pre><code>pv myfile.zip | unzip -o -q - -d test</code></pre>But it's not working. What would... | Unzip with the Pipe Viewer | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T08:31:06.513 |
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"message": "When I lock my desktop (via SuperL shortcut) it takes 2-3 seconds before it happens. I don't whether it is due to the speed of my pc, but it looks more like a animation that's be playing first. Can I change some setting to remove the animation?",
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"message": "SuperL ... | Time to lock desktop | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T10:08:49.920 |
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"message": "I have a very big 5 GB json file. I am trying to remove the first key from the file.<br>Input: <pre><code>{\"url\":\"example.com\",\"original_url\":\"http://example.com\",\"text\":\"blah...blah\"...}</code></pre>I tried: <pre><code>jq 'del(.url)' file.json > out.josn</code></pre>This command... | How to remove the first key of JSON file? | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T10:17:48.917 |
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"message": "I am running kubuntu 16.04, in gnome I was able to move a window between adjacent workspaces with Ctrl + Shift + Alt + → (to move the window one desktop to the right)Where are the settings for this shortcut on KDE?This is my global keyboard settings, the options seem to be missing:<a h... | Move window to a adjacent virtual desktop in KDE | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T12:18:33.470 |
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"message": "I want to execute the following commands:<pre><code>xmodmap -e \"keycode 52=y\"xmodmap -e \"keycode 29=z\"</code></pre>whenever I switch my keyboard layout (Shift+Alt). Is there any way to do that?",
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"message": "A file being executed?I am afraid switching sources is... | How to initiate automatic execution of commands upon keyboard layout switch? | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T13:25:32.133 |
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"message": "I have this String <code>cap/media/101/101.mp4</code> and I need to cut the <code>101</code> in another Variable.I am trying to do it with <code>sed</code> but it's not giving me the output I need.<pre><code>echo cap/media/101/101.mp4 | sed -e 's/d/\\(.*\\)/\\1/'</code></pre>can someone please giv... | sed the string and hold the value in new variable | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T13:30:14.497 |
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"message": "I'm tring to use the following configuration on Lubuntu 16.04 (that works on my VM that also runs Lubuntu 16.04). This is what <code>/etc/network/interfaces</code> looks like:<pre><code># interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)auto loiface lo inet loopbackauto enp3s0iface enp3s0 inet stat... | Connection with static IP does not autoconnect Lubuntu 16.04 | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T13:45:40.560 |
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"message": "EDIT: It seems that the setup.py purpose is to produce a package for Mac OSX with <code>py2app</code>. So the question is now: How do I prevent the snapcraft python plugin to call setup.py?I am trying to create a snap for a python app, both to learn snap, and because this application only exists a... | Building python2 snap with snapcraft, python setup.py egg_info error | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T14:13:47.700 |
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"message": "Is there a ubuntu server minimal installation? or is just 4gb/6gb base of installation without the packages, other feature installation?",
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"message": "There is the minimal CD: <a href=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD\" rel=\"nofollow norefe... | ubuntu server minimal installation? | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T14:45:18.583 |
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"message": "For some reason my install decided to open all text files with a hex editor (okteta) instead of gedit. When I go into the properties window for the file type, remove okteta and click apply, okteta immediately reappears at the top of the list.So I tried running<pre><code>apt-get purge okteta</code>... | How to reset default file opening? (ubuntu tweak failed) | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T15:27:44.457 |
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"message": "The options that are missing are tap to click, natural scrolling, etc.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/r7pSH.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Is it possible to figure out what is wrong?Also,<pre><code>synclient TapButton1=1 TapButton2=3 TapButton3=2</code></pre>gives<pre><code>Couldn't find sy... | I am not able to find many of the options in my mouse settings in Ubuntu 16.10 | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T18:13:43.247 |
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"message": "I've recently started using Ubuntu 14.04.5 more. There is something small that is quite irritating: when English is not the chosen language, then many shortcuts do not work (such as Ctrl -+ to zoom, Ctrl Z to undo etc.) This happens throughout Ubuntu and is quite frustrating. I wonder why it's not... | Keyboard Shortcuts Not Working When Not in English | askubuntu | 2017-02-08T23:03:53.627 |
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"message": "I recently purchased an ultrawide monitor, and I'm using it with Ubuntu.Unity comes by default with a way to snap things into the corners or half the screen, but I'd like a to be able to split my screen into 1/3s side by side. Also, in general I'd like to be able to customize the snapping easily,... | Setup custom window snapping in Ubuntu? | askubuntu | 2017-02-09T01:00:26.523 |
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"message": "While recapturing the data from a bunch of old archives on 3.5\" floppy disks, I have run into a few disks of pictures stored in the MSP format. I'm pretty sure this is from an ancient version of Microsoft Paint (circa 1988-1990). I looked inside the binaries, hoping for a clue about the format,... | How can I convert (really) old files in Microsoft Paint format (.MSP) to a usable format? | askubuntu | 2017-02-09T01:55:32.903 |
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"message": "In putty tool, We access others PC by setting the session-> logging and ssh-> tunnel settings with appropriate IP, dynamic port number, etc.But here, I need help regarding how to set these ssh tunnel details Destination: dynamic, IPv4 and source port is 8080 through command line.Help me to access ... | we access other's PC in network through putty tool, Is it possible the same using commands (CML)? | askubuntu | 2017-02-09T04:26:29.213 |
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"message": "I have successfully set up a working NFS server/client system on my local network machines. I love it!But, having grown weary of the long delay when a mount is not available during boot-time, I decided to take @ridgy up on his suggestion to use autofs to mount the shares instead - using the inform... | Firewall problem using autofs with NFS-exported mounts | askubuntu | 2017-02-09T09:31:27.877 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/ifQMx.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">enter image description here<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/DreFx.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">enter image description hereI tried to play video from www.hotstar.com through mozila firefox and chormium both.But it... | unable to play video in hotstar(ubuntu 14.04 LTS) | askubuntu | 2017-02-09T14:10:54.110 |
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"message": "I am trying to execute \"apt-get update\" where the system is taking long time and not doing anything. Ubuntu-16.04I can ping google.comattached ifconfig displayping responsePlease point me in the right directionall the commands are running in root user--apt-get update--<pre><code>root@ravi-ubundu... | unable to execute: apt-get update | askubuntu | 2017-02-09T14:34:41.337 |
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"message": "To make VNC secure, I am supposed to use this<pre><code>ssh -L 5901:127.0.0.1:5901 user@example.com</code></pre>from the client. Use 5901 if the server display is 1; use 5900 for display 0. This command was taken from a <a href=\"https://www.linode.com/docs/applications/remote-desktop/install-vnc-... | What does the L option of SSH do? | askubuntu | 2017-02-09T14:46:29.440 |
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"message": "For some time now my computer has been very slow to boot. So yesterday I did a <code>systemd-analyze blame</code>, which from what I understand gives you the processes that take the longest to start. So these are the first lines of mine<pre><code>3min 45.244s ntp.service 45.277s apt-daily.serv... | Disabling ntp.service for the boot, since it takes a long time | askubuntu | 2017-02-09T16:23:23.187 |
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"message": "I am looking for a simple & quick note taking application that does the following: Can start minimised in tray on startupOpens a minimal text composing interface when the user clicks on the tray icon Minimises back to tray and automatically saves the composed text when the user clicks on the w... | A simple & quick note taking application that runs in tray? | askubuntu | 2017-02-10T06:51:04.777 |
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"message": "I have a repository of OS ISO images. And I have VMWare hardware boxes. Can JUJU provide hardware what I require and then install OS from my list of ISO?",
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"message": "Juju is an orchestration framework, you can probably use <a href=\"http://maas.io\" rel=\"nofollow... | Can JUJU provide bare metal OS provisioning through iPXE or UEFI? | askubuntu | 2017-02-10T11:56:11.007 |
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"message": "Is it possible to install Ubuntu via an existing os with a shell but is completely unbootable, like obtain a fresh unmodified installed version of ubuntu (not the iso, the result of the installation of that iso) then copy it to an empty partition then manage to get it to boot via grub (as I am un ... | Install Ubuntu directly | askubuntu | 2017-02-10T13:33:26.200 |
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"message": "My touchdpad has two buttons (not tapping) and I used to configure two-finger tapping as middle click with synclient.Now, with ubuntu-gnome 16.10, libinput is the way to go and I tried to achieve the same without success until now.I tried the approaches mentioned in <a href=\"https://wiki.archlinu... | libinput: How to map different Tappings to Buttons, TappingButtonMap has no effect | askubuntu | 2017-02-10T14:37:54.753 |
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"message": "I have Ubuntu 16.04.1 fully updated.Sometimes when in Webstorm the autocomplete popup is shown the monitor that has WebStorm flickers for a couple of seconds every time I press a key on the keyboard, making impossible to digit something. I have to change application and wait some minutes before I ... | Screen flickering with Webstorm autocomplete popup | askubuntu | 2017-02-10T15:17:37.087 |
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"message": "From a file, containing one email per line, I have tried to remove the domains in the emails using this command:<pre><code>grep -viwE \"(gmail.com|hotmail|yahoo|aol|rediffmail.com|msn|outlook|inbox.com|icloud.com|mail.com|zoho.com|yandex|live.)\" * > dest.txt</code></pre>It is however also remo... | How I can filter out emails from specific domains? | askubuntu | 2017-02-10T15:50:17.863 |
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"message": "At my university, I have a Xubuntu workstation, on which all my simulations and other scientific applications/calcs are run. When I am physically present in the office, I use the i3 window manager, which suits my keyboard-centric workflow.When I need to connect my SP3 to my office workstation, the... | RDP from Win 7/10 to i3-wm session | askubuntu | 2017-02-10T17:30:57.613 |
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"message": "By default, on Ubuntu, rxvt terminal is black on white. How do I change it to white on black?I'm running Lubuntu 16.04 LTS",
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"message": "Note: Updated answer to include desktops like GNOME and LXDE that do not load <code>.Xresources</code> or <code>.Xdefault</code>... | How do I change rxvt colors to white on black? | askubuntu | 2017-02-11T22:31:19.527 |
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"message": "Maybe I am missing something, but it seems to xkb is not loading microsoft4000 section from /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/inet.<pre><code>$ setxkbmap -print -verbose 10Setting verbose level to 10locale is CTrying to load rules file ./rules/evdev...Trying to load rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/ev... | xkb is not loading microsoft4000 configuration | askubuntu | 2017-02-12T01:42:54.343 |
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"message": "I have just created a <code>link</code> type <code>.desktop</code> file in my <code>~/.local/share/applications</code>, to launch a website on my browser. It is compliant with the <a href=\"https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html\" rel=\"nofollow no... | How to pin a web link to the Unity launcher? | askubuntu | 2017-02-12T02:55:58.417 |
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"message": "<pre><code>$cat /etc/passwd |grep -i rootroot:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash$sudo cat /etc/shadow |grep -i rootroot:!:17179:0:99999:7:::</code></pre>In the second field of shadow file, <code>!</code> means root user cannot login but why can I login to root user by <code>sudo su</code>?Why can't I log... | Why can I start a root shell with sudo even with a '! ' in its shadow entry? | askubuntu | 2017-02-12T08:43:04.500 |
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"message": "The kernel says it can support up to 32768 process id at <code>/proc/sys/kernel/pid_max</code>, but how many process can my server handle simultaneously without complaining about resources or hangs my server,I know it depends on each process behaviors and resources need, but is there some kind of ... | Max number of simaltenous running process | askubuntu | 2017-02-12T17:15:48.480 |
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"message": "The kernel says it can support up to 32768 process id at <code>/proc/sys/kernel/pid_max</code>, but how many process can my server handle simultaneously without complaining about resources or hangs my server,I know it depends on each process behaviors and resources need, but is there some kind of ... | Max number of simaltenous running process | askubuntu | 2017-02-12T17:15:48.480 |
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"message": "I had Ubuntu installed on an external HDD and was enjoying it, but my computer was a little slow. I checked my processes and found out that KDE (which I had previously installed) was running its desktop in the background while I was using Unity. I didn't want KDE anymore anyway, so I ran the comma... | Trouble booting into Ubuntu installed on external HDD | askubuntu | 2017-02-13T01:54:05.303 |
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"message": "I have an Asus N43L with 8GB RAM and Ubuntu 16.04 64bit installed. When I check my RAM consumption while idle it's consuming almost 1GB. Is that to be expected?",
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"message": "Your RAM usage is normal for Ubuntu 16.04. You can use whatever desktop environment you pre... | Is it normal for Ubuntu to use this much RAM? | askubuntu | 2017-02-13T05:50:54.000 |
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"message": "is uget can download large file around 5 GB without fail? how to increase uget download speed?",
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"message": "Yes, UGet can download such a file without problems, if your network connection is reliable. However, if your network is not reliable, or your internet conne... | Resuming large file on uget | askubuntu | 2017-02-13T08:46:57.707 |
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"message": "After <code>sudo apt-get update</code> and the <code>sudo apt-get install octave</code> when i type octave in the terminal I get the following message:The settings file /home/ameya/.config/octave/qt-settings does not exist and can not be created. Make sure you have read and write permissions to /h... | Octave not running on Ubuntu 16.04. Give the following error/message | askubuntu | 2017-02-13T13:05:49.610 |
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"message": "I discovered <a href=\"http://sourcedigit.com/16151-how-to-install-sticky-notes-indicator-in-ubuntu-15-04-ubuntu-14-04-and-ubuntu-14-10/\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">indicator-stickynotes as a simple to use note tray icon application.However, I don't yet understand how I can preserve the content ... | How can I save notes created by indicator-stickynotes? | askubuntu | 2017-02-13T20:32:30.240 |
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"message": "In Ubuntu 16.10, when my monitors wake up on my 3rd generation Intel Core i7 laptop (HD 4000 graphics), I get flickering on both my built in laptop screen and my external display. It goes away when I bring a full screen window to the front.It only happens when my screen goes to sleep and then wak... | Ubuntu 16.10 screen flicker after monitor wake up | askubuntu | 2017-02-13T22:53:59.113 |
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"message": "So, I have already looked at <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/712159/how-can-i-find-out-my-systems-dhcpv6-duid\">this post and it has only partially answered my question, but added just as much confusion. I looked at both of the dhclient6-* files, one for the wired adapter, and the other ... | DUID for wired and wireless adapters are the same. Ubuntu 16.04.2 | askubuntu | 2017-02-13T23:41:15.167 |
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"message": "I have a Lenovo laptop with UEFI boot that came with Windows 10 installed. I have tried several times to install Ubuntu on an dual boot scheme with it but I never got it to work (because of the UEFI and Windows erasing the grub).But since I got fed up with Windows, I'm considering formatting every... | Formatting a laptop with UEFI | askubuntu | 2017-02-14T07:26:54.000 |
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"message": "I've installed Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS in VirtualBox and tried to change the time zone via <code>timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Berlin</code> as root user. Unfortunately, this didn't work and I got the output <pre><code>Failed to set time zone: Access denied</code></pre>I know about the option to manu... | VirtualBox - Ubuntu guest OS - access denied on timedatectl set-timezone | askubuntu | 2017-02-14T09:54:29.873 |
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"message": "How can I simply read all the different buffers(system logs, user logs, applications logs etc.) of Ubuntu 16.04 and forward them to an external server (which could be any OS) in runtime?Do any systemd or journal APIs help in this?Please comment!",
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"message": "<code>... | Send Logs Buffer to remote pc | askubuntu | 2017-02-14T18:41:45.753 |
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"message": "I found this <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/463274/kde-open-recently-closed-application\">KDE Open recently closed application question and it's exactly what I'd like to do, however I am on ubuntu. The only answer on that question is the 'recently used' part of the launcher, but the rec... | Is there a shortcut to re-open a recently closed program? | askubuntu | 2017-02-14T20:44:23.870 |
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"message": "Many people have problems with Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04 and 16.10 where the system freezes completely, and I am one of them.I want to know whether Ubuntu 17.04 will fix that issue or not, whether it has already been fixed on the trial ISO image of 17.04, before I try to download it and test it out.",
... | Will the Intel Bay Trail CPU problem be fixed in 17.04? | askubuntu | 2017-02-15T00:21:32.113 |
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