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"message": "How can I remove the last 5 lines in bash history? So that when I reload the Ubuntu server, or restart it they're not there at all?history -c only removes it from current session, but when I re-login I see the commands again, I want to clear the last 5. I've run:<pre><code>history</code></pre>Then... | how do I remove the last 5 lines in bash history? | askubuntu | 2017-04-10T21:56:31.200 |
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"message": "I accidentally installed <code>ubuntu-gnome-desktop</code> (initially with lightdm, and later switched to gdm3) on my heavily customized Ubuntu (Unity) 16.10 environment. Yikes! Now a bunch of stuff in Unity doesn't work as it did before. I need help fixing some unresolved problems. Can you pleas... | Unity problems after installing GNOME desktop (ubuntu-gnome-desktop) | askubuntu | 2017-04-10T22:53:19.303 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/ZQdl5.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">When I tried to install software's (say Play on Linux / Eclipse), The software center says that <code>Available from multiverse source</code> and there is only a button <code>Use this Source</code>. At the same time I can ... | Can't download software's from Ubuntu Software center ( 14.04 LTS ) | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T07:28:55.857 |
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"message": "I work with several terminal windows and tabs at the same time. To see logs, doing theme specific tasks, etc. I put a title on all the different tabs but when trying to find a terminal window with Alt+Tab , It shows the application name rather than its window title which is the active tab title, w... | See terminals title when doing alt-tab | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T08:27:52.367 |
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"message": "I always use shortcut in my terminal such as Ctrlw (cut previous word), Ctrlu (cut all in the left) etc.I'm wondering if I can convert letters to lowercase or uppercase through shortcuts.",
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"message": "Bash (readline, actually) does have support for this. Check the ... | How do I lowercase/uppercase strings with a shortcut in the terminal? | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T09:15:00.070 |
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"message": "I've had some troubles with my wifi using Ubuntu. It seems like I can't connect to modems set to a channel above 11. However I can connect to such modem in windows, therefore the problem must be related to ubuntu and to the driver provided for my <code>broadcom bcm4313</code>. I tried switching to... | Problem regarding wifi bcm4313 | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T13:11:11.600 |
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"message": "I just got an external drive with the purpose of running Ubuntu on it.I've searched fora for a while but I haven't found an answer to my specific question,What I would like to have is my exteral SSD divided in 3 partitions - 1 full Ubuntu partition (so not a live mode) - 1 partition (preferable NT... | Booting from external drive | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T15:06:32.020 |
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"message": "I have a little noob-question. I have at the moment Ubuntu 16.04. installed on my PC. My plan is to install Windows on a second HDD and exchange the Ubuntu drive against the Windows drive, when I want to use Windows and back.Is this save or could I hurt my Ubuntu with this somehow?I would be glad ... | Ubuntu and Windows on exchangeable HDDs | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T15:25:27.207 |
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"message": "From linuxatemyram.com:<blockquote> If your applications want more memory, they just take back a chunk that the disk cache borrowed. Disk cache can always be given back to applications immediately! You are not low on ram!</blockquote>This isn't true. Something is eating the RAM, and won't give i... | Memory Leak? Firefox / Chromium both fill RAM | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T19:07:48.720 |
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"message": "I'm getting the message:<blockquote> Your HWE is supported until April 2017\" and \"New Release 14.04.1 LTS available.</blockquote>However when trying to upgrade, I receive \"no new release found\".I've attempted to:run <code>sudo do-release upgrade</code> and with \"d\" parameterrun <code>sudo ... | Upgrading from 12.04 LTS to 14.04 LTS failing | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T20:19:43.590 |
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"message": "This may sound odd. My username is ubuntu and my machine is called ubuntu.What I want is when I create a file in some folder that it has a signature <pre><code>user groupubuntu www-data</code></pre>at the moment whatever i create has a signature<pre><code>ubuntu ubuntu</code></pre>Can I... | How to create file as specific group | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T21:35:19.703 |
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"message": "This may sound odd. My username is ubuntu and my machine is called ubuntu.What I want is when I create a file in some folder that it has a signature <pre><code>user groupubuntu www-data</code></pre>at the moment whatever i create has a signature<pre><code>ubuntu ubuntu</code></pre>Can I... | How to create file as specific group | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T21:35:19.703 |
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"message": "I have to install Samba on my Ubuntu 14.04 from Synaptic. I have used the search box to search about \"samba\" and I have installed all packages that was linked to it.After doing that I have checked that Samba was installed correctly with the following command:<pre><code>dpkg -s samba</code></pre>... | How can I execute Samba in Ubuntu 14.04? | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T21:53:13.940 |
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"message": "First, I have read all of the following, and they get close to helping, but I can't comment requesting more help because I don't have enough beans.<a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/565417/netgear-wnda-3100-wifi-adapter-driver-install\">Netgear WNDA-3100 Wifi adapter driver install<a href=\... | Cannot get Netgear WNDA 3100v3 wifi dongle to work | askubuntu | 2017-04-11T23:10:17.810 |
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"message": "Sorry, I know this has been endlessly re-hashed and there are a lot of articles. I did start to read that running remote desktop is kind of in a state of flux (apparently?) and that there isn't one standout contender. Here's my goal: Box running in another room. I connect via remote desktop from ... | A way to set up Ubuntu as a headless GUI? | askubuntu | 2017-04-12T00:56:49.023 |
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"message": "Is booting an OS off an SD card safe? I've been doing so for 2 weeks and so far no problems. (I'm asking because I use a chromebook with Ubuntu 16.04 that boots off an SD card.)",
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"message": "<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQtM1syENmQ\" rel=\"nofollow nor... | Booting Ubuntu from an SD card... Safe ? | askubuntu | 2017-04-12T01:01:52.420 |
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"message": "I have tried the method <a href=\"https://github.com/phiggins/konsole-colors-solarized\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">mentioned on GitHub, but I don't know what would be the format of the colorscheme file. Also, can anyone give some recommendations about nice theme of konsole?",
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"message": "I have a dell latitude e7470 laptop, I have a 4g sierra wireless modem installed. In windows 7 modem works. On ubuntu 16.04 lts is visible in command output but not working:output of <code>lsusb</code>:<pre><code>lsusbBus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:81b6 Dell Computer Corp.Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:... | How to install Sierra Wireless Ubuntu 16.04 Dell Latitude | askubuntu | 2017-04-12T06:28:38.257 |
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"message": "I have a dell latitude e7470 laptop, I have a 4g sierra wireless modem installed. In windows 7 modem works. On ubuntu 16.04 lts is visible in command output but not working:output of <code>lsusb</code>:<pre><code>lsusbBus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:81b6 Dell Computer Corp.Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:... | How to install Sierra Wireless Ubuntu 16.04 Dell Latitude | askubuntu | 2017-04-12T06:28:38.257 |
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"message": "I have a 15.6\" laptop with a 4K resolution running with Kubuntu 16.04. At first, everything was so small, so I forced the fonts DPI to 220. The display works correctly, but I have to manually increase images and fonts in certain applications (dolphin, phpstorm), and sometimes it is not configurab... | How to properly handle 4K resolutions on Kubuntu 16.04? | askubuntu | 2017-04-12T07:44:50.740 |
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"message": "HP laptop<br>Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) Geforce 830M Nvidia Driver -375.39(Latest Checked in Nvidia Site)My requirements:I have to install Nvidia Latest drivers suppoeted for my system(375.39)After that I have to install cuda 8.0 (Latest)Then, I have to install GPU version TensorflowI tried installing ... | How to install Nvidia -375.39 drivers in Ubuntu 14.04..Error displayed as "X server currently running" | askubuntu | 2017-04-12T12:06:20.613 |
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"message": "I have just installed Ubuntu on my Acer Aspire Revo with an Intel Atom processor and a Nvidia graphics chipset.initially I had trouble installing, someone on here instructed me to use a nomodset kernel. This was successful and it did install but the graphics were poor. I ran a pre-installed progra... | Ubuntu won't boot up, keeps on re starting | askubuntu | 2017-04-12T14:21:48.063 |
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"message": "I had a full functioning ubuntu 14.04 with apache2 serving up a ror website with Passenger Standalone in reverse proxy. After upgrading to 16.04 it all stopped working although I can still access the site using 'just' passenger standalone. After a LOT of 'investigations' I'm coming to the conclusi... | Upgrade to 16.04 LTS has broken apache | askubuntu | 2017-04-12T16:35:16.710 |
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"message": "Recently I have noticed that the brightness and lock settings to turn off the screen after a period of inactivity are being ignored. I have my settings at 1 minute and to lock the screen when the screen turns off but my computer never seems to turn the screen off.I have seen similar questions wher... | Screen does not turn off when inactive | askubuntu | 2017-04-12T18:01:41.987 |
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"message": "I can't find the answers so I am asking here.I use Linaro 64bit ARM cross compiler to compile my code on a local Ubuntu 14.04 64bit Linux on Intel (<code>gcc-linaro-5.3-2016.02-x86_64_aarch64-linux-gnu/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-g++</code>).My code requires to use <code>libsensor4</code> and <code>libs... | linaro cross compiling with .deb dependency | askubuntu | 2017-04-12T21:10:05.280 |
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"message": "Usually in VirtualBox I can insert a \"Guest Addition CD image\" by selecting a menu item. In the same menu I think I remember some view options were available, for instance to allow free resizing.PROBLEM: I can't find that menu anymore:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/DoOTCm.png\" rel=\"nofoll... | VirtualBox VM's menu not visible, can't insert Guest Additions media | askubuntu | 2017-04-13T10:01:54.987 |
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"message": "My workflow:I make a screenshot of an area via standard shortcut Shift+PrtScr. After I select the area, first screenshot is made and \"gnome-screenshot\" dialog window is shown.While this dialog is opened, you can still see the area you have selected highlighted / shadowed. (When you close this di... | Wish: (re)Make a screenshot of already selected area again | askubuntu | 2017-04-13T11:52:12.100 |
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"message": "Apologies for the title. To be more specific, I recall reading this somewhere in the last year when I was trying to repair data damage to a hard drive.I have a windows XP hard drive that suffered a head crash and caused unrecoverable bad sectors on certain files. I'm cloning the drive to a duplic... | Linux search entire hard drive hex bytes for byte string and list all files the data belongs to? | askubuntu | 2017-04-14T03:56:04.300 |
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"message": "I need to install the Graphics Driver in my Ubuntu 16.04 but when I try to install the Intel Graphics updater I get > This package is uninstallable Dependency is not satisfiable: libpackagekit-glib2-18.",
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"message": "Which version of the Intel Graphics Updater did y... | Intel Graphics drivers help please! | askubuntu | 2017-04-14T04:12:02.317 |
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"message": "I am using Ubuntu 16.04.2. Since a few days ago I am not able to successfully update or upgrade things. Whenever I execute an update or dist-upgrade command, I get error. If I try to install new applications, I get an error saying the packages could not be authenticated. (For example, I just remo... | Errors while updating, installing applications or upgrading | askubuntu | 2017-04-14T05:51:56.463 |
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"message": "I just upgraded to Zesty on my Surface Pro 3. On Yakkety, I had \"Scale for menu and title bars\" in System Settings > Displays set to 1.5, and the scale was fine. On Zesty, something really strange is happening, and I cant even explain.Look at the following pictures:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgu... | Having trouble with HiDPI scaling in Zesty | askubuntu | 2017-04-14T06:49:36.620 |
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"message": "On every boot up I get this:For about 10 seconds (or more) before the \"normal\" Ubuntu Gnome loading screen and the login screen comes up.I've read some questions and a bug report about this already, but this problem was dismissed as a minor inconvenience or there were no real solutions (that wor... | Ubuntu GNOME: Grey screen and very slow boot | askubuntu | 2017-04-14T07:52:03.260 |
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"message": "On Yakkety:<pre><code>$ lsb_release -aNo LSB modules are available.Distributor ID: UbuntuDescription: Ubuntu 16.10Release: 16.10Codename: yakkety</code></pre>I can't seem to install <code>libgmp3-dev</code>:<pre><code>$ sudo apt-get install libgmp3-dev[sudo] password for exarkun: R... | Where did libgmp3-dev for Ubuntu 16.10 go? | askubuntu | 2017-04-14T12:09:59.027 |
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"message": "I have an Asus-n552vw laptop that has two graphic cards:<pre><code>1- intel HD graphics 5302- nvidia Geforce GTX960m</code></pre>And installed ubuntu 16.04.2. I don't know which graphic is in use at the moment and are they installed good or not? because when I trying to suspend, it gives me PCIe E... | How do they work when you have two graphic cards on Ubuntu? | askubuntu | 2017-04-14T15:42:59.603 |
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"message": "I tried to make a live Ubuntu USB. By following these instructions. <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/170454/can-i-install-ubuntu-to-my-32-gb-usb-pen-drive\">Can I install Ubuntu to my 32 GB USB pen drive?And now my laptop won't load win 10 or Ubuntu. It's stuck on GRUB. So I believe that ... | Stuck on GRUB, won't load win 10 or Ubuntu | askubuntu | 2017-04-14T17:52:58.920 |
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"message": "I have a Beowulf Super Computer consisting of (4) Dell PowerEdge R610 each with 2xQuad Core Xeon E5640 processors @ 2.4GhzI also have MPIv3.2 installed for parallel messaging.The master node has the nfs server running that the other 3 compute nodes mount at boot for common home directories and exe... | Is there a 16 core limit in Ubuntu 16.04? | askubuntu | 2017-04-14T23:30:47.173 |
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"message": "So I just installed ubuntu 17.04 and launch Virtualbox as <code>sudo</code> for the first time and I get the following error:<pre><code>$ sudo virtualboxQt WARNING: QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'Qt WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB prof... | sudo Virtualbox returns "Qt WARNING: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile" error 17.04 | askubuntu | 2017-04-15T12:02:12.903 |
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"message": "I have a fresh ubuntu installation.<br>everytime I try to restart or shutdown, I got the following <a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/yI9fw.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">And that's it. I am forcing shut down everytime.Any idea what can I do to fix it?or to gather more information to find ou... | 16.04 - can't restart or shutdown | askubuntu | 2017-04-16T06:10:29.560 |
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"message": "My audio control in top panel on Ubuntu Studio 1704 is broken.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/XFE6i.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">On the top is the audio control from <code>Settings Manager -> Panel -> Items</code> labelled as <code>Audio Mixer</code>. I don't know what the providing... | Linux volume control message standard | askubuntu | 2017-04-17T06:03:47.630 |
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"message": "How to install and execute e2defrag on KuBuntu? <a href=\"http://launchpad.net/e2defrag\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">http://launchpad.net/e2defragFrom the link:<blockquote> Utility for offline defragmentation of ext[234] filesystems. This poor ancient package used to be known as the defrag pa... | How to install and execute e2defrag on KuBuntu? | askubuntu | 2017-04-17T16:55:55.020 |
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"message": "New Ubuntu user here. I have an ancient Toshiba Satellite A80 laptop that I'd guess to be at least 8 yrs old. It's currently running Windows XP, can't boot from USB and has no floppy drive or CD drive.Is there any way to download Ubuntu directly to the hard drive of this computer (not dual booting... | Install Ubuntu directly to HDD from Win XP | askubuntu | 2017-04-17T17:40:22.643 |
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"message": "As per <a href=\"https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Problems-with-add-ons-plugins-or/Why-do-Java-Silverlight-Adobe-Acrobat-and-other-plugins-no/ta-p/31069\" rel=\"noreferrer\">this article, Mozilla has dropped the support of NPAPI plugins from Mozilla Firefox version 52. Is there any web browser with ... | Web browsers with NPAPI plugins support | askubuntu | 2017-04-17T18:03:51.680 |
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"message": "<pre><code>OS: Ubuntu 16.04Package expected to install: libsapiResult: Unable to locate package libsapi</code></pre>Hi, I am trying to install System API (SAPI) package on Ubuntu 16.04According to <a href=\"https://github.com/01org/tpm2.0-tools/blob/master/INSTALL\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">tpm... | Ubuntu 16.04 sapi package not found | askubuntu | 2017-04-18T12:30:44.073 |
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"message": "My current version of Kdenlive is 15.12.3, I installed it with apt-get right from the repository. However, I need version 16.12 or above in order to use the rotoscoping feature. To this point, I have only installed software from the standard repository with apt-get, but there is only one version. ... | What dependencies does Kdenlive 16.12 or above need to have in advance? | askubuntu | 2017-04-18T17:21:17.240 |
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"message": "I am on Ubuntu 16.04 and with <code>gcc-5.4.0</code> already installed.I am trying to build the <code>gcc-3.2</code> compiler according to <a href=\"http://www.tellurian.com.au/whitepapers/multiplegcc.php\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">this tutorial as I need it to compile <code>glib-1.2.10</code>,... | Compile gcc 3.2 on Ubuntu 16.04 (under compiler gcc 5.4.0) | askubuntu | 2017-04-18T17:34:23.353 |
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"message": "I'm wondering whether it is possible to adjust the search paths (and make the search recursive) of the default photo app (gnome-photos). I could not find any settings for this.Why? It finds photos from my Download folder, but not from my photo subfolders hierarchy, which means it is full of nothin... | How to adjust the search path for gnome-photos app? | askubuntu | 2017-04-18T18:48:23.163 |
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"message": "I have a bug:When I watch some video on YouTube or each other site in FullScreen mode - and then when I exit from this fullscreen - I have freeze of my computer. Sound is still working (video is playing forward), but image stop. And my computer has no some react on my each actions...Computer:Lenov... | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Freeze after out of fullscreen mode (YouTube, each others) | askubuntu | 2017-04-18T19:04:18.267 |
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"message": "I am using ubuntu 14.04 and used to connect to airvpn via openvpn and everything always worked quiet well. But now I had to buy a new router, which is a EuroDocsiss router, and it seems that vpn does not work behind this thing. When I connect in the terminal via openvpn everything works just fine ... | VPN connects but still no Internet on Ubuntu 14.04 | askubuntu | 2017-04-18T21:42:55.737 |
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"message": "I'm trying to get up and running with ruby and the jekyll gem on my fresh instance of Ubuntu 16.04.<pre><code> usernamehere@usernamehere-hp:~/workspace/username.github.io$ ls -la /usr/local/bin/bundler -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 498 Apr 18 18:18 /usr/local/bin/bundler usernamehere@usernameher... | First Time Ruby Jekyll Bundler Setup on 16.04 - multiple bundlers installed | askubuntu | 2017-04-19T01:55:30.787 |
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"message": "I'm having a difficulty installing VLC 3.0 in Ubuntu Zesty. Using the <a href=\"https://launchpad.net/~videolan/+archive/ubuntu/master-daily\" rel=\"noreferrer\">official PPA. I added it using<pre><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/master-dailysudo apt-get update</code></pre>And <code>apt-... | How do I install VLC 3.0 on Ubuntu Zesty 17.04? | askubuntu | 2017-04-19T03:31:17.040 |
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"message": "I have a Lenovo G570 laptop with a little key called onekey recovery next to the power button, and since coming to Linux it has became useless.Is there a way to make this key into a reset button for example? Or to add an entry in Grub to make it load recovery options?I've seen similar posts in her... | A new use for Lenovo onekey recovery key | askubuntu | 2017-04-19T10:55:34.717 |
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"message": "I have installed Ubunt 17.04 recently. I tried to install libnss3 libraries. I need libnss3-nssdb, but this library is missing in 17.04. Let me know if any other solutions are possible.",
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"message": "It appears that <code>libnss3-nssdb</code> <a href=\"http://packag... | libnss3-nssdb library missing in ubuntu 17.04 | askubuntu | 2017-04-19T11:50:25.200 |
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"message": "After removing/purging LXDE and Lubuntu-desktop, I tried restoring my Ubuntu sign-on screen by <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/a/421322/618307\">editing <code>lightdm.conf</code>. Unfortunately, the Ubuntu splash screen hung after selecting Ubuntu at the grub screen.I additionally tried <code>sud... | Restoring Ubuntu 16.04 sign-on screen after removing LXDE / Lubuntu | askubuntu | 2017-04-19T18:01:09.177 |
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"message": "When I attempt to install MariaDB Server on my Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 with apt install mariadb-server, I get the following response:<pre><code>Reading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency treeReading state information... DoneSome packages could not be installed. This may mean that you havereque... | Unable to install MariaDB on Ubuntu 16.04.2 | askubuntu | 2017-04-19T20:13:03.947 |
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"message": "Netflix quit and displayed error codes F7355-1204 and F7363-1260. It will go to the point where the movie is downloading but stops and displays the error codes.My os is Ubuntu 12.04 on a 32 bit machine. Netflix was working fine on the pipelight approach. Reinstalled firefox 52.0.2. Fixed libavcode... | Netflix error code F7355-1204 and F7363-1260 | askubuntu | 2017-04-20T00:03:48.963 |
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"message": "I have a bash script that among other things uses the <code>gsettings</code> command. It seems to me that in order for this command to work the user has to be logged in with a graphical session, and obviously, also has to execute the script as themselves (i.e. not root).I could check if they're us... | How can I check if the user is logged in with a graphical session AND that the same user is executing the script | askubuntu | 2017-04-20T23:00:04.433 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/eNIzH.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Swappiness:<pre><code>cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness1</code></pre>Free:<pre><code> root@server07:~# free total used free shared buff/cache availableMem: 16256132 4155932 55374... | Why is swap being used even if swapiness is set to 1, and a lot of RAM is free? | askubuntu | 2017-04-21T09:37:51.983 |
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"message": "Today I tried executed the command: apt-get update. But there seems to be a problem, because I get error-messages like these:<pre><code>Err https://mirror.umd.edu trusty/main Sources server certificate verification failed. CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt CRLfile: noneErr https://mirror... | apt-get update: Err https://mirror.umd.edu -> server certificate verification failed | askubuntu | 2017-04-21T13:29:11.427 |
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"message": "I needed a python library twitter 1.17.1. I downloaded the .whl file from PyPI (`twitter-1.17.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl). The tutorial I was following, (where I was told to install the library), gave some commands to run:<pre><code>$ python setup.py --help$ python setup.py build $ python setup.py... | How to install the `twitter` python package from PyPI? | askubuntu | 2017-04-21T15:05:28.803 |
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"message": "I bought a Windows 10 notebook and need Linux on it (my first linux experience).The notebook only have a 32gb ssd, I use a linux live with Ubuntu 16.04 and did not boot after successfull installation (I choose to format everything). I use <code>boot-repair</code> and still not booting (<a href=\"h... | Can't boot Ubuntu after installing and use Boot-Repair | askubuntu | 2017-04-21T16:41:31.230 |
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"message": "Update: I've decided to return the card as there doesn't seem to be any linux firmware support to date.I can't get my Wifi card (ASUS_PCE-AC88) to work on Ubuntu 16.04 The card does not show up in the network manager.I've created this question specifically because I haven't found any good informat... | WiFi Driver Issues ASUS_PCE-AC88 | askubuntu | 2017-04-21T17:57:48.243 |
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"message": "I am trying to install Ubuntu 16.04 alongside macOS sierra on MacBook Pro 2015 Retina model.I have installed rEFind and made the USB stick. When I tried to boot it from the USB, I got this error: Error: <pre><code>Not Found while loading legacy loaderPlease make sure that you have the latest firmw... | Issue on booting from rEFInd using USB -- make sure you have the latest firmware update installed | askubuntu | 2017-04-21T23:50:37.377 |
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"message": "I'm coming from Windows 10, although I've started (and accepted) the way Ubuntu works, their are still a few things that I love about Windows 10, the feature in question here is the way If I snap one windows to the extreme right side of display it takes up the right half portion of the display (wh... | How do I make a second window snap to the opposite side of the screen? | askubuntu | 2017-04-22T02:50:07.893 |
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"message": "How can I set one of my internal hard drives to automount at boot but with selective permissions? I would like my wife and I to have full access to it, but make it unavailable to the children's accounts. It is formatted as EXT4 and I am using Ubuntu 17.04",
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"message... | Mount hard disk restricting permissions to particular users | askubuntu | 2017-04-22T11:26:02.943 |
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"message": "I am trying to get wayland running using UbuntuGnome 17.04 with nvidia-381 installed using the graphics-drivers ppa and a Geforce 1050TI card. Using older Ubuntu versions I was able to select between Weston, Wayland and/or Kodi, if installed. Using 17.04 I may only choose between Gnome and Gnome C... | No way to choose wayland in GDM using UbuntuGNOME 17.04 | askubuntu | 2017-04-22T12:04:15.237 |
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"message": "<pre><code>find /home/karl/dev/beer/ -printf \"%P\\n\" | tar --exclude='./.git' -czf beer.tgz --no-recursion -C /home/karl/dev/beer/ -T -</code></pre>The command still includes the .git directory.",
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"message": "You can try to exclude the directory in find like this:... | Exclude directory with tar | askubuntu | 2017-04-22T18:41:22.773 |
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"message": "I know this is a complicated topic but I would like to put my computer working with the ability to change between GPUs. It's a Toshiba satellite with an (originally) Optimus system. It has an Intel core i7 CPU and a NVIDIA GT 740M GPU.My steps according to some tutorials I found was:Going to Addit... | Ubuntu 16.04 keeps using Intel GPU in Optimus System | askubuntu | 2017-04-23T12:43:04.833 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/AFHq2.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">I Want to merge my <code>/sda1</code> and <code>/dev/sda6</code>. I have Ubuntu in both /sda1 and <code>/dev/sda6</code>. But just now I have formatted <code>/dev/sda1</code>, now I want to merge it with <code>/dev/sda6</c... | How to merge my partitions? | askubuntu | 2017-04-24T06:12:38.660 |
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"message": "I am new to Ubuntu Linux.How can I change semaphore and shared memory values? What calculations do I use to work out what I should change them to? I need to set the values for backup operations.I am using CommVault software for backup operations. My current semaphore values are 32000 1024000000 50... | How can I change semaphore and shared memory values? | askubuntu | 2017-04-24T11:42:20.010 |
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"message": "l was dealing with <code>E: You don't have enough free space in /var/cache/apt/archives/</code>then l don't know what l done so l lost my terminal and terminator and other desktop application (Pycharm , slack ...). even from <code>'search your computer'</code> .l tried to print my screen to show t... | Lost my terminal application in my desktop | askubuntu | 2017-04-24T12:45:33.650 |
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"message": "I would like to know if there is a way to create a script to access multiple desktops remotely. I would have a projector connected to a single machine and I would like to display different desktops in this projector based on some events in each source machine. I just want to display the video, I d... | Access to multiple desktops remotely | askubuntu | 2017-04-24T16:21:48.530 |
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"message": "I have a laptop and a big Dell screen, I want to use Dell screen together with my laptop screen so that I have dual screen.The default setting in Ubuntu 16.04LTS is that my laptop screen is on the left while the big Dell screen is on the right. I want to change this so that the big Dell screen is ... | Double screen problem in 16.04LTS | askubuntu | 2017-04-25T03:04:48.043 |
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"message": "<code>10periodic</code> and <code>20auto-upgrades</code> set at least partially same variables. Why not just use one file? Does the latter one override the settings on the former one?",
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"message": "<code>20auto-upgrades</code> replaces configuration of <code>10perio... | Why there are 2 files setting same variables on /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/? | askubuntu | 2017-04-25T09:27:33.900 |
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"message": "<pre><code>Error Found When Loading /etc/profile /etc/profile:line 38:8.0_121 Command Not Found/etc/profile:line 45:20.0_121 Command Not FoundAs a result the session will not be configured correctly.You should fix the problem as soon as feasible.</code></pre>",
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"mes... | Error after login /etc/profile:line 38:8.0_121 Command Not Found | askubuntu | 2017-04-25T12:08:44.813 |
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"message": "Just upgraded from 16.10. Now my ir remote don't work anymore.Tried reinstalling LIRC no change. No config of lirc appears after install or with:<code>dpkg-reconfigure lirc</code>The irw command shows nothing when pressing my remote.I'm using Intel NUC NUC5CPYH computer. with buildt in IR sensor.I... | IR remote ubuntu 17.04 | askubuntu | 2017-04-25T15:32:54.790 |
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"message": "Both Ubuntu 16.04, and 17.04 have a freezing issue on my Yoga 2 11. It freezes, apparently at random, and forces me to reboot. The clock freezes up- even the seconds. No programs will run. Changing from TTY7 to TTY1/2/3/4/etc doesn't help- it's frozen. Major annoyance, especially if I'm using it t... | How do I get this freezing issue fixed on Ubuntu 16.04 and 17.04? | askubuntu | 2017-04-26T00:14:01.540 |
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"message": "I'm trying to send an ISO file from my phone (Nexus 5) to my desktop, the progress bar on my phone gets completed but the file doesn't get available in my desktops <code>/download</code> folder. while small image files and audios can get transferred, it's not a space problem cause I've plenty of s... | Does Kde Connect has a limit to file sending? | askubuntu | 2017-04-26T02:06:08.523 |
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"message": "I have a usb stick that is read only.I want to completely erase it, so I could write on it again.I had tried to remove the write protection - but nothing worked (chmod, dd, dosfsck, gparted, hdparm, umount, fdisk, df ...)It seems like the stick is lost.How can I format this stick so I could use it... | How to remove read only from usb stick? | askubuntu | 2017-04-26T05:49:27.057 |
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"message": "I am new in this platform. I have question about rc.local. I created a script to run automatically roscore and roslaunch rosbridge_server rosbridge_websocket.launch. This script name is auto and content of script is:<pre class=\"lang-sh prettyprint-override\"><code>#!/bin/shcd $homexterm -hold -e ... | How to run script in rc.local | askubuntu | 2017-04-26T07:26:10.927 |
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"message": "l have trouble with my PATH variable:each time l run command like pip, bash, mkdir ..for instance <pre><code>The command could not be located because '/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.bash: command not found</code></pre>other example :<pre><code>dpkg: warning: 'sh' not found ... | PATH variable issue | askubuntu | 2017-04-26T08:44:11.847 |
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"message": "After quite a lot of searching, I see nowhere how to change the colors of my Qt applications.I already created a custom dark gtk theme in <code>~/.themes/</code> by modifying the default Ambiance, but now I need to also change Qt apps. And funnily, they already display in dark (sometimes too dark)... | How to customize the colors of Qt applications in Ubuntu (16.10)? | askubuntu | 2017-04-26T09:59:49.170 |
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"message": "I see that until Xenial release of Lubuntu it was possible install netflix-desktop by repository and run it with Wine.Is it possible also on Lubuntu 16.10 ? Cause I don't find any updated repository to do it.I can use Netflix on Chrome, but i'm looking for the desktop app.",
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"message": "Admittedly, this is a bit of a weird question....TL;DR: I'm trying to work on a program, but whenever I link it, it uses ridiculous amounts of RAM. As a result, pretty much everything but the linker gets shoved to the swap space, which makes my system 99% unresponsive for the next 10 minutes. (Tho... | Telling the kernel to prioritize swapping of a certain application? | askubuntu | 2017-04-26T16:25:07.127 |
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"message": "I've been looking on the internet for a long time to fix my problem and usually people just do <code>rfkill ublock all</code> but it doesn't work. When I go to my WiFi menu in settings it lets me turn it on but as soon as I click that it turns off again.Also, when I go to turn off airplane mode, i... | WiFi isn't able to turn on | askubuntu | 2017-04-26T22:29:20.237 |
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"message": "I am trying to get a cool GRUB.Is there a way to add a mouse cursor in GRUB (to use the mouse to select options)?",
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"message": "You'll need to install an other Bootloader, if you want a gui with mouse support.gujin has such a gui i.e.<a href=\"https://sourceforge.ne... | Mouse cursor on grub | askubuntu | 2017-04-26T23:23:56.930 |
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"message": "If I would like to get wallpapers from some version of Ubuntu, but don't want to install that version of Ubuntu. Are they on the web or can I unpack an iso image and find it there?",
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"message": "First of all, what version of Ubuntu do you want for the wallpaper?I'll... | How can I get Ubuntu's wallpaper without installing Ubuntu? | askubuntu | 2017-04-27T11:55:31.990 |
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"message": "I am trying to install 1Password on Ubuntu 17.04 using Wine, although installation appears to complete program doesn't launch. If I use Wine Control I can see in console following error:<pre><code>fixme:mscoree:parse_supported_runtime sku=L\".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1\" not implementedUnhandled ... | Install 1Password on Ubuntu 17.04 using Wine | askubuntu | 2017-04-27T12:28:46.680 |
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"message": "I would like to remove all panels from Kubuntu 16.04.This is pretty easily done by right-clicking on the default panel and removing, but it seems that some of the functionality of KDE is removed with it. Namely, the volume controls and application dashboard hotkeys (Alt+F1) no longer work.Is there... | Remove all panels but retaining widget functionalities in Kubuntu 16.04 | askubuntu | 2017-04-27T13:29:10.613 |
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"message": "Before I upgrade my Linux distribution, I would like to upgrade all my packages - however, I want to stick to my current MySQL version (5.6).I know there's the option to hold the package, like this:<pre><code>sudo aptitude hold package_name</code></pre>When I run <code>sudo apt-get upgrade</code>,... | Upgrade all packages except MySQL, via aptitude | askubuntu | 2017-04-27T15:11:22.423 |
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"message": "EDIT: For the avoidance doubt, this question is not about how to get a list of files that a package installs, as in the suggested duplicate.Is there a standard way to find out the purpose of a package, that is detailed enough that you can work out what you will get from the package and whether or ... | How can I get a useful and detailed description of the purpose of a package? | askubuntu | 2017-04-27T18:03:54.570 |
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"message": "I had Windows originally, but tried Linux. I liked it enough, so I attempted to shrink the ntfs drive (not the system/boot) that Windows was using. I accidentally messed up the Windows OS. I reinstalled Windows which then caused my Linux install to fail. I recovered it using a boot recovery tool.N... | Repartitioning Drives Properly After Install - Dual Boot | askubuntu | 2017-04-27T23:29:17.497 |
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"message": "How can I disable all popup notifications in Gnome 3.20.4?I'm on Ubuntu 16.10 (64bit).I have tried selecting \"off\" in the \"Notification Banners\"; that didn't work.I also manually switched each application to \"off\", that also didn't work.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/BcFJA.png\" rel=\"n... | Disable all Gnome Notifications (Gnome 3.20.4) | askubuntu | 2017-04-28T03:23:34.790 |
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"message": "I just bought a 10TB Seagate NAS drive and Ubuntu (and Debian as well) are showing it as 1.2TB. Is there Yet Another Limit that is broken by the 10TB size? I've tried putting a gpt partition table on it, but parted still does not see the proper size. It is not getting picked up correctly in the ke... | Seagate 10TB drive showing as 1.2TB on Ubuntu Xenial | askubuntu | 2017-04-28T04:47:45.283 |
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"message": "Since I updated to Ubuntu 17.04, Qt5 applications (such as Qt Creator) won't use the GTK theme anymore. I tried to change this using qt5ct, but it only has the styles Fusion and Windows available, even though that the package <code>qt5-gtk-platformtheme</code> is installed.How can this be fixed?Ed... | How can I get Qt5 applications to use the GTK theme in Ubuntu 17.04? | askubuntu | 2017-04-28T19:00:34.493 |
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"message": "I tried to open a blu ray with VLC, but I got this error message:<blockquote> VLC is unable to open the MRL 'bluray:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.</blockquote>For further information I have to read a log from VLC, but I can not find any log, I only found with <code>which vlc</code> where... | Where is the VLC logfile for errors? | askubuntu | 2017-04-28T20:26:11.180 |
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"message": "I've been trying for hours on end for the last 2 days, I have an asus G20AJ but I upgraded it with a 500gb Samsung ssd and a GTX 1060, I can't install Ubuntu! I have my USB and everything, disabled fast boot on Windows and bios and disabled secure boot. All I want is Linux dual booted with Windows... | I can't install Ubuntu in any way | askubuntu | 2017-04-28T22:36:29.290 |
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"message": "I ran apt-get upgrade on our Ubuntu systems this week. Now network mounts are breaking on our 16.04 systems every 5-10 minutes. We get errors like this:<pre><code>ls: cannot access '/mnt/server_a/dir_a': Host is down</code></pre>The host is definitely not down, I updated a bunch of 14.04 systems... | Updates Broke CIFS/SMB Mounts in 16.04 | askubuntu | 2017-04-28T22:37:05.100 |
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"message": "After a system crash my HDMI TV stopped working. I fiddled around with it unplugging and re-plugging the TV and after a while it started working again. After a few weeks my system crashed this morning as I was installing another program and now the TV stopped working again. I ran sudo xrandr and i... | HDMI TV Stopped Working After Crash - Ubuntu 16.10 - Lenovo Thinkserver TS140 - Integrated Intel HD Graphics 4600 | askubuntu | 2017-04-29T15:27:40.363 |
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"message": "In 14.04 I could close a <code>meld</code> window by pressing Ctrlq. But in 16.04 the behavior of that key combination has changed to terminate all currently open invocations of <code>meld</code> rather than just the one I pressed the key combination in.I also tried Ctrlw, but that can only close ... | Closing meld window in 16.04 | askubuntu | 2017-04-29T15:45:07.027 |
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"message": "I have a <code>/boot</code> overload.Tried to follow <a href=\"https://askubuntu.com/questions/502971/dev-sda1-boot-is-full\">/dev/sda1 /boot is full, but got stuck.History:<pre><code>dfFilesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted onudev 485360 0 4853... | /boot is 100% full, apt-get purge linux-image-x.x.x.x-generic won't work | askubuntu | 2017-04-29T16:06:10.413 |
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